Category: Thunderstorms and Lightning

The most powerful thunderstorms are measured by hail, wind, rainfall, lightning, height, and tornado production. No single record captures every kind of storm power.

Lightning forms when thunderstorms separate electric charge until air breaks down and a massive discharge connects cloud, air, or ground.

Thunderstorms form when warm moist air rises, cools, condenses, and builds deep clouds. Lift, instability, moisture, and wind shape how storms grow.