Nov 16 2008 - 130+ km/h Damaging Thunderstorm wind gusts near Tamborine QLD Australia

These were reported to be the wildest supercell storms that the south east Queensland area has experienced in 28 years.

This was at the height of the first storm that affected the Gold Coast hinterland near the Canungra / Tamborine / Cedar Creek areas.

Some of the wind gusts in this video were easily over 100km/h and the most frightening thing about it was the loud howling roar which you can hear to a certain extent from about 0:50 onwards..

A pretty close lightning/thunder flang can be heard towards the end of the video also..

This was quite a scary experience.. as the wind at some points was rattling the car around from side to side and even slightly lifted the van onto two wheels a couple of times..

I had a friend with me on this chase.. so there's a bit of chatting in the background.. sorry if this bores / annoys anyone.

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[tropicalchaser]

Seen many of these. Closer to 150 kph. 90+ mph

[Hinezy77]

@tropicalchaser Yeah like I was saying to someone in another comment.. I based the 130km/h estimate on a gust measured by a weather station nearby. Lots of trees were flattened nearby so I kinda figure there must have been some higher gusts around the place!

[tysimon]

Sorry, but I think those winds are much more than 130 km/h, if you compare to Hurricanes or Typhoon winds (generally, tropical cyclones winds) at peak they seems to be well above CAT 1 winds.

[Hinezy77]

@tysimon Yeah you might be right. There was a weather station nearby that recorded a 130km/h gust but i was on top of a hill so it's quite possible that the wind gusts were stronger.

[yamahonkawazuki]

@Hinezy77 yeah id have to agree wiht him. this has to be higher than 130 kph. looks liek it.

[Hinezy77]

@yamahonkawazuki I just based the 130km/h winds on the nearest weather station which recorded a 130km/h gust. The fact that I was on top of a hill getting blasted my microburst winds means they could well have been much higher, but I can't be sure since I didn't have any equipment to measure them tho' :(

[stormspinner1]

That is CRAZY!  I've never seen wind like that ... hope you were in a car or strong shelter. The windiest, rainiest, lightning-iest I've ever seen - and I thought Southern Plains storms were fierce! Wow. Adding to favorites, 5/5 stars!

*StormSpinner1* in Texas

[burrows121]

Holy shit! I'd like to see mary poppins try and float away in THAT! XD

[cape6000jkg]

Looks like 60 mph.

[handal1973]

Scary I hates wind !

[robinb4life]

downburst

[superchaser3]

Holy shit that was scary.

[uzaiyaro]

@Hinezy77 From doppler radar readings on the day, the peak gust at The Gap was 186km/h IIRC.

[yamahonkawazuki]

BUT well, id try NOT to be under trees during this. they can blow down, and ruin your day or lightning can strike them. course you know this, im just saying. from experience

[yamahonkawazuki]

@Hinezy77 well whatever speed it was, 130kp/h or higher. fact is it was blowing HARD Eh? lol. had to have been an experience. im one of those crazy yanks who likes to approach, not flee tornados. and have plans to experience a hurricane lol

[allen123636]

AWESOME