Blazing ball lightning roars through Tennessee parking lot

A few days ago, a rare phenomenon was captured on video in a parking lot in Nashville, Tennessee, during a thunderstorm. 


The footage shows a large flash, followed by several small fireballs sparking around parked cars, culminating in the appearance of a sizable glowing orb that appears to be a so-called ball lightning. 

The ball lightning behaved erratically, moving across the lot, triggering car alarms, and causing power fluctuations throughout the area. 

Ball lightning is a rare and still poorly understood phenomenon, typically described as a rapidly rotating orb of plasma.