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515-Mile Lightning Bolt, as Big as 7,553 Football Fields, Breaks World Record

The powerful lightning bolt, also known as a megaflash, stretched 515 miles from eastern Texas to Kansas City, Mo. The average lightning bolt size is 10 to 12 miles An electric weather phenomenon just broke a world record.

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Lightning "megaflash" stretching 515 miles long is recognized as new world record

A lightning flash that extended 515 miles from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, Missouri, in 2017 is recognized as being the longest horizontal distance.

CNN on MSN · 2d

‘Megaflash’ lightning bolt traveled over 500 miles, setting a new record, study says

Lightning is a familiar sight in stormy skies, but a new report has revealed just how far some bolts can travel — in one case, more than 500 miles.

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Scientists discovered a previously unknown lightning strike that was a record 515 miles long

The lightning strike, which occurred over the southern U.S. in 2017, was found in a reanalysis of satellite and lightning ...

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New World Record-Longest 'Megaflash' Lightning Confirmed. It Covered A Distance From East Texas To Near Kansas City

A megaflash is a lightning discharge of very long distance and/or duration that satellites can detect. A reanalysis of a ...

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