8/29/2023 | Severe and Scary Thunderstorm | Big Lightning Strikes | NW Greece

This dangerous thunderstorm occurred on August 29 in Syvota, northwestern Greece early morning, with big lightning strikes every 4-5 seconds.
The video was shot by Amir Milis, who was on vacation at that time and sent it to me for uploading.

[@robbiepryor1457]

Wow, that's one of the most intense lightning storms I've seen on camera

[@IPlayMultiCraft]

Mine more intense 4 lightnings strike on one place

[@jonbowlerbowler7366]

I Know Right

[@larskapunkt9534]

wow, never seen anything like this before

[@SephirothWaifu]

Gorgeous and powerful capture! I love this planet so much! I'm such a geek! *.*

[@teragramlawrence2864]

Wow! It just constant! What a violent storm that is

[@LightningEthan]

this is the craziest thunderstorm I have ever seen, just wish the quality was a little bit better. But that was crazy!

[@JRacer524]

I have dealt with a storm like this before in Kettering, Ohio, and it came out of nowhere. I had dinner at a seafood restaurant, and after a while, the sky began getting dark before sunset, and constant flashes of lightning began illuminating the sky. As I was heading home, the thunder got loud very quickly. Each strike kept hitting the ground nearby, and the booms were crazy. All this happened for 20 minutes before the first drops of rain fell. I was too scared to leave my car.

[@ahmad22568]

yes USA have strong thunderstorms especially when there is a tornado

[@wimblettben]

Probably The most intense cloud to ground barrage i have ever seen and thats coming from someone who has seen loads of vids from severe storms in the States. Whoever captured this has to be one of the most bravest people in existence, I mean he might as well have been in the middle of an ongoing mortar or artillery airstrike.

[@ahmad22568]

didn't you have this kind of lightning with your tornadoes ?

[@marshallsweatherhiking1820]

@@ahmad22568Even the most severe storms do not have lightning exactly like this. High in the sky? Yes. Striking the ground? No. The conditions needed to create such frequent strikes to the ground over one small area is very rare. It is not the same as the conditions needed for tornadoes or large hail.

[@TitanRailer6]

it doesn’t help that all the CGs in this are single to triple stroke negatives…

[@YannisManesis]

@@marshallsweatherhiking1820 can you explain to me the differences of the atmospheric conditions you mentioned? I chase storms and love such cells with frequent CGs and would like to know how to forecast and recognize such storms in the field.

[@c0oLc0lD]

@@YannisManesis Tornados need low-level shear and lifting in the ground to low-level layer (often achieved by a downdraft). Lighning on the other hand needs a strong updraft, freezing hydrometeors and a certain level of separation of charge in the cloud. While both mechanism often happen synchronically, they are still different, and even counteract each others. It's pretty much possible to have conditions that highly support lightning, but would never be sufficiant for producing a Tornado (missing sufficiant low-level shear). However, especially with cells producing Type-I-Tornados, observations and a handful of studies show that the lightning rate of cloud-to-ground flashes prior to Tornado touchdown decreases (rapidly) and stays low as long as the Tornado is on the ground. The reason for this isn't quite understood yet. It is assumed that for a Tornado to get finally produced, the updraft of the storm has to weaken somewhat. This would reduce the charge separation in the cloud and therefore the lightning rate to decrease. Sources: - journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/mwre/135/10/mwr3472.1.xml - ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/164470.pdf - agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2000GL011579 - api.mountainscholar.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/af42889d-5f71-4e28-8cd0-b749ba4f73a2/content

[@user-zs7pz8vc1c]

SUPER !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thatelephant]

Goddamn, this is what all lightning storm seekers crave for. What a beauty! Thumbs up for the cameraman not being scared and shaky.

[@elithunder]

Oh my word!! This is the kind of storm I want to be around for!! Amazing!

[@ahmad22568]

its not amazing its so scary we got lightning storms like this in our region every summer and autumn

[@TitanRailer6]

I really see no absolute reason for anyone to be outside during this. This is an example of a powerful updraft induced thunderstorm with rapid constant updraft producing constant electron distance activity. It’s rare to get a barrage like this here in the US and I’m going insane for questioning why it doesn’t happen as often especially with CG hellfire. All the CG strikes in this video are negatives within the 60-80Ka range if at that. The cracking in each of them is a dead giveaway. 1:07 is a 70Ka yielded Negative staccato. That sharp tearing “cracking” sound is from the sudden surge of downward channels (based on the channel connection speed with its nearby branching channels which are common with Staccatos). It sends chills down my spine every time I get one on video.

[@jonathanperry1995]

Best ligting storm 😮

[@jonbowlerbowler7366]

I Know Right

[@thelifewithwbs5085]

What a crazy thunderstorm 😲

[@jonbowlerbowler7366]

I Know Right

[@gareth7243]

Greece can have some nasty Thunderstorms I witnessed two myself in Zante one had a tornado 🌪️

[@SupportTheArts-yo8ox]

I had no idea!! Wow!!

[@xristinakamberi5175]

Καταπληκτικό βίντεο, ευχαριστούμε που το μοιραστηκατε

[@joshs4594]

It’s like you’re under attack! Amazing catch. 👍⚡️

[@user-bm5sp5rh3j]

Amazing....

[@simplydifferent7712]

Once in my lifetime i've been in such a scary thunderstorm in Netherlands, arrived from Germany. It was on may 31, 2008. Never been scared of lightning as an adult but this day i was.

[@Andizu1]

I remember that one! I was in the south of the netherlands and that storm was WILD. Clouds came rolling in like it was the ocean and just continuous lightning like in this video. I never ran inside so fast as I did then. Very violent storm.

[@maryscott1966]

Now That Is Awesome 👍 Back To Back Thunder and Lighting Beautiful T.Storm Video🌩🌩⚡🌩⚡🌩

[@rossbaines2568]

This storm is incredible

[@jarmyvicious]

thanks and cheers

[@TomHigginsWx]

Amazing footage! Holy shit!

[@Madfutshorts918]

Nasty storm indeed!!! Sounded like a warzone with all those lightning strikes!

[@ahmad22568]

its like our storms in the west and south of Saudi Arabia thank you for this incredible video despite the poor quality

[@WDYD]

Awesome, I love storms like that!!!

[@pawfan]

Well captured with the equipment you had!

[@janetmcneice6246]

Woah extreme lightening,😮😮😮😮😮💯👍

[@EliteMrZxn_YT]

That’s INSANE JUST CONSTANT LIGHTNING

[@stevegeorge5702]

Truly amazing! Most intense lighting I’ve ever saw .

[@reignz6968]

beautiful

[@karthikhr8686]

Thats amazing bro wow ❤ power of nature 🔥🌩🌩⛈️⛈️⛈️⛈️⛈️⛈️⛈️⛈️

[@jonbowlerbowler7366]

I Know It’s Scary 😱 Right

[@josephpacelli3691]

Wow quite a lightning barrage

[@Eugene-637.]

Вау nice video

[@australianstormchaser]

Fantastic

[@user-jb2ry7bz1j]

Supper neat lighting storm

[@Michael_Boss_Roblox_DOORS]

1:22 1:44 It's amazing

[@chrisbradley1192]

The lightning was getting closer and closer to you throughout the clip, until it was right on top of you at the end. Very intense.

[@JOSHUACHIOCCI]

Leeds Leeds Leeds

[@anorthosite]

I love a good storm, but THAT would definitely put me indoors, away from any plumbing or outlets ! NO protection out on that deck/patio. Esp since many of those were ground strikes, and even the ICL was just a couple hundred feet above ground.

[@josephpacelli3691]

That guy had balls of steel recording this

[@nodakliberalhawk]

I think this person was just outside a door to the house. This person could slip inside at a moment's notice.

[@hellohjbgjh]

They were all CG .

[@muhammadrizky-bro]

Very scary 😱, but awesome 🤯

[@pipoo1]

There’s no rain with this either. All the energy is in the lightning. The potential for wild fires would be huge. I live in the UK, when I was a kid our house was struck by lightning it’s one of the most vivid memories of childhood. I love a good severe nighttime storm but this is the point of severity where the fun ends I’d say.

[@Stormwing100]

Probably wasn''t underneath the actual storm, lightning can strike pretty far away,

[@aliultimate009]

I think this was a dry thunderstorm. Those usually happens during summer if i'm not mistaken. Where the rain evaporates before reaching the ground in midair.

[@heythereitsRBK2]

The center of the storm looks little far away. Maybe this was the front of the storm? I just can't believe with how dark those clouds were there was no rain with this at all.

[@Stormwing100]

@@heythereitsRBK2 You can see some pretty heavy rain curtains in the beginning of the video I think. It was just such an electric storm, that the lightning was striking a good couple miles ahead of the main precipitation core.

[@LyricBruh663]

Holy! 😱

[@wielkopolskieklimaty6268]

Ale piękne strzały ten rejon przyciągał je jak magnez, gratulacje uchwyconych ujęci oby więcej takich wyładowań doziemnych.

[@MarkGenner-xz4zu]

Greek Weather 🇬🇷

[@LiamPorter2005]

In Greece since 1956, it’s also all countries have it sadly

[@Mike.Smth2112]

The odds of you being struck standing out in that are not worth thinking about. That has to be the most grounding I’ve ever seen from a thunderstorm. The sheer amount of energy that thing was transferring.

[@lorenzo13225]

When the thunderstorm turns day to night

[@665Atom]

Super Thunderstorm

[@jamorriswebber1711]

That got to be supercell thunderstorm

[@insanestorms5176]

I don’t think I’ve ever been in a storm with constant lightning with thunder like this

[@J3sonMm2YT]

This thunderstorm is so violent, I've experienced something like this before, I've encountered a bolt less than 100 yards away from me, it was so loud omg

[@eclesiastes115comsandroped7]

Lindos raios de DEUS , meu pai pedro foi atingido com um raio com 7 anos de idade. Graças a DEUS sobreviveu.

[@ronniebutler5715]

The intense lightning just showed how intense the storm really was.

[@maartenlandsbergen8997]

Dude this is crazy you standing there like its nothing 😂 ik would shit my pants 😂😂😂😂😂 stil want to see it my selfie one day

[@Marcosvinicius12880]

Omg

[@emilianoabregu3772]

This is really crazy!! It sounds like a war battle going on! One of the best frequent, intense and scary lightning videos i've ever seen, the "crack sounds" of the closest strikes are awsome!! Perhaps the person filming felt his body shaken by those huge discharges 🌩🌩🌩 2:42

[@jamorriswebber1711]

Those supercell thunderstorms

[@SleezeBreeze38]

1:39 If that happened to me, I would never go outside again during a thunderstorm... That is one scary lightning strike!! Let alone all the others. 😮

[@habibhabibi3497]

ممنونم ، من رعد و برق واقعی را خوب تشخیص میدهم ،و بیشتر رعد و برق ها در یوتیوپ غیر واقعی است ،، اما ای ویدئو بسیار طبیعی و قشنگه و بسیار از زحمات تهیه کننده این ویدئو تشکر میکنم

[@stephenlevine011]

Wow, that's AMAZING 👏 Where did this happen?

[@Tal.B434]

Syvota, NW Greece

[@paulknightley]

Very impressive…I’ve experienced lightning barrages whilst storm chasing in the USA, but I don’t think as intense as this

[@maddysingh9725]

When Thunderstorm is in it's mood 😂😂😂😂

[@user-tj5ig2cm3s]

Yo que vos me pongo a rezar el Rosario, y a confesar mis faltas.🙏👋🙂

[@tnut3305]

Wow. There must be some enhancement in the electric charges in that zone to make lightning strike so consistently there.

[@TitanRailer6]

It is a combination of continuous updraft building and continuous electron charges. The cumulonimbus cloud is generating.

[@zacharymastrangelo7452]

Holy crap man, this is one hell of a storm....any way to improve the quality though? I'd love to see and hear this more clearly 😊

[@Tal.B434]

Unfortunately there is no way to improve the quality of this video, only by deleting it and uploading again

[@dominicbriganti5710]

​@@Tal.B434Upload a 2nd copy

[@LightningEthan]

Phone + zoomed out + darkness + KZbin quality downgrade. It’s just how it is

[@vannahgraceful4079]

Severe thunderstorm going on in my area

[@mehmetcancubukcu5647]

The gods were very angry😮

[@zepcono1]

one HELL of a lightning barrage! Nightmare grade

[@nationalskyline]

Oh my lord, that gave me a panic attack just watching this video 😂

[@catprincesses5035]

Yes it looks pretty menacing!

[@zorgi1000]

מפחיד ומרשים בו זמנית

[@gbmruk123]

Didnt it make u jump at any point 😮

[@arweather9011]

You need to go out 😅

[@GoldenRing2023]

What's even causing that lightning to be so intense, It's happening literally every millisecond, This video is loud as hell too with my headphones lol

[@jjMcCartan9686]

Imagine out camping in the woods in that 😂😂

[@D.shaikh21554]

I have never seen before it....

[@lukemorgan8447]

WOW

[@lukemorgan8447]

That is extreme and loud.

[@MalenkayaMara]

Мне очень страшно стало от этой грозы. Но это лучшее видео о грозе😊

[@mobpsico]

It chaotic that what i want Dark and loud thunder and lightning That a dream ✍️📝📖🗿☕

[@jacobblue9101]

I also witnessed my wildest storm in Greece

[@user-oo3gu6ct5h]

🥰🥰❤😊

[@kaycey7361]

Its so soothing. Monsoon in asia

[@Gibbs-rq4yg]

Maybe buy a better camera so we can see it in HD resolution.. 1040 or better. But great lightingstorm

[@Tal.B434]

For some reason the quality of the video has been compromised since I uploaded it. I don’t know why. Anyway, it wasn’t me taking this video as mentioned in the description

[@Gibbs-rq4yg]

@@Tal.B434 No worries.. When a storm comes dont forget to film it :)

[@LightningEthan]

@@Gibbs-rq4ygit looks like it was filmed on a phone while zoomed out so the darkness makes the quality bad

[@heatherstub]

I wonder if we should be thankful that the videographer was very generous to offer it to us here as is. Don't you think so?

[@emanuelecorbelli4669]

hi.. but are you sure that is not a footage? because is so strange how the lightning are everey 4 seconds

[@vincetornado5611]

Ce n’est pas un montage. Image en temps réel.

[@LightningEthan]

Storms in the United States and lots of places can have instant lightning, it’s not unheard of, this is in real time

[@emanuelecorbelli4669]

@@vincetornado5611 mercì

[@emanuelecorbelli4669]

@@LightningEthan ok.. well this is so powerful..

[@claytonreynolds7052]

This has to be an extremely dangerous, Tornadic, Hail producing, Supercell Thunderstorm, I have ever seen! In the US, you sheldomly get storms, this intense, except OK, TX, MS, LA, KS, and in some cases, FL. Australia, and the Mediterranean, this would be more common, due to extreme heat, humidity, and windshear over Land/Mountains.

[@observadordotempo5302]

Jesus! Very severe!

[@sabellcarstens6896]

Seizure trigger WARNING for some people! If I was there, I would be having a ulcerative colitis flare up! THIS IS INSANE EVERY 4-5 SECONDS!

[@aliultimate009]

What in the world is this storm!? I think i just observed over 40 close lightning strikes and maybe all of them were negatively charged. I guess the environment plays a major role since i see some kind of hills or mountains beside a coastal area which may help for this kind of storm to develop especially under low pressure and enough humidity.

[@ahmad22568]

this aggressive lightning strikes also happens in some parts of Saudi Arabia especially in the mountains, because of what you mention in your comment, the heat and extreme humidity

[@mattkavanaugh6321]

Damn, I’d be permanently deaf after standing out in this!

[@insanestorms5176]

Geez

[@JSStorm]

IMAGINE that happens in Alaska someday XD

[@googleyoflolz9930]

Who tf summoned Unicron?

[@Martas607]

omg, scary!!! Too much CG+, brutal!!!

[@kinggaming7715]

Which place is this can anyone tell me?

[@Vinicius_Schneider]

Somewhere in Greece

[@billygraff5870]

Yikes 😳

[@user-kq4jm9bk9o]

めちゃくちゃヤバすぎ😰 こんなカミナリ見たのは初めてカモ😶‍🌫️

[@user-sc8dh4vn4v]

Fare play to ever stayed there 🎥 that bigger stones than me

[@karthikhr8686]

Which place bro

[@Tal.B434]

Syvota, NE Greece

[@Paulzilla3000]

Is this normal for Greece? 😱. This doesn’t look good

[@user-hs1cg9tz2l]

מדהים ממתי הסופה צולמה?

[@Tal.B434]

כתבתי בתיאור, 29 לאוגוסט

[@user-hs1cg9tz2l]

@@Tal.B434 אתה צילמת ?

[@Tal.B434]

@@user-hs1cg9tz2l מישהו שהיה בחופשה ביוון ושלח לי. הכל כתוב בתיאור

[@user-hs1cg9tz2l]

@@Tal.B434 תודה. מחכה לסרטונים שלך.בסתיו הקרוב בתקןוה דיהיה גשןום

[@ladygrey7425]

Ok, which one of you pissed off Zeus that day?