Lightning in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana

Lightning May 20, 2016 · St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana

$20K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Lightning triggered a fire that damaged a home on Palmisano Boulevard in Chalmette.

The wider storm

Low pressure moving along a cold front draped over southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi developed a squall line of thunderstorms that moved through the area late on the night of the 19th into the early morning hours of the 20th. A second line of thunderstorms moved through the coastal waters hours during the morning of the 20th.

Began near Versailles (29.9500, -89.9500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Plaquemines Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 636725. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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