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The world record
megaflash, stretching 477 miles from Texas to Mississippi, captured by GOES-16
on 29 April 2020 at 14:32:39 UTC.
Randall Cerveny; et al. (WMO panel) (1 February 2022), "New WMO Certified Megaflash Lightning Extremes for Flash Distance (768 km) and Duration (17.01 seconds) Recorded from Space", Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society,
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