Lightning — Chatham, Georgia

2001-06-25 · near Savannah, Chatham, Georgia

Event narrative

Construction foreman was killed while trying to clear his crew from a construction site. After the bolt struck the foreman, it traveled through the ground and struck another worker, coming up through the ground into the leg of a 43 year old male worker.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5253656. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.