WEATHER WIZ KIDS INFORMATION FOR KIDS LIGHTNING BRIGHT FLASH ELECTRICITY PRODUCE IF YOU HEAR THE SOUND OF THUNDER YOU ARE DANGER KILLS PEOPLE HURRICANES CAUSES ELECTRIC CURRENT THUNDERCLOUD IN THE SKY BITS ICE BUMP EACH OTHER MOVE AROUND COLLISIONS CREATE ELECTRIC CHARGE THE WHOLE CLOUD ELECTRICAL POSITIVE CHARGES PROTONS THE CLOUD NEGATIVE ELECTRONS AT THE BOTTOM OPPOSITES ATTRACT POSITIVE CHARGE BUILD UP ON THE GROUND BENEATH ELECTRICAL CHARGE ANYTHING STICKS CHARGE COMING UP POINTS EVENTUALLY REACHING DOWN THE CLOUDS LIGHTNING STRIKES EVER RUBBED YOUR FEET CARPET TOUCHED METAL DOOR HANDLE YOU KNOW YOU CAN THE SAME WAY CLICK HERE DEGREES FAHRENHEIT SIX TIMES HOTTER THE SURFACE COLOR SEEMS CLEAR REALLY DEPENDS THE BACKGROUND CAUSED LIGHTNING BOLT TRAVELS FROM THE CLOUD TO THE GROUND ACTUALLY LITTLE HOLE IN ONCE LIGHT GONE BACK IN CREATES SOUND WAVE REASON THUNDER FASTER THAN SOUND DO YOU KNOW NEARBY DARK CLOUDS THE BEST THING LISTEN NEED TO GET IN HAIR SKIN MAYBE ABOUT TO GET DOWN HANDS AND KNEES KEEP TUCKED IN DO NOT GIVE CHANCE STRIKE FAR AWAY THE LIGHTNING SEEN 100 MILES THE HEIGHT THE CLARITY SHORTER RANGE DETECTION LESS THAN MILES QUIET RURAL SETTING UNDER 5 ARE YOU LESS STATIC ELECTRICITY IN THE SUMMER HIGHER THE GULF OF MEXICO COLD DEW POINT DANGEROUS TYPE COME FROM NEGATIVELY CHARGED BOTTOM TRAVELING POSITIVELY CHARGED GROUND THE TALL TREES CAUSE FIRE PROPERTY DAMAGE LIGHTING RELATED COMMON TYPE THE PROCESS TAKES LOOKS FLASH OF LIGHT INTERCLOUD LIGHTNING STRIKE CLOUDS THE STRIKE FORKED LIGHTNING APPEARS JAGGED LINES SHOOTING FROM THE CLOUDS TO FROM ONE UP TO AWAY SHEET LIGHTNING SEEM LIGHT UP ILLUMINATE ENTIRE HEAT LIGHTNING TERM USED TO DESCRIBE TOO FAR SUMMER DAY THE SKY NAMES RED SPRITES GREEN ELVES BLUE JETS BRIGHTLY COLORED HIGH ABOVE RIBBON LIGHTNING BOLT OF LIGHTNING SEPARATES WIND PARALLEL CHAIN BEAD LIGHTNING BROKEN DOTTED BALL LIGHTNING RARE FORM LUMINOUS COME IN SPHERICAL SHAPE ONE FOOT HISSING NOISES BALLS SOMETIMES LOUD NOISE BLUE GREENISH GLOW ABOVE TINY SPARKS REACH IN RESPONSE CLOUDS ABOVE THUNDERSTORM MIGHT BE RIGHT ANVIL THE BOLT FROM THE BLUE SUDDENLY BOLT ARCS SKIES APPEAR TELL HOW FAR STORM NEXT TIME COUNT NUMBER SECONDS DIVIDE THE STORM 10 SECONDS THUNDERSTORM WATCH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS 58 MILES HOUR OR 1 HAIL DIAMETER DEVELOP IN YOUR AREA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING INCH TAKING PARTICLES NEGATIVE CHARGE OBJECT CHANNEL LEADER LOOKING STROKE RETURN STROKE TREMENDOUS BRIGHT LIGHT LEADERS TO THE SKY CONNECT LIGHTNING FLASH NO MORE BE FOUR STROKES SAME PLACE HERE ACTIVE SAFETY TIPS LOOK DARKENING INCREASING WAIT THE RAIN GO TO SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY THE BEST TO GO BUILDING SURE WINDOWS IN THE CAR PICNIC BASEBALL NO SHELTER STAY AWAY THE OPEN TWICE AS FAR TREE AS IT PLACE YOUR HANDS EARS HEARING DAMAGE GROUP OF PEOPLE OUT OF WATER CONDUCTOR OF ELECTRICITY SNORKELING SCUBA DIVING STAND IN PUDDLES DROP BACKPACKS PLAYING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY 30 MINUTES THE LAST WASH YOUR HANDS WASH DISHES CORDED EXTERIOR PHONE LINES ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT COMPUTERS DOORS SOMEONE CALL FOR HELP CALL SEND FOR HELP INJURED PERSON CARRY OKAY TOUCH GREAT EXPERIMENT KIDS GREAT WAY UNDERSTAND THE KIDS ALL YOU NEED BALLOON TEACHES EXPERIMENT LEARN YET ANOTHER IN A WAY HOW IT TEACH HOW TO TRACK SHOWS FAIR PROJECT COMPLETE SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT DISCOVER SCIENCE BEHIND THE WEATHER CRYSTAL CONTACT PRIVACY POLICY TORNADOES WINTER STORMS RAIN FLOODS TEMPERATURE WILDFIRES EARTHQUAKES VOLCANOES CLIMATE OPTICAL ILLUSIONS EXPERIMENTS GAMES WEATHER FOLKLORE WORDS INSTRUMENTS PHOTOS CAREER CORNER LINKS