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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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.