# 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 >>

	# 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. Preview clip, 9.7MB 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 >>

	# 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 >>

	# 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 >>

	# WVL-072705A - Lightning strike to tower
Date filmed: July 27, 2005 Location: St. Albans, West Virginia Total footage: 0:25 Scenes: 2 clips Speed: Realtime Class: Severe Weather Description: A cloud-to-ground lightning strike to a television tower. Includes simultaneous wide and extreme close-up zoom shots. Preview clip, 1.6MB More Detail & Screenshots >>