Cloud with lightning Emoji

Travel

A dark, heavy cloud with a sharp, jagged bolt of yellow lightning striking downward. It captures the sudden, energetic discharge of electricity during a severe thunderstorm.

Usage Context

Used to signal bad weather, a literal storm outside, or a metaphorical state of turmoil. It is frequently employed to express anger, sudden shock, or intense energy, and pairs well with ⛈ to show rainfall or ⚡ to emphasize the electricity itself.

History

This icon was added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of a major effort to bring weather-related symbols into mobile messaging, drawing inspiration from early weather-reporting icons used in Japanese digital forecasts and emergency broadcast systems.

Details

Glyph

🌩

Unicode

U+1F329

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f329:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDF29;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Travel

Subcategory sky & weather

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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