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Lightning can occur without thunder being heard.

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Is it true that lightning can occur without thunder being heard?

Yes. Two reference sources state that distant lightning can be seen as flashes while its thunder dissipates or does not carry to the observer, so no thunder is heard. A single storm case also reports intracloud lightning with no thunder heard over a 20-minute period.

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Lightning
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Lightning. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning

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Heat lightning - Wikipedia
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Heat lightning - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_lightning

An observational and numerical study of a mini-supercell storm
1998
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An observational and numerical study of a mini-supercell storm. (1998). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0032-5910(97)93378-7

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