NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The summer heat is here, and that means you might start to hear the term heat lightning. News 2 Meteorologist Alex Libby explains why heat lightning is not real. When I was ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS (KTVI) – We’ve likely all heard of the term “heat lightning” on a summer evening when those strong bolts of electricity can be seen, but there’s never any thunder to follow. What many don’t ...

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 ...

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 ...

Difference between heat lightning and regular lightning? Mike Moss: Heat lightning is just a name that is sometimes used to describe regular lightning that is too far away for the thunder to be heard ...

"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 ...