Lightning, Rapides
- When
- January 29, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Rapides County, Ball
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 31.199, -92.533 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Louisiana, January 29, 1999
A person was struck in the leg by lightning, resulting in minor injuries.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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.
A person was struck in the leg by lightning, resulting in minor injuries.
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:40 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
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, January 29 to 30, 1999
- Avalanche in Oregon, January 29, 1999
- Avalanche in Utah, January 29, 1999
- Winter Storm in Texas, January 29 to 30, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, January 29, 1999
- Winter Storm in Texas, January 29 to 30, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, January 29 to 30, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Louisiana, January 29 to 30, 1999
- Winter Storm in Texas, January 29 to 30, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Washington, January 29, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, January 29 to 30, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 29, 1999
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, January 1999
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: 5684459.