Lightning, East Baton Rouge
- When
- October 8, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- East Baton Rouge County, Baton Rouge
- Property damage
- $13,000
- Reported by
- Newspaper
- Coordinates
- 30.470, -91.170
A lightning strike caused a fire on the roof and in the attic of a house.
Lightning Strike in Louisiana, October 8, 2007
Scattered thunderstorms developed in an unstable atmosphere.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $13,000
- 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 LIX wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms developed in an unstable atmosphere.
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
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Arkansas, October 8, 2007
- Rip Current in Florida, October 8, 2007
- Waterspouts in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, October 8 to 10, 2007
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Missouri, October 8, 2007
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, October 8, 2007
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, October 8, 2007
- Tornado in Wisconsin, October 8, 2007
- Flash Flood in Texas, October 8, 2007
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, October 8, 2007
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, October 8, 2007
- Damaging Wind in New York, October 8, 2007
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, October 2007
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 61759.