News DetailIncredible video of the Chicago-area tornadoes from yesterday!
Posted At: June 8, 2008 @ 11:54 AM
Posted By: Reed Timmer
Related Categories: Tornadoes
Check out this video from storm chaser Andrew Pritchard of the large tornadoes that tore through Northern Illinois yesterday afternoon/evening! Andrew intercepted three wedges, with one attaining nearly 1 mile in width... He said that when one tornado was roping out, a new tornado would form with the new circulation in a matter of seconds. Thankfully, no fatalities have been reported from yesterday's tornadoes, which is a miracle considering the population density...
We're about to head out to Northwest OK in the next hour, but I doubt we'll see anything like Andrew saw yesterday.
We're about to head out to Northwest OK in the next hour, but I doubt we'll see anything like Andrew saw yesterday.
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I can't watch it. When I click play, It says
"We're sorry, this video is no longer available."
it will be available soon!
Good one Andrew! Really active meso in that sc...
Did anyone intercept the event in Osbourne KS? Those cells showed some potential early yesterday.
SPC says slgt with 10% probable for tornadoes today... we'll see.
Go get em boys... Think there may be some interesting activity later.. Looking interesting of development in sw IA.. Still would be running in the below noted..
Think W Ok/sw KS regardless.
Does anyone remember the game "battleship"? Kinda like the new version of it... we'll call it "severe strikes"... LOL
jc
Lmao JC! Certainly the truth sometimes. Andrew...kudos on the videos that must have been some super cell. Another round of severe storms are heading my way today but prolly not on the scale of chicago yesterday
omg i was cool i live in richton park when i saw the size of that friken tornado i was shocked mom and my 14 year old sis amanda yelled at the same crazy time to my dad and me,SARA!!! ADAM!!! GET IN THE BATHROOM!!! NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.I said where are you going to take cover? mom said in the hall closet. we waited for a million years and finally came out of the bathroom or closet and mimi was sitting on the sofa like she did not know that the roof was blew off!!! or that the windows were brokend mimi is our cat all i can say is WWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!
A 9 year using frikken? Not good
That is some really chilling footage, literally.
Not that I would encourage anyone to risk themselves or any of their property, but I would like to have seen things from a little closer vantage point.
Really good vid. Not bashing at all.
I guess I'm spoiled by the all the vids the TVN crew post.
Huge storm for Illinois usually those bigger ones stay in plains. Glad nobody was killed.
Back to hot weather in Ohio 94 at 3pm.
Dick McGowan and I are having OKC, 1999 flashbacks... this ranks in my top 10 tornado videos for sure.
JasonF: you'd be surprised what kind of language I hear from little kids.
Glad that there were no fatalities or serious injuries!Awesome footage.
Sorry if I scared everyone with my post yesterday in the wrf radar thread stating that the tornado was in Chicago. I just saw the warning and it's wording and thought that those suburbs were closer in...without taking the time to look
I also have relatives in Omaha, which got hit last night too. They're ok thankfully
Good luck chasing today!
Stay Safe!
every time , we can see a lot of crappy vidéos who's talking about tornadoes because peaple don't want to go in the front of the tornado but you don't do like the other peaple ! and this is why your vidéo is wonderful !! we can absoluly see evrything of what we wanna see in the center of the storm !
I'm french and I don't really speak english so if I did mistranslation : you have to forgive me !
Hi , I'm clement , I'm 12 years old and I wanna be a tornado watch ! so I've something to ask you :
How do you become a tronado watch ?
if you can , try to anser to me
Strike... I have to agree. I would have like to have seen a closer vantage point, but who am I to tell a storm chaser what to do. It does look like that the cops cut him off several times from getting closer. The TVN crew has spoiled us over the years for sure! But either way, outstanding footage... Great job Andrew, love the vid!
sorry , I write anser but I wanna say answer
WOW, anyone monitoring these tornado watches in Canada today? Lots in S. Ontario - hitting a little too close to home for me.
AJ...I am not suprised at all by the langauge of kids these days considering I have an 11 year old daughter.
Clement, you want to become a storm chaser or a storm spotter. A tornado watch is a possibility of severe weather and tornadoes. stay in school and get good grades then go to college
Im waiting for the storms to hit me in michigan already have had some tornado warned cells with them.
That remindes me of May 3!
PIMP VIDEO!
can anyone who has GR3 tell me what the ETVS means....I know what TVS is but im not sure about the E?
Btw this is a warning west of me heading my way
WWUS53 KGRR 081942
SVSGRR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
341 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
MIC015-025-045-065-075-077-082045-
/O.CON.KGRR.SV.W.0058.000000T0000Z-080608T2045Z/
INGHAM MI-EATON MI-BARRY MI-JACKSON MI-KALAMAZOO MI-CALHOUN MI-
341 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR CALHOUN...SOUTHEASTERN KALAMAZOO...JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN
BARRY...EATON AND INGHAM COUNTIES...
AT 338 PM EDT...A LINE OF STORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 75 MPH WAS LOCATED FROM VERMONTVILLE TO BATTLE CREEK TO
ATHENS...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
FULTON... CLIMAX... KALAMO...
VERMONTVILLE... BEDFORD... SPRINGFIELD...
ATHENS... BATTLE CREEK... ASSYRIA...
LACEY... NASHVILLE... BELLEVUE...
CERESCO... BURLINGTON... OLIVET...
CHARLOTTE... MARSHALL... POTTERVILLE...
THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL
THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN.
LAT...LON 4236 8527 4274 8511 4276 8414 4222 8412
4219 8413 4212 8411 4206 8418 4207 8507
4206 8509 4206 8554
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 273DEG 41KT 4273 8487 4234 8508
4207 8518
$$
OSTUNO
761
======================================================================
WUUS53 KGRR 081934
SVRGRR
MIC015-025-045-065-075-077-082045-
/O.NEW.KGRR.SV.W.0058.080608T1934Z-080608T2045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
334 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN
EATON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN
INGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN
JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN
SOUTHEASTERN BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
SOUTHEASTERN KALAMAZOO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
* AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF VERMONTVILLE
TO BATTLE CREEK TO 6 MILES WEST OF ATHENS...AND MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.
* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
BATTLE CREEK... NASHVILLE... BELLEVUE...
CHARLOTTE... MARSHALL... LANSING...
EATON RAPIDS... ALBION... MASON...
LESLIE... JACKSON... BROOKLYN...
CONTINUOUS LIGHTING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING IS
ONE OF NATURES TOP KILLERS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
QUICKLY...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER THEN YOU ARE IN DANGER OF BEING
STRUCK.
LAT...LON 4236 8527 4274 8511 4276 8414 4222 8412
4219 8413 4212 8411 4206 8418 4207 8507
4206 8509 4206 8554
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 273DEG 41KT 4274 8498 4234 8519
4207 8529
$$
MJS
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The fact that that cell went through the south burbs of Chicago without horrendous damage is amazing. When I saw where it was heading I was thinking serious tragedy. Whew. Great look at it guys!
Jason,
How is that GR3 ? Really need to check it out. I was reading Heidi's blog the other day on it and book marked the website.
Anyone finding any rotation in that HUGE squall line ?
Still thinking the west OK... very south w/cent KS..
Your"thoughts" move... lol
jc
great capture andrew..congrats to you.
Wow, great footage Andrew! Thanks for sharing...
GREAT VIDEO!! AWESOME! Good thing it didn't kill anyone. Also, Clement, there is this great feature called Babble Fish Translation from a search engine website called AltaVista.com, which was just recently bought by a website called Yahoo!. Here is a link: http://babelfish.yahoo.com/?fr=avbbf-us
Also, FYI, I'm a kid too! (Age 10). Alright, I'm going to stop typing now, I'm still sweating from taking my puppy out in 100 degrees fahrenheit temperatures here in central North Carolina. If you don't know where that is (no offense), I will tell you later.
WOW!
The storms on the west side of OK... Hmm. It appears that these sc's are breaking out of the squall and appear to have some umph to them. Anyone streaming out there today?
Also... the on cell going northeast passing Alba ? Looks like stream 3 is positioned well attm. That cell looks wonderful.. Should get pretty interesting in the nearing hours.
jc
Awesome footage...bummer about the damage.
Last I checked...Frikken, or however you spell it..is not a swear word. Seriously people...
Thats some great footage, glad to hear that no one was hurt from these storms!
Alva... OOPs.. Regardless.. Hope those storms show their stuff.. j
Clement:
Read all you can about weather and severe weather. Get the basics of storm production and movement down first. At your age clement, you'll have a long time to study before you can chase one so now is a good time to start learning things. This is a link to N.O.A.A. in the U.S. about the different terms of weather , severe weather and general meterology kiddo. Enjoy.
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/jetstream/index.htm
how's it looking for dallas tomaro????
Is the amarillo doppler registering correctly? The precip colors are white must be the hailstorm of the century!
Wow! Im seeing 80+ dBZ's on the panhandle storms with POSH 4.00 inch
Jc,
I like the GR3 radar....showed a mesocyclone about 1-2 miles from me before the power at my apt went out and after the EAS went off for a tornado warning. Then my fire pager dropped the tones and i was busy for about 2 hours....I think a possible EF0 went through my area due to the damage path that I drove around and checked out.
Everyone,
When I get my internet back up I'll post the radar pic just before my power decided to cut out. Winds really kicked up over 60 mph and looked like the trees were going around with the wind in a circular motion
Just curious was the web site down for a hour or so? I found a wireless connection at a restaurant near my house and nothing was coming up. Then i went across the street to the FD station I work at and I couldnt get on there from a different computer either.
Wow! Great video !!! I did one today...okay, it's not comparable to the video here, but that's what we get today near Montreal... http://youtube.com/watch?v=vit-s8RAgf4
What?? !!!
Just get back from a day on the coast.. checkin in on all my storm stuff and... nothing? Nada ? No Bueno...
Would of thought for sure we would have had some ... activity in the OK/KS vicinity.. All we get is a big ole squall line... Whats up with that?
Guess it is time for our season migration.. Its time to visit our friends up north eh!
Our surf in so Cal is HUGE attm.. guess I am stoked to be getting my hydro horizontal twister fix filled out here. Its been "alltime" the past 4 days..
Jason, thanks for your input on the GR3.. For next years chasing, I really want to be well dialed for what nature gives us.. I am really in awe of the chases in May... OMG... memories for a lifetime ! Insane !!! 595 tornado reports for May.. Woah!
Looks like I wont be doing much more on this site unless we get some more opps. in the plains... I alway had a personal policy.. "Do not chase squall lines"...
Maybe day "4".. but looks to be more up in the north.
All of you doing the Canada thing coming around the corner... Be safe..
JC
JasonF, I had the same issue yesterday evening. When I went to bed at 9 pm I could not access TV.N.
Here is one of the videos that I took Saturday while following the tornado.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVtGZPpK0wY
I have three parts total.
WOW?
Great footage of the Illinois event..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGHlrXSDy2k&NR=1
jc
great video , thanks for sharing .
The video doesn't show up. Should I type in something?
Tornado watch for parts of southern Manitoba.
Looks like a cold core setup. Funnel could has been spotted already. I'm thinking of going out just for kicks.
Yo...
Just copy the link to your browser.. Amazing vid for sure..
jc
Tornado Watch is in effect for Southeastern manitoba, Monday June 9, 2008. Continue to watch skies and keep updated through local news and radio.
Baseball hail in north carolina and no severe thunderstorm watch.
Jc,
Nice video
glad to hear other people having a hard time getting tvn-I couldn't for quite a while.
Wow...some crazy weather all across North America yesterday. I am so thankful that with such a widespread storm system, that it didn't end up as catastrophically as it could have. I must say that, although we didn't see too much here in Saskatchewan, it was interesting to be under a tornado watch for the first time in a year, especially when environment canada was using language which suggested almost DEFINITE development of cold core tornadoes in my area. To all those still in the affected area, stay safe out there. Lets all hope that July will bring at least some peace to the storm ravaged areas.
anyone know the official rating of those huge Chicago tornados?
Storms with flooding is my main concern. High winds and hail are likely in Arkansas and Northern Texas and Louisiana at times. A few tornadoes are very possible, as some brief rotation has been happening with a lot of these storms. I would say they would be very weak and short lived however.
Its so funny.. I look at everyone elses posts and der... I am the only one that like "signs out"...
wazzup with that...
Thats my new saying for fizzling storms and squall lines for this period of nadda mucha in a line dance.
What did they end up rating this thing? I been out of the whole news broadcast on it. Living in the area you get tired of hearing about it when that's all the talk about on the news/radio.
The storms that hit the Detroit metropolitan area yesterday were classified as a deracho by NWS White lake
Http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=dtx&storyid=15235&source=0
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WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO yeah YEAH!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioYkvCtSY5s
ps: Reed please show Damien this. =)
wonderful tornadoe. you're lucky in usa, you have lots of tornadoes. Hi from france
Waterspout just lifted off coast of Hollywood, Florida, Moderate Risk for NY....what a day.
Good morning everyone! Today is my day! The SPC put the south of Quebec in moderate risk! Yahoo!
Yesterday afternoon 7 funnel clouds were spotted in southern Manitoba and 1 brief touchdown according to Environment Canada.
I went out around 4pm and caught a real nice cell just to the west of De Salaberry. Dropped a twisted rope for about 15 to 20 seconds. Just short enough for me to not get a picture. I will post pics of the cell later.
Also, rookie chasing mistake #1: Driving at high rates of speed down farm roads after 2 days of heavy rain. Got stuck in 2 feet of mud for almost an hour. I will never complain about my Suburban ever again.
Good luck Caro.
this is so cool...i have always been fascinated by tornados. my mom went through a tornado in cincinnati on her birthday when she was little and i have always thought of studying them when i get older but i wasn't really sure...keep up the good work :)