Severe Thunderstorm in eastern Macon County 05-16-2009 (Raw HD Video)

This thunderstorm cell had some rotation and generated a severe weather statement from the GSP office of the National Weather Service as below:

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
727 PM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009

NCC099-113-173-162345-
/O.CON.KGSP.SV.W.0114.000000T0000Z-090516T2345Z/
MACON NC-SWAIN NC-JACKSON NC-
727 PM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN JACKSON...SOUTHERN SWAIN AND NORTHERN MACON
COUNTIES...

AT 727 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ALARKA...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SYLVA...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH.

ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING JUST WEST OF
SYLVA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GAY...
CHEROKEE...WEBSTER...DILLSBORO AND CULLOWHEE

LAT...LON 3550 8329 3528 8315 3516 8353 3532 8363
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 252DEG 14KT 3533 8335

$$

HG

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[Hatikva12]

This is Georgia right? I live in Houston County

[ThunderPigBlog]

Hatikva12:

No, this is Macon County, North Carolina. It is in the far west of the state where South Carolina and Georgia meet North Carolina.

[supercell1995]

That is some nice cloud structure footage. You can tell that last thunder boom was from a CG strike, the way it sounded.

Too bad i don't have an HD camcorder. what did you use to record this btw?

[ThunderPigBlog]

A Kodak Zi6. Pretty good for a $160 pocket-sized camera.

I just wished I had a real camera with a wide-angle lens to catch the full sight of the rotating cloud.

[annekiestra]

Sounds great 4:19 ! Nice video

[supercell1995]

I looked it up on ebay, it does look a little small. Your video is in good quality and the sound is just perfect. Where did you get yours?

[wildflowersandi]

LOL TP! Storm Chasin" LOL yeah it's def been unsettled. I remember one yr bf Pick passed -- having an overcast day-nuttin big--but warm-we were on the back porch eating-decided to make a Dairy Queen run-came back home to all the porch furniture strown all over the yard! Heavy Cedar furniture! The porch was covered too! LOL Looked a bomb went off on the porch--but our neighbors porch was fine!

Just never know! Thx for this.

You need to go see my new one.

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