--- title: Lightning Bounces Around Sky Over Lake Erie | WeatherBug description: Lightning crackled in northeastern Ohio skies on Wednesday, July 20, as the National Weather Service (NWS) issued Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in the Cleveland area. This footage taken from Fairport Harbor, Ohio, shows lightning over Lake Erie. canonical: https://www.weatherbug.com/weather-videos/earth/20220721-Lightning-Bounces-Around-Sky-Over-Lake-Erie og:title: Lightning Bounces Around Sky Over Lake Erie | WeatherBug og:description: Lightning crackled in northeastern Ohio skies on Wednesday, July 20, as the National Weather Service (NWS) issued Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in the Cleveland area. This footage taken from Fairport Harbor, Ohio, shows lightning over Lake Erie. og:url: https://www.weatherbug.com/weather-videos/earth/20220721-Lightning-Bounces-Around-Sky-Over-Lake-Erie og:image: https://content.weatherbug.net/videos/thumbnails/Earth/20220721-Lightning-Bounces-Around-Sky-Over-Lake-Erie-poster.jpg og:image:alt: Lightning crackled in northeastern Ohio skies on Wednesday, July 20, as the National Weather Service (NWS) issued Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in the Cleveland area. This footage taken from Fairport Harbor, Ohio, shows lightning over Lake Erie. og:video: https://www.weatherbug.com/weather-videos/earth/20220721-Lightning-Bounces-Around-Sky-Over-Lake-Erie og:video:type: video/mp4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @weatherbug twitter:creator: @weatherbug twitter:title: Lightning Bounces Around Sky Over Lake Erie | WeatherBug twitter:description: Lightning crackled in northeastern Ohio skies on Wednesday, July 20, as the National Weather Service (NWS) issued Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in the Cleveland area. This footage taken from Fairport Harbor, Ohio, shows lightning over Lake Erie. twitter:image: https://content.weatherbug.net/videos/thumbnails/Earth/20220721-Lightning-Bounces-Around-Sky-Over-Lake-Erie-poster.jpg twitter:image:alt: Lightning crackled in northeastern Ohio skies on Wednesday, July 20, as the National Weather Service (NWS) issued Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in the Cleveland area. 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