the electricity in a lightning bolt is the equivalent of 2.5 million car batteries. every year an average of 22 million cloud-to-ground lightning flashes hit the u.s. and most lightning injuries occur between noon and 4:00 in the afternoon. take it from this experienced storm chaser, tornados are not the only danger this time of the year. >> when there's lightning around, there really is no safe place outside. you have to be in a vehicle. learn a lesson from me, do not hang your arm outside of it. >> reporter: ryan owens, abc news, dallas. >> that's a reminder. here's a look at today's weather. the entire southeast quadrant of the nation will see showers, heavy and torrential at times with the low mississippi valley and gulf coast seeing four inches or more. thunderstorms will also pop up across the rockies as well as seattle, but the rest of the nation will be clear and dry. >> and temperatures will be cooling most everywhere today,