# Snow rain sleet rain lightening sleet
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-rain-sleet-rain-lightening-sleet/579002
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 19, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-rain-sleet-rain-lightening-sleet/579002 "2011-04-19T21:43:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-rain-sleet-rain-lightening-sleet/579002/21 "2011-04-20T13:41:50Z")
My friend coined a new term that may come in handy. I expect to be under a snownado watch any day now.
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### Author:  [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-rain-sleet-rain-lightening-sleet/579002/22 "2011-04-20T14:04:37Z")
Hmmm… I’ll pass on chasing any hailnados. They’re all good and fun until someone puts an eye out.
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### Author:  [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-rain-sleet-rain-lightening-sleet/579002/23 "2011-04-20T14:53:12Z")
We only got an inch, which is way better than the 5-8 they were forecasting. (Apparently it went south; sorry **Harmonious Discord** ). And it’s snowing right now, should stop by this afternoon.
I’m beyond sick of it.
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### Author:  [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-rain-sleet-rain-lightening-sleet/579002/24 "2011-04-20T20:17:20Z")
It’s been 50F since at least 10:30 today when I checked that indeed it was as warm as I thought when we started getting a light snow. It snowed on and off until at least 12:30. The cloud cover left sometime after that and now it’s sunny and 50F. The temps yesterday were in the mid 30’s and never hit freezing.
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### Author:  [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-rain-sleet-rain-lightening-sleet/579002/25 "2011-04-21T13:33:59Z")
Today the local paper has a picture of a lightening exploded large tree in front of an apartment complex. It happened about the time I started this thread. Enjoy the rest of your lives as thunder snow is reports is officially done.😉
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### Author:  [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2011, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-rain-sleet-rain-lightening-sleet/579002/26 "2011-04-21T13:45:55Z")
The weather is weird this time of year. Winter changed into spring, spring changed into summer, summer changed back into winter, and winter gave spring and summer a miss and went straight on into autumn.
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### Author:  [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-rain-sleet-rain-lightening-sleet/579002/27 "2011-04-21T15:05:24Z")
In Texas we could use some of y’alls rain or sleet or snow or whatever you’re willin’ to part with. Terrible drought’s ongoing, which has led to numerous fires. I just learned yesterday that a buddy’s lakehouse at Possum Kingdom went up in smoke along with 149 of his neighbor’s. Mother Nature appears to have adopted a feast or famine attitude this Spring.
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### Author:  [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-rain-sleet-rain-lightening-sleet/579002/28 "2011-04-21T15:20:37Z")
> [@lieu](#):
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> In Texas we could use some of y’alls rain or sleet or snow or whatever you’re willin’ to part with. Terrible drought’s ongoing, which has led to numerous fires. I just learned yesterday that a buddy’s lakehouse at Possum Kingdom went up in smoke along with 149 of his neighbor’s. Mother Nature appears to have adopted a feast or famine attitude this Spring.
We’ve had record breaking high river levels just two weeks ago, again. The rivers have been flooding for the last three years and we keep getting new record high breakers.
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### Author:  [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-rain-sleet-rain-lightening-sleet/579002/29 "2011-04-21T15:39:29Z")
thunder snow is rare 6 to 10 per year in the USA from what i’ve read. this year has been a bunch more than that.
> **[Why don’t snowstorms produce lightning?](https://www.straightdope.com/21343331/why-don-t-snowstorms-produce-lightning)**
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> A STAFF REPORT FROM THE STRAIGHT DOPE SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD
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### Author:  [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-rain-sleet-rain-lightening-sleet/579002/30 "2011-04-21T15:48:40Z")
I can testify that thundersnow storms can be like thunderstorms, dropping huge amounts of snow under them, while nearby there is hardly any snow.
And now I want to see a snownado.
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### Author:  [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-rain-sleet-rain-lightening-sleet/579002/31 "2011-04-21T17:44:01Z")
I want to see a snownado on the news - not going down my street.
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### Author:  [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-rain-sleet-rain-lightening-sleet/579002/32 "2011-04-21T17:45:32Z")
Since there has never been a snownado, I’m not losing any sleep over this.
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### Author:  [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-rain-sleet-rain-lightening-sleet/579002/33 "2011-04-29T04:34:09Z")
I stand corrected. While watching YouTubes of the deadly tornadoes I ran across a snow tornado video.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9vZnTJHqzQ)
There must be a topic about the deadly tornadoes, but I remembered this one.
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### Author:  [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-rain-sleet-rain-lightening-sleet/579002/34 "2011-04-29T05:05:50Z")
Too funny! I sent the link to my friend.
Saw a huge dust devil once. That was cool.
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