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No, heavy rain does not usually occur until the mature stage.
Lightning can strike up to 30 miles from a thunderstorm, though such instances are rare.
A good idea is to listen for sounds of a thunderstorm first, look for heavy rain, and even feel for dry heat or a heavy atmosphere. Sometimes one can even smell a thunderstorm in the air.
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The typical life of a thunderstorm has three stages; cumulus stage which is the updraft only, no rain. mature stageis the updraft and downdraft, heavy rain, maybe small hail. dissipation stage weak downward only light rain.
No, heavy rain does not usually occur until the mature stage.
Heavy rain becomes a thunderstorm when there is thunder and lightning. This usually happens when the clouds reach a significant enough height and the updraft becomes strong enough to separated electrical charges.
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A thunderstorm?
A thunderstorm?
Lightning can strike up to 30 miles from a thunderstorm, though such instances are rare.
A good idea is to listen for sounds of a thunderstorm first, look for heavy rain, and even feel for dry heat or a heavy atmosphere. Sometimes one can even smell a thunderstorm in the air.
The answer would be a thunderstorm.
A super-cell cloud
The weather that precedes a tornado, including heavy rain and hail generally occurs in the front part of a supercell thunderstorm, with the tornado closer to the back.
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