Looks like a nice large wall cloud. I couldn't tell from the video if it was rotating. Still cool to see that in MI. I have seen some good supercells in MI in my 10 years of chasing that compare to that out west. The difference is the moisture saturated air makes storms in MI harder to see because of the haze and with all the trees as well.
Yeah, that is huge, even by Kansas the only' standards. That thing was a good half-mile wide at its downward tip, maybe more. some idiots believe only F4 and F5 tornados occur in Kansas. 9th worst tornado occurred in Flint, MI in about 1953 and it is the last one to kill over 100 people (116) in the USA. Then there was the Grand Rapids F5, and the 3 F2 and F3 tornados that ripped through Detroit and 4 suburbs in 1997.
The day of the tornado outbreak in SE lower MI, July 2nd 1997 I had a rotating wall cloud pass right over me. No funnel, just a distinct lowered base and the clouds were getting sucked up and pushed back down and around. Coolest weather phenomena I ever seen to date.
in 2007 there was a F4 tornado that hit flint and then straveled to pontiac then lake orion then detroit...
Sike991 3 years ago
that hit me.
RedOakStables9 2 years ago
@Sike991 no there wasn't... i remember every storm and there was nothing like that in 2007.. are you talking about 2006 onE?
matty1053 2 years ago
@matty1053 Yeah it was probably 2006...
Sike991 1 year ago
It's a funnel. Look at 0.04 to 0.06 and you can distinctly see the cloud it has emerged from, also at about 0.15 to 0.18 or so.
christof139 3 years ago
Looks like a nice large wall cloud. I couldn't tell from the video if it was rotating. Still cool to see that in MI. I have seen some good supercells in MI in my 10 years of chasing that compare to that out west. The difference is the moisture saturated air makes storms in MI harder to see because of the haze and with all the trees as well.
midwestchaser 3 years ago
Yeah, that is huge, even by Kansas the only' standards. That thing was a good half-mile wide at its downward tip, maybe more. some idiots believe only F4 and F5 tornados occur in Kansas. 9th worst tornado occurred in Flint, MI in about 1953 and it is the last one to kill over 100 people (116) in the USA. Then there was the Grand Rapids F5, and the 3 F2 and F3 tornados that ripped through Detroit and 4 suburbs in 1997.
christof139 3 years ago
its not huge go 2 kansas
pablowick 3 years ago
its huge for those who are not used to seeing this type of thing
kat3698 3 years ago
woah! they are my worst fear ever!! i've lived in texas since i was about 2! yeah try living with that every spring!
sweetyessimexicana 3 years ago
that things...HUGE
ArrrAndBeee 4 years ago
The day of the tornado outbreak in SE lower MI, July 2nd 1997 I had a rotating wall cloud pass right over me. No funnel, just a distinct lowered base and the clouds were getting sucked up and pushed back down and around. Coolest weather phenomena I ever seen to date.
RayAir1 4 years ago
yea looks like a tornadic wall cloud
Jamiesyme999 4 years ago
cool video im a storm spotter and is a wall cloud and it could be forming a tornado.
crashmanproductions 4 years ago
wow... bitter much?
sarasmilesgl 4 years ago
That is a wall cloud, good video
Martek100 5 years ago 3
That is probably a wall cloud, a lowering in the cloud base from which most tornadoes come from. In that case, you were very lucky.
dachrisman2004 5 years ago