Famous Thunderstorms

**Ash** · 23/07/2007, 9:14 AM

Originally Posted by 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 ?

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

**Peadar** · 23/07/2007, 9:30 AM

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** · 23/07/2007, 12:24 PM

Originally Posted by 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.

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

**atfconline** · 12/08/2007, 3:26 PM

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!

**Thunderblaster** · 28/10/2007, 2:57 PM

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!!

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** · 31/10/2007, 12:43 AM

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"

**Wolfie** · 31/10/2007, 7:46 AM

Originally Posted by Thunderblaster

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** · 31/10/2007, 5:20 PM

Originally Posted by Wolfie

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!!

**Wolfie** · 01/11/2007, 8:09 AM

Originally Posted by Thunderblaster

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

That's more like it!!!

**Thunderblaster** · 01/12/2007, 8:58 PM

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** · 02/12/2007, 12:15 AM

Originally Posted by Peadar

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

he's stephen ireland?

**Thunderblaster** · 02/12/2007, 1:19 PM

Check out this thunderstorm from Limerick!!

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

**Thunderblaster** · 12/01/2008, 11:37 AM

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=6ho6Q...eature=related

Sit back, relax and enjoy!!

**Thunderblaster** · 17/01/2008, 7:01 PM

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!!

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** · 29/04/2008, 11:14 PM

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** · 28/06/2008, 3:30 PM

Jacksonville, Florida on June 26th....

...yowza! Home, sweet home

. There you go now Thunderblaster.

**Thunderblaster** · 02/07/2008, 11:00 PM

Originally Posted by strangeirish

Jacksonville, Florida on June 26th.......yowza! Home, sweet home

. There you go now Thunderblaster.

Class Eh!!

**Thunderblaster** · 02/07/2008, 11:04 PM

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.