That tweet is utter bullshit. Florida is known as the lightning capital of the world. You are also looking at the outer bands where lightning is normally produced. More severe storms can produce 60 to 500 fpm, flashes per minute, according to the Lightning Imaging Sensor Demonstration and Display system.

Florida has an average of 295 lightning events per square mile, and "Vaisala's National Lightning Detection Network detected 474 lightning events per square mile in Four Corners" (intersection of Lake, Polk, Orange and Osceola counties) " making it the lightning capital of Florida –and the country". Welcome to the sub-tropics.

An example of this kind of storm from July: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce2439_a2wc.

That tweet is utter bullshit. Florida is known as the lightning capital of the world. You are also looking at the outer bands of the hurricane, far from the eye wall, where lightning is normally produced. More severe storms can produce 60 to 500 fpm, flashes per minute, according to the Lightning Imaging Sensor Demonstration and Display system.

Florida has an average of 295 lightning events per square mile, and "Vaisala's National Lightning Detection Network detected 474 lightning events per square mile in Four Corners" (intersection of Lake, Polk, Orange and Osceola counties) " making it the lightning capital of Florida –and the country". Welcome to the sub-tropics.

An example of this kind of storm from July: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce2439_a2wc.

Florida is known as the lightning capital of the world. You are also looking at the outer bands of the hurricane, far from the eye wall, where lightning is normally produced. More severe storms can produce 60 to 500 fpm, flashes per minute, according to the Lightning Imaging Sensor Demonstration and Display system.

Florida has an average of 295 lightning events per square mile, and "Vaisala's National Lightning Detection Network detected 474 lightning events per square mile in Four Corners" (intersection of Lake, Polk, Orange and Osceola counties) " making it the lightning capital of Florida –and the country". Welcome to the sub-tropics.

An example of this kind of storm from July: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce2439_a2wc.

That tweet is utter bullshit.

Florida is known as the lightning capital of the world. You are also looking at the outer bands of the hurricane, far from the eye wall, where lightning is normally produced. More severe storms can produce 60 to 500 fpm, flashes per minute, according to the Lightning Imaging Sensor Demonstration and Display system.

Florida has an average of 295 lightning events per square mile, and "Vaisala's National Lightning Detection Network detected 474 lightning events per square mile in Four Corners" (intersection of Lake, Polk, Orange and Osceola counties) " making it the lightning capital of Florida –and the country". Welcome to the sub-tropics.

An example of this kind of storm from July: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce2439_a2wc

Florida is known as the lightning capital of the world. You are also looking at the outer bands of the hurricane, far from the eye wall, where lightning is normally produced. More severe storms can produce 60 to 500 fpm, flashes per minute, according to the Lightning Imaging Sensor Demonstration and Display system.

Florida has an average of 295 lightning events per square mile, and "Vaisala's National Lightning Detection Network detected 474 lightning events per square mile in Four Corners" (intersection of Lake, Polk, Orange and Osceola counties) " making it the lightning capital of Florida –and the country". Welcome to the sub-tropics.

An example of an electrical storm from July: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce2439_a2wc

Florida is known as the lightning capital of the world. You are also looking at the outer bands of the hurricane, far from the eye wall, where lightning is normally produced. More severe storms can produce 60 to 500 fpm, flashes per minute, according to the Lightning Imaging Sensor Demonstration and Display system.

Edit to add: Florida has an average of 295 lightning events per square mile, and "Vaisala's National Lightning Detection Network detected 474 lightning events per square mile in Four Corners" (intersection of Lake, Polk, Orange and Osceola counties) " making it the lightning capital of Florida –and the country". Welcome to the sub-tropics.

An example of an electrical storm from July: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce2439_a2wc

Florida is known as the lightning capital of the world. You are also looking at the outer bands of the hurricane, far from the eye wall, where lightning is normally produced. More severe storms can produce 60 to 500 fpm, flashes per minute, according to theLightning Imaging Sensor Demonstration and Display system.

Edit to add: Florida has an average of 295 lightning events per square mile, and "Vaisala's National Lightning Detection Network detected 474 lightning events per square mile in Four Corners" (intersection of Lake, Polk, Orange and Osceola counties) " making it the lightning capital of Florida –and the country". Welcome to the sub-tropics.

An example of an electrical storm from July: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce2439_a2wc

Florida is known as the lightning capital of the world. You are also looking at the outer bands of the hurricane, far from the eye wall, where lightning is normally produced

Edit to add: Florida has an average of 295 lightning events per square mile, and "Vaisala's National Lightning Detection Network detected 474 lightning events per square mile in Four Corners" (intersection of Lake, Polk, Orange and Osceola counties) " making it the lightning capital of Florida –and the country". Welcome to the sub-tropics.

An example of an electrical storm from July: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce2439_a2wc

Florida is known as the lightning capital of the world. You are also looking at the outer bands of the hurricane, far from the eye wall, where lightning is normally produced

Edit to add: Florida has an average of 295 lightning events per square mile, and "Vaisala's National Lightning Detection Network detected 474 lightning events per square mile in Four Corners" (intersection of Lake, Polk, Orange and Osceola counties) " making it the lightning capital of Florida –and the country". Welcome to the sub-tropics.

Growing up there, we had a large picture window and would sit in front of it, watching lightning like this. These "electrical storms" were usually most intense during summer. No clouds, no rain, not even thunder. Just silent distance lightning. Its beautiful, but Florida electrical storms are no joke.

Florida is known as the lightning capital of the world. You are also looking at the outer bands of the hurricane, far from the eye wall, where lightning is normally produced

Edit to add: Florida has an average of 295 lightning events per square mile, and "Vaisala's National Lightning Detection Network detected 474 lightning events per square mile in Four Corners" (intersection of Lake, Polk, Orange and Osceola counties) " making it the lightning capital of Florida –and the country". Welcome to the sub-tropics.

Florida is known as the lightning capital of the world. You are also looking at the outer bands of the hurricane, far from the eye wall, where lightning is normally produced

Edit to add: Florida has an average of 295 lightning events per square mile, and "Vaisala's National Lightning Detection Network detected 474 lightning events per square mile" in Four Corners (intersection of Lake, Polk, Orange and Osceola counties) , making it the lightning capital of Florida –and the country. Welcome to the sub-tropics.

Florida is known as the lightning capital of the world. You are also looking at the outer bands of the hurricane, far from the eye wall, where lightning is normally produced

Edit to add: Florida has an average of 295 lightning events per square mile, and "Vaisala's National Lightning Detection Network detected 474 lightning events per square mile" in Four Corners (intersection of Lake, Polk, Orange and Osceola counties) , making it the lightning capital of Florida –and the country.

Florida is known as the lightning capital of the world. You are also looking at the outer bands of the hurricane, far from the eye wall, where lightning is normally produced

Edit to add: Florida has an average of 295 lightning events per square mile, and "Vaisala's National Lightning Detection Network detected 474 lightning events per square mile, making Four Corners (intersection of Lake, Polk, Orange and Osceola counties) the lightning capital of Florida –and the country."

Florida is known as the lightning capital of the world. You are also looking at the outer bands of the hurricane, far from the eye wall, where lightning is normally produced

Growing up there, we had a large picture window that we would sit in front of to watch silent electrical storms that looked similar. No rain, not even thunder. Just lightning in the distance.

Edit to add: Florida has an average of 295 lightning events per square mile, and "Vaisala's National Lightning Detection Network detected 474 lightning events per square mile, making Four Corners (intersection of Lake, Polk, Orange and Osceola counties) the lightning capital of Florida–and the country."

Florida is known as the lightning capital of the world. You are also looking at the outer bands of the hurricane, far from the eye wall, where lightning is normally produced

Growing up there, we had a large picture window that we would sit in front of to watch silent electrical storms that looked similar. No rain, not even thunder. Just lightning in the distance.

Florida is known as the lightning capital of the world. You are also looking at the outer bands of the hurricane, far from the eye wall, where lightning is normally produced

Growing up there, we had a large picture window that we would sit in front of to watch silent electrical storms that looked similar.