SPRINGFIELD,MO. TORNADO

[Branden2732]

2001-SRN in attack......scary?

[laura20022004]

Holy cow that was close. and intense lighting.

[spiralphoto]

The lightning in front of the house is actually an illusion. The lightning didn't come that close to you or you would've heard the thunder in the same instant. That's actually caused from 2 frames blended either in-camera or in the editor when slowed down. If you watch the footage, the camera's pretty shaky, so the moment it struck, you were tilting the camera downward, moving the house up in the frame. When this happened, a house frame and lightning frame were blended.

[BrookeLynne2010]

cool picture but you should be careful

[Branden2732]

UNBELIVEABLE LOL

[beastshawnee]

Ha Ha. God missed! got to love it. He missed me one day. I saw the grass sparkle all over like small static on a hair comb, then everything went white, and then afterward BOOM! I don know how far away he missed, but I guess a few inches, every hair stood up. And I went blind briefly!

[gypsydreamer09]

hey i live in Stockton MO and i have heard of this! i only lived here since 08!

[basenjilover]

oh makes a pretty shot tho........glad ur ok tho^^ i should invest in a video camera o,o lighting around my apts gets nice sometimes only problem is the apt buildings and trees block the view sometimes -.-

[EveL666SoToxic]

Sweet!! I think lightning is pretty, so this is cool, but im glad no one got hurt!

[courtneyreed78]

i used to live in Missouri the tornados were scary!

[dbzhottie123]

That was beautiful. And close. No outside for you!!

[crackpig]

If the lightning was close, you would have heard deafening thunder almost the same time as you saw the lightning strike. Good video though.

[reddy12131171]

man that was close

[mypimpwalkout]

Yeh Dahts Bii Mi House Lmfao

[SupersuperLiam1]

homer get down stairs!-bart

[TheRandoms9396]

ohh i remember that!!! it was scary

[chubbyguerrero]

to bad a Tornado don't wipe out the whole town...springfield is a dump!

[calmabohn]

your a dump

[hbsharkman]

wow that's amazing, great footage.

[cincifan015]

AMAZING VIDEO!!! I live in Lamar and we got missed by a tornado 6miles to the north that day.

[acuna72]

Great Video! You were actually very brave, I have family in Missouri, and I was very worried. Thanks for sharing with us.

[lovemehatemedontcare]

i live in san jose but if that was me id be running to safety im glad your ok.

[redintegra9]

I live in Springfiels Missouri but we did not get any danage

[fuzzmaster]

Search: Lightning Strike - Up Close

That's what a close lightning strike sounds like.

[likerboyz1212]

at 38 seconds still it looks like day time

[TrialofTears08]

Your ear drums would have blown out if u where that close to a bolt of lightning.

[michaelisherenow123]

im thinking about moving to springfield missouri how many tornadoes do you get a year? and is it safe to live there?

[danthebard]

we get some bad storms but we don't get any real tornadoes

[missourimedic]

Uh.. three tornadoes have directly struck Springfield in the past few years. None of them were particularly large or strong, but they all did some damage.

A large one did hit 15 or 20 years ago... and several powerful ones have come close to Springfield. The tornado which destroyed Pierce City, MO tracked directly toward Springfield for 45 minutes, finally stopped just a few miles outside of town.

[yaboy3k]

As we say in the Ozarks, unless the funnel's on the ground and you can see it, don't worry about it.

[freakypelt]

i totally agree with you ^^

[ZiggySquid]

I freaking live in Springfield Mo!!!! I got to expierience this when it happenend! But im really mad because i didnt get to see one!

[RichieTheKing69]

Me too man

[almanCCC]

me and my dad were driving through willard when this happend, we couldn't see anything cuz it was dark but it flipped a semi truck over that was in front of us on the highway

[Dubhbairn]

I am a video editor with degrees in electronic media production. I'm sorry to say that your lightning bolt is an _EXACT_ copy of the one directly above it from a frame BEFORE. (Much like watching a fire spinner on video) If you look at the top of the bolt, you can see that it follows the _EXACT_ pattern as the bolt below it. The thunder sound would have also been instantaneous and not follow afterward like it did. All in all, your video was still cool though!

[lewsing87]

that cant be close theres no thunder after it!

[Kazka13]

Omg, i live in Willard and Im like wtf is happening? And Im like, Its the beggining of January and were having one of the worst tornadoes and I was like, global warming duh. but yea that night scared the hell outa me.

[euphoria0311]

Mizzou > MSU :p

Anyways, I'm not sure whether I commented or not but consider your blessings. You are very lucky.

[phazonminesrunner]

That was from the Jan. 7th Storm Wasn't it, I live in Springfield and It Scared the piss out of me, Because I was at MSU At that Time!

[Darkkoji45]

Wouldnt there be thunder...?

[heinwinkle]

is that siren a fs2001

[topaz38]

good footage, that makes a nice picture!

[Drybones2k7]

pause at 38 u can tell then

[topaz38]

i couldnt hit my pause fast enough

[Drybones2k7]

its hard :p

[Ninja12005]

oh man, yea, thats WAY to close for me. kind of reminds me of my frineds house when lightning busted a windo of his, man, glad i wasnt over there..lol, still, your lucky.

[osiriszero8769]

lightning was a reflection off the lense, look a the close lightning then look at the sky lightning

[MaGicBush86]

Thats extremely edited and nothing to do with a tornado?

[4evrpinky]

wow

that just scary!!

[echoesrox8]

thats freaky!!!

[stlmjl02]

why were you lucky the ground wasnt wet? it wouldnt have mattered if the ground was wet and lightning struck.

[046547717]

Well, water does conduct electricty and it also depends on where you stand

[ted33ina3rd]

Thats some cool lightning

[911up]

some crazy lightning

[phiteau2002]

wow man, you are rally one lucky somomabitch. Glad you made it through that to share the vid, thanks.

[Onweergek]

this is also a problem for stormschasers (I am a chaser) and it ruins your photo's and video's from time to time..

nice catch though!!

[JSWEETHONEYB]

THANKS! on the video I saved on the actual memory card..you can see the lightning striking. when I downloaded the video it kinda skipped that part for some reason..probably because my computer likes to run slow sometimes or freeze up if I have too much stuff running. Thank you for the comment and good luck on your future chasing. I hope this tornado outbreak we had recently is not a precurser to what it is to come during peak season? Be safe take care!!

[Onweergek]

nice catch, this is actualy a reflection on your camera lens, because your camera (like any other camera) is too slow to pic up the lightning bolt. this is the reason why you did not see it in real, because it did not strike that close.

[FastriderAaron]

wow that was close