Tag Archives: lightning
Heat Lightning – No Such Thing
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 … Continue reading
Lightning Is Frightening
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 … Continue reading
Lightning Is Frightening
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 … Continue reading
Lightning On The Golf Course
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 … Continue reading
Gulf of Mexico Light Show
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 … Continue reading
Late Night Lightning Show
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.
Early Morning Thunder
Thanks to ABC 33/40 Skywatcher Mike Wilhelm for this image captured in Huntsville during the pre-dawn hours…
Fire In The Summer Sky
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…
Lightning Is Frightening
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 … Continue reading
Lightning Is Frightening
Thanks to Lindsay James for these images sent via Twitter… “@spann lightning struck our tree this afternoon. Was extremely bright and very loud!”
