Texas Panhandle Tornadoes near Jericho-April 22, 2010- PART 2

[innHD]

And the birds are singing..

[smurfboywv]

Stop shaking the camera, its giving me a headache.

[Torn80cj]

@smurfboywv If the other storm chaser had not blocked me in, the shaking and spinning the camera off the tripod would have never happened. I was just as aggrivated about having this video ruined, especially when the tornado got its closest to me. I chose not to argue with the other chaser, or otherwise I would have missed on watching it the rest of the way before it lifted up. The sudden spray of drizzle didn't help either. It was like evil forces were joining together to ruin my video.

[smurfboywv]

@Torn80cj Oh I understand. Next time bring a shot gun :-) I love watching tornado videos.

[manningaaa]

i seen bigger

[MusicFreekification]

It was really fascinating to see the two funnel clouds developing...It's always a treat when that happens. You have beautiful footage and a really steady hand which is nice. I hate watching those videos with the shaking hands missing it up. How powerful did this tornado end up being?

[Torn80cj]

@MusicFreekification I actually had the camera on a monopod that I made into a mount for the camera. I had to spin the camera off when the tornado got behind the mirror. I hate the shaking too, which actually ruined a couple of my vids. If the tornado had hit anything, I say it would have probably been rated EF-2.

[willpill4hoops]

Awesome video even though that other chaser blocked you in. Thanks for not editing anything out, it was awesome watching this tornado develop and disappear. Really cool. You sure did spin that camcorder off the mount like really fast. Too bad the rain blew in right when you stepped out. Good job at keeping your cool, you stuck with the tornado instead of arguing with the other chaser.

[willpill4hoops]

Really wild looking storm and tornado.

[ExtremeSpinner99]

Waw, really nice and spectacular capture ! Thank you very much for sharing your video with me.

[Torn80cj]

@ExtremeSpinner99 I figured you would want to see it since you like storms too. Thanks for watching.

[LindaKitch]

I so wish I was there! This is great to see!

[Torn80cj]

@LindaKitch Wished you were there too, this storm put on a show. At first it had a lot of lightning striking, but when I got my camcorder going, the lightning just seem to stop. But at least I got the best part- the tornado.

[jacklimsws]

@LindaKitch if you think you're luck enough then see it , if unlucky that tonardo appears in high speed with about 300 miles/per hours or second. then you are "luck" enough .

[GermanFireFighter95]

5*****

[dragonridley]

That looks pretty big

[Torn80cj]

@dragonridley Yeah it was a good size tornado. I thought I was going to see a wedge when it started taking that 'V' shape to it. But it fizzled out. As I went down I-40 it dropped another one, but I wasn't able to get over in time to film it. Reed Timmer and his group will probably have that one on Youtube, I saw the Dominator and the TIV when I was following the storm going east on a service road off of I-40.

[StormChaserNathan]

Congrats!! This video rocks! I am happy for you.

[Torn80cj]

@StormChaserNathan Thanks Nathan, I had to go straight home after filming this one so I could get to my job on time. I had another storm blowing up behind me, and I was going crazy, I wanted to go to it so bad, because it ended up spawning a tornado also. If I had been off, I could have gotten another one. But I'm happy to get the one I got.

[cooliesass]

Despite the obstacles, you captured some excellent quality footage! This is many times better than some of the footage I saw on TV of the same storm! Congrats my friend!

[Torn80cj]

@cooliesass Thank you for your comment. I just seem to have something that always interferes on getting what storm chasers term as the perfect video. I didn't want to yell at the other chaser either while a tornado was on the ground. I'm just glad I got to see this tornado, and if I had said anything to the other chaser, it probably would have really ruined the video and my chance to watch it.