It means your too close to the lightning!
Just for fun: If you see a clap of thunder, call a journalist! More seriously, if you see a flash of lightning and hear a clap of thunder at almost the same exact time, it means that the electrical discharge that generated both the lightning and the thunder is very close to you, and you should take precautions immediately to avoid injury to yourself. Usually, the most practical precaution is to seek shelter in a building protected by lightning rods or a metal vehicle that will conduct electricity around you more readily than through you!
Light travels much faster than sound, so when lightning occurs, the light reaches you almost instantly while the sound of thunder, which moves slower, takes longer to reach your ears. This delay between the two allows you to see the flash of lightning before hearing the clap of thunder.
The time difference between the flash of lightning and the sound of thunder gives an approximation of the distance from the storm. Since sound travels at about 343 meters per second in air, a 4-second delay indicates the storm is approximately 1.37 kilometers away.
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To estimate your distance from a thunderstorm count the number of seconds between a flash of lightning and the next clap of thunder. Divide your answer by 5. See the related link below.
Just for fun: If you see a clap of thunder, call a journalist! More seriously, if you see a flash of lightning and hear a clap of thunder at almost the same exact time, it means that the electrical discharge that generated both the lightning and the thunder is very close to you, and you should take precautions immediately to avoid injury to yourself. Usually, the most practical precaution is to seek shelter in a building protected by lightning rods or a metal vehicle that will conduct electricity around you more readily than through you!
Thunder claps.
Light travels much faster than sound, so when lightning occurs, the light reaches you almost instantly while the sound of thunder, which moves slower, takes longer to reach your ears. This delay between the two allows you to see the flash of lightning before hearing the clap of thunder.
A peal of thunder
the clap of thunder went bang and scared my poor dog
A thunder "slap" does not exist. A thunder "clap" does. A thunder clap is the term given to the sound thunder is and makes.
The collective noun for thunder that starts with the letter "c" is "clap." In meteorology, a clap of thunder refers to the sound produced by the rapid expansion of air surrounding a lightning bolt. Thunder is created when lightning heats the air, causing it to rapidly expand and create a shock wave that we hear as thunder.
Thunder.
Like thunder and lightening -clap clap clap- We'll strike you down Cause the mighty mighty_____________s -clap clap clap- Have come to town!!
down by the softball cemetery, that's where the other teams gonna get buried. 6 feet down and 12 feet under when we hit the ball it sounds like thunder! thunder thunder thunderation we're the best team in the nation! Like thunder and lightening Clap clap clap We'll strike you down Cause the mighty mighty _______s Clap Clap Clap Have come to town!
the lightning was 0.8 miles away.
stimulus