Lightning — Paulding, Georgia

2023-09-12 · near Crowville, Paulding, Georgia

Event narrative

Lightning struck a person while playing golf on September 12, 2023. Unfortunately, the person passed away several days later. Very little media attention existed at the time of occurrence. A reporter from St. Louis was doing a follow-up story on this with the family and notified the appropriate NWS personnel months later.

Wider weather episode

Respectable instability and moderate lift from a digging upper-level trough initiated scattered thunderstorms across portions of North and Central GA. A couple of storms in the Northwest ATL Metro were able to become strong with damaging winds and large hail.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1155058. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.