thunderstorm

a storm characterized by the presence of lightning, usually accompanied by strong winds and often produce heavy rain and sometimes snow, sleet, or hail, but some produce little precipitation or no precipitation at all
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thunderstorm

Summary

thunderstorm is a type of meteorological phenomenon[1]. thunderstorm draws 1,184 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_meteorological_phenomenon category, ranking #5 of 22).[2]

Key Facts

  • thunderstorm's video is recorded as Lightning Storm in Rolla.webm[3].
  • thunderstorm's image is recorded as Lightning Pritzerbe 01 (MK).jpg[4].
  • thunderstorm's instance of is recorded as type of meteorological phenomenon[5].
  • thunderstorm's audio is recorded as Thunder.ogg[6].
  • thunderstorm's GND ID is recorded as 4124948-3[7].
  • thunderstorm's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85135120[8].
  • thunderstorm's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119654054[9].
  • thunderstorm's subclass of is recorded as storm[10].
  • thunderstorm's subclass of is recorded as weather[11].
  • thunderstorm's subclass of is recorded as precipitation[12].
  • thunderstorm's Commons category is recorded as Thunderstorms[13].
  • thunderstorm's Unicode character is recorded as ⛈[14].
  • thunderstorm's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 11889[15].
  • thunderstorm's has part is recorded as lightning[16].
  • thunderstorm's has part is recorded as rain[17].
  • thunderstorm's has part is recorded as hail[18].
  • thunderstorm's has part is recorded as wind[19].
  • thunderstorm's has part is recorded as tornado[20].
  • thunderstorm's has part is recorded as thunder[21].
  • thunderstorm's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0jb2l[22].
  • thunderstorm's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph124063[23].
  • thunderstorm's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Thunderstorms[24].
  • thunderstorm's Commons gallery is recorded as Thunderstorm[25].
  • thunderstorm's page banner is recorded as Thunderstorms banner Lightning over Bangkok.jpg[26].
  • thunderstorm's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300054745[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for thunderstorm include ORP Burza[28], a destroyer[29] and French destroyer Orage[30], a destroyer[31].

Why It Matters

thunderstorm draws 1,184 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_meteorological_phenomenon category, ranking #5 of 22).[2] thunderstorm has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] thunderstorm is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for thunderstorm include ORP Burza[28], a destroyer[29] and French destroyer Orage[30], a destroyer[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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