Louisiana, 2001

Lightning Strike in Louisiana, August 16, 2001

August 16, 2001 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$55,000
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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 16, 10:10 AM CST, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 10:10 AM CST, 2 hours 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1110 AM CDT THU AUG 16 2001

UPDATE JUST SENT OUT TO ACCOMMODATE FOR TRENDS IN RAIN CHANCES AND
TEMPERATURES. WIDE RANGE IN TEMPERATURES FROM LOWER 70S IN MCCURTAIN
CO OK...TO 90 DEGREES ALREADY IN MONROE. TWEAKS DOWN TEMPERATURES IN
NW ZONES...AND UP IN N LA. ALSO SCALED BACK RAINFALL CHANCES IN
FIRST PERIOD.

20

.SHV...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 16, 9:30 AM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes before
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-161630-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1030 AM CDT THU AUG 16 2001

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A FRONTAL SYSTEM ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PORTIONS OF THE FOUR STATE AREA TODAY AND
TONIGHT. HOWEVER...THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS.

THE ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...STORM SPOTTERS...AND SKYWARN
NETWORKS...IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:49 UTC.

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Event by event

1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Lincoln

When
August 16, 12:52 PM CST
Where
Lincoln County, 2 mi W of Vienna
Property damage
$55,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
32.602, -92.665 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A house was destroyed when lightning struck the roof of the house catching it on fire. Fire spread rapidly throughout the house destroying it.

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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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: 5263321.