CHEROKEE

130977 · 34.158, -84.567

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Event typeevent_type	Lightning
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id	130,977
Episode IDepisode_id	22,233
Begin UTCbegin_utc	2008-08-02T22:25:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc	2008-08-02T22:40:00+00:00
Statestate	GEORGIA
County/zone typecz_type	C
County/zone namecz_name	CHEROKEE
Latitudelat	34.158
Longitudelon	-84.567
End latitudeend_lat	34.100
End longitudeend_lon	-84.520
Deaths directdeaths_direct	0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect	0
Injuries directinjuries_direct	1
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect	0
Damage propertydamage_property	350.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops	0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source	Emergency Manager
Episode narrativeepisode_narrative	An unusually strong upper trough was sweeping through the Great Lakes and Northeast from the 2nd into the 3rd of August. This was pushing an equally unusually strong cold front for early August into the southeast U.S. This front combined with a very warm humid air mass, partially a result of the lingering remnants of Hurricane Dolly, to result in the development of numerous strong to severe thunderstorms in far north Georgia during the mid to late afternoon hours. Thunderstorms across north Georgia merged into a near solid arched band of thunderstorms which raced southward during the evening hours into the Atlanta metropolitan area. Large hail and intense cloud-to-ground lightning accompanied the thunderstorms in north Georgia. Leading outflow winds produced a wind gust of 71 mph at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport as the thunderstorms came through around 730 pm EDT. The thunderstorms subsequently diminished as they pushed further south of the Atlanta area, but redeveloped once again into strong to severe thunderstorms during the late evening as the outflow boundary pushed into the Macon area and nearby counties. Numerous reports of downed trees were received from many north and central Georgia counties as a result of these thunderstorms.
Event narrativeevent_narrative	The Cherokee County Emergency Management Director reported that an individual was struck by lightning seven miles southwest of Canton and sustained non life-threatening injuries. In addition, two homes in the southwest and southern part of the county were struck by lightning and set on fire, One of the homes was in the Towne Lake Subdivision on Players Court and was totally destroyed. The Cherokee Tribune reported that up to 134 homes in the area sustained at least minor damage from wind and/or lightning.
Yearyear	2,008

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