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Texas lightning bolt sets world record for longest flash

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Lightning flash in US sets world record, meteorologists say
(Gray News) – There is a new world record for the longest lightning flash. According to the World Meteorological Organization, the record-breaking strike was an incredible 515 miles long. It would take a car about eight to nine hours and a commercial plane at least 90 minutes to cover that distance.
515-Mile 'Megaflash' From Texas to Kansas Sets World Record For Longest Lightning Bolt: World Meteorological Organization
The 2017 'megaflash' stretched from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, crossing at least three states in seven seconds, breaking the old record.
515-mile ‘megaflash’ from Texas to Missouri confirmed as world’s longest lightning bolt
The World Meteorological Organization says a lightning bolt that was visible for some 515 miles from eastern Texas through Missouri in October 2017 is now considered to be the world’s longest.
Texas lightning bolt sets world record for longest flash at 515 miles
Well, it's official. The single megaflash lighting bolt of 2017 was certified as the world’s longest flash on record. The lighting occurred on October 22, 2017, and the horizontal distance stretched 515 miles from east Texas to near Kansas City, Missouri, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
515-Mile Lightning Bolt, as Big as 7,553 Football Fields, Breaks World Record
The World Meteorological Organization reported that a megaflash has set a new world record for lightning discharge distance. The lightning bolt stretched 515 miles. The powerful bolt struck in 2017 and extended from eastern Texas to Kansas City in Missouri.
World record longest lightning flash discovered – a whopping 515-mile-long bolt
Scientists July 31 announced the discovery of the world's longest lightning flash ever detected – a whopping 515-mile-long bolt that blasted across central U.S. skies from Dallas to Kansas City in October 2017. In East Coast terms, that's equivalent to the distance from New York City to Charlotte, N.C.
Lightning strike from Texas breaks world record
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) certified the length of the lightning flash, which happened in East Texas back in 2017.
A massive lightning ‘megaflash’ set a world record — it stretched for a whopping 515 miles
A single flash of lightning that stretched across the Great Plains, from eastern Texas all the way to Kansas City, Missouri, turned out to be a staggering 515 miles long. A new report in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society documented the new lightning record, which beat the previous title holder, a 477-mile bolt from April 2020.
Great Plains lighting bolt spanning three states sets shocking record
The World Meteorological Organization certified the record observed with advanced satellite technology from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
"Megaflash" lightning strike sets new world record over Green Country
If you were awakened by thunder early on the morning of October 22, 2017 you may have witnessed a world record.
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