During a thunderstorm with vibrant visuals on, it's still sunny, just with rain and reduced render distance.
Steps to reproduce:
Create a world with cheats enabled and with the vibrant visuals expirement on
Set the graphics to Vibrant Visuals in Video Settings
Set weather to rain or thunderstorm
Expected result:
No shadows, and a darker, stormy sky
Actual result:
Sky stays sunny, with only rain and fog
This issue is being tracked at MCPE-199262.