Lightning — Brantley, Georgia

2008-07-06 · near Schlatterville, Brantley, Georgia

Event narrative

Lightning caused a house fire off of Dyal Road that resulted in 1 fatality and 1 injury. The time of the event was based on radar.

Wider weather episode

Morning soundings indicated a moist and unstable airmass over the local area with low wind shear and a light southwest steering flow. The precipitable water was 1.76 inches at Jacksonville with around 3000 J/kg of CAPE and a lifted index of -6 degrees Celcius. An upper level low pressure system approached the eastern seaboard during the afternoon which pushed a surface trough over Georgia. This trough in concert with the sea breezes sparked numerous severe storms across the local forecast area.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 102972. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.