13th June 2020 - West Midlands Storm Chase

[@ZakM1]

Loved this mate! Can't believe I've only just seen this... am beginning to miss those summer storms already!!

[@supacellstormchasing]

I am too, roll on May 2021!

[@terinasargeant138]

Omg we did exactly the same thing where we live. We in the car and drove up Derby road towards Tesco superstore and the dark cloud over yonder was mad. It was sun behind us but dark in front then the rains came. My daughter filmed it as I drove and we were in awe at the apocalyptic sky 😁funny how we are fascinated by storms. Brilliant video 👍

[@supacellstormchasing]

Thank you. Yes, storms are fascinating. I live for the spring/summer months and the thunderstorms. I spend winter watching storm vids and longing to see a flash of lightning again 🙂

[@stormnchill]

I remember this. We had storms every evening for a few weeks. Judging by radar a couple were supercellular.

[@supacellstormchasing]

Some very active storms by UK standards during June and again in August last year. Across similar areas too.

[@stormnchill]

@@supacellstormchasing indeed. Birmingham got absolutely hammered. glad nothing dropped a tornado or it would’ve been 2005 all over again

[@supacellstormchasing]

@@stormnchill I actually chased around Birmingham on this day. However in those days I did not have the Internet on the move or the experience I have now and so I missed it.

[@nateox4d544]

I’d be doing this if I could, although In Oxford we don’t get much action, and my old car can’t take the travel, but keep it up man, I will sub as it’s nice to see UK storm chasers, and ignore the sarky idiots, you can only chase what’s put in front of you.

[@supacellstormchasing]

Thank you. Hopefully some storm action this year for Oxford (if you want it). I will be out again this year and hopefully putting up some more vids.

[@jamesbratt2386]

I love thunder storm over coventry and lightning is fantastic

[@summerdreams7949]

i remember this clear as day. the most incredible storm i've seen! watched it through my bedroom window. i just hope we have one just as good before this year is over!!. i did upload some stuff i got that night on my channel

[@supacellstormchasing]

Just had a watch of your video, you captured some great lightning. Let's hope there can be some storms and lightning in September to give this summer a good send off 🤞

[@paulskilling6637]

Nice I love a good thunderstorm hope for more soon.

[@johnericcole3452]

St Helens Merseyside had the storm from 10:30pm - before midnight on Saturday 13.06.20

[@supacellstormchasing]

June 2020 saw a lot of storms in the UK. The storm on the 13th hit Liverpool area harder than it did the Midlands. I remember wishing I had gone that way instead 😂

[@StuAnderson90]

Coventry is West Midlands isn't part of Warwickshire anymore... I wanna get into storm chasing i cannot wait for it all to kick off

[@danjf1]

Never having been to most of the UK (just the London area back in the 90's) I'm wondering if your weather in the UK is getting more severe? That's mostly a rhetorical question but would love first-hand experience!

[@supacellstormchasing]

It is definitely getting warmer. This past August we had 6 days whereby temperatures reached or exceeded 34c. In 2019 the UK all time temperature was broken and 2018 was an unusually dry, warm summer. High temperature records have been breaking all over the UK. From my experience, thunderstorms have become a bit more intense in the last few years but that may be due to a relative lull in activity between about 2007 and 2014 giving that impression (2014 was a particularly active year). I remember some big storms as a child back in the 1980s but perhaps not to the frequency as we get now. The upturn in temperatures is undeniable though.

[@Simplydirtbikes]

Great video, you’ve got a new subscriber 👍. Although next time could you add some radar images on screen ?

[@supacellstormchasing]

Thanks for subscribing. Radar pictures for over 24 hours after an event are hard to get hold of. However, I will try and sort this for future videos if I can 🙂. No radar pics in my next sets of videos though, all filmed during this last weeks storm fest and should start coming online from today.

[@Simplydirtbikes]

Supacell Storm Chasing Don’t worry , looking forward to your next set of videos. Maybe you could screen shot some radar images on the day.

[@louiseedwards3438]

My mom was at the hospital and I was home buy myself and I was terrified of storms my mom was in labour and lightning was right outside our house so I ran up to my room and cried my eyes out..

[@supacellstormchasing]

Congratulations on having a little brother or sister 🙂. It's not nice being scared of something and many people are just like you and phobic of thunder. The reality is that like most phobias there really is nothing to be afraid of. Unless, like me, you are a loon that deliberately finds storms and then stands outside in them 😜

[@bristolaviation9183]

Nice mate I hope to storm chase one day!

[@wishfulgamer9218]

Wish I had the kit n money n car to do this...I've got loads of footage in my local area....love it...like a kid when I see. Storm rolling in on radar..🤯

[@supacellstormchasing]

The kit is really just a camcorder and a mobile phone with Internet/rainfall radar. A car is required though and petrol isn't cheap. I am like a kid too when I see storms

[@terinasargeant138]

You want to film it and post it. Thunderstorms and torrential rain fascinate me. I love looking at the weather.

[@mikenewcombe2558]

Yellow warning given for west midlands from Saturday morning at 3am till Sunday at 6pm 4th October 2020 heavy rain floods disruption to traffic and power cuts possible due to lightning strikes some cumunities could be cut off----- bbc weather,

[@altonalex1235]

I live in wednesbury and I said this it was incredible

[@alanpetruj1436]

Well done mate this is great ignore those sarki comments

[@icestorm40]

I've seen quite a few storm chasing videos and they do occasionally drive on the wrong side of the road. This however is the first one I have watched that every one drove on the wrong side🚫🚫

[@hollylouise1814]

Great footage!

[@supacellstormchasing]

Thank you Holly Louise. Glad you enjoyed 🙂

[@Rain-nc6wr]

I lost my phone few days ago And I dont remember my password on that mail. It was RAIN 24 IM SAD anyhow this is my new channel

[@johnericcole3452]

Which Asda is it m8 ?

[@supacellstormchasing]

It's Asda Coventry, the one just off junction 2 of the M6.

[@Trainspotterwithsimonj]

I love Thunderstorms 100%

[@LetsGoExploring24]

Where about was this in the middlands

[@supacellstormchasing]

The first part was near Coventry but most of it was then taken near to Wednesbury

[@markgenner1747]

What Town Is This.

[@supacell1976]

The storm through the middle of the video is in Wednesbury.

[@SARISS80]

Uk weather has nothing on Texas, Nebraska, Florida, and Oklahoma storms.

[@supacell1976]

Of course not 😂. We make do with what we have in the UK. I'd love to storm chase in the USA

[@SARISS80]

@@supacell1976 awww we'd be glad to have ya 😀

[@supacell1976]

@@SARISS80 Whereabouts in the USA are you?

[@SARISS80]

@@supacell1976 South Georgia and North Florida we have the worst weather here. Florida lightning kills people cause it's hot and humid. Our tornado cases have increased. We have tornadoes in December

[@supacell1976]

@@SARISS80 Florida is world renowned for its lightning and I have seen that strip through Mississippi/Alabama/Georgia seems to get some really bad storms too. Its much cooler in the UK so we don't have the same energy to build big storms. Maybe thats a good thing.

[@bethsimm3144]

Seems like a bow echo to me

[@supacellstormchasing]

I am unsure. Definitely some gusty winds on it but not the intensity I'd expect from a bow echo. I wish I'd kept a radar image as this would help tell the story.

[@bethsimm3144]

@@supacellstormchasing a British bow echo then lol

[@bethsimm3144]

After the flash the gusts are quite lengthy and look at the shape of the cloud,

[@kellywalsh30]

It must be very boring storm chasing in the UK, nothing exciting ever happens, bit of breeze, some rain and a few bangs and its all over…..the drama would kill me lol, give me a us tornado anyday, waste of fuel

[@supacellstormchasing]

Personally I don't find it boring, and it's a personal choice. Not for everyone I know, but it is something i and a select few others enjoy. I would obviously love to chase a US tornado but I don't live in the US so I work with what I have. Getting out and about, enjoying nature, what's not to love. Beats sitting at home. Waste of comment.

[@christopherjhall]

Hilarious. You are chasing a bit of rain

[@supacellstormchasing]

I am happy you got amusement from me

[@kellywalsh30]

Oh come on hes actually stating facts, our weather is mindnumbingly dull , most storms are over in 5 mins and its just rain for years lol