🌩️World’s Longest Lightning Bolt: 515-Mile Megaflash Shatters Records Over U.S. #sciencefather #phd #reseacher

 

In a record-breaking weather event, a single lightning bolt stretched an incredible 515 miles across the central United States—spanning Texas to near Kansas City—during a storm in October 2017. Officially certified by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), this "megaflash" now holds the world record for the longest lightning bolt ever recorded, surpassing the previous 2018 Brazil record. The event occurred during a large mesoscale storm system and was captured using NASA and NOAA’s satellite lightning mapping technology. This discovery redefines the known boundaries of lightning behavior and emphasizes the role of space-based weather surveillance in tracking extreme atmospheric events.

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