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correspondence were emanating from the flank of this storm in a region of moderate reflectivity gradient. From the azimuth angle sub- On the evening of 27 July 1981, rathe r strange lightning discharges tended by the illuminated sector, the pulsating portion of the an d sky glows were observed in Norman, Okla. The authors, who work or have worked for the National Severe Storms Laboratory in storm was estimated to be abou t 4 km in diameter. The top of Norman , have extensive experience in storm interception and have the storm was reported at 15-16 km. observed and photographed lightning professionally and privately. A check of references on unusual visual occurrences (Cor- The electrical activity was associated with nonsevere nighttime liss, 1977) indicated that transient sky brightenings have been thunderstorm s that had been in the area fro m abou t 2100 CDT . The lightning associated with these storms prior to the event was fre- observed, although they were not associated with thunder- quent , with cloud-to-ground flashes common . A total of 3.35 cm of storms. One author had previously observed multicolored rain accumulated at the site of observation in association with these flashes on the flank http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society American Meteorological Society

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Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society , Volume 63 (2): 2 – Feb 1, 1982
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were emanating from the flank of this storm in a region of moderate reflectivity gradient. From the azimuth angle sub- On the evening of 27 July 1981, rathe r strange lightning discharges tended by the illuminated sector, the pulsating portion of the an d sky glows were observed in Norman, Okla. The authors, who work or have worked for the National Severe Storms Laboratory in storm was estimated to be abou t 4 km in diameter. The top of Norman , have extensive experience in storm interception and have the storm was reported at 15-16 km. observed and photographed lightning professionally and privately. A check of references on unusual visual occurrences (Cor- The electrical activity was associated with nonsevere nighttime liss, 1977) indicated that transient sky brightenings have been thunderstorm s that had been in the area fro m abou t 2100 CDT . The lightning associated with these storms prior to the event was fre- observed, although they were not associated with thunder- quent , with cloud-to-ground flashes common . A total of 3.35 cm of storms. One author had previously observed multicolored rain accumulated at the site of observation in association with these flashes on the flank

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Published: Feb 1, 1982

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