I happened to be watching a few YouTube videos of the April 27th tornadoes with several of the approaching videos of the Tuscaloosa storm catching my eyes. Anyone notice the insane CG lightning in a very concentrated area with that storm? Sort of reminded me of a Hollingshead video from that Nebraska monster recently. This seemed even more intense than anything Ive witnessed. Is there any other processes at work in a storm causing this?
Intense CG lightning on April 27
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Scott Weberpal
EF5
It's probably staccato lightning which often occurs with intense mesocyclones. It is often very frequent and very intense, and concentrated in a small area.
During the August 18, 2005 tornado outbreak in Wisconsin, I had 20+ staccato lightning strikes within a mile of me in a matter of one or two minutes.
During the August 18, 2005 tornado outbreak in Wisconsin, I had 20+ staccato lightning strikes within a mile of me in a matter of one or two minutes.
jeremy wilson
I call em meso-bolts(same thing Scotts talking about). I've seen some crazy displays around some violent mesos.
May 29th 2004, Fires were being ignited all around me by these freaks!
May 29th 2004, Fires were being ignited all around me by these freaks!
Zack Hargrove
EF2
The small Wisconsin outbreak this year on April 10 had some mean staccato lightning and the night before in Iowa just had RIDICULOUS lightning. I had never seen anything like that.
cstrunk
EF3
The Mapleton, IA supercell had impressive lightning, but as a squall line with embedded supercells went over my location in the very early morning hours of April 27th, I witnessed a lightning show that ranks in my top 5 all-time. You could see it coming, as it made a corner of the horizon seem as if it were on fire. CG's reigned down as it passed, then gave way to memorizing sky-crawlers. Multiple flashes every second. Truly inspiring and frightful at the same time.
jeremy wilson
The past storm system that dumped all the heavy rain here(may 1st through 2nd) was full of the most intense CG's I've ever seen. At one point my wife and I were so mesmerized by this display that I had to grab her by the arm and pull her in for safeties sake. It was like war of the worlds or something. We heard constant rumbles for over 40 hours even though the storms were sometimes 70 miles away!
Jason Haller
EF2
The Manhattan KS storm the produced the EF 4 2008 had some of the most intense lightning I have ever witnessed. It was short intense bolts with very loud thunder as if the bolt struck a few feet away but in reality it was a few miles.
