--- description: Storm chasers captured beautiful and frightening video of a massive supercell storm taking shape in the skies over eastern Wyoming. title: Watch Spectacular Video of a Supercell Forming image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch: Spectacular Time Lapse Footage of Supercell Forming by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 19, 2014 10:56 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 19, 2014 10:56 PM CUT Storm chasers in eastern Wyoming Sunday captured stunning time lapse video of a massive “[supercell](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercell "undefined")” thunderstorm, right as it formed before their very eyes. These storms, called supercells because of their rotating updraft, are responsible for the most destructive tornados in the United States, the [National Weather Service](http://www.weather.gov/ "undefined") reports. The storm in the video thankfully did not touch down, but it’s easy to see the frightening power of those rapidly spinning clouds, and imagine the damage it might have inflicted, had it done so. The video was captured and shared on social by [Basehunters](https://www.facebook.com/basehunters "undefined") out of Norman, Okla. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/105499/watch-spectacular-time-lapse-footage-of-supercell-forming/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/105499/watch-spectacular-time-lapse-footage-of-supercell-forming/"},"headline":"Watch: Spectacular Time Lapse Footage of Supercell Forming","datePublished":"2014-05-19T22:56:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:55:57.701Z","description":"Beautiful as this video is, these storms can be terrifying and deadly","url":"https://time.com/105499/watch-spectacular-time-lapse-footage-of-supercell-forming/","keywords":["Wyoming","storm","Time-lapse"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/105499/watch-spectacular-time-lapse-footage-of-supercell-forming/","name":"Watch: Spectacular Time Lapse Footage of Supercell Forming"}}]}] ```