Seattle Thunderstorm and Lightning

One hell of a storm with massive amounts of thunder and lightning 9/7/19 in Seattle,Wa
#seattlethunderstorm

[@aidanteall7186]

I dropped what I was doing during work to watch this storm. Manager wasn't too pleased, not that I cared. Best storm I've ever seen in the Seattle area.

[@joelouden6592]

Best thunderstorm I've seen in Seattle in 30 years.

[@dannamorse3242]

Uh, 50 here 😂

[@FROGBOSSS]

I absolutely love thunderstorms

[@j_u_n_e_bug8746]

Used to be like that way back when up there. My grandfather lived in Bellview and we would visit and the rain storms were like that. Beautiful and terrifying as well.

[@kathydockins4304]

Had a great view in Ballard! Definitely the best Seattle thunderstorm in my lifetime (52 years!). Wish I'd taken some video, too. The forks were spectacular. Usually we get mostly sheet lightning here.

[@isaiah7908]

We need more weather like this

[@MarkWandMusic]

ha yeah for sure it's fun

[@andrewbauer5201]

hopefully yeah, still remember the sky looked pretty unusual to the SE before it rolled in.

[@shashankshahrf597]

Amazing capture, that 2 frequent lightnings are best I have ever watched

[@williamperryjr1324]

So rare for Washington State to get thunderstorms like that! I always pictured it to be mostly wet, but not much in the way of convection to get storms flaring up! Just wow!

[@Randoman35]

Must be nice to get actual rain with lightning. Down here in California you can't enjoy the once-annual thunderstorm without worrying about which city is gonna burn down.

[@sebdo2292]

I remember this storm vividly. It was the storm that I recorded my favorite lightning strike on my phone. I can't wait for another similar event.

[@Thedude3372]

Wow that is a lot of lightning for the pacific northwest! I live in Vancouver and we get a couple of decent ones every spring and summer as well. Too bad they're so rare out here

[@briane173]

I live in Vancouver also but a decent thunderstorm is indeed rare here. The one that sticks in my mind still is the one in 2012 where a lightning strike took out a 100-ft tall spruce just outside of Officers Row at Fort Vancouver. Just _exploded_ that tree and sent splinters of wood 100 yards in all directions. My house was about 6 miles from there and that strike shook my house from that distance. (!)

[@4bibimimi]

@@briane173 toothpicks! The big beautiful trees always seem to take it on the chin during a thunderstorm. I think we all could use more rain within reason.

[@briane173]

@@4bibimimi Did you catch the news story of the tree that got hit by lightning in Canby a few days ago? _Massive_ tree and it was just obliterated. Trees that are _wet_ are prime targets for lightning and the damage is exacerbated by the water in and on them. 50,000 volts vaporizes those dozens of gallons of water in an instant, and it's that sudden expansion from superheating that creates the explosion. Since we ourselves are 60% water that's reason enough to stay inside during a thunderstorm.

[@AcornSmokes420]

In south everett a lightening strike a forest area at airport rd and highway 99 by paine field boeing plant, it was super loud, im hard of hearing as well.

[@dannamorse3242]

That's right where I was! In Mukilteo, Paine Feild QFC.. See my comment...it was nuts in that area. Very unnatural, almost creepy! A bolt surrounded my car, I swear!

[@iiRxseNightcore]

Omg and there were strong wind too it’s was crazy out there

[@birdlover6842]

Sounds like a severe thunderstorm. The sirens should have gone off.

[@dannamorse3242]

The one at 3:50 is what I went through in Mukilteo parking lot at QFC for over half an hour! One bolt, while in my car, I swear, hit the area surrounding me! It hit and lightning and thunder were together. The cracking was deafening! My body froze, took my breath away, my eyes literally bugged out, whole car was engulfed in the bright, white light and just blinded me; my head, fingers and toes tingled! I LOVE storms but this one scared me still. Oh, and my mouth tasted like metal for a few minutes. Anyone know what that's about? Wow. Just WOW😬

[@kathydockins4304]

You are lucky you were in your car. If you'd been standing next to it (or touching any metal surface while inside it) you may not have been around to post this comment!

[@dannamorse3242]

I had dropped my keys into the black hole in between my seat and console. I was upset at it at first as I wanted to get home. After that bolt hit and recovered from the shock of it all I was SUPER happy I dropped em and hadn't been walking into the store! I think this was very unnatural lightning. Just two weeks ago there were two stories of many being killed by lightning. I think the chum they're spraying is super-charging the atmosphere above. See Mike Morales on youtube, Sept 5th video. The cat's out of the bag!

[@dannamorse3242]

This was definately unnatural lightning!

[@therealsammich]

Ok I was here for this thunderstorm, I NEVER heard that loud of a thunderstorm strike at 3:42!

[@just_kos99]

What was unnatural about it? Cars get hit fairly regularly. As long as it's a hard-topped car, all the windows are closed and occupants aren't touching any metal people are perfectly safe in cars.@@dannamorse3242

[@jessiemiller_asmr8214]

this was crazy it woke me up out of a sound sleep and my power went out twice.

[@MarkWandMusic]

hope your power is back I was waiting for that to happen but got lucky in north Seattle

[@jessiemiller_asmr8214]

@@MarkWandMusic yes my power is back on thank you. stay safe today more rain at 1 they said.

[@AcornSmokes420]

No power outage even though lightening struck power poles by paine field boeing plant in south everett, however lightening strike a forest area at airport rd and highway 99 by paine field, it was super loud, im hard of hearing as well, but im like zeus is mad =)

[@stonershen5917]

Somthing like this hasn't happened in like hundreds of years here

[@jbear6828]

Shit was crazy, I wish it happened more often here.

[@StormyBoi]

Sadly we don't get anywhere near that much lightning in the Ottawa valley, but far more wind and rain, to the point of being sent home from work as a vehicle porter because just getting into the car in the rain we get would soak the interior...

[@SCREAMINGinCAPS]

Wow this is what Seattle calls a once a decadeish storm.

[@NotLRK]

Federal way anyone? Or just me live there well it was just fucking ridiculous and I heard like 2 strikes next to my house.

[@GHRANDE]

it seems like this is occurring again near seattle.

[@MarkWandMusic]

It did!

[@majesticbutterfly]

This is NOT TORRENTIAL RAIN ,You have obviously never lived in Florida !This is every day occurrence!🤭🤭🤣🤣🤣🤣😂

[@briane173]

Well that's exactly why these storms attract so much interest in the PNW -- storms like this just don't happen here, so when they do we're awestricken, even when we've experienced Midwest or Gulf storms in the past. We expect them there -- not here.

[@fernandotoledo6181]

Omg parecen bomba nuclear eso rayos

[@anxiousmars4777]

3:45 the thunder went from quiet to a massive explosion in a second

[@therealsammich]

I know bro you could tell how he reacted by how he moved the camera 😂

[@gillesdelmar1481]

tres bel orages

[@4bibimimi]

KZbin picked a daylight looking thumbnail for you.

[@MarkWandMusic]

That was in the middle of a lightning ⚡ strike!

[@sylsyd88]

I regret moving away from Seattle 🌧️🌩️⚡⛈️

[@briane173]

Don't.

[@LucyLoudFanOfBobsBurgers2010]

​@@briane173Ive been to Seattle.

[@briane173]

@@LucyLoudFanOfBobsBurgers2010 How recently?

[@LucyLoudFanOfBobsBurgers2010]

@@briane173 10 times!

[@briane173]

I ask because it's not the Seattle I remember from when I moved to Whidbey Island in the 80s. Downtown is a dystopian cesspool these days and I won't go anywhere near there now. My son and his fam, my dad and his wife, they life on the Kitsap Peninsula and that is as close to Seattle as I dare to go these days.

[@Traindrainbusmowerfan]

3:48 weird thunder

[@insanestorms5176]

3:52

[@ryancrooks123]

0:10

[@davidwombaker9806]

2:02

[@djelroymusic]

OMG That's creepy

[@ljeff11]

I’m. Not a fand. If. Storm

[@austinstitzel]

I'm gonna guess that you are a Virgo.

[@MarkWandMusic]

Scorpio ha