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Lightning — Chatham, Georgia

June 25, 2001 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
1
Property damage
—
Area
Chatham

Event narrative (NOAA)

Construction foreman was killed while trying to clear his crew from a construction site. After the bolt struck the foreman, it traveled through the ground and struck another worker, coming up through the ground into the leg of a 43 year old male worker.

Other notable lightning events in Georgia

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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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