Georgia, 1999Tornado and Lightning Strike in Georgia, June 28, 1999
June 28, 1999 · NWS FFC · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
1 lightning, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $75,000
- 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.
Lightning, Clayton
- When
- June 28, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Clayton County, Jonesboro
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.542, -84.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Two workers were treated when lightning struck near the construction site for the new Clayton county jail and courthouse. They were not hit directly by the lightning, but were stunned.One was treated at the scene, while the other was taken to the hospital and released.
Tornado, Treutlen
- When
- June 28, 9:04 PM EST to 9:05 PM EST
- Where
- Treutlen County, Soperton
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.380, -82.600
Treutlen county 911 and newspaper reports indicated that a tornado was responsible for damage in Soperton. Several buildings suffered roof damage. An 18 wheeler tractor-trailer was overturned, and a 2 ton antique jail wagon was pushed off a concrete display slab. Trees were also uprooted. A deputy sheriff reported seeing the funnel as it touched down on Third Street.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flash Flood in Alabama, June 28, 19991 death · 1 injured · $1.5 million · 1 event
- Heavy Rain in Alabama, June 28, 19991 death · 1 injured · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Alabama, June 28, 1999$1.5 million · 1 event
- Tornado in Missouri, June 28, 1999$220,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 28, 19995 injured · $32,000 · 70 kt wind · 10 events
- Flash Flood in Alabama, June 28, 1999$300,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Kansas, June 28, 1999$185,000 · 4 events
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 28, 19991 injured · $70,000 · 70 kt wind · 5 events
- Flash Flood in Alabama, June 28, 1999$75,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 28, 1999$55,000 · 52 kt wind · 4 events
- High Wind in Oklahoma, June 28, 1999$50,000 · 85 kt wind · 5 events
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 28, 1999$55,000 · 2 events
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: 5702774, 5702773.