electrical storm

or electric storm

noun

1. thunderstorm.

electrical storm

1. A thunderstorm.

Word History and Origins

Origin of electrical storm¹

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45

Example Sentences

It can both “read” the brain’s electrical signals and “write” into the brain—using short electrical pulses to prevent a seizure electrical storm from occurring.

From Singularity Hub 

The airship had become charged with static as a result of an electrical storm.

From The Daily Beast

Reports of the Air France A330 being hit by a severe electrical storm are not in themselves ominous.

From The Daily Beast

His only worry at the time lay in the dark sky above and the blue-white stabs of lightning that promised an electrical storm.

From Project Gutenberg

A method of storing electricity generated during a severe electrical storm.

From Project Gutenberg

One is almost tempted to compare this period of Europe's history to the hours immediately preceding a violent electrical storm.

From Project Gutenberg

Whilst I was doing this Winifred had a splendid view of a distant electrical storm.

From Project Gutenberg

At sunset the doors would all be closed, for then the rain and the electrical storm would return, and at night the blizzard.

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