Lightning — Bossier, Louisiana

2011-08-22 · near Plain Dealing, Bossier, Louisiana

Event narrative

Lightning struck a home in Plain Dealing, Louisiana, resulting in a fire. The fire resulted in the fatality of a 74 year old woman. Local fire departments tried to get to the woman but she was already deceased.

Wider weather episode

The thunderstorms that developed on the afternoon of August 22nd, developed

on the eastern fringes of the upper ridge positioned over Central Texas. A weak surface trough lingered across the area and storms often initiated near this boundary. Migrating outflow boundaries from the initial storms would ignite more convective activity as they moved throughout the area. Most of the severe thunderstorm activity were pulse in nature and produced localized downbursts. Surface temps across the area were over the century mark, so it did not take much convection to get wind damage.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 327530. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.