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 # HD-WVL-070406A - Close-Up Lightning Striking Antenna 1

Date filmed: July 4, 2006
Location: St. Albans, West Virginia
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather

Description: Extremely detailed, close-up shots of three spectacular lightning bolts directly striking the antenna of a television tower near St. Albans, West Virginia on a stormy July 4 evening. After each strike, sparks of molten metal fall from the tower tip like a fireworks burst as loud thunder crashes. Excellent proof that lightning does strike the same place twice! Other lightning bolts flash behind the tower tip.

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 # HD-ILL-072006AS - Lightning Hits Sears Tower, John Hancock

Date filmed: July 20, 2006
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather

Description: Twice, lightning simultaneously strikes the Sears Tower and John Hancock Center in downtown Chicago.

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 # HD-NCL-062907A - Close Lightning Strike

Date filmed: June 29, 2007
Location: Willow Springs, North Carolina
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather

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

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 # HD-INL-111505A - Intense Afternoon Lightning

Date filmed: November 15, 2005
Location: Griffin, Indiana
Total footage: 00:30
Scenes: 7 clips
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather

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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 # HD-WVL-041706A - Close-Up Lightning Striking Antenna 2

Date filmed: April 17, 2006
Location: St. Albans, West Virginia
Total footage: 00:40
Scenes: 3 clips
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather

Description: Nighttime detailed, close-up shots of three vivid lightning bolts directly striking the antenna of a television tower near St. Albans, West Virginia on a stormy April night. After each strike, sparks of molten metal fall from the tower tip like a fireworks burst. More proof that lightning does strike the same place twice!

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 # HD-WVL-062206A - Close Lightning at Dusk

Date filmed: June 22, 2006
Location: Clarksburg, West Virginia
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather

Description: Frequent and brilliant lightning strikes hit close by near Clarksburg, West Virginia in the fading twilight. Includes great audio of loud blasts of thunder. One of the strikes briefly knocks out power, evidenced by all of the streetlights and building lights in the picture shutting off briefly.

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 # HD-PAL-061307A - HD Pittsburgh Lightning - Part 5

Date filmed: June 13, 2007
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather

Description: Part 5 of 5 in the StormScenes HD Pittsburgh Lightning series. Afternoon lightning over the heart of downtown Pittsburgh. Vivid, pulsing lightning bolts pierce the sky behind big city skyscrapers.

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 # HD-WVL-071406A - Very Close Lightning Strikes

Date filmed: July 14, 2006
Location: Pocatalico, West Virginia
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather

Description: An intense barrage of very close cloud-to-ground lightning strikes. Multiple strikes hit less than 1/4 mile from the camera with startling cracks of thunder. One strike hits behind the camera within 100 feet, with thunder arriving instantly, even before the lightning finishes flickering. Another strike hits 700 feet in front of the camera in a grove of trees. Two more strikes hit on camera within 1000 feet. Shots of the approaching storm show intense lightning bolts under dark, ominous clouds.

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 # HD-NDL-052706A - Highly Electrified Storm at Twilight

Date filmed: May 27, 2006
Location: Bismarck, North Dakota
Total footage: Over 15:00
Scenes: Numerous clips
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather

Description: A structured supercell thunderstorm with classic inflow tail, updraft tower and precipitation core pulses with continuous lightning in the colorful twilight of a North Dakota sunset. This amazingly beautiful scene was stunning to witness in person, and was a perfect place to put a high-definition camera to work.

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

Date filmed: July 3, 2006
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Severe Weather

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

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 # HD-NDL-052706B - Lightning Bolts Rocket Downward

Date filmed: May 27, 2006
Location: Bismarck, North Dakota
Total footage: Over 15:00
Scenes: 10 clips
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather

Description: Powerful cloud-to-ground lightning bolts explode in front of rain curtains in a stormy North Dakota sky bathed in deep blue twilight. The branching stepped leaders of these bolts can be seen rocketing toward the ground with incredible motion! Watch the sample clip for slow-motion playbacks of this amazing phenomenon.

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 # HD-MOL-060707A - Distant Thunderstorm with Lightning

Date filmed: June 7, 2007
Location: Booneville, Missouri
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather

Description: A distant thunderstorm looms in the twilight sky, with lightning illuminating the storm from within.

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 # HD-WVL-071406B - Lightning Bugs and Lightning

Date filmed: July 14, 2006
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather

Description: Low-angle shot in the grass of lightning bugs (fireflies) glowing in front of lightning flashing in the sky.

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 # HD-WVL-062806AS - Lightning Bugs and Lightning II

Date filmed: June 28, 2006
Location: Ravenswood, West Virginia
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather

Description: Lightning bugs flash in grassy fields at twilight while lightning strikes in the sky above.

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 # HD-PAL-062206A - HD Pittsburgh Lightning - Part 1

Date filmed: June 22, 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather

Description: Part 1 of 4 in the StormScenes HD Pittsburgh Lightning series. Nighttime lightning over the heart of downtown Pittsburgh. Vivid, pulsing lightning bolts light up the sky behind big city skyscrapers. Includes shots from high elevation vantage points as well as low-angle views while lightning fills the sky in a spectacular display, reflecting off of building windows.

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 # HD-PAL-061906B - HD Pittsburgh Lightning - Part 2

Date filmed: June 19, 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather

Description: Part 2 of 4 in the StormScenes HD Pittsburgh Lightning series. Nighttime lightning over the downtown Pittsburgh skyline. A display of frequent bolts light up the sky behind classic views of the Steel City skyline. Includes telephoto and wide angle shots of lightning over the city skyscrapers.

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 # HD-PAL-110905A - HD Pittsburgh Lightning - Part 3

Date filmed: November 9, 2005
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Total footage: 00:32
Scenes: 6 clips
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Severe Weather

Description: Part 3 of 4 in the StormScenes HD Pittsburgh Lightning series. A thunderstorm lights up the night sky over downtown Pittsburgh. Lightning flashes above skyscrapers and city buildings.

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 # HD-PAL-061906A - HD Pittsburgh Lightning - Part 4

Date filmed: June 19, 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather

Description: Part 4 of 4 in the StormScenes HD Pittsburgh Lightning series. Intense thunderstorms light up the evening sky over Pittsburgh. Lightning strikes above skyscrapers, highways, urban scenes and city buildings. Wide shots show lightning and entire storm structure above the city.

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 # HD-ILL-072006A - Lightning over Chicago Skyline

Date filmed: July 20, 2006
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather

Description: Lightning bolts behind and over the downtown Chicago skyline and skyscrapers. Lightning strikes the Sears Tower and John Hancock Center.

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 # HD-WVL-110805E - Intense Close Lightning Barrage

Date filmed: November 8, 2005
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Total footage: 01:31
Scenes: 7 clips
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather

Description: Frequent, brilliant, startling and close lightning strikes pummel Charleston, West Virginia. Includes great audio of loud blasts of thunder. A diesel generator starts up after one of the lightning strikes knocks out power.

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 # HD-MOL-052506A - Missouri Night Lightning Show

Date filmed: May 25, 2006
Location: Sikeston, Missouri
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather

Description: Severe thunderstorms light up the southern Missouri sky with frequent lightning.

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 # HD-WVL-071406C - Lightning over Charleston Skyline

Date filmed: July 14, 2006
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather

Description: Lightning bolts discharge over the downtown Charleston, West Virginia city skyline at night.

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 # HD-WVL-062806A - Sunset Lightning in Industrial Park

Date filmed: June 28, 2006
Location: Ravenswood, West Virginia
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather

Description: Brilliant, intricate lightning strikes fill the sunset-tinted sky over an industrial park near Ravenswood, West Virginia.

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 # HD-ILL-040206A - Lightning Strike Under Rotating Cloud

Date filmed: April 2, 2006
Location: Springfield, Illinois
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather

Description: A lightning strike flickers under a rotating cloud from a tornado-warned storm.

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 # HD-OKL-050707A - Lightning and Towers

Date filmed: May 7, 2007
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather

Description: Sky-filling lightning explodes over a cluster of tall towers in Oklahoma City. Twice, one of the towers is hit directly.

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 # HD-WVL-042006A - Springtime Evening Lightning

Date filmed: April 20, 2006
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Total footage: 00:37
Scenes: 6 clips
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather

Description: Spectacular lightning explodes across the late evening sky above a residential neighborhood in Charleston, West Virginia.

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 # HD-WVL-062806B - Lightning and Hay Bales

Date filmed: June 28, 2006
Location: Ravenswood, West Virginia
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Severe Weather

Description: Lightning strikes signal an approaching storm at sunset over hay bales on rural West Virginia farmland.

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 # HD-NDL-052706C - Lightning and Sunset Colors

Date filmed: May 27, 2006
Location: Bismarck, North Dakota
Total footage: 02:00
Scenes: 9 clips
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather

Description: Vivid lightning bursts across the deeply saturated, vivid colors of a sunset severe thunderstorm in North Dakota. Rain curtains and storm structures round out this lightning display.

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 # HD-NEL-052306A - Lightning and Shelf Cloud at Sunset

Date filmed: May 23, 2006
Location: Hebron, Nebraska
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather

Description: A dark, menacing shelf cloud from a severe thunderstorm approaches at sunset, quickly darkening the skies while lightning flickers.

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 # HD-OHL-110805A - Vivid Lightning In Rural Ohio

Date filmed: November 8, 2005
Location: Chillicothe, Ohio
Total footage: 01:24
Scenes: 14 clips
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Severe Weather

Description: Vivid, spectacular lightning pounds the rural Ohio countryside during an afternoon thunderstorm.

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 # HD-MOL-052506B - Lightning Illuminates Storm Clouds

Date filmed: May 25, 2006
Location: Sikeston, Missouri
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Severe Weather

Description: Lightning illuminates a cumulonimbus cloud from the inside out in the blue glow of fading twilight.

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 # HD-WVL-060306A - Evening Lightning over Traffic

Date filmed: June 3, 2006
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Total footage: 00:25
Scenes: 2 clips
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Severe Weather

Description: Lightning flashes in a storm-darkened sky over Interstate 64 in Charleston, West Virginia.

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 # HD-WVL-110805D - Lightning & WV State Capitol

Date filmed: November 8, 2005
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Total footage: 01:07
Scenes: 9 clips
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Severe Weather

Description: A thunderstorm brilliantly lights up the night sky over and behind the West Virginia State Capitol building in Charleston.

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 # HD-OHL-110805C - Sunset Lightning In The Hills

Date filmed: November 8, 2005
Location: Jackson, Ohio
Total footage: 00:39
Scenes: 7 clips
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Severe Weather

Description: A thunderstorm puts on a light show in the fading daylight among the hills of eastern Ohio.

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