Deadly Lightning! - Twin Cities, MN 08-13-07

[myrskyv78]

I can't believe how many positive strikes that storm has, almost every strike is positive boom. just unbelievable!

[ralucagymnast]

@myrskyv78 Hi, yes its an amazing storm isnt it? Very intense. How do you know that they are positive strikes, by the way? Im curious:)

[myrskyv78]

@ralucagymnast Hi, you can hear it. Positive strikes are much stronger than negative. Much more bass in the sound, and they sound like "boom" instead of crackling. Also positive lightning doesn't have many multiples, usually they strike only once. See 2:03 for example. :)

[ralucagymnast]

UncleGrizzo, I take it these storms are short in their duration? How long did this particular severe thunderstorm last? I noticed by the end of the video you can see the clouds starting to break?

[mrfirewolf]

1:03 i love that snap and i hate that snap... love it cause im still alive to hear it and hate it... way to fucking close!! lol

[gammler0852]

hahaa xD

nice party

[bigdady2700]

dude that was some cool lightning

[haisano]

Wish you had some better external shots of the lightning...still love the feeling of being inside on a stormy night. Helps for those of us stuck in San Diego where we've not had lightning for 9 months!

[al3jandro1372456]

2:01 great catch.

[al3jandro1372456]

2:29 was amazing.

[al3jandro1372456]

1:03 thunder was loud.

[shutterbugk8]

LMAO!! I hope your home is ok... but when you said it musta hit something cos something sizzled... i spit out my coffee laughting at the comments... :-)

[bohrokthunder]

wow amazing love the big booms

[ralucagymnast]

That is the scariest storm I have ever seen:( I am brontophobic, but I am getting a bit better; I can actually watch a storm now, if I am with other people, but if its at night, I still shit myself. We dont get anything anywhere near as intense as this in the UK, thank God, I think I would have died of a heart attack, seriously!!

[ottosaxo]

Oh, how I hate minutes like that since my house has been hit by such a monster. All romantic feelings about thunder and lightning have gone then. Mother nature can get crazy.

[ottosaxo]

Amazing video. Yes, it's ugly to have an evil thundercloud of that power right above your house. You suddenly notice how unsure it is that things will still be same one hour later.

[armojobrofreak]

the exact same thing happened yesterday to me!

lightning hit and when the thunder came it was sooo loud it shook my house literary out of it place

i was soo scared!!

[Torn80cj]

I love these kind of thunderstorms when there are a good number of close positive strikes. Your camcorder picks up the sound so good too. You did the same thing I do in a storm like this, as the bolts get closer and closer, time to go inside. My brother and I watched a tree get nailed about 25 yards from us. We were in my truck when this happened. Wished I had it on film. Would love to have that one in my video collection.

[interstateruler]

CG or Cloud to Ground

[BradenR3]

Oh my-! *Thunder booms* LOLLOLOLLOL

[antonbomb12345]

these videos are awesome man keep it up :)

[sonofireland1]

Thanks for posting your storm videos UncleGrizzo they are some of the best on u tube

[UncleGrizzo]

Thanks for watching!  I appreciate the comments

[sonofireland1]

great timing with the commentary "this lightning is ridicolous" just before the flash and bang from hell makes for great watching thanks again for posting

[TRaNCeProductionz]

People in Palestine hear these sounds everyday but it isn't lightning :( We're lucky

[cosi66]

amazing

[kev19960]

1:05 scared the crap outta me XD

[ssnader]

3 people were hit by lightning today in the toronto area today. We've been getting these type storms every week. Its a great pasttime.

[DigiTan000]

Getting hit?

[AllianceB95]

That''s way to great i wish i had a thunderstorm like that over here! Great video!

[isk84lifeok]

that one at 1:05 was amazin never heard one like that in all my life then again the storms do tend to just miss us here in bp

[JRacer524]

That was a serious light show. Reminds me of the storm that hit me in Dayton, Ohio last Saturday (7/25) around noon. A big lightning bolt struck the water tower near my house and it sounded like an explosion. By the way, the video scared my dog.

[aniko247]

did the power go out?

[spiked200]

Sounded fired a gun right next to your head at 1:05

[RJARRRPCGP]

This one reminds me of the T-storm in Springfield, Vermont on the 25 th of that August (2007), some days later. Except that one was in the day time.

And then they're was another one during the late PM when I gotten back home (When I lived in Cavendish, Vermont, about 10 miles west of Springfield).

[governer180]

1:05 I my ( BOOM )

[Lala3295]

When I grow up I want to be a teacher, then during summer (paid vacation XD) Go to South Dakota, and totally chase some storms...with some people like you who are good at it, it looks amazing!

[1petealmquist1]

I had lightning so close that the thunder was at the same time as the lightning strike.

[lunar891]

same infact i also saw the white line between the thunder with a bit of orange & blue

[Joseph565112]

There are several vids from this date in your State. Must have been one crazy night up North.

[qwertygnf]

awsome show ( did someone get struck in town?)

[SonicGeneration]

Thunder at 1:05 sounds like an atomic bomb lol

[samluvzcc]

You can hear the warnings in the background a little bit! ( : funny!

[rejectofsoul24]

that flash at 2:31 was intense. thing happened here in Denver. I was in the basement and i saw the flash and thw thunder felt like an earthquake. SHOOK THE BASEMENT!!!

[SonicGeneration]

I know what you mean, I woke up ar 4am, thunder shook my house, shit my self haaa

[pinkmints]

hey, i remember this.... i was in my room and woke up... there were like three major storms like this last, last summer.

[pinkmints]

yay i live in mpls! there are no videos of mn anymore..

[billsuckscock]

i was there and i was at my friends house and it struck about really close at his house

[pinkmints]

who's bill?

[Quesic]

1:04 strike was just insane, i would have loved to hear that. i would have died if i saw it.

LOL

[whitewitch8]

jeeze louise.......

[NiteOwl1224]

the bolt @ 2:31 is crazy!! that noise is insane!

[SevereIDAHO]

Rathunter, hearing the crack and boom of thunder immediately means that the bolt occured pretty close to you, the first lightning strike did seem close because of the bright flash but the area the bolt struck was further away. You will still hear the crack and boom but not as quick as you might when a bolt hits within several hundred yards from you. When a bolt hits within a 100 yards you wont have time to react with a flinch cause the crack and boom will be immediate. Great video.. -gerrit

[BaseballNut51]

I am moving to Roseville in a few days and these are the kind of storms you get ..... nice! Never see anything even close around Seattle ..... That zap at 2:31 was intense!

[gammler0852]

i like those sirens after a huge and very interesting thunderstorm.

the NWS has only issued a "severe thunderstorm warning"

and what happened later?

atornado warning or was the thunderstorm"fallingdown"?

[pinkpixie92]

this was a cool storm i remember...I live on a huge hill and my room overlooks miles and miles. i definately didn't get to sleep my eyes were blinded even when i closed them

[rathunter5]

Ok i have a couple questions. One how come the thunder did not come when that first lightning strike struck? Isn't thunder the aftermath of a lightning strike when the atmosphere is superheated at a high speed to where the air around it explodes?

[dbingr]

I think I would have gone inside too.

[vikingswinsuperbowl]

wow, some nasty storm action there in the Cities. Won't be long for storm season again.

[bytor55110]

You oughtta check out my lightning video I shot earlier this week. I know it's kinda filled with these "YEAH BABY!!!" comments, but I think you'll like it... the lightning in that video is spaced few and far between, but it's good.

[soxfan647]

that's amazing! spectacular! 5 stars!

[soxfan647]

what time did this happen?

[DjHardaFasta]

at night! lol

[soxfan647]

idk y i asked

[DjHardaFasta]

sorry had too it was too much of an op lol sorry!

[Govener18]

The worst storm that I have seen on youtube, even a cat could got this in this wheater

[CandleLites]

i remember that 1, I was so drunk that nite

[matysek123456]

Cool C-G at 2:03

[DjHardaFasta]

Hay why does it say deadly lightning did it kill someone or is it just a metaphor? that is the shit ryt there m8 only if we got that kinda storm in London, Uk We had a big one in 2005 theres some good footage on here of it (not mine) but it wernt this intense!

[UncleGrizzo]

Didnt kill anyone, but came damn close to me though!!

[99skullgirl]

@UncleGrizzo wait, at around 1:39, you mentioned that there was another big boom coming... how did you know. unless it was just coincidence. xD

[CandleLites]

i love t-storms cuz they're EVIL!!!!

[CupOT1]

Look at 1:03, 2:03, and 2:31... lightning was DAMN close dude! The thunder doesn't even sound like thunder, it sounds like a cannon report! Some of the coolest damned lightning I've ever seen on video! Nice work buddy!

[erad5]

Hearing the warning and the sirens in the background was eerie.

[daftdaveuk30]

that storm meant business! thanks for posting

[masterjedai828]

Yeah, I live in Blaine. That was a crazy storm. I was only out for the last half of it. We were under that tornado warning.

[UncleGrizzo]

Yeah, my buddy lives in Blaine. He got some pretty good sized hail, some bigger than golf ball.

[CivicInLove]

I got one question to make to you,I'll be pleased for your answer.I know that that kind of hail and those severe thunderstorms are a consequences of a supercell cloud.The question I have is:Dod that supercell turn into a tornado?

[UncleGrizzo]

No tornado warnings from this storm, just some wicked lightning, alot of rain and hail.

[CivicInLove]

The question I have is:Dod that supercell turn into a tornado? not "Dod" but Did

[Zagoho]

wow dude that was f***ing awesome ... to bad that i´m here in germany ... i want to have one of those storms right here XD

[Renotrigger]

Hey, I live in Burnsville, MN That was a wild storm. I got about 90 seconds of it post on here just click the name. I counted over 90 flashes in 90 seconds, pretty intense. Thanks for posting.

[UncleGrizzo]

Yeah, I live in Savage so this was the same storm. That was some crazy lightning wasnt it?

[WeatherCollege]

cranked up the audio with my 300 watt sub....and damn! -the dog headed for the cellar -thanks for posting

[reebofmoon]

Good lightning show!! Glad everyone was safe.

[iloveEdwardNorton]

That is so cool I wish I was there to see it.

[momotous]

Got a little chicken? lol. The same complex roared through my area early in the am with wind and lightning.

[UncleGrizzo]

Yeah, it was quite a show. We actually had two rounds of severe weather within a couple hours. Did you get any severe weather in Illinois that a.m.? My buddy had almost tennis ball sized hail from this storm.

[momotous]

We had warnings for high wind. bout 50 at my place, just under severe. no hail and some good lightning. Some nearby places got higher winds and some tree damage, lines down.