Saturday Evening Storms: Caldwell, Ohio - July 5, 2003 - 11:30PM
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NEWS VIDEO: RV, 1.8MB - Lightning over a rural eastern Ohio road
CALDWELL, OH - Explosive thunderstorm development occurred over Indiana and Ohio during the July 4th weekend. Most of this activity, however, stayed to the west of the Mountain State. A long drive north on I-77 was needed to see any lightning activity on Saturday night. Heavy thunderstorms hovered along the I-70 corridor in Ohio from Columbus to southwestern Pennsylvania for most of the night.
Frames from Video: Anvil crawler lightning at midnight along a rural road near Caldwell, Ohio:
Digital Video: Sony DCR-TRV900 3CCD MiniDV, 720x480 NTSC
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