A storm that pummeled dozens of Midwest states with snow during the weekend also brought another weather phenomena, at least to Missouri: Thunder and lightning. The phenomenon, known as ...
Although the snow sometimes muffles the thunder ... Two men were struck by lightning during snowstorms in 1996 – one in Minnesota and the other in Colorado. In 2002, four teenagers in Maine ...
During a winter storm, snowflakes and sleet pellets high in the clouds can collide. Those collisions create the same static charges as in a summer thunderstorm. With enough static charge, lightning is ...
Thundersnow is just a thunderstorm that produces snow instead of rain. This relatively uncommon phenomenon is usually found in mountainous areas, near the Great Lakes, and across communities affected ...