Sure enough, heavy rain, strong winds, hail, and vivid lightning pelted the area, in addition to several tornadoes.

She gave a gasp as vivid lightning heralded a crack of thunder.

Twenty miles or so to the west, one of the dark Cumulus thunder-heads was abruptly shot through by vivid lightning.

It dominated the valley where they rode, silhouetted against the amber sky, which was splashed with streaks of vivid green lightning.

Again vivid lightning brought into high relief the tragic scene.

A bolt of vivid blue lightning tore open the clouds and, for aninstant, turned the night to brilliant noonday.

They duly arrived at 9.30 in spite of torrential rain, wind, vivid lightning and unusually severe thunder.

She flinched as the room was filled by vivid blue lightning and the thunder tumbled and crashed around the house.

There was another rumble of thunder, very close, and vivid lightning, tinged purple.

The atmosphere was streaked with vivid lightning.