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Most lightning strikes have at least 2 to 4 seconds of 'padding' or lead-in and lead-out. Long-duration clips are designated as those in which there is no break in the continuity of the video. See also our High-Definition lightning video catalog in the StormScenes HD Library.
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 # INL-111505A - Intense Afternoon Lightning
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 # OKL-052304A - Oklahoma Lightning Show
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Date filmed: May 23, 2004
Location: Bristow, Oklahoma
Total footage: 4:21
Scenes: 47 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Premium Severe Weather
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Description: A staggering display of powerful, vivid lightning from an afternoon supercell storm in Oklahoma.
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Preview clip, 10.2MB
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 # NCL-062907A - Close Lightning Strike
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 # WVL-061405A - Close-Up of Lightning Striking Antenna
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Date filmed: June 14, 2003
Location: St. Albans, West Virginia
Total footage: 38 seconds
Scenes: 6 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Premium Severe Weather
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Description: Three intense lightning bolts strike a television tower near St. Albans, West Virginia in a timespan of less than five minutes. Two cameras record the action from close range, with one set up to capture detailed extreme close-up shots of each strike. Fine detail of each strike is visible, including lightning channel drift, bead-out and return strokes. Glowing metal shards fall from the tower after each strike. Excellent proof that lightning does strike the same place twice!
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Preview clip, 2.6MB
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 # PAL-062206B - Pittsburgh Lightning - Part 2
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Date filmed: June 22, 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Speed: Realtime
Class: Premium Severe Weather
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Description: Part 2 of 4 in the StormScenes Pittsburgh Lightning series. A strong afternoon thunderstorm moves into downtown Pittsburgh during the afternoon rush hour. Vivid, quick cloud-to-ground bolts flicker behind the city.
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Preview clip, 9.6MB
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 # NML-052905A - Close Lightning Near Vehicle
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Date filmed: May 29, 2005
Location: Clayton, New Mexico
Total footage: 0:18
Scenes: 4 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Premium Severe Weather
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Description: Close cloud-to-ground lightning bolts rain down around the vehicle while driving through an intense thunderstorm in northeastern New Mexico. One bolt strikes a pole less than 100 yards in front of the vehicle with an instantaneous blast of thunder.
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Preview clip, 1.3MB
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 # SDL-060705A - Close lightning strikes
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Date filmed: June 7, 2005
Location: Kadoka, South Dakota
Total footage: 0:22
Scenes: 2 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather
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Description: Two very close lightning strikes hit near storm chasers watching a spectacular supercell thunderstorm. The first bolt is directly in front of the camera, the second is much closer and hits out of the picture to the left. A small clicking sound can be heard as the second strike flickers nearby. Includes great audio of the loud, startling blasts of thunder.
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Preview clip, 1.5MB
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 # NCL-041004A - Lightning Strikes TV Towers
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Date filmed: April 10, 2004
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Total footage: 1:31
Scenes: 8 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather
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Description: Two cameras roll as lightning repeatedly strikes television towers east of Raleigh, North Carolina, some two and three simultaneously. Both zoom and wide shots. Evidence that lightning does strike the same place twice! Good thunder audio included.
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Preview clip, 5.5MB
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 # VAL-WC-061503A - Loud Thunder Barrage
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Date filmed: June 15, 2003
Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
Speed: Realtime
Class: Premium Severe Weather
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Description: A barrage of close lightning strikes creates one of the most dramatic and hair-raising series of thunder blasts you'll ever hear.
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Preview clip, 1.5MB
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 # WVL-082005A - Bolts from the Blue
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Date filmed: August 20, 2005
Location: Clendenin, West Virginia
Total footage: 0:29
Scenes: 1 clip
Speed: Realtime and Slow-Motion
Class: Severe Weather
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Description: Cloud-to-ground lightning 'bolts from the blue' arc from the top of a growing thunderstorm out into clear air, striking the ground many miles away from the storm. This video is a great illustration of how lightning danger can exist for people outdoors even if they are far away from a thunderstorm.
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Preview clip, 1.3MB
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 # TXL-052905A - Late Afternoon Lightning
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Date filmed: May 29, 2005
Location: Dalhart, Texas
Total footage: 0:13
Scenes: 2 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: General Weather/B-Roll
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Description: Lightning near sunset in rural northern Texas. Lightning flickers along with a faint rainbow behind tractor trailers on a highway.
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Preview clip, 854KB
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 # ILL-070306A - Lightning Strikes Chicago's Sears Tower
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 # ILL-053004A - Lightning along Interstate
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Date filmed: May 30, 2004
Location: Mascoutah, Illinois
Total footage: 40 seconds
Scenes: 5 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather
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Description: Daytime lightning explodes across the sky above traffic along on Interstate 64 in southwestern Illinois.
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 # TXL-061205A - Texas Supercell Lightning
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Date filmed: June 12, 2005
Location: Hamlin, Texas
Total footage: 1:17
Scenes: 5 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather
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Description: Lightning from a tornadic supercell in Texas.
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Preview clip, 4.7MB
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 # KSL-052004A - Sunset Lightning in Kansas
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Date filmed: May 20, 2004
Location: Western Kansas
Total footage: 38 seconds
Scenes: 7 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather
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Description: Pink lightning dances under an ominous blue-gray sky accented by the orange glow of the setting sun. Afterward, bright anvil crawlers rocket across a rural roadway at night.
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Preview clip, 2.5MB
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 # KSL-061204A - Supercell Lightning in Kansas
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Date filmed: June 12, 2004
Location: Belle Plaine, Kansas
Total footage: 03:50
Scenes: 36 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather
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Description: Two cameras record a tornado-producing storm in Kansas as it pummels the countryside with frequent and brilliant lightning.
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Preview clip, 11.0MB
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 # KSL-061204B - Twilight Supercell Lightning Show
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Date filmed: June 12, 2004
Location: Sumner County, Kansas
Total footage: 4:28
Scenes: 3 Long-duration clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather
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Description: Frequent lightning lights up the side of a tornadic supercell in Kansas in the fading daylight. Bolts shoot out of the side of white, billowing clouds.
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Preview clip, 11.3MB
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 # L-MISC-1 - Miscellaneous Lightning
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Date filmed: Various
Location: Various
Total footage: 2:01
Scenes: 5 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: General Weather/B-roll
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Description: Lightning clips from various dates and locations, including West Virginia, Kansas, Texas, Ohio, and Oklahoma.
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Preview clip, 6.9MB
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 # OKL-061403A - Afternoon Oklahoma Lightning
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Date filmed: June 14, 2003
Location: Dustin, Oklahoma
Total footage: 18 seconds
Scenes: 5 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: General Weather/B-roll
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Description: Daytime lightning in rural Oklahoma.
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Preview clip, 1.2MB
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 # WVL-050103A - Springtime Afternoon Lightning
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Date filmed: May 1, 2003
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Total footage: 27 seconds
Scenes: 5 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: General Weather/B-roll
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Description: Daytime lightning over suburban area and mountains.
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Preview clip, 1.8MB
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 # WVL-072705A - Lightning strike to tower
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Date filmed: July 27, 2005
Location: St. Albans, West Virginia
Total footage: 0:25
Scenes: 2 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather
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Description: A cloud-to-ground lightning strike to a television tower. Includes simultaneous wide and extreme close-up zoom shots.
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 # WVL-050704A - Lightning along Interstate 79
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Date filmed: May 7, 2004
Location: Jane Lew, West Virginia
Total footage: 1:26
Scenes: 6 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather
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Description: Intense afternoon storm with close and brilliant lightning. Includes nice thunder audio from close strikes.
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Preview clip, 5.4MB
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 # WVL-060104A - Lightning over City
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Date filmed: June 1, 2004
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Total footage: 20 seconds
Scenes: 3 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: General Weather/B-roll
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Description: Quick daytime lightning over downtown Charleston, West Virginia.
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Preview clip, 1.3MB
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 # WVL-070903A - Summer Afternoon Lightning
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Date filmed: July 9, 2004
Location: Scott Depot, West Virginia
Total footage: 30 seconds
Scenes: 6 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: General Weather/B-roll
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Description: Lightning over houses, traffic and a television tower.
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Preview clip, 1.9MB
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 # WVL-051905A - Lightning and Traffic
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Date filmed: May 19, 2005
Location: Milton, West Virginia
Total footage: 0:13
Scenes: 1 clip
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather
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Description: A bright cloud-to-ground lightning strike hits behind traffic.
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 # WVL-072705B - Lightning over Charleston
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Date filmed: July 27, 2005
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Total footage: 0:40
Scenes: 7 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: General Weather/B-Roll
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Description: Lightning strikes over downtown Charleston, West Virginia.
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Preview clip, 2.5MB
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 # COL-053005A - Lightning on the Front Range
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Date filmed: May 30, 2005
Location: Trinidad, Colorado
Total footage: 0:14
Scenes: 3 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: General Weather/B-Roll
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Description: Lightning bolts on the Front Range in southern Colorado.
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Preview clip, 910KB
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 # WVL-080505A - Afternoon Lightning Show
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Date filmed: August 5, 2005
Location: Glenwood, West Virginia
Total footage: 0:44
Scenes: 6 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: General Weather/B-Roll
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Description: Cloud-to-ground lightning in rural Mason County, West Virginia along the Ohio River.
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Preview clip, 2.8MB
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