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. A cumulonimbus can hold one-half of a million tons of water. Next Question 3. Lightning takes the shortest path between the cloud and the ground. Next Question 4.