Lightning, Iberia
- When
- July 11, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Iberia County, Coteau
- Property damage
- $400,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 29.514, -91.840 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 11, 2001
A well-built home was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. No one was injured.
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
- 0
- Property damage
- $400,000
- 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.
A well-built home was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. No one was injured. A neighbor looking out his window saw the house on fire and warned the residents inside to evacuate.
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 Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 11, 2:19 PM CST, 5 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 2:19 PM CST, 5 hours 41 minutes before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 319 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2001 ISSUANCE TIME CORRECTED... AT MID AND UPPER LEVELS...HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER TEXAS TODAY SHOULD SHIFT SLOWLY WESTWARD TO BECOME CENTERED OVER NEW MEXICO LATE FRIDAY. STRENGTH AND TIMING OF SHORTWAVES GENERALLY MOVING NORTH TO SOUTH OVER THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE HIGH/S CENTER WILL BE DIFFICULT TO PREDICT FOR THE LOCAL AREA. SOMEWHAT DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE LOCAL AREA TOMORROW COMPARED TO TODAY SO WILL SHOW LOW POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. A FRONTAL TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHWEST TO BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY. MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT ON FRIDAY SO THAT THE CHANCES OF RAIN WILL BE HIGHER. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ABOUT THE SAME FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... AEX 75/94/75/94/73 02132 BPT 76/93/76/93/74 0-021 LCH 76/93/76/93/74 0-121 LFT 76/92/76/92/74 12132 .LCH...NONE. SPARKS
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 149 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:59 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
- Heat in Texas, July 11, 2001
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Colorado, July 11, 2001
- Wildfire in California, July 11 to 13, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Maine, July 11, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 11, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, July 11, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 11, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in Mississippi, July 11, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 11 to 12, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 11, 2001
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, July 11, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 11, 2001
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, July 2001
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: 5259624.