Rare video of the Chicago area wedge tornado! June 7, 2008

[stohremo]

It was an EF2, it looks massive and has crazy motion but that's what the rating ended up being

[314isabeast]

@stohremo closer to chicago it was rated an EF4 for a little (chicago heights tornado)

[Butterflygal0222]

2:14 Holy Crap Dude!

[Solsuna]

I live in chicago and didn't even notice this thing I slept through the sirens...I fail.

[gigan1234]

if someone says its lower than a EF3 they must be a idiot because its either a ef3,ef4,or a ef5

[gigan1234]

2:32 its gotta be a f5 

[avaiae]

@gigan1234 Size doesn't matter (lol)

[crowjr2]

apparently my left ear hates tornadoes.

[flightoftheunknown]

Tornado on the ground....definitely a tornado. BIG tornado. LARGE tornado.

Why do all storm chasers have to repeat themselves so much?

[kingj930]

where was this



[AreHeritageComedy]

Well itnt small

[00rgs]

i live in michigan a couple of months ago there was a there was a tornado a couple of streets away from where i was

[MrJrh58]

Can you tell me the road you were on when the video starts, I'm familiar with the Peotone/Monee/Frankfort area and have tried to trace your exact path a few times?? I live about 10 miles to the northeast of that area and was waiting at home for the storm to arrive, but missed me to the south and east. It was exciting, they said it was big and about 20 minutes away!! Great video, thanks!!

[yetibiker08]

that's not big and it looks really weak what an F-1/2??

[gigan1234]

@yetibiker08 its a EF5 dude

[ps3or360idontknow]

@gigan1234 no its not. only 1 ef tornado hit the chicago area and it was in plainfield, illinois in 1995. and plus it doesnt have to be a wedge for it to be an f/ef 5 tornado.

[gigan1234]

@yetibiker08 its not weak or small its huger than it looks and aparrantly you havent watched the hole video

[JulieNoWay]

Look; which ever way the tornado goes, I'd be going the opposite.

[train2589]

please dis-regard any comments posted before september of last year. my borhter was useing this channel but recently got his own.

[okaymichellee]

0;18 rainbow ;D

[HMJogMDG]

WOOOOOOOW! That was awesome guys! Thanks for the video! =-)

[2kes]

nice fucking siren that didn't go off. Is the battery dead? :) Also love the dumb asses that keep on driving right toward it.

[twotailedavenger]

@2kes

The siren looks like a P-15, which has no battery.

[2kes]

nice fucking siren that didn't go off. Is the battery dead? :)

[rockprogmetal]

What suburbs was tornado near?

[amatersoldier]

earthquake

[KioraLuvsKiba]

what level was the one around 2:50? it looked like an f3

[TheMaliciousStorm]

I lol'd so hard when you see the siren not working and the tornado just passed it by.

[naderchaser]

Next time: WIPERS

[RunningLego]

I was at my friends house when it hit. The sky was green, and the sirens were going off. So I knew by the green sky a tornado had touched down. Great sights, though.

[simplyilse]

why are there all these tornado and i miss them :(

[lilpooch99]

I live near Chicago and i don't remember that tornado.

[boik02]

@lilpooch99

Because it was southwest of Chicago when he caught this headed into the southern burbs.

[MrFuckingstupid]

Hahahaha . Big tornado . big tornado . it could be strong to. BIG TORNADO. lmao

[TheBatterymanAA]

wow 999,999,999 views you must be fucking rich

[birdluver184858]

MY B. DAY WOULD BE SOO EPIC THERE! that was on my b day

[krofox14]

dont get out my ugly son

[JoshClements22]

"If you want to hear a tornado, you can step out-- its kinda quiet..."

[MrManiac64]

i was a mile or too away from my house when the wind hit the south side this summer, it was scary as HELL

[SPIRITAIR1]

and that storm was a bow echo correct

[SPIRITAIR1]

i was at the cubs game that night and it was fucking scary

[patricio6143]

2:01 That's A supercell!!!

[greglendon]

i went to chicago

[Saranm25]

@greglendon lmao, me too!

[pepemydepe]

really a goat has better camcording skillz yo

[SpiderMonkey11100]

did u know when ur video stop sand has the loading circle sign,u can play snake?!

[rapskallion]

I gotta say, at 6:04 to 6:14 you remind me of Elwood of the Blue's Brothers. "It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, >> large tornado ahead of us, << it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses. "

[erinshorty09]

Does anyone know what this ended

[oddsource]

I am glad in california we haven't had many of those... instead we have fires; guess its a give or take. LOL

[jamieball]

@oddsource Don't forget Earthquakes/Tsunamis too!! :o

[rykember11]

1:33 Tornado Siren FAIL.

[himcky999]

wtf, at 1:28 you can see a tornado siren just sitting there. They never seem to work when there is a actual tornado.

[RyanParody]

@himcky999 lol so true half the time people dont even know about a tornado until after

sadly a lot of times the NWS does see the tornado due to lack of spotters so if they don't get any calls from the spotters saying TORNADO! TORNADO! they don't know the storm has put down a tornado so they will not put out a tornado warning some times if the storm looks real bad on radar they will warn it just to be safe but not all the time.

[winintheflop06]

weak

[portie147]

a monsta!

[cherikas]

I grew up in South Dakota, USA so I have seen clouds rolling like this..I felt very small compared to this awesome power.

[stewy2611]

@cherikas i live in SD and i see clouds like that all the time

[360musiclova]

@train2589 i 1 try this and started running cause the tornado was close too me and im young so my friend and i went walkin

[bluevlocity407]

@train2589 more like "do not try this on your own." you won't have the luxury of catching a tornado on camera once it's bearing down on your home. drop everything and run for cover.

[PLANEFAN9]

hey.... i remember that i was coming home from olive garden and you know what happend? THAT

[memc01289]

that's hudge. man holy..aren't you scared to get in that cause wind can change direction in a split second...

[ImOfNope]

chicago area? It's the country!

[alix0657]

@ImOfNope Yeah I thought that too. Then again, in the Chicago area you can drive not too far outside of the city limits in some places and be pretty much in the country. Of course, that used to be easier to do than it is now.

[bookworm1960]

Being a police officer, or firefighting, are dangerous jobs too, should they stop?

Preventing unnecessary loss of lives is very serious business, and nether police officers, firefighters, or those storm chasers that work for the National Severe Storms Laboratory, deserve scorn.

[XXTHE12THMANXX]

@bookworm1960 Hey man fuck you these people put their lives on the line

[bookworm1960]

@XXTHE12THMANXX Major oops, my mind ran ahead of my fingers' -- It should have read "DON'T deserve scorn" -- It was in continuation to my other two posts, and was aimed at goodlife404 and mypalrocco I should of taken more time checking my post. -- I apologize to you and the good people at the National Severe Storms Laboratory

[XXTHE12THMANXX]

@bookworm1960 Its cool

[goodlife404]

reckless thrill-seekers

use common sense,

Their world can be shattered in mere seconds

[bookworm1960]

@goodlife404 @mypalrocco

Some tornado chasers are wannabes, some aren't.

Some are thrill-seekers, others aren't.

The people at TornadoVideosdotnet are nether of these things.

They are in it for the science, to get warnings out sooner, and ever sooner.

For people like you, or me, or the people down the block.

Look at Yazoo City, or Greenburg, they were almost completely destroyed.

But the loss of lives were low, because people like these tracked the tornadoes.

[mypalrocco]

Another wannabe tornado chaser...

[bookworm1960]

@mypalrocco These "wannabe's" just so happen to work with the NSSL (National Severe Storms Laboratory) in Kansas. They are part of a multi-team crew that track storms and tornadoes. You should watch some of the other videos on their channel, no "wannabe" can afford mobile Doppler radar trucks, yet these people have them.

[mypalrocco]

@bookworm1960

BFD!!! What, you expect that I should have wood over this???

[sammypants1997]

good job by catching that shit hat looks like an f5 nice job

[IWplaya23]

i saw that thing i lived about 6 or 7 miles away and i could see it and it was huge from where i was it didnt hit us but it was going the other way thank god

[april80s]

I lived in Peotone when this happened. However, I was in Bourbonnais at the time so I didn't get to see it. It was a crazy day though. A few tornadoes hit by my husbands work in Monee.

[BooBecca55]

what the freak are you doing you could get killed by that thing

[LeeAnne1990]

@BooBecca55 These are professional tornado chasers. They know what they are doing, and know how to not get killed...

[vader9596]

@BooBecca55

Those tornado chasers are keeping a lot of people keep safe. They know what's going on before the National Weather Service, and can report tornadoes to them.

[Zamliyx3]

when my doctor says i m gonna die...i drive to america and run into a hurrican and fly to the sky

[DraconisTheDragon]

I remember that storm. I watched it the whole day! It was awesome!

[jonasluva24]

ohmygosh i live like 45 mins away from chicago... idk if i remember that day.. idk but i would freak out hhaa

[VidPro95]

Audio is only comming out of left headphoe and speaker.

Try Splitting your audio

[misssnowbite]

nearly had a bypass when it started

my volume was up :'(

[rnoble2007]

Was all these from the same supercell?I noticed multiple vorticies in the first one.The rest were violent wedge tornadoes by which do you know the EF. rating on them?

[Familyguy098]

omg storm chasers was chasing where i lieved?!?!?!?!?!? omg!@!!!!

[Spope1999]

ok...if i saw that i would be like OH MY GAWD and either go and jump on a hobos back and yell GO GO GO! or...climb into a strangers basement and hide for my life.

[Buizel319]

@Spope1999

LOLOLOLOL  Hobo FTW!!!

[thisismyusernamehill]

lmao!!!!!!!!!

[rapskallion]

@Spope1999

"jump on a hobos back and yell GO GO GO!"

FTW!

[XXTHE12THMANXX]

If I saw that I would be like OH MY GAWD

[bluedean140]

good one

[TVWXMAN32]

Wow that rotation is tight! Amazing.

[nicknmartin]

that one was moving fast too

[cokee4life]

thats my b day

[MrFatNskinny]

i was there i actuly took cover in my basement i saw the end of the super cell from my window i live in elgin thank god it mised us

[nenblom]

How strong was that tornado?

[wiltgen86]

I remember those tornadoes I was chasing them also, it was one crazy day, I live in tinley park. I never seen so many large tornadoes in one supercell like that untll on this day that it happend.

[TamaraCool7012]

IF A TORNADO WOZ HEADING MY WAY I WOULD EITHER:run for my life,get a shelter or let it disrupt everythng while hide

[calimar28]

Chicago is wacky weather. One day rain, next day shine. One day lemon, next day lime. One day wacked out plates of pluto on gargantuian trees of despair and desperation like a bronco billy riden' into the sunset.

Crime in politics runs rampent in Chi town. Take a good look at the Kenyan guy Obama for example.

[Juliiaano0406]

may goooooooooood gosei até

[Zaybarra]

wow i would not be chasing a tornado. but great footage. someone has to do it right. lol n love chicago and never knew there were so many tornados! i am from arizona too. only severe weather is the hot scorching sun in the summer.

[XXxXMCR4EVAXxXX]

wow they are pretty fast. i wanna c a tornado. i live in th ik so we dont rlai have any :(

[UltimateDarkloid]

@XXxXMCR4EVAXxXX

IK? You mean UK?

And I feel your pain. I live in Dubai. Zero severe weather here D:

[XXxXMCR4EVAXxXX]

yea i mean the uk haha soz i cant type haha

[UltimateDarkloid]

I see, lol.

[tallmickey123]

must suck i live in arizonia so we severe weather most of the time in the summer but i have only been in one tornado and it was pretty fricken scary

[UltimateDarkloid]

I see... lucky you. I hope to move to a place with severe weather in the future... but for at least the next two years, I'm staying in Dubai till I finish school.

[tallmickey123]

oh i see well hold in there u willsee ur first tornado soon enough

[t80tank20]

There are plenty of tours you can go on. I would recommeond tempest tours, cloud 9 tours, or silver lining tours.

[april80s]

This was the storm that went from South Wilmington to Richton Park and beyond. I remember I was in Bourbonnais when it started. It went past my parent's house in Wilmington, then my old house in Peotone, then my husbands work in Monee, then my uncles in park forest. It was CRAZY! It still shocks me to know that this huge monster of a tornado went right past where I lived and I didn't even get to see it!!

[RumTumYummy]

Pretty nice storm chasing, I remember that day although I was safely north of the tornado touchdowns.

[SpottedleafCCRVMK]

We don't have tornadoes in Washington State..

After watching these videos, I don't think I want tornadoes anyway... o_o I'm deathly terrified of tornadoes..

Plus it's too cold here.. and rainy. The best we get is lightning storms... And they aren't even that long anyway.

[yoroloco]

I'm terrified of them too, but I'm kinda screwed because I live in Texas =(

[SpottedleafCCRVMK]

that sucks ;_;

[TspesVladD]

At about 1:30, you can see a P-10 or P-15 siren. It's a very nice looking one. Has anyone noticed? And WHY it wasn't going off, I will never know. There was a tornado right above it. If I was there, I would have later called the EMA director and asked them, "what were they thinking?" Great movie though.

[crazywarriorman]

Yeah, that question, this video and that siren have been brought up together on The Siren Board many times. We or I belive the power lines went down thus shutting down power to the siren.

[2000Allen]

Damn dude thats where my cousin lives

[torn80s]

This storm reminds me a lot of the May 3 1999 tornado in Oklahoma. Huge and lasting for a long time.

[rideguide01]

holy crap scary

[BrandonDCS]

WHAT THE HELL WAS DAT NOISE AT 0:40?!

[snakeboy45]

a car!!!

[donthateonme1988]

a car gettin tha hell outta that town haha!!

[Hollywood800music]

a passing car

[IMakeSimsSeries]

I live in chicago im glad it missed me!

[SMJJtwilighters11]

jesus christ scary!!!!!!!

[MMxBiiohazard]

I just watched the video this time at sic flags great america under tornado warning

[1980eltigre]

It was wild seeing entire farms obliterated only a half mile from my house.........one barn that got leveled had a 6000lb forklift pulled out and thrown close to 200 yards away.......that tornado was seriously "the real deal"

[1980eltigre]

At the time, it was reported that Richton Park was hit hard by the tornado, but it wasn't because of the damage....it was because Richton Park was the area with the highest population that the tornado got to before it died down. Green Garden Township actually had the most extensive damage.

[mindycrane]

A VERY scary afternoon indeed. It passed within a mile of us...still WAY too close for comfort. I'm moving to Tucson AZ next month partly due to my fear of these monsters of nature.

[mindycrane]

I live in Matteson, IL (so. of US 30 near I-57) & was in my mobile home park when tornado sirens sounded on that day, about 20 minutes before it crossed I-57. I hesitated to take cover at first, as the skies were partly cloudy at the time. HOWEVER, sirens sounded again, Jerry Taft (meteorologist) & others were on TV warning about the movement of the twisters and 2 other local stations were also covering it live including the Weather channel. After a call from my family I finally took shelter

[WayWayRocker]

Maybe next time your girl will just drive off and let you get swallowed by the tornado!

[WayWayRocker]

You are one authoritative, boasting and rude! Little bitch! Maybe you will review your video and see that you act a fool!

[SlayerMargera]

at about 58 seconds to one minute it looks like an F3 ,F4,or an F5

[MitchelMussoLover87]

i live in chicago and they said nothing about a tornado warning on that day. o.o maybe it wasnt at where i live

[ALFfan1]

The Tornado was in Will County. Where Joliet is

[lilidngurl23]

it depends on where you live in chicago. if you live in northern chicago and the northern burbs, this did not apply to you. I live on the far south side and this did apply to me and my friends in the southern burbs.

[robbieirish]

"large tornado"

[kellynolancourtney3]

i hate that beeping noise at first

[rayquaza52]

my dad was at work and otalmost hit abf dang waas he lucky

[laura20022004]

2;19 That is huge. is that an f5?

[ddcfreak666]

i reconize the one of the houses! it is my fricken friends! omg

[ddcfreak666]

wtf!! this town use to be where i live! i remember that tornado exactly! we were in the garage watching it!

[seandamondotcom]

Great video. Thanks for sharing

[broadwaystar722a]

this was sooooo scary!!!!!!!!!!!! I remember it!

[KailynnBee]

yea it did but it did not hit it went near

[ThunderStormWatcher]

HOLY CHIT!!

I would hate living in Chicago

[scottsdalepilot3]

tornados near chicago proper are very rare

its a threat but can still happen

[DaleGotHulkHands]

Why? storms like these are quite amusing actually

[aishaforeva]

thts nice its amusin to c ppl get kild and houses to b wrekd? freak

[DaleGotHulkHands]

people arent always killed and its just a part of life.

[CommanderLightning]

Exactly. People freak out over even 1 death.

[1980eltigre]

no people died.....just a few injuries mainly from when it crossed I-57 at Stuenkel Rd.

[ponyboyluver15]

wow do u belive god made that

[dgirardi7]

oooo i remember wen this happened

[sueq1261]

So cool to see this! When I saw on TWC that this storm was coming I had the feeling I should get out of my house and to a basement...As it turns out this tornado jumped over my house...did some damage on the blocks on either side of us!

[dracomancer01]

great vids as always, remember watching you guys before you teamed up with discovery lol

[jaf1856]

didnt this go near six flags??

[jaf1856]

WHY ISNT THAT SIREN GOING OFF?

(you can first see it at 1:07)

[YamahatoYokimoko]

DAMN good question!

[wyoglenn]

i was at the nhra drag races in Joliet at the time and went into the grandstands and we saw it!!! very wicked. i have video of a twister in Midlothian IL but the sound is jacked up. i wish i knew how to post it!!!

[SoggyHobNob]

Just upload the video to your computer using the USB cable, then on your YouTube account, go to 'My videos' then it will say you havn't got any, then click 'Start uploading' or w/e it says.

[pepsigal86]

I live in Ontario Canada and unfortunetly they only tornado action we get r the very rare tornado warnings but no one takes them serisly here cause they just end up being thunderstorms I would love to see one tho!

[joydivstellar]

the best part is between 430 and 520 when you can hear the thunder of the tornado. great video.

[chicagosfinest15]

i had to cancell one of my bands shows cuz of this dam tornado altho i would have loved to have seen it i woudlve been jakked

[mollydog1236]

yeah, I also live in Colorado and theres been some pretty harsh storms the past summer and this one aswell

[LadyGaGaTime1]

serious in Ireland we think we hav tornado but its only a stupid funnel that starts and end 3 seconds later. I swear we dont even hav sirens

[socom817]

peeping noise?

[314isabeast]

detects strong rising motion pretty much detects a tornado

[martinalewis12345]

i wish i had tornados in novascotia we barely have lightning!!! Watch my videos when i upload them i made one about shark spotting at kennington cove!

[guitarttimman]

trust me, you don't want tornadoes YOU DO NOT!

[CassFan5150]

I want to see one in person in a field far away haha

[guitarttimman]

yeah, seeing one and being caught in one is quite different. I would think you probably should just hope on a plane and visit a place that has them, but I don't think you want them to be where you reside. Am I right? :-)

[Eric23er]

You dont want to see tornados trust i have been in a ef 1 and those are still scary they still kill but ya they are amazing to watch but there monsters i live in Colorado and we only get tornados like once a summer but this summer we had 5 in one day

[dragonforcexprt]

what do you live in pueblo cuz they get a lot of tornados