Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$10.0M
Area
Bossier
Event narrative (NOAA)
Lightning caused a fire at the 8th Air Force Headquarters on Barksdale Air Force Base. The fire burned for more than 12 hours doing major damage to the third floor of the structure.
Other notable lightning events in Louisiana
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.