Lightning Tracker

Below: Current lightning data within 100+ miles of Brasstown Bald Mountain. The coverage area may be extended during non-stormy local conditions. As storms move closer to the NE Georgia mountains, maps are displayed close to the location of the lightning antenna.

At times of windy conditions, false strikes may be displayed. The gusty winds cause tree branches to hit power lines and an arch is created.
Small lightning bolts are recent strikes. Small squares are aging strikes.
Legend:
+ = location of lightning tracker antenna
White lines=Major highways.   Black lines=County/State Borders.
Brown Areas=Federal Forests.  Dark Brown=Indian Reservation(Cherokee).
Blue=Water/boundry limits.    Green Areas = Military Bases.

Below: The analysis area is 300+ miles. The colorized legend, located at the bottom of the map, indicates the severity of a storm(s). The lite blue bar (to the far left) is the weakest storm. The nearly white bar (to the far right) indicates the strongest storm. If, the nearly white bar is lit, the monitor is indicating the presence of a severe thunderstorm storm that is capable of producing hail, strong winds, heavy rain, deadly lightning, and MESO-Cyclonic development. Northeast Georgia Mountain Weather Center has not observed the nearly white bar flash since the thunderstorms that produced the F3 tornado that struck Helen, Georgia. That late night tornado (about 10 PM) leveled everything in its rather small side to side path. Those of us watching the lightning display on the north side of Brasstown Bald were not outdoors to see the "fire works" flashing inside the storm and we were not investigating the storm for the fun of it. The Helen Tornado was expected to cross the nearly 5,000 foot mountain and strike the Weather Center directly. Thankfully, the tornado could not make it over the summit and after an hour or so, the storm gradually dissipated.