Lightning in Cherokee County, Georgia

Lightning August 10, 2000 – August 11, 2000 · Cherokee County, Georgia

$1.4M

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Atlanta Journal and Constitution and the Cherokee county Sheriff's department reported that eight homes were set on fire by lightning. The fires were concentrated in Canton, Holly Springs, and Cherokee. Three of the homes were so badly damaged that they were declared to be uninhabitable.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5156615. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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