PLAYBACK

Strike history.

Replay recent lightning activity — where storms flared, tracked hour by hour.
RECENT HOURS

Lightning playback

The satellite loops below replay recent flash history. For a scrubable timeline, drag the slider on the interactive maps.

Flash History Loop — CONUS

Flash History Loop — CONUS

Flash History Loop — Southeast

Flash History Loop — Southeast
SCRUB THE TIMELINE

Interactive playback

Use the play button and timeline at the bottom of each map to step through thunderstorm evolution.

Thunderstorm Timeline — CONUS

Radar Timeline — CONUS

DEEPER ARCHIVES

Beyond the last few hours

These loops cover roughly the past couple of hours — enough to see how tonight’s storms evolved. For research-grade history, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information archives GLM data back to launch, and full radar archives are available through their Climate Data Online tools. Longer term, we plan to build archived event playback right into this page — tell us which events you would want replayed on the community boards.

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