Thunder
A single close strike can sound like an explosion, especially from a storm cell that produces little rain here.
How to tell
- Storm cell visible or on radar nearby
- Rumble tails off rather than stopping dead
- Often more than one over the same hour
When it usually happens
Spring and summer, mostly afternoon and evening.
Heard one just now?
Report it and we will tell you what it most likely was. More reports from different directions make it far easier to pin down.
Report what you heard