June 30, 1998 CEDAR POINT Tornado

[camillesnook]

does nobody notice how there's a tornado and everyone around is acting like nothings even happening... not even taking cover?

[90hammer1]

i was about 100 feet from a tornado when i was 3 years old. it would of killed us. im glad im still here i love my life. im 13 years old and glad im still alive.

[Rufuzz2]

The tornado is angry cuz it wants its own ride named after itself in the theme park

[DCBub]

water spout

[KevinDHorvath]

that is actually known as a waterspout. Waterspouts barely do any damage so it couldnt have damaged any steel rollercoasters. wooden maybe but steel nah. but on some rare occasions they can do quite some damage. they are usually EF0 tornados that are in the range of 65-85 mph winds and 4% of EF0 tornadoes cause any deaths.

[OOHSLAX25]

that would SUCK if it hit cedar point, but it doesnt matter anyway, millennium and dragster werent there yet :)

[Sasskitten]

@OOHSLAX25 I didn't like Dragster. Did you know in one day it broke down like three times and got stuck seven times? I did want to ride Millenium Force. But, I ended up getting real bad heat exaughtion and spent two hours in their first aid place. (It was pretty close to heat stroke and, I ended up feeling dizzy after my head hit the shoulder bar things on the Mantis. (Guess I shouldn't have went the day after I got a mild concussion at my house huh?)

[myredrose1974]

@Sasskitten always breaks down!

[Sasskitten]

@myredrose1974 I think that it happens to every ride when you think about it. After all, they test and test and test before opening it up. However, the true tests come when the part visiters come and the ride has to be used non stop. That is the true test of a ride.

[myredrose1974]

@Sasskitten this one is very constant. tho the dragster

[buddie1489]

this happend when i was born date and month and year! i was being born in the hospital when this happended :D

[bohrokthunder]

please for the love of god take the music off and let us watch it without music!!!!!!!!

[jkeylor]

@bohrokthunder mute button genius. mute button. while i will admit, iamiroquai is a strange song for this video.

[bohrokthunder]

@jkeylor RIGHT

[7upman100]

so little f1 i seen a f5 tornado in oklahomo

[KevinDHorvath]

@7upman100 not even f1. f0. waterspouts aren't usually strong. A waterspout would be lucky to reach an f2. f1 is the most they usually go. Ever heard of the tristate tornado? It was an F5 that started from the bottom right missouri, through illinois, and ended in the lower left part of indiana. i live in northern indiana so ya. so far this year u.s. past the average EF5 tornado by 5, the most ef5 tornadoes was in 1974 which over 120 ef4/

ef5 tornadoes touched down. a butt load

[TheLovePolice1]

The "water spout" was actually a real tornado. It just formed over Lake Erie. Never even entered Cedar Points park. It stayed on the coast of the park. You can look it up, I did and every where it said tornado not water spout at Cedar Point.

[TheFaithFullHero]

is it bad? cause if it was what was with the music?

[Sonicdude429]

god.

[firelava116]

i live down the street from there and thankfully there have been no more!!!(:

[donrellc]

man dats crazy cuz im at ceder point right now

[JethroMcormick]

@donrellc why it's not even open?

[Just4fun3337]

waterspouts dont normally come on to shore but they can i would just watch out for flying fish

[randycolby]

Who the heck put Jamiroquai with this footage? Terrible mismatch.

[phantomofopera91]

I WAS THERE! Gosh i remember that day. I was 7 at the time. I had just won a prize from one of those game things, and suddenly my dad was like "Dan! Look at that waterspout!" I thought it was an amusement park attraction at the time. It was cool nonetheless, in fact now im going to school for meteorology

[gohipmonetop]

thumbs up for unfitting music



[lento1976]

a water spout is a tornadoe that forms on the water, once it hits land it dispurses, yes it hit Cedar point but when it hit it dissapated, I was there working at the time, it was pretty amazing

[StageBoy13]

U ruined the video with the music

[vomroyale57]

MAKE A CHOICE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!WAS IT A WATER- OR A TORNADO?

[imtheemokid11]

i wasnt even born when this happen my niece was tho

[jonasfan6751]

I was 8 months old when that tornado hit Ceader Point

[demilovatofan998]

WOW!

THIS WAS IN 1998

I WAS BORN A YEAR LATER!

WOW!

[KidGangstaReturns]

@demilovatofan998 Wait...your 11? I was born in '97.

[peaceluvcheer97]

@KidGangstaReturns same here

[KidGangstaReturns]

@peaceluvcheer97 So we're both 13?

[peaceluvcheer97]

@KidGangstaReturns yup

[scienceguy474]

@demilovatofan998 so? what is so special about that? i was born 6 days before the aniversary of that tornado and im not freaking out wth is ur problem fool

[Looptheloopable]

@demilovatofan998 WOW

[BreezyBiary]

boring.. somewhat

[want1yng]

I was engineer on the train at CP when this happened. It was heading straight for us, was freaky thing to see. I saw it drop form the sky. Had to get everyone off train and head for cover. Didnt do any damage other than push dumpster into some cars.

[guitarfreak1008]

i was 11 days olw when this broadcast aired

[ajv6795]

learn how to hold a camera

[TheBmxbiker1998]

messed up



[lolzxmyxlife12]

there were coasters like mean streak, blue streak, gemini..etc. so what happened to them? were they at all damaged?

[Tyses]

@lolzxmyxlife12 i don't think it actually hit cedar point directly...i think it just hit the bay.

[jacks5jl]

@Tyses It hit Cedar Point. I was there. There is also a news report about it actually hitting Cedar Point.

[krgrubbs]

@lolzxmyxlife12 They are all standing and operating still. Nothing was damaged, this video is gay.

[jacks5jl]

@lolzxmyxlife12 Luckily it didn't touch any of the rides.

[coasterluv]

wow i go to cedar point every other year for 3 days at a time and i always thought with this in the great lake i wondered if they ever have water spouts and how damaging it would be to the park. well heres my answer. wow.

[windhammites07]

The way it is moving reminds me of the lil tornado on the Sim City game for super nintendo hahaha. Pretty creepy.

[jackeroo02]

Yeah when I was on the causway my family and I were only like 100 yards away from one of them....it was freaky.

[HPFreak4Life1708]

well id hate to be on the dragster when something like that hits

[JadeyLadyLover]

Is that a tornado by Cedar Point? I don't see the tall coasters like top thrill and wicked twister?? :) I LOVE GOING THERE BTW..

[Fudgebegood]

@JadeyLadyLover its 1998 they werent there yet

[JadeyLadyLover]

@Fudgebegood oh! :P What about other coasters?

[Fudgebegood]

@JadeyLadyLover hmm idk maybe its far from the park? maybe the tornado is a thing u can see from far away

[jacks5jl]

@Fudgebegood It was in the park

[SpiderMonkey11100]

it looks more like a water spout...

[mike1976hen]

sadasd

[jaketheguitarist6379]

its not like a movie. there probably used to the nasty weather there

[elchupakabras]

wheres cedar point anyway plus how come we can't see the roller coasters getting pick up

[elchupakabras]

if theres a tornado why won't they panic or run for safety

[strawberrymonkey1]

i was born in 1998

[marimbit]

Not a tornado. It was a water spout.

[finfanz]

they're practically the same thing

[luther349]

@finfanz no they are not. a waterspout due to it pulling in so much water the rotation is slowed down alot. waterspouts rarly come out of the water. they just don't have enough strength to do so. this even happiness to rain wrapped tornadoes once a tornado gets rain wrapped the water will stop rotation and stall/kill the tornado. genrely then if the storm still has enough power to make them it will make a new one in a spot not so rain wraped..

[luther349]

of course rain wrapped ones are the most dangerous ones being before this happens to them there completely invisible tornadoes.

[bholcomb14]

I am actually pretty sure the tornadoes spawned on 1998-06-30 were from supercell thunderstorms, and could be considered tornadic waterspouts/tornadoes once they come on land.

[SushiCubes]

Blah

[luther349]

i was there 18 at the time. the park made a announcement of it and employees where finding any stragglers and getting them to cover. they don't have sirens unfortunately but that thing stuck without warning. no big storm befor just light rain. it did not hit the park but get very close before dieing out. a few employees did panic and that hit the news. but all in all everyone was very calm and they ran there emergency plans well.

[duh250]

there is a tornado siren right across the street from a hotel just down the road from cedar point..

[luther349]

must be new.

[SuperRandomTV]

lol my uncle told me this story and he was on the corkscrew or what ever you call it

[xdtt3hop3r4tor]

i was at cedar point when that happend

[mounsteres]

SURE YOU WERE

[dragonridley]

I thought the tornado hit near cedar point rather than hitting it directly.

[jacks5jl]

@dragonridley It actually hit, I was there.

[RBCification]

Amazing video!

[xvanbytheriverx]

gosh, who is holding the camera Michael J Fox?? shesh

[MrAnderson1985]

Too soon.

[TalesandStarslover]

That's mean.

[awhofan1]

lol

[ReverendKronic]

What a retarded song choice for a tornado vid.....

[sponserdsk8ter]

yeah i agree,,,,,,but you gotta love Jamiroquai,,,,they are a good group

[sniygley]

terrible music..ill be at cedar point for opening day this year..hope this doesnt happen to us..

[ichbinstark]

maybe this is where wicked twister got its name

[juiceEjuice12]

that almost makes sense. a tornado hits and three years later, they make a ride called the wicked twister. funny

[madhill9]

4 years later, as it was made in 2002...I think.

[faiaman123]

@juiceEjuice12 You know.... That's a very good point, and an awesome ride. :)

[MsOldman54]

@juiceEjuice12 lolz

[bluepup511]

lol thats the weakest tornado iv ever seen.....did it even ruin anything? besides throwing a few things around

[cpcoasternut]

i remember this day very well. a trash can was throwned over the raptor by the powerful winds

[IpodTouch124]

wow i was like 4 when that hit and i was there and saw it with my own eyes! my mom and dad always told me what a day that was.

[UWEATHERS]

wats the name of that song

[Saammyybboo]

lol i waz 2 wen tht happend

[007g62]

i HOPE cp IS OK:-/

[WrathOfFlame]

It never hit CP i think, plus this was 1998, not 2008. =P

[guitarshop29]

did it damage anything?

[delidanks]

Omgosh, I was there, too, i have footage of it, also. it's insane, i was so scared.

[yellow2Me2]

i'd hate to be on a ride during that, and the people didn't let them off the power tower, that's harsh.

[N0315]

I was there when this happened. I have pictures of it.

[coastermusic93]

I think this is the same one on the news where people were riding power tower turbo drop, and nobody was there to let them out.

[bholcomb14]

Amazing Footage! Thanks for sharing!