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The derecho over Indiana on June 29. Composite radar image as the storm moved from Indiana to Virginia. The June 2012 Mid-Atlantic and Midwest derecho was one of the deadliest and most destructive fast-moving severe thunderstorm complexes in North American history.
Before the lightning strike, the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Washington area between 6:30 and 7:15 p.m. The fatal strike came at 6:49 p.m.
The seemingly endless cycle of snow, torrential rain and disruptive weather will continue this weekend as a powerful storm system lashes the central and eastern U.S., with the added threat of a ...
Jun. 6—Lightning set fire to two homes in the same New Hampshire city minutes apart this week, a dramatic start to the severe weather season. A powerful storm thundered through Portsmouth on ...
Smooth channel lightning is an informal term referring to a type of cloud-to-ground lightning strike that has no visible branching and appears like a line with smooth curves as opposed to the jagged appearance of most lightning channels. They are a form of positive lightning generally observed in or near the convective regions of severe ...
Lightning at a sufficient distance may be seen and not heard; there is data that a lightning storm can be seen at over 160 km (100 miles) whereas the thunder travels about 32 km (20 miles). Anecdotally, there are many examples of people describing a 'storm directly overhead' or 'all-around' and yet 'no thunder'.
A man was struck by lightning and at least three others, including a child, were also injured after severe thunderstorms swept through parts of Texas and Florida Wednesday evening into Thursday ...
Lightning: this storm cloud is capable of producing bursts of cloud-to-ground lightning. Hail: hailstones may fall from this cloud if it is a highly unstable environment (which favours a more vigorous storm updraft). Heavy rain: this cloud may drop several inches (centimetres) of rain in a short amount of time. This can cause flash flooding.