WMO reports two record-setting lightning bolts
SEP 16, 2016
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.0210109
Science : New world records for the longest reported distance and the longest reported duration of single lightning flashes have been announced by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The distance record is 321 km, set on 20 June 2007 by a bolt of lightning that originated just south of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and traveled westward toward the Texas border. The duration record is 7.74 seconds, set by a lightning flash that occurred on 30 August 2012 over Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France. Validation of these new extremes demonstrates the improvements in regional lightning detection, according to the WMO.
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