Lightning over Andrews AFB - May 14, 2010

Normally I do not upload videos of subjects that are unrelated to aviation and airshows, but I figured I would share this video with everyone. What you see here is a thunderstorm off in the distance, shot on Friday May 14, 2010 at roughly 9:00 pm. Prior to 9:00 pm, a VERY STRONG thunderstorm passed through the DC metro area (specifically over Andrews AFB, which is what you see in the background), with one lighting strike happening steps from where this video was shot. You could very well call the lightning as heat lightning, but that's not the correct term. The storms in the area threatened to drop massive hail and threats of tornadoes. Needless to say, I did not see any indication of possible tornadic activity nor did I see or hear any hail.

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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Thunder
• Lightning
• Thunderstorm
• Tornado
• Light
• show
• Cloud-to-cloud
• cloud-to-ground
• ground-to-cloud

[frogqueen84]

i am terrified when the storm is by me, but fascinated when not. Thanks for this amazing video!

[Winslow44238]

really appreciate it! Thanks!

[dicajuan]

We were driving to our hotel @ Waldorf, MD while you were taping this, and there was a lot of hail on the ground when we got there.

[hangarrat101]

hehe not a weather geek, but this thing is beautiful. it's astonishing what power and energy there is in the atmosphere.

[kixick]

thats really strong storm! What a lightning activity!! 5*

[AirwarriorX2]

I seen a similar thunderstorm in the distant in my city toledo was interesting to watch out behind my house on the hill .

[QuincyGD4456]

@JManGuitar5150 I think we did too

[JManGuitar5150]

I think we had it worse in SJ

[PsuPepperoni]

I think a lot of aviation enthusiasts are also enthusiasts of the sky in general

[JonnyCrash]

That storm passed through Dover about an hour or two ago. Reminds me of home (Oklahoma)!