News DetailAmazing home video of the Wilmar tornado!
For those that have not heard, this tornado was rated an EF3 by the NWS, as it caused damage to a turkey barn as well as a few homes. Thankfully no fatalities were reported from this tornado. I really wish we were in position to chase this event, but we were stuck in western Manitoba at the time of the tornado!
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
820 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2008
...WILLMAR AREA TORNADO RATED EF-3...
A DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM HAS COMPLETED ITS INSPECTION OF THE TORNADO
DAMAGE FROM FRIDAYS STORM SOUTH OF WILLMAR...AND THE TORNADO WILL BE
RATED AS A LOW END EF-3. AN EF-3 TORNADO CORRELATES WITH WINDS OF
136 TO 165 MPH...AND THIS PARTICULAR TORNADO IS MOST LIKELY IN THE
RANGE OF 136 TO 150 MPH. THE EF SCALE REFERS TO THE ENHANCED FUJITA
SCALE.
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT FIVE TO SIX MILES SOUTHWEST OF
DOWNTOWN WILLMAR. MORE SPECIFICALLY...ONE HALF MILE NORTH OF
PRIAM...ALONG COUNTY ROAD 116...HITTING A TURKEY BARN. THE TORNADO
TRAVELED EAST...CROSSING HIGHWAY 71 NEAR 45TH AVENUE OR COUNTY ROAD
19...OR ABOUT TWO AND ONE HALF MILES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN WILLMAR. IT
CONTINUED MOVING EASTWARD...ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD 19.
THE MOST SEVERE DAMAGE TOOK PLACE ONE AND ONE HALF MILES EAST OF
HIGHWAY 71 AND ONE THIRD MILE NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD 19.
THE TORNADO DISSIPATED FOUR MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILLMAR....TWO AND
ONE HALF MILES EAST OF HIGHWAY 71 AND ONE HALF MILE NORTH OF COUNTY
ROAD 19.
TOTAL PATH LENGTH WAS EIGHT MILES...AND THE MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS 200
YARDS.
TWO MINOR INJURIES OCCURRED AT A TURKEY BARN ALONG COUNTY ROAD 19
AND JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 71. THERE WERE NO FATALITIES ASSOCIATED
WITH THE TORNADO.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME EYEWITNESSES DESCRIBING A SECONDARY TORNADO
ROTATING AROUND THE MAIN TORNADO. WHETHER THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED
CAN BE DETERMINED ONLY BY PHOTOS OR VIDEO...AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE WILL BE EXAMINING THE NUMEROUS PHOTOS AND VIDEOS THAT EXIST.
IF YOU WISH TO SEND PHOTOS OR VIDEO LINKS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...PLEASE GO TO OUR WEB SITE WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TWINCITIES AND
SEND AN E-MAIL TO THE WEBMASTER. THIS WEB SITE ALSO HAS A REVIEW OF
THE STORM.
THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTS OF OTHER TORNADOES IN THE COSMOS OR
ATWATER AREAS...AFTER THE DISSIPATION OF THE WILLMAR TORNADO.
AGAIN... PHOTOS OR VIDEO WILL BE REQUIRED TO VERIFY THIS...SINCE
NOTHING HAS BEEN HEARD IN THE WAY OF DAMAGE IN THESE AREAS. THE
DAMAGE THREE MILES NORTHWEST OF BROWNTON WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN
CAUSED BY OUTFLOW FROM THE STORM...AND THEREFORE NOT TORNADIC.
MANY THANKS ARE TO BE GIVEN TO THE MANY STORM SPOTTERS...STORM
CHASERS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS...AND OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS WHO PROVIDED SUCH
VALUABLE REPORTS BEFORE...DURING AND AFTER THE TORNADO. THOSE
REPORTS UNDOUBTEDLY HELPED SAVE LIVES.
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yeah I saw that AMAZING AAAAAAA!!!!
Click on my name you will see the tail end of this storm pass over my place in New Ulm. Watch it at about 40sec in you will see a dust cloud pass by the building. Turned out a lot of trees were knocked down along the street up about 3 blocks. Was standing outside filming the wild looking clouds boil over my head.
A great video thankfully no one was seriously injured in this storm. Love the timelapsed video Jim do you use Corel Photostudio?
Have a great one all !
amazing guys.
Is another adventure (weather permitting) planned?
hay i was looking and at my maps and i fond a tornado warning in perkins county and it located a tornado.
I saw you guys on CBC national news this morning. Good little news story.
Maybe more people will pay attention to their surroundings if you guys get on tv a bunch of times.
wow back to states already? looks like the prediction dont materlialize... dont worry it is still july and the real "fun" season is yet to start...
sorry the chase was a bit belly reed and gang, better was close to going though. up here in canada its hit or miss...and there is a wide margin that goes with that . im hoping now for the last week in july to first week of aug . across our prairies.. we dont usually have a giant low in the arctic but this year we have and its thrown the patterns for a bit of a whack.
gald your safe at any respect.
Bunch of tornado warnings for northern Minnesota. Brady, this one has your name all over it.
Nothing worse then tornadoes at night in the north woods.
Hard to find a place to hide when you can`t where its coming from through all the trees.
Here is my video from last weeks chases in ND and SK not great I know but gettin better with time LOL.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG4uRfVHC34
WOW! That is some amazing footage. Great tornado !!!
Reed.. Even though you did not score on this one... You found one supreme supercell in Canada. The footage of that monster structure is pretty cool.
Still enjoying all the memories and videos of the "May Chases".. Hope all you guys at TVN have a good summer.. It is so funny... When I show all of these Cali people the footage I brought home from the May chases.. They think we "storm chasers" are some kind of crazy freaks! Looking forward to next spring.. Yep Yep Yep!
If they think that then.. Maybe the'll let me dominate all summer here, and give me all the waves when i am in the water.. JC auga dominator of horizontal tubes. Hurricane swell... Comin up next week.
Wow!!! What a video. Too bad you guys were out of position in Manitoba.
Yo JC, bet ya cant wait for them big ole waves.
I wanted to chase this event badly. Got caught up due to work and never made it out of Iowa. And, geez, did it have to miss Best Buy?
Also, Heidi and her poor ears ... oh noes ...