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  • that was like a mile away from my house it was that bad

  • hey dares me cowtown harvard !)

  • In stereo at 1:10.

  • in unison "HOLY SHIT" Rofl

  • this was on my b-day!!:(!

  • Tornadoes in January? Man it's getting crazy

  • Believe it or not, tornadoes have been known to spawn in January for quite a while. It's just the ones that do damage that make the news. They are rare in January, but it's not something that just started happening rececently. As a matter of fact, November is also known as a second but smaller peak period for tornadoes. The fall and winter months get some of the worse tornadoes to hit also. A tornado can spawn in any month of the year. Peak month is May followed by June in the USA.

  • yea cuz mah teachers husband acually got interveiwed

  • More bad mortgages to be paid by the government to the banks..., home owner, homeless.

  • fyi everybody it was rt. 14 in harvard cause 23 is on the south end.

  • i cant watch this video without dying laughing...i love harvard but damn you two characters and your "holy shit"s wow....

  • Holy shit,,,tornado in january,,,when the temperature dont reach the 30s?????

  • Well I live in this area and lost to big hay barn, on january 6, it was cold like 15-20 degrees with 5-10 inches of snow. On the next day, the HUGE warm front came and warmed up to 70 degrees. melt all the snow away but not all of them and makes into EXTREME foggy causing to have a Great major storm. So after the on that day, the temp drop down to 20's degrees. Very STRANGE.

  • "Holy shit" in unison - :53

  • Holy shit. haha. Awesome footage of the semi, i live about a mile or two from where this happened the tornado here had literally just went through my neighborhood, derailed a train, then continued on to apparently hit the semi. Crazy weather, especially for January.

  • Where is it!

  • Where did you pick it up 173 & 12? Sounds like the hail fucked your fucked your car up something terrable?

  • give a sec give a sec i gotta call someone and wipe my ass!!!!!! hOOOOlYY ShhIIIT!!

  • I hope that these storm chasers have gotten a decent video camera since they took this video. The quality here is terrible.

  • you can try viewing the video in high quality by clicking the HQ button to the right of the video.

  • I live in Harvard IL :D:D amazing. I remember this day well.

  • holy shit, holy shit, u guys are funny that's almost where i live well i live in alden but that's be side the points

  • Hey I live there.. lol

  • holy shit...HOLY SHIT!!!....HOLY SHIT!!! HOLY SHIT!!! HOLY SHIT!!!!! I live close to here

  • lmao holy shit.

  • I seen the tornado coming S-N. The hail started to hit and people started getting out of their cars in the open and laying on the side of the road of E-43. I pulled over to tell people get in their cars and drive, don't let it come and hit you. Less than 2 minutes later it passed behind us. It was still a crappy day all of the way to Milwaukee I heard tornado and flood warnings.

  • The Holy Shit Tornado !

  • so funny you both said holy s%@t at the exact same time..

  • this was crazy i remember this i was in the basement though and i remember going by the train and the semi that flipped that was awsome!!!! oh well obviously i live in harvard

  • you were on highway 14 north u dumbie. but it was still cool that u got it on video

  • Holy CRAP I saw all the after math but never actually saw the tornado i was down in my basement!!!!!!!! The train it flipped in Lawrence was crazy!!

  • holy shit dude i live in Harvard i Remember taht me and my friends were waiting for Basketball Practice so we walked to the Gas Station and we herd that there was a tornado holy shit

  • i live in harvard

  • I was 2 minutes ahead of the semi that was flipped over. taking a left off 14 heading towards lawrence I was heading right into it not realizing this until a metal shed flew across the road about 100 yards in front of me and one of them big country trees tipped over blocking me from driving through. I put my car in park and rode it out. You talk about HOLY SHIT!!!

  • omg i can't believe this happend on my b-day!! :(((

  • K:OMG!! Me 2! it happened on mi b-day

  • Did not know that Tornadoes happen also in the winter...

  • they dont now normmally

  • how the fuck do Tornadoes hit Indiana in Jan???

  • awh i was there when it happend i moved gay i used too live out there since 1st grade till high school i always wanted too see one lol

  • I was at home in Capron when it passed by...i didnt know it WAS a tornado (cuz i live in the middle of town) ....scary shit!!!

  • Don't worry about the language - I'd be saying worse than holy shit ... LOL! Amazing capture - wow. In January, yet - don't expect that, you know? The third tornado I was in was January, 17, 1996: lost my roof in that one. Only an EF-0, but once the roof goes ... you know? LOL Five stars, adding to "Tornado" playlist, thanks. =]

    *StormSpinner1* in Texas

  • man thats freaky harvard is pretty damn close to where i live, we play harvard in football thats pretty freaky, we've had tornado watches the past 7 days

  • Dude, was that 23 or route 14? 14 goes through Harvard into Bigfoot, but 23 ends at 14 just southeast of the Walmart. Doesn't it? Great footage, by the way.

  • yep.  its been stated plenty of times before it was 14 not 23... due to the excitement our members got confused on the roads..

  • well it was a HOLY SHIT moment. that tornado hit my house that day.

  • I LOVE this video. It's great to see honest reactions and the feel of the weather here is vivid. Much better than a polished, heavily edited piece.

  • Everyone says holy shit when a tornado crosses their path...LOL

  • LOL 0:53

    doubled soung

  • i cracked up when they kept saying holy shit.

  • To Bad 23 Does not go north of Harvard Ends South Side of Harvard Do these men know were their at?????? I am sure it was hwy14

  • XerxesXavi - please read upper right side of this page before posting (more info button)... this has been noted several times already, just a simple mistake having traveled N on 23 to get to Harvard then hop onto 14 and simply forgot the road number.

  • Was that an EF-1 or EF-3?

  • by this time in the video it was rated at an EF1 if i remember correctly. it had reached ef3 ratings near poplar grove. however at the point it reached hwy 14 it was lifting as it crossed the road, or that barn would have suffered a lot worse. At the beginning of the video you can see it being very sizable (rain obscuring) I wouldnt doubt had more buildings been in its way it would have been close to EF2 or EF3 at the end there.

  • lol they said holy shit the same time twice

  • it almost took out my house . it sounded like a freakin freight train going past my house..

    good thing my relatives called me other wise i would have been cooked TOAST! cuz i was watching a movie and i didn't know it was coming . so i thanked them for calling me like a 100 times! i will never forget that day

    Im gonna start chassin those things for a living

    WISH ME LUCK!!!!

    ITS GONNA BE AWSOME!!

  • i bet.

  • Rock those motherfuckin tornados lol. That would be an awsome job, go for it.

  • This just missed my house by a few yards! It touched down right after it passed over me!

  • the filing could have been better

  • they just need a better camera... takes money heh

  • HOLY SHIT HOLY CRAP OH MY GOD lol

  • man i would of hated to be in the deasle

  • i went through that tornado and i almost crapped my fricken pants it was like a freaking freight train went through and i am glad i lived through it!! Good Video ..THANKS!

  • great job man, didn't know this was out there. thanks for the compliment, pales in comparison to this :)

  • You should learn to keep your hand steady and the camera in focus. That would be AWESOME!

  • That thing was tooooooo close for comfort...i live a mile away from where that happened.

  • Nice to see spotters in action

  • i remember that day..that was when it was super warm up here O_O

  • The tornado seemed to be wrapped in rain, that's why it was hard to see.

  • Nice video! You forgot to mention that the tornado also derailed a train in Lawrence, IL not to far away from were you were in Harvard. The town was evacuated because one of the cars that derailed was carrying highly flammable liquid used to sterilize medical equipment.

  • yeah i live where this happened it was sweet\

  • this was the famous HOLY SHIT tornado of 2008!

  • Holy Shit...you are right. Holy Shit that was a serious tornado. Holy Shit

  • haha you guys need a dash mount or something.

  • i didnt seen any tarnado lol

  • Lol... two times both said "holy shit" together. :D

  • has anyone got any holy paper fo the holy shit

  • LMAO!!!!!!

  • OMG a tornado in the winter

  • Tornadoes happen in all months of the year.

  • Not in IL. This storm kicked out Three Rare January tornadoes. Two in WI and 1 in IL. This one was categorized as a F3 by NWS.

  • Holy Shit!!!

  • Holy Shit! I was born and raised in Harvard and I never saw a tornado the whole time I lived there! I hope no one was hurt!

  • No, no severe injuries. Scared the holy shit out of everyone, though!

  • I never knew tornadoes that big and strong can be around where i live, i live like an hour from there

  • Me too!

  • You got the date wrong on the video it's 2008 not 2007.

  • lol whats with all the holy shit.

  • holy shit.

  • No sweat. It's not everyday you get to see tornadoes up close. It was an easy mistake. I appreciate your enthusiasm! I knew you knew where you were from your description, "north of Harvard, south of Bigfoot". It's the way the roads are laid out that gets confusing!

  • In response to some of the questions left here, I was aware of where i was at at all times, I just got soo excited that I had gotten the route number mixed with the one I traveled to get to this area. We came from Marengo and traveled route 23 to get to Harvard, hence why I was saying 23 instead of 14, so for those who don't like the fact that I was saying rt 23 sorry excitement got to me. I think most would be excited.

  • yeah i live like 15 minutes away from there. and yeah right by harvard. that's been like the first tornado sinse i was born. do you guys live in harvard?

  • Sweet!  Wish you had a better camera though.

  • That should have read be more careful with your safety as opposed to being more careful with information. Just wanted to clarify.

  • If you are familiar with the area, Route 14 and Rt. 23 become one just south of town. From there 23 splits off of Rt. 14 across the WI border so it's understandable how this mistake could be made. Although, if I didn't know that it would definitely be confusing. To their credit they gave more of a description..."north of Harvard, south of Bigfoot". That's a pretty narrow area for location. I say great job on capture but be more careful next time.

  • i gotcha, to bad the all clear siren couldnt have like a different tone to it or somethin, then ya could just keep the warning one on none stop to make sure no one would have and excuse not to here it,

  • all i can say is...

    holyship

    great video!

  • videoramon: They are 3 mins sirens. All set up to NOAA and NWS standards. They are tested every Tuesday at 10:30 am (unless dispatch is very busy which happens sometimes) Once the NWS has sent out an all clear message, we sound the alarm again. Residents need to be aware of the alarm and what it means. I'm in the process of making sure something is done to fix that.

  • Nice vid on the Tornado. The tornado even hit Poplar Grove, destroyed Edward's Apple Orchard. Sucks... and I was thinking about apple donuts a few days before it happened too.

  • well that suckx to know that ill never hear a siren from where i work unless im out side, and so u dont keep the siren going while the tornado is strolin around harvard?

  • This happened on Rt. 14 in Harvard NOT Rt. 23. There were luckily NO deaths. Thank God!! Anyways though, thanks for posting the video, as I was not in town and would have liked to seen it.

  • nice one, too bad no one died

  • I live in Machesney Park, IL. The storms were awesome. Glad no one died.

  • Dude.. the vid is so bad you can't even see it :( And the title at the top of the vid says 2007. But hey... HOLY S%#!!! LOL

  • to videoramon: the sirens actually sounded 5 mins prior to the tornado touchdown in Harvard. How do I know? I'm the person who pushed the button when the NWS advised the Harvard PD that it was in Capron and heading out direction. The siren that sounded approximately 8 mins after the tornadoe left the Harvard area is the "all clear" siren that is required per NOAA standards. Know your facts before you say anything wrong.

  • ok so u did, u guys at all upset that no one is willing to say on the record that there was an actual tornado, think it has anything to do with the fact that the sirens didnt come on until it had left harvard!?

  • the sirens blew about 5 minutes before the tornado came, you must have heard the all clear siren

  • have u guys realized yet that u were on rout 14 not 23 during all this,!!!!???

  • Looks fake.

  • I was just kidding...LOL

  • man that tornado when right by me, my dad and I were in a ditch, thanks for putting this video up, I live in popular grove, thanks bro, now I got proof, now everyone will believe me

  • Holy s#%t. Neat!!!

  • lucky it did not went in miwaukee.thats were i live

  • driving to chicago, we saw the tornado in bloomington

  • I statred watching this cell that developed a half hour after the SPC issued the tornado watch on Doppler. As it hit in the Loves Park/Popular Grove/Harvard area, it grew like the Hulk, headed into Wisconsin and really reeked havaoc in Kenosha County. I'm hoping to see any vids clips from that one in Wheatland. Great job on this vid guys.

  • i had a perfect view of this thing from the third floor of the old motorola building, it was heading straight to the building but as soon has it got to rt 14 it whent straight north blowin transformers, it was crazy, i dont know why these guys kept saying rt 23? no wonder the scanner was filled with confusion, and them sirens didnt even come till it was all over with!

  • i was standing on third floor of the old motorola building i had a perfect view of that thing as it rode along rt 14 it was heading straight torwards the building, which gave me a very uneasy feeling realizing i was on the third floor, but as soon as hit 14 it changed direction straight north, picking up depree and blowin transformers as it went, it was nice to here the sirens go off after everthing was all over!

  • I live in Loves park a few miles away from were the tornado hit. I heard the sirens go off and then saw the funnel right over riverside and mulford. Then the winds took it and it hit harvard. Great video, I drover by the scene and from what I saw it wasnt looking good.

  • Erik,

    This is one amazing video of the tornado in Harvard! I can't believe the guys almost got intercepted themselves as they were ONLY a few hundred feet from the actual tornado!!

    ~Van~

  • haha i was so scared last night! i live in belleville but we were under a watch also..now i gotta go to school today knowing we might still be under a watch again today. god. lol oh and what type of tornado is this? (if u know) i couldnt exactly tell if it were a F3 but idk its hard to tell. thanks! (STAY SAFE PPL...lol)

  • Nice work guys! Truly rare this time of the year.

  • wow that is one massive fucking tornado!! and that was this year too....crazy weather for january this year.

  • Great job Spotters!

  • Rich and Dave did some great photography here.. I finally put it all together so we could get it online. The TV stations got the just the Tornado / No Sound version for obvious reasons lol. I will have a stronger quality one placed on the site before the end of the week.

  • Most definately some *crazy* weather to hit the northern US this early in the year. Highs were in the 60s and 70s, with 35 (yes, thirty-five) seperate tornado reports into the Storm Prediction Center on Monday, January 7th alone. This is not counting any reports that may have occured on Sunday, or may occur Tuesday. Absolutely incredible weather for January.

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