The world's longest lightning bolt stretched roughly 477 miles and spanned across three states.
, lightning “with a horizontal path length of approximately 100 km [62 miles] or greater.”
Since this particular bolt hit those 477 miles and managed to stretch over Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, it’s safe to say it certainly more than qualifies as a megaflash. “Lightning is a surprisingly elusive and complex natural phenomenon for the impact that it has on our daily lives,” says Michael J. Peterson—committee member of the Los Alamos National Library—. “We are now at a place where we have excellent measures of its many facets, which allow us to discover surprising new aspects of its behavior.
“Now that we have a robust record of these monster flashes, we can begin to understand how they occur and appreciate the disproportionate impact that they have.” Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission.
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Longest Lightning Bolt Record: 477 Miles Over 3 StatesA bolt of lightning that stretched nearly 500 miles across three states is the new record holder for longest flash
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Longest lightning bolt record: 477 miles over 3 statesA bolt of lightning that stretched nearly 500 miles across three states is the new record holder for longest flash.
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Longest lightning bolt record: 477 miles over 3 statesThe World Meteorological Organization has verified a new world record for the longest distance of a single flash of lightning. The megaflash stretched 477.2 miles across Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi during a thunderstorm complex on April 29, 2020.
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Lightning bolt stretching 477 miles over 3 U.S. states sets world record: 'Absolutely extraordinary'2 new records, which are not linked to climate change, were spotted and confirmed thanks to new satellite tracking technology.
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US lightning bolt stretching across 3 states sets world record for longest flashA bolt of lightning nearly 500 miles long that stretched from Texas to Mississippi has set a new world record for the longest flash.
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World Record Lightning Bolt Stretched Across Texas, 2 Other States In 2020The single flash extended 477.2 miles across Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi in April 2020, the World Meteorological Organization said Monday, Jan. 31.
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