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Standard thunder rumbles because you are hearing the sound waves from a long lightning channel reaching you at different times. In a near-field strike (within 100 meters), there is no time for the sound to "unfold."

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Fractions of a second before the main boom, witnesses often hear a sharp clicking or hissing sound (the "vitaphone" effect). This is the sound of upward streamers—electrical channels reaching up from the ground to meet the downward leader. Standard thunder rumbles because you are hearing the