Intense Lightning Strikes in Severe Thunderstorm!!! @ Tomball, TX 5/9/2019

This is an intense lightning storm that developed within 20 minutes along a training line which on 5/9/2019 was predicted to dump lots of rain for hours, causing flooding across the Houston area with an already saturated ground and some places already flooded.
Thanks For Watching! ...and Enjoy the Video!

[@jonahlongoria]

Some of the best lightning catches I have ever seen and heard

[@lxsbianhoe]

Omg love your vid and compilations ✨

[@StormChaserFilmography]

I don't think that I've ever encountered so many close lightning strikes occurring so closely together in one thunderstorm! Wow! Nice capture, my friend!

[@chandlerquintin9708]

I got scared just listening to this in my headphones..lol I can't begin to imagine the reality of experiencing this very dangerous storm first hand! Much respect for you guys in Tomball TX

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

Yeah, this was not at all what I expected from the weather lineup. Knew it was gonna be nasty, but not that bad. It was a heck of an experience though

[@christopherscofield4252]

I was in texas back in june rollin deep thunder whole sky was having huge bolts of lightning

[@jamesjay8281]

@@southplainsrailfan8697 Great video

[@michelinman8592]

It's truly wild just how close some of those strikes were! I'm used to summertime freak storms here in Michigan, but our storms are nothing compared to Texas and Florida.

[@demo2497]

2:12 “This is incredible” I agree, my guy. That’s intense!

[@freyallarganswald4746]

Thank you for sharing footage of the storm. I know folk in Covington Texas n they said the had storms too and loads of rain. Over here in east central Scotland we never get good storms. The odd rumble of thunder n flashes of lightening every few months n that’s it. I loving watching storm cells develop. Thanks again

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

This year has been one of the most intense with lightning! A couple of other storms last month tried to break this storms personal record

[@forgaven3346]

What a storm !! Imagine how powerful sounds the thunder

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

Yeah I stood out there for a while but it got a little too close for comfort. Which says a lot because I usually don’t get to weary of weather but this storm was out of control, I let the camera sit outside while I sat behind the door and watched In awe

[@robertmiles8766]

I’m afraid of lightning I hate it I have trauma of it when I was a kid Lightning hit this tree near my House

[@MultiStorm15]

@@robertmiles8766 oddly enough after the tree 3 houses down took a hit while I was outside dodging the storm it grew my interest in weather

[@forgaven3346]

@@robertmiles8766 thank god you and your family are alive

[@forgaven3346]

@@southplainsrailfan8697 , the sound dropped down due to the shockwave of the thunder, which means the microphone affected by the shock and it's too loud to comfort

[@zachmatt3]

I have relatives in Tomball and all over the Houston metro. I've been hearing all day about that storm. Not one you'll forget.

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

Really, that's cool. Yeah I will certainly never forget that storm

[@emilianoabregu3772]

One of the best Lightning and Thunder show I have ever seen!! The Strike at 3:00 is really close!! Tks for this video! 👍👍

[@kevinday107]

Now that's "truly" dangerous lightning.

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

Technically all lightning is dangerous but this is like stepping out will be instant death

[@jaymorgenthal9479]

Lot’s of fried TV’s, Modems, laptops and anything else not unplugged .

[@ramonguerrero1093]

Hey, I think the last time we had such intense lightning, was during the first night of hurricane Harvey.

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

Yeah I got a few big ones that morning but after that it just rained at my house.

[@nguboi25]

Man, I've been in a storm or two like this where you almost feel offended, like the damn storm is targeting you with all those CGs lol. Awesome video

[@JohnMoore-bv8sx]

Scary stuff almost filled my underpants watchin the real time clips. Really admire how brave you are.

[@maryscott1966]

Now These Are the Type of Storms that Use To Scare The Heck Out Of Me But Now They Don't Frightened Me At All Thanks For Posting this Beautiful Thunderstorm Video Love It💜💜👍🏿👍🏿

[@koosoudshoorn2636]

Hi Piney, Truly amazing video. What a crazy storm with an abnormal high number and density of cloud to ground lightning. Very agressive thunderstorm. Reminds me of my time in Oklahoma when we had some agressive storms too. Thanks for uploading. May I ask one question? Would you be so kind to upload the whole video (without the slow-mo's?) That would be so awesome! One of the best thunderstorms video's on the internet so far! Thanks! Regards, Koos (from the Netherlands). :)

[@sikar1967]

Wow, that's really a dangerous thunderstorm. Very nice shots!

[@stnicholas54]

That was quite a storm. The bangs and crumps of thunder were tripping over one another.

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

Yeah this storm was probably the most intense I’ve seen in terms of lightning

[@tannercolson1886]

Pro trick : you can watch series on flixzone. Been using them for watching loads of movies lately.

[@larryelisha8170]

@Tanner Colson Yup, been watching on flixzone} for years myself :D

[@hamzatristen3261]

@Tanner Colson yup, been watching on flixzone} for months myself :)

[@relveil.]

@@southplainsrailfan8697reminds me of july 2021, in georgia we dont get these type of storms, but that one day in july it was nothing but claps after claps.

[@hooliganmode7982]

God bless Tx ......I have family that lived in DFW area for a time an they always told me every time a storm builds they have a unique style all there own an never the same as the last.......truly remarkable an very deadly......thank you for sharing

[@sheikhsaad1261]

Amazing capture 🙂 I love that 🌩️⛈️

[@eyesonjason]

Superb lightning! Love the colouring too!

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

Thanks! I love how lightning has different colors based on atmospheric conditions and how thunder has so many variations in sound.

[@minusrandloev261]

Man i wish we had thunder like this is Denmark :( so beautiful

[@ahmadfaris8044]

Fun facts: ozone is actually made by lightning striking.

[@jaymorgenthal9479]

Anytime you created an electric spark even with house current you can smell ozone

[@zoeschofield]

That sure is the worst, most dangerous lightning I've ever seen! I would have been petrified 😱

[@rainbowtornado83]

You and me both

[@KDill29]

We just had a storm like this, come through my town about a week ago. Was 3 in the afternoon and it got dark like it was night.

[@joek5784]

Great thunder & lightning!!!! We get so few storms like that here anymore.

[@NikoStorm]

Awesome lightning storm! Nice video!!

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

Thanks!

[@ClearTrackSpeed]

Narley Catch, thanks for sharing

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

Thanks! There was no way i wasn’t going to share something this incredible

[@musictraks1590]

Great footage. Cool to watch. The power of mother nature is amazing. We dont get severe storms like that in the part of Jersey I live in. It's too bad, because I love T-storms.

[@bucephalus00]

This is going in my quality lightning folder

[@mrorionfan1]

Love the awesome shape of thunderclouds that have that flat bottom appearance!!

[@_Madi1]

Damn the way tht lightning pops, I’ll be hella scared

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

This is one of the few times I just let the camera stay outside while I watched from the window. Usually I don't care, but this was an exception. You from the Houston area?

[@_Madi1]

Piney Woods Railfan nah I’m from Augusta Atlanta area.

[@kpc5]

Nice to see an actual genuine thunder storm and not a total fake sleep thing, thankyou.

[@No-xe5km]

AWESOME AINT IT?

[@SmithConductor]

some crazy weather sure is going around here lol.... great strikes!!

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

thanks! Always love a good storm!

[@TomHigginsWx]

What camera did you use? GoPro?

[@MultiStorm15]

Now that is an extreme lightning barrage...over 5 in a row were right there on the block

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

Yes it was exactly that! Non stop close range strikes

[@thepikachuoftexas3871]

Dude I remember this storm. The lightning was crazy

[@Doobie1975]

what time of evening did this take place?

[@aniheyaofficial]

That's sick holy moly xD But extrem nice and greetings from germany :)

[@haegeum3040]

In new Zealand, we get Nothing like this. I've only seen one lightning strike in real life, but this is amazing!

[@laurisdemons]

how many houses did lightning hit?

[@gazeyre]

We don't get storms like that where I live. Thanks for sharing. :)

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

Interesting! No problem! This year has been one of the most intense for lightning, a couple storms this last month have tried to take the title from this personal record breaker

[@sameeart1778]

Same here and i hate it

[@TheToastPeople]

Stunning storm!

[@Jimontherun]

What app are you using on your cell phone please.

[@DatGloriaVires]

We had a storm like this not long ago in Melbourne, Aus except the lightning we has was cloud to cloud mostly but the frequency was far greater. So the thunder was just continuous and you would hear 2 or 3 lots of thunder overlapping and it just ended up sounding like the earth was roaring at us.

[@turemesure3456]

Had that once down here in the Philippines too, one continuous roll of thunders one after the other

[@voiceinthewilderness8724]

Thank you uploading. It has been amazing to watch. The strike at 2:59/3:00, was that directly overhead? We never have storms like this in the UK.

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

That strike at 3:00 is a few houses down. So yeah very close

[@saiftarek1683]

Voice in the Wilderness because it’s never warm or hot in the Uk

[@ianevans67]

@@saiftarek1683 it is warm in the summer we get near 100° heat around London and we do get storms like this occasionally and they are fun to watch

[@lakhasingh7979]

Here in uk 🇬🇧 we don’t see thunderstorms that often but there was one yesterday at night

[@MLG_boyYT]

SiNgH iS kInG ture

[@stuartoneill5968]

O my god that was a good one very good thunder storm and the lightning was amazing

[@Orage26.07]

Beautiful storm ⚡️⚡️👌

[@patcola7335]

It's weird how the thunder didn't seem loud or extended. Odd sounding thunder. With that amount of lightning and especially those nearly xenon flashes I would expect explosions. Power of God on display right there.

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

The microphone on the camera peaked during the thunder because it was so loud. Didn’t sound to good on video but in person was crazy

[@vintvarner16]

Wow. I dont think I've ever seen lightning strikes like so close together and the thunder trying to top the other thunder

[@nenblom]

Great video!!

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

Thanks!

[@heythereitsRBK2]

Did you lose power at all during the storm? I would be highly surprised if you didn't. Anyways, great capture! Haven't seen a storm like this in Minnesota in years.

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

We had a brief flicker of lights. Yeah I was shocked too that our power didn’t go out. We’ve had less eventful weather knock it out

[@thatelephant]

Good God, one after another. Freaking love this!

[@abicusrex1615]

We, in Vancouver, BC have clouds like that, but never have a thunderstorm.

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

Hmm, we get thunderstorms frequently in summer from the gulf coast sea breeze, but when storm systems collide with the moisture inflow it gets crazy. This was an example of that.

[@abicusrex1615]

@@southplainsrailfan8697Hmm, I never knew that. Maybe I will move there for a week when I am a bit older in the summer, so I can witness a kinda strong thunderstorm.

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

Abicus Rex the storm in this video is a bit of a rarity, it’s my personal record for lightning consistency and closeness but this year has had some others that get close to claiming that title

[@honeyfunny1152]

Wow fabulous beautiful wow beautiful capturing lighting thunderstorm ⛈️⛈️💐 I love lighting bolts ⚡☔ thunderstorm heavy rains 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@heatherstub]

I love severe storms like this one. I just have one request: Would you please consider recording continuously without breaking up the audio in the future? It's more natural this way. Thank you so very, very much.

[@christianperezlindo8628]

where i leave, a "severe" storm have 2-5 lightnings. and was used to happend once in 10 years (now are 3-4 by year, and every time are getting a little worse). But this is terrifiying!!!

[@Randoman35]

Imagine this happening at 1 AM

[@jutorokago6319]

I like that, Think you man💯😉👍🔥🔥🔥

[@josephnjogu6870]

its wonderful its hardly to experience such here in kenya but it used to when i was young in 80s.

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

It was an amazing experience

[@christophe3281]

Incredible 😳

[@smalltownsmoker4331]

Wow was that all the footage? Nice

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

all the footage I recorded yes

[@user-xt4ok4on7o]

The reason it gets super intense at where you are right now is because the cloud that is over your head has a ton of lightning thats why.

[@Blastoff24001aj]

Who else got scared and screamed so loud up to their lungs when a thunderstorm came nearby? I did!

[@pewdiepiesbrother6200]

Awesome

[@Acuepk]

That storm definitely had some supercellular characteristics. Not surprising though since that was in May.

[@tiffanyreid4084]

Did u lose power cause one second I saw ur light on next it went out

[@paytonsamuels2594]

When I saw the thumbnail of this video before I clicked on it, I thought this thunderstorm was at night

[@lorirodriguez2388]

Wow! wow! wow! wow! Oh my gosh wow! This in intense man

[@svenbartram2695]

An epic storm and some amazing clips. Maybe film from indoors when it's that bad though.

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

Well I started out filming under the garage and on the back porch but when it got crazy I left the film going while I waited inside

[@pelicanarmory1321]

What app are you using on your phone?

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

I use RadarScope. It cost $10.00 but it’s worth it to me.

[@peterjames2004]

thats the wildest thing i have ever seen

[@Lucas-zu1de]

Wow that crazy

[@SilverThunder710]

I'm getting vibes of that one scene in Geostorm

[@AggieGal711]

Last time there was a storm like this, we had to get a new fridge. It wasn't on this day, though. I live 60 miles from Tomball and most activity stayed south of us.

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

Surprised our ac didn’t get struck again. It’s been struck twice in the last 5 years

[@jennifermartin40]

I love our storms here in Texas but it can get scary at times 🤣. We get some wild ones up here in central Texas too.

[@n8wachTinzichT]

Now that is a dangerous one :D

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

It was. This was the only time I felt like the probability of being struck on the porch was possible

[@aliultimate009]

Due to the intense rain, it muffles the sound of thunder early before it reaches, Unless it is a very close one ... Based on the timing between the flash & sound - many of those were approximately 300 meters away ... which is dangerously close. Most of those were negative charges based on the cracking noise rather than being boomy. It is a dangerous sign when you see / hear constant barrages of lightning closeby with loud thunder. Keep yourself always sheltered from those.

[@elithunder]

I wonder what was being hit so much behind that house!!

[@btrain213]

We had 60+ mph winds in port Arthur Thursday night/ early Friday morning, and plenty of lightning. Everyone lost power and they had to cancel school

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

Wow, we just had a similar thing happen last night here.

[@owlshealth8900]

Oh if I had to deal with that I'd have a panic attack. My first ever lightning storm that I remember when I was five my brother kept telling me I was gonna get struck. Then, the barn we were at got struck. Been horrified of them ever since. I hate storms!

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

You would’ve hated this storm, I generally don’t get to fearful of lightning but after the first big cluster I let the camera roll on the patio while I sat inside. That much lightning is to risky

[@paulredmond3968]

That area looks very familiar. Is it near Scotch pine st?

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

Actually near Hufsmith and Kuykendahl

[@wesleysiqueira4435]

Believe it or not: thunderstorms in Brazil are becoming worse too

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

Yeah this year has been one of the most intense for lightning! A couple storms this last month had tried to break this storms record

[@haddockandbentley2903]

Holycow.. almost 3 min in and damnnnn so much close strikes!!! I would be shitting my pants hahaha.

[@daveroutley5574]

It's beautiful to see God's creation at work ⚡☔

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

It absolutely is! True raw power here

[@immortalgamingyt6182]

Why are all the thunderclaps overlapping other thunderclaps, that sounds scary as hell

[@Agui007]

Wow..that was wickedly impressive!!!😱⚡⚡ Can someone explain pls what creates such a high intensity of lightning? It seems a higher humidity and lower cloud base seem to help.

[@stnicholas54]

Search me. I've read several thousand words explaining lightning/thunder and I still don't get it.

[@dianefarley37]

One hint: I am *POSITIVE* that every strike was a blue bolt! 😳😂

[@gillesdelmar1481]

superbe orage tres electrique !!!! ;0

[@inductionrecords]

I wish we had storms like that in Western NY

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

We get some good lightning storms from time to time, but this was the most intense I've seen.

[@missbleach8767]

Be careful what you wish for.

[@bagchasingbandit6274]

I’m from the Bay Area never seen anything like this damn

[@GSM92]

Hell yeah bay area dawg I used to live in milpitas dawg

[@saiftarek1683]

Now that’s a storm

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

It sure was!

[@marshallwalls1263]

I was seriously considering moving to houston but that's too much..at least n indianapolis we dont really have serious thunderstorms like that

[@mastermlg5875]

I was at school when this happened I’m in magnolia tx right next to tomball shit got crazy that day

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

This happened at 6pm on a weekday. I just got back from a College Orientation when it blew in. Ran up and grabbed my gear and there it was. We did have a tornado pass by Tomball High School before the end of the year. It was fun watching everyone panic for nothing lol

[@MonthlyFailsOutreaching]

Hey Railfan, do you have an email address we can use to contact you regarding this video? I'd love to discuss a license to use this if possible! Cheers, Felix

[@daveyboy8907]

The sky is energized.. Wake up people..

[@LocoMan123]

A few years ago when we were new to boating we got stuck in a massive thunder storm with lightning striking the lake around us I honestly thought we were gonna die Honestly I wish there were more big storms where I live but in the past few summers they just randomly dissolve

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

Where is this? Sure ain’t Tomball

[@gexc6515]

It’s like more loud in person than the camera catching it

[@honeyfunny1152]

I 💕 love rains ⛈️⛈️⛈️⛈️⛈️☔☔☔☔☔💕💕💕💕

[@lorrainesalmieri2220]

:3 i am having a storm right now so Lol but so far i haven't Sean any lightning.

[@josephphotiboi4681]

Your thunder is mad loud, sounds like rocks in the sky😂 I'm kidding,but it really does,I've been around areas that have thunder like that,aka Virginia Beach

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

Thunder always sounds different here in Houston

[@Ferunc4ik]

Hello from Russia, I'm like. Good video

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

Thanks!

[@anxiousmars4777]

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