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Most lightning strikes have at least 2 to 4 seconds of 'padding' or lead-in and lead-out. Long-duration clips are designated as those in which there is no break in the continuity of the video. See also our High-Definition lightning video catalog in the StormScenes HD Library.
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 # PAL-062206A - Pittsburgh Lightning - Part 1
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 # ILL-072006AS - Lightning Hits Sears Tower, John Hancock Center
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 # ILL-072006A - Lightning over Chicago Skyline
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 # PAL-062206B - Pittsburgh Lightning - Part 2
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Date filmed: June 22, 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Speed: Realtime
Class: Premium Severe Weather
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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.
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Preview clip, 9.6MB
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 # PAL-061906A - Pittsburgh Lightning - Part 3
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 # PAL-081603A - Pittsburgh Lightning - Part 4
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Date filmed: August 16, 2003
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Total footage: 49 seconds
Scenes: 8 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather
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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.
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Preview clip, 3.1MB
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 # NCL-MR-071905A - Lightning Over Downtown Raleigh
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Date filmed: July 19, 2005
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Total footage: 1:47
Scenes: 34 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather
Credit: raleighskyline.com
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Description: Lightning lights up the sky over downtown Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Preview clip, 4.3MB
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 # ILL-070306A - Lightning Strikes Chicago's Sears Tower
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 # WVL-110805A - Lightning Over City Scenes
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 # WVL-110805ES - Lightning & WV State Capitol
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 # KYL-051705A - Lightning & Ohio River Bridge
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Date filmed: May 17, 2005
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Total footage: 0:15
Scenes: 3 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: General Weather/B-Roll
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Description: Lightning flashes behind a bridge over the Ohio River in downtown Louisville, Kentucky.
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Preview clip, 1.1MB
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 # WVL-080403A - Night Lightning over City
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Date filmed: August 4, 2003
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Total footage: 37 seconds
Scenes: 5 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather
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Description: Lightning in the night sky over Charleston, West Virginia.
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Preview clip, 2.3MB
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 # WVL-072705B - Lightning over Charleston
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Date filmed: July 27, 2005
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Total footage: 0:40
Scenes: 7 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: General Weather/B-Roll
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Description: Lightning strikes over downtown Charleston, West Virginia.
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Preview clip, 2.5MB
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 # WVL-110805E - Intense Close Lightning
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 # NCL-041004A - Lightning Strikes TV Towers
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Date filmed: April 10, 2004
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Total footage: 1:31
Scenes: 8 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather
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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.
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 # NEL-052104A - Nebraska Lightning Show
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Date filmed: May 21, 2004
Location: Norfolk, Nebraska
Total footage: 49 seconds
Scenes: 14 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Premium Severe Weather
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Description: An absolutely stunning display of powerful, sky-filling nighttime lightning in Nebraska.
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Preview clip, 3.1MB
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 # KYL-020508A - Lightning Hits Towers 11 Times
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Date filmed: February 5, 2008
Location: Lexington, Kentucky
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather
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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.
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 # IAL-061104A - Lightning and Freight Train
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Date filmed: June 11, 2004
Location: Boone, Iowa
Total footage: 01:19
Scenes: 1 Long-duration clip
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather
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Description: A freight train passes as an intense Iowa thunderstorm flickers in the distant night sky.
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Preview clip, 2.0MB
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 # ILL-053004A - Lightning along Interstate
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Date filmed: May 30, 2004
Location: Mascoutah, Illinois
Total footage: 40 seconds
Scenes: 5 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather
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Description: Daytime lightning explodes across the sky above traffic along on Interstate 64 in southwestern Illinois.
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Preview clip, 2.5MB
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 # WVL-050103A - Springtime Afternoon Lightning
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Date filmed: May 1, 2003
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Total footage: 27 seconds
Scenes: 5 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: General Weather/B-roll
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Description: Daytime lightning over suburban area and mountains.
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Preview clip, 1.8MB
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 # WVL-060104A - Lightning over City
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Date filmed: June 1, 2004
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Total footage: 20 seconds
Scenes: 3 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: General Weather/B-roll
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Description: Quick daytime lightning over downtown Charleston, West Virginia.
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Preview clip, 1.3MB
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 # WVL-070903A - Summer Afternoon Lightning
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Date filmed: July 9, 2004
Location: Scott Depot, West Virginia
Total footage: 30 seconds
Scenes: 6 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: General Weather/B-roll
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Description: Lightning over houses, traffic and a television tower.
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Preview clip, 1.9MB
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 # WVL-051905A - Lightning and Traffic
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Date filmed: May 19, 2005
Location: Milton, West Virginia
Total footage: 0:13
Scenes: 1 clip
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather
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Description: A bright cloud-to-ground lightning strike hits behind traffic.
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Preview clip, 891KB
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 # WVL-072504A - Lightning in Huntington, West Virginia
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Date filmed: July 25, 2004
Location: Huntington, West Virginia
Total footage: 1:11
Scenes: 12 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Severe Weather
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Description: Lightning in the sky and behind the county courthouse dome in downtown Huntington, West Virginia.
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Preview clip, 4.7MB
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