The Electric Factory Above Our Heads Thunderstorms often begin to develop early in the day when the sun heats the air near ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Summer evenings can often deliver storms seen firing in the distance with frequent flashing, but thunder absent. This phenomenon has often been dubbed “heat lightning” but ...

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – During a thunderstorm, have you ever heard a loud clap of thunder that shook the entire house and maybe even gave you a little scare? These booming sounds are caused by ...

In many places, “heat lightning” is common during the hot, humid months of July and August. Heat lightning, according to some, is a flash of cloud lightning that isn’t accompanied by thunder and is ...

While thunderstorms are less common in the winter, sometimes lightning can occur within snowstorms, the National Weather Service said. This is known as thundersnow. Thundersnow can be found when there ...

Will Jones from Smithfield, North Carolina, sent me the above picture during Saturday evening's storms. Growing up, I always heard this called "heat lightning." Other WRAL Top Stories It wasn't until ...