electrical storm

noun

|Updated on: 23 May 2018

Definition of electrical storm

: thunderstorm — called also electric storm

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Recent Examples of electrical storm from the Web

They were installed during the summer of 1958 but have been silent since an electrical storm last year.

— amy aumick, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Explore Florida's Hamilton County: Celebrating the Suwannee River," 7 May 2018
The bolt from an electrical storm hit the 45-meter high carbon mast of the eight-time line honors winner, which was ashore in a cradle at Woolwich dock undergoing pre-race checks.

— euan mckirdy, CNN, "Sydney-Hobart yacht race result overturned after protest," 28 Dec. 2017
The bolt from an electrical storm hit the 45-meter high carbon mast of the eight-time line honors winner, which was ashore in a cradle at Woolwich dock undergoing pre-race checks.

— euan mckirdy, CNN, "Sydney-Hobart yacht race result overturned after protest," 28 Dec. 2017
The bolt from an electrical storm hit the 45-meter high carbon mast of the eight-time line honors winner, which was ashore in a cradle at Woolwich dock undergoing pre-race checks.

— euan mckirdy, CNN, "Sydney-Hobart yacht race result overturned after protest," 28 Dec. 2017
The bolt from an electrical storm hit the 45-meter high carbon mast of the eight-time line honors winner, which was ashore in a cradle at Woolwich dock undergoing pre-race checks.

— euan mckirdy, CNN, "Sydney-Hobart yacht race result overturned after protest," 28 Dec. 2017
The bolt from an electrical storm hit the 45-meter high carbon mast of the eight-time line honors winner, which was ashore in a cradle at Woolwich dock undergoing pre-race checks.

— euan mckirdy, CNN, "Sydney-Hobart yacht race result overturned after protest," 28 Dec. 2017
The bolt from an electrical storm hit the 45-meter high carbon mast of the eight-time line honors winner, which was ashore in a cradle at Woolwich dock undergoing pre-race checks.

— euan mckirdy, CNN, "Sydney-Hobart yacht race result overturned after protest," 28 Dec. 2017
The bolt from an electrical storm hit the 45-meter high carbon mast of the eight-time line honors winner, which was ashore in a cradle at Woolwich dock undergoing pre-race checks.

— euan mckirdy, CNN, "Sydney-Hobart yacht race result overturned after protest," 28 Dec. 2017

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