Georgia, 1999

Heat and Lightning Strike in Georgia, August 8, 1999

August 8, 1999 · NWS FFC · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

1 heat, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll

Deaths
1
Injuries
0
Property damage
$10,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 heat, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Sumter

When
August 8, 6:00 AM EST
Where
Sumter forecast zone
Deaths
1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
32.040, -84.197 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A 75 year old woman was found dead of heat stroke, after going to bed with her fan and window air conditioning unit turned off.

Lightning, Gwinnett

When
August 8, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Gwinnett County, 2 mi NE of Norcross
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
33.962, -84.024 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Lightning, and the fire it caused, damaged the upper part of a house in the Avocet subdivision at South Old Peachtree Road and Peachtree Industrial Boulevard.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Heat, Sumter1999-08-0875FemalePermanent HomeDirect

What these are

Heat
Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
Lightning
A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5714351, 5714350.