Microburst caught on video

[BKDPhillips]

Kansas City area had some pop up storms today around 8:30pm and the local KSHB tv station caught the microburst on video around 8:40pm. I was impressed with how well you could see it.

I couldn't find it to post here but thought you might like to check out their site later and see if they post it on their weather blog. I had never seen one on video or in a picture before.

Here is the website http://www.nbcactionnews.com/weather


Belinda

 

[Adam Lucio]

That is really awesome. Thanks for sharing. Its like the base of the storm just bulged out and couldn't hold the water or air anymore.

 

[Andrea Griffa]

That is really awesome. Thanks for sharing. Its like the base of the storm just bulged out and couldn't hold the water or air anymore.

Ehy, guys where do you see the video? I'm not able to see it...

 

[cdcollura]

Good day all,

They must have moved the video ... I never liked these links to "news sites".

 

[Adam Lucio]

Its in the upper right hand corner, right now Im seeing it as the 3rd video on the right.

 

[Steve Worthington]

You think thats crazy, we had a "Heat Burst" last week when we got back from a western Kansas Chase. Hit over 100 here in Hutchinson Kansas late in the night.
Heres a link.
http://www.kctv5.com/news/19801874/detail.html

 

[Lou Ruh]

http://www.nbcactionnews.com/weather/?articleID=489290 should get you to the video.

 

[Scott Nelson]

Thanks Belinda..... the video is currently located in the middle of the page under Weather Headlines.

Nice to see actual Microburst footage like that. My own neighborhood has been in the path of two of these occurances over the last 10 years up here in MA. Would actually like to F scale them or would it be a "M" scale? Would the worst damage be the location directly under the spot the cold air hits the ground or would it be the rolling outflow wave? And can the dropping air be exceptionally more signifigant in one thunderstorm then another? Regardless, microbursts can do some pretty bad damage! The downed trees in my yard will attest to that.

Scott
New England Storm Chasers

 

[cdcollura]

Good day all,

I got it ... Thanks for sharing.

Amazing as you can literally "see" the cold / denser plume "falling" out of the storm base.

 

[BKDPhillips]

Thanks for finding the video guys. I knew you all would find it sooner than if I tried to find it. I just wanted to get it posted for you all to see.

I had seen it on the news and was so excited because I was out taking pics while it was happening but of course on still pics you can't tell. It simply looks like a lot of heavy rain.

The weather personnel on our station said it was rare to catch on film (which I believe) and it sure left a lot of people without power (several thousand).

Thanks again for your help in letting others see this event.

Belinda

 

[Steve Dedman]

Thanks Belinda..... the video is currently located in the middle of the page under Weather Headlines.

Nice to see actual Microburst footage like that. My own neighborhood has been in the path of two of these occurances over the last 10 years up here in MA. Would actually like to F scale them or would it be a "M" scale? Would the worst damage be the location directly under the spot the cold air hits the ground or would it be the rolling outflow wave? And can the dropping air be exceptionally more signifigant in one thunderstorm then another? Regardless, microbursts can do some pretty bad damage! The downed trees in my yard will attest to that.

Scott
New England Storm Chasers

I would think that there would be more tree damage right under the microburst, and more structural damage in the outflow area. Trees are used to winds moving sideways, but not straight down. I've seen trees blown nearly flat, then snap right back up as soon as the wind event has passed. In terms of rigidity, green wood is actually fairly elastic. Also, roofs are designed to carry loads of water and snow, so they are usually stronger under a vertical load than they are on a horizontal load (shearing wind) like the outflow wind would be. IOW, you're more likely to peel a roof than you are to collapse one. Engineers are funny about avoiding liabilities like under-designed roof structures.

Great videos!

 

[Joey Ketcham]

I think I may be the minority here when I say I found that video rather uninteresting. Thanks for posting though.

 

[James Wilson]

Thanks for the link ... all weather is cool.