Lightning in Ware County, Georgia

Lightning May 3, 2022 · Ware County, Georgia

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Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Lightning struck a tree and created a brush fire that burned about 1/8 of an acre before extinguished. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for Storm Data.

The wider storm

A shortwave trough over the Florida Panhandle and northeast Gulf moved over the area during the afternoon. At the surface, high pressure was centered just south of Bermuda with the ridge axis extending eastward across the FL/GA border. Light southerly flow enabled both Gulf and Atlantic coast sea breeze boundaries to move inland in the afternoon with pulse severe storms producing hail and gusty winds over a moist and unstable airmass, enhanced by the shortwave trough.

Began near Hebardville (31.2200, -82.4100).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1022136. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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