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WMO WORLD RECORD LIGHTNING EXTREMES Longest Reported Flash Distance and Longest Reported Flash Duration

Lang, Timothy J.; Pedeboy, Stephane; Rison, Willlliam; Cerveny, Randall S.; Montanya, Joan; Chauzy, Serge; MacGorman, Donald R.; Holle, Ronald L.; Avila, Eldo E.; Zhang, Yijun; Carbin, Gregory; Mansell, Edward R.; Kuleshov, Yuriy; Petersrson, Thomas C.; Br

BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
2017
VL / 98 - BP / 1153 - EP / 1168
abstract
A WMO committee has judged that the world's longest reported distance (321 km) for a single lightning flash occurred over Oklahoma in 2007, while the world's longest reported duration (7.74 s) for a single lightning flash occurred over southern France in 2012.

AccesS level

Green published, Green accepted, Bronze

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