Lightning, Caddo
- When
- August 1, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Caddo County, Shreveport
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -93.882 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Louisiana, August 1, 1996
A 13 year old boy was struck by lightning as he ventured outside to free two small puppies from their tangled leashes during a thunderstorm. The boy suffered minor burns but was not seriously injured.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
- 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 SHV wrote it up.
A 13 year old boy was struck by lightning as he ventured outside to free two small puppies from their tangled leashes during a thunderstorm. The boy suffered minor burns but was not seriously injured.
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 15 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:29 UTC.
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
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 22, 1996
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1996
- Drought in New Mexico, August 1 to 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 1, 1996
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, August 1, 1996
- Drought in Ohio, August 1 to 31, 1996
- Flash Flood in Colorado, August 1, 1996
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, August 1, 1996
- Flood in Arizona, August 1, 1996
- Drought in Pennsylvania, August 1 to 31, 1996
- Flooding in West Virginia, August 1, 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: 5566055.