- Severe Storms: Online Meteorology Guide
Learn about the single cell, multicell cluster, multicell line, and supercell thunderstorms as well as their components and dangers. Also find information about tornadoes, cyclic storms, and low-level flow fields associated with tornadic thunderstorms.
ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/svr/home.rxml
- Wikipedia: Lightning
User-created article about the powerful natural electrostatic discharge produced during a thunderstorm. Includes many photos and links.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning
- West Virginia Lightning
Weather News Center with storm information, photographs, video clips, links, resources, and more.
www.wvlightning.com
- Lightning on Demand
Specialists in artificial lightning generation, large-scale Tesla coils, Lorentz guns, and other high pulsed-power devices.
www.lod.org
- USAToday: Understanding Thunderstorms
Takes a look inside a thunderstorm warnings, safety, and science.
www.usatoday.com/weather/wtsm0.htm
- Strike, The
All about a twelve stroke lightning strike caught on video.
www.DaStrike.com
- Oklahoma Lightning
Photographs, videos, and blog about lightning and tornadoes by Charles Allison.
www.oklahomalightning.com
- Electric Skies
Spectacular lightning and thunderstorm photography from Australia by Radek Dolecki. Also featured are images from New Zealand, Brunei, and the U.S.
www.electricskies.com.au
- Lightning Photography Tips
Tips on the best ways to photograph lightning in different conditions. Includes film choices, what types of lenses to use, and thoughts on safety precautions.
www.cimms.ou.edu/~doswell/ltgph.html
- Thunderstorms
Covers the three types of thunderstorms: single-cell (or air mass), multicell cluster (or squall line), and supercell.
weather.cod.edu/sirvatka/ts.html
- Types of Thunderstorms
Discusses the different types of thunderstorms including single cells, multicell clusters, multicell lines, and supercells.
ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/svr/type/home.rxml
- Microburst: A Handbook for Visual Identification
Providing information to the public about the small-scale, severe storm downdrafts that are a major threat to aircraft during takeoff or landing.
www.cimms.ou.edu/~doswell/microbursts/Handbook.html
- Components of Thunderstorms: Severe Storm Spotters Guide
Provides training in updraft/downdraft analysis, effects of wind shear on thunderstorm development, dangers of various outflow phenomena generated by thunderstorms, and how to spot wall clouds.
ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/svr/comp/home.rxml
- Dangers of Lightning
Discusses the dangers associated with thunderstorms including lightning, flash floods, hail, outflow, and downbursts.
ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/svr/dngr/light.rxml
- Lightning King, The
Lightning safety tips, stories, facts, photos, and links.
www.lightningking.com
- How to Photograph Lightning
Camera biology, lightning photographs, and weather cautions for photography enthusiasts.
www.lightningboy.com/howto.htm
- Lightning: Its Source Found at Last?
Features theory about the origin of lightning and questions alternate theories.
www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Campus/7858/index.html
- Severe Weather Awareness - NOAA
Know what actions to take to protect yourself, family, pets, and property against severe weather: thunderstorms, high winds, hail, lightning, tornadoes, and floods.
www.weather.gov/om/severeweather/index.shtml
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