These scenes have a little of a lot: cloud-to-ground lightning strikes, a decaying wet downburst (background), the remnants of a high-based wall cloud and tail cloud, and a lightning-started fire with a smoke plume as viewed from the 4900′ Caprock overlook in northeast New Mexico. The flames persisted for at least an hour before fire trucks arrived and another hour or more afterward. Next is a nice “stroke behind the smoke” later.
8 SSW San Jon NM (29 May 97) Looking NE
34.9844, -103.362Flames of Lightning 1
These scenes have a little of a lot: cloud-to-ground lightning strikes, a decaying wet downburst (background), the remnants of a high-based wall cloud and tail cloud, and a lightning-started fire with a smoke plume as viewed from the 4900′ Caprock overlook in northeast New Mexico. The flames persisted for at least an hour before fire trucks arrived and another hour or more afterward. Next is a nice “stroke behind the smoke” later.
8 SSW San Jon NM (29 May 97) Looking NE
34.9844, -103.362