weather underground lightning strike map

Well-defined thunderstorm with lightning from the anvil What is a Thunderstorm Anvil? Lightning can strike more than 100 miles from the parent thunderstorm.Calculating the time from lightning to thunder applies only to that one strike it says nothing about the “distance to the storm”.There is no such thing as “heat lightning”.

Use the thunder simulator Quick Lightning Facts Most lightning strikes occur within or in very close proximity to the thunderstorm producing it however, anvil lighting can occur dozens - even a hundred or more - miles away from the parent thunderstorm. Rather, all lightning emanates from the clouds of thunderstorms. This is called anvil lightning and has been referred to as a “bolt from the blue.” Technically, that type of lighting isn’t “from the blue” at all (assuming “blue” is meant to suggest that the sky was cloud-free when the strike occurred). The most dangerous lightning strikes are those that occur when our guard is down lightning strikes from a sky that appears to be clear and the nearest thunderstorm on radar is many miles away.

In fact, lightning deaths have become exceedingly rare relative to other weather phenomena, but they still occur. While injury from lightning strikes has increased since 1940, fatalities have decreased dramatically.

Weather underground lightning strike map