Category: lightning

Severe Weather Awareness 2018: Lightning Safety

February 27, 2018

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Erik Proseus

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lightning, severe weather, SWAW

Severe Weather Awareness Week continues with a look at how to stay safe when lightning is nearby. Any lightning safety plan should incorporate […]
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Mythbusters, Weather Edition: Heat Lightning

August 6, 2013

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Erik Proseus

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heat lightning, lightning, weather myth

It’s time to dispel a weather myth! Myth: Heat lightning happens on warm summer nights without the presence of a thunderstorm. Truth: Heat […]
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Severe Weather Awareness 2013: Lightning Safety

February 19, 2013

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Erik Proseus

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lightning, severe weather

Photo credit: Brian Anderson Severe Weather Awareness Week continues with a look at how to stay safe when lightning is nearby. Any lightning […]
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Video evidence that lightning safety tips work!

September 27, 2012

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Erik Proseus

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education, lightning, safety tips

As we near secondary severe weather season in the south (November-early January), I ran across the following videos that prove lightning safety tips […]
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Severe Weather Awareness Week 2012: Lightning

February 21, 2012

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Erik Proseus

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lightning, severe weather

..LIGHTNING AWARENESS DAY… Photo (c) 2011 – Brian Anderson. All Rights Reserved. SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK CONTINUES TODAY WITH A LOOK AT LIGHTNING SAFETY. […]
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Severe Thunderstorm Safety

June 5, 2011

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Erik Proseus

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lightning, safety tips, severe thunderstorms

There are typically almost 2,000 thunderstorms in progress around the world at any given time. Only a small fraction (less than 1%) are […]
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Lightning Awareness Day

February 22, 2011

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Erik Proseus

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education, lightning, severe weather

SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK CONTINUES TODAY WITH A LOOK AT LIGHTNING SAFETY. HERE ARE SOME LIGHTNING SAFETY RULES. ANY LIGHTNING SAFETY PLAN SHOULD […]
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Severe Weather Awareness Week 2010 – Lightning

February 23, 2010

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Erik Proseus

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lightning, severe weather

This is post #3 in a series published for Severe Weather Awareness Week 2010. Today’s post focuses on the hazards of lightning. …Lightning […]
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Still frames of a nearby lightning strike

July 25, 2009

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Erik Proseus

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derecho, lightning, weather pics

These still photos were part of a short video taken with my digital camera as the June 12th summer storms (derecho) approached the […]
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Lightning Safety Awareness Week

June 22, 2008

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Erik Proseus

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lightning, thunder

WHEN THUNDER ROARS…GO INDOORS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL HOST ITS 8TH ANNUAL LIGHTNING SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK CAMPAIGN JUNE 22-28 2008. THE FOCUS […]
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