12th August 2020 - Birmingham and Staffordshire Storms

A prolonged heatwave was continuing across England with temperatures recorded at over 34c somewhere in the UK on 6 consecutive days by the end of the 12th. This came along with high humidity. A lot of energy with CAPE of up to 2500j/kg was being held under a strong cap, leading to a 'loaded gun' scenario. Despite a lack of wind shear there was a risk of severe thunderstorms. I had been out chasing to the south of Birmingham when more intense storms began to develop into a NNW moving band across Birmingham, a few miles to my north

[@davidriley9194]

I remember this really well back in 2020 based in Shropshire! When it turns really dark, the wind suddenly started gusting and saw a great big flash and heard a great big bang!!!💥

[@supacellstormchasing]

There were some big storms over the 11th and 12th August 2020, especially around the Midlands 👍

[@kybravo3744]

Cool channel , I enjoy a good storm

[@supacellstormchasing]

Thank you 👍

[@jayelagsding8907]

I love a good Thunderstorm...I always instinctively know when theres gonna be a Storm ,all my hairs on my Arms stand up on end..Love these channels..

[@silenoz111]

The storm in Shropshire the night before was the best I'd ever seen, and I've seen storms in the US and Australia. Considering I have a phobia of thunder, I find storms amazing to watch.

[@supacell1976]

I was just north of Shropshire on the night before. There were some fantastic storms during the August heatwave. Fantastic depending on your view of storms of course 😀

[@AstroGuy]

I randomly came across your channel and... I'm impressed with your videos! 😄👍 I'm a stargazer and an astrophotographer, but I'm also a weather and storm hunter too! 🔭🌃🌦⛈ Great video! 👌

[@supacellstormchasing]

Thank you 🙂 Hopefully I will be uploading more in the next few months.

[@warwickshiremidlandsweathe9067]

So so miss 2020 summer was absolutely amazing for all weather especially thunderstorms!!!! I had about 30 thunderstorms or more that summer here in Warwickshire! This summer has been absolutely shite for storms this year

[@supacellstormchasing]

I would love another 2020, plenty of storms and local too. I didn't have to travel far that year to see them! This year has been the mirror opposite, only a very few storms and all of them have been miles away. I'm hoping for better in August. Otherwise this year will have been one of the quietest I can recall.

[@warwickshiremidlandsweathe9067]

@@supacellstormchasing oh definitely yes

[@warwickshiremidlandsweathe9067]

@@supacellstormchasing u need to get them weather chasing stickers on ur car 😉😉

[@supacellstormchasing]

Haha I definitely do!

[@maddiew4209]

These are the type of storm chasing videos I like to watch as I work. It’s always about tornadoes but this is actually just storms

[@carlh429]

Storms were blowing up like crazy from late afternoon and into the evening on that day. We ended up under a big MCS on the Western side of the UK. Where I was in North East Wales (the western side of the MCS) - the storms degenerated into a mass of electrically dead moderate rain while further east where you were things remained a lot more active.

[@blick182]

Some of the thundercloud tops on these storms throughout not just August but the start of summer, we’re way exceeding the normal height of the anvils we would normally get here (which I’m guessing is anywhere between 30-35,000ft). They were growing so fast with lightning so bright in the late afternoon and evening that you could see it every second. I presume the tops must have got to at least 45,000ft in a lot of places, because they never ended up flattening out at the tops into an anvil until they started dying out hours later. Lots of bright Red lightning as well. Most photogenic storms in a generation!

[@bucephalus00]

40:40 has a bit of a positivey feel to it, despite the distant flickering after the bright flash

[@supacellstormchasing]

It was definitely a loud bang, made me jump! If it was then I think the strike would have been just behind the building I was sheltering under. However, I did not actually see any CG's in this storm.

[@brennuvargr4638]

Yeah, that explosive thunder sounds like it was from a positive strike.

[@joshuamoore2363]

That’s I called severe thunderstorm.

[@r.a.i.n2462]

Keep going... I enjoyed watching the rain

[@r.a.i.n2462]

Wonderful filming Excited for new rain video Love you from Dubai

[@supacellstormchasing]

Thank you 🙂

[@r.a.i.n2462]

I keep watching this video everyday before I sleep makes me relax and sleep easily 😴😴😴🌧🌧

[@the_snowball3718]

Very nice video! > Had some epic storms overnight 11th-12th here in Central Scotland. Widely 50-100mm fell overnight , a few places saw 150mm locally. There was approx 30k strikes from the stalled MCS like feature. But lighting continued from 9pm and 06:30 the next day. Never seen anything like it.

[@supacellstormchasing]

There were a lot of very strong storm over Scotland during the early part of the last thundery spell. I saw videos and reports of the flooding. If Scotland was closer I would have been there. 150mm is an insane amount of rain for the UK, no surprise there was flooding.

[@thegold607]

Happy New year advance

[@supacellstormchasing]

Happy new year to you too

[@r.a.i.n2462]

It's my favourite video... hope you do its again

[@supacellstormchasing]

Thank you. I plan on getting out and capturing more storms once the spring/summer arrives. I look forward to it every year

[@thegold607]

Been long time you didn't post Waiting the rainy day hope night time..

[@supacellstormchasing]

There are few if any thunderstorms between November and March. I will hopefully be back in April/May 2022 👍

[@trevorlewis8714]

That was some storm in stafford and that rain how long did that last and how many inches of rain fell do u know

[@supacellstormchasing]

I'd say the rain went on for about 2 hours, but not with that level of intensity. I cannot find anywhere with rainfall data so I can check how much fell. I'd be interested to know myself.

[@trevorlewis8714]

Ok cheers

[@trevorlewis8714]

Great video though

[@thegold607]

Its rainy day in Birmingham

[@thegold607]

No more uploading thunderstorms?

[@supacellstormchasing]

There have been a few more uploads since this one. But I think it will be next year before I can upload any more thunderstorms now. We don't really get many thunderstorms in the UK outside of May to September, and this year there hasn't been much since the end of July

[@ThatOnePopCat0001]

20:39 heheh I found out where that bolt struck!

[@BIJOU167]

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