The power of a positive lightning strike (91kA) - Herne Bay, Kent - Zoom H1n HQ Audio - 19/08/23

Strike at 01:06
The loudest crack of thunder I've ever heard occurred from the second round of thunderstorms last night at 01:37 BST which all seemed to clip Kent rather than hit elsewhere. There was another positive lightning strike just before this clip which I believe you can hear as it fades in but I'll have to examine the footage further. 60C Theta-E values were seen to be across the SE although the storms weren't as active as they could be due to highly saturated soundings due to persistent humid conditions, i.e. in this clip here the air temperature was 20.1C with a dew point of 18.9C. The storm had slightly weakened overhead too so it really did catch me off guard.
The strike also tripped electrics for a lot of people in town as well as creating a hole through someone's house near the park which is unfortunate but luckily no one was hurt. Lucky that none of the electrics went here considering the amount of electronic devices I had plugged in!

[@insanestorms5176]

1:08 very nice

[@Southern-Storm]

Amazing sound capture, I bet you felt that One!

[@Jeffthengineer]

What is the radar u use for the power

[@user-ix5qy7um6o]

What was that crack after bang not considering crack after flash big after actually initial boom? Was that thunder also?

[@bucephalus00]

That's not fair! I was almost home at the time of the strike because the storm was dying down... Unless that was the second storm

[@Ueberlaufen]

Nice thunder sound!

[@theweatherlog]

Great stuff. Like a nuclear explosion . Bruce meopham weather

[@user-ix5qy7um6o]

Was it very loud? Doesn’t sound very loud for 91ka.

[@jamiem6364]

Sadly didn't come across as loud as it was in real life due to the slightly bad placement of my mic but it definitely was.

[@Conmanthompson2]

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