Yes, you heard right, that was thunder providing the deep bass tones to our blizzard-like snow squalls this afternoon. And, of course, lightning strikes too. Crazy!
Check out this video of lightning hitting the Space Needle, from the Twitter account of Mark D. Lim:
10 secs into video: #thundersnow lightning strike of space needle @seattlecenter @komonews @KIRO7Seattle pic.twitter.com/KpG6ZWN4NL
— Mark D. Lim (@markdlim) February 27, 2017