Is it possible to create artificial thunder and lightning?

To give a short answer, yes. It is possible to create artificial lightning in a laboratory, and it has been done to study the characteristics of lightning. At a larger scale, lightning is often triggered from thunderstorms by sending small rockets with a wire attached. read more

It's possible and is really easy to do. Granted, it's not nearly as exciting as a good old fashion thunderstorm, but the effect is still pretty cool and this lightning won't kill you! The scientific name for this experiment is a water-drop electrostatic generator. read more