Lightning, La Porte
- When
- August 7, 5:30 PM CST to 5:38 PM CST
- Where
- La Porte County, Michigan City
- Coordinates
- 41.549, -86.742 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Indiana, August 7, 1996
Lightning strikes and strong winds resulted in several power outages and downed trees in Michigan City.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS LOT wrote it up.
Lightning strikes and strong winds resulted in several power outages and downed trees in Michigan City.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail in Colorado, August 7, 1996
- Tornado in Wisconsin, August 7, 1996
- Tornado in Wisconsin, August 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 7, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5563381.