The term describes distant thunderstorm flashes, not a separate weather phenomenon ...

You see lightning in the distance and wait for thunder, but hear nothing. Was there a glitch in the matrix? Not quite. What you've just seen is heat lightning. But there is a gotcha here: heat ...

Lightning is an interesting force of nature and like the electrical charges involved with its creation, it has positive and negative sides. On one hand, it can destroy trees, ignite fires and cause ...

Will Jones from Smithfield, North Carolina sent me the above picture during Saturday evening's storms. Growing up, I always heard this called"heat lightning." It wasn't until I started studying ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - On a dry summer night, you may see lightning without any storms in sight. You might have heard of the term heat lightning, the idea that lightning can strike without a storm on ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Summer evenings can often deliver storms seen firing in the distance with frequent flashing, but thunder absent. This phenomenon has often been dubbed “heat lightning” but ...

Heat lightning is often the term used on a summer night when lightning is seen, but no thunder is heard. While this is a real phenomenon, “heat lightning” is not a special category of lightning.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You see lightning in the distance and wait for thunder, but hear nothing. Was there a glitch in the matrix? Not quite. What you’ve ...

"Heat lightning" is a common term for lightning seen from a distance without hearing the associated thunder. Scientifically, there is no difference between heat lightning and regular lightning. The ...

It's a warm summer evening and there's hardly a breeze. Other than the familiar sounds of insects and frogs, it's quiet. Then suddenly, a cloud lights up in the distance as lightning flashes inside, ...