Karval, CO Lightning Storm

Video of an intense lightning storm that occurred over east-central Colorado on July 3rd. This area didn't have the same tornadic potential as northeast CO, but the lightning show was still spectacular. Starts off a little slow, but the pace picks up with cloud-ground strikes hitting all around me. Watch for the positive staccato strike half way through!

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Entertainment

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• Karval
• Limon
• Colorado
• lightning
• storm
• positive
• CG
• staccato
• plasma

[xrichpnkrockerx]

a tornadoe at 0:51

[jmchaser]

Nope, no tornadoes in this one. What sort of looked like that was just heavy rain shafts that formed into a dark area under the storm.

[Staccato26]

Nice vid! Photography Heaven! :D

did you chase alone in this vid?

[jmchaser]

Thanks! Yeah, chased this one solo. Usually prefer it that way when chasing highly electrified, intense storms like this one due to the increased direct threat from rogue streamers and/or return strikes. A Non-tornadic storm with CG's hitting everywhere is much more dangerous than your average tornadic supercell just because of the random/nearly unpredictable nature of lightning. And yes, this would've been photography heaven--if I actually had my dSLR!! (;-(

[cowboyzsuk81]

0:59 was close!!! did that hit ur car? or is that the ghost affect?

[jmchaser]

LOL...Fortunately, none of the strikes hit the car. Some came damn close though!! By ghost effect, I think you're referring to the foggy area on the windshield that looks to be "under" or in-line with the camcorder's view where the staccato (+CG) bolt hit? Either way, again that strike did NOT hit the car! The streaked mist on the windshield was from the defrost trying to clear the glass. One of these days...

[cowboyzsuk81]

lol if i were in that car with u, i would have been doing the same thing (recording it)

[U2FAN1992]

CGs are Cloud to Ground lightning strikes.

[35ilikepie]

i love the frame-by-frame you did...i hope to be able to storm chase like that one day...it's vids like these that make me want to be a storm chaser more and more :D

[DrBrianProductions]

i love videos like this :D

[Joshstarrr]

2 questions how come the lightnings not making any noise?? and what would actually happen if it hit your car? please answer! thanks!! :)

[PositivelyBored]

STOP...TALKING...DURING ...YOUR...>VIDEOS

only amateurs talk and ruin videos.

[gejwaites]

Must have felt so nice sitting in your car watching that, I love lightning storms.

By the way, are you safe if lightning strikes your car?

[DBROWN1588]

oh snap, 1:00

[trothic]

omg that is so awsome

[1petealmquist1]

cloud to ground

[plouto04]

wat is a cg?

[chieldeventer]

Great video, so much CG strikes, and so close! Very nice storm..