Cloud with lightning and rain emoji meaning

The cloud with lightning and rain emoji typically depicts a dark grey cloud with jagged lightning bolt and droplets of rain falling from it. It is usually shown with a distinct outline of cloud, often with a curved shape, with a lightning bolt striking from the bottom. The droplets of rain usually illustrated with a few circles or lines coming out from the bottom of the cloud, indicating the rain falling. This emoji is often used to represent a thunderstorm, bad weather, or indicate something is chaotic, unpredictable or dangerous. It could also be used to express a sense of urgency or warning. Additionally, it could also be used in metaphorical sense to indicate a sudden change of events, a surprise or a powerful and intense experience.

The cloud with lightning and rain emoji is also known as Thunderstorm Emoji.

The cloud with lightning and rain emoji was approved in Unicode 5.2 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/07259