Severe Thunderstorm, Damaging 60+ mph Winds, Chatham NY, September 7th, 2023

[@oifivguy]

This is quality stuff here, no talking, showing off a truck or gadgets, just great storm footage, thank you.

[@storm12weather]

Appreciate that! I've gotten better at keeping my excitement in check when I film. Too much talking can certainly break the immersion.

[@JorgeLopezTapponnier]

JORGEJORGEJORGEJORGEJORGEJORGEJORGE 6:42

[@zepcono1]

This is some quality capture, thank you for managing to not talk for the duration of this footage, a skill I have yet to master.

[@storm12weather]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the video! And yes, it does take practice to stay quiet while filming. I used to have more slip-ups due to my excitement when chasing, but I've gotten better with time.

[@liamkocher8327]

Squirrels chewed on the wires.

[@JeanHenley4222]

And no cussing

[@djsk7d]

even though how chaotic it is, i could find myself sleeping to this at night

[@HomeClipsOrig]

I remember when this squall line hit where I live in the evening on September 8th, I got good video of the cumulonimbus clouds and a big one. I remember my soccer game got canceled from all the lightning. It was a lightning show! Nice video!

[@michaelveis6498]

This kind of storm here in Southern California occurs usually during El Nino, usually in January or February, sometimes in March.

[@doomslayer6771]

I was in this storm the night before, even then it was severe but I didn’t think it would make it all the way to New York

[@PJBovio]

This storm was EPIC!!! Thanks for sharing ❗❗❗❗

[@storm12weather]

Of course. Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@bridgetraveler7700]

We had a very bad storm a couple of months ago and we had a lot of close lighning strikes and it was very scary and my mom was very worried that our house would get stuck by lighning. The lighning in the video was almost like the same lighning we had a couple of months ago sticking very close to our house and crashing very loudly.

[@trudymoore5807]

Thank you!I live in Honey Creek and caught a look out my back patio was going to run to garage but it was so fast swore to never take storms for granted.!Be safe

[@storm12weather]

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

[@CarWashTec]

It is so satisfying to watch

[@storm12weather]

Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@ko_n_os]

This type of content just enlightens my heart! Storms do look scary, meanwhile they look entertaining and nice, despite ALL the damage caused by the winds. Great video!

[@storm12weather]

Thanks! I'm glad people are enjoying my footage. I certainly enjoy filming it!

[@ko_n_os]

You are welcome.@@storm12weather

[@MonicaRivera-e2s]

​@@storm12weatherno manches yo me hubiera miado.me dan mucho miedo los truenossypeorel aire😢

[@Landscape-zw5zh]

And the power went off too while the storm is happening​@@storm12weather

[@angelawheeler7825]

This is so awesome and amazing and wonderful to watch 😊👍👍

[@storm12weather]

@angelawheeler7825 Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@ahmedmohd529]

5:35 I like that strike sound

[@JorgeLopezTapponnier]

JORGETADDONNIER

[@jakiamoni7612]

Instead of the cameraman never dies it’s more like “ the cameraman never flies “ who’s with me ?

[@JeanHenley4222]

I love a good storm, great video😊

[@jimbird3506]

finally some good camera work and editing; im glad i found your youtube channel

[@storm12weather]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video, and I appreciate your compliment! I'm looking forward to getting some more chases soon!

[@PJBovio]

EPIC video ⭐🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟⭐

[@storm12weather]

Thankyou!

[@elithunder]

That was really exciting to watch!! Beautiful storm!

[@storm12weather]

Glad you enjoyed the footage! I certainly enjoyed filming it!

[@weathertracker2517]

here in Chester NY it was a brief 40-50 gust with 60+ in many spots near and just to the NE and by your filming location as well but in Goshen there was a cell on radar about 3 miles in front of squall and it didn't look impressive on radar but you could see a lot of rotation on the time laps I took in the midlevel's of the storm but given the fact it didn't look all that good on radar I stayed put (mistake) we drove through Goshen the next day and it looked like a warzone with countless trees down being massive in size roofs and siding peeled it looked like 90-100 mph winds moved though there it was insane likely a microburst/ downburst... but anyway fantastic footage keep it up!!!

[@storm12weather]

Oh wow. I didn't realize Goshen was hit so hard on this day. I'll have to check out some of the reports and look back at the radar.

[@Rayburn96]

Incredible storm! Thank you for posting!

[@storm12weather]

Of course! Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@davecrupel2817]

Thank you very much for taking the risk of being out in that, to get this footage.

[@storm12weather]

@davecrupel2817 Sure thing! I try my best to keep myself safe during storms like this. I typically film from my car and make sure I'm parked away from any trees that could potentially fall. And of course, if the storm is tornadic, I stay out of the danger zone. Usually, with straight line winds like this, I'm good as long as I'm not downwind of anything that could cause an issue.

[@captainminecraft631]

True definition of the cameraman never dies.

[@storm12weather]

I've survived so far! 😅

[@heathergarson6793]

B

[@IndocultureExplore]

Thank you for sharing a video

[@restrainingorder7301]

I love bad Whether lol it makes me all fuzzy inside lol 😂

[@storm12weather]

Same! Haha

[@ChMustkeem-k7t]

Same here😂

[@CharlieJohnson-jm4zc]

I love it to I be happy when it rains and make me sleep better especially a heavy thunderstorm ⛈️!

[@lolz5504]

I have a fear kf thunder

[@Euromaps1]

Same😂

[@pkd19]

05:36 very very close lightning strike..

[@storm12weather]

Definitely within a thousand feet. The interesting thing about that strike though is the thunder was not nearly as loud as most really close strikes I've experienced. I wonder if it was a leader that failed to connect and was branching off of the main bolt. Usually strikes less than 1000 feet away are extremely loud.

[@ShadowsThrone]

@storm12weather my daughter have Astraphobia for a reason

[@storm12weather]

@Shadow-for-buddies635 I usually love lightning and thunder but I can relate with a few close calls that I've had.

[@williamradford8817]

One stormy night, outside a local shopping center in NYC. Constant lightning flashes. crazy downpour. Carpark lamps out

[@PepperQ40]

i always get so anxious for cars trying to drive in these types of videos 😭

[@LightningEthan]

nice footage, no talking, just the storm. love storms like this aside from the destruction of course. interesting thunder at 5:36 as well

[@storm12weather]

Appreciate that! I've gotten better at containing my excitement while filming. 😁. And yes, the thunder from that strike is strange. It was very close but much quieter than usual for that distance. It almost makes me think it was an incomplete leader or branch of the main strike while the main strike may have been farther away.

[@KoId.]

Straight line wind from severe thunderstorms clears hail, tornados, flooding, the only thing that comes close is the eyewall of a hurricane or tropical storm. Also 2:27 was cold 🥶

[@tracyjohnston7080]

I wish we got that weather were i live 😂 🇬🇧

[@storm12weather]

@tracyjohnston7080 Unfortunately the maritime climate of the UK doesn't usually favor the development of high amounts of instability. I know you guys can get pretty deep extratropical cyclones in the winter though!

[@RobertValinsky]

That was one hell of a storm. It is really spectacular at night to see one of these storms. I live in southwestern Ct and back in august we had a severe tstorm come thru. The part of my town that I live in wasn't hit too bad, blinding rain,some small hail , and a few wind gusts , but in other parts of the town the storm produced several microbursts. Several roads were blocked by downed trees and power lines. All four of our fire companies were very busy. Almost every minute the tone would go off on the scanner . When the storm was over half the town had no power.The storm was a supercell and had rotation but no tornado warnings were issued. Was a very exciting storm !!!

[@drewsteitz6321]

Top notch storm vid...well done.

[@storm12weather]

@@drewsteitz6321 Much appreciated!

[@midn15gt]

Amazing footage. (10/10)

[@storm12weather]

@@midn15gt Thankyou!

[@ringa1770]

seeing the walls of rain pouring down starting at 3:09 was sick

[@storm12weather]

Definitely one of the best storms I've chased in New York.

[@CVA.Weather]

Honestly this guy films a lot of stuff like that and it's why this is one of my most favorite weather channels

[@storm12weather]

@CVA.Weather Thankyou so much! I still have some good chase footage from this year I need to compile into videos. School work has taken up most of my time but I'm hoping to get to it soon!

[@cotysalisbury861]

This storm gave me a panic attack

[@SheerahBlanding-el7ct]

Now this is a very good night video better than others, we can see what going on. Love it

[@storm12weather]

@SheerahBlanding-el7ct Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@clairef5179]

my home town! I’ve never seen storms like this around here. I live closer towards Albany now and we didn’t see anything like this. the damage was so bad the next morning the chatham school district had to close on the second day of classes.

[@storm12weather]

This day was interesting. The large scale setup favored some severe storms, but it was much worse than I expected. The downdrafts in this line of storms were able to tap into a lot of downward potential energy. Basically dry air getting entrained into the downdrafts allowed them to accelerate downward faster than usual and produce very strong winds. I go into a bit more detail in the video description. As far as Chatham, Yes, that night the damage was extensive. But with it being dark with no power and with emergency responders already arriving I didn't want to get stuck or get in the way, so I came back the next afternoon. I have to say I was impressed by how much clean up had been done in just those 12 hours. The roads were already mostly cleared by then.

[@titanspeakerman550]

Day here 6:39

[@MorganSpringer-yo8yl]

Yes we had this same thing go through white creek, Ny and had damage just like this everywhere! No power for 3 days and lots of clean up.. it was crazy

[@storm12weather]

This was definitely a pretty widespread event. Your area was probably hit by the same line less than 30 minutes later.

[@fasttop-n5y]

Real weather footage, thanks for providing quality videos

[@storm12weather]

@@fasttop-n5y Sure thing! I'm glad you're enjoying my videos! 🙂

[@Antony13820]

That was really intense! Amazing footage thank you!

[@georgewills-ek1gg]

the bulbs in those parking lot lights ( shoe box luminares ) are probably shot now, the combination of the arc tubes being violently rattled round and constantly cutting and restriking probably has shortened they're life span quite a bit. in any case all those lights will need to be relamped (to have they're bulbs replaced) which will only ad to the cost of the damage.

[@alexplaysii]

It looks like they’re LED lights, so probably not.

[@georgewills-ek1gg]

@@alexplaysii hmmm, they might be, if so, they turn off very strangely. they behave a lot like HID fixtures, so if they are LED (light emitting dismay), then they would look great for other installations due to the ability to mimic an HID lamp. (kudos to whoever designed them, if they are LED)

[@aminemechti3269]

Waw thats was a crazy storm. We didnt get like that where i leave 😮😮😮😮😮

[@章宏濬]

為什麼你們那邊雨下？那麼大？是午後雷陣雨嗎？

[@bostonelevatorsaviation]

With the windgusts, it kind of feels like a tornadic thunderstorm even though i dont think it was

[@storm12weather]

@bostonelevatorsaviation Based on observations this complex developed a pretty impressive rear inflow jet. The strongest gusts coincided with waves of extremely heavy rain and rain cooled air. There wasn't much rotation in these storms but I could see how the sudden gusts could look almost tornadic. Some of them likely approached 70 mph.

[@nikkojacinto5643]

It was almost like a hurricane where it was storming where the stories were. While filming in the parking lot.

[@dkt1976dt]

I remember that night all too well, there were trees and power lines down everywhere, a Farm had quite a bit of damage, alot of their buildings lost the roofs.

[@storm12weather]

I had not heard of the roof damage to farm buildings. May I ask what area you live in?

[@dkt1976dt]

@@storm12weather it was Kinderhook Farm they sustained damage the night of the storm. It was on the news, their chicken coops got overturned and the buildings had roof damage

[@storm12weather]

@dkt1976dt Oh wow. Only about 2 miles west of where I was filming. The entire region was likely subject to severe wind gusts. But you'll often get isolated pockets where downbursts are more severe.

[@dkt1976dt]

@@storm12weather It was a crazy storm, I know people who didn't have power for a few days because they had soo many trees down in certain spots. On July 4th we had a severe storm come through the Schodack Landing and Stuyvesant area and there was swaths of trees just taken down by 100 mph straight winds. It took them over a week to clean up that area and put up all new power poles and lines.

[@Overractworld]

8:09 my man had it looking like daytime

[@ShonnMorris]

Great footage! This is how storm videos should be. No narration to distract from the sounds and visuals of the storm. Also, great camera work;focusing in a specific direction and not panning around all the time which is annoying and makes other videos hard to watch. I have nothing but good things to say about your effort and results.

[@storm12weather]

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. 🙂

[@ShonnMorris]

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

[@storm12weather]

@@ShonnMorris Thanks!

[@seangriffin7841]

I grew up in the Hudson valley, Germantown area on the east side of the river , my father used to say the worst thunderstorms in the world happen in the Hudson valley and when they would come over the mountains across the river and marched across the fields to our house I believed him.

[@storm12weather]

@@seangriffin7841 New York thunderstorms are definitely underappreciated. Severe storms aren't as common here as in the Midwest, but they can still pack a punch!

[@jaymorgenthal9479]

The national weather service had to have issued a severe thunderstorm, warning or a tornado warning with this storm. looks like some rotation or straight line winds

[@storm12weather]

@jaymorgenthal9479 This line was indeed severe warned for 60 mph winds at the time. I had recently interned at the Albany NWS so I contacted them and gave them a report as well. These warnings were continued into Rensselaer County NY and Berkshire County Massachusetts. I believe they kept the 60 mph tag.

[@JorgeLopezTapponnier]

JORGEJORGEJORGEJORGEJORGEJORGEJORGE 0:29

[@insanestorms5176]

6:38 oh my goodness

[@weathermanofthenorth1547]

This was amazing! The grid tried to bring back power multiple times, but then each different route then sustained some sort of damage. What camera did you use?

[@storm12weather]

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.

[@weathermanofthenorth1547]

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

[@miltonblack7563]

SOME""CRAZY""GUY"""IS""""WALKING"""THROUGH"""THAT""""🌪🌪🌪""""

[@bridgetraveler7700]

Also my weather radio was going out like the station would keep on cutting out when the a few lighning strikes would strike right near the weather station in our town in Connecticut.

[@krishsaini8463]

2:28 bolt

[@pariscostantinidis4268]

SPESIAL❤

[@Gabrielcosta98473]

Woww NY 🤩 very good, Brazil ❤🇧🇷

[@MargaretMccall-i2v]

Crazy weather now these days😊

[@nickstojanovic8868]

That bolt at 2:27 was pretty awesome

[@storm12weather]

The power went out at the perfect time for that one too. Haha.

[@AliffHakimie-q8y]

I love bad Whether lol it makes me all fuzzy inside lol😂

[@faithduh2895]

Whoa 😮😮😮 looks like a hurricane where I live we don't get these kinds of storms on the Hawaiian islands unless we do get a hurricane but most likely not

[@storm12weather]

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

[@Duirbhy6880]

Wished I see nasty storms like this where I live

[@storm12weather]

It's rare for me to film a storm of this intensity in New York. And that's with me activity chasing them. A specific town in NY usually goes several years between seeing winds this intense.

[@EddieBowles]

How did the power go out? 🤔

[@storm12weather]

A lot of trees came down and many of them took out powerlines when they did. Most of the region lost power.

[@evanbelkin8856]

Probably because of the wind

[@MrWarrenRetro]

This kind of storm here in Southern California occurs usually during El Nino, usually in January or February, sometimes in March like years 2028-2029, 2031-2032, 2036-2037, and 2039-2040

[@dominiquepilon5910]

I love the smell after a good thunderstorm the air smell clean and fresh

[@insanestorms5176]

5:07

[@LividCruiser]

Looks like the price chopper store was on a backup generator

[@mikegallant811]

Lucky them.

[@hudsonvalleystormchasing]

Hells yeah

[@storm12weather]

Certainly didn't expect it to be this intense. A nice surprise for only a 30 minute drive!

[@storm12weather]

@NicholasAtwood-gd3sy Hello. I didn't really observe hail at my location in this storm. It's possible a few pea sized chunks of hail mixed in that I didn't notice during the intense wind, but for the most part it was just heavy rain.

[@douglasdesouzavieira8548]

What is the state?

[@storm12weather]

This was filmed in Chatham New York.

[@hoobiedork]

I wonder how many MILLIONS of gallons of water that was??

[@storm12weather]

You could estimate it. The storm dropped about 1 inch of rain over the area in about 20 minutes. If you take a square mile, that's about 4 billion square inches. Assuming a depth of water of 1 inch that's also 4 billion cubic inches. There are 231 cubic inches in a gallon. So that's about 17 million gallons in a square mile.

[@CVA.Weather]

4:33 woah?!?! That was some VERY interesting lightning on the left!!!

[@storm12weather]

That's actually a power flash from lines going down. You can see more at 4:45, 4:54, and 4:58. It can be hard to differentiate them from lightning but after a while you get an eye for it. They usually have a dimmer, longer lasting glow. Another giveaway is the fact that they light the clouds from below and you sometimes see oranges mixed in.

[@biemich32]

2:20 ☠💀💀☠💀💀☠💀💀☠☠💀☠💀💀☠

[@ashleybujarski1429]

The power of Mother Nature

[@Playwithjad]

This thunderstorm is was my son this is was in Tangier Morocco😮

[@ToniMa70]

mercy that storm, really scary

[@YICHIHUANG-z3b]

IT'S LIKE WATCHING A SCARY MOVIE WHEN I WATCH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.😮

[@DazeSpencer-ve2ml]

Was this storm was filmed in early evening or was overnight

[@DazeSpencer-ve2ml]

What it early evening or overnight

[@storm12weather]

This was filmed between 8:20pm and 9:00pm September 7th.

[@storm12weather]

So during the evening.

[@SLAYER-jt9uf]

I love this kind of weather

[@storm12weather]

@@SLAYER-jt9uf Same! Haha

[@jamesjay8281]

25th anniversary the Labor Day 1998 Derecho with Tornadoes on Long Island, NY

[@RamCatacutan]

naku po sobrang lakas ng ulan

[@Heavy_Rain.]

Nice

[@NotUsaYT]

4:26 I saw hail in video

[@MatiasSoaresGonçalves-p4d]

O my good

[@Jessicadellarocco]

Fun Fact: Hot air and Cold air makes thunder and lighting.

[@MyMap-tv6eq]

Sharp wind acceleration 4:55

[@rolfsheffey]

A tornado (rain wrapped) came to my house

[@Jessicadellarocco]

😐😐😐😐😐😐 Bro IMMAGINE you lived there and the power just randomly ran out and the wind was like 90+ mph... 😐😐😐😐😐😐

[@danielelise7348]

Power doesn't just "randomly run out" the system is designed to protect itself in the event of severe weather.

[@NotUsaYT]

Purple sky😱

[@aldito7586]

It really doesn't matter where you live. You are going to get slammed !!!

[@NotUsaYT]

2:20 I saw power go out

[@HiepDangNguyen79750]

Severe thunderstorms can produce flash flooding, hail and tornadoes

[@JacindaChamplin-dk4ey]

Jacinda💖😩sad but injoying🙏🌪️🌪️🌪️🌪️🌪️🌪️🌪️🌪️🌪️

[@michaelveis6498]

Lots of CGs

[@storm12weather]

Especially behind the storm as it moved away. Pretty impressive for September in NY!

[@evanbelkin8856]

good observation!

[@ricardodiaz135]

Chatham NJ.!

[@storm12weather]

This was actually Chatham NY. I do have some chase videos from NJ though. 🙂

[@vibrantgleam]

And then the next day it feels nice af.

[@gooleomooleo5036]

That happened on my sisters birthday lol

[@Swarliy]

I live around here and I sure do hear a lot of thunder and wind during summer ps I know I’m late for this lol

[@huytannguyen9653]

6:10

[@SantinoRantledi-wt8cj]

Severe thunderstorm 🎉