Wild Video: Flash Flood In Utah

Wild flash flood captured by David Rankin in Utah

I've featured these flash flood videos before, but I can't get enough of them.

Videographer and photographer David Rankin caught a particularly good one in southern Utah on August 30. A large storm dumped as much as 2.5 inches of rain over normally dry, mountainous terrain in the region.

Flash floods are a common consequence of these storms, but this one is particularly wild. You can see how dangerous they are, with all the logs and debris these rushes of water pick up.

In the drone footage within the video, you can see the storm in the distance that's causing the flash flood.

Pretty amazing:

Video: How Flash Floods Can REALLY Surprise

Screen shot of flash flood video taken last week
in California.  

Last week, flash floods hit many areas of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and some of the deserts of far southeastern California.

Here's a video of a flash flood in Joshua Tree, California. It shows how such floods can really surprise people with their intensity and speed. They are called flash floods, after all.

When the video opens, water has already suddenly flooded a formerly dry wash. While the video taker and other onlookers watch, the flood really changes character suddenly.

Nobody got hurt or were endangered, but it is wild. Watch:

Some Totally Awesome Random Weather Images From The Past Week

A big storm in Texas producing a big gust of wind

I love wandering through social media to see what kind of weather images, weather video, or as I call it, weather porn I come across.

I found some good ones. The first image, from @NewsChannel10 in this post is a downburst near Amarillo, Texas.

You can see the big blast of rain slamming down on the right, and that curl of dust blowing out to the left. That shows a huge gust of wind coming from that downburst of rain.

They make those storms wild in Texas, don't they?

Lava, ocean and water spouts in Hawaii in this image
from Bruce Omari.  n

The next photo was taken by Bruce Omari. It shows lava in Hawaii flowing into the ocean.

The turbulance caused by the clash of hot lava, cooler water and everything else caused all those waterspouts to spin up beneath the steam and ash cloud. Absolutely amazing.

The third photo, from @JustMePat is a web cam grab at dawn looking out onto Lake Erie from Toledo, Ohio.

You can see a waterspout out there, partly lit up by the rising sun. Awesome!!

Dawn waterspout, Lake Erie

Finally, from June 9, scroll down for a video of massive hail on June 9 in North Platte, Neb.