Lightning Strike in Georgia, May 6, 2006

Name: Lightning Strike in Georgia, May 6, 2006
Start: 2006-05-06T12:00
End: 2006-05-06T12:00
Location: Georgia

May 6, 2006 · NWS FFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 6, 4:37 AM EST, 7 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 4:37 AM EST, 7 hours 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
537 AM EDT SAT MAY 6 2006

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)
STATIONARY FRONT OVER CENTRAL-S GA TODAY. HOWEVER...MOISTURE AT A
MINIMUM SO NOT EXPECTING PRECIP. AN INCREASE OF MOISTURE TONIGHT
ALONG WITH A SHORT WAVE WILL BRING PRECIP CHANCES BACK INTO THE
FORECAST LATE. PLENTY OF MOISTURE OVER THE AREA FOR SUNDAY AS WEAK
LOW PRESSURE GETS ORGANIZED OVER THE LOWER MS VALLEY AND MOVES TO
THE TN VALLEY WHILE A STATIONARY OR WARM FRONT REMAINS ACROSS
CENTRAL TO S GA. POTENTIAL FOR COLD AIR DAMMING TO OCCUR OVER N GA.
A SHORT WAVE IS ALSO EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS DURING THE DAY. THIS
WILL LEAD TO HIGH CHANCES FOR PRECIP AND POTENTIAL FOR STRONG AND
POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS OVER CENTRAL AND MAYBE PARTS OF N GA. PRECIP
CHANCES DECREASING SUNDAY NIGHT AS MOISTURE MOVES INTO THE CAROLINAS
AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES INTO W GA.

.LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
SMALL CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY OVER PARTS OF
CENTRAL GA AS A WEAK COLD FRONT STALLS CLOSE TO THAT AREA.
MOISTURE BEGINS TO RETURN TO THE AREA LATER TUESDAY AND CONTINUES
INTO WEDNESDAY WITH A PERIOD OF UNSETTLED WEATHER EXPECTED UNTIL A
COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
THIS WILL DRY THINGS OUT FOR FRIDAY. FOR THE MOST PART...
TEMPERATURES WILL RUN CLOSE TO SEASONAL NORMALS.

&&

.AVIATION...
AN AREA OF STRATO CU WAS MOVING SOUTH ACROSS THE EASTERN PART OF THE
CWA AND THIS WILL CLIP MCN FROM 10Z TO 11Z. OTHERWISE DRY AIR WAS
SPREADING OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA AND THIS WAS
KEEPING FOG FROM DEVELOPING...HOWEVER STILL CANT RULE OUT LIGHT FOG
(VSBYS 4 TO 5SM) PRIOR TO SUNRISE IN AHN/CSG AREAS. AFTER SUNRISE IT
WILL BE VFR THROUGH 06Z SUN. WINDS WILL REMAIN WEST TO NORTHWEST
THROUGH 00Z AND THEN GO LIGHT AND VARIABLE. THE STORM SYSTEM OVER
ERN TX WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE TAF SITES WITH MID LEVEL CLOUDS
BEGINNING AFTER 00Z SUN. CIGS WILL LOWER TO MVFR BETWEEN 06Z AND 12Z
SUN MOST SITES AND THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS WITH VSBYS GOING
DOWN TO 3 TO 5 SM -SHRA BR. BOTH ETA/GFS INDICATE A WEAK RIDGE
BUILDING INTO NORTH GA BY 06Z SHIFTING THE WINDS TO EAST TO
NORTHEAST ABOUT 5 TO 10 KTS. AT THIS POINT DO NOT EXPECT ANY THUNDER
AT THE TAF SITES UNTIL AFTER 12Z SUN.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATLANTA         78  60  70  60 /  10  30   90  50
ATHENS          80  58  68  60 /  10  30  100  60
GAINESVILLE     78  57  67  57 /  10  30  100  60
ROME            82  57  73  57 /  10  30  100  50
COLUMBUS        83  63  77  64 /  10  40   80  40
MACON           84  61  77  63 /  10  40   90  50

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

BDL

Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 10:03 AM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1103 AM EDT SAT MAY 6 2006

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-070930-
BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA-
CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA-
CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL-
FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE-
GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON-
JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON-
MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY-
MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH-
PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON-
SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS-
TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN-
WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES-
WILKINSON-
1103 AM EDT SAT MAY 6 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA TODAY AND
TONIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY. ON SUNDAY...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD
WITH SOME OF THE STORMS POSSIBLY SEVERE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:02 UTC.

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Event by event

1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Crisp

When: May 6, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Crisp County, Cordele
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 31.923, -83.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The Cordele Dispatch reported that lightning struck a couple of large pine trees adjacent to a home in the city of Cordele. The lightning traveled through the electrical outlets setting a bedroom of the home on fire. Before the fire could be extinguished, the bedroom was completely destroyed. In a separate incident, lightning also struck an electrical transformer on a power pole and set it on fire. However, this fire was quickly extinguished.

What these are

Lightning: A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Georgia in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Georgia, May 2006

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: 5512266.