Lightning — Palm Beach, Florida

1996-07-04 · near Pahokee, Palm Beach, Florida

Wider weather episode

In a park in Pahokee, nine youths, ages 9 to 18, were injured by lightning when they huddled beneath an australian pine tree. They had just come from swimming in Lake Okeechobee. One of the injuries was serious. The lightning strike was the only one observed during the thunderstorm.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5561825. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.