Intense lightning barrage from Illinois supercells - July 11, 2015

[@PescuitLaPlutaCaInCopilarie]

Man, stay in the car! It's really dangerous. Don't risk your life for videos! You can get amazing shots from the car too! Stay safe

[@-wishes-4968]

Underrated

[@Mason_J]

Being in the car wouldn't help lightning can strike right through cars

[@trkrla5113]

Once I was in a severe lightning storm while driving in my truck. I was completely surrounded by lightning. It seemed not 2 or 3 seconds went by without a strike or a multitude of strikes. It was breathtaking amazing and scary all at once. All I could say was...Lord...you hold my life in your hands! Never had I experienced an electrical storm with such magnitude.

[@ahmad22568]

that exactly what happened in the city of Makkah 4 days ago a continuous lightning strikes hits the clock tower

[@daveroutley5574]

My friend I see God looked after to you.God Bless you and your family all the way from Australia 🙏⚡☔✝️

[@WolfsH0ok]

I love the sound of close strikes

[@SometimesTurtle]

Luckily the car is insulated and as long as you do not ground to the actual ground, you are okay in one. Lol. Seems you met a super cell just like me, now you shall be obsessed with them.

[@SmokeyGoodness]

Thor is right at the door!

[@bamaslamma1003]

100,000,000 volts, 30,000+ amps, 55,000 degrees f. Truly magical to watch! Wish I could've been there.

[@stormchaser-necosun1329]

30kA is a normal, positive lighning. More or less weak x) The really strong are 100 - 600kA. THAT are the monsters.

[@Maximus1879-]

@@stormchaser-necosun1329 they say its hotter than the surface of the sun is that true?

[@xavierhorace7213]

@@Maximus1879- yes.

[@SometimesTurtle]

Imagine if we just harnessed that power from lightning storms instead of suppressing anything other than big business oil and gas. One strike could produce just so much potential.

[@craigcurlee6428]

Your sound quality is unreal! The thunder felt like it was in my house, crazy barrage! I have only seen one storm that had a barrage like that and it was just as a tornado was forming in Throckmorton, Texas. Our hair was standing up for a good 30 minutes.

[@jakewalz4677]

Goodness gracious! That's a lot of lightning barrages! We had something similar a while back here in florence, kentucky, where there were a total of at least 12 lightning barrages in a row, which I thought was pretty darn cool!

[@BrianBattles]

Beautiful views of open Midwestern scenery, great listening to rain, thunder and the birds! We don't have many locations here in Connecticut as wide open and flat. Great shots

[@booyah685]

That's pretty much all we have in Illinois. Ha

[@willdixon2349]

Wow! Superb footage! For thunderstorm freaks like me, this is pure bliss! Thanks for posting it! 😊

[@paytonsamuels2594]

I don't like when lightning is within feet distances away from me

[@michaelveis6498]

It's an electrical storm!

[@gabbyperez9993]

Awesome video! But aren't you guys afraid of getting struck by lightning? And you would definitely not find me outside during those storms! 🌪🌪🌩🌩☈☈

[@DeuXLV]

the same question...

[@vicobamaca9319]

I agree no one is going to find me out there inside that storm⚡☔☁ Sorry!😬😒😔😳

[@stormchaser-necosun1329]

That's a risk. How you can read, I'm stormchaser too. I am afraid of getting striked but not enough to don't go out. If I get striked... yeah... 90% I'm dead... but I don't really care. The chance is low if you know, how to avoid getting strieked.

[@crazylegs1324]

@@stormchaser-necosun1329 how do you avoid getting struck while outdoors in the open?

[@breakerbreaka3172]

🤩

[@simonjohnhinton1938]

sounded great through my earphones! amazing lightning. thx for the video.

[@CalTek]

And at what point in time does common sense kick in and tell you that standing under power lines or in an open area during "crazy lightning" is not a good idea. SMH. Great display but not worth the risk to get the shot - especially when so many CG strikes falling all around.

[@aaaaaaaaaa97]

That's why you film inside your car, a place safer than some in your own home if you know not what to be touching.

[@SometimesTurtle]

Bro I had a supercell over my house as a child...been obsessed with nature ever since, but yeah...I can't even imagine being in one in the plains like you are here, the echo etc must be insanely chest thumping! I love it tbh...I thought our house was going to crumble because of the shaking every 2 seconds from a blinding lightning strike lol (it was all around the house, we even had some trees in the small yard with hits being more than obvious the next day).

[@michaelveis6498]

Lot's of CGs. ( CG is an acronym meaning cloud to ground lightning)

[@jamesmoulton917]

I gotta say...love those real colorful crystal clear CGs ((and awesomed loud thunderclaps))all caught on camera last 7/11/15 from that huge supercell you got..and storm-chased....real mind-boggling of the very dark and very eerie skies...BTW...the USA's costliest hailstorm in central CO took place on 7/11/90...exactly 25 years to the day of your own awesomed video..! YYYiehss... and as for me..I got some nice lightning videos too..with BIG thunder..from here in southern RI...all from 7/1/15, 7/15/15, 7/27/15, 7/28/15, 8/4/15..and I got a nice shelf cloud from 10/16/15...that's right..well worth viewing.

[@chrisbradley1192]

Slow it down to 0.25 speed then play from 1:53 and look to the left of the big tree right after the lightning stroke. Is that ball lightning moving left to right?

[@erikaerin]

2:11 Did lightning struck 30 feet from the car?

[@_lukaab7570]

+Erika Martin check 0:57

[@zacharybeary028]

Erika Martin y

[@HatsuneM1ku01]

Your crazy man. Just standing out in the open like that like nothing happened with lighting hitting only a 1/4 mile from your location

[@HarJockex]

Last summer me, my brother and my father went kayaking in a big lake with plenty of islands here in sweden. It was a hot day, slightly above 30 degrees celsius. We were going to spend the night in a tent on one of the islands. Around 3 am one of the most intense thunderstorms that I've ever experienced here hit us, with lightning strikes every 5 seconds. The whole tent lit up every time and some were pretty close. Being on an small island in the middle of a large lake felt pretty unsafe in those conditions but there was nothing you could do but to wait it out. Later it also turned out the thunderstorm carried a mini tornado (we don't get those large ones here luckily) but fortunaly it missed us. Otherwise we might had been lifted out in the open water with the tent and all in the middle of the night.

[@heatherstub]

I'm amazed at how short those thunder crashes were. That's usually signifying a tornado, as I experienced those blasts of thunder just before a tornado either formed or came right at us. Pretty scary.

[@HEAVYMETALmovie1981]

2:47 *S H A Z A M!* ⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡

[@vandadias7420]

Please make the

[@veronicavazquez2028]

*Y E S*

[@severeweather4161]

Impressive lightning! Taking the risks of filming in the elements! Awesome job!

[@sgmaths]

You can Run...! But you can't HIDE...!

[@kansasthunderman1]

Did the lightning at 57 seconds hit the tree or the ground in front of it?

[@hariskyritsis1442]

FROM THE BEST THUNDERSTORMS WHO I HAVE EVER SEEN NICE JOB DAN WELL DONE

[@annescholey6546]

Illinois is smack in the centre of Storm Alley and being in the open in this is not advised as lightning is frequent and dangerous from super cells

[@Agui007]

What an awesome supercell! Something I am still thoroughly baffled about and that is, why does the thunder in the U.S. sound different to that of storms in the U.K. or Europe?

[@kingflynxi9420]

There's no echo, if you went into the middle of nowhere, say Lincolnshire during a thunderstorm the thunder sounds really different

[@dwdrum11]

also because the lightning is so close, the further away you are it booms more, it cracks more the closer you are to the strikes!

[@Agui007]

Flynn Asher I see what you mean and possibly, the buildings absorb the sound waves?

[@Agui007]

You are absolutely correct on that as checked out some Lincolnshire storm videos to confirm it ;)

[@Jeffrey_Wong]

Dang... going to college in Illinois in a few months! Excited to see storms like this. I do enjoy watching a good thunderstorm.

[@paulkerry69]

I wish had storms like this in the UK

[@SaucyULTRA]

Paul Kerry same

[@MammaCarnage]

I don't.

[@abifrench7596]

Paul Kerry some times I don't and some​ times I do⛈⚡

[@BDYT1422]

Paul kerry

[@blick182]

The south, south-east and midlands do actually get thunderstorms like this with frequent lightning almost every second, but just very rarely, on average once or twice a year in the summer months, but you could be 40 miles away and in the same region but not notice a thing, very hit and miss. The English Channel tends to get the majority of the lightning fronts and most of the time they veer off to Holland and Germany, only taking a slight degree turn for them to curve off eastwards.

[@Scavenger82]

I find these intense storms exhilarating. Thx for uploading.

[@carltakacs3236]

Awesome, wonder if it dropped any tornadoes? Cloud formations like a work of art.

[@dravakian]

That strike at 0:57 looked really, really close to where you are.

[@andypreston1524]

Beautiful video, stunning! Thank you!

[@teeple1877]

I wanna see storms like this. At least a few times in my life. Western Montana has pretty weak storms in the mountainous area. Rarely do we get much good lightning.

[@tomwikum7001]

Flathead and lake county had a landspout tornado about 2 3 weeks ago.

[@TechTonicJayar]

The one at 0:57 is definitely a positive strike. Single flash and very bright/wide channel. That's 1 GV and 300 kA right there.

[@thelightninghunter23]

Nope, negative. Positive CGs sound a lot more like a boom than a loud crash... and that's assuming the peak current is high enough. I recently captured a +CG that produced really soft thunder for a ground stroke because apparently the peak current was low (sub-15kA). It's a recent video on my channel.

[@Kristoff3069]

No… It is a Negative staccato with a potential amperage of 65Ka. Had it been a positive, the channel would have been smoother and the thunder would have been much louder.

[@NelsonBigGunP200Fan]

that is crazy! so much lightning! stay safe! Think this year will be full of storms for us! BTW my phone has weatherbug and will give a weatherbug lightning alert if we get storms that have a ton of lightning in them! I'm not so afraid of it, but the thunder that you hear when it hits super close, i never expect it.. so loud!

[@ivanskoda144]

Great video of close lightning strikes, but too dangerous! Just stay in car and close the windows and you should be fine. What camera did you use to record this video? My cell phone cannot handle lightning, just get a flicker or separate white horizontal lines.

[@nenblom]

What’s RFD? Great video!! 🌪⛈

[@tomwikum7001]

Rear flank downdraft. Typically has blinding rain and huge ass hail or both.

[@downtownstormchasers8444]

I bet it was hard to get video with lightning that close

[@thomasroever1354]

Quite a bit of Positive Polarity strikes with those Supercells that day. Good video.

[@ManhuaGod]

someone was clearly going through a heavenly tribulation after a breaking through.

[@johnbdachel]

Wow! That's quite some lightning!

[@DolenzFan5]

Which part of Illinois was this filmed

[@missbleach8767]

The monkees

[@outfit7_bloons55]

0:02 I like how thunder and lightning communicate with a human.

[@piroskamerk106]

OMG 😮 it’s so scary to watching ,,,great camera work guys 👍👍👍💝

[@kansasthunderman1]

Is there some way to record the thunder in stereo?

[@Jujube-r6y]

In my area (biratnager)just like these lightning barrage every year at exact date 3-10days after moonsoon line touchdoun.most of time at night.i love to enjoy it

[@heatherstub]

I'm only able to listen to these videos, so here's a question. Were many of those lightning strikes upward lightning? It's amazing footage! The audio is pretty incredible.

[@thelightninghunter23]

Heather stubbs All lightning in the video is downward negative lightning. Upward lightning only impacts tall man-made structures and the tops of mountains in select locations.

[@growlerthunder5171]

Lightning like this are better entertainment than the tornadoes!

[@Gabrielcosta98473]

Your storm videos are magnificent bro, I dream of catching them like that, when I have them there... I'm from Brazil and I do meteorology.

[@allvadda]

i love the sound of thunder!

[@michaelveis6498]

Perfect wall cloud, lots of CG's. Could indicatel possible tornado.

[@kristenfuller9168]

What city place did this happen what city was this in

[@ShikiraPressley]

I played this on my loud-system and my fence Pigeons and Squirrels went a bit nuts - not even taking the Monkey ones left by my open window!. Absolutely gorgeous sound on a mega-watt loudspeaker............how afraid and excited I felt at the very same time!. x

[@LinhTruong-wt4lp]

2018????

[@birdlover6842]

Really like this! We don't get this kind of weather where I live.

[@sharipuckett4694]

I'm no weather expert, but to me, these cloud formations looked as though that they were turning into a large tornadic severe thunder storm.

[@geoffg8840]

When thunder roars go indoors! This guy cheated death several times

[@kevinpatrick4408]

Cool, but still doesn't compare to a storm I drove through in Virginia last year. The lightning that I saw in Virginia was scary with multiple strikes per second!

[@supertornadogun1690]

that happened here to it was super bright mutiple times per second but the thunder wasnt super loud

[@jonathanbignall1198]

That's awesome! I'd love to experience a storm like that, we don't tend to get such intense ones in the UK. All the same, I don't think I'm brave enough to be out in the open with that crazy stuff going on so close by, I'll stay in the vehicle I think!

[@SometimesTurtle]

Yeah...lightning strikes every second = protect yourself from them >

[@joshtaylor2594]

Great storm to watch thanks from the uk

[@ND-zt5ow]

This is a thunderstorm, so thunderstorm, very strong!) At 2:14, in general, I have a feeling that lightning struck near your car and at 2:09 too! There, in general, a flash and thunder were at the same time !!! 30 meters from you knocked, most likely ... wow!

[@anthonypisculli2121]

where is that in Illinois

[@jeretrain]

Magnifique les impacts de foudre !

[@abdoali3429]

Abdo ali

[@itzSamito]

sa fait peur.

[@gbzkabalette3163]

Moi je vois ça 🤯😱😵

[@kristenfuller9168]

That some nasty storm. Hopfully you were of where you were standing.. isnt standing in opend space chance of getting hit by lightning?

[@jaymorgenthal9479]

I was waiting at the Crystal Lake metra station in late July and one of these blasted through

[@thomashogan16]

I'm from Springfield Ill. This brings back memories of my grandmother sprinkling Holy Water around the house in the middle of the night and telling me everything would be OK.

[@badweatherbluesmi7514]

another great video.like your channel too . subscribed

[@VoV3Bo0oDVoV]

dude be careful 😱

[@giorgosrandou2497]

Mohammed Alahmadi dude he has to be!!😰

[@Koaslice191]

Go full wide on the lens, you will get more.

[@mahendrakumarpathakmahendr6127]

Very good video

[@dunstun365]

the lightning at 0.57 was mighty close

[@Alytra]

freaking beautiful im so jealous

[@bucephalus00]

1.54, 2.12, & 2.15 appear to be very close indeed

[@TheFlyingmowerBusRailfan]

1:54 2:12 2:15

[@michaelnaretto3409]

Great footage. Personally, all of that lightning around and it being an open area, I would just stay indoors.

[@LucasPereiradaSilva]

I like the one at 2:18, is SUPER FAST and you can barely see it!

[@jessicafloyd5078]

was there a tornado

[@aidendormain2160]

im guessing a walk in the park might not be a good idea

[@Texas613]

I'm terrified of lightning ever since I was 15 and was struck by a bolt that hit my stove exhaust vent and I was touching it. But I'm somehow strangely drawn to storms now the constant ricocheting type noise after a strike is my favorite. Just when I though our west Texas storms are bad may they be few nothing compares to an east Texas storm when a tropical storm comes rolling in.

[@SometimesTurtle]

When mother nature slaps you on your wrist, you take notice, but mother nature at the same time is showing you respect and grace in that moment, so naturally, you are drawn to her. Nothing strange about that =P, she's a scary but beautiful beast.

[@Julian-ij4bg]

Did you guys see the face??

[@Nathan-sm2ic]

Just had a severe thunderstorm in the UK at 2:00

[@ZachariahMartethanksgiving2024]

2:09 2:10 2:11 2:12

[@Hippieinthewoods]

Where is the lightning in the beging??? Lots off thunder,,,

[@RHSInfo2U]

Aren't u afraid of lighting??? I am afraid of being striked by a lightning.

[@wholelottaweather24]

Wow nice catch, my dream is to be under one of these lightning barrages!!

[@joshuaguthrie485]

I love storms like this

[@bruhh2358]

2015 for some reasons there were a lot of Severe storms in Illinois

[@Philip02K]

Why did you not take shelter

[@dandan8658]

Did cancel

[@Julian-ij4bg]

In 1:56

[@hannahwireman8399]

People is not supposed to be outside during a thunderstorm

[@roberthoffhines5419]

Dude, take the hint: it was trying to kill you.

[@omhindami4452]

what a feeling... if standing so close to "grey cloud"

[@steventheyoutuber2130]

Im so jelous. Lightning storms miss my area every time.

[@georgehays4900]

Right next to a power pole, under the wires, near a tree, during intense local lightning. Hmm….

[@MissStabby]

We had similar in ballarat australia on Saturday 11 July 2020

[@_Madi1]

one of the lightning looked like it had a unattached leader.

[@dariushunter6792]

Your vehicle is the nest place to be with CG strikes less then 1km away.

[@SPCweather]

Wow what a Awesome Thunderstorm that thunder Booms!!!!!

[@nilotpalvlogs8220]

What is the way that we can keep us alive againt Thunder storm

[@timothyandelmo541]

I love lightning storms but idk if id be in a open field like that lol