Billings, Montana Tornado Destroys MetraPark

[fila8712]

God be with you I wish everyone safe.

[weight854]

Hope no one die by this Tornado.

[guy54788]

It's very horrible Tornado.

[kyohattress34654]

hahaha i just moved to billings. this is comforting. :)

[TheJeffman1985]

I heard that Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisely and Carnival of Madness (Shinedown, Chevelle, Sevendust, Puddle of Mudd and 10 Years) Were all supposed to perform that summer. Now that the building has been restored hopefully the facility can convince those acts to come back. That'd be cool!

[TheSephirothtx]

about the camera turning, guys, im pretty sure they where putting it down in reaction to "omg its coming this way"

[AjTee23]

Why the hell is the camra turned sidewayss?

[haroldcasey615]

I have never seen Tornado. It did destroy everything.

[many9662]

Tornado damage everything in Montana.

[saijai587]

Thank you for sharing Tornado video.

[physical815]

Good video.

[deanwest15]

Hope everyone safe

[many9662]

Tornado is very fearful

[DetroitLove4U]

Is shit really holy?

[LoopyHD]

Dude omg i was there that day! I even seen funnel or whatever. we were on our way home.

[RU4BN8OUT]

Sweet jesus...It's contagious....A chance to video something you will see once in a lifetime and they fuck it up!!!!!! There is a cure for everything except stupid.....

[TheJumboguy123]

hey its me billy

[Grizzliesfan100]

holy crap

[sydne87130]

your video was on the news last night

[Dulcimerist]

There were three more tornados around Billings today, but there are no videos of them on here yet.

[hurbt1980]

thumbs up if you turned your fricken head sideways to compensate... bleh

[spaltoz]

its floating pieces of shit!

[austincool01]

this is the tornado that hit my town billings nearly took out my house!

[Desiderations]

All you haters, chill man. Have you not noticed that this is the ONLY public video of this incident? And I highly doubt this girl is an expert, she probably just grabbed her little point and shoot or her phone. She obviously turned it sideways so the camera could get a shot of the cone. Everybody just chill out. If you have a better video, share it. Otherwise, screw off. And for those of you saying "sad," don't. Nobody got so much as a bruise from this and it was freaking awesome to watch.

[ou81twoz]

Why do people always turn the camera sideways, don't they that doesn't help?

[temanatahiti]

That tornado hates that fucking building....

[Slightlystoopid1990]

Run bitch Runnn!!!

[TheChazxxx]

Gd Video!!

[TheJumboguy123]

I know you I am Billy Horton i lived in Deer lodge MT then moved to ohio

[DTPaustinDTP]

Damn i live in billings montanta but the tornado was just an f-2

[ManHeartless]

OMG! Really SAD.

[jordan101317]

wow i live in montana, bigfork montana actually. never thought montana had tornadoes

[Rickdamm]

Girls ,, You dont have a still shot Camera , you are using a Movie Camera ,, you cant turn it sideways,, your Video was fantastic till this Point ,,,

[SupernovaPrincess]

seriously... why did they turn it sideways???? And why did she feel the need to tell us there was lightning right after we just saw it!!!!! Its like jeez, thanks Captain Obvious!!

[SupernovaPrincess]

oh my gosh...oh my gosh.... oh my gosh... oh my gosh

[AdrianRainable]

omg

[flyboy0945]

I live in Billings and was on the west end playing monopoly when it happened, but when i was four there was a tornado on the way up behind the rims. but the funny thing is when it was all over and me and my sister went down there just like everyone else to see the damage but there was this woman who had her kids pose in front of the Metra and said "come on kid lets get a picture with your FIRST, tornado. People are so Stupid.

[Artuir82]

I love how the girl says "holy shit" but then "oh my word" and "oh my gosh". Hilarious.

[TheFever77]

What the hell possessed them to turn the camera sideways? What the hell, it was perfect up to a point.

[xoniuqEQuinox91]

McLovin's a DOUCHE. and if yoiu see him, could you tell big j to go fuck himself?- thanks.

[gitit20]

lol @20 sec O my word O my gosh :P

[NielsShoe]

People who are shitting it film sideways and for all they know it could be an EF2 growing into an EF 4.

[saleens66]

Sideways!?!!?!?!?!

[anonymous1man]

who in the hell films sideways?

[247benjamin]

That was a crazy Fathers day.

[paytontheglove31]

@avlex

All tornadoes are dangerous... they were way to close, a giant chunk of the roof from the metra could've crushed the whole car.... when was the last time you were that close to a tornado??? great footage by the way

[AtarahDerek]

@americanjedi77 How do I sound irate? I was just responding to a comment.

[AtarahDerek]

@zephyr4813 No, that's what meteorologists call a microburst. This is Chuck Norris inhaling.

[AtarahDerek]

@chaoticCaSeY You, uh, haven't lived in Montana long, have you? Missoula is a five hour drive from Billings.

[AtarahDerek]

@americanjedi77 Pretty sure Anaconda is more than 200 miles northwest of Billings. More like 300.

[AtarahDerek]

@JMRBooSt Yes and no. It's typical of tornadoes to move with their parent storm, but they have been known to sit in one place chewing up the local vegetation/construction. The F5 in Elie, Manitoba stayed in generally the same spot for the half hour or so that it was on the ground.

[AtarahDerek]

@AtomicAbility It was rated as an EF2, with winds between 110 and 135 mph. And it actually tore the roof off of the building, which, by the way, was supposed to be the designated tornado shelter. Here the tornado appears to only be doing EF1 damage, but once the storm passed, they discovered that the roof on the Metra was gone.

[AtarahDerek]

@mikemol6453 EF2, which is classified as a strong tornado. EF0s are weak, EF1s are moderate, EF2s are strong, EF3s are severe, EF4s are extreme, and EF5s are complete devastation.

[Starstrukk20]

i like how everyone is just driving by like nothing is going on...lol only in montana

[aha45]

Shut the window you dumb fucks.

[FastFerrari82]

y did she turn the cam on the side??

[TheFever77]

That could have been the perfect video if they didn't freakn turn the video sideways half way through.

[Esteelauders]

We were chased by one of these tornados' that day-we were in Fort Smith area, not too far from Billings...lol-I just hope next year's summer is not as bad :z

[ford9572]

NEVER underestimate the power of Mother Nature!!

[leach54]

The metra was our evacuation sight... LOL

[GameSharkWizard]

I CAN HEAR THE ROAR!

[BatmanJokerDuo]

Well maybe her reaction to the tornado was a little extreme, but us people from montana aren't really use to shit like that. We hardly ever have tornado's, and when we do they're usually out of town near the farms and ranches, we don't really get to see them up close like many other states do

[grocer3]

wooooooo! montana's on the news!!!!!!! XD thats my hometown yo!!!!

[AtarahDerek]

@grocer3 ...being blown to bits. Well, I heard the Metra Park was long overdue for a renovation anyway.

[taylorswiftfan160]

how high were the winds?

[AtarahDerek]

@taylorswiftfan160 110-125 mph, or an EF2 on the Enhanced Fujita scale.

[Avlex78]

"Oh my word, oh my gosh". Unbelievable... It was just plain F2!

[MidnightFlower13]

@Avlex78 well they dotn get tornados in billings. :/ the worst i've ever seen was a funnel cloud.

[Avlex78]

@MidnightFlower13

Still.. it's just an F-2. F-2's aren't that powerful.. That girl shouldn't get all freaked out.. If it was an F-5 or F-4, then I would undrstand...

[ProgHead777]

@Avlex78 "F-2's aren't that powerful."

I don't mean to be harsh, but that is a naive thing to say, at best. An F2 is not that powerful COMPARED TO AN F5. But make no mistake, people have died in F1 tornadoes, let alone F2s. It's not even particularly rare, as tornado deaths go. An F2 is dangerous, especially that close to one that is tearing apart a structure. That debris could take your head off. If it was an F4 or F5, this video wouldn't exist.

[Avlex78]

@ProgHead777

Those people weren't in the tornado were they? They were in their car... If they felt the tornado was getting closer to them, they could simply drive away. And my point is that that girl was overreacting way to much over an F-2. -_- "OH MY WORD, OH MY GOSH!' -_-

[McLovinOnHot1019]

@Avlex78 Having never seen a tornado cause that much damage that close I believe the girl is doing the right amount of screaming

[dewieee123]

@McLovinOnHot1019

Heh. Love that answer.

[FinalRedAgain]

@Avlex78 The reason she was "overreacting" is because there's never been a tornado in Billings, let alone one that managed to destroy such a big, iconic building as the Metra. Besides, when shit like that goes down, who wouldn't freak out?

[Lethani]

@Avlex78 f-2 is still deadly.

[cherii123online]

@Avlex78 well actually, considering that the majority of montanans havent seen a tornado in montana, this is a HUGE dealio. plus, the Metra is a big deal to montanans.

[Billin007]

@Avlex78 Either way, its awesome. Billings doesnt get very many tornados

[thegroganpack]

WOW

[GarshardJeVard]

Montana > California

[GarshardJeVard]

Montana is the coolest state there is. Keep Californians out!!!

[Zincon48]

@SkyWestCRJPilot Mexiwhati-what?

And no, Bozeman is full of yuppies from California. Butte is still full of miners and hard-core alcoholics.

We win! *Cough*

[MidnightFlower13]

@Zincon48 PFFFFFFFF KALISPELL IS BETTER. >:D mwuahahahaha

[AtarahDerek]

@MidnightFlower13 Nah, Helena's the best, even if it does get really windy every January-March after an election year.

[MidnightFlower13]

@AtarahDerek pfff Helena is a big ghost town. it is freaking creepy. D:< you couldnt get me to go there if you paid me 500 dollars or more!!!!

[AtarahDerek]

@MidnightFlower13 You've heard too many stories about the Rodney St. ghetto. Helena's a great place to live. There are hiking and biking trails all around. And I know of some pretty sweet views of the valley you can get from the surrounding mountains. In the winter, when it's overcast and snow covers the Elkhorn Mountains, it's so peaceful and serene, it makes you want to never leave. When thunderstorms blow in, you can breathe the scent of rain fresh pine. I love it!

[MidnightFlower13]

@AtarahDerek the fuck is a rodney st. ghetto...??

[AtarahDerek]

@MidnightFlower13 The part of Helena that best qualifies as a ghost town. The rest of downtown Helena is fully operational, including the historical buildings. In the original governor's mansion, there's a statue of Spokane, the only Montana horse to win the Kentucky Derby--which he did in 1889, the year Montana became a state. :)

We also have the Base Camp, which is an outdoor sports store similar the Ski Haus (sp?)

[masterjmich]

@SkyWestCRJPilot I HOPE YOU CRASH THANKS FOR THE COMMENT!!!!

[link4265]

@masterjmich Lol settle down you spazz.  I was joking. And thanks for the lovely comments on my profile. Faggot or not, I'm not the only one who copied those two videos.

[masterjmich]

@link4265 your welcome prick!!!!

[Zincon48]

It's funny, I could have sworn it was sunny in Butte that day while part of Billings was getting ripped apart.

Then again I can't remember the weather yesterday so I could be wrong on this.

[masterjmich]

@Zincon48 thats because your from Butt Montana!!!!!The only thing good in Butte is st pattys day!!!! you know its true!!!! and your four hours away from Billings!!!! So yor comment get a big thumbs down!!!!!

[Zincon48]

@masterjmich Oh my God! I'm supposed to give a fuck how!?!!!!1!!1?

And no, Butte is better. We can handle our liquor AND weed, thank you.

[masterjmich]

@Zincon48 lol

[masterjmich]

@Zincon48 GO SMOKE SOME MORE WEED AND DRINK MORE BOOSE!!!!!! JUNKY!!!!

[CoD4ownager]

its not fake i got to go on the grounds 20 min afterwards and it was redicoulous

[link4265]

Those bastards got what was coming to them.

[masterjmich]

@link4265 your a faggot!!!!

[babykheartsyou]

wooow, whoever thinks this is fake is stupid. I fricken live here and saw the whole thing. Obviously you dont live here if you say its fake.

[KirasPaine]

Wow...to think this was only a little over a month ago. Seems likes it's been longer than that.

Any other Montanans notice that we've been getting some really fucked up weather this summer? I mean geez yesterday it was hotter in Montana than it was in Arizona. And not to mention all the other tornadoes we've gotten...

[AtarahDerek]

@KirasPaine I read one report that stated that Montana averages about seven tornadoes a year, with only one being EF2 or stronger. But this year there have been 24 reported tornadoes, and several of them have been EF2s. Not to mention that EF3 that killed two people in Reserve.

Scientists predicted that tornado alley would shift southeast this year. It shifted the opposite direction.

[dutchtrainmanserie22]

Awesome tornado video!!! 

[wwefanworld]

How are you driving? You know your kind can't drive...

[waynebrasler]

An unusual storm in that the funnel hovered over one spot and just kept doing more and more damage. The traffic wandering by I don't understand.

[bbcasting]

It's tragic that they're both dead now. I heard that the one guy's head was torn from his body and it actually hit the woman next to him, which killed her too. So sad. R.I.P.

[AtarahDerek]

@bbcasting Uh, what are you talking about?

[HuntingShiloh]

Dang ya'll were close.

[tudssquadbuisness]

How close were you to that thing?

[eljaimillo]

wow nice vid.

[taylorswiftfan160]

i think this is the best tornado video

[cheeseplease98]

ok so i live in bozeman and of course the day we go there ...there is a tornado :-| and the worst part is i was at my aunts house but they were gone so it was just my lil sis and me .. i seriously almost pissed my pants i was like freakin out!!!!

[plankton736]

I like the cars driving by, they were probably like "Oh a tornado...oh well"

[fordforme]

@plankton736 Lol. No matter how often tornadoes hit your area, you'll NEVER be like "Oh a tornado... oh well." Even people that live in tornado alley take things like this very seriously and are never like "oh well."

[jimihendrix731]

oh shiiiiiiiiii, paaaack me a bong

[vanillascream]

@feymuz Haha yes you are correct sir. It's fake just like the Moon landing, the color green, and the civil war.

[feymuz]

@vanillascream i live there and its fake...

[Dazarooni]

Must have had a monkey holding the camera.

[RayAir1]

Big deal -EF-1

That's just roof debris

[schooder]

How do you work this thing? ?  !!

[bbcasting]

R.I.P. to the people who died making this video.

[taylorswiftfan160]

@bbcasting i dont think they died

[walthersopcheck]

Humid day. Chuck Norris was in town and wanted the a/c on.

[THEBELLYDANCINGQUEEN]

i live in billings and i was at the hospital and i got a video of it goin thrue the hights it was awsome haha

[streetbang25]

my uncle took a video with his cell and i saw it closer. that thing was massive!!!

[bbcasting]

I heard these people died...Someone killed them a week later as punishment for their horrible camera skills.

[Zubick31]

@bbcasting Uhm, no. Kyle and his wife are alive. Kyle is the pastor here. He leads the Youth Group I go to on Tuesdays. Whoever you heard that from is, a complete idot.

[VolleyBallLover3211]

thats EXACTLY what i saw..exept i was on the other side it was crazy i have a peice of the roof in my room(: lol

[Tess642008]

@thesun

I care!!! I hope a tornado rips up YOUR town!!! Dont be so insensitive!!

[formula1freak]

@dustkee my mistake, it sounded like that in the video when i heard it. It it still an amazing video to watch. :)

[NAtEgI47]

if the torando went towards lockwood it would of destroyed way much more

[ironman83172]

i live in billings and i saw it and i was like holy shit and i was by our taco johns and i went inside and then i went to the gas station and i saw it and i was watching it

[j2times2006]

Shut up and keep the camera steady.

[xGOLDENAXEx]

That wasn't a tornado that was a pussy fart from oprah, no really that's kinda weak IMO

[NAtEgI47]

@xGOLDENAXEx this is the first torando we had in billings since like 1958 i believe

[crowbrat1]

whoa it aculy was on top of metra crazy

[gizmomon1234567]

my grandparents live in billings and they said there was 2" hail the size of golf balls

[temachkin]

windy

[EricVierthaler92]

I miss the metra

[avarec8888]

@kundalinicandy lol its funny as hell when you rage troll me, please continue :)

[2Dchan]

Holy ass-fucking Moses!

I miss the Metra.

:(

[DemonSamaJr]

Her voice was annoying. Needs to shut up talking

[drewskates]

@DemonSamaJr Hey, fuck you. Andrea is cool.

[DemonSamaJr]

@drewskates Calm down keyboard warrior. What crawled up your pussy and died?

[sophiac1998]

@4532pat just cuz 1 tornadoe it doesn't mean it's happening there pleanty of those in other places 2 u know

[sophiac1998]

I only live 2 hours from there

[wilderwuff]

And to think I had dinner in Billings the day before. 0.o Jesus, that's terrifying.

And right at 1:02 -- that's epic. D: and scary.

[kazoo3434]

i live in Billings, and my house was hit by hail the size of baseballs. it flooded my basement with 8 in of water!!!!!!!

[grant20100]

@EMarkosek So you base your opinion on my intelligence on one comment? Not very intelligent if you ask me. Good Sir/Ma'am, you have only scraped the surface of what is Grant - a specimen quite unknown to the common man. Although Grant, as times, can come off as being rather... how should we say... vulgar due to his excessive use of profanity - he is actually rather intelligent and can form extremely well-rounded opinions on certain issues. Still, the woman holding the camera is a dumb bitch

[b0rat07]

I got a call last night from Professor Rapson at the Hedland Center. He thinks the current has changed because of melting polar ice. I think we've hit a critical

desalinization point. It would explain what's driving this extreme weather. :(

[bsouthe]

so sad....I saw my first concert there in 1977....KISS and Cheap Trick

[matalsace]

a litle f2

[4532pat]

i think 2012 is finally happining.

[NGAllAmericanBadass]

I use to live in Billings and i find it stunning that an EF2 tornado hit there. granted I only lived there a year.

[nicholas2007umt]

Montana actually has more tornadoes than people think. Because Montana is such a large state (145,552.43 square miles) and the vast majority of the state is rural, many storms produce tornadoes that go unnoticed. 

[scubasteve0201]

I can't believe that almost happened in chicago!

[geckoboy222]

they say that because its a mountanous stated tornadoes r always weak. to rip a roof off it needs 2 b an f3 at least. this was classified as f0. i liv in montana and no its perfectly capable of a strong tornado. so if u dont like the weather just wait a minute.

[YearZer02022]

@geckoboy222

Uhm, you're an idiot, an EF-3 tornados are very powerful, 150+ wind speeds which is enough to completely destroy strong buildings, this was an EF-2. Just a tip, before you type make sure it doesn't look like you are an 8 yr. old child, okay?

[ckyskater93]

The Antiques Roadshow was supposed to be at MetraPark on June 26th, this is God's way of saying "No".

[Owisopsi]

Lotta evil been done in that facility.. Naw couldn't be. Maybe H.A.R.R.P? Naw just ole Mother Nature, and me speculating. Thinking out loud

[alder321]

i'd like to see her gosh.

[GoldeneyePwner]

@GoldeneyePwner You rock.

[seanofthenorth]

too bad it didn't rip through The West, would have done Billings a huge favor...

[lyonislaw]

@seanofthenorth HEY! we're one city man. don't start that crap. 

[mountaindewfanHD]

@seanofthenorth or it could have torn up the south side

[goludwig1]

you know i live in great falls and i herd about that

[darkocchi]

Guess mother nature hated the Metra too...

[AtarahDerek]

@darkocchi I heard they were trying to get the city to fund a renovation, and the city didn't want to invest the time or money into a project like that. So maybe this was God's way of saying, "Renovate the Metra!"

[jrbostonrocks]

Crazy for us Montanan's, were just used to tons of snow and 20 below zero lol

[36pablogonz]

dam mc muffin nice video props to you and big fagg!!

[ryry2776]

Ruh Roh!!!!!!

[Rainbowvanguard]

HOLY SHIT