Does the most lighting and loudest thunder represent the strongest thunderstorm cell?

Question

Does the most lighting and loudest thunder represent the strongest thunderstorm cell?

Answer 1

No any thunderstorm can contain thunder and lightning. If your near the storm the thunder is going to be loud. I would define strong in terms of wind speed, heavy rain, and maybe hail or frequent lightning.

Severe storms usually contain a lot of lightning but so do "weak" storms if there is a such thing. Also a strong cell would or could have the ability to spawn a tornado as well.