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August 22 2002 - Lightning hits a tree 17 yards away from where I was standing. This was actually MEASURED the next day... not just another BS youtube video claiming lightning hitting 10 feet away when in reality the bolt is a mile off.

We felt the heat/shockwave from the bolt and wound up laying on the ground for about 10 seconds, very disoriented as more bolts hit very near our location.

This was film in Urbana, Illinois.

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[Stormsfury777]

Just thought a quick reply would suffice ... a severe thunderstorm is defined as one containing 58 mph winds and/or 3/4 inch diameter hail ... many times now wording from NWS warnings and statements will include a thunderstorm or strong thunderstorm with excessive cloud to ground lightning is occurring. But lightning alone does not make a storm severe.

[prairiestormwx]

I don't know if you were directing the reply at myself, but I know the criteria. My younger brother came out as I was filming and asked "is it severe?" and I said "no, lightning doesN'T make it severe."

[HauntedGhostLady]

Lightning is one of the criteria in determing a storm's severity. Mostly it depends on high winds, hail and in some cases the possibility of tornadoes forming. As for lightning being a factor, there would have to be more cloud-to-ground strikes than normal in determining a storm's severity.

[prairiestormwx]

This is actual incorrect. Lighting has no determination on whether or not a storm is classified "severe".

[poopqwerty123]

"Why'd they make it severe its barely even raining?" CRACK BOOM "OH!OH MY GOD" I think he found out.

[skaterpunktop3]

"Lightning doesn't make it severe, it's barely even raining."

obviouslyt God didnt think so

[thevideoman6]

@noxmaster123 he WAS blind

[natedegrate]

jesus crist lol it waz loud hu?

[TheRobertoduran100]

 PAUSE IN 0:13

[SuperSkater2001]

@mariotitto me,too

[cape6000jkg]

That thunderstorm had severe size hail(1 inch or larger size), and thus was severe. The hail core simply missed your location. With the frequency of the lightning in your video, there is no way that it would not be a severe hailer. I see those all the time. From the frequency of lightning in your video, I would guess that this cell contained up to golf ball size hail.

[Spastacularable]

@noxmaster123 Your fucking stupid, many people get HIT by lightning and can still see 20/20 vision.

[luke255]

@noxmaster123 Idiot

[noxmaster123]

fake if real then you will be blind

[YURTZYN42]

thunder has feelings too ya know T___T

[eyewall41]

@HauntedGhostLady I am a meteorologist and can also say currently lightning and rainfall are not factored in calling a thunderstorm "severe". A severe thunderstorm as defined in the United States is hail 1 inch in diameter or larger (quarter sized), winds of 58 mph or greater, or a tornado. The storm only needs one of those parameters to meet criteria.