# WVL-070406A - Close-Up of Lightning Striking Antenna 1
Date filmed: July 4, 2006 Location: St. Albans, West Virginia Speed: Realtime Class: Premium Severe Weather Description: Three camera views (wide, telephoto and extreme telephoto) yield extremely detailed, close-up shots of three spectacular lightning bolts directly striking the antenna of a television tower near St. Albans, West Virginia on a stormy July 4 evening. After each strike, sparks of molten metal fall from the tower tip like a fireworks burst as loud thunder crashes. Excellent proof that lightning does strike the same place twice! Other lightning bolts flash behind the tower tip. Preview clip, 27.4MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# ILL-072006AS - Lightning Hits Sears Tower, John Hancock Center
Date filmed: July 20, 2006 Location: Chicago, Illinois Speed: Realtime Class: Premium Severe Weather Description: Twice, lightning simultaneously strikes the Sears Tower and John Hancock Center in downtown Chicago. Second and third cameras record close-up shots of lightning hitting the skyscrapers. Preview clip, 2.4MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# WVL-061405A - Close-Up of Lightning Striking Antenna 2
Date filmed: June 14, 2003 Location: St. Albans, West Virginia Total footage: 38 seconds Scenes: 6 clips Speed: Realtime Class: Premium Severe Weather Description: Three intense lightning bolts strike a television tower near St. Albans, West Virginia in a timespan of less than five minutes. Two cameras record the action from close range, with one set up to capture detailed extreme close-up shots of each strike. Fine detail of each strike is visible, including lightning channel drift, bead-out and return strokes. Glowing metal shards fall from the tower after each strike. Excellent proof that lightning does strike the same place twice! Preview clip, 2.6MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# WVL-041706A - Lightning Striking Antenna at Night
Date filmed: April 17, 2006 Location: St. Albans, West Virginia Total footage: 20 seconds Scenes: 3 clips Speed: Realtime Class: Premium Severe Weather Description: Three spectacular lightning bolts strike a television tower near St. Albans, West Virginia in a timespan of less than five minutes. Two cameras record the action from close range, with both set up to capture detailed extreme close-up shots of each strike. Fine detail of each strike is visible, including lightning channel drift and bead-out. Glowing metal shards fall from the tower after each strike like a fireworks burst. Excellent proof that lightning does strike the same place twice! Preview clip, 19.6MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# INL-111505A - Intense Afternoon Lightning
Date filmed: November 15, 2005 Location: Griffin, Indiana Total footage: 0:52 Scenes: 11 clips Speed: Realtime Class: Premium Severe Weather Description: Powerful, vivid cloud-to-ground lightning pulses in the skies in southern Indiana during the major tornado outbreak of November 15, 2005. Preview clip, 3.4MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# NCL-062907A - Close Lightning Strike
Date filmed: June 29, 2007 Location: Willow Springs, North Carolina Speed: Realtime Class: Premium Severe Weather Description: A startlingly close lightning strike rips through the air above a rural field near Raleigh, North Carolina, with a deafening crash of thunder. Preview clip, 694KB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# NML-052905A - Close Lightning Near Vehicle
Date filmed: May 29, 2005 Location: Clayton, New Mexico Total footage: 0:18 Scenes: 4 clips Speed: Realtime Class: Premium Severe Weather Description: Close cloud-to-ground lightning bolts rain down around the vehicle while driving through an intense thunderstorm in northeastern New Mexico. One bolt strikes a pole less than 100 yards in front of the vehicle with an instantaneous blast of thunder. Preview clip, 1.3MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# ILL-072006A - Lightning over Chicago Skyline
Date filmed: July 20, 2006 Location: Chicago, Illinois Speed: Realtime Class: Premium Severe Weather Description: Lightning bolts behind and over the downtown Chicago skyline and skyscrapers, from three camera angles. Lightning strikes the Sears Tower and John Hancock Center. Preview clip, 25.9MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# OKL-061105A - Nighttime Lightning Barrage
Date filmed: June 11, 2005 Location: Fort Supply, Oklahoma Total footage: 1:09 Scenes: 36 clips Speed: Realtime Class: Severe Weather Description: Frequent, vivid lightning lights up the night in rural western Oklahoma. Preview clip, 4.5MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# OKL-052304A - Oklahoma Lightning Show
Date filmed: May 23, 2004 Location: Bristow, Oklahoma Total footage: 4:21 Scenes: 47 clips Speed: Realtime Class: Premium Severe Weather Description: A staggering display of powerful, vivid lightning from an afternoon supercell storm in Oklahoma. Preview clip, 10.2MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# WVL-110805E - Intense Close Lightning
Date filmed: November 8, 2005 Location: Charleston, West Virginia Total footage: 1:13 Scenes: 7 clips Speed: Realtime Class: Premium Severe Weather Description: Frequent, brilliant, startling and close lightning strikes pummel Charleston, West Virginia. Includes great audio of loud blasts of thunder. A diesel generator starts up after one of the lightning strikes knocks out power. Preview clip, 4.8MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# SDL-060705A - Close lightning strikes
Date filmed: June 7, 2005 Location: Kadoka, South Dakota Total footage: 0:22 Scenes: 2 clips Speed: Realtime Class: Severe Weather Description: Two very close lightning strikes hit near storm chasers watching a spectacular supercell thunderstorm. The first bolt is directly in front of the camera, the second is much closer and hits out of the picture to the left. A small clicking sound can be heard as the second strike flickers nearby. Includes great audio of the loud, startling blasts of thunder. Preview clip, 1.5MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# MOL-060707A - Distant Thunderstorm Lightning
Date filmed: June 7, 2007 Location: Booneville, Missouri Speed: Realtime Class: Premium Severe Weather Description: A distant thunderstorm looms in the twilight sky, with lightning illuminating the storm from within. Preview clip, 12.0MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# MOL-061104A - Missouri Lightning Show
Date filmed: June 11, 2004 Location: Eagleville, Missouri Total footage: 3:10 Scenes: 15 clips Speed: Realtime Class: Premium Severe Weather Description: Sudden sky-filling lightning explodes across the night sky in rural northwestern Missouri. Great audio of rolling thunder as crickets chirp. Preview clip, 12.0MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# WVL-042205A - Lightning Strike to TV Tower
Date filmed: April 22, 2005 Location: St. Albans, West Virginia Total footage: 0:12 Scenes: 1 clip Speed: Realtime Class: Severe Weather Description: A close-up shot of a wildly meandering lightning strike to a television tower at night. Sparks fly off of the tip of the tower after the strike. Preview clip, 1.0MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# NCL-041004A - Lightning Strikes TV Towers
Date filmed: April 10, 2004 Location: Raleigh, North Carolina Total footage: 1:31 Scenes: 8 clips Speed: Realtime Class: Severe Weather Description: Two cameras roll as lightning repeatedly strikes television towers east of Raleigh, North Carolina, some two and three simultaneously. Both zoom and wide shots. Evidence that lightning does strike the same place twice! Good thunder audio included. Preview clip, 5.5MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# NEL-052104A - Nebraska Lightning Show
Date filmed: May 21, 2004 Location: Norfolk, Nebraska Total footage: 49 seconds Scenes: 14 clips Speed: Realtime Class: Premium Severe Weather Description: An absolutely stunning display of powerful, sky-filling nighttime lightning in Nebraska. Preview clip, 3.1MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# NCL-MR-071905A - Lightning Over Downtown Raleigh
Date filmed: July 19, 2005 Location: Raleigh, North Carolina Total footage: 1:47 Scenes: 34 clips Speed: Realtime Class: Severe Weather Credit: raleighskyline.com Description: Lightning lights up the sky over downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. Preview clip, 4.3MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# WVL-082005A - Bolts from the Blue
Date filmed: August 20, 2005 Location: Clendenin, West Virginia Total footage: 0:29 Scenes: 1 clip Speed: Realtime and Slow-Motion Class: Severe Weather Description: Cloud-to-ground lightning 'bolts from the blue' arc from the top of a growing thunderstorm out into clear air, striking the ground many miles away from the storm. This video is a great illustration of how lightning danger can exist for people outdoors even if they are far away from a thunderstorm. Preview clip, 1.3MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# PAL-062206A - Pittsburgh Lightning - Part 1
Date filmed: June 22, 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Speed: Realtime Class: Premium Severe Weather Description: Part 1 of 4 in the StormScenes Pittsburgh Lightning series. Nighttime lightning over the heart of downtown Pittsburgh. Vivid, pulsing lightning bolts light up the sky behind big city skyscrapers. Includes shots from high elevation vantage points as well as low-angle views while lightning fills the sky in a spectacular display, reflecting off of building windows. Preview clip, 30.1MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# PAL-062206B - Pittsburgh Lightning - Part 2
Date filmed: June 22, 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Speed: Realtime Class: Premium Severe Weather Description: Part 2 of 4 in the StormScenes Pittsburgh Lightning series. A strong afternoon thunderstorm moves into downtown Pittsburgh during the afternoon rush hour. Vivid, quick cloud-to-ground bolts flicker behind the city. Preview clip, 9.6MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# PAL-061906A - Pittsburgh Lightning - Part 3
Date filmed: June 19, 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Speed: Realtime Class: Severe Weather Description: Part 3 of 4 in the StormScenes Pittsburgh Lightning series. Nighttime lightning over the downtown Pittsburgh skyline. A display of frequent bolts light up the sky behind classic views of the Steel City skyline. Includes telephoto and wide angle shots of lightning over the city skyscrapers. Preview clip, 37.0MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# PAL-081603A - Pittsburgh Lightning - Part 4
Date filmed: August 16, 2003 Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Total footage: 49 seconds Scenes: 8 clips Speed: Realtime Class: Severe Weather Description: Part 4 of 4 in the StormScenes Pittsburgh Lightning series. Nighttime lightning over downtown Pittsburgh and a Steelers Game at Heinz Field. The storm prompted a 30-minute lightning delay in the game. Preview clip, 3.1MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# WVL-110805ES - Lightning & WV State Capitol
Date filmed: November 8, 2005 Location: Charleston, West Virginia Total footage: 0:31 Scenes: 2 clips Speed: Realtime Class: Severe Weather Description: A thunderstorm brilliantly lights up the night sky over and behind the West Virginia State Capitol building in Charleston. Preview clip, 2.1MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# ILL-070306A - Lightning Strikes Chicago's Sears Tower
Date filmed: July 3, 2006 Location: Chicago, Illinois Speed: Realtime Class: Severe Weather Description: A lightning bolt strikes the Sears Tower in downtown Chicago during a July morning thunderstorm. Preview clip, 989KB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# IAL-061104A - Lightning and Freight Train
Date filmed: June 11, 2004 Location: Boone, Iowa Total footage: 01:19 Scenes: 1 Long-duration clip Speed: Realtime Class: Severe Weather Description: A freight train passes as an intense Iowa thunderstorm flickers in the distant night sky. Preview clip, 2.0MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# NCL-MR-061204B - North Carolina lightning show
Date filmed: June 12, 2004 Location: Raleigh, North Carolina Total footage: 1:40 Scenes: 31 clips Speed: Realtime Class: Severe Weather Credit: raleighskyline.com Description: Frequent, intense lightning flashes in the North Carolina night sky. Preview clip, 2.8MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# VAL-WC-061503A - Loud Thunder Barrage
Date filmed: June 15, 2003 Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia Speed: Realtime Class: Premium Severe Weather Description: A barrage of close lightning strikes creates one of the most dramatic and hair-raising series of thunder blasts you'll ever hear. Preview clip, 13.3MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# MDL-WC-061103A - Very Close Strike to Water
Date filmed: June 11, 2003 Location: Easton, Maryland Speed: Realtime Class: Premium Severe Weather Description: A very close cloud-to-ground lightning bolt strikes the water next to a causeway on the eastern shore of the Chesakeake Bay in Maryland, with an orange glow emanating from the last few feet of the lightning channel. Preview clip, 1.5MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# NCL-MR-061204A - Lightning and American Flag
Date filmed: June 12, 2004 Location: Raleigh, North Carolina Total footage: 0:32 Scenes: 15 clips Speed: Realtime Class: Severe Weather Credit: raleighskyline.com Description: Frequent lightning flashes behind an American flag at night. Preview clip, 2.5MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# WVL-062206A - Intense Close Lightning at Dusk
Date filmed: June 22, 2006 Location: Clarksburg, West Virginia Speed: Realtime Class: Premium Severe Weather Description: Frequent, brilliant, startling and close lightning strikes from a strong storm in central West Virginia. Includes great audio of loud blasts of thunder. Preview clip, 22.3MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# TXL-052905A - Late Afternoon Lightning
Date filmed: May 29, 2005 Location: Dalhart, Texas Total footage: 0:13 Scenes: 2 clips Speed: Realtime Class: General Weather/B-Roll Description: Lightning near sunset in rural northern Texas. Lightning flickers along with a faint rainbow behind tractor trailers on a highway. Preview clip, 854KB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# KYL-051705A - Lightning & Ohio River Bridge
Date filmed: May 17, 2005 Location: Louisville, Kentucky Total footage: 0:15 Scenes: 3 clips Speed: Realtime Class: General Weather/B-Roll Description: Lightning flashes behind a bridge over the Ohio River in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Preview clip, 1.1MB More Detail & Screenshots >>

	# KYL-020508A - Lightning Hits Towers 11 Times
Date filmed: February 5, 2008 Location: Lexington, Kentucky Speed: Realtime Class: Severe Weather Description: Lightning strikes the same place - not twice, but eleven times in a time span of only 20 minutes! These TV towers in Lexington were the repeated targets of lightning strikes during a wintertime severe weather outbreak on February 5, 2008, the same day that tornadoes ravaged parts of Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky. This video sequence captures ten of the eleven hits to the towers, with varying camera angles including several close-up zoom shots of strikes to the tip of one antenna.