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Some call that heat lightning, but it is really lightning that is over 15 miles away and too far away for you to hear the thunder! LOOK OUT if you see the lightning and hear the thunder at the same time!
For metric-system conversions, follow this method: Sound travels at about 340 m/s, so multiply the number of seconds you counted by 340, and you'll know how many meters away lightning struck. A three-second count, then, would place the lightning strike about 1,020 m away, or roughly 1 km.