Friday night there were some heavy storms across the south central US. I was woken up by “thunder” at about 4:30 in the morning. Here is the weird part. So what I heard several times sounded like a continual rolling thunder clap. Hard to explain in writing, but it was one event that was a continual bah-boom! bah-boom! bah-boom! that was traveling from south to north. It sounded like some super low altitude ship in a sci-fi movie emoting loud speaker noises. Is that a normal weather event? Anyone know what that is? When I think of thunder I think of one clap and it is done until the next clap. And I haven’t heard anything like this that I remember on all my years.
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Updooted for jaunty use of the term weatherfags.
As an ex-ex-weatherfag I can think of no phenomenon like you describe.
I hope it's an alien mothership in the shape of a tinfoil hat flown conspicuously by none other that The Donald, pooping out hung politicians on lengths of rope, with a light rotation providing the centrifugal force that pulls them laterally and silhouettes them sweetly against the sky.
Updooted initially for the whimsical use of "jaunty", but primarily for the splendid imagery of politicians relieved of their last vestiges of contrived dignity. Inspiring!
I have updooted the lot of you.
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Yes I think there is a lab course at weather fag school that explains this phenomenon.
It's been awhile.
The Tinfoil-hat alien mothership/ dead politican mobile or the Rolling Thunder?
And speaking of jaunty use…. How about the term gizzardpuke? It’s so vivid and colorful!
The planefags needed some friends.
With CA's "Atmospheric River" bs, I've also experienced weird storms recently.
One morning, there was thunder, then rain for about 1 minute, then nothing.
My mom said her entire life she's never witnessed weather so bizarre.
Also, I remember when they created the term "Atmospheric River," my co-worker was telling me it's a 'New Phenomenon', sounds like HAARP bs to me.
Don't know but I heard it too. Been hearing a lot of weird thunder lately.
I recently heard what I thought was "rolling thunder"...it was different than a "clap" of thunder after a flash of lightening...and it was unusual enough that I noticed it and thought about it...
I thought about the song "How Great Thou Art"...
"I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder
Thy power throughout the universe displayed."
And that is what made me think I was hearing what could be labeled rolling thunder....I think perhaps I have heard that before at the end of a storm as you can hear the storm moving past you...it is certainly two different thunders...
I am not a weatherfag BTW...
Isn't the rolling sound from air rushing back together down the path of a long lightning strike? Disclosure - not a weather fag either.
Rolling thunder. Normal when many storms are active. You can use the Windy app to monitor the lightening strikes. I think you would be surprised to see the amount of strikes associated with a line of thunderstorms. Also, since sounds travels way slower than light, if the storms are far away you will see the lightning but not hear the thunder until many seconds later.
During the 70’s my hubby and I went camping up in Canada for our honeymoon. We went as far north as the roads took us above us was all tundra. While camping that night we had a bad thunderstorm. The thunder was constant but seemed to be coming from a circular direction. All we could think of is that we were so far north and it was a phenomenon of being near the top of the earth.
Lightning can travel dozens even over a hundred miles through a storm. These long lightning strikes are typically what causes the rolling thunder but also if the lightning is very frequent they can blend together to cause this effect. Not saying this is what caused what you heard because I wasnt there, but this is typically what happens to cause rolling thunder.
I had thought about it being multiple strikes but the rhythm was a perfect pattern, like a heartbeat, so I discounted that thought. For what someone said I guess it could be hearing the giant boom traveling and echoing the reboom repeatedly or something like that.
If its what we heard here. In the middle of the night we thought someone was beating on the door. Boom boom boom. Wierdest thing ive ever heard.
I'll never forget hearing that on a business trip to Manhattan several years ago. I couldn't tell if it was a long continuous thunder or an echo within the concrete canyons. It was mighty eerie, especially considering where I was.
rolling thunder is great for plant life, especially vegetables. Nitrogen
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Since when is talking about thunderstorms NSFW?