Violent Thunderstorms + Close Lightning! June 14, 2015

Outro Music: Kevin MacLeod "Phantom From Space"
I decided to bring back one of my favorites, this time with never-before-seen video of another storm.
On June 14, 2015, clusters of strong thunderstorms were moving east across the Great Lakes region ahead of a powerful gust front.
5:15 PM: The first thunderstorm hit, producing a wall of heavy rain. The storm started to produce lightning strikes that were soon enveloped in the rain and only appeared as flashes. I stopped filming as the storm got too close.
After this I made a huge mistake: I stopped paying attention to the weather, ruining my chances of seeing a jaw-dropping display of cloud-to-ground lightning.
At 5:51 PM, the gust front hit, and I was completely oblivious until I heard a loud crack of thunder. I let my camera roll out my bedroom window and captured three powerful lightning bolts. There were many other flashes, some within the rain, others from bolts striking behind me. The lightning slithered to the ground underneath a large shelf cloud ahead of a blue-green curtain of heavy rain. Soon the rain overtook me and the bolts were no longer visible.
At 6:18 PM, the storm was passing. Faint thunder could be heard behind me. All over town, ambulance and firetruck sirens were blaring as many objects in the area were struck by lightning. Electricity was temporarily knocked out.
6:51 PM: a new thunderstorm was approaching. This storm produced infrequent lightning and beautiful rain curtains that pushed against each other as the storm moved northeast toward me. Again, we were overtaken by heavy rain.
7:55 PM: A new storm approached from the west, producing a small shelf cloud and frequent flashes of lightning. As the storm approached and revealed its black underbelly behind the tiny shelf cloud, the flashes became nearly constant and the thunder grew louder. Soon, heavy rain poured down again.
At 8:12 PM, the storm had completely overtaken us, still producing bright and nearly constant lightning flashes, along with rain and high winds.
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[@MadMike1978racing]

love the lightning, especially at dark!!

[@jojofanyoutuber2520]

me too

[@stormnick3775]

2:25 nice lightning

[@carlahead5072]

Wow!! That sure was some wild,wicked thunderstorms along with sharp lightning 🌩!! How cool!! Glad no one was injured by these storms guys.

[@davesworld85100]

Impressive lightning show, I love summer storms thanks dude

[@gapwbi]

This guy : oh i missed that bolt :( Me : hiding and crying under my bed

[@alex_ong132]

ur 100% safe in house then outside when its thunder storm.

[@Religious_man]

Me: Watching YT videos as I'm listening to the thunder and peeking out my window. xD

[@tomzy5503]

*I am literally watching this in a thunderstorm!*

[@stormnick3775]

Lol

[@transit0796]

OMG SAME XD

[@immortalgamingyt6182]

Me too

[@missbleach8767]

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[@missbleach8767]

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[@tjtrowell4872]

That's exactly what I say when I see a storm. 6:37

[@dianefarley37]

3:32 would have to be a pretty bad pair of cymbals! 🤣🤣

[@aliultimate009]

3:32 that one sounded like a very fast AA machine gun or a rocket launched from a ship!

[@southernsteamproductions7745]

No it sounded like a pan dropping to the floor

[@missbleach8767]

@@southernsteamproductions7745 🚂

[@TheFlyingmowerBusRailfan]

Sounds like a maracas

[@BigBadJohnDiesel]

It's amazing what high humidity does to fuel a storm like this!!

[@shawndubay4050]

It's simply amazing that this kind of electrical energy is created by rain and tiny hail stones bouncing of each other. Enough electricity to create a 50,000 degree bolt of lightning that can jump from cloud to cloud and cloud to ground. Not to mention ignite or explode trees and telephone poles. Yet it's so beautiful to see and watch.

[@chrisshowering7357]

I'm terrified of lightning but this was fascinating thank you.

[@yergaderga]

Dang! That area starting at around 2:40 looked almost supercellular. Nice footage!

[@andreacrawley8321]

I absolutely love watching thunder storms. I think their fascinating. I'm from Ireland and unfortunately we very rarely see them! 😒

[@richardputz3233]

I am from Saskatchewan in western Canada,we are a prairie province that means it’s very flat out here .This would be small thunder storm , for a beginner like you .My wife and I sit on our front or rear deck to watch storms ,unless the wind and rain really come up then it’s back inside to watch out the windows . We grade the lightening strikes from 1to 10 . We haven’t had a 10 yet .Lots of 9s .

[@airplanestuff5839]

I live in Florida. I am familiar with thunderstorms. LOL :)

[@bonniewilson-lindquist661]

three lightning Barrages in one day is amazing

[@rdouellet]

3:32 when i pop open a bag of chips in the cafeteria

[@stormnick3775]

Lol 😂

[@lawgirl2007]

Great footage, thanks for uploading. We get the odd thunder here in Ireland, but nothing on that scale. Never four in one day lol.

[@JamesSunderlandCZ]

I was standing in front of the window with my grandson. it was a nice storm that had a visible heat lightning from cumulonimbus in the before morning. now it was closer, so we standed next to the window and then a lightning flash and BOOOOOM we got soo jumpscared and ran to the bed to hide ourselves

[@jvstizzy]

Wow, that happens to me sonetimes

[@nenblom]

That thunder sounds GREAT over my headset!!

[@southernsteamproductions7745]

3:32 when you try to get food at 3am you drop a ice cube

[@EmergencyResponseChronicles]

Awesome Video! I also see cloud to cloud bolts sometimes in Virginia when we get thunderstorms. Plus, 3:32 - Best Part I have seen.

[@darcyblack8222]

Fantastic. Love a good storm but never get any thunder here.

[@dannybright3871]

That is a lot of lightning. And loud thunder, too!

[@m18tankdestroyer43]

Brilliant film, thanks for uploading it.

[@m18tankdestroyer43]

Great film footage, thank you for uploading this.

[@stormnick3775]

3:31 that was very cracking

[@undertalenerd567]

I LOVE THUNDERSTORMS!!!!!

[@jvstizzy]

When their was a thunderstorm happening before bed i would complain to stay up til its over and then cry about it XD

[@kpoplover36884]

Isabelle Flowers I have such bad anxiety about thunderstorms so if a tornado happened I’d just pass out and sleep through it😂😂😂😂😂

[@heatherstub]

@@kpoplover36884 I hope you do that in a safe shelter. I totally understand your fear, because I've lived through two deadly tornadoes 10 years to the day apart from each other. It's much better now, and I'd even like to go on a storm chase with someone who isn't willing to get too close to these storms. If I can hear it, (depending on how big it is and where I am in relation to the storm or tornado), that's good enough for me, just as long as I'm not in the inflow or outer circulation. That's weigh too close for me. I do have to admit that the sound of whistling and howling winds is exciting to a certain extent.

[@donettakirby3125]

Wow that’s a lot of lightning and loud thunder I’d be terrified too

[@heatherstub]

You've got a fan and a new subscriber, even if I can't see these videos. It's the audio that counts here, and screen reading software makes it possible to type, proof and correct my mistakes and read everything typed here. It's such a rush and so addictive. Thank you for making such amazing audio/visual content. I'll have lots of fun listening to this with Bos headphones. Heather

[@madisongriffin6539]

Thunderstorms scare the living daylights out if me. Especially the small and simple ones. My dogs go nuts when storms come in. We had one last night

[@RichieRouge206]

Amazing storms, great lightning captures. New subscriber from the UK!

[@tonyblount5067]

Play it.

[@cellogirl11rw55]

6:44 Ooo, that's a shelf could. That means strong winds are coming.

[@carlahead2945]

Wow Dude!!! Those were some violent bolts of lightning. If I didn't know it any better,I'd say that there's a potential for some violent tornadoes. That's a wall cloud,dude!!! You guys better find some shelter underground,ok? Be safe now!!

[@PAweather]

Those weren't wall clouds, they were shelf clouds, which are associated with linear storm systems producing straight-line winds and only occasionally produce weak tornadoes.

[@jvstizzy]

PAweather that was some lightning dude i mean like it was crazy but wow what a storm u had thank goodness u did not get struck, just saying but i enjoyed this storm i wanna hear more.

[@caseybowen4057]

PAweather the weather is good but the lightning causes fires.

[@ElectricSkyUK]

Nice violence. How fast did the roads dry out? By 6:18 it looks like it had never rained!

[@PAweather]

The roads dried in a few minutes and a few steam devils even whipped up. The air was so humid and new storms rolled in fairly quickly.

[@catpusic9009]

The violet thunder cloud makes 400%🌩 thunderstorm

[@brennuvargr4638]

YESSSSS! Such power!

[@heatherhahn1996]

Wow cool video and good pics mother nature is awesome

[@gibbs1966]

Yes I know its been close too 3 years ago,but still a awesome video.. 2 great storm in one day... Hmmm You lucky bastard :) Greetings from Oslo,Norway

[@heatherstub]

How-bout three!

[@missbleach8767]

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[@daveroutley5574]

It's beautiful to see God's creation at work ⚡☔✝️🙏👍 all the way from Australia

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[@DesiredEntity]

I remember that storm!!! No joke it was hectic.

[@johnoconnor6356]

Storms are especially awesome at night. The sound of heavy rain is a great sleeping pill,thunder and lightning or not. What really sucks is on the day thunderstorms are forcast, around here all too often we get thus "Not everybody will see these" bullshit.

[@luiselapostolfeliz2421]

Excellent video my friend I love your video. Where did you film? Plz reply.

[@michaelveis4985]

Lots of CG's! Nice electrical storm.

[@akramstorm1223]

3 lightning strikes Such power!

[@missbleach8767]

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[@ze4l0u53]

3:32 that one was violent

[@thatoneguy9842]

I'm from North western PA and I never see thunderstorms like these. There is maybe 1 crazy storm once a summer and even then it's not always very close

[@MadMike1978racing]

I'll try to find more, thanks

[@nathalieverbeken1365]

Awesome captures! :)

[@theoneandonlylucifer4825]

Cool, I love storms and this so cool love it😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😍😍😍😍😍😍😘🤩🤩🤩🤩😃😃😃😃😊😊😊😊

[@missbleach8767]

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[@Youtubelifefamily712]

I'm so Surprised how the Lightning loud and I feel like someone making a Thunderstorm Sound but they not it A Ground or from a Air

[@MadMike1978racing]

that thunder at 3:18 sounded like a slow shotgun blast

[@PAweather]

Kinda does

[@denzel387]

nice job hheehh

[@cyndiduvall4037]

Awesome pictures

[@theepilepsyfamily3288]

Its funny how each storm had the same times

[@paololonigro35]

where was this filmed

[@Woodland.Nook24]

good video and such nice houses :-)

[@natalieborros6041]

i love thunderstorm i love tornado too

[@makomankanshoku7555]

Causes power outage.

[@micanp3284]

I hate thunderstorms so much!😭

[@ConstructiveMinds100]

You forgot to include your first birthday party and your travel to school. You could make video that last 5 hours.

[@LoriLynn97]

WOW !! at 335 amazing i could feel that

[@romeogrigoras5221]

Same kind of weather was in 2015, in Romania/ Europe, too..

[@myahorn0890]

Fuck that can't do thunderstorms lol

[@jakehurrish2584]

Awesome video

[@sharppointy1]

Where in PA are you? I lived in Westchester as a girl. Now in Utah where we just don't get weather. It's too much of a desert for good thunderstorms. Thanks for posting.

[@PAweather]

I'm in Cranberry, north of Pittsburgh. Glad you enjoyed!

[@phapnui]

I lived near Norristown many moons ago. We lived in a development over a former farmers field and we had intense thunderstorms every summer, house would shake and windows rattle. One day after a storm we had ball lightning float (about size of an adults fist) in kitchen screen door and out living room screen door.

[@brycemcdermaid7995]

sharppointy1 How does Utah not get storms?! San Diego is the worst... firat it doesnt rain at all in summer, then whem it rains in winter never lightning.

[@danieloconnell6306]

Having your house struck by lightning must sucks

[@NsSDACEFAN]

Where at 332 bolt possibility hit

[@latoshaadams3828]

Summer storms are the worst

[@impa8680]

Just put the camera on a tripod and leave the storm to record from one area. You keep talking and moving the cam and pausing and also using slow motion. We can see lightning clearly and dont need you to point out every flash .

[@peanutgenius6124]

It's his video he can do whatever he can pause, move and point if he wants to

[@theoneandonlylucifer4825]

Ya the video is cool as it is

[@scottpountney5692]

@@theoneandonlylucifer4825 back aff

[@heatherstub]

@@scottpountney5692 What was that second word supposed to be?

[@missbleach8767]

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[@masterplays9132]

One night there was a thunderstorm, and lightning struck right on our next-door neighbours house, it destroyed their TV and our house phones

[@missbleach8767]

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[@softbumblebee9762]

Ma gawd dat one big thunderstorm!!!

[@brennuvargr4638]

I'm forever hearing sirens during storm videos (and also in real life during storms). Is this just confirmation bias or d'ya reckon it has something to do with lightning causing damage? Have always wondered this... :)

[@brennuvargr4638]

Ah. Just realised that in this case the sirens probably were due to the lightning!

[@PAweather]

It is probably emergency response workers going through town due to reports of small fires or blown transformers, since this often happens in severe lightning events.

[@brennuvargr4638]

Thanks for the reply, dude. This makes sense!

[@brennuvargr4638]

@@charlaynearchambault4801 I was referring more to emergency sirens as opposed to tornado/severe thunderstorm warning sirens. :) Got friends chasing over in Tornado Alley at the moment... Soooo lucky!

[@ivancoley11]

All positive lightning strikes.

[@gooniezfreak]

I get so paranoid when it comes to rain clouds!! when I see one, I'm scared to move!! I'm so worried I might get struck by lightning!! I'm so weird!!

[@PAweather]

Pamela Theresa chances are you will never be struck by lightning, but it is a good idea to take shelter during a thunderstorm

[@PAweather]

Pamela Theresa chances are you will never be struck by lightning, but it is a good idea to take shelter during a thunderstorm

[@jvstizzy]

PAweather that is true cause i mean i would not want to get struck by lightning but chances are that if i never get struck by lightning i will never get struck by lightning.

[@heatherstub]

Actually, you're so "normal", and if you weren't a bit scared of lightning, it could mean the difference between a breath followed by what could be a deadly lightning bolt. Still, I love the sound of thunder, and it's the lightning and thunder that produces nitrates to nourish and fertalize our plants and trees.

[@Bluelobster112]

That guy sounds like Tyler Joseph

[@adagamez5120]

Adam Maclean i thought the same lol

[@missbleach8767]

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[@MadMike1978racing]

if you have one at dark, I would like it even more

[@PAweather]

This August was packed with intense storms and some incredible footage, I just haven't had time to work on any of it. A bunch of videos are coming out soon

[@allyouneedtoknowanonymous7558]

i love thunder it is the voice of God.

[@youtuuba]

Sorry, I don't get it. Perfectly normal thunderstorm from the evidence in the video, not a violent one by any indication. Lightning strike was bit bit more than half a mile away judging from the delay to the thunder, so not even close. Yet the video title promises both a violent thunderstorm and close lightning....?

[@PAweather]

youtuuba The storm had a severe warning when it hit and most thunderstorms in western Pennsylvania don't produce this much lightning. Also, in my opinion, a half mile is way too close for me.

[@jvstizzy]

PAweather i actually kinda agree those lightning looked really close and felt like it as well

[@heatherstub]

@@jvstizzy Like they say at the Weather Channel, "If you can hear thunder, you can get struck by lightning. Lightning bolts can travel up to 20 miles with very few exceptions for longer distances in very rare cases. I once had a lightning bolt finally hit the ground 80 miles away from the main storm. It was back in 2001 if I'm not mistaken. It was terrifying, and I felt it rumble throughout my body from my feet to my chest and shoulders.

[@burtgummer463]

Are you standing in the garage or the front porch ? I was zapped in 78' doing what you were doing. it was worth it. 😬

[@n1vq]

Wow wow wow the rainbow is like wow 😮 6:09

[@davdski5935]

Nice neighborhood.

[@lightning8385]

3:31 ummm that probably struck not even a mile away

[@missbleach8767]

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[@denni04011]

Way to much video editing. misses the gaps between flashes.

[@heythereitsRBK2]

Nice lightning barrage my dude.

[@woody95124]

nice vid...

[@MadMike1978racing]

that's ok, that lightning's intense anyway regardless of time of day

[@PAweather]

I'm just saying there's plenty more where this came from. A lot of it was during the night, too. Some photos are here: paweatherphoto.weebly.com/lightning-2016.html

[@justaviewer439]

At 3:32 it sound like the lightening striked 2-4 times that's why its loud. I might be wrong though

[@johnoconnor6356]

Today is Monday May 23. Yesterday was one of the hottest days so far. Friday they were saying the best would be broken with strong to severe thunderstorms. But, come yesterday, they throw in that "scattered" BS, and guess what? Any storm lovers in my area got screwed once again.

[@chowmein1915]

there's a huge thunderstorm and i think more violent tha the last few here at florida

[@chowmein1915]

than*

[@spacetrucker2952]

Nice lawn.

[@missbleach8767]

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[@forgaven3346]

3:32 KILLED ME XDD

[@ivancoley11]

3:32 that was right behind the house.

[@ivancoley11]

3:16 that was right there 😮

[@estevaosisnandes5552]

Thunderstows tropical

[@黒忍]

This guy has balls of steels because i would this not even for a million dollars

[@MariaLopez-kd6qs]

Was that a tornado

[@PAweather]

Maria Lopez No, these storms are called squall lines

[@simichjess-thejones3946]

PAweathe

[@jvstizzy]

PAweather wow i did not know that thanks for sharing

[@theoneandonlylucifer4825]

I live in South Carolina and Thairs not that meny thunderstorms were we live

[@innaday1697]

Be careful okay my friend

[@rakshitwharton09]

The most worst thunderstorm in Pennsylvania worlds chain storm super loud thunder

[@elton4066]

you should stay in the yard! and i like your house! Can you give it to me？😁

[@mistygoodman5758]

love thunderstorms