Lightning — Pierce, Georgia

2018-08-13 · near Homestead, Pierce, Georgia

Event narrative

A lightning strike caused a structure fire along Sandy Bottom Road. The time of damage was based on lightning imagery. The cost of damage was unknown but it was estimated for the inclusion of the event in Storm Data.

Wider weather episode

SW steering flow brought a dominant west coast sea breeze convective regime which was enhanced by a mid level short wave trough aloft.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 781637. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.