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World record longest lightning flash discovered – a whopping 515-mile-long bolt

Scientists July 31 announced the discovery of the world's longest lightning flash ever detected – a whopping 515-mile-long ...
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NOAA Satellites Help Certify World’s Longest Lightning Flash – Over 500 Horizontal Miles in the United States

Image from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite of the thunderstorm complex that produced the megaflash lightning bolt on October 22, ...
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The Longest Lightning Flash Ever Recorded Stretched 829 Kilometers From Texas to Missouri

On October 22, 2017, a thunderstorm unfurled across the Great Plains of the United States. To anyone watching from the ground ...

World's longest lightning flash confirmed as new record

A 515-mile-long lightning strike that traveled from Texas to Missouri has been confirmed as the new world record.

Massive lightning bolt from Texas to Missouri breaks record for world’s longest flash

The 515-mile bolt stretched from East Texas to near Kansas City, Mo., a roughly eight-hour distance by car, according to the ...
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ASU professor helps measure longest lightning flash in new certified record

In October 2017, a thunderstorm in the United States produced lightning that extended across several states. Now, researchers ...

How to tell how far away lightning is by counting

Did you see a flash of lightning? Start counting, because that can tell you how far away the thunderstorm is, and if it's ...

Heat wave continues Wednesday before storms, flash flooding and cooler air arrive later this week

Record-setting temperatures are possible once again Wednesday in the Philadelphia area before storms on Thursday.