Lightning in Cobb County, Georgia

Lightning August 8, 2014 · Cobb County, Georgia

Injuries

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Emergency Manager reported a lightning strike injured seven people near Powder Springs. Three were taken to a local hospital and the other four were treated on the scene.

The wider storm

Abundant, deep moisture and a series of short waves moving through the region in a generally zonal mid and upper-level flow pattern produced isolated to scattered reports of thunderstorm wind damage across North and Central Georgia each day, mainly during the afternoon and evening hours when instability was maximized due to diurnal heating.

Began near Powder Spgs (33.8600, -84.6800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 535140. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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