Hey, Steve Rex Rod, it's
want to try and give you
what's going on around he
a lot. It happens every n
has been everywhere tonig
snow. A lot of that's goi
as a regular thunderstorm
hit by lightning. Yes, if
but the frequency is so l
when it's popping up all
not heard of a lot of peo
thunder snow. It doesn't
just as dangerous because
that's high voltage and a
But I wanted to give you
and show you what's been
and why we've gotten it t
get it so many other time
heavy snow, I have my han
we used to have a yard st
point to this is Hallie V
was big in high school wi
told. And she does a grea
I'll get her to do it for
use this as a pointer to
at the radar here. Now, y
which is the green that's
Canada has stayed just of
There's been a little rai
down river from time to t
to show you is when you s
orange on the rain, you k
rain. But tonight we have
area of orange on the sno
hardly ever see that. So
coming down so intensely
to pass. But that very, v
at a rate of two to even
So if you're gonna have s
inches per hour, you have
energy. And what's gonna
to come down so fast, you
storm, so to speak. You k
the expression opposites
attract in terms of elect
So you need to separate t
charges. So when you have
energized as this one is,
coming and the storm acti
in lifting it like a thun
up. You used to seeing th
a big billowy tops and ev
going on here. But the at
that it's snow. But you h
that growth in the height
opposite charges attract
lightning. It's much more
to cloud rather than clou
course, the cloud to grou
stuff for us. Since we're
mean it can't be on the g
more cloud to cloud acros
So you separate the charg
this very intense storm a
our southeast tons of lif
to grow and make that ver
separate those charges. S
going on tonight, especia
the very heavy snow from
you look, you see some li
there and if you stay on
I will slow this down and
where you can see uh what
we're back, this is the c
was five hours ago at fou
watch, we start getting i
hour and that's when we s
of reports. Uh, let's see
the war and see their wes
some lightning and get so
here. There's some more i
County. Uh, where is it?
about seven o'clock and t
the Southeast Oakland Cou
about 7 20. And then ther
M 59 south of I 69. So th
is when it was at its mos
time is now passing, we h
lift. The orange on the r
never seen that kind of o
side of the radar before.
years. So that's impressi
there is, how much separa
charges. And that's why w
frequent snow thunder. So
very often. It only happe
intense snowstorms, but i
a lot around the area as
be less and less of that
again on the radar, this
has passed through. We we
with the most intense sno
by now, still pretty inte
But the real energized pa
starting to slide away fr
still get more snow. It's
up. But I just wanted to
explainer here, opposites
one thing to remember in
to attract, they have to
separate the charges in t
with the height growth an
from this storm. And then
go from the positive and
and forth this year. Well
out mother nature likes e
when you separate the cha
back together, send that
through there and change
than being positive, nega
there and then it builds
there's so much energy. A
all night. This is cool s
think it's cool too becau
with reports, emails, cal
great and thanks for your
especially the videos. Uh
count 1000 3003, the more
the lightning is away fro
can be dangerous. We're a
not outside because of th
be out here much longer t
don't have to worry about
showing. Alright, thanks
a little after nine at 10
be on TV, 20 Detroit 11 o
seven got a full report.
gotten so far and how muc