"Below" These images are from the Lightning Monitor.  The antenna detector is located approximately 4 miles NW of the base of Brasstown Bald Mountain.  This is Real Time Lightning as received by the Northeast Georgia Weather Center Lightning Antenna at the ideal height of 30 feet above the ground.  Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.  Respecting lightning is a very sound idea.  If you see a stroke number in the upper left hand corner but do not see a plotted stroke, the cause if the actual stroke is outside the range of the programmed coverage area. Remember to refresh the images periodically as the images do not self refresh.

Legend: Small lightning bolts displayed running from left to right are "Cloud to Cloud" lightning. Small lightning bolts displayed running vertically (up and down) are "Cloud to Ground" lightning strikes. A red bolt is a C to G + strike < 5 min old. A yellow bolt is a C to G - strike < 5 min old. An orange horizontal bolt is a C to C - strike < 5 min old. A blue bolt is a C to C + strike < 5 min old.  At times, when an area is in a continuous strikes zone, the area is noted with a circle. A circled event is indicating a ground area that is in a very dangerous lightning situation. C to G = cloud to ground, C to C = cloud to cloud, + = a positive bolt, - = a negative bolt, < = less than.

"Below" Please find a Storm Assessment (Threat) that is generated at the NE Georgia Mountain Weather Center, Union County, Georgia, United States of America. This map changes continually as storms build and fade and,  accordingly, are plotted by the computer's software. If there are no storms, the software will not generate any images. The symbol + is the location of the lightning detector (3 miles south of Young Harris, Georgia).