I never know this would be such a touchy subject. After years and years of getting reports of “heat lightning” in the summer and not really saying anything but “thanks for the report”, I have decided to go on a campaign for truth. There is no such thing as heat lightning. Some have told me […]
Thanks to Scott Rikansrud for these images… he writes… “Hi James, I wanted to share some photos of the lightning damage we received yesterday morning in Gadsden. At about 4:45am lightning blow a large hole ~4ft in diameter through the top of our chimney. We were very fortunate that there was no fire or injuries […]
Thanks to David DeWeese for these images… he writes… James, My name is David DeWeese and I’m the Golf Course Superintendent at FarmLinks Golf Club in Sylacauga, AL. I follow the weather blog daily, and saw where Rusty Howard at Greystone sent in some pictures of lighting striking the ground at his course and causing […]
Thanks to Rusty Howard, Founders Course Superintendent at the Greystone Golf Club, for these images… he writes… “Attached is a couple of pictures of a lightning strike that you and your staff my find interesting. Yesterday afternoon a bolt of lightning struck the ground about 20yds. in front of #18 green. Less than 5 minutes […]
Thanks to Jim Culpepper for these images… he writes… “James, Some pictures from a severe thunderstorm that rolled across Orange Beach and out into the Gulf around 7:30 p.m. on Monday, May 21, 2012. The three girls walking out onto the beach in the first photo beat a hasty retreat after the first lightning strike […]
Thanks to ABC 33/40 Skywatcher Mike Wilhelm for these images taken at Oak Park in NE Huntsville between 12:20 a.m. and 12:30 a.m. 9/15/11.
Thanks to ABC 33/40 Skywatcher Mike Wilhelm for this image captured in Huntsville during the pre-dawn hours…
Thanks to Anne Baldwin and Terry Wright for these images.. Anne took the picture of lightning over Red Mountain in Birmingham, and Terry’s picture shows a lightning strike on an oil rig near Fort Morgan, along the Alabama Gulf Coast…
Thanks to Melissa Austin, who works with us at ABC 33/40, for these images taken by her husband. The tree was struck by lightning Sunday between 4 & 5 pm. The house is in the Sunny Meadows subdivision off of 119.
Thanks to Lindsay James for these images sent via Twitter… “@spann lightning struck our tree this afternoon. Was extremely bright and very loud!”
Thanks to Lisa Bradley of Cumming, GA for this image… she writes… “I live in south Forsyth County, Georgia. On June 15th we had some severe storms including lightening. I felt/heard one lightning strike closer than any I have ever experienced. When I went to look out my backdoor to see where it struck – […]
Thanks to Tyler Young for this image taken in Atlanta… he writes… “James, I thought you would like this I took this with my iPhone at the game ” Th
Thanks to Brandon Harris and Allison Stitt for these excellent images captured during last night’s thunderstorm complex in Calhoun County…
Thanks to the best lightning photographer in the universe, ABC 33/40 Skywatcher Brandon Harris, for these images taken atop Chimney Peak overlooking Jacksonville. He writes… “The rain ran me off before I could get any real close ones…but these turned out well enough. ”
Our long time friend, mentor, and charter Weather Factory member, J.B. Elliott, passed away on May 11, 2015. Click HERE to read James' tribute.
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