Jim Cantore Jolted by Thundersnow
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- It has become to be known as the "Thundersnow Blizzard" in Chicago thanks to multiple lightning strikes during the February 1 & 2, 2011 blizzard and because of this now famous reaction by The Weather Channel meteorologist Jim Cantore.
Some of you people don't realize how significant thundersnow actually is! It is an extremely rare event that only happens when the conditions are just right. Jim Cantore knows it, which is why he is so excited by it. Oh yeah, lightening and thunder. But in a snowstorm that is almost unheard of.
+DarkComet360 I love thundersnow! We just experienced it here!
I was sitting at home watching this and I heard several strikes.... and then this happened. He actually SWORE and they didn't censor it. XD Until it was released footage
Oh! I was wondering why they were freaking out.
DarkComet360 Just had Thundersnow here in Michigan! 1st time hearing it! WOOOO!
Chicagoan here! I remember this storm and watching this go down live on the Weather Channel. Absolutely incredible. We get some interesting weather 'round these parts.
"Twice in one storm!"
And he didn't know that 4 years later, he'd get it SIX times in one storm... in my hometown! :P
jim cantore is my spirit animal
same
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@@justmeok3609 😂
Protect Jim Cantore at all costs
I've seen a flash of lightning during a snow storm just once. I was a teen in the late 90s walking to a friend's house and saw a purple flash in the sky. Then I moved to Florida and that's that.
§paethon What a lucky man, I witnessed lightning during snowing only few times here in Czech republic, last time in Febraury 2019, when cold air from East mixed up with humid air from France resulting in strong winds and small thunderstorn. I wonder how those lightnings are quiet, the same lightning closer than 1 km is very loud in thunderbolt storm and can be heard up to 12 - 15 km, in thundersnow are strongly muffled and anything more distant than 3 km is barely noticeable
Come back to Chicago, it's safe now.😋
@@glynismorris2196 lol!!!
Anit florida worse for thunder and lightning
@@RuthlessAfro4692 yes. But not snow too.
I LOVE his reaction its priceless. Jim is such an awesome meteorologist. His has been with TWC for decades. I remember watching him in the early 90's.
Same! He was (and is) one of my favorite meteorologists.
The great Chicago blizzard Feb 1-2, 2011. Jim Cantore is the man. He was lucky enough to witness 4 live shots of thundersnow and no one seems to realize how rare and AWESOME it is. I would love to have his job!
D Googolize oh yes, I remember hearing it here. I've only heard thunder snow actually twice in my life, during this blizzard, and I remember it happened in 2013 as well
I just experienced it six times. It is absolutely terrifying. Having been to a war zone, thundersnow sounds just like a bomb, and not anything like normal thunder.
ive only heard thundersnow 3 times, one was on Feb 2, 2011, one was in january, and the other was my birthday (march 23 2018)
I was delivering pizzas that night when I saw and heard the thunder snow.
I just experienced thunder snow today 1/10/2021 in Austin Texas of all places! I was on my rooftop enjoying the snow when it happened and it was so loud I thought I was dead haha. Didn’t know it was so rare until I looked it up.
Gotta love Jim. He definitely loves his job. :)
I love The Weather Channel and like Jim Cantore.
Jim Cantore and Tom Skilling are the best weatherman in my opinion. They actually make the weather look interesting and for kids they make the kids want to learn more about the weather.
It’s pretty impressive how he doesn’t sware cause you know he wants to
i love jim cantore. he is a great example of someone who is passionate about his job
I hope I can keep half this man's passion all my life.
My gosh, this never gets old! Classic!
We had THUNDERSNOW in Philadelphia today, and it made me think of Jim Cantore!
It's now snowy in Philadelphia!
I remember that Blizzard. I live just outside of Chicago. Since my car is parked in the corner surrounded by two buildings, the wind blew 3 feet of snow behind it and I spent a while shoveling my way out.
You guys gotta upload this mornings reaction of Jim witnessing 6 thundersnow/lighting reactions. It was epic..lol gotta love a person with that much passion for what they do.
I remember getting thundersnow a few years ago when I was going to college out in Cleveland, Ohio. As a native New Englander, it blew my mind! Certainly caught me off guard. According to my roommate, they happen often in towns bordering Lake Erie. It was the only one I saw since, first snow of the season too!
I’ve lived in Upstate New York for 15 years and I’ve only seen/heard thunder snow once or twice! We live just off of Lake Ontario. I’m already terrified of thunderstorms, now throw a blizzard in the mix and I never wanna leave my house! 😂
Its interesting how the snow actually dampens the sound of the thunder.
I just experience thunder snow last night. Thanks to Jim Cantore It was seriously on my bucket list. It was epic. One of the thunder reports lasted almost seven seconds and shook all my windows.
That is so crazy. Jim experienced the Thundersnow
I’ll never forget this storm. I had the same feelings Jim!! Loved seeing that!
You really have to admire Jim Cantore for his joie de vivre over the thunder snow strikes (which admittedly are pretty cool). My son loves this video and has played it 10-15 times--it leaves him in hysterics. The only dude to come close to Jim Cantore's enthusiasm is Dr Neal Frank of the National Hurricane Center, who I came to know on TV when I was a teenager living in South Florida in the 1970s. Dr Frank knew his stuff, no doubt. And while you and your family were feverishly putting up storm windows and nailing down everything you could with a hurricane bearing down on you, Dr Frank would describe the hurricane in almost loving detail--"I think this might be a Cat Five!" and trace all the ways the storm could inflict a direct hit. Like Jim Cantore, Dr Neal Frank loved his work!
i just heard thundersnow for the first time in my life about 5 minutes ago. I was looking out the window and saw a bright flash reflected off the windows of an adjacent highrise, and heard the crack of thunder a few seconds later.
It's amazing..
Cantore’s reaction always cracks me up. It’s just priceless!
Hands down best weatherman to ever live. He will go down as a legend
And this is why Jim Cantore is my weather idol
I tell ya, experiencing snowstorms/blizzards like these is just a remarkable lifetime experience you will never forget. I love Mother Nature
i was woken up by the sound (and feel) of the thundersnow happening early this morning which is what brought me, well, here. i love hearing his joy.
I love this bald Sicilian brother, he always has a good demeanor and helps people.
HOLY SCHMOKE!
Wow! I didn't even know it was possible to have lightning when it was snowing! I had never heard of this happening before, and I had to look it up. That would be so bizarre to see!
ct92404 we had one last night
Totally natural my ass. I’ve seen 50 years of snowstorms, never with thunder. I’m going to put this new weather in the same category as homogeneous clouds....
That’s not new weather. Back in the early 80’s one afternoon when I was working our kfc. We were expecting a big snowstorm. Just didn’t realize how big. We had thundersnow. I’d never heard of such a thing till then. It did it three times! Scared the daylights out of me. Biggest snow flakes I’d ever seen too! And we’re in Tennessee. None of us had ever heard of it. Later that night it was on the news.
Extremely rare phenomenon
@@ducediablo I've seen it only once, and it was unreal, wind, and snowing the heaviest I ever seen in my life. ThenFlash and Boom.
We called it Thundersnow. Usually came with a foot of snow.
I am from Chicago and I remember this, it was the most snow I seen in my life!
Windy City + Snow Day
Saw thundersnow as a child in Ireland. Didn't understand at the time that I might never see it again.
the guys reaction would be mine, I love how he is so excited it shows his enthusiasm its cool to see.
I love Jim Cantore's reaction...it really is rare and I was there myself and witnessed the same he did when I was outside on montrose and ashland. It was incredible and I'll never forget it!
My brother used to live in Chicago and today he mentioned how he misses the thunder snow there. I had no idea what he was talking about until I saw this video. Pretty cool!
😮 This is exactly what we heard just a few minutes ago. That's why I'm here. I'm in N.E. Oregon and we had a crazy wind storm last night and early this morning. 80 mph gust and now it's snowing, hailing and thunder. I didn't see any lighting. But my friends on the lake did.
I can remember the one and only time I’ve ever experienced thundersnow, back in late 2003 or early 2004 here in Hatfield, UK (about 15 miles north of London). It had been trying to snow all day and about 3pm the sky suddenly darkened and turned the weirdest burnt orange colour I’ve ever seen. I was out playing with a little friend of mine and we both looked at each other and said “nah” and ran home. 😂 My older brother was out practicing his football and he was startled by the first blinding flash of lightning, which was a lavender colour. No visible bolt, just extremely bright sheet lightning.
Everyone came outside despite the freezing cold to have a look…and then the snow hit and boy, did it come down hard. Our street became pretty much snowbound, other streets gridlocked, traffic at a standstill, people abandoning their cars. Total chaos. Unforgettable afternoon.
He's like a kid in a brand new candy shop that just opened.
I remember that well. It was pretty amazing to hear such a rare event. I totally get his reaction.
being a former New Englander, living through blizzards w/thundersnow, thunderstorms, and now living in FL, still love severe weather : ()
Jim you'll be a legend 🤣 I remember this blizzard
I named my dog Thundersnow cuz of Jim Cantore! I lived in tornado Alley years ago, and we had the Weather Channel on all day long. The first time Jim saw thundersnow on TV, i was watching live, and it was the first i ever heard of it. He was so excited, we got excited!
So Now we run to the window and scream when it happens, and we tell our Thundersnow girl all about it. She is in my thumbnail and she looks like a blizzard is on her tummy and chest and legs. And it looks like lightning marks on her legs. And if thundersnow had a personality, she would be it!
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That was one hell of a blizzard. I believe it had the third heaviest snowfall (officially) for Chicago only surpassed by 67' and 99'. However, the very high winds and even lightning that came with the blizzard of 11' makes it unique.
I like how he yelled ECW wrestlers name Justin Credible right in the middle. He must be a fan.
I remember when this happened. When school opened back up, everyone was talking about how they saw lightning outside during the blizzard. Even the teachers couldn't wait to tell us.
Oooh there's thunder snow right now here in St Catharines! How cool!
I know how Jim feels. It's pretty surprising when it happens because it's so quiet until it happens.
I'm 27, a Canadian, lived on both west and east coast and this is the first time I ever heard of such a thing. woah!
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I used to live where there was lots of snow, but unfortunately we moved three years ago where it doesn't go below 50. This video is making me so jealous, because snow is my favorite type of weather. I spent my whole child hood in it!
i lived up north for 14 years..only saw that happen once..awe inspiring ill tell yeah!
its definitely a rare phenomenon. i seen it only twice and boy it surprises you and gets your attention!
I just heard Thundersnow a few minutes ago.
I saw thunder snow for myself this previous winter. It was both amazing and frightening.
We had some crazy thundersnow here in Michigan yesterday. I counted 12 times in 1 storm.
This video never gets old.
❤love for Jim. Please stay safe!!!
Coming back to this since it’s snowing outside and I just heard thunder 🥰
Robby!! 😂
The woody show introduced me to this
When you know he was gonna swear but realized he was on television.
I kinda hate how he had to repress his foul language to his enthusiasm. Holy smoke doesn't have that same kick as Sh¡t, but yeah he's on T.V. "Holy shsmokes"!
Jim is like a kid in a candy store, when he gets excited about snowstorms and thundersnow, that really gets him going :)
Even 12 years later, he'll still find frozen lightning in a bottle
I remember that! I was there. But not in the camera. IN THE STORM. It was really awesome. There were 2 days off of school, then a Friday, then a weekend. Epic win.
HOLY SMOKES!!
500 j/kg of CAPE, Lifted index of -3, K-index of 32, Showalter index of -1 to -2, Total Totals index of 50-51, and divergence/vorticity parameter of -8 to -10, and tops up to 35,000 feet -
all of these convective parameters - caused this tremendous lightning from that famous "thundersnow."
My dad heard thunder in a blizzard on Long Island driving home from work one night. Back in the late 70s or early 80s. That was one of those 25 inch or so storms we had there. Shoveling all night long.
I grew up near Oswego, We would get these off of nearby Lake Ontario every few winters. Pretty exciting.
I've seen thundersnow quite a few times during my 60 years in northern Ohio but that thunder was unusually loud.
I lived not far from the city back during that blizzard in 2011. Where I lived at the time, the thunder was just as loud. I saw this whole thing live on television and the power tried to go out twice during the storm.
we survived snowpocalypse
SuperSaltydog77 It hit the skyscraper.
I happened to catch this live and what a thrill and rush to watch that..and a lil bit frightening.
I grew up in Chicago and we never even heard of thunder snow until that point not even during the blizzard of 1977!
I had even asked my aunt who's almost 100 and has lived in the Chicago area all her life and she hadn't seen it before then either.
They got dumped with like almost 30in of snow during that storm.
Times are getting stranger indeed!
We in Germany just had thundersnow! It’s awesome!!!!!
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I work right there where they filmed this. I remember the night. I got to meet him, hes a great guy
I remember watching this live in the mid 90s it was crazy !
it's crazy to see that happen in my whole life I can't remember ever seeing a thundersnow
Good ol’ Jim. I love this video.
I would LOVE to experience thundersnow
That lightining was so loud it kinda scared me through the computer I didnt know it was happening. The way he freaked out when he heard it was really funny
Interestingly, that wasn't the only snow event with lightning and thunder that year in Chicago. Later that month there was another incident, although the snow wasn't as intense and it was right on the edge of a front.
No wonder he was mentioning Chicago in his recent video with 6 thunder strikes in a blizzard.
I Can't Wait Until Jim Cantore Does Winter Storm Coverage And Gets Excited When He Hears Thunder Snow
There is lightning in the backround behind the buildings. Insane!
I love this guy’s reaction 😂
I hope one day I can witness thundersnow!
As much as I love Cantore and his reactions to thindersnow, this one was quite scary, simply because of how close he was to the strike. 😳
Here in Buffalo, (typically during the Lake Effect storms and sometimes in the squalls) it usually thundersnows during the beginning a few times , and occasionally/ sometimes it can happen all throughout the storm. Mmmmaby we'll get 1 or 2 during a blizzard. Although it does sound neat & cool, I (personally) don't enjoy it so much, because it means half a day of shoveling and plowing's coming.
We have that here in Utah. It happens a bit up Big Cottonwood Canyon at the ski resorts. I've never experienced this weather before moving here.
Chicago gets thundersnow a lot, probably helps with all this tall buildings. It's also a sign of heavy snow coming. Thunder requires clouds with height. More height = more liquid = more snow.
He is awesome!! Always been a hero of mine...
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About 1.5 years ago I saw Thundersnow while driving Home. Quiet a strange sensation.
Location : The Netherlands.
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I'll never forget that! 😂😂 We were like, did that just happen?!? What the actual f**k?
I saw my first Thunder Snow in Buffalo back in November 2000. It was magnificent...
I have seen thundersnow alright, just not to that close up. It was during the December 27, 2010 Blizzard in Nyc during the height of the storm. I was seeing nearly non-stop strobing lights to what I initially thought was a nearby plow, but the flashes were blue and they were not systemic, but unpredictable. There was no thunder, and the lightning was very dim. At the time the snow was coming sideways, the wind was gusting to 60 MPH and the visibility wad only 1-2 street blocks. Could not see past 500 feet, a true blizzard! I lost count of how many flashes I saw at about 50, or 60. I noted 1-2 flashes per second. The snow bands were coming in from the East and Southeast at the time. I was in Queens Village, in the eastern section of the borough of Queens in NYC at the time. It was the craziest snowstorm I ever saw!
It was really a bummer I didn't have my camera yet, or you would have truly saw how crazy it got. The only evidence was my Facebook posts in which I described the weather to my friends, follwers and fellow TV meteorologists who I friended at the time. The tree in my back yard was swaying like in a hurricane, and I was worried it was going to fall over. Keep in mind that the snow was dry and wasn't even sticking to the tree, it was that the wind was strong the tree came a couple times close to tipping over and several medium sized limbs did fall.
Jim Cantore felt like he won World Heavyweight Championship
Greatest moment in my life.
Oh brother....Jim Cantore's about my age and I've heard and seen "thundersnow" lots of times since I was a kid. He gets so over animated.
He's super excited cuz he knows how rare it is and what's causing it
WTF??? This must have been the first time Cantore heard thunder in his lifetime.
I've seen thundersnow sometime around the early 2010's in my hometown of Bowie Maryland
This was the first video I ever watched on TH-cam
Can confirm that the strike at 0:04 did in fact strike the John Hancock building. My aunt remembers seeing it!
We're having some thundersnow here in Minnesota last night and this morning a few times too:) Quite interesting..
Grumpy Old Men (1993) was filmed in Minnesota during freezing weather, Walter Matthau was hospitalized with double pneumonia afterwards.
I've seen thundersnow here in colorado quite a few times. Usually in the spring but sometimes in the winter. Its rare but not unheard of