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===Europe=== The [[British Isles]] and other parts of northwestern Europe occasionally report thunder and lightning during sleet or (usually wet) snow showers during winter and spring. [[Scotland]] registered an episode of thundersnow in the early hours of 4 December 2020, the unusual noise causing alarm among local people.<ref>{{Cite news|date=4 December 2020|title=Disruption after 'thundersnow' hits Scotland|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-55184493|access-date=4 December 2020|archive-date=4 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204082227/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-55184493|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Met Office]] warned of thundersnow in Scotland, [[Wales]] and [[northern England]] in early January 2022.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Rachel Hall |date=5 January 2022 |title=UK weather: 'thundersnow' to fall from Thursday, warns Met Office |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/05/uk-weather-thundersnow-to-fall-from-thursday-warns-met-office |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111174230/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/05/uk-weather-thundersnow-to-fall-from-thursday-warns-met-office |archive-date=11 January 2022 |access-date=11 January 2022 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Western Europe has rare occurrences of thundersnow, as on 8 March 2010, when northeastern [[Catalonia]], including [[Barcelona]], experienced a heavy snowfall accompanied by lightning, with snow depths surpassing {{convert|30|cm|in}} in low altitude areas.<ref>{{citation |title=Remote sensing analysis of a Mediterranean thundersnow and low-altitude heavy snowfall event |date=1 April 2013 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/231401284 |periodical=Atmospheric Research |issue=123 |pages=305–322 |author1-last=Bech |author1-first=Joan |author2-last=Pineda |author2-first=Nicolau |author3-last=Rigo |author3-first=Tomeu |author4-last=Aran |author4-first=Montserrat|volume=123 |doi=10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.06.021 |bibcode=2013AtmRe.123..305B }}</ref> In Central Europe, a large-area (non-local) thundersnow occurred on 17 January 2022, when a strong synoptic-scale squall line passed north to south over whole central and eastern Poland, precipitating both granular snow and snowflakes, with discharge intensity exceeding 100 per minute.<ref>{{cite web |date=17 January 2022 |title=Strong squall line across Poland, winds up to 120 km/h |url=https://fanipogody.pl/piekielnie-silna-linia-szkwalu-w-polsce-wichura-120-km-h-atak-zimy-i-paraliz-komunikacyjny/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182756/https://fanipogody.pl/piekielnie-silna-linia-szkwalu-w-polsce-wichura-120-km-h-atak-zimy-i-paraliz-komunikacyjny/ |archive-date=18 January 2022 |access-date=17 January 2022 |website=fanipogody.pl}}</ref> Other recent occurrences were in Poland and the Czech Republic in January 2023, [[Germany]] in January 2021, and [[Norway]] and [[Netherlands]] as well as [[Austria]] in April 2021, with previous occurrences in Norway in January 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adressa.no/nyheter/trondelag/2019/01/14/Et-lysshow-uten-side-stykke-i-sn%C3%B8drivet-18237949.ece|title=- Et lysshow uten side-stykke i snødrivet|date=14 January 2019|access-date=14 January 2022|language=nb|publisher=[[Adressa]]|url-access=subscription|archive-date=14 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114154740/https://www.adressa.no/nyheter/trondelag/2019/01/14/Et-lysshow-uten-side-stykke-i-sn%C3%B8drivet-18237949.ece|url-status=live |last1=Eggen |first1=Camilla Kilnes }}</ref> and January 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adressa.no/pluss/nyheter/2020/01/09/Over-1000-lynnedslag-i-Midt-Norge-p%C3%A5-ett-d%C3%B8gn-Sjelden-det-er-s%C3%A5-mye-vintertorden-som-dette-20788273.ece|title=Over 1000 lynnedslag i Midt-Norge på ett døgn: - Sjelden det er så mye vintertorden som dette|date=9 January 2020|access-date=14 January 2022|publisher=[[Adressa]]|language=nb|url-access=subscription|archive-date=14 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114154731/https://www.adressa.no/pluss/nyheter/2020/01/09/Over-1000-lynnedslag-i-Midt-Norge-p%C3%A5-ett-d%C3%B8gn-Sjelden-det-er-s%C3%A5-mye-vintertorden-som-dette-20788273.ece|url-status=live |last1=Cadamarteri |first1=Frank }}</ref> [[Stockholm]] experienced thundersnow on 21 November 2022.<ref>{{Citation |title=Kraftiga smällar över Stockholm – mitt i ovädret - Aftonbladet TV |url=https://tv.aftonbladet.se/video/349362/kraftiga-smallar-over-stockholm-mitt-i-ovadret |language=sv |access-date=2022-11-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Lundahl |first1=Marie |date=21 November 2022 |title=Snöblixtar över Stockholm – "Åsksnö" |language=sv |work=SVT Nyheter |url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/snoblixtar-over-stockholm |access-date=21 November 2022}}</ref>
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