Weather.com - Jon Erdman
Hourly rate of cloud-to-ground lightning strikes associated with twin thunderstorm clusters on the morning of May 10, 2013.
Recently, while severe thunderstorms have produced hail, high winds, a few tornadoes, and local flash flooding, one could argue the most compelling stories over the last week or so have been due to lightning. Let's recount these factoids:
1) Incredible lightning rates
The map above is a screengrab of radar and lightning strikes from Friday morning, May 10, 2013. You'll notice two main clusters of thunderstorms, one from western Alabama to Louisiana and a second in central Texas.
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