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Generally, yes. Lighting and thunder originate at the same time, but since light travels much faster than sound, you see the lightning before you hear the thunder. The one exception is if the lighting strikes very close, within a few hundred feet. In this case you see the lightning and hear the thunder at essentially the same time.
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∙ 14y agoYes. You may not see it, it could be very far away.
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∙ 8y agoYes. Thunder is the sound that lighting produces. If you hear thunder that means there is lighting somewhere in your area. You may not be able to see the lightning, however, if it is day.
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∙ 13y agono it is accompanied by the cumulonimbus clouds
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∙ 10y agoLightening happens first. Thunder is the sound of displaced air rushing back into the vacuum created by the lightening.
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∙ 15y agoRain is NOT always accompanied by thunder and lightning.
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Why do you often hear thunder when you see lightning?
Thunder is always heard after lightning flashes. The sounds from thunder can be heard from miles away, but you can see lightning and NOT hear thunder. Never the other way around.
What costs thunder?
Did you mean 'what causes thunder'. I will say the answer for that question. It is actually the lightning that causes thunder. Lightning causes thunder by super-heating a small area of air which then causes an electric current. According to my knowledge, this is the answer for your question.
What is lightning without thunder?
Lightning without thunder is called heat lightning. It occurs when the lightning is too far away for humans to hear the thunder.
Is thunder electricity?
No. Thunder is the sound produced by lightning. Lightning is a form of electricity.
Is there lightning and thunder during typhoon?
There is no lightning or thunder during the majority of typhoons. However, lightning and thunder have been occasionally reported during typhoons.
What happens when there is lightning but no thunder?
Thunder is the sound caused by lightning, there is always thunder with lightning. If you cannot hear thunder maybe that is because you are too far away from the storm.
What does Selena Gomez mean when she says you are the thunder and im the lightning in her new song Naturally?
Them lyrics are from the song Naturally, and they mean: Thunder and Lightning nearly always come together and when you think thunder you think lightning. Selena mean's in Naturally that she's found that special person who belongs with her, like thunder belongs with lightning. It's hard to describe. Lightning comes with thunder so Selena means they are never one with out the other. She's found the thunder to her lightning = she founds the person that belongs with her. III THIINK.
Why do you often hear thunder when you see lightning?
Thunder is always heard after lightning flashes. The sounds from thunder can be heard from miles away, but you can see lightning and NOT hear thunder. Never the other way around.
What does thunderstorms mean?
A transient, sometimes violent storm of thunder and lightning, often accompanied by rain and sometimes hail.
What is the Arabic word for lightening?
if you mean lightening as in getting lighter الصواعق البرق or if you mean lightning as in thunder and lightning
Can you hear thunder?
I can always hear thunder in thunder and lightning, everyone can, except for deaf people of course because they can't hear anything.
What does it mean if there is thunder and lightning but no precipitation?
It means that there is thunder and lightning in the sky, but NO PRECIPITATION,so there isn't any rain,hail,sleet,snow,etc.
What does you are the thunder and i am the lightning mean?
it is usually referring to 2 people that are in love and they come one after another always right behind each other.
Why do you always see thunder before lightning?
I think the appropriate wording for this question: "why do you see lightning before hearing thunder?" The simple answer is that light travels faster than sound.
Is thunder the eco of lightning?
thunder is the sound of lightning if that is what you are asking
What costs thunder?
Did you mean 'what causes thunder'. I will say the answer for that question. It is actually the lightning that causes thunder. Lightning causes thunder by super-heating a small area of air which then causes an electric current. According to my knowledge, this is the answer for your question.
What is lightning without thunder?
Lightning without thunder is called heat lightning. It occurs when the lightning is too far away for humans to hear the thunder.
