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Originally posted by Tazkven
for less than a second the entire sky and ground lit up from left to right, tree line to tree line.
Originally posted by Rezlooper
My guess, this was another meteor burning up. From what you describe, it makes more sense than a 30 mile lightning.
How far can lightning strike?
Almost all lightning will occur within 10 miles of its parent thunderstorm, but it CAN strike much farther than that. Lightning detection equipment has confirmed bolts striking almost 50 miles away.
Originally posted by Tazkven
reply to post by _BoneZ_
The lightning flashes I saw over Louisville were cloud to cloud and clearly visable, but no where near as bright.
Which of course Louisville is 60 miles away from home, Louisville is not on the map below ...
The black circle I estimate to be 30+ some odd miles, from the bottom red circle to the middle red circle about 20 miles.
The bottom red and center red circles the flash was just as bright as daylight, I cannot account for the top red circle but I would assume it was the same intensity as up to that point there was no visable lightning up to that point and you can't see the lightning from Louisville anyways because of the hills.
I was unaware that lightning would travel that far and be that bright over atleast 20+ miles, What got me is her sending me a text seconds later seeing the same flash 20 miles away at the same time and lit up the window like daylight as it did inside my vehicle.
That was one heck of a bolt of lightning making no noise, 60 miles from the storm and traveling at least 30 miles ...
Originally posted by _BoneZ_
reply to post by Tazkven
I think I'll exit that way -------> before it gets deeper.
Originally posted by _BoneZ_
Just wanted to add this piece of information before I exit this thread:
From the NOAA's website:
How far can lightning strike?
Almost all lightning will occur within 10 miles of its parent thunderstorm, but it CAN strike much farther than that. Lightning detection equipment has confirmed bolts striking almost 50 miles away.
You saw lightning. Admit it and have a great day at work.
Originally posted by _BoneZ_
You must not've read what he described, because you would've seen that he described the flash as lasting for less than a second. Nowhere near the amount of time for a meteor to track across the sky. But definitely the speed of lightning.
Originally posted by FireballStorm
Another possibility is a transformer going "boom". They can produce similar flashes to lightning and meteors, which can be seen for tens of km, and can light up the entire sky.
Originally posted by FireballStorm
So I would say 3 possible explanations at least.
Originally posted by Tazkven
Originally posted by _BoneZ_
Originally posted by Rezlooper
My guess, this was another meteor burning up. From what you describe, it makes more sense than a 30 mile lightning.
You must not've read what he described, because you would've seen that he described the flash as lasting for less than a second. Nowhere near the amount of time for a meteor to track across the sky. But definitely the speed of lightning.