Famous Thunderstorms

[Thunderblaster]

There was some thunder on the 11th June that I missed but yesterday evening, I enjoyed watching a downpour and the lightning lit up the main street with a rap of thunder a second later. Today, the rumblers were at it again and it was a nasty sounding rap of thunder. It doesn't thunder for 40 days if there is a thunderstorm on St Swithin's Day, does it?:eek::D

[tricky_colour]

Had a bit of thunder and a bit of lightning yesterday evening. Apparently, a lady got some lightning pics, so it would be interesting to see.

If you are looking for some lightning fun, then check this out!!:p :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkaS7mf2hrI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jhjIdbg73w

I heard a tremendous lightening strike last night which shook my house, apparently it hit a house about 3/4 of a mile away and blew the tiles off the roof, it sounded louder to me than the one in the first video, I could feel the house shake. God alone knows what it was like for the owner of the house who was inside at the time. Apparently he was "badly shaken up" - I bet he was :D

[sligoman]

Awful thunder in Sligo this afternoon.

[Wolfie]

We enjoyed some thunder on Sunday December 3rd, Friday 29th December in Liverpool, a right display of thunder on Saturday 20th January and again on Thursday 15th February.

Fair play Thunderblaster. 6 posts on the topic without a break. You're enthusiasm for all things thunder and lightening related has an almost pathological level to its intensity. It's almost as if its your source of power.

Are you a superhero?

[the 12 th man]

Fair play Thunderblaster. 6 posts on the topic without a break. You're enthusiasm for all things thunder and lightening related has an almost pathological level to its intensity. It's almost as if its your source of power.

Are you a superhero?





:D:D:cool:

[passinginterest]

Loudest thunderclap ever, about an hour ago, I was in Kildare Street, Dublin city centre. Lightning flash looked like it was right outside the window and thunder was deafining. Cool. :)

[McShels]

Loudest thunderclap ever, about an hour ago, I was in Kildare Street, Dublin city centre. Lightning flash looked like it was right outside the window and thunder was deafining. Cool. :)

I was walking along Pearse St when I heard a very loud thunderclap, quickly followed by lightning, was cool.

Best I remember was the day I got married, at some point during the mass there was a loud clap of thunder which seemed to be right above the church roof, the priest stalled for a second and someone shouted 'Run, the Lord has spoken'. That was in October 2002

[KevB76]

Myself and a colleague were driving up to Galway yesterday afternoon when we spotted what can only be described as a tornado !! Dark grey cloudy sky with a full on funnel coming down to the ground, and this thing was not small. Dont know how long it was there before we noticed it but it withdrew back into the clouds within a few minutes after that. Never seen anything like it, didnt think we would get that sort of thing here. Has anyone else seen it or something similar ?

[Thunderblaster]

Are you a superhero?

Yup!! Anyone who messes me about will be struck with my spectacular thunderbolts!!:D:D:D

[Peadar]

Are you a superhero?

Watch out for him, flying through the night, in his cape & thunderpants. :D

[Ash]

Myself and a colleague were driving up to Galway yesterday afternoon when we spotted what can only be described as a tornado !! Dark grey cloudy sky with a full on funnel coming down to the ground, and this thing was not small. Dont know how long it was there before we noticed it but it withdrew back into the clouds within a few minutes after that. Never seen anything like it, didnt think we would get that sort of thing here. Has anyone else seen it or something similar ?

My mates Mam saw something similar last week around Arigna/Ballyfaron in Ros.

[Peadar]

A mini tornado was reported in Rossmore, near Clonakilty in West Cork, last week.
They're more common in the midlands & have caused structural damage in recent years.

[Wolfie]

A mini tornado was reported in Rossmore, near Clonakilty in West Cork, last week.
They're more common in the midlands & have caused structural damage in recent years.

A mini earthquake was reported around Laois / Offally recently but it transpired it was a Brian Cowan bowel movement.

[atfconline]

A nice thunderstorm passed over the Athlone Town Vs. Kildare County match on Saturday night. There were some very cool forks of lighning, but it played havoc with the stadium alarm system - setting off an automated evacuation message, but advising people not to use the lifts! :D

[Thunderblaster]

Encountered some thunder in Repton on 15th August and in Westport on the early hours of the 20th August-nothing major.

However, on the 12th October, there was a classic thunderstorm on Aegina Island, Greece. There was red fork lightning darting into the Aegean sea before the thunder started. Once the storm hit the town, the sky turned into dusk and the lightning was bolting from different angles and the thunder was earth-shaking. The yachts were still coming in and out of the harbour and yet a local got a right fright from the thunder and I found that funny!!:D The thunder lasted ninety minutes while the rain lasted 30 mins. I was eating out in the storm and only moved inside the taverna when the rain started to come through the canopy. The most annoying thing was that it was the only day of my hols that I did not take the camcorder with me.:(
The following evening, my flight out of Athens was delayed due to thunderstorm activity at the airport.

[biscuit]

i was living in texas a couple of years ago...the storms were breathtaking. Once sept oct and some of november rolled around they were continuous enough. fork lightning was crazy and the noise deafening. went up to oklahoma and it was twice as bad, they have some very freaaky weather.
a few of our games had to be abandoned due to downpours of rain.flashfloods would also flood up the highway and about an hour later theyd b bone dry. theres alot to be said for our "shi*ty weather":D

[Wolfie]

There was red fork lightning darting into the Aegean sea before the thunder started. Once the storm hit the town, the sky turned into dusk and the lightning was bolting from different angles and the thunder was earth-shaking.

Christ Thunderblaster - you could have made that report a bit more dramatic!!!

You may have witnessed an Omen style arrival.

[Thunderblaster]

Christ Thunderblaster - you could have made that report a bit more dramatic!!!

You may have witnessed an Omen style arrival.

The sea parted, the volcano erupted, and there was a major earthquake followed by a meteorite slamming into earth!!:eek::D

[Wolfie]

The sea parted, the volcano erupted, and there was a major earthquake followed by a meteorite slamming into earth!!:eek::D

That's more like it!!! :D

[Thunderblaster]

I was awoken at 11:55 by a rap of thunder this morning to welcome me into December. There was more thunder from 5:45 until 6:10 this evening with the power put out, the first power cut from a thunderstorm I encountered since 1992. The electricity was out for an hour as ESB crews were out to restore power to the town.

[SuperDave]

Watch out for him, flying through the night, in his cape & thunderpants. :D

he's stephen ireland?

[Thunderblaster]

Check out this thunderstorm from Limerick!!

http://www.limerickblogger.org/blog/?p=4392

[Thunderblaster]

Here are some mean, real-deal thunderstorms in Ireland captured on YouTube.com.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRk1ow7l_ks&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJLuIXP3yDQ&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A5TOMcsg0M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwm7qcTjXCw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fnkIM45UD0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1iTnVtBsfU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ho6QvmYEDw&feature=related

Sit back, relax and enjoy!!:D:D:D

[Thunderblaster]

First thunderstorm of 2008 observed today. It was a great start today as I got up at 7:30 to a sheet lightning show. There was no thunder or rain and I got my mobile phone to record a bit of lightning. I thought that I may have been unlucky until I played it back and realised that I caught a flash. I was chuffed as it was the first time that I ever got lightning directly on camera!!:D There was thunder at 10:50, three raps and lightning with a mixed rain-hail shower. There was lightning again at midday; no thunder though. However, Juan Pablo might confirm this, I was led to believe that there was some spectacular lightning in the Ballinrobe/Tourmakeady area with 5/6 CG strikes coming down simultaneously, which would have been class lightning photography and, apparently, there was disruption to electricity and telephone supplies in Ballina because of lightning.

[Thunderblaster]

Thunder was observed on Monday 2nd March at 11:25am; that morning a house in the Erris region was struck by lightning.

Thunder was observed again on Tuesday 10th March. I didn't hear it though.

The main thunderstorm tragedy of the year happened in Dublin when a teenager was killed by lightning recently.

[strangeirish]

Jacksonville, Florida on June 26th....:eek:...yowza! Home, sweet home:D. There you go now Thunderblaster.

http://photos.jacksonville.com/PHOTOS/JAXF/546567/19464716E.jpg

[Thunderblaster]

Jacksonville, Florida on June 26th.......yowza! Home, sweet home:D. There you go now Thunderblaster.

http://photos.jacksonville.com/PHOTOS/JAXF/546567/19464716E.jpg

Class Eh!!:D

[Thunderblaster]

I got caught in thunder in Liverpool on Sunday 4th May at 9:00 and 6:15 that day. Thunder was reported in Westport on Sunday 2nd June. I believe that there was a class thunderstorm in Galway on the 21st June and I read that there were nine cows killed by lightning in Co. Leitrim on Friday.

[Mr Maroon]

My mates Mam saw something similar last week around Arigna/Ballyfaron in Ros.
We have mini tornados over Galway bay from time to time.

[Thunderblaster]

There was a small rumble of thunder to our south east last night when Westport United were playing Castlebar Celtic.

[Thunderblaster]

I was informed that there was a small rumble of thunder on Wednesday 9th July to the south of Westport.

[theworm2345]

Played rugby in a thunderstorm 3-4 years ago and it was much more fun than normal rugby even though we were all tired as hell as this was our fourth game in two days. Jumping from 10 yards out and sliding in for the try is great :D

[Thunderblaster]

Not sure whether there was thunder near Westport on the 24th July, but there was thunder alright today. I didn't hear the 6:30 storm but the 8:25 one woke me up with three quickfire raps of thunder. There was thunder again between 5-5:20 this eveing and there was a classic of a C-C bolt of lightning that went across the sky from right to left to our south. I got tipped off about the storm so I moved to the front of the pub to get a look and I was duly rewarded!!:D Absolutely class!!:D

[Wolfie]

Not sure whether there was thunder near Westport on the 24th July, but there was thunder alright today. I didn't hear the 6:30 storm but the 8:25 one woke me up with three quickfire raps of thunder. There was thunder again between 5-5:20 this eveing and there was a classic of a C-C bolt of lightning that went across the sky from right to left to our south. I got tipped off about the storm so I moved to the front of the pub to get a look and I was duly rewarded!!:D Absolutely class!!:D

Good to hear from you, Mr Blaster. I see you've still got an almost fundamentalist zeal to the detail your provide in relation to all thunder related incidents you report.

Are these extracts from a 200 strong volume of "The Thunder Diaries 1972 to ..........."

I'm waiting for the day when an account trails into:

"There was thunder again between 5-5:20 this eveing and there was a classic of a C-C bolt of lightning that went across the sky from right to left to our south. Went to the fridge. Eat some census takers liver, washed down with a nice cianti" :D

[Thunderblaster]

And another entry into The Thunder Diaries for you Wolfie!!

There was thunder this evening with two raps, the first was at 7:39 and the second was at 7:41. Didn't see the lightning as I was busy doing my homework.

[eamo1]

Nice few flashes in Galway last night,just near Oranmore actually.
Thee best ever storm i seen was in nyc one evening,ive never felt so insignificant,small and helpless as i did that time.Thought the world was ending with how loud and frequent the thunder was and the lightning was was a mix of sheet and fork and lit up the sky for 30mins.Even my relatives there who've seen many a storm said that one was a biggie.They were talking about it on New York 1 news channell the following day.

[strangeirish]

Volcanic eruption in Chile in May of 2008, spawned this...

http://viperpilot.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/volcano-chile.jpg

http://geochristian.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/chaiten2.jpg

http://iconicionic.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/chilevolcano.jpg

[strangeirish]

Ah, it's getting close...

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq63/Strangeirish/BrisbaneStorm16Nov2008-2.jpg?t=1230858079

Closer...


http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq63/Strangeirish/BrisbaneStorm16Nov2008-1.jpg?t=1230858170

Ha! It missed!

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq63/Strangeirish/BrisbaneStorm16Nov2008-3.jpg?t=1230858195

[Thunderblaster]

Ah, it's getting close...

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq63/Strangeirish/BrisbaneStorm16Nov2008-2.jpg?t=1230858079

Closer...


http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq63/Strangeirish/BrisbaneStorm16Nov2008-1.jpg?t=1230858170

Ha! It missed!

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq63/Strangeirish/BrisbaneStorm16Nov2008-3.jpg?t=1230858195

Na na,na na na!!! Crane 3-0 Lightning

[Thunderblaster]

Happy New Year Wolfie. No thunderstorms to report as we are under an area of High pressure with low temperatures and blue skies here in Liverpool. The only thunder today would be a loud f@rt!!:D:D:D

[Thunderblaster]

Volcanic eruption in Chile in May of 2008, spawned this...

http://viperpilot.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/volcano-chile.jpg

http://geochristian.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/chaiten2.jpg

http://iconicionic.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/chilevolcano.jpg

Sorry, that was Croagh Patrick while the dinosaurs were around!!

[Thunderblaster]

The Thunder Diaries of 2009 has got its opening entries.:D There was thunder last night before midnight and there was thunder this morning just before 11:00. An amateur weather atation in Straide recorded 14 thunder days last year.:eek:

[rambler14]

Was wandering home from the pub last night with my auld fella and as we got within sight of the house the sky lit up with lightning!

Also the strong winds broke our satellite dish so no tv for over 24 hours now........havn't gone mental yet!

[Red&White Rover]

Also the strong windows broke our satellite dish so no tv for over 24 hours now........havn't gone mental yet!

I think I'll have to disagree with you on that one.

[Dunny]

Just heard a big bang of thunder there now.

[SkStu]

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/shock-as-tornadoes-tear-through-villages-1774632.html

pity it didnt wipe both counties out... ;)

[Thunderblaster]

During the Kennedy Cup in Limerick, we had a few rumbles of thunder on the evening of the 15th June. There was thunder in Westport on the evening of 23rd June during a shower. I missed the worst thunderstorm that I ever missed on the 2nd July:(. I was in Belfast and I was duly told that there was booming thunder, fork (CG) lightning and torrential rain that caused flooding and landslides and it went on for a few hours. A football match got abandoned at half time. I missed the thunder of 5th July but was around for the thunder of the 6th July. I missed out on the thunder of the 14th July. What about the thunderstorm in Dublin on the 2nd July? Did Wolfie add it to his collection of thunderstorms on the Wolfie Thunderstorm Diary of 2009??:D

[Sheridan]

That was a pretty frightening one in Dublin, alright. The thunder was ear-splitting and the volume of rain which accompanied it was immense. Woke me up around 5 am.

[Dunny]

That was a pretty frightening one in Dublin, alright. The thunder was ear-splitting and the volume of rain which accompanied it was immense. Woke me up around 5 am.

Aye.

I must admit I thought Mary Harney had fallen out of bed though.

[dfx-]

Great photos SI. That was one volcano to stay away from...:eek: