Brihat Samhita
विद्युत्सत्त्वत्रासं जनयन्ती तटतटस्वना सहसा । कुतिलविशाला निपतति जीवैन्धनराशिषु ज्वलिता ॥ ३३-०५ ॥
Lightning that creates terror among living beings, producing a sudden and sharp 'tata-tata' (cracking/clattering) sound; Having a crooked and wide shape, it falls while blazing fiercely upon groups of living beings or stacks of fuel (or forest/vegetation).
english translation
vidyutsattvatrAsaM janayantI taTataTasvanA sahasA । kutilavizAlA nipatati jIvaindhanarAziSu jvalitA ॥ 33-05 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript