@@SLAYER-jt9uf Same! Haha

@Osmone_Everony Welcome to my channel, and I appreciate the subscription! Yes, there were some great mammatus clouds underneath the anvil of this supercell!

@@DawnDupponmi My bad. 😄

No. That's just the thunder breaking the sound barrier since its traveling fast due to the power of the lightning.

Yeah, squall lines like this can move in pretty quick! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. 😊

@Johnny64ism I used to think that was an emp effect on the powerlines, but now I think it's the emp effect on the phone itself. Positive strikes are significantly higher voltage than normal lightning and can effect electronics miles away. There are other video examples of static in the camera audio during positive strikes. Since it occurs simultaneously with the lightning, it cannot be sound directly from the strike, which takes about 5 seconds to arrive.

Technically, since it's the lightning that creates sound, I'd argue you could say a lightning strike is loud. For example, if I say an explosion was loud, I'm of course referring to the sound it created. Semantics, I guess. 😆

Thanks!

This one definitely got the adrenaline going!

Some of these gusts may have been around 65 mph. Not quite Cat 1 hurricane strength but close!

I really appreciate your compliments! I've tried to hone my videography skills over several years of chasing and filming storms. I try to provide several angles but eliminate panning while filming. When I want a new angle, I usually stop and then start recording again. Or I'll make sure to cut out any footage that is too shaky. The more I've chased, the more I've developed my own personal filming style. My objective is to get the viewer as immersed in the storm as possible without actually being there. 🙂

@@storm12weather Well, you did a first rate job.

@@ShonnMorris Thanks!

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video!

I've had a few uncomfortably close calls myself. I try my best to take precautions but when you storm chase there is definitely an inherent risk.

Sure thing! The sun will be near the peak of its 11 year cycle over the next year, so there may be more opportunities!

The hook passed about 5 miles to the southwest, through Berkeley Heights, Westfield, Linden, and then Carteret before moving over southern Staten Island. There was another supercell before this that passed just to the north about an hour earlier as well.

@storm12weather , nice. The last supercell that struck our region was back on August 13th of last year. A tornado warning was issued for Somerset, Union, Middlesex, and Hudson counties. I did observe a confirmed hook echo over Roselle Park, NJ, not far from where you filmed this storm, right after it passed over me while I was filming it from home. However, it failed to produce a tornado and continued northeast into Staten Island and Brooklyn. Since 2021, we've definitely experienced very strong thunderstorms, including supercells and tornado activity, which has also greatly increased as well. We've had more twisters pop up than what is considered normal or average for our region. Especially strong tornadoes. The Mullica Hill event in 2021 was one of the strongest tornadoes in New Jersey's history. Confirmed EF3 twister. We shouldn't be getting tornadoes that strong.

Thank you! I use a Nikon D7500 and had a 20 to 80 mm adjustable lens. I use it for photos but it takes great video too. I typically film storm footage at 1080p 60fps instead of 4k 30fps because the higher framerate makes the motion of the rain and wind look much smoother.

@@storm12weather I use 1080p 60fps too. Lightning is way better too. Handles blurring better too I noticed.

Yes. It's like an H Bomb!

Thankyou! It was an incredible experience!

That it was. You can't see the tornado in the video where he marked it because it was completely rain wrapped.

It's exactly as the title suggests. A very loud positive strike. Where did I describe it as terrifying?