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Written by Heidi Farrar   
Wednesday, 29 April 2009 17:51

 

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Above are a couple of screen captures from the tornado streamed by David Drummond and Ben Holcomb at about 6:15 PM; below is the base reflectivity radar presentation from the same time. The tornado was located near Cedar Hill, TX, and the responsible supercell continues to look very impressive on radar. Several teams of chasers are on the storm right now, including TVN, so be sure to check back often for more updates, and later, video! 04.29.09.drummondholcombcell 

 

UPDATE: I talked to Ben and he says there were TWO tornadoes, one on either side of them, and that they were less than 100 yards away!!

Verne Carlson is also streaming from Garden City, KS and has had some INSANE hail footage; his storm is currently tornado warned!

UPDATE!: Verne Carlson just streamed a HUGE landspout with multiple vortices (~7:40PM)

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JakeinTN
Tornadoes occurring northeast of Lubbock! AND Garden City, KS!
Apr 30 2009 03:16:56
TVN Myspace is reporting that they've intercepted 2 tornadoes NE of Lubbock.
Idk, who runs the TVN myspace though, so it could have been anyone who posted that lol.
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jaxND
Re:Tornadoes occurring northeast of Lubbock! AND Garden City, KS!
Apr 30 2009 07:35:59
I saw Drummond/Holcomb as towers were going up, then checked back later and was suprised to see the tornadoes! I thought they were pretty close, I cringed after I saw the road conditions + other chasers hopelessly stuck. Here I am making an armchair chase report LOL... Well hopefully storms could be a little more north around the 10th of may.
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+4 #1 JC Surfs 2009-04-29 12:42
I have to say this.. This was the BEST live stream of a tornado I have ever witnessed from a monitor.. GREAT JOB! TVN stream rules... That was awesome to witness live...

Just a beautiful tornado... Congrats to you David Drummond... You work so hard.. and the prize.. I am so stoked for you... So glad to be watching at the time... Cheers
 
 
+4 #2 Heidi 2009-04-29 12:43
Verne is streaming multiple landspouts right now. He thinks there might be a large tornado hidden in the rain behind the landspouts but it is much safer out in front. He also has some damage to his vehicle from the large hail!
 
 
+4 #3 brandyrene87 2009-04-29 12:44
Verne has an amazing tornado on his stream right now!
 
 
+4 #4 pjones77 2009-04-29 12:51
Verne is the MAN!!! :lol:
 
 
+4 #5 brandyrene87 2009-04-29 12:53
Picture didn't work, here's the link to the pic instead!

s229.photobucket.com/albums/ee245/brandyrene87/?action=view¤t=TornadoinGardenCityKansas.jpg
 
 
+6 #6 BobBarnett 2009-04-29 13:25
Great day
Had 2 windows open simultaneously as that tornado in TX was chasing Ben, and Verne had rainbows, big hail, and something that looked huge, on the ground.
Beats the hell out of the networks.
 
 
+5 #7 CMH Bill 2009-04-29 13:28
Great Job today by David, Ben and Verne. Thanks Guys keep it coming and BE SAFE!!!
 
 
+4 #8 Heidi 2009-04-29 13:50
Verne has some awesome lightning on his stream right now.

TVN was, ahem, VERY VERY CLOSE to one of the tornadoes David and Ben streamed. ;-)
 
 
+2 #9 tasha87 2009-04-29 14:10
just caught a devloping tornado on verne cam :O) but then went.. think server just crashed thou just as it looked like things where geting started GUTTED.. :-) best action i seen on here :lol:
 
 
+3 #10 tasha87 2009-04-29 14:18
has everyone stopped streaming at same time??
 
 
+2 #11 aTXff77 2009-04-29 14:28
Congrat's Dave,Ben, and Verne, on a great, successful chase day. This has to be the best "streaming" day that I have seen since I joined the sight. You guys ROCK.....TornadoVideos.net has just taking another leep forward!!! Great job on the updates Heidi. Keep it up.
Pat, A-Town, TX :roll:
 
 
+1 #12 CAStormChaser 2009-04-29 14:56
Wow! Verne was on a really great cell! Looked like a firework show while those two cells were merging! Great streaming today Dave, Ben, and Verne!
 
 
+2 #13 JC Surfs 2009-04-29 14:57
I cannot believe the SPC has not recognized the Drummond tornado on 4-29 tornado reports as of this post... Did anyone call this tornado in to the NWS?

Again... Great job on the streaming TVN Team...

Drummond and Carlson.. You guys ruled today.. Best of cheers to the both of you...
 
 
+2 #14 CAStormChaser 2009-04-29 15:00
Hey JC!
Yeah, I was just wondering the same thing. I'm gonna my friends at the NWS and ask about that.

Thanks for keeping us updated on all this Heidi!! :)
-Sean-
 
 
0 #15 Caleb 2009-04-29 15:11
Are you sure that's a landspout?? Not denieing it but That looks like a prety insaine supercell with a meso!!! Landspouts are caused by rapidly intensifying up drafts in a regular thunderstorm
 
 
+3 #16 StormChaser12 2009-04-29 15:18
Wow excellent Heidi,i was watching the David drummond cam tonight ,and stuck with it,and saw this Tornado also...it was a wicked stream,but fantastic that you caught it,and saved the screen...ive been studying the pics,and i thought i saw it , but had to check again:)...I noticed David seem to have a bit of bother with the Dirt roads tonight...and i think they even had to help another vehicle which went of the Road or got stuck down a ditch....hehe,an eventfull chase no doubt ...Just 1 thing plz use ur windshield wipers more often David:)Nah keep up the gd work guys and thanks for capturing that pics from I Map tonight heidi,i really did need a second look at that.....Thanks all,,,really great night on the live stream. TVN Rocks!
 
 
+6 #17 David Drummond 2009-04-29 15:49
We couldn't use the wipers later because one of them blew off when we were running to get in front of the tornado.
 
 
+3 #18 WesleyL 2009-04-29 16:23
I have a couple pics of David setting with a front row seat for the tornado (pretty sure it was your van in the pic). I would been in the perfect place to stream as it first came down, but I was having major issue with my camera power off today (cant have a tape in the camera or it wants to turn off all the time). Once the tornado cam down I forgot all about the stream as I was kinda worried about becoming debris. Also if Reed didn't take a direct hit today, I will be shocked. He was in perfect position to intercept. The SRV was covered in mud when I saw it a few minutes later.
 
 
+3 #19 WesleyL 2009-04-29 16:26
TIV ended up in a ditch this evening. The support vehicle was in the ditch right behind it. Needless to say I didnt try and go down that road.
 
 
+3 #20 brandyrene87 2009-04-29 16:34
Today's chase was amazing guys, keep up the great work!
 
 
+1 #21 BobBarnett 2009-04-29 16:38
What's amazing is the live site has only been up a month, is getting updates regularly, and now w Verne subtitling-forgetaboutit!
By next year it will probably be HD streaming without dropouts.
 
 
+5 #22 bholcomb 2009-04-29 17:50
Amazing day, and I'm not sure I'll ever top this again in my storm chase career. Great tornado, extremely close! Great footage. Can't wait to share it with everyone!!
 
 
+3 #23 TexarkanaBaby 2009-04-29 18:53
I am green with envy! :-x I tried all day to watch ANY of the streaming chases but could never get any of them to connect! :cry: I've had problems the last few weeks after the system upgrades :-? ....used to be able to watch with no problems but not so much any more! :sad: Can any computer wizards offer this rookie any suggestions??? ;-)
 
 
0 #24 xmesox 2009-04-29 23:10
Nice work David, always been a fan of your streaming. I`m kicking myself that I didn't stay up that extra 30 minutes to watch it happen. But I`m sure you guys managed to get some video which I am excited to see. Nice job.
 
 
0 #25 tornado92 2009-04-30 03:24
Intense stuff guys, nice one :lol:
 

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