People in Helena, Alabama saw a sparkling sight in the sky as storms rolled through the state Tuesday night.
NWS Meteorologist Alex Sizemore captured this amazing sight of “crawler lightning.” Check out the spectacular video below.
Crawler lightning or anvil crawlers are a type of intra-cloud lightning. Intra-cloud lightning is the most common type of lightning. Its lightning that happens only inside a cloud jumping between different charge regions in the cloud.
As for crawler lightning, this occurs in the anvil of the clouds or thunderstorm and this spreads out and causing a visual spectacle in the sky. The lightning resembles a spider.
When there is lightning associated with a storm, please be aware and have a safety plan.
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Keith Bryant - Senior Digital Weather Producer
Keith Bryant is a meteorologist and Senior Digital Weather Producer for Spectrum News. He graduated from San José State University and Mississippi State University with degrees in Broadcast Journalism and Operational Meteorology. He started his career as a news producer working in various markets. After 6 years of TV news, he’s excited to inform the public on the latest weather news for Spectrum.
