Thundersnow is typically associated with very heavy rates of snow, which can lead to reduced visibility. Thundersnow can be just as dangerous as a regular, rain-accompanied thunderstorm.

Thundersnow is exactly what the name suggests – a snowy thunderstorm. But the winter version of a thunderstorm is far less frequent than the spring and summer thunderstorms most people are used to.

Thundersnow is typically associated with very heavy rates of snow, which can lead to reduced visibility. Although the snow sometimes muffles the thunder, the lightning can be seen, said ...

Thundersnow is also often observed downstream of the Great Salt Lake and the Great Lakes during lake-effect snowstorms. Thundersnow is most likely to occur during heavy snowfall, which can make it ...

NOAA says the “ingredients” for thundersnow are similar to a thunderstorm: moisture, instability, and a lifting mechanism. In the case of thundersnow, the phenomenon occurs when there is ...

Thundersnow often coincides with very heavy snow, usually falling at 1 to 3 inches per hour. The atmospheric instability that creates the thundersnow is also what causes these extreme snowfall ...

Experts say that thundersnow—a phenomenon when thunder and lightning occur during a snowstorm—tends to bring heavier accumulations. Photograph by David Degner, The Washington Post/Getty Images.

In this Jan. 23, 2016, file photo taken by astronaut Scott Kelly on the International Space Station, a rare thundersnow lightning strike is shown during Winter Storm Jonas.

Thundersnow is a snowstorm event in which thunder and lightning occur. Thunderstorms accompanied by snow are usually of a different character than a "normal" thunderstorm. The latter are usually ...

North Texas isn’t a stranger to lightning — the area sees plenty when thunderstorms roll through — but lightning with freezing rain, or thundersnow, is a little rarer. “It’s not ...