Lightning, Vermilion
- When
- June 12, 11:55 AM CST
- Where
- Vermilion County, Intracoastal City
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 29.809, -92.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Louisiana, June 12, 1999
Lightning struck an antenna outside a business, resulting in significant damage when a fire started inside the walls of the building.
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
- 0
- Property damage
- $150,000
- 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 an antenna outside a business, resulting in significant damage when a fire started inside the walls of the building.
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
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Michigan, June 12, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 12, 1999
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 12, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 12, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 12 to 13, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 12, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 12, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 12, 1999
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 12, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 12, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 12, 1999
- Hail in Colorado, June 12, 1999
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, June 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5709200.