Lightning — Jasper, Georgia

2013-06-28 · near Machen, Jasper, Georgia

Event narrative

The Jasper County Emergency Manager reported that lightning struck a house near Rock Eagle Road. Smoke was observed but the fire was quickly put out.

Wider weather episode

A strong upper low was in place across the Great Lakes, allowing continued intermittent upper level disturbances to rotate around and affect the Southeast. A complicated surface pattern in place with multiple boundaries left over from previous days' convection as well as a weak nearly stationary front, combined with ample moisture and high levels of instability provided plenty of focus for thunderstorm development. Numerous storms did indeed develop, and many of these became severe with mainly damaging winds reported.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 465001. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.