Lightning, Iberia
- When
- June 25, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Iberia County, New Iberia
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 29.514, -91.840 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Louisiana, June 25, 1997
Lightning struck near a man working with a piece of electrical equipment at the Port of Iberia. The lightning bolt surged through the machine the man was working on, knocking him unconscious.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $5,000
- 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.
Lightning struck near a man working with a piece of electrical equipment at the Port of Iberia. The lightning bolt surged through the machine the man was working on, knocking him unconscious. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was treated and released.
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 149 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:59 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
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Nebraska, June 25 to 27, 1997
- Heat in Missouri, June 25, 1997
- Heat in Illinois, June 25, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 25, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Virginia, June 25, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 25, 1997
- Flood in Nebraska, June 25, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 25, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 25, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 25, 1997
- Heat in New Jersey, June 25 to 26, 1997
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 25, 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: 5607755.