It's a Florida supercell, the strong constant 80mph gust is created by a "wet microburst", they can create winds as strong as a EF1-EF2 tornado and are very dangerous, good footage!
Toronto had a storm just like this one a week ago tonight. Waist-deep floods, power outage, for up to 20 hours, and massive hard rain falling for 2 hours straight, and blowing off the roofs and coming down sideways because of the damaging winds. It all started right at the height of the afternoon rush. The city core rarely sees that, if ever, but we sure did last week as its more common north and west of us. The hardest part for me was no hydro, which meant no A/C, and it was so hot and humid
The tropical humid atmosphere is key for these strong thunderstorms to occur around Miami especially in the summer. That was extremely heavy rain falling. I don't think I've ever seen such torrential downpours that drop so much rain in a small amount of time.
Because of the seabreezes. One thing I find different from Texas and Florida's summer weather is that Florida gets thunderstorms throughout the season where as Texas can be wet in the beginning, wet at the end, and just bone dry in between.
That thunder at 10:49 was amazing! I think it's my favorite. At the beginning, it sounded like sheet lightning above you, but I couldn't tell, because I can only listen to these videos. If it wasn't sheet lightning, I'd be surprised. I'd be so grateful if you'd tell me, because I don't have anyone hear to tell me if I'm correct. It's okay, though, because I love storms, and I never stop learning about magnificent weather. Great work! Thank you so much for this refreshing upload. Heather
@pietrovaldes Miami is prone to high intensity rainfall events, but this was definitely unusual. I think they recorded nine inches of rain in less than three hours.
Back in the 90's we in central Florida used to get storms like these on a daily bases in the Summertime(particularly in the early-mid 90's when I first came down here). Now I don't know what happened but they've since calmed down with some rare exceptions.
Me, too. That's where I was born, and I haven't been back there since the winter of 1973. What I miss most, though, is the night blooming Jasmine and Moon Flowers. Of course, the Gardenia is my overall favorite, but that's because I had some recently, and Night Blooming Jasmine doesn't bloom in Georgia. Oh how I wish I could move out of the State of Georgia. Atlanta had a slogan once. It said: "Atlanta: A city too big to hate." I changed it to: "Atlanta: A city too big to care."
The flooding at 3:37 was insane. I used to live in the keys and we would always get those storms. They caused so much damage and confusion. Btw... That looked more like a tropical storm...
My family and I lived in Hollywood, Florida where my twin sister and I were born in 1964. We got hit by some pretty intense storms including a tropical storm, and then, there was Hurricane Camille! I was 5 at the time, and I remember that we had to take shelter underground in the Diplomat Hotel. That was a horrific storm, and to think that it was in both the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico is similar to Catrina!
When I was a kid in Lauderdale, we use to love the faces tourist made.. Just another afternoon shower, we'd say.. For the longest time, it kept them from moving in.. Thanks for the memories, Max
Yeah, in tornado alley the tornadoes generally come near the end of the storm, although they are often wrapped on all sides by hail and heavy rain. That's because they usually form on the southwest edge of the supercell. Sometimes, however, like in Jarrell Texas circa '97, the storm will travel in an unusual direction and the tornado will come first.
14 years later I still remember this storm…what a nightmare…I was stuck on the causeway between star and palm island…car was shaking for 45+ minutes. I’ve never been so freaked out and scared for my life….
@JerseyShore117 I lived in Miami for two years and this was the strongest storm I saw when I was there. But throughout the spring and summer there were quite a few good storms with high winds.
Nasty storm, reminds me of a storm we had here a couple of months back. Massive amounts of lightning but little in the way of rain. You can see how people reacted to such a minor storm (yes that is minor compared to what could come via a hurricane). Imagine how they would react to a decent sized hurricane? Are you prepared?
@MrWeatherForecaster Why thank you! It really was an incredible storm, and yes, the high winds lasted for well over an hour. I wish the winds had reached 100mph - that would have been amazing! For the most part the winds I experienced were probably in the 45-60mph range, with a few higher gusts.
Great video, I was in Miami 2 weeks ago, two days before the hurricane and downtown flooding in Miami. and the tornado in palm Beach. Pity I missed all the action.
@wormsicle It was just a Canon digital camera that had a video feature. Can't remember the make or model. Only cost me $120. Canon's seems to take the highest quality film among all the camera's under $150.
Rainy season should be coming up pretty soon in my home region which means that when it starts raining, I could possibly chase some rainstorms by myself! For any long-lasting chases, I will only put together the best parts and upload them onto TH-cam as 1 video. At the beginning of the video I will show my supply situation.
My friend lives in Orlando and he says these storms happen alot with violent lightning and flash flooding. The weather conditions there are a perfect recipe for storms like this.
That was insane severe weather that hit Miami Beach Florida. Strong thunderstorms with 80 mph winds lead to driven heavy rain and hail. This storm was a mayhem. The winds was strong as a Category 1 hurricane.
The reason Miami floods quickly is because we're surrounded by water and it's flat land. Usually whenever we have a thunderstorm we flood. Kendall and country walk is always on flood warning when it rains. Its quite nice. Personal pool
This is good example of tropical monsoonal influence. Rotating damaging wind gusts and heavy flash flooding rains is a counterpart definition of monsoon.
we get some nasty storms in Indiana, but nothing like the south, TX, OK, MO, FL, all get big ones. I even remember the El reno, OK and Jopli, MO EF5's ... Scary! Be safe!!! At least you aren't like the people here where i live who play golf during lightning storms. Too many people die that way.
Yeah, there are quite a few films on youtube of that storm. I have to say from the videos that I have never seen a stronger thunderstorm than that! It must have had wind gusts over 115mph!
There are some "famous" pics that came from this storm, such as the one with the street kayaker at 8 Street, but a lesser known fact is that this event, while primarily a rain flood event, is tied to the tidal flooding of saltwater that happens every year, in the Fall. This rain fell just before a tide that was almost 3 feet MLLW. That has a lot to do with why the streets "wouldn't drain". Three feet / one meter MLLW just happens to be about the point where the sea level is about even with a lot of the western streets of south beach. As narrow and flat as the west half of SOBE is, less than a foot of rain shouldn't make several feet of water under normal circumstances.
@SeverePunch14 Yeah, it struck a building right across the street. And that was one of probably six or seven lightning strikes that hit within 100 yards of the building I was in.
I was in Miami and Fort Lauderdale in February of '98. My brother was living in Fort Lauderdale at the time. It was raining the Monday morning that we left (my father, my other brother, and I). Thank God that we were safe inside the Fort Lauderdale airport terminal. I don't think I ever visit Florida again. It should be nicknamed the Stormy State. I couldn't take summer-like weather year-round down there. I'd rather have the change of seasons up here in PA.
Actually, the winter can get cold on certain days when a clipper comes down from Canada or if there's a polar vortex that blankets the Southeast with freezing weather. Alsoit rains from May through September, and the rest of the year is dry. This is why Florida can go from one extreme to another. It is terribly hot during the summer indeed, but I miss the greenery and especially the smell of all those Palm Trees, and the flowers are exceptional. We had a lot of trees in our yard including a coconut, grapefruit, lemon, lime and an orange tree, so we had a lot of fresh fruit and coconut.
I would love it, probably cuz i'm from Phoenix AZ where a rainy day doesn't come very often. Saw about 3 nice rotating supercell storms last summer and it was great. It got worse than this though and the highways were under 5 feet of water.
Lol, honestly you get used to it. Weve been having thunderstorms every night for the past month. Sometimes you'll be looking at the window and look down for a second then look back and it's pouring rain and you just shrug it off and say "what the heck"
Holy guacamole!!!! That was one truly apocalyptic storm if ever there was one! I know Floridians are inured to such weather, but that must've beaten them all.
wow!! Been to Miami several times, and seen many a thunderstorm, and a few tornadoes, but never seen anything like that! It's terrifying how quickly flooding happens! having said that though, Florida is still my favorite place in the world!
Why the hell do you people ruin the best storms by pointing the damn camera at the sky ,,like you're expecting something to fall ,besides rain or lightning,,,,, you can't see shit looking up ,,cheeeeeesh
It's hard filming in the moment when you don't have much experience filming. I noticed this when I was filming some bobcats in my back yard. The moment takes over, and you're trying to observe the awesome event with your own eyes, and it makes you fuck up filming a bit.
I lived on Miami beach 35 years and most of those years I can count on two hand if that for the number of storms we get they seem to favor the inland areas sea breeze fronts
Here in Las Vegas during the summer months we get some great thunderstorms. I can't get enough of them. I've been close to some lightning strikes, they scare five shades of crap out of you. 😆 There's something special about a lightning storm in the desert.
I visited Florida for one week a few years back. And we had storms with nonstop thunder some for hours every evening. How do people in Florida put up with that. >_>
I was in Miami in February of '98. The weather was nice then, but it was raining the morning that we left. With all the storms that you get down there, I don't think I want to live there.
@mainchow10 Ha, I wish there had been hurricane force winds with this storm. As it was happening I was thinking there were wind gusts up to 100mph in certain parts, but I can accept that most of the wind gusts were in the 50 to 60mph range.
This is easily the best severe thunderstorm footage I’ve ever seen
It's a Florida supercell, the strong constant 80mph gust is created by a "wet microburst", they can create winds as strong as a EF1-EF2 tornado and are very dangerous, good footage!
the thunderstorm was so strong they can't let them count up to 5 to make it go away.
That was one hell of a storm! I'm glad you got home safely even if it did take a long time.
WOW!! Insane thunderstorms Max!! Those thunderclaps are intense!! Love your footage!! 5 Stars and an add to my fav's!
Toronto had a storm just like this one a week ago tonight. Waist-deep floods, power outage, for up to 20 hours, and massive hard rain falling for 2 hours straight, and blowing off the roofs and coming down sideways because of the damaging winds. It all started right at the height of the afternoon rush. The city core rarely sees that, if ever, but we sure did last week as its more common north and west of us. The hardest part for me was no hydro, which meant no A/C, and it was so hot and humid
I have NEVER heard of a hour and a half long storm! And it dumped so much rain! This too epic for my heart. Very great video.
That guy in the yellow rain jacket that standing outside next to a tree is crazy 👱🏻🟨🧥👣🌴🤪
The tropical humid atmosphere is key for these strong thunderstorms to occur around Miami especially in the summer. That was extremely heavy rain falling. I don't think I've ever seen such torrential downpours that drop so much rain in a small amount of time.
Also, the sea breeze fronts
Love those Southern subtropic summer storms in Florida and Texas. Houston gets storms like this too throughout the summer.
***** That's cool and yeah I agree. I've experienced more intense ones in Texas than I have in Florida.
Because of the seabreezes. One thing I find different from Texas and Florida's summer weather is that Florida gets thunderstorms throughout the season where as Texas can be wet in the beginning, wet at the end, and just bone dry in between.
And then you have the cities built over creeks
When a storm goes on, I miss everything by saying "Oh, damn it! I missed my ride!"
That thunder at 10:49 was amazing! I think it's my favorite. At the beginning, it sounded like sheet lightning above you, but I couldn't tell, because I can only listen to these videos. If it wasn't sheet lightning, I'd be surprised. I'd be so grateful if you'd tell me, because I don't have anyone hear to tell me if I'm correct. It's okay, though, because I love storms, and I never stop learning about magnificent weather. Great work! Thank you so much for this refreshing upload.
Heather
Did the Cubans run for cover?
lmao
@pietrovaldes Miami is prone to high intensity rainfall events, but this was definitely unusual. I think they recorded nine inches of rain in less than three hours.
Dude I love this storm!! Thanks for posting!!
what FL is known best for, storms and close lightning!
Back in the 90's we in central Florida used to get storms like these on a daily bases in the Summertime(particularly in the early-mid 90's when I first came down here). Now I don't know what happened but they've since calmed down with some rare exceptions.
Also in a "Cyclone" in Australia, you don't get much lightning either... Just heaps of wind and rain.
I miss Florida. The storms there are a little scary, but the thunder is beautiful.
Me, too. That's where I was born, and I haven't been back there since the winter of 1973. What I miss most, though, is the night blooming Jasmine and Moon Flowers. Of course, the Gardenia is my overall favorite, but that's because I had some recently, and Night Blooming Jasmine doesn't bloom in Georgia. Oh how I wish I could move out of the State of Georgia. Atlanta had a slogan once. It said: "Atlanta: A city too big to hate." I changed it to: "Atlanta: A city too big to care."
Heather stubbs Nice.
The Ironwing Kaiser You need Southern California!
@@juels508 not enough rain there.
The flooding at 3:37 was insane. I used to live in the keys and we would always get those storms. They caused so much damage and confusion. Btw... That looked more like a tropical storm...
Can you tell me what the hell you do to get from Miami Beach to Miami in 4 minutes. Because it takes me 30 minutes. I need to learn your ways
wow what an adrenaline rush! that storm was amazing. I feel bad for people losing cars and such. That part always sucks.
Incredible. Me and my family went to Florida last summer but we never had anything close to this
My family and I lived in Hollywood, Florida where my twin sister and I were born in 1964. We got hit by some pretty intense storms including a tropical storm, and then, there was Hurricane Camille! I was 5 at the time, and I remember that we had to take shelter underground in the Diplomat Hotel. That was a horrific storm, and to think that it was in both the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico is similar to Catrina!
When I was a kid in Lauderdale, we use to love the faces tourist made.. Just another afternoon shower, we'd say.. For the longest time, it kept them from moving in.. Thanks for the memories, Max
Those SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS were insane
Yeah, in tornado alley the tornadoes generally come near the end of the storm, although they are often wrapped on all sides by hail and heavy rain. That's because they usually form on the southwest edge of the supercell.
Sometimes, however, like in Jarrell Texas circa '97, the storm will travel in an unusual direction and the tornado will come first.
14 years later I still remember this storm…what a nightmare…I was stuck on the causeway between star and palm island…car was shaking for 45+ minutes. I’ve never been so freaked out and scared for my life….
@JerseyShore117 I lived in Miami for two years and this was the strongest storm I saw when I was there. But throughout the spring and summer there were quite a few good storms with high winds.
What direction did this storm come from? I know down there they come from any direction from the sea breeze
Wow, big storm. I love thunderstorms but not when people get hurt or their property is damaged. Nice video.
Now thats alot of rain how inches did it rain that day and was this a tornato or does it rain always like this in miami
Awesome lightning strike at the start of the video.
Nasty storm, reminds me of a storm we had here a couple of months back. Massive amounts of lightning but little in the way of rain. You can see how people reacted to such a minor storm (yes that is minor compared to what could come via a hurricane). Imagine how they would react to a decent sized hurricane? Are you prepared?
Miami gets lots of strong hurricanes.
@kkloomis No one died. I think there was a lightning injury, but I'm not sure. The storm was very localized and only affected a small area.
the nude beach wasnt damaged was it!
Man, with flooding like that, I'd be worried about gators in my yard or doorway. Great vid
@StormChaserMax Was your house flooded? Florida I call that state lightning alley. More than 100 thunderstorms strike that state every year.
@MrWeatherForecaster Why thank you! It really was an incredible storm, and yes, the high winds lasted for well over an hour.
I wish the winds had reached 100mph - that would have been amazing! For the most part the winds I experienced were probably in the 45-60mph range, with a few higher gusts.
Here in Las Vegas (I was born in '99) had a 70, 80 mph thunderstorm back in July 1994 which tore down parts of the Hilton sign downtown.
very nice strom, and i like the comments u did during the storm. goood job bro!
Crazy rainfall man! Awesome video.
I'm getting hit by hurricane Irene with winds like this... Is there any uprooted trees or fa
80mph winds??? Holy crap. Are winds that speed equivalent to a Cat1 hurricane?
Yup!
was it a hurricane ofr just a thunderstorm? i live outside of Cuba missouri and we are having a thunderstorm.
Great video, I was in Miami 2 weeks ago, two days before the hurricane and downtown flooding in Miami. and the tornado in palm Beach. Pity I missed all the action.
Love this video man! Good shots of the city in disaster mode man.
Did all this happen before Lebron came to Miami?
@wormsicle It was just a Canon digital camera that had a video feature. Can't remember the make or model. Only cost me $120.
Canon's seems to take the highest quality film among all the camera's under $150.
Rainy season should be coming up pretty soon in my home region which means that when it starts raining, I could possibly chase some rainstorms by myself! For any long-lasting chases, I will only put together the best parts and upload them onto TH-cam as 1 video. At the beginning of the video I will show my supply situation.
Oh wow! it looks more than 80 mph man, probably close to 100 gusts.
Probably. 80 mph is car on the highway speed. Stick your hand out the window and
Did you ever lose electricity?
did you have a tornado warning to?
My friend lives in Orlando and he says these storms happen alot with violent lightning and flash flooding. The weather conditions there are a perfect recipe for storms like this.
That was insane severe weather that hit Miami Beach Florida. Strong thunderstorms with 80 mph winds lead to driven heavy rain and hail. This storm was a mayhem. The winds was strong as a Category 1 hurricane.
Whoa, that area flooded quick! Crazy! How much damage was done in dollars?
The reason Miami floods quickly is because we're surrounded by water and it's flat land. Usually whenever we have a thunderstorm we flood. Kendall and country walk is always on flood warning when it rains. Its quite nice. Personal pool
Most amazing footage I have seen. Great job
was there a tornado?
This is good example of tropical monsoonal influence. Rotating damaging wind gusts and heavy flash flooding rains is a counterpart definition of monsoon.
I can tell this thunderstorm was very tall, because how often do you see big hail in Miami where the upper atmosphere is warm.
I am
Trevor Maxwell What?
would some one upload more of storms.
This is the best video ever.
golf balls must be bloody small in Florida
Why is there blood on a golf ball??
we get some nasty storms in Indiana, but nothing like the south, TX, OK, MO, FL, all get big ones. I even remember the El reno, OK and Jopli, MO EF5's ... Scary! Be safe!!! At least you aren't like the people here where i live who play golf during lightning storms. Too many people die that way.
How long did this storm last? I can't believe the damage from one event. Great video.
Its been years but I think the main core with the torrential rain and winds lasted about 90 minutes. The storm cell was almost stationary.
@StormChaserMax Uhh..If it wasen't a tornado.do you think it was a hurricane?
Yeah, there are quite a few films on youtube of that storm. I have to say from the videos that I have never seen a stronger thunderstorm than that! It must have had wind gusts over 115mph!
There are some "famous" pics that came from this storm, such as the one with the street kayaker at 8 Street, but a lesser known fact is that this event, while primarily a rain flood event, is tied to the tidal flooding of saltwater that happens every year, in the Fall. This rain fell just before a tide that was almost 3 feet MLLW. That has a lot to do with why the streets "wouldn't drain". Three feet / one meter MLLW just happens to be about the point where the sea level is about even with a lot of the western streets of south beach. As narrow and flat as the west half of SOBE is, less than a foot of rain shouldn't make several feet of water under normal circumstances.
Daniel Christensen what does MLLW stand for?
Pretty messed up when there are waves breaking *in the street* and the freaking beach is flooded....
Interesting there was so much damage and flooding. Everytime there's a storm there like this I RARELY see any damage
@SeverePunch14 Yeah, it struck a building right across the street. And that was one of probably six or seven lightning strikes that hit within 100 yards of the building I was in.
With the flat terrain it takes forever for all of that water to go away...
Never was in a violent storm but West Allis has had a lot of severe thunder storms here
Thunderstorms can be like hurricanes but with less warning and no evacuation.
I was in Miami and Fort Lauderdale in February of '98. My brother was living in Fort Lauderdale at the time. It was raining the Monday morning that we left (my father, my other brother, and I). Thank God that we were safe inside the Fort Lauderdale airport terminal. I don't think I ever visit Florida again. It should be nicknamed the Stormy State. I couldn't take summer-like weather year-round down there. I'd rather have the change of seasons up here in PA.
Actually, the winter can get cold on certain days when a clipper comes down from Canada or if there's a polar vortex that blankets the Southeast with freezing weather. Alsoit rains from May through September, and the rest of the year is dry. This is why Florida can go from one extreme to another. It is terribly hot during the summer indeed, but I miss the greenery and especially the smell of all those Palm Trees, and the flowers are exceptional. We had a lot of trees in our yard including a coconut, grapefruit, lemon, lime and an orange tree, so we had a lot of fresh fruit and coconut.
@nanlisa I agree,because those loud bits of thunder at 0:08 and 0:21 sounded like it blew up a whole building.
crazy close CG's.... nice catch
If I saw that kind of storm, I would be so scared!
I would love it, probably cuz i'm from Phoenix AZ where a rainy day doesn't come very often. Saw about 3 nice rotating supercell storms last summer and it was great. It got worse than this though and the highways were under 5 feet of water.
Lincoln Hunt Oh geez!
Lol, honestly you get used to it. Weve been having thunderstorms every night for the past month. Sometimes you'll be looking at the window and look down for a second then look back and it's pouring rain and you just shrug it off and say "what the heck"
Me too
Welp, there were some "great low-priced" used cars for sale after that.
Holy guacamole!!!! That was one truly apocalyptic storm if ever there was one!
I know Floridians are inured to such weather, but that must've beaten them all.
Wow! The flooding was amazing! So much water in such a short time!
Incredible. Was it a tornado?
No i's guessing there wasn't any Although, It looked like tornadoes were possible.
No tornado just a severe thunderstorm
absolutely incredible footage.
Iam not joking,at june 5 2009 i was born
@longbeach225 No, I was living in Coral Gables, and the storm was pretty much focused over South Beach, so my place was a-okay.
wow!! Been to Miami several times, and seen many a thunderstorm, and a few tornadoes, but never seen anything like that! It's terrifying how quickly flooding happens! having said that though, Florida is still my favorite place in the world!
Ye gods, that was the grand-daddy of all storms! I knew you got 'em bad in Florida, but I never would have thought on that magnitude.
Why the hell do you people ruin the best storms by pointing the damn camera at the sky ,,like you're expecting something to fall ,besides rain or lightning,,,,, you can't see shit looking up ,,cheeeeeesh
It's hard filming in the moment when you don't have much experience filming.
I noticed this when I was filming some bobcats in my back yard. The moment takes over, and you're trying to observe the awesome event with your own eyes, and it makes you fuck up filming a bit.
I lived on Miami beach 35 years and most of those years I can count on two hand if that for the number of storms we get they seem to favor the inland areas sea breeze fronts
9 inches of rain in less than 3 hours. That's crazy !!!
Here in Las Vegas during the summer months we get some great thunderstorms. I can't get enough of them. I've been close to some lightning strikes, they scare five shades of crap out of you. 😆 There's something special about a lightning storm in the desert.
Great footage of a great storm!
this is about as bad as irma that was in my area
This basically was an Irma, just in a shorter period of time!
I visited Florida for one week a few years back. And we had storms with nonstop thunder some for hours every evening. How do people in Florida put up with that. >_>
@skunk96 Tell me about it - I've been here in LA for four months and haven't even seen a drop of rain.
That’s one hell of a big downpour
It's fascinating to see the palm trees survive storm after storm. A perfect example of "survival of the fittest" through millions of years :-)
It rained like that right after the fireworks finished in downtown Miami a little bit ago
I was in Miami in February of '98. The weather was nice then, but it was raining the morning that we left.
With all the storms that you get down there, I don't think I want to live there.
Great footage!
I live in Miami and this shit happens real often
good video.Great footage.
@mainchow10 Ha, I wish there had been hurricane force winds with this storm. As it was happening I was thinking there were wind gusts up to 100mph in certain parts, but I can accept that most of the wind gusts were in the 50 to 60mph range.