Lightning Strike in Texas, March 25, 2002

Name: Lightning Strike in Texas, March 25, 2002
Start: 2002-03-25T21:10
End: 2002-03-25T21:10
Location: Texas

March 25, 2002 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Lightning struck a two story home. Two rooms were destroyed.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $15,000
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 SHV wrote it up.

Lightning struck a two story home. Two rooms were destroyed.

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 Mar 25, 6:45 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 6:45 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
645 PM CST MON MAR 25 2002

UPDATED ZONES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT ACROSS LA
PORTIONS...AS WELL AS EXTREME SW TIER OF AR...AND EAST TX LAKES.
SCATTERED LINE OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS...FROM MAGNOLIA
AR TO SHV TO LFK...ALREADY BECOMING SEVERE...AND LINE MAY FILL IN.
DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST AS WELL IN COLD AIR.
THIS LINE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...BUT SMALL COLD AIR HAIL IS
POSSIBLE.

VII

.SHV...NONE.

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:07 UTC.

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Event by event

1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Shelby

When: March 25, 9:10 PM CST
Where: Shelby County, 15 mi W of Center
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 31.792, -94.145 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

Every storm in Texas in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, March 2002

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: 5281291.