Thunder Storm Pittsburgh PA June 17, 2009

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  • This is the first wave of thunderstorms to roll through Pittsburgh PA on June 17, 2009. View is from Mt. Lebanon towards the West with lightening strikes hitting area of Kirwin Heights PA. Also check out • Slow Mo Lightening

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  • @Benjy9845
    @Benjy9845 10 років тому +30

    One of the best storm videos I've ever seen. So atmospheric!

  • @SixFeetUndr101
    @SixFeetUndr101 14 років тому +7

    I live near Greensburg, PA and these storms did a ton a damage in our area. Storms like this are almost hypnotic, this was the first time that a storm actually scared me.
    Great video, I took some too but it isnt as good. Great work!

  • @richardasharp
    @richardasharp  13 років тому +2

    @FireFlamesrocks the near strike was about 1.5 miles from the camera. It blew out a sub station on rt 50 which is about 1.5 mile from where the camera was located.

  • @richardasharp
    @richardasharp  15 років тому +2

    The view is from Mt. Lebanon to the West. The strikes appear to be in Kirwin Heights PA.

  • @MikuFan3931
    @MikuFan3931 3 роки тому +2

    Thor is battling with the Hulk again.

  • @tyhays6425
    @tyhays6425 3 місяці тому

    I’ll never forget this storm, I was only 7 and I can still remember the EAS coming on our TV and seconds after the broadcast stopped the lights went out and all hell broke loose outside

  • @ritaeh8794
    @ritaeh8794 5 років тому +3

    Yikes! What a storm! And such beautiful scenery. Thank you for sharing this.

  • @SuperSonicTrolling
    @SuperSonicTrolling 6 років тому +17

    The thunder sounds like explosions with the sound quality which is funny.

  • @cheese-qw9vd
    @cheese-qw9vd 6 років тому +2

    This is one of the best lightning storms I've ever seen. Thanks for the friggin awesome footage

  • @richardasharp
    @richardasharp  15 років тому +4

    I shot this from my apartment balcony located in Mt. Lebanon. The view is from Mt. Lebanon towards the West with lightening strikes hitting area of Kirwin Heights PA

  • @richardasharp
    @richardasharp  14 років тому +2

    @waggeo99 This view is from The Bower Hill Apartments facing due west, looking across Scott Twp to Kerwin Heights, across I-79 and on to Ohio.

  • @marshallbs
    @marshallbs 14 років тому +2

    I love storms like this that spit tons of CG's out of the shelf cloud / rain-free base. They are rare. With most storms the lighting bolts are mostly inside the rain so it isn't nearly as photogenic.

  • @usmc7098
    @usmc7098 7 років тому

    Absolutely the best electrical storm video I've seen to date. Steady video, held in one direction (Not trying to follow each and every flash) with proper focus and no idiotic commentary. Thank-you so much!

  • @williamperryjr1324
    @williamperryjr1324 4 місяці тому

    This storm is like nothing I ever experienced!!!! These thunder claps sounded explosive!

  • @richardasharp
    @richardasharp  11 років тому +8

    yes it was loud and the closest strike was about one mile away.

  • @richardasharp
    @richardasharp  11 років тому +2

    Freddy, There could have been closer strikes but the one that hit a power sub station was about a mile away.

  • @lesliekeith9230
    @lesliekeith9230 5 років тому +3

    This is absolutely superb...

  • @sharkfinz6
    @sharkfinz6 13 років тому

    this is the best storm video ive seen - ans such a clear picture!! awesome

  • @woody95124
    @woody95124 6 років тому

    One of the best thunderstorm vids I have seen......

  • @theshofiecat
    @theshofiecat 13 років тому

    This is my favorite part of a storm. Before any rain falls, the wind, the thunder, the lightning. I especially love the singing birds in the background too. :D

  • @kwsths99
    @kwsths99 11 років тому +1

    Man that's a massive and very beautiful storm. If only we had such thunderstorms in Greece.

  • @hermanuslemmer1695
    @hermanuslemmer1695 6 років тому +3

    This is intense. A number of these bolts had eight or more return strokes. I counted eleven return strokes for the bolt at 1:40. From the size of some of these bolts and the number of return strokes, I am guessing that a lot of these bolts are positive.

    • @hermanuslemmer1695
      @hermanuslemmer1695 2 роки тому

      Actually, I don't believe these bolts were positive. Positive bolts usually have only one flash and look straight. Also, the thunder from positive bolts sounds like bombs detonating.

  • @cheese-qw9vd
    @cheese-qw9vd 2 роки тому

    Still one of my favorite videos 4 years later

  • @mrthomaschannelearth
    @mrthomaschannelearth 13 років тому

    This is one of the best thunderstorm videos i've seen on UA-cam
    Great upload

  • @bassmentcage
    @bassmentcage 12 років тому

    Great storm... Showing my three year old this vid as we have thunderstorms in the uk today. This was a great example of thunder & lightening!

  • @codygdogs95
    @codygdogs95 12 років тому +1

    Best lightning video yet!

  • @jeannekahle3344
    @jeannekahle3344 Рік тому

    That was one of the longest,loudest,storms that I ever heard! Great lightening shots,too.

  • @richardasharp
    @richardasharp  13 років тому +1

    @Flackerr
    The speed of sound is about one kilometer in three seconds or approximately one mile in five seconds.

  • @Michael-cf9vs
    @Michael-cf9vs Рік тому

    Wow!! Phenomenal video!! This is like the Thunderstorms we get in South Florida in the summer.

  • @SuntoryTime17
    @SuntoryTime17 14 років тому +1

    What a Beautiful Storm !! Congratulations !

  • @gibbs1966
    @gibbs1966 10 років тому

    Hello I am from Oslo,Norway and I just loved your video...Spectacular and awsome!. Seen a few in Orlando over the past years on vacation,but this one gave me goosebumps!

  • @thebrummierailenthusiasts5329
    @thebrummierailenthusiasts5329 3 роки тому +2

    I believe you wasn’t expecting to hear that thunderstorm coming closer and closer towards your area Richard

    • @richardasharp
      @richardasharp  3 роки тому +3

      Actually I was expecting the storm to come directly at me because that is the way most storms roll here, West to east.

  • @richardasharp
    @richardasharp  14 років тому +1

    Yes, Pittsburgh is near the Ohio state line. The view if the camera is due west towards Ohio about 25 miles as the crow flies.

  • @carltakacs3236
    @carltakacs3236 4 роки тому +2

    Now that's a helluva storm! Could almost feel my scalp tingle as my hair stands up (actually happened once, pretty lucky)! Looks like you were pretty close to the action...

  • @lamborghiniman226
    @lamborghiniman226 13 років тому +1

    I remember this day. 3 storms rolled through and i was outside videotaping them all day. Lol.

  • @Stopstaring101
    @Stopstaring101 5 років тому +3

    This was excellent 🏆

  • @gitane1976
    @gitane1976 14 років тому +2

    Nice catch!!!! I'd like to film some storms here in Montreal. We don't have often storms like that but they are as scary as that....

  • @iangilldjsuperdude
    @iangilldjsuperdude Рік тому

    That is one epic lightning barrage!

  • @celsolopessilva9644
    @celsolopessilva9644 6 років тому +3

    excellent video !!!

  • @lildino72
    @lildino72 15 років тому

    freekin awesome video man, you can see the cloud rotation, i'm from the latrobe area, westmoreland county, storm there was insane

  • @PotatoTheCat2001
    @PotatoTheCat2001 6 місяців тому +1

    That was a big storm!

  • @b0lliks
    @b0lliks 14 років тому

    one of the best storm vids on youtube.....5*****.

  • @EddieSchirmer
    @EddieSchirmer 12 років тому

    absolutely superb video, you have an excellent vantage point where you are.

  • @zezo69
    @zezo69 Рік тому

    damn, i'm glad i clicked this video. Such a photogenic storm

  • @Facewest
    @Facewest 13 років тому

    Thank you, Great video I enjoyed seeing who long it took for the sound to reach the camera after each lightening bolt.

  • @HeliosWx
    @HeliosWx 13 років тому +3

    Welcome to Pittsburgh:
    If you don't like the weather,
    wait 5 minutes.

  • @rakshitwharton09
    @rakshitwharton09 Рік тому +2

    1:40 loudest thunder ever

  • @weatherataglance6075
    @weatherataglance6075 4 роки тому +1

    Something kept getting struck right in the middle of the camera view. Must have been really charged.

  • @xr454
    @xr454 14 років тому

    With the changing climate and weather patterns, Pittsburgh can definitely look forward to more significant tornadic activity in the very near future.

  • @jacques96343
    @jacques96343 12 років тому

    Wow, the sound of that thunder strike (4:40min) let me think of that one thunder that struck the roof of my uncles house. My dad was exactly under it.

  • @ladonna1902
    @ladonna1902 6 років тому

    You don't want to be outside when it is lightning like this. We had a storm like this in Detroit a couple of weeks ago. The lightning was so bad, I wouldn't dare go outside. I didn't even want to get close to the windows. Also, we had brief power outages due to the power surges. This is definitely clear the baseball diamonds and clear the golf courses kind of weather.

  • @richardasharp
    @richardasharp  12 років тому +1

    @WhosMunch
    yes they did and they blew out a electric power sub station.

  • @artsci2716
    @artsci2716 10 років тому +3

    Saturday August 30th Pittsburgh had some bad storms!

  • @krenkson
    @krenkson 14 років тому

    Thanks man, this is just amazing video... exactly what I was looking for... no voices just thunders and nature....BRAVO!
    Do you have some more? Here in London is crap no lightnings :(

  • @hellohjbgjh
    @hellohjbgjh 8 місяців тому

    My thunderstorms where I live are rather different. In Eastern France. I am very happy when I film them but they give two or three lightning strikes at most!

  • @Agui007
    @Agui007 8 місяців тому

    With super charged + lightning going out is no no! 😳

  • @blitzedburgh090
    @blitzedburgh090 13 років тому

    I live in dormont. was at my friends house in dormont up by St, Bernards church. he got up went to the kitchen and said DUDE! come quick. black wall of clouds. lol we sat on his roof till it was too close. remember this like it happened yesterday. by far the most extreme storm i ever seen.

  • @THEDUCK201
    @THEDUCK201 13 років тому

    What a brilliant view! I wanna live right there!

  • @RickeSharp
    @RickeSharp 6 років тому

    Thanks hasn't rained here in Southern California for 6 months.

  • @rickcooke1988
    @rickcooke1988 14 років тому

    amazing video mate, i didnt watched it through first time, second time i just lied back and listend

  • @herc1120
    @herc1120 14 років тому

    Great view of an amazing storm.

  • @LaserDarkDX
    @LaserDarkDX 11 років тому

    Very nice lightning and cloud structure!

  • @FixingWithPassion
    @FixingWithPassion 15 років тому

    Wow!! Amazing deadly lightning.

  • @richardasharp
    @richardasharp  15 років тому

    You are correct. I went back and took one second at 3:10 and slowed it down and you can indeed see the white light from what appears to be a ground explosion. Look at the Video Responses for a better view.

  • @zildjianrideclassic
    @zildjianrideclassic 13 років тому +1

    Rich,
    How close do you think the lightning was?

  • @blitzedburgh090
    @blitzedburgh090 14 років тому

    I was right freakin in the middle of it . The best storm I've experienced to date...

  • @candycane15135
    @candycane15135 15 років тому

    Im in Mckees Rocks we got it bad but not as bad as east Pittsburgh and Turtle Creek

  • @K15A6
    @K15A6 3 роки тому

    BROOOOOO I WAS BORN 21 DAYS AFTER THIS

  • @katemonster1
    @katemonster1 14 років тому

    If you watch this video in fast forward, you can actually see the clouds circling in a tornado-like fashion. I'm surprised they didn't have us under a tornado warning tfor this one. Without a doubt one of the craziest storms I've ever been witness to!

  • @StormchaserFG
    @StormchaserFG 12 років тому

    Wow what for a beautiful Supercell with postive Lightnings!

  • @claudioferreiraraio9322
    @claudioferreiraraio9322 11 років тому

    Moro no Vale do Paraíba,tb em SP e o clima aqui é assim tb. Eu amo essas tempestades bem eletrificadas!!

  • @Mitsuru14
    @Mitsuru14 14 років тому

    i live about 2 miles away form Pittsburgh, BUT the is in 1st place at being the worst storm I've ever scene.

  • @richardasharp
    @richardasharp  12 років тому

    Oh, it is very real and so was the affect it had on sections of Pittsburgh east of where this location.

  • @Nelphoto
    @Nelphoto 13 років тому

    @RichardSharp
    My grandparents live there. They face Birdland aswell. You get some prety nice views of sunsets up there as well!

  • @stormz1243
    @stormz1243 12 років тому

    Mt Lebanon always seems to get pounded. I live off of beadling and bird park is right across the street and the tree get annihilated by lightning.

  • @carpforever3317
    @carpforever3317 4 роки тому

    Those cracks are insane dude 😍

  • @PotatoTheCat2001
    @PotatoTheCat2001 6 місяців тому

    Very close call was at 4:38 and VIOLENT lightning strike at 6:34

  • @rakshitwharton09
    @rakshitwharton09 Рік тому

    This is the most worst thunderstorm I’ve ever heard

  • @greggmcbride346
    @greggmcbride346 5 років тому +2

    That is a loud ass storm

  • @fugotoast
    @fugotoast 13 років тому

    i know that thunder storms are dangerous and they cause a lot of damage and harm. but for me this is better than watching a movie... :)

  • @ThePrikoki
    @ThePrikoki 13 років тому

    @frogqueen84 if you pause it then scroll in this mode u can see it in slow motion...and it's even more fantastic

  • @valerieteti1755
    @valerieteti1755 7 років тому

    The lightning in this storm is intense.

  • @dootuss83
    @dootuss83 7 років тому

    I remember this storm. It was absolutely nasty.

  • @ars007broomboyz
    @ars007broomboyz 7 років тому

    Now that is some amazing footage well done.
    I dont know if you realise that the bolts mimic each other on the far ex-streams of the clouds. very interesting.

  • @tommythunderhead
    @tommythunderhead 15 років тому +1

    That's an awesome supercell!

  • @patcola7335
    @patcola7335 2 роки тому +1

    What time of the day was this ? Morning ? How long did this storm last and was it a stormy day all day ?

    • @richardasharp
      @richardasharp  2 роки тому +1

      On June 17, 2009, a rapid series of powerful thunderstorms produced multiple funnel cloud sightings. The storms dumped over three inches of rain in some locations, causing severe flash flooding.

  • @sameena4294
    @sameena4294 5 років тому +1

    I was born that time.

  • @matthewthebluey-brony-trai8006
    @matthewthebluey-brony-trai8006 8 років тому

    Neat video man! I love it!

  • @henrixs
    @henrixs 3 роки тому

    that's is a supercell that cloud have rotation produces tornados

  • @HeliosWx
    @HeliosWx 14 років тому

    notice on the left that one cloud that is lighter than the other one is slowly spinning.....

  • @fafka_fafka
    @fafka_fafka 13 років тому +1

    6:34 most closely lightning
    1:40 most powerful lightning

  • @dravenbloodwood
    @dravenbloodwood 14 років тому +1

    simply perfect

  • @hermanuslemmer1695
    @hermanuslemmer1695 7 років тому

    Great lightning. My favorite was the squiggly bolt about three minutes in. This would not be a thunderstorm during which I would have liked to have been outside.

  • @zogozogy98
    @zogozogy98 11 років тому +1

    was the thunder really loud and what was the closest lightning strike?

  • @HollieTash
    @HollieTash 14 років тому

    I loooove thunderstorms :D I recorded one yesterday and I live in the south of england :D It was awesome! It was right above our house, but only lasted about 20 minutes :p I hope we get some more.

  • @rupertlevenworth1834
    @rupertlevenworth1834 4 роки тому

    if you slow it down you can see the very first lightning strike hit the street on the other block

  • @pfjk47
    @pfjk47 15 років тому

    At 3:10 it looks like the strike may have takenout power. Look on the ground at the time of the strike and several seconds after you will see several flashes on the ground.

  • @jrkuzel3786
    @jrkuzel3786 4 роки тому +1

    like your video and this was pittsburgh pa right

    • @richardasharp
      @richardasharp  4 роки тому

      Jr Kuzel yes, Mt. Lebanon a suburb of metropolitan Pittsburgh area.

  • @richardasharp
    @richardasharp  12 років тому

    Lo siento que no llegan a experimentar tormentas más a menudo, tenemos tormentas durante todo el año aquí es Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Estados Unidos.

  • @ROYGBIVphoto
    @ROYGBIVphoto Рік тому

    Wow! Real close!