While I was safely inside of a friend's house, the booming sounds of thunder were unlike anything I had ever heard. Each ...

Thunderstorms often begin to develop early in the day when the sun heats the air near the ground and pockets of warmer air start to rise in the atmosphere. When these pockets of air reach a certain ...

How lightning creates thunder, why you see the flash before the boom, and how to tell if a storm is getting closer.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Thunder is created by the acoustic shock wave from the extreme heat of a lightning flash. Lightning can reach temperatures of 54,000°F (30,000°C)—five times hotter than the ...

Sound of thunder varies depending on distance of listener from lightning as atmosphere muffles and absorbs sound ...