Hey Ray! How To Determine How Far Away A Thunderstorm Is From You

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Can you really tell how far away a thunderstorm is by counting the seconds between the flash of lightning and the boom of thunder?
The answer is yes, but there is a little more to it than that.
First of all, thunder is caused by lightning’s incredible heat.
When lightning happens in a storm, it causes the air next to the bolt to almost instantly heat up to as high as 50-thousand degrees.
Yeah, five times hotter than the surface of the sun!
Right after the flash, t