Severe thunderstorm - Dublin - 1997

Here's a video of the biggest thunderstorm I have ever witnessed in Ireland....at night time to boot. I think it was Sunday evening, the 10th of August 1997. I remember it had been a very still and muggy evening. The first distant flashes were seen several hours before the storm arrived properly. Even after the main part of the storm passed over, thunder could be heard to the north for a couple of hours and lightning for a few hours after. The storm came from the south and appeared to be a multicell type. It skirted the east coast and just inland. The video was taken from my bedroom in my parents house. In the video, the 3 main close flashes and bangs start a little before the 10 minute mark. The third flash caused extensive damage to a row of houses just over 100 metres away, to my rear. Damage was done to the roof of one house and all television sets were blown in the block of 6. You can tell that the lightning is extremely close as the thunder begins before the lightning has finished flashing. Quality is not great as the camera is of mid 1980's vintage. Audio is not good either....just lo-fi mono. Better than nothing though. The camera is generally pointing in a northeasterly direction and the location is Baldoyle, D13, just over 1km from the coast.
It's worth watching the whole video to see (and hear) the storm getting closer and closer. At some stages lightning was flashing every few seconds. Hope you enjoy, despite the poor quality. If you chose to watch in 720 or 1080P, the quality is a little bit better with less blockiness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAEGqTCyrhk