Ferrell was able to use graphics to recreate the storm anvil associated with this lightning strike, a visual that can be seen in the video at the top of this article.Ī bolt from the blue can also be "a cloud-to-ground strike which comes out of the side of the thunderstorm cloud," according to the National Severe Storms Laboratory. "A storm anvil is an elongated cloud that forms on top of a thunderstorm when rising clouds meet the top of the troposphere - the part of the atmosphere that contains the weather - and spread out," Ferrell explained. This type of lightning strike has a specific name and is referred to as a " bolt from the blue." In this particular case, the thunderstorm the bolt came from was about 3 miles away from Lutz's home, Jesse Ferrell, a meteorologist and senior weather editor for AccuWeather, said.Īlthough the storm was 3 miles to the west of Moore's home, his specific location was underneath what meteorologists refer to as a storm anvil, which can also produce lightning. Without a thunderstorm directly overhead, it might seem unusual for a lightning strike to occur amid what otherwise appeared to be rather calm weather, but meteorologists say there is a specific reason something like this can occur. "We knew that in the next hour it was going to storm, but it did come out of the blue." Equally as jarring as the visual image of a lightning bolt crashing to Earth was the sound the strike made, which was also caught in the footage. The tree was briefly ignited and one limb fell to the ground as a result of the strike. "My son just happened to back the truck into the driveway, which pointed the camera right at the tree that got struck," Moore told AccuWeather National Reporter Jonathan Petramala, explaining how the sensational footage was captured.
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