Abstract
Cloud-to-Ground (CG) lightning examined using data from the National Lightning Detection Network (NLDN) over a six-hour span of a supercell thunderstorm that formed in Texas on 20 May 2019. The first echoes occurred at 0550 UTC on the border of Lynn and Garza counties in Texas. The storm moved off to the northeast and strengthened into a tornadic supercell. CG lightning is analyzed during the formation stage, mature stage, and dying stage of this convective storm. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided from the NLDN every time a CG strike occurs during this supercell thunderstorm along with the strength of each strike and the type of charge (positive or negative). Findings using the NLDN data set are compared with the findings analyzed by Keighton et al (1991) of CG lightning in Mesoscale Convective Complexes (MCS). Cloud-to-Ground (CG) lightning location is The behavior of the location of CG strikes during the three previously mentioned stages of convective storms will be analyzed and compared with previous work.
How to Cite
Evans, J., (2021) “Locations of Cloud-to-Ground Lightning in a Convective Storm”, Capstone, The UNC Asheville Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship 34(1).
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