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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!
Your distance from a thunderstorm can be estimated by measuring the time between seeing the lightning flash and the hearing the start of thunder. The length of this interval in seconds can be divided by three to give an approximate distance in kilometres. Sometimes lightning may be seen but there is no thunder heard.