Why and how is lightning produced with thunder and heavy rain?

Lightning is a huge electrical discharge that flows between clouds, from a cloud to air, or from a cloud to the ground. The charge develops because of the collisions between tiny ice particles within thunder clouds. How does lightning form? read more

Use a search engine. The electricity used doing that charges the clouds which makes lightning which causes the thunder and the rain is a side effect. Seriously, look it up, it’s not hard to find. read more

While some lightning often precedes rain, the main event occurs as a downdraft starts and rain or other precipitation falls. Eventually, the downdraft overcomes the updraft and the storm dissipates, along with the lightning. read more

The thunder is sound waves resulting from the extreme heat of the lightning. As the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration explains, the three ingredients necessary for a thunderstorm are moisture; rising, unstable air; and a lifting mechanism, like hills or mountains or just the collision of masses of warm, wet air and cold, dry air. read more