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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.


 # INL-111505A - Intense Afternoon Lightning

Date filmed: November 15, 2005
Location: Griffin, Indiana
Total footage: 0:52
Scenes: 11 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Premium Severe Weather

This video is available in high definition

Description: Powerful, vivid cloud-to-ground lightning pulses in the skies in southern Indiana during the major tornado outbreak of November 15, 2005.

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 # OKL-052304A - Oklahoma Lightning Show

Date filmed: May 23, 2004
Location: Bristow, Oklahoma
Total footage: 4:21
Scenes: 47 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Premium Severe Weather

Description: A staggering display of powerful, vivid lightning from an afternoon supercell storm in Oklahoma.

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 # NCL-062907A - Close Lightning Strike

Date filmed: June 29, 2007
Location: Willow Springs, North Carolina
Speed: Realtime
Class: Premium Severe Weather

This video is available in high definition

Description: A startlingly close lightning strike rips through the air above a rural field near Raleigh, North Carolina, with a deafening crash of thunder.

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 # WVL-061405A - Close-Up of Lightning Striking Antenna

Date filmed: June 14, 2003
Location: St. Albans, West Virginia
Total footage: 38 seconds
Scenes: 6 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Premium Severe Weather

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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 # PAL-062206B - Pittsburgh Lightning - Part 2

Date filmed: June 22, 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Speed: Realtime
Class: Premium Severe Weather

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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 # NML-052905A - Close Lightning Near Vehicle

Date filmed: May 29, 2005
Location: Clayton, New Mexico
Total footage: 0:18
Scenes: 4 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Premium Severe Weather

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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 # SDL-060705A - Close lightning strikes

Date filmed: June 7, 2005
Location: Kadoka, South Dakota
Total footage: 0:22
Scenes: 2 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather

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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 # NCL-041004A - Lightning Strikes TV Towers

Date filmed: April 10, 2004
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Total footage: 1:31
Scenes: 8 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather

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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 # VAL-WC-061503A - Loud Thunder Barrage

Date filmed: June 15, 2003
Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
Speed: Realtime
Class: Premium Severe Weather

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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 # WVL-082005A - Bolts from the Blue

Date filmed: August 20, 2005
Location: Clendenin, West Virginia
Total footage: 0:29
Scenes: 1 clip
Speed: Realtime and Slow-Motion
Class: Severe Weather

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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 # TXL-052905A - Late Afternoon Lightning

Date filmed: May 29, 2005
Location: Dalhart, Texas
Total footage: 0:13
Scenes: 2 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: General Weather/B-Roll

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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 # ILL-070306A - Lightning Strikes Chicago's Sears Tower

Date filmed: July 3, 2006
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather

This video is available in high definition

Description: A lightning bolt strikes the Sears Tower in downtown Chicago during a July morning thunderstorm.

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 # ILL-053004A - Lightning along Interstate

Date filmed: May 30, 2004
Location: Mascoutah, Illinois
Total footage: 40 seconds
Scenes: 5 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather

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

Date filmed: June 12, 2005
Location: Hamlin, Texas
Total footage: 1:17
Scenes: 5 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather

Description: Lightning from a tornadic supercell in Texas.

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 # KSL-052004A - Sunset Lightning in Kansas

Date filmed: May 20, 2004
Location: Western Kansas
Total footage: 38 seconds
Scenes: 7 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather

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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 # KSL-061204A - Supercell Lightning in Kansas

Date filmed: June 12, 2004
Location: Belle Plaine, Kansas
Total footage: 03:50
Scenes: 36 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather

Description: Two cameras record a tornado-producing storm in Kansas as it pummels the countryside with frequent and brilliant lightning.

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 # KSL-061204B - Twilight Supercell Lightning Show

Date filmed: June 12, 2004
Location: Sumner County, Kansas
Total footage: 4:28
Scenes: 3 Long-duration clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather

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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 # L-MISC-1 - Miscellaneous Lightning

Date filmed: Various
Location: Various
Total footage: 2:01
Scenes: 5 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: General Weather/B-roll

Description: Lightning clips from various dates and locations, including West Virginia, Kansas, Texas, Ohio, and Oklahoma.

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 # OKL-061403A - Afternoon Oklahoma Lightning

Date filmed: June 14, 2003
Location: Dustin, Oklahoma
Total footage: 18 seconds
Scenes: 5 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: General Weather/B-roll

Description: Daytime lightning in rural Oklahoma.

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 # WVL-050103A - Springtime Afternoon Lightning

Date filmed: May 1, 2003
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Total footage: 27 seconds
Scenes: 5 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: General Weather/B-roll

Description: Daytime lightning over suburban area and mountains.

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 # WVL-072705A - Lightning strike to tower

Date filmed: July 27, 2005
Location: St. Albans, West Virginia
Total footage: 0:25
Scenes: 2 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather

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

Date filmed: May 7, 2004
Location: Jane Lew, West Virginia
Total footage: 1:26
Scenes: 6 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather

Description: Intense afternoon storm with close and brilliant lightning. Includes nice thunder audio from close strikes.

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 # WVL-060104A - Lightning over City

Date filmed: June 1, 2004
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Total footage: 20 seconds
Scenes: 3 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: General Weather/B-roll

Description: Quick daytime lightning over downtown Charleston, West Virginia.

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 # WVL-070903A - Summer Afternoon Lightning

Date filmed: July 9, 2004
Location: Scott Depot, West Virginia
Total footage: 30 seconds
Scenes: 6 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: General Weather/B-roll

Description: Lightning over houses, traffic and a television tower.

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 # WVL-051905A - Lightning and Traffic

Date filmed: May 19, 2005
Location: Milton, West Virginia
Total footage: 0:13
Scenes: 1 clip
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather

Description: A bright cloud-to-ground lightning strike hits behind traffic.

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 # WVL-072705B - Lightning over Charleston

Date filmed: July 27, 2005
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Total footage: 0:40
Scenes: 7 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: General Weather/B-Roll

Description: Lightning strikes over downtown Charleston, West Virginia.

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 # COL-053005A - Lightning on the Front Range

Date filmed: May 30, 2005
Location: Trinidad, Colorado
Total footage: 0:14
Scenes: 3 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: General Weather/B-Roll

Description: Lightning bolts on the Front Range in southern Colorado.

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 # WVL-080505A - Afternoon Lightning Show

Date filmed: August 5, 2005
Location: Glenwood, West Virginia
Total footage: 0:44
Scenes: 6 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: General Weather/B-Roll

Description: Cloud-to-ground lightning in rural Mason County, West Virginia along the Ohio River.

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