Lightning, Houston
- When
- May 30, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Houston County, La Crescent
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.671, -91.493 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Minnesota, May 30, 2000
A lightning strike knocked out telephone service to the entire city of La Crescent for over 12 hours. Lightning also struck a house, burning a hole in the roof, but no one was injured.
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
- $30,000
- 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 ARX wrote it up.
A lightning strike knocked out telephone service to the entire city of La Crescent for over 12 hours. Lightning also struck a house, burning a hole in the roof, but no one was injured.
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
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Iowa, May 30, 2000
- Wildfire in New Mexico, May 30 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Washington, May 30 to 31, 2000
- Hail in Iowa, May 30, 2000
- High Wind in Nebraska, May 30, 2000
- Flood in Colorado, May 30 to 31, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, May 30 to 31, 2000
- Waterspouts in Florida, May 30, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, May 30, 2000
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 30, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, May 30, 2000
- Hail in Minnesota, May 30, 2000
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, May 2000
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: 5142455.