Lightning — Colquitt, Georgia

2020-07-03 · near South Moultrie, Colquitt, Georgia

Event narrative

A 9-year-old girl was killed by a lightning strike in Moultrie while walking on a trail on South Main Street with her mother and 15 year old sister. The sister was injured. The family took cover under a shelter when lightning struck a nearby tree.

Wider weather episode

As is typical during summer, scattered afternoon thunderstorms produced a few instances of damaging winds. During the afternoon of July 3rd, a line of storms produced a large amount of cloud to ground lightning, some strong winds, and some flash flooding across portions of southern Georgia. These storms were mainly driven by a weak frontal boundary and mesoscale boundary interactions.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 891663. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.