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 # HD-WVL-070406A - Close-Up Lightning Striking Antenna 1
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Date filmed: July 4, 2006
Location: St. Albans, West Virginia
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather
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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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Preview clip, 20.1MB
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 # HD-ILL-072006AS - Lightning Hits Sears Tower, John Hancock
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Date filmed: July 20, 2006
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather
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Description: Twice, lightning simultaneously strikes the Sears Tower and John Hancock Center in downtown Chicago.
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Preview clip, 6.2MB
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 # HD-NCL-062907A - Close Lightning Strike
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Date filmed: June 29, 2007
Location: Willow Springs, North Carolina
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather
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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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Preview clip, 1.3MB
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 # HD-INL-111505A - Intense Afternoon Lightning
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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
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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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Preview clip, 4.6MB
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 # HD-WVL-041706A - Close-Up Lightning Striking Antenna 2
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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
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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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Preview clip, 2.4MB
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 # HD-WVL-062206A - Close Lightning at Dusk
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Date filmed: June 22, 2006
Location: Clarksburg, West Virginia
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather
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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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Preview clip, 65.6MB
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 # HD-PAL-061307A - HD Pittsburgh Lightning - Part 5
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Date filmed: June 13, 2007
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather
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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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Preview clip, 3.4MB
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 # HD-WVL-071406A - Very Close Lightning Strikes
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Date filmed: July 14, 2006
Location: Pocatalico, West Virginia
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather
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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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Preview clip, 8.0MB
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 # HD-NDL-052706A - Highly Electrified Storm at Twilight
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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
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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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Preview clip, 16.7MB
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 # HD-ILL-070306A - Lightning Strikes Chicago's Sears Tower
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Date filmed: July 3, 2006
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Severe Weather
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Description: A lightning bolt strikes the Sears Tower in downtown Chicago during a July morning thunderstorm.
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Preview clip, 580KB
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 # HD-NDL-052706B - Lightning Bolts Rocket Downward
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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
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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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Preview clip, 8.4MB
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 # HD-MOL-060707A - Distant Thunderstorm with Lightning
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Date filmed: June 7, 2007
Location: Booneville, Missouri
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather
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Description: A distant thunderstorm looms in the twilight sky, with lightning illuminating the storm from within.
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Sample Clip, 2.8MB
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 # HD-WVL-071406B - Lightning Bugs and Lightning
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Date filmed: July 14, 2006
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather
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Description: Low-angle shot in the grass of lightning bugs (fireflies) glowing in front of lightning flashing in the sky.
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Sample Clip, 19.4MB
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 # HD-WVL-062806AS - Lightning Bugs and Lightning II
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Date filmed: June 28, 2006
Location: Ravenswood, West Virginia
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather
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Description: Lightning bugs flash in grassy fields at twilight while lightning strikes in the sky above.
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Sample Clip, 10.2MB
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 # HD-PAL-062206A - HD Pittsburgh Lightning - Part 1
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Date filmed: June 22, 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather
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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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Preview clip, 9.5MB
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 # HD-PAL-061906B - HD Pittsburgh Lightning - Part 2
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Date filmed: June 19, 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather
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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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Preview clip, 37.3MB
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 # HD-PAL-110905A - HD Pittsburgh Lightning - Part 3
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Date filmed: November 9, 2005
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Total footage: 00:32
Scenes: 6 clips
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Severe Weather
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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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Preview clip, 8.6MB
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 # HD-PAL-061906A - HD Pittsburgh Lightning - Part 4
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Date filmed: June 19, 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather
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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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Preview clip, 37.3MB
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 # HD-ILL-072006A - Lightning over Chicago Skyline
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Date filmed: July 20, 2006
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather
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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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Preview clip, 36.5MB
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 # HD-WVL-110805E - Intense Close Lightning Barrage
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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
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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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Preview clip, 10.7MB
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 # HD-MOL-052506A - Missouri Night Lightning Show
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Date filmed: May 25, 2006
Location: Sikeston, Missouri
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather
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Description: Severe thunderstorms light up the southern Missouri sky with frequent lightning.
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Preview clip, 8.5MB
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 # HD-WVL-071406C - Lightning over Charleston Skyline
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Date filmed: July 14, 2006
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather
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Description: Lightning bolts discharge over the downtown Charleston, West Virginia city skyline at night.
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Preview clip, 7.4MB
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 # HD-WVL-062806A - Sunset Lightning in Industrial Park
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Date filmed: June 28, 2006
Location: Ravenswood, West Virginia
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather
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Description: Brilliant, intricate lightning strikes fill the sunset-tinted sky over an industrial park near Ravenswood, West Virginia.
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Sample Clip, 8.2MB
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 # HD-ILL-040206A - Lightning Strike Under Rotating Cloud
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Date filmed: April 2, 2006
Location: Springfield, Illinois
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather
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Description: A lightning strike flickers under a rotating cloud from a tornado-warned storm.
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Sample Clip, 2.6MB
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 # HD-OKL-050707A - Lightning and Towers
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Date filmed: May 7, 2007
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather
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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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Preview clip, 4.0MB
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 # HD-WVL-042006A - Springtime Evening Lightning
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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
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Description: Spectacular lightning explodes across the late evening sky above a residential neighborhood in Charleston, West Virginia.
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Preview clip, 3.7MB
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 # HD-WVL-062806B - Lightning and Hay Bales
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Date filmed: June 28, 2006
Location: Ravenswood, West Virginia
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Severe Weather
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Description: Lightning strikes signal an approaching storm at sunset over hay bales on rural West Virginia farmland.
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Sample Clip, 3.4MB
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 # HD-NDL-052706C - Lightning and Sunset Colors
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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
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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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Preview clip, 5.6MB
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 # HD-NEL-052306A - Lightning and Shelf Cloud at Sunset
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Date filmed: May 23, 2006
Location: Hebron, Nebraska
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Premium Severe Weather
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Description: A dark, menacing shelf cloud from a severe thunderstorm approaches at sunset, quickly darkening the skies while lightning flickers.
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Preview clip, 8.3MB
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 # HD-OHL-110805A - Vivid Lightning In Rural Ohio
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Date filmed: November 8, 2005
Location: Chillicothe, Ohio
Total footage: 01:24
Scenes: 14 clips
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Severe Weather
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Description: Vivid, spectacular lightning pounds the rural Ohio countryside during an afternoon thunderstorm.
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Preview clip, 5.2MB
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 # HD-MOL-052506B - Lightning Illuminates Storm Clouds
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Date filmed: May 25, 2006
Location: Sikeston, Missouri
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Severe Weather
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Description: Lightning illuminates a cumulonimbus cloud from the inside out in the blue glow of fading twilight.
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Preview clip, 6.3MB
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 # HD-WVL-060306A - Evening Lightning over Traffic
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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
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Description: Lightning flashes in a storm-darkened sky over Interstate 64 in Charleston, West Virginia.
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Preview clip, 1.2MB
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 # HD-WVL-110805D - Lightning & WV State Capitol
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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
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Description: A thunderstorm brilliantly lights up the night sky over and behind the West Virginia State Capitol building in Charleston.
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Preview clip, 12.2MB
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 # HD-OHL-110805C - Sunset Lightning In The Hills
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Date filmed: November 8, 2005
Location: Jackson, Ohio
Total footage: 00:39
Scenes: 7 clips
Source: HDV 1080i
Speed: Realtime
Class: HD Severe Weather
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Description: A thunderstorm puts on a light show in the fading daylight among the hills of eastern Ohio.
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Preview clip, 2.7MB
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