Your area can be in a severe thunderstorm Watch when there are blue skies. The largest hailstone on record was found in Coffeyville, Kansas, in September of 1970. Roy C. Sullivan was struck by lightning more times than any other person and lived to tell about it. Thunder shakes your house 10 seconds after you see a flash of lightning.
Lightning is the cause of many forest fires.
Jarred tells you that his cousin was struck by lightning while playing baseball. But it was not raining during the baseball game. Melissa was skiing in Colorado and she said that she saw lightning come out of a snowstorm cloud. Severe weather can move into an area very fast. Next Question 2.