Lightning — Manatee, Florida

1999-05-19 · near Myakka City, Manatee, Florida

Event narrative

Seven migrant farm workers were struck and injured by lightning while taking refuge under a steel flatbed fruit truck during a thunderstorm along Verna Bethany Road between State Roads 70 and 64, eleven miles northwest of Myakka City. The lightning victims suffered mainly minor leg and arm injuries.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5696948. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.