Is lightning ever seen during a snow storm?
The answer is definetly YES! This was an amazing sight. We built a whole tunnel system in snow. The St. Louis “Blizzard” of 30-31 January 1982. On January 30th and 31st 1982, a 1-in-70 year snow event occurred from the eastern Ozarks to central Illinois with the heaviest axis of snow blanketing St. Louis, Missouri. The snow began during the evening of January 30th, a Saturday, and ended during the afternoon of Sunday, January 31st. The snow paralyzed the area with government offices, many businesses, and schools cancelling work or class for up to a week after the snow ended. The airport, Amtrak, and bus service were shut down. As many as 4,000 motorists were stranded on highways due to the blizzard-like conditions that were created over the region. Many people became stranded for days, with hospital and emergency workers working 2 to 3 shifts due to their coworkers inability to make it work. According to the Post Dispatch, one subdivision, Bee Tree Estates in South St. Louis County, wa
I have seen lightning during a snow storm only once in my life. It was a few years ago in central PA where I live. We were having a heavy snow storm and I was out shoveling (ofcourse) and I began to see bright flashes in the sky. I was confounded at first by it, but realized it was lightning. The lightning lasted for a time and once that strong band of snow subsided so did the lightning. The only time I have seen it. I am only 26 1/2 years though and we have not had such strong snow storms here, really, since then.
it is dec 18 and it started poreing down the snow here about 2:00 and now we have about 5 or 6 inches and its still coming down me and my husband and children was outside playing in the snow and we seen blue flashes of light in the sky my brother that lives 20 minutes away seen the same thing so im guessing that its snow lightning thats the first time that i seen something like that…i live in wv, if anyone else has had an experance like that please let me know i would like to hear about it my e-mail is rottenass_27@yahoo.com thank you…
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