Lightning — Jeff Davis, Georgia

2015-07-20 · near Denton, Jeff Davis, Georgia

Event narrative

A lightning fire caused major damage to a home on Towns Creek Road. The cost of damage was unknown but it was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.

Wider weather episode

A mean layer trough axis from the surface to 500 mb carved out and persisted across the local area for a few days. A very moist airmass with precipitable water values at or above 2 inches under prevailing SW flow out of the Gulf of Mexico fueled scattered afternoon and early evening thunderstorms.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 595839. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.