Hurricane Melissa, at the moment that she possibly became the strongest Atlantic Hurricane in recorded history, may have had the most extreme detonation of lightning activity ever observed in a storm in this part of the world.
Nearly 700 flashes every 60 seconds. What on Earth.
This has to be unheard of. With an extraordinary peak flash rate of 699 flashes per minute just prior to landfall in Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa probably set the record for the most prolific inner-core lightning outbreak ever recorded in an Atlantic hurricane.