Microburst

[salazam]

psh. I used to ride my bike to school through rain like this all the time.

[youandihavenolife]

We had one of these in Arizona in 2005 in August. The rain was just like this, except with thunder and lightning. :O

[andrewweeson]

@katelbrown97 the microbursts might pin you down if you go to the centre of it you've been warned you can't get up until the microburst ends :)

[katelbrown97]

a couple years ago we had a microburst in new jersey....

[lonogugeadult]

im here because of smallville..from the sneeze episode but im probably the only one :(

[Botronical]

lol 1:55 looks like a Giant Rabbit !

[shampoovta]

Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse

[HighDesertNews]

@shampoovta - Similar in nature with similar outcomes, a gust front or microburst with winds of 60+ mph are not uncommon with strong storms. Temporary structures are more vulnerable in these events and what happened in Indiana was most unfortunate. Best wishes in recovery for all affected in this tragedy and our condolences go out to the families of those who lost loved ones and friends.

[worldterror2012]

a few days ago it was 110 degrees and we got a micro burst that sent a tree fliping over and furniture outside that flew 10 feet almost over the wall.. im in arizona... lol clear as day to.. very random

[crazymaze22]

nice job :)

[HighDesertNews]

@crazymaze22 Thank you.

[longbeach225]

I remember this microburst in CA

[WaSupKen]

I totally remember this! I only lived a couple hundred yards away from where this was filmed!

[killme23now]

somethings missing! the likes! :O

[TheHazelErwin]

A microburst hit my suburb in Brisbane in 2008. It was publicised as severe storm damage but the few videos of it look just like this. I live on the crest of the hill where it hit, the winds pushed water through our walls and shattered windows. It was just like a 20 minute cyclone. The sound was terrifying, I still can't stand to see trees bend in the wind.

[celebrityfan1990]

this video is so realistic i felt like i was there o.O

[celebrityfan1990]

thank God I live in belize!

[raynasabine]

I was on my way home from a job interview when I got caught in a lesser microburst 1 block from home in 3" heels. I ran, but I had head to toe welts all over, even from such short exposure!

ps...I got the job ;)

[chillaxer1993]

where's chuck norris to put mother nature back in her place

[AtarahDerek]

Oh snap!  Pun intended.

[gloomyoutlook]

@AtarahDerek

hhahaahah

[SpazzFingersFB]

I was caught in one of these yesterday. It was intense! Our car was rocking back and forth!

[GutiarAce]

the microburst we just had in new york had winds of 125 mph. it tore giant trees to shreds as if they were toothpicks

[puma0425]

Wow, the power of mother nature.

[ChaseThatTornado67]

100-110 mph burst!!

[PivotExclusive]

I had a microburst yesterday. My mom was calling for my dad, I went to their room, and it was just straight dust parallel to the ground. And the wind knocked my basketball hoop over.

Crazy day!

[bookworm1960]

You don't need a microburst or a tornado to see winds of this intensity. I grew up in Plymouth, Mi., and every year there would be two or three really bad sever storms pass through that had winds that were clocked at 80+ MPH.

[veggiegrow7]

2:26

[orphanrocks]

My grandma told me tht a few years ago b4 i was born there were microbursts here in new york but idk i wasnt alive then b8ut she took pickures and they made so much damage tht for like 4 hours no one cldn leave there houses and i think she said there was no power cuz it took out power lines and ugh it was just awful!

[melissasmrz1]

I and a bunch of others in my town of seneca, IL think we had a microburst because all of the other towns and cities were flooded in the streets but, we had only had about a minute or two a drizzling and then it got windy and caused damage but, nothing like it was in chicago and surrounding areas. I'm just lucky that no one got hurt when a local power line got torn off the pole.

[PlusleTG]

chuck norris sneezing

[Nuker1337]

I love these microbursts.

[ciityinruins]

We have those a lot in NY haha.

[Darkc0w]

Doesn't he sound like W Bush? Not to insult him

[darkside3704]

I've had a terrifying ordeal with a micro burst in PA. At a place called eagle lake. It was said to be Very rare occurrence. i was in the middle of the lake Bright & sunny day when, high winds and lighting came. i was blown in the air about 9 feet on my tube. a small water spout formed about 45 ft from me, i managed to hop inside a strangers car to get home.. T__T sorry if it sounds dramatic its just how it happened

[jasada09]

we just had this in Johnstown,PA about 5.5 hours ago we were with out power for 5 hours crazy stuff scary stuff glad its over

[Omatunto]

damn, i love america for its incredibly rich assortment of extreme weather events

[Bluetailvappy]

Yeah, to show how localized these events can be. We had a Microburst here in the area, which completely destroyed a block built hardware store back in 1997. The buildings next to it were largely untouched however. Most of the trees across the street snapped in the high winds however. And to this day there is a sign about 600 feet away from the old hardware store that is still bent at an angle. They estimated winds in it from 120-135mph.

[ahn4694]

i had one too 2 years ago in the summer... it surprised me alot.. big tree branches fell down from like 50 feet above the ground and barely touched my house.. but it did destroy my car on the driveway. i saw it all and i had never seen that type of weather in my life.. it was like a small hurricane that lasted less than 5 minutes and then all of a sudden it was blue skys outside?!?!?!

[COD5money]

there was a huge microburst that blew through my street like an hour ago ...no frickin kidding!!! we were sitting on the couch watching the cleavelend show and then were heard a massive roar. i ran to the dor and went outside and there were people on the sidewalks struggling to keep ballance.... and it only lasted like 30 seconds.

[wargrinder00]

Awesome !

[annimusprime]

At the end, powerlines fell over as a result of the high winds. o.o

[Acinarret]

We had microburst here. Even though we had no trees in our yard we ended up with 8 of them on our house. That and a power line too. I ended up having to take shelter in the basement with our two dogs. It was pretty freaking scary.

[multicashwin]

Now i want a microburst,5,000mph winds

and hail the size of manhole cover's lol.

Northeast new jersey get's very little in the way of micro's!!The storm we had tuesday was impressive with thunder and lightning but hardly any wind.

[jose101101]

we had a microburst today in bronx,ny very rare here, wind and rain was so bad that i could not see my sidewalk!!!. alot of branches down it was crazy but nice. PS. lightning also struck my window lol.

[HighDesertNews]

Good to see your entry. That means you weren't standing by the window. : ) Lightning is strange stuff. Never turn your back on it. Keep safe... DJ

[pr4nk5tr]

@HighDesertNews

Once a lighting bolt went through my window and almost hit me.

Surprisingly the window was fine and didn't show any signs of damage.

[ChaseThatTornado67]

@jose101101 and yesterday

[jose101101]

@ChaseThatTornado67  yes had another one yesterday, alos in july

NYC is getting hit alot by severe weather

125mph in Brooklyn

btw i dont get scared anymore, check my vids lol

[sabbath7]

Just had one today 7-28-09 in S.C. Never seen anything like that in my life. It seemed like a routine thunderstorm and then all hell broke loose. Scary stuff!!!!

[343GuiltysparkHALO]

just had one of these in timonium maryland , lost a car as a result

[packerfan10]

I am in So Cal and last September I got a fairly rare hot micro burst. The temperature skyrocketed for a bit after the blast of wind during late season thunderstorms.

[xxtachycardiaxx]

There was one at the end of one of the runways at Midway Airport in Chicago lastnight, I'm a flight attendant and we were waiting to leave to return to Toronto and had to evacuate our crew to go into the airport.... I've never seen anything like it before in my life

[JustYourAverageNick]

yesterday i was filming a storm and one of these blew threw and i almost got knocked over...they're intense! its like a tornado is near you

[KristyKeene]

I am from Columbia KY and I remember Movie Gallery... It was just kind of laid on top of Arby's....

[veryrandomname]

i'm from campbellsville kentucky and 1 day when i was in walmart, it was storming, all of a sudden, all the lights went out.a few minutes later some people came into walmart saying that Movie Gallery was gone, it was demolished. the freekiest thing was that me and my family was about to go there before it was destroyed. people kept on saying that it was a strate line wind and some people said it was a tornado. ive herd that a micro burst is a strate line wind. thats what i think it was

[stargazer93]

@veryrandomname Im from russell springs and i remember that. Craziest thing ever. It was sunny and nice all day. No storms were predicted. Just all of a sudden some major wind came through randomly. And we turned on the radio after the gusts had passed and turns out arbys was damaged, the movie gallery was leveled, and several trucks at amazon were tipped over.

[saywhatnowdude]

Micro eh? Seems like it's too small of a word for *some* reason.

[mgskibum55]

on my street one of those bursts picked a trampoline up from some ones back yard threw it across the street into my neighbors front yard

[hhhhyyyffff]

that has not happend to me but, I am sure it is frightning

[CharlestonChew03]

crazy stuff =O

[cvidalia]

We had a microbrust hit yesterday in Louisiana. I don't want to go through another one!!!! Trees and power lines are down everywhere.

[antwon369]

I was at home when that happened when I was preparing to go to church

[grahambyron]

and this is what hit the cowboys traing structure? no wonder it fell

[xohearts16]

when i was in 5th grade three years ago there was a microburst in my small town while i was in school. it was the end of the day and the principal made us stay inside until it was over and it was INTENSE! at the time i was pretty scared but hey.. i can now say i experienced one of those things. cool :P

[THEJACKAL09]

I was caught outside during a wet microburst in the seventh grade. I was hit with a bunch of debris from trees (luckily nothing larger than a stick) and had to ditch my overstuffed backpack! I thought I was caught in a tornado or something, my young self didn't know what to do other than run and scream loudly.

[thegirl44]

I had a similar experience: I was out walking my dog, sixth or seventh grade, saw the storm coming and headed for home. Just as the rain started to mist down we got hit by a microburst. It was almost comical the way it stopped after the dog got over her shock and started barking at the sky, but only in retrospect, I was scared shitless when it happened..

[djAnakin]

Filmed right down the street from my house. I've seen more crazy weather here in Ridegcrest, than I ever saw while living in Shreveport. You'd think it would be the opposite, but there it's just normal rain.

[skatemericayo]

dude, this just happened at my house yesterday. it was CRAZY

[FlyingWing92]

At 2:25 it gets very intense. That was some crazy shit!

[derbeh]

i used to live in china lake. we would get some WICKED summer storms there. i remember the 250 yr. flood that wiped out the basements of michelson labs.

[hammerogod]

I starts to get interesting when the Power Poles go down.

I lived most of my adult life in Oklahoma (I live in New Mexico now) and I have seen my share of downed Trees and Telephone Poles.

(even here in New Mexico we get Derechos that will amaze you).

[stormspinner1]

Also when a derecho comes through, you can get incredible winds, have seen bursts of over 101 mph. When a thunderstorm collapses, you can get some strong winds, too. Excellent.

*StormSpinner1* in Texas

[starnine83]

Do you remember what they clocked the winds at in that microburst? Must've been pretty intense..wouldn't blame you if you had left a load in your pants I know I sure would have.

[HighDesertNews]

Unfortunately, no. 10 years ago there wasn't the number of remote weather (personal) stations there are today. I'd guess the wind was in the ball park of 100+. When I noticed the poles bent at 90 degrees with my left eye, I would imagine they were over 100. I've never seen or imagined a power pole could do that.

[Chondoman]

i would be crapping my pants when the power lines went down.

[HighDesertNews]

I nearly did. Also, right after they did go down, you'll notice the camera gets a little shakey. That's not because of my nerves, it was because the car was rocking so bad I couldn't hold it still. Thanks for the comment.

[ThamMalaysia]

@HighDesertNews

Wouldn't winds coming down vertically with the force

of over 100 mph have punched right thru or at least

dented badly the car's roof ?

[HighDesertNews]

@ThamMalaysia No. Wind alone at that speed would not be enough to dent a vehicle structure. Debris is the primary damaging factor in winds of that speed, regardless of the cause.

[ThamMalaysia]

@HighDesertNews

I was thinking that if it could break much thicker and

harder lighting poles and trees, the vertical velocity

and force should easily crush the much thinner

chassis of a car.

[xXVi3t4lyfeXx]

@ThamMalaysia lay on top of your car for 2 minutes. im assuming ur over 100lbs but there won't be that much damage.

[nicksacutie96]

Due about 2 months ago Concord, NC had a terrible microburst. The skies were black and there were 70+ mph winds!! It was crazy.

[racsito39]

Fascinating._

[JustBlowItUp8192]

over in at rockcliff m. airport a down burst made some planes spin and there wings rocked like crazy and it was awesome you could do the leaning into the wind thing!

[MTEXX2]

nice catch on film

[Unkownwatcher]

That was awsome becuase it seemed like an F-2 tornado went by and destroyed that powerline or a hurricane.

[demonicwolf69]

i can attest for multiple micro burst out of my area these winds are prety dangerous and something i wont ever be driveing in if i do get caught in one ive learned from past experinces pull over sit tight enjoy the show..

49 trees feel while back in july my area by a storm produceing 80-100mph winds.

[WLSweat]

This happened to my community last Saturday except we had a lot of lightning and thunder. It lifted up structures outside that weighed over 100 pounds.

[rolls283]

2:26-that's the proof that those winds were STRONG! :P

[mvlty]

I saw one of these microbursts today! Knocked a whole bunch of trees down on our property.

[zelderado]

it was actually the same day a ride at kennywood park got ripped up and killed a couple ppl

[zelderado]

i live just north of the pittsburgh metro area, so tornados arent really frequent to the area. just north of where i live get a few tornados a year. i have been through a microburst before, at least thats what everyone was calling it. it took 8 trees down in my yard and put 4 thru my house, knocking off my front porch and one crashed thru my ceiling although i was luckily down the street at a grocery store at the time. when i looked outside after the power went out i i just saw debris and white

[Stormchaser2be]

Last time a microburst blew thru was about maybe a year ago here...it wasnt even really raining that hard but when it dispersed on the ground it instantly went white out...it was crazy yo...

[Jakemyheart]

I was in a micro burst before! It was freakin scary! I wasn't very strong though. You could see it aproach because we were by a baseball feild and you could see all the dust getting kicked up. Super freaky!

[bakeeln]

dude seroiusly where i live i miss all the thunderstorms there is like a thunderstorm 1 mile north of me and they got all th ewinds and hail and me we get nutting excxept sprinkles that happens everysummer not even ONE THUNDERSTORM HIT OVER US DIRECTLY

[RRViper800TT]

where do you live? I'm in northern illinois and we'll get 2 of these a summer with maybe 8storms to spare in basically any city you choose north and west of chicago. Then again, you could choose central oklahoma and die lol.

[RRViper800TT]

where do you live? I'm in northern illinois and we'll get 2 of these a summer with maybe 8storms to spare in basically any city you choose north and west of chicago. Then again, you could choose central oklahoma and die lol.

[bakeeln]

i live north of boston in massahcusetts

[murve33]

Hey that happens to me, I live in southern Minnesota though.

If you look at the map that shows where the severe thunderstorm/tornado warnings are, every county surrounding ours has one, but we don't. It's a let down.

[delmz30012]

this happened where i live in south heights it was was some crazy ass shit it flipped houses and garages and it blew my friends tramploline like a quarter of a mile away lol and knocked ALOT of hUGE trees down it was nuts we all thought it was a tornado but it was a microburst

[al1377]

Sweet air vents at 02:16!! Nice footage too

[HighDesertNews]

Thanks. It was great, wasn't it? Unless you had to work in it. : )

[al1377]

I have always wanted to do severe weather chasing and over here in Oregon we never get any life threating weather, but I can only imagine it never gets easy going through something intense like that and keep the footage rolling so people like me who love this stuff get to see. Awesome!!! Any tornado footage?

[HighDesertNews]

Unfortunately, living in California has it's disadvantages where aquiring tornado footage is concerned. The closest thing I have is 1 chase I did during a 2 week visit to Norman which is in my video file. I have some aftermath of the Wewoka tornado I'll be posting soon, along with other chase video I shot while I was there.

[TPS308]

wow, that must have been intense. I got caught in one of those before but thankfully I only got a little dust in my eyes.

[BeefyPorker25]

We get lots of these where I live commonly around the 100km/h mark, the last one we had was a couple of weeks ago and had gusts to 121km/h, many palms and branches were snapped and a huge African mahogony tree was totally uprooted in as little as 20 minutes.

[jbryan1888]

The strongest winds are near the end of the microburst. An aircraft flying through it near the beginning may not report that bad of winds, but if a pilot behind him chooses to go through the same microburst it may bee too late.

[cripplehawk]

1 microburst took down a Delta flight in DAllas back in 85 (DL191). VERY DANGEROUS for airliners.

[chngngsldr54]

Once a micro-burst picked up my friends trampoline and threw it onto the roof of a house 2 blocks away...

[wxchaserwil]

What were the wind speeds estimated at? Just before the poles snapped you can hear the winds intensify. I would think they had to be between 80-100mph. In Lake Elsinore on 8/31/07 I was in a microburst there and saw a powerpole snapped in half after the microburst settled down. I was only 1/2 mile from that spot but although the winds were intense, they were not as much as in your video, but I estimate they definitely were right where the pole fell just 1/2 mile north of me.

[HighDesertNews]

It's difficult for me to estimate because everything happened so fast. I would say the strongest of the wind hit the power poles first because I saw them bent, (not snapped yet), at a 90 degree angle through my left eye. At that point I swung the camera around just in time to catch the one going down. Then it was my turn. I've never been in wind strong enough I felt it was going to roll me before. : )

[wxchaserwil]

I have to admit this video is one of the best I have ever seen. I am constatly mesmerized by it.

[wxchaserwil]

I was caught in several severe thunderstorms with microbursts down in Lake Elsinore and Perris, that toppled power poles just like this one. You can see my videos of them on my channel. But this video raised the hair on the back of my neck!

[canlasboy]

so was this like a supercell thunderstorm or something?

[HighDesertNews]

No, just a large storm that collapsed over south Ridgecrest.

[canlasboy]

did it come from the west? have we ever had any supercells here in the desert? a few days ago, i guess there was a small tornado reported near rosamond or mojave...somewheres near there

[HighDesertNews]

By the time it was brought to my attention, it was over town already. The storms subsequent to it moved from west to east so this one probaby did too.

Supercells, like tornadoes, can occur anywhere if conditions are favorable. They are not common for this area. The tornado on 9-1-07 near Mojave (although short lived), was reported by one weather spotter and the fire department. Mojave Desert News reported it snapped power poles in Rosamond which I had also heard on the scanner.

[BeefyPorker25]

was this large storm a Squall line thunderstorm?

[HighDesertNews]

No. There were several individual storm cells that day, and very large ones.

[canlasboy]

wait isnt that near howards mini market? i remember that storm!! it was insane!!! i remember the power went out when the powerline fell....the next day is was like a million degrees outside and all my fish died...yep

[HighDesertNews]

Yes, it was shot from behind Howards. It was intense for sure.

[canlasboy]

yeah i used to live near howards mini market...i lived on glen ct. i remember that same day, i was at walmart with my parents they told us to get out of walmart because the lights were flickering in the store...when we got back, i remember how windy it was and all the streets were literally 5 ft. deep. a few minutes after we got back, the house started to really shake and the power went off...good memories.

[canlasboy]

i meant the water was 5ft deep

[canlasboy]

thats what its like when you are under the dark red spot of the storm on radar.

[torontostorms]

Unfortunately, I've never experienced anything like this. Might have to wait several years.

[HighDesertNews]

Not necessarily. Just stay ahead of the storm and wait for it to fall apart. :)

[ellieysama]

Whoa thats amazing strneght, almost like a Hurricane.

[HighDesertNews]

Good stuff!!!