Did you hear thunder overnight? Here's how it happened, as explained by WTOL 11 Meteorologist John Burchfield.

Thundersnow, also known as a winter thunderstorm, happens when a snowstorm is accompanied by thunder and lightning. As of Monday (Jan. 6) morning, the phenomenon has been reported across much of ...

Answer: A reader recently asked us if thunder ever occurs with snowfall. It turns out that “thundersnow” does, in fact, occur occasionally in very intense winter storms. Clouds and precipitation ...

The display included thunder and lightning, wind and rain. Neither thunder nor lightning seems commonplace on any winter day. On Tuesday, the two gave a rare and vivid show of atmospheric force ...

While this makes the direct threat from thunder and lightning in the UK low, extreme weather creates many dangers that may pose a risk even after a storm has passed like damaged walls, bridges or ...

In order for lightning to strike and thunder to boom, the air has to be unstable. During typical conditions, thunderstorms happen with warm air well above ground level. The air was obviously not ...

For most of us the only extreme weather we’re likely to encounter is thunder and lightning. We’ve all heard thunder and seen lightning, but believe it or not it’s actually possible to see ...

Severe storms caused flash flooding in West Virginia and Kentucky, while icy conditions and rare “thunder ice” affected several states. Schools closed, roads were hazardous, and emergency responses ...