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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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.