Global distribution of lightning from a combined nine years of observations of the NASA OTD (4/95-3/00) and LIS (1/98-12/04) instruments.
Image Courtesy of Geoffrey Stano and SPoRT
Total lightning (Upper) from the North Alabama LMA coincident with NEXRAD radar-derived storm relative velocity (Lower) at 1236 (Left) and 1246 (Right) UTC on 6 May 2003. The lightning surge of over 200% occurs 14 minutes prior to a confirmed tornado touchdown.
