Lightning, Beauregard
- When
- August 9, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Beauregard County, De Ridder
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 30.649, -93.343 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Louisiana, August 9, 1997
A lightning strike damaged the Beauregard Parish E-911 computers. An electrical surge went through ungrounded lines, causing a small fire.
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
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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 LCH wrote it up.
A lightning strike damaged the Beauregard Parish E-911 computers. An electrical surge went through ungrounded lines, causing a small fire.
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:29 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
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- Hail in South Dakota, August 9, 1997
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: 5615689.