Michiana Tornado Outbreak October 24 2001

[blaber50]

i remember we were heading to the basement and i looked out the window at the tree in our backyard and then boom! lightning struck it and it dropped on the corner of the house

[whs33jneff]

I remember the F3 actually went over my house unharmed...then it tore the shit outta my backyard

[TheTechTweeterMan]

hillsdale we got SLAMED I WAS ! AND I REMBER WE PICKED MY BROTHER UP GOD

[hammerogod]

Watching that couplet form beginning at 0:57 is eerie.

Ya just know someone is in for the shits.

[Ajmtornado]

I live in Schoolcraft Michigan and this was the day of all days for destructive winds. We have had storms before, but not the 100 plus wind gust we got that did so much damage to our town. A lot of people think a tornado went through schoolcraft that day, I myself saw a funnel cloud but no touchdown, and with all the evidence, there is no proof of a tornado going through schoolcraft, just extremely destructive winds

[criptisize]

holy cow lol

[xXxXRubyxXxXx]

I remember that when I was really young and my parents told me to go in the living room and lay down close to the ground because we didn't have a basement. I was scared but only a tree fell on our house and we heard a pinecone drop on the roof everyday.

[czk310]

wait, was that the DQ on M 51

[czk310]

i remember this night very well, it touched down and messed up the maintenece building on ash road next to discovery ms

[DogPatch1149]

I lived about three miles east of Dowagiac at that time - the F3 passed very close to us. It was the first time I saw the sky go really green, just before the winds hit. Lot of trees and lines blown down near us.

The May 2004 storms were worse, though...didn't have power for four days afterwards.

[FloridaLawDawg]

I remember this very well. I was living in South Bend when this happened and I swore up and down that one was gonna hit River Park (where I lived at)

[davidlee110]

7 years from today

[CharginChuckBro]

1:07 is that from a security camera?

[davidlee110]

yeah

[stickbuddy1]

ooh i remember that day i live in south east Michigan, it was all over the news and i think the storm hit my ants house.

[patman5961]

That was one wicked storm!!

[davidlee110]

Dude, im from Southbend

pretty soon when the Gorble Warming is getting wors

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Southbend IN, USA might have a F5 tornado but when is going happen???

[LowerHeidelberg]

WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THE GARAGE???

lol

[Chetnik1979]

Fuck South Bend lol and you!

[Legend813a]

South Bend has two words, not one.

You're comment should read:

"I thought it was the end of South Bend that day."

[thesuburbsareburning]

@Legend813a You're is a conjunction of two words. "You" and "Are". YOUR comment should read:

"South Bend has two words, not one.

Your comment should read:

"I thought it was the end of South Bend that day."

You know what they say about glass houses...

[zazzybelle]

@Legend813a whoa there, grammar nazi..

[davidlee110]

here a response

this from Southbend IN, USA

i live them i got alot of videos i posting is youtube and is going be !!!STORNG STORMS!!!

[serj1551]

i dont understand ppl who lives in tornado areas... :(

[hardlines4]

Im from South Bend and remember this storm like it was yesterday.... and on the last days of October......strange!

[Powerjohn110]

southbend did not hit a f5 yet

[Powerjohn110]

WEHAT!!!

I FROM SOUTHBEND!!!

[kingdomboost]

The barn. OH SNAP!!!

[jamgibsonjamgibson]

Considering you get high winds at certain times of the year. How come you build your structures out of such flimsy materials in England we call that stuff pallett wood. Have not heard of the tail of the three little pigs or something. Or is it the New Orleans mentality (Who would have ever thought a hurricane would hit us)

[Legend813a]

It really does not matter what you build with, add a strong enough tornado and its gone.

[ethen24]

Anyways, if it's just a storage shed or a small barn, it doesn't need to be fortified...It just needs to be strong enough to protect what's inside from the elements and nothing else...they're not like houses, they're not meant to stand up to hurricane or tornado-force winds...

[jamgibsonjamgibson]

Probably I reckon I would still go the extra yard and bolt the thing to the floor, save it being blown through my neighbours front window.

[ChesterCorgi96]

@Legend813a Studies done at a Univ. in Oklahoma have simulated tornadic forces and they can blow 2 x 6's through brick and concrete walls.

[ethen24]

I remember that! I live in northern St. Joseph County in Indiana.

[sk8itngrools]

My name is Joseph !

[xcoolxwhipx]

scary

[SHUNT311]

nice you put this together well. very nice

[PetSnakey]

this just brings back so many scenes and memories from that day. I remember leaving school (it was my 7th grade year, im in college now) and looking out to the west and their was some dark nasty clouds beyond the SB skyline.

[wiiyuu]

i wish warsaw was drowned.

[3oakspure2]

i remeber that day as well but none ever hit us i am from three oaks...... good video....

[joelb79]

Oh man I remember that day. I was sitting at an intersection of Grand River and Cedar St in Lansing Michigan when the winds hit. My car was spun around and when I could see again I was faced opposing traffic. My Fiance was living on the other side of town that year and the roof was blown off her house. Crazy weather!