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Most lightning strikes have at least 2 to 4 seconds of 'padding' or lead-in and lead-out. Long-duration clips are designated as those in which there is no break in the continuity of the video. See also our High-Definition lightning video catalog in the Storm Highway HD Library.
  Date filmed: July 4, 2006
Location: St. Albans, West Virginia
Speed: Realtime
Class: Premium
Description: Three camera views (wide, telephoto and extreme telephoto) yield extremely detailed, close-up shots of three spectacular lightning bolts directly striking the antenna of a television tower near St. Albans, West Virginia on a stormy July 4 evening. After each strike, sparks of molten metal fall from the tower tip like a fireworks burst as loud thunder crashes. Excellent proof that lightning does strike the same place twice! Other lightning bolts flash behind the tower tip.
Preview clip, 27.4MB
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 Date filmed: July 20, 2006
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Speed: Realtime
Class: Premium
Description: Twice, lightning simultaneously strikes the Sears Tower and John Hancock Center in downtown Chicago. Second and third cameras record close-up shots of lightning hitting the skyscrapers.
Preview clip, 2.4MB
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 Date filmed: February 5, 2008
Location: Lexington, Kentucky
Speed: Realtime
Class: Standard
Description: Lightning strikes the same place - not twice, but eleven times in a time span of only 20 minutes! These TV towers in Lexington were the repeated targets of lightning strikes during a wintertime severe weather outbreak on February 5, 2008, the same day that tornadoes ravaged parts of Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky. This video sequence captures ten of the eleven hits to the towers, with varying camera angles including several close-up zoom shots of strikes to the tip of one antenna.
Preview clip, 9.7MB
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 Date filmed: June 14, 2003
Location: St. Albans, West Virginia
Total footage: 38 seconds
Scenes: 6 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Premium
Description: Three intense lightning bolts strike a television tower near St. Albans, West Virginia in a timespan of less than five minutes. Two cameras record the action from close range, with one set up to capture detailed extreme close-up shots of each strike. Fine detail of each strike is visible, including lightning channel drift, bead-out and return strokes. Glowing metal shards fall from the tower after each strike. Excellent proof that lightning does strike the same place twice!
Preview clip, 2.6MB
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 Date filmed: April 17, 2006
Location: St. Albans, West Virginia
Total footage: 20 seconds
Scenes: 3 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Premium
Description: Three spectacular lightning bolts strike a television tower near St. Albans, West Virginia in a timespan of less than five minutes. Two cameras record the action from close range, with both set up to capture detailed extreme close-up shots of each strike. Fine detail of each strike is visible, including lightning channel drift and bead-out. Glowing metal shards fall from the tower after each strike like a fireworks burst. Excellent proof that lightning does strike the same place twice!
Preview clip, 19.6MB
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 Date filmed: July 3, 2006
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Speed: Realtime
Class: Standard
Description: A lightning bolt strikes the Sears Tower in downtown Chicago during a July morning thunderstorm.
Preview clip, 989KB
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 Date filmed: April 22, 2005
Location: St. Albans, West Virginia
Total footage: 0:12
Scenes: 1 clip
Speed: Realtime
Class: Standard
Description: A close-up shot of a wildly meandering lightning strike to a television tower at night. Sparks fly off of the tip of the tower after the strike.
Preview clip, 1.0MB
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 Date filmed: April 10, 2004
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Total footage: 1:31
Scenes: 8 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Standard
Description: Two cameras roll as lightning repeatedly strikes television towers east of Raleigh, North Carolina, some two and three simultaneously. Both zoom and wide shots. Evidence that lightning does strike the same place twice! Good thunder audio included.
Preview clip, 5.5MB
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 Date filmed: July 27, 2005
Location: St. Albans, West Virginia
Total footage: 0:25
Scenes: 2 clips
Speed: Realtime
Class: Standard
Description: A cloud-to-ground lightning strike to a television tower. Includes simultaneous wide and extreme close-up zoom shots.
Preview clip, 1.6MB
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