{"id":1814,"date":"2026-06-10T16:54:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T16:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2026-06-10T16:54:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T16:54:28","slug":"monsoon-2026-dispelling-lightning-myths-during-arizona-storm-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=1814","title":{"rendered":"Monsoon 2026: Dispelling lightning myths during Arizona storm season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section>\n<p><b>PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 Arizona\u2019s Family First Alert Weather team is preparing you for the 2026 monsoon with a comprehensive five-part series on the unique storms. One episode airs each evening this week.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=1812\">House passes $70B bill to fund immigration enforcement for 3 years, sending measure to Trump<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Tuesday\u2019s episode, we\u2019ll take a deep dive into lightning and the risks it poses to Arizona during the monsoon.<\/p>\n<p>Lightning is one of the most impressive visual elements of the summer storm season, but it brings severe dangers to the dry state. <\/p>\n<p>Lightning also has some popular myths. April Warnecke and Ian Schwartz look into some facts and fiction surrounding monsoon lightning, such as:<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=1810\">TUCSON NOW: Mental health nonprofit expands to Tucson<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Do rubber shoes protect you from lightning strikes?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Can lightning strike the same place twice?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Will lying flat keep you safe from lightning while outdoors?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn more during the second half-hour episode of Arizona\u2019s Family Monsoon Special that streams at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday on Arizona Family Plus and our YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><b>Watch Monday\u2019s episode &#8211; Flash flooding dangers and safety tips<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <\/i><i>Please click here to report it<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? Send <\/i><i>it to us here<\/i><i> with a brief description.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=1808\">Former reality TV star Spencer Pratt fails to advance in Los Angeles mayoral race<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April Warnecke and Ian Schwartz look into some facts and fiction surrounding monsoon lightning. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Monsoon 2026: Dispelling lightning myths during Arizona storm season - Tucson Moving Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=1814\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Monsoon 2026: Dispelling lightning myths during Arizona storm season - 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