Lightning, Caddo
- When
- January 27, 5:30 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, January 27, 1997
A mother, washing her daughters hair in the kitchen sink during a thunderstorm, was injured by a lighting strike to their home. Her left hand, which was on her daughters head received a jolt of electricity and threw her across the room.
Where it happened
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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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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 mother, washing her daughters hair in the kitchen sink during a thunderstorm, was injured by a lighting strike to their home. Her left hand, which was on her daughters head received a jolt of electricity and threw her across the room. Paramedics arrived shortly after the event but only numbness occurred in the womans arm. The child was not injured except for some tingling to her head.
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 15 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:32 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
- Cold in New Mexico, January 27, 1997
- Tornado in Texas, January 27, 1997
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 27 to 28, 1997
- Winter Storm in Missouri, January 27, 1997
- Winter Storm in New York, January 27 to 28, 1997
- Winter Storm in Indiana, January 27, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, January 27, 1997
- Winter Storm in New York, January 27 to 28, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Missouri, January 27, 1997
- Tornado in Texas, January 27, 1997
- Cold in Nebraska, January 27, 1997
- Tornado in Texas, January 27, 1997
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, January 1997
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5587662.