How does lightning form in a thunderstorm? As a storm is developing, the bottom of the cloud holds raindrops. The top of the cloud is colder and below freezing. It contains ice crystals. Up-and ...

Severe thunderstorms rolled through the Foothills Friday evening. Dark storm clouds rolled over Elkin and Wilkesboro.

The odds of being struck by lightning is less than one in a million in a given year, according to the Centers for Disease ...

Thunderstorms can be characterized by their classic anvil-shaped tops, which are where the air hits a strong, stable layer of the atmosphere and can’t force its way through it. This layer is often ...

Summer is a busy time for lightning strikes, which kill about 20 people and injure many others across the United States each ...

Dear Tom, You recently mentioned that thunderstorm clouds can rise 10 to 12 miles into the atmosphere. Can you elaborate? — John Sunderman, Downers Grove Dear John, Cumulonimbus or thunderstorm ...

Billowing cumulonimbus clouds have a whole bunch of clues and signs as to what they are doing. Watch this timelapse with an explanation. Skip to content. WKRG News 5.

Monitor the daily weather forecast to be aware of thunder- storm watches and warnings. Know the signs that a thunder- storm is approaching; listen for thunder in the distance and look for dark clouds, ...

Here's what you need to know. How lightning is made. People have been trying to figure out why the sky breaks out into a scary light-and-sound show for centuries, and it wasn't until the 1900s ...

A: It's common for many cloud tops in a thunderstorm to be higher than 55,000 feet above sea level, says Brent McRoberts of Texas A&M University. Clouds over that range belong in a special ...

FACT: Lightning often strikes more than three miles from the center of the thunderstorm, far outside the rain or thunderstorm cloud. "Bolts from the blue" can strike 10-15 miles from the thunderstorm.

On July 10, 2025, in Greenville, South Carolina, USA, @samanthapweiss shared a video of an intense shelf cloud formation. In the video, dark, heavy storm clouds dominate the sky, signaling an ...