Tornado Grows in Perth Amboy NJ/ Staten Island NY ( 9.16.2010)

[TheVinx99]

I've always wanted to see the view from that building

[jncstll70]

i survived this tornado

[PossessedDonutz]

This is very scary and impressive. I m under a tornado watch right now; so are you! I live in old bridge. did you get the hail?

[naturegirl56]

@PossessedDonutz so am I, we're under a tornado watch too! lol

[PossessedDonutz]

@naturegirl56 Lol nice! I was scared. :P

[blowgunguy]

@PossessedDonutz It was hailing ice at least 2 inches in diameter around marlboro... It was really frightening, because I was driving home.

[AudiophileTubes]

SNOOKI was responsible!!!

[synthesyzer]

Voice = sexy

[CarlaRockz1]

i remeber dhat dayyyy.....

[TheBoyWhoEverDidTwo]

God Cant Help You Your Mouth WILL !

[ChaseYourDemise]

4:24 - That's what she said.

[Zevan12]

@ChaseYourDemise lmao I was literally about to say that

[ChaseYourDemise]

@Zevan12 - Haha I love the things people say. XD Hehehe I always have to be a smartass!

[JJsiN84]

Your soo lucky. Live near washington dc and only seen 2. I live for this stuff and you get a birds eye view. lucky!

[danbball3]

i was born in perth amboy. amazing little city. i miss it here.

[TutsuyaProductions]

love ur voise

[methapalooza]

wow omg this is so omg stfu bitch

[jonasbrothersrock912]

this video is awesome :D but your reactions are hilarious :'D

[cpDq231]

Out of all the past few videos of this one storm, this is the only video that shows any tornado at all.

[TheSfericsman]

HI there! I lived in Perth Amboy all my life moved to Florida August of 1987. My dad use to have the Amboy Lunch Restaurant on Smith and Maple St! I ran across your video on that NYC tornado, It is rare to get tornadoes in NJ. In Florida we get big summer storms and many times we get small tornadoes too. I think you pointed your camera at the Victory Bridge RT35. When tornadoes occur/severe weather, storms move very fast! I belong to the NWS Skywarn. Nice Video! Paul

[twinklestar528]

ahah at 2:23 "holy shit that really looks like a tornado" LOL made my day

[twinklestar528]

ahah at 2:23 "holy shit that really looks like a tornado" LOL made my day

[Toshiboy25]

QUICK, SEEK SHELTER. THIS ONES HUGE!!!

[harleymaniacm]

that was a pretty cool video and sound hot LOL

[MultiBubbaFett]

SUCK MY DICK AMBOY

[drzking296]

lol i remember this the waterfront got fucked up :)

[12omrsh]

Ok Do Tis When A Torando Hits

1# Tape It

2# Stand There

3# Get AS MUCH FOOD RUN TO THRE BATHEROOM :)

[Akaito0]

i live around chicago, so i don't see torandos going boom boom

[raichu367]

i hide in my closet

cause there was no windows

if you hide in your closet thumbs up

[KodierungHerz]

LOOK AT THE TREE!!!!!!!!!

[pest462]

amazing

[PunkyPlow]

Thats CRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­ZZZZZZZZYYYYYYYYY

[christiani8331]

have you ever seen something like this before? i'm not sure....is it amazing? not sure of that either.......are you high? i'm pretty sure.....

[xXBlazeTheHedghogXx]

OMFG LOOK AT THE FUCKING TREES!

[traccan]

I can see why the news used your video..it's one of the best of this particular storm because you had the perfect vantage point. The other commenters are right though, you should have gone to the basement as soon as you saw the funnel cloud start to form...they aren't to be messed with.

[Mrbobdudeperson2]

If you're that close to a tornado...WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU THAT CLOSE TO A TORNADO???RRUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNN­NNNNNNNN!

[Dukholtz]

ohh its cumming!

[MLGTSource]

Lol this reminded me of an old man trying to get hard. The tornado tryed its hardest to touchdown but in the end it never could.

[testa375L]

that is call an ef4 tornado

[sunnyx215]

Somewhere there is 2 guys being interested by a tree in here

[OnlyLosersReadThis]

LOOK AT THAT TREE!!!! HOLY SHIT!!!!!!

[arjdr08]

holly hell do i remember this!!! this tore down the entire waterfront!!! D:

[AdamLambertFreak2010]

tornadoes scary the crap out of me.....storms in general do..

[leadiceman22]

i was alone at home i as 13 then, playing xbox live mw2 boom my window broke, turn on the tvTORNADO in BROOKLYN my mom was in mannhanten for the doctor my brother i did not know. i was by my self where the fucking tornado was

[St3pYaGameUp]

haha from 2:39 till the end of the clip; it sounds like she just saw a dude's junk for the first time

[The9mmAK47]

u sounded calm o.o

[eternallyforevermore]

My mom was freaked out when this happened because we were driving by this cloud and I was like "holy shitt!!"

[amboycapo]

i like when she said omg ahhhhhhhhh omg its getting bigger omg im comming im comming lol she knew i was behind her @ss

[amboycapo]

i like when she said oomg omg ahhhhhh its getting bigger lol she know i was behind her @ss

[NeartheCross]

@barakakaron The reasons, I believe, for no tornado sirens during this event are the following: 1) This was only a brief funnel cloud descending from a wall cloud, not an actual tornado. 2) A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was in effect from NWS Mt. Holly NJ, not a Tornado Warning needed for sirens. Also, the damage done in Perth Amboy was from a microburst (which you can see approaching at the video's end). As to why New York City did not have sirens for their actual tornadoes, I'm not sure.

[barakakaron]

@NeartheCross Thank you for your input, however the National Weather Service seems perhaps, overactive in my area. Even when there is a chance of a "brief funnel cloud descending from a wall cloud" there is always a warning as to the possibility thereof. The difference between a funnel and a tornado, as I'm sure you know, is that the latter is merely a touching down to the ground of the former. Both emerge, typically, from a mesocyclone and damage isn't assessed until after the passing thereof.

[NeartheCross]

@barakakaron True enough, I have heard of instances where sirens were activated for Severe Thunderstorm Warnings when a derecho passed through in both Wisconsin and Illinois, even without a tornado. In the Mt. Holly warning area, most of the damage from straight-line winds and microbursts tends to be much worse than from the tornadoes that form every year, so I guess sounding sirens is not considered important. I really wish they had a better system because of the population density.

[76Cent]

@barakakaron NYC no need for sirens. XD.

[LightningFever86]

@barakakaron NYC and surrounding areas don't have tornado sirens because it's not in or around the Tornado Alley.

[Southerntreatment]

definitely a super cell! green sky and 80+ winds- EF1 tornado easily!

[1900Hustler]

Holy sh*t that was crazy. Definitely best video Ive seen since I've been trolling for pics of this summers twister. The cloud didnt touch down in your video, but that was clearly a funnel cloud and not just a bunch of wind and rain!

[WillPaulR]

I felt it that day but did not see this video. WOW!

[Spiffx615]

OHHH ITS COMING. ITS COMING FAST. good one.

[mustang2005]

finally i was looking for video footage of the tornado wow...

[MAOJOR17]

mom:wow a tornado!

husben:come on we go to go the basment!

mom:woah its getting bigger

[darkestwolf115]

my mom was in a tornado when she was tiny...

[methos319]

It not that big of a tornado not a surprise either. I've seen worse and have been in a tornado.

[N3LSUN]

I GOT NEWS FOR U SWEETY, U DIDN'T RECORD A TORNADO

BUT 3 OF DEM, AS U ZOOMED OUT FROM DA ONE DAT DESAPEAR

2 ODER FORMED, PAY CLOSE ATENTION AND ULL SEE, ANYWAYZ

GREAT JOB, AS DIS WAS HAPENING OUT ON MY WINDOW U WAS

RECORDING IT FROM FAR AWAY, CHECK OUT MY VIDEO, OK TKX!

TREMENDO VIDEO ANGELICA, A+

[XSmokey300]

@N3LSUN lol

[DivinityzBeAsT]

finally i saw the funnel from this storm absolutly amazing : )

[Whisper292]

This was very cool.

[gameN00b077]

2:10 for tornado..Also nice capture of it :)

[SnakeMxR]

Love your video!! amazing, get nothing like this in the UK!!!

[lovelara2]

Looks like a spaceship

[DTRAVELZ]

Nice footage. You have a nice high vantage point of the storm. This may be the only known actual video of that twister before it became rainwrapped. Thanks for sharing. I have video of the same storm as it passed over Fresh Meadows Queens and hit my building.

[Disneygirl47585]

ooo 2:35 is a good one to see it forming!! then at 3:03 its a tornado basicly

[jorose1116]

this is so cool, to actually watch it form, havent seen one in years. Thanks, great video.

[MrNaglest12]

WOO HOO YOU SAW A FUNNEL CLOUD SHAPED UFO!

[steelerman1974]

Very interesting video. I live in Iowa and the local news here had your video on their website via Facebook.

[xblindlydecendin]

ass

[LifeInATent]

Im showcasing this link on my video to help you! =)

[NeartheCross]

What is also neat about this video is the view of the microburst approaching at the end, it looks like a giant wall of rain. This storm goes on to produce another funnel cloud on Staten Island. The actual Brooklyn (EF0) and Queens (EF1) tornadoes form from the northern section of the squall line which had a seperate rotating cell embedded in it. The extremely rare macroburst, which hit Queens county, was actually stronger (125 mph winds) than both of the tornadoes.

[BrandanNovakOfficial]

2:10 to see the tornado!

[LifeInATent]

..oh my god.... like no way?? oh my god? LOL! =) nice footage though

[Mesocyclone33]

Very nice video of the tornado!

[wadefulp]

No!! You stopped filming just when it was about to get good! :) 

[sponsler]

HI. Congratulations. Believe it or not, I saw your video on Facebook! A 'friend' posted it there. I think you're the only person that captured a funnel from that storm system. I know many storm chasers who video'd the storm but never saw a funnel like you have captured :-)

[KUweatherman]

Its unfortunate that this video doesn't have more views. It is the only one I've seen that clearly shows one of the two tornadoes. All the talk is over on the one that just shows the winds from the microburst going through, NOT the tornado.

Good video!

[jsimpsonjr2000]

Great job and great location for you...I enjoyed this I never seen one in Perth Amboy

[KornOil]

yea i live in staten island and was able to see it in the verazzano area. it was just amazing to be able to witness it. when i first heard that there was a tornado warning, i was shocked and excited :)

great footage and commentary lol.

[VideographyOfStorms]

Really great capture! The storm looks really awesome!

[xiiluvDiMEBAGx]

OMG i can see my house from here ! i was at work wen this was happening . i work in metuchen so it didnt hit us there. my sis called me screaming telling me this had happen . i didnt think it was that serious till i got home n saw alot of things distroyed . my nieghbors door flew off ! and a piece of my garage roof came off. CRAZY thanx for posting this !

[angelicamaria21]

@mollyboggle - thank you =) i was shocked n really didnt know what to say or do but i was like imma film this till it gets close..

[angelicamaria21]

@stompysharpNpointy - lol it be whimpy but the east coast never seen anything like this before so its new to the ppl over here... n let me remind you im from the midwest.. Chicago, il okay.. n let me tell you of all the yrs i lived there never seen anything like that near the city. =)

[coolied]

@angelicamaria21 Well, it does happen in these parts more often than one would think, although they seem more common in central and western NY (and occasionally the upstate NY area around Albany) as well as in MA. Back on May 31, 1998 we had a large tornado (F3, IIRC with 200MPH winds) go through Mechanicville, NY and Stillwater, NY which did a great amount of damage.  An even larger F4 tornado hit Great Barrington, MA in 1995 (winds >207MPH)

[mike235697]

@angelicamaria21 ya kidding right chicago has been hit by 2 storms like this only tornadoes died out so yeah.....

[stompySharpNpointy]

whimpy twister :) want to see real twisters come to the midwest KS/MO/TX ...that little guy wouldnt even be a F1 class

[justintime2989]

@stompySharpNpointy it was techically a ef1 and we cant ever get right parameters get major tornado outbreak,

[mollyboggle]

the narration was adorable

[angelicamaria21]

Thank you everyone for all ur feed back.. this is what started in NJ and ended up in NYC..

@gundrag000 - i didnt delete any sound it was just that when i would zoom in n zoom out the sound would get cut off.. my camera is stupid sometimes.. lol

[Rickyfffff]

@angelicamaria21 all the lights went out in my building after this happend

[alcapone1225]

@Migbee.. Your are stupid! Are you deaf? She was saying "oh my god" not omg moron! She didn't say omg at all..hater!! LOL

[RymoMymo]

Great video! Nice job filming. You kept your cool & it shows.

[eric44ups]

That is the best video I've seen of this NYC tornado!!! Great job filming this!!!

[Age12KidGoku]

@eric44ups it was in new jersy thats y the title said nj said nj

[gundrag000]

I like nature video like this. and it is not short.

[vitka101]

wow really nice =D

[CityPickle]

Absolutely amazing footage! Can you even believe you're the only who caught a funnel on camera?? This is incredible. There was a whole lotta weather going on, that's for sure -- we were watching it zip by at a zillion miles an hour through our office window at the South St Seaport. I felt bad for the people who left their laundry out to "dry" on the fire escapes :-)

[TAYLORxBABE1]

the tornado hit my house it broke our window me and my brother hid in the bathtub

[wolftoboe]

I was below that, woodbridge ave in edison, it was crazy! I couldn't film it because I was driving to school. I didn't know it was a tornado :x

[DolphinCrazy2007]

wow. yea i heard on the weather channel there was an E-F0 and and E-F1 tornado and a downburst too.

[ilovedorney23]

i loved how you filmed it right over all the houses. incredible footage you got. thank you for posting.

[officialenvy]

@alan1jthomas that is awesome. i love it!

[officialenvy]

love the video! i wonder if that was the tornado/storm that hit us in brooklyn.

(& for the people saying it wasn't a tornado, NWS came here to NY and confirmed that it was infact an f1 tornado. although we didn't have a visible funnel.)

[alan1jthomas]

@officialenvy - yes... this was the same storm... this video catches the birth of the microburst and associated tornado development... which minutes later crossed the harbor and into Brooklyn.

[bigblue1986]

You did a great job! I work in Emergency Management in Florida. That one cloud you see swirling around is called a wall cloud a forwarning of a tornado. If you watch your video carefully you can see two funnels one of them did touch down. Look at the ground you can see the debris. This is the best vid of the storm. You did good! :-)

[angelicamaria21]

lol... i really dont know i was in shock n omg was pretty much the only word that came out .

@nikxdave

[migbee]

@angelicamaria21 omg is not a word, what are you retarded?

did you literally sit there saying "OH EM GEE"

[gundrag000]

why you deleted some sound ? or just is it deleted randomly ?..

[nikxdave]

How many times will you say OMG ?

[Niyologist]

2 Tornados and a Microburst in NYC. An EF0, EF1, and a 125 MPH Microburst. 3 Tornadoes so far this year. I will call NYC the Tornado City at this rate.

[rmpbklyn]

great job on getting the funnel. I'm glad you get the footage, and the only footage.

[rOcKeR1207]

i live in tottenville S.I. and my power was out untill 5am. so many trees got knocked down.

[NazWantsUInHerPants]

LOL JUST LIKE THE DOUBLE RAINBOW SONG.

[angelicamaria21]

@madrigal212

yea it was kinda crazy that i was the only person who got it on video.

but tell me why this guy tried to take credit for my video he even posted it on his youtube n its not even his... what an asshole

[eyewall41]

@angelicamaria21 That is because people copy popular vids just to amp up their view count.

[justintime2989]

@angelicamaria21 i would agree, and you sell to news stations? since could made good batch of money there. only one to get video, and jealous you saw this.

[WeatherWarriordotnet]

@angelicamaria21 Well, welcome to the world of copyright theft on YT. Happens quite a lot. Hurricane and tornado footage often get copied. Some taking credit, some just copy it to use as attraction to their own videos. Some even have ads that they make money on.

If you see you footage anywhere (not just YT) you didn't give permission, bill them! You can basically charge what you want. Some buddies have been able to collect up to $150 per second of stolen video (after suing).

[DTRAVELZ]

@angelicamaria21 Yup , same thing happened to me for the same storm. I posted a video of the same storm as it hit Queens NY. and some douche pirated my video and tried to pass it off as his. Then when I confronted him about it, he had me blocked from commenting on his page . hahaha.. O well ! Nice video !

[madrigal212]

and really i dont get this only one person youtube filmed the tornado in nj that hasnt happened in centuries im surprised only one person has actual fottage from this

[VICTORYfailure4]

@madrigal212 thats because you could only see the cloud forming if you were really high up, and if you werent then it came with a 10 second warning.....most people ran inside instead of running to a camera

[madrigal212]

i was worried this would come in jackson nj :( im scared of torndoes

[angelicamaria21]

This is for everyone to know... The National Weather Service just confirmed That it was indeed a TORNADO.. ppl

NBCNYC confirmed it on there website..

[xxDEATHKILLERxx]

@angelicamaria21 Actually no it wasn't, they dident word it right, it was a Microburst which is almost like a tornado but not

[angelicamaria21]

This is for everyone to know... The National Weather Service just confirmed That it was indeed a TORNADO.. ppl

[mastersanta001]

2 words....scary shit O_o

[rebeccahoagland]

@angelicamaria21 is that bridge on the parkway? i was driving home on the parkway yesterday and hit the very beginning of it....when i was on the twin bridges...it was terrible!

[dpm909]

At 3:04 I think it just becomes obscured by the rain and hail cloud, rather than dissipating. I think it probably continued and strengthened as it moved across Staten Island and the Upper Bay towards the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, Park Slope, Bed-Stuy, Bushwick, Ridgewood and Middle Village, probably dissipating near Corona, Queens. It also looks like there may be multiple vortices?

[angelicamaria21]

lol... yea....

@GenericPast 

[GenericPast]

That was one of the calmest "Oh my god" I've heard in awhile

[angelicamaria21]

@everchangingstone (it happen yesterday here in perth amboy, nj this took place at 4:55pm n lasted till about 5:30pm..

[slishou]

Thank you!!! You saved us from the ignominy of having the storm labeled as a silly little microburst! It's amazing that you kept filming long enough to catch the tornado forming. Glad you enjoyed your peek at Mother Nature in action. You were one of the few to see a funnel, and probably yours is the only video.

[angelicamaria21]

@lucytoon (lol thanks.. i was shocked.. n i do say omg alot.. but it was pretty cool to see that right before my eyes.

[everchangingstone]

My god....that mesocyclone! What time did the funnel form? I was driving home through the area on the Park way at like 7 PM last night

[lucytoon]

hahah. you were really funny! wow, that was some incredible footage you got there! little did you know what you were going to capture. thanks for posting it!

[angelicamaria21]

Thank you everyone for all your good feed back it means alot... and i'm happy that i got to see this and film it so everyone can see what i see..

thank you all once again

[jay08861]

Amazing i and other in a lifetime would never have seen something this amazing!!To you just another storm to us this is such a big deal!!Please sell to universities so we can study this amazing fete of Nature!! You are so Lucky!! I live on NewBrunswick Ave and was at the corner where red brick building is at(lower/middle/video) and seen it Forming..Be wise about this video and dont just give it 2 any1.you have a goldmine here and should imiedaitely copyright it!!

[jay08861]

Do you Realize What You have Here!!?? Many Scientist Have Dreamed of Seeing FiLm of A front/wall forming(birth) of a funnel..AMAZING VIDEO!! I nor Has Any1 that studies Weather has seen this!! Heard about it but never seen in it..In other Words they Sky was on Perth Amboy and we were in the funnel..This Video will Make you rich!!From Universities to Scientist will pay for studies!!Never in the World has this be seen!! Congrats Your officially the 1st with actual footage..

[DTMVDUB]

@jay08861 --- Had Angelica sold the video directly to a media company or copyrighted her work, she would be entitled to royalties. However, she forfeited any monies and involuntarily granted Youtube/Google "...a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the Content in connection with the Service and YouTube's..."

youtube.com/t/terms #6 sub point B.

[RojoDan]

damn. Great vid, finally some actual footage of the tornado. I saw that coming, in Brooklyn, as I boldly stated "gee that looks like a tornado, but there's no way in hell we are going to get hit by a tornado." Then it hit the building like a truck. Exciting!

Thanks for posting this.

[eonaxon]

Great video. You should offer to sell it to the news media in case they don't have any good footage of the funnel cloud forming. Or maybe give it to a university for study.

[firemike71]

Great vid!

[SeanAntMan]

@angelicamaria21 What time did you film this? I am certain I was driving through it. I was going across the bridge 5:15 pm -5:20 pm.

[DistractionCascade]

amazing video!! I only got caught in a huge downpour on I-280 in Newark, it always flash floods there!

[jasonhartelius]

angelica... i'm a producer at channel 5.. we'd love to talk to you today about your video... are you available today?

[jasonhartelius]

angelica... i'm a producer at channel 5.. we'd love to talk to you today about your video... are you available today?

[SCREAMbbySCREAM]

i live in staten island (DIRECTLY under that cloud u filmed)

that wind was legit 100 mph never seen anything like it in my life.

trees were slamming onto neighbors' cars and the streets were in shambles.

it was CRAZZZZZZZZZZZZY

my best friends neighbor had someones shed LAND ON HIS ROOF

[angelicamaria21]

@GUGEntertainment oh so you live on high st. thats cool. my apartment faces high st n market st. n i was down there earlier looking at all the damage around there.

[angelicamaria21]

@ProfessorJ77 i really dont know what bridge that i still new to New Jersey so i dont know much around here. sorry.

[GUGEntertainment]

GREAT VIDEO...I LIVE ON HIGH STREET IN PERTH AMBOY...IT WAS A MESS LAST NIGHT!

[ProfessorJ77]

Excellent video. Very rare to catch such a sight. BTW, is that the Driscoll Bridge in the background?

[zaturn23]

was driving 9 route south when literally day turned nigth heavy downpour you couldn't see more that 10 ft away and lightening seen everywhere ......checked really my TWC app in my iphone and there it was a tornado warning for ocean and monmouth counties and we were driving trough howell ...common border of both counties.....yeah it was scary very strange strom but never saw the funnel cloud ....no need for it that was enough

[angelicamaria21]

@jamespohn lol yea i dont know what made me say a typhoon cloud.. i was shocked that was the first thing that came to me.. lol what i meant was a funnel cloud..

[jamespohh]

a typhoon cloud?

[Yme2a]

Channel 5 News used this video in their newscast this morning.. WTG..

[angelicamaria21]

@DCGirl98.. they do. cool they emailed me telling me that they where gonna use it.. =) thanks for letting me know.

[DCGirl98]

Awesome video!!! Fox has the youtube video up on their website.

[angelicamaria21]

@macdaddy430.. im sorry i dont understand what you are talking bout in ur comment. what does 2:20 - 3:05 mean??

[macdaddy430]

2:20 - 3:05 is where all the action is!

[abcdefh1992]

That storm was brutal. Check out my channel posted a video about a big tree that fell on my neighbor's garage.

[angelicamaria21]

@mikedwn. well thank you n yes the NSSL could use my Video for their training n observational reasons.. =)

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