Lightning — Wayne, Georgia

2020-08-18 · near Madray Spgs, Wayne, Georgia

Event narrative

Lightning struck a home along Colleen Lane and caused a power outage. The time of damage was based on radar and the cost of damage was unknown but estimated for inclusion in Storm Data.

Wider weather episode

Deep and light west southwest flow was over the area which pushed a more dominant west coast sea breeze across the area. Temperatures aloft cooled to -8C at 500mb. Deep moisture remained over the area with precipitable water levels near 2 inches. There was not a lot of shear which favored pulse summertime convection. A few strong to pulse severe storms formed along the sea breeze merger near the I-95 corridor in the afternoon.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 907671. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.