TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — On late summer nights, you can often see flashes off in the distance on the horizon. These flashes are commonly referred to as “heat lightning”. Technically, there is no such ...

(WGHP) – You may have heard the saying “When thunder roars, head indoors.” For severe weather preparedness week, let’s dive into how to stay safe when lightning is nearby. Lightning strikes the United ...

Will Jones from Smithfield, North Carolina, sent me the above picture during Saturday evening's storms. Growing up, I always heard this called "heat lightning." Other WRAL Top Stories It wasn't until ...

In many places, “heat lightning” is common during the hot, humid months of July and August. Heat lightning, according to some, is a flash of cloud lightning that isn’t accompanied by thunder and is ...

Other than distance from an observer, there is no difference between the two. “Heat lightning” is lightning generated by a thunderstorm so distant that its light has outrun the much slower moving and ...

Heat lightning — it’s a term used during the summer months. The videos above were sent in by our viewers across the Miami Valley Monday night, using this term. But, what are we seeing exactly? “Heat ...

As temperatures climb and thunderstorms pop up across the area, many of you are asking us if we see heat lightning or telling us you have seen heat lightning. Here's the problem: there's no such thing ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The lack of audible thunder on a warm summer night can create the impression that heat lightning is somehow different, but technically, heat lightning is not a specific type of ...