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It doesn't always.
Thunder is the noise made by the lightning... it is a sonic shock wave which produces the noise we hear as thunder.
The time taken for the light to reach us and the time taken for the sound to reach us differ because of the differing speeds of light and sound.
As the speed of sound is so much slower than that of light we see a flash almost as soon as it happens, but we only hear the sound a lot later.... the lightning is approximately one kilometre distant for every 2.9 seconds which elapse between seeing the flash and hearing the crack.
If there is a ten second delay then the lightning strike is a little under 3.5 kilometres away.
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Why are thunder storms usually accompanied by lighting and thunder?
They ALWAYS happen together. The lightning you see is an electrical discharge from ice crystals rubing together in clouds. This makes an almighty crack sound, and a bright light is observed. You hear the thunder after you see the lightning because sounds travels slower than light. But in fact, the sound and the light came to be at the same time. The further away you are from the strom the larger the delay between seeing the light and hearing the sound is.
When an explosion in the atmosphere occurs Why do you see lightning before the thunder heard?
this is because you hear the thunder after it actually makes the sound ( because sound travells ) . lightenging and thunder happen at exactly the same time... so if u see lightenging, try counting how many seconds until u hear the thunder. if it is 5 seconds the storm is 5 miles away into the sky, 6 seconds would be 6 miles 7secs 7 miles and so on. hope this helped :) xx
What would happen if thunder hit you?
Thunder is sound waves. Sound waves hit us all of the time. If you mean lightning, then you would be toast... literally! thunder is the sonic boom produced by lighting so depending on how close you are to the lightning strike if you're close enough it can lead to temporary deafness or worse.
When did Offroad Thunder happen?
Offroad Thunder happened in 1999.
When did Hydro Thunder happen?
Hydro Thunder happened in 1999.
Does thunder haved to happen when lightingb strikes?
No
When thunder strikes and i count to 5 if is under and it strikes again are you in trouble?
The shorter it is between the flash and the bang, the closer the thunder is.The closer the thunder is, the bigger is the risk that the lightning will strike near enough for you to be in danger.But this is still only risk that we're talking about, a probability, a chance.Nothing has to happen.
Why are thunder storms usually accompanied by lighting and thunder?
They ALWAYS happen together. The lightning you see is an electrical discharge from ice crystals rubing together in clouds. This makes an almighty crack sound, and a bright light is observed. You hear the thunder after you see the lightning because sounds travels slower than light. But in fact, the sound and the light came to be at the same time. The further away you are from the strom the larger the delay between seeing the light and hearing the sound is.
Why does lightning cause chaos?
Imagine About 20,000 MW power strikes within few seconds. What will happen to any living organisms. Only "Chaos" will happen.
Why doesn't thunder and lighting happen at the same time?
Actually, thunder and lightning DO happen at the same time, but unless you are within the immediate proximity of the lightning strike, the observer usually sees the flash before hearing the thunder because light travels much faster (~11,000,000 mph) than sound (~750 mph).
Can you use computer while there is lighting and thunder?
You shouldn't....if something bad were to happen (like a close lightning strike or just really bad rain) the computer will probably turn off itself because of a power surge or something. But you should turn it off. almost 75% of lightning strikes are caused because someone was using a piece of technology in a thunderstorm.
When an explosion in the atmosphere occurs Why do you see lightning before the thunder heard?
this is because you hear the thunder after it actually makes the sound ( because sound travells ) . lightenging and thunder happen at exactly the same time... so if u see lightenging, try counting how many seconds until u hear the thunder. if it is 5 seconds the storm is 5 miles away into the sky, 6 seconds would be 6 miles 7secs 7 miles and so on. hope this helped :) xx
What would happen if thunder hit you?
Thunder is sound waves. Sound waves hit us all of the time. If you mean lightning, then you would be toast... literally! thunder is the sonic boom produced by lighting so depending on how close you are to the lightning strike if you're close enough it can lead to temporary deafness or worse.
When did Offroad Thunder happen?
Offroad Thunder happened in 1999.
When did Hydro Thunder happen?
Hydro Thunder happened in 1999.
When did Lords of Thunder happen?
Lords of Thunder happened in 1993.
When did Gate of Thunder happen?
Gate of Thunder happened in 1992.
