THE ULTIMATE LIGHTNING STORM - In Slow Motion

Amazing lightning filling the sky and caught on camera in slow motion. This extremely unique storm event generated hundreds of anvil crawler lightning discharges unlike any storm I’ve ever witnessed. NOT FOR REBROADCAST. Copyright Hank Schyma 2017. To license video contact hankschyma@ ABOUT THIS LIGHTNING STORM Specific conditions made this storm extremely special. Anvil Crawler lighting, also know as spider lightning is not uncommon, However because they occurs at such high altitudes, there’s usually low level clouds and rain hiding them from view. It takes special cloud and rain free conditions near a powerful thunderstorm to reveal them to you. ANVIL CRAWLER FACTS Anvil crawler lightning behaves different then typically observed cloud to ground lightning strikes. They propagate slower and horizontally. In a typical lightning strike, leaders move too fast for the human eye to detect. But in anvil crawler lightning, you can actually see the leaders searching for opposite c