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Lightning is hotter than the surface of the Sun and causes rapid heating of the air. This in turn causes the air to expand then cool & contract equally rapidly thus causing the thunder. You see the light of the flash almost instantly but the sound arrives a lot more slowly (it takes about 5 seconds for every mile distant).
A lightning bolt can be several miles long with forks going off in different directions so you hear the sound of the nearest part first followed by that from the farther away parts over the following seconds, gradually getting fainter the farther away it is. Plus the sound bounces of the clouds, surrounding terrain, buildings etc. all adding to the rumble.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agosometimes thunder sounds rumbly this rumble is the thunder's sound wave bouncing off hills and mountains
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∙ 14y agoIt is caused by the instantaneous super heating of the air which causes a pressure wave to travel at the speed of sound. That is the rumble.
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∙ 14y agoit is thunder
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The sound caused by the rapid expansion of air along an electrical strike?
Thunder
Can thunder always be heard?
well, if your far away then no. you wouldn't be able to hear the thunder. if how ever, you are close to the thunder storm you will hear thunder.
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a thunder storm
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Thunder and lightning go hand in hand and basically it is the same arrester that works for both. Yes. Thunder lightning arrester and thunder arrested are the same.
Does thunder produce lighting?
Well, thunder doesn't actually produce lightning. Lightning produces thunder.
How do you use the word rumble in a sentence?
The thunder rumbles in the night. The storm sends overwhelmingly loud rumbles through the air.
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When fat people stomp it rumbles the earth. When fat people stomp it rumbles the earth.
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wal-mart
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no
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22
