Lightning, St. Mary
- When
- August 3, 2:28 PM CST
- Where
- St. Mary County, 2 mi W of Morgan City
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 29.635, -91.473 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Louisiana, August 3, 1999
An 11 year old boy was holding a baseball bat in a field when he was struck by lightning. He was treated and released from a local hospital with minor injuries.
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 LCH wrote it up.
An 11 year old boy was holding a baseball bat in a field when he was struck by lightning. He was treated and released from a local hospital with minor injuries.
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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- Flash Flooding and Hail in New Mexico, August 3 to 6, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, August 3 to 30, 1999
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: 5714093.