Lightning — Ware, Georgia

2022-05-03 · near Hebardville, Ware, Georgia

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1022136. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.