the 3rd cell happened in the Saco area as we were on our way home. All 3 cells had confirmed tornados but the one we chased in Gorham produced the most damage. VERY much looking forward to this Spring. Although I may not have my trusty bro to drve for me. I may be on my own this year.
Was this the day that there were 2 or 3 cells all barreling through there? If I remember correctly, the leading cell of the 3 had a tornado warning on it, the second didn't, and was a bit smaller, and the third one also had a tornado warning on it. the cells were only about 1-2 hours apart from first to third, but were virtually all connected in a line basically. I drove all the way up to Portland to chase/film the third one. I left to head up to Portland as they left the Lake Winnipesaukee area
@2thongsprong YES! Same day.. This was the 2nd cell. The first cell didn't produce much and only grazed our area... once we received the tornado warnings for the Buxton area, we hopped in the car and started following the radar... when seeing the rotation both in the sky and on the radar, we knew we were on the right track heading towards Gorham. I think we underestimated the speed at which it was travelling, or our radar was minutes behind.
@ superbeachgoer.... I was thinking the same thing just because of the different colors and cloud formation but there wasn't any intense rotation going on there. I guess it could be. Will never know :(
holy!!! i live on the border into buxton and it was pretty intence there too! i remember me, my dog, and my dad were in the basement and he had an internet card in the laptop and we were following the storm on accuweather. I was hugging a pillow cuz i was scared our house was gonna get sucked up into the wind. the tornado actually touched down like 3 houses away from my best friends house on sunset drive! The people who lived there had a huge branch going through the windsheild of their car too.
I was in Portland for this storm. It was my second definite tornadic storm of the year, I went through an area just before tornadoes hit during a trip through Canada, and may have been through a fourth in Massachusetts. The tornado that hit Paris Hill last year? Mom and I left Norway/South Paris just as the storm was starting. The year before that, a flash flood.
All in all, I'm hoping for a quieter summer next year.
Looks like you were near the area of circulation. That was an impressive storm from Maine im glad to say. Those clouds were dark as hell. lol. Nice video, and really nice Quality :)
Cool storm chase! I chased this same storm when it was just organizing in central New Hampshire. Got some sweet lightning shots. Looks like you guys caught up with some impressive outflow winds, but I didn't see anything that looked like a tornado. Great nonetheless.
Excellent job guys!! My house was 1/3 mile further on the right (along rt. 114), from where you turned off into USM. The funnel had already past by, but you can see how nasty it still was afterwards. We were at the center and lost about 8 huge maple and oak trees, and many pines, it collapsed the back barn and power was out for two days. No trees hit the house, but the house across the street had a large tree fall into the living room. Best video I've seen yet of this event. :)
Hey pretty neat! My nephew was at the Gorham campus at a band camp that day. I still have to ask him about it but I guess it was pretty exciting! Your video did a great job of capturing it. Maybe you need to move to tornado alley? hahaha
yea i saw on the lightning tracker, that storm had an insane amount of lightning strikes, almost 20,000 per hr at 1 point unfortunatly everything missed my house exept for some rain and distant thunder :(
I hate how Maine storms are always Rain-Wrapped!
rideyellow 11 months ago
the 3rd cell happened in the Saco area as we were on our way home. All 3 cells had confirmed tornados but the one we chased in Gorham produced the most damage. VERY much looking forward to this Spring. Although I may not have my trusty bro to drve for me. I may be on my own this year.
hvarle 1 year ago
Was this the day that there were 2 or 3 cells all barreling through there? If I remember correctly, the leading cell of the 3 had a tornado warning on it, the second didn't, and was a bit smaller, and the third one also had a tornado warning on it. the cells were only about 1-2 hours apart from first to third, but were virtually all connected in a line basically. I drove all the way up to Portland to chase/film the third one. I left to head up to Portland as they left the Lake Winnipesaukee area
2thongsprong 1 year ago
@2thongsprong YES! Same day.. This was the 2nd cell. The first cell didn't produce much and only grazed our area... once we received the tornado warnings for the Buxton area, we hopped in the car and started following the radar... when seeing the rotation both in the sky and on the radar, we knew we were on the right track heading towards Gorham. I think we underestimated the speed at which it was travelling, or our radar was minutes behind.
hvarle 1 year ago
@ superbeachgoer.... I was thinking the same thing just because of the different colors and cloud formation but there wasn't any intense rotation going on there. I guess it could be. Will never know :(
hvarle 1 year ago
Pause at 8:30. I think that is a tornado; I could be wrong.
SuperBeachgoer 1 year ago
holy!!! i live on the border into buxton and it was pretty intence there too! i remember me, my dog, and my dad were in the basement and he had an internet card in the laptop and we were following the storm on accuweather. I was hugging a pillow cuz i was scared our house was gonna get sucked up into the wind. the tornado actually touched down like 3 houses away from my best friends house on sunset drive! The people who lived there had a huge branch going through the windsheild of their car too.
biter1982 1 year ago
I was in Portland for this storm. It was my second definite tornadic storm of the year, I went through an area just before tornadoes hit during a trip through Canada, and may have been through a fourth in Massachusetts. The tornado that hit Paris Hill last year? Mom and I left Norway/South Paris just as the storm was starting. The year before that, a flash flood.
All in all, I'm hoping for a quieter summer next year.
katfairy1969 1 year ago
Looks like you were near the area of circulation. That was an impressive storm from Maine im glad to say. Those clouds were dark as hell. lol. Nice video, and really nice Quality :)
dad325 1 year ago
It's like your entering in a black hole.
MegaCableDude 1 year ago
I live in gorham I'm so glad my fiancee my 13mth old son and I wasn't anywhere near gorham when it all hit
WillsBabyGurl1000 1 year ago
Cool storm chase! I chased this same storm when it was just organizing in central New Hampshire. Got some sweet lightning shots. Looks like you guys caught up with some impressive outflow winds, but I didn't see anything that looked like a tornado. Great nonetheless.
tomatoplot 1 year ago
Excellent job guys!! My house was 1/3 mile further on the right (along rt. 114), from where you turned off into USM. The funnel had already past by, but you can see how nasty it still was afterwards. We were at the center and lost about 8 huge maple and oak trees, and many pines, it collapsed the back barn and power was out for two days. No trees hit the house, but the house across the street had a large tree fall into the living room. Best video I've seen yet of this event. :)
xelalaw 1 year ago
@xelalaw WOW!!! Thank you!!!!
hvarle 1 year ago
Hey pretty neat! My nephew was at the Gorham campus at a band camp that day. I still have to ask him about it but I guess it was pretty exciting! Your video did a great job of capturing it. Maybe you need to move to tornado alley? hahaha
kathyba 1 year ago
cool
weatheroasis 1 year ago
Nice video guys! That was a huge storm.
Djslates23 1 year ago
sweet i live in naples i love storms too unfortunatly these cells missed us but i can see what i miss on this channel
chargerfish1 1 year ago
I did the same type of thing, only I was in Hollis, I ended up getting the beginning of the tornado and it was a huge storm! Nice video
Djslates23 1 year ago
that was intense! we all got a little action :)
soccerald4 1 year ago
yea i saw on the lightning tracker, that storm had an insane amount of lightning strikes, almost 20,000 per hr at 1 point unfortunatly everything missed my house exept for some rain and distant thunder :(
chargerfish1 1 year ago
damn wow
MachuMacKerrson 1 year ago
what a good sister you are!
ciao614 1 year ago
Thanks for posting your video! It's nice to see what was happening close to our home when we were waiting things out in the basement.
neelyhockeyfan 1 year ago