Thunderstorms

Convective Clouds

Conditions for Convection

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Thunderstorm Types

A radar image of the storm that produced the May 3, 1999 Bridge Creek – Moore tornado, an F5 tornado with, at 301 miles per hour, the highest wind speeds ever measured on Earth. Note the hook echo by the mesocyclone. Retrieved from Wikimedia Commons. Author: Storm Prediction Center.

Lightning

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