Watch video of spectacular lightning show electrifying the sky during Arkansas storm

Strong storms moved through Arkansas Wednesday night causing a pretty spectacular — and dangerous — lightning show.

The National Weather Service warned area residents of Poinsett, Mississippi and Craighead counties in the northeastern part of the state to keep close watch on the storms that posed threats of heavy rain and cloud-to-ground lightning.

Kayli Tobyn caught video of that lightning west of Waldenburg, in Poinsett County.

“There’s some wicked lightning going through Waldenburg!!!!!” she wrote in a Twitter post.

In the video, taken from a moving car, massive bolts of lightning can be seen striking down on either side of the road as rapid flashes seem to turn the sky an electric purple.

The storms brought “rain, lightning and small hail” to the area, according to the National Weather Service.

So far this year, 17 people have been reported killed by lightning strikes in the United States, the National Weather Service says. Over the last 10 years, 289 deaths have been reported.