Tornado Austin, MN June 17th, 2009

[TheDalton8080]

When they said NW area, my whole families faces went pale, but then the tornado only hit the east side!

[Basketballplayer2018]

I remember during that tornado I threw UP was so nervous haha

[EasyyBakedd]

Looks like your a crazy muther fucker lol

[deathwatcher45]

sounds like the sirens from Silent Hill

[StormChaserTaylor]

That was some rapid rotation.  Great footage:]

[haloplayer123456]

dude your outside near the (plausible) tornado?! GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE

[southroncross]

This is a fantastic video. Just the visual of the clouds, and, the siren. Way too often, videos are ruined by chatter.

[dakotathein38]

Austin,MN Todd Park? Haha.

[Ryan117lol]

Awww shit i live in minnesota and we are getting severe weather tonight i dont mind the storm but i hate tornadoes and one better not come near eagan

[popcorn3394]

my birthday:D

[fiveofgrace]

it's just a sound clip.

[creamyfilling102]

hey, i know that field.

[2agray]

Excellent, excellent video. Everybody should see this so they can see the rotation of the clouds. "Rotation" is such a common phrase thrown around that most people don't even listen to it. Those not in areas that have a good long distance view outside their homes should see this so they can tell what a tornadic storm looks like. If they see swirling clouds - TAKE COVER

[AnastasiaCaine18]

What rating was this tornado?

[Wolfie783]

omg its the same type of siren from the movie silent hill!! O--O

[666wacko666jacko]

@Wolfie783 and the same siren at the start of the song indestructible by disturbed

[AnastasiaCaine18]

Was there a baseball game that day?

[sshers1]

wants the siren does mean?

[Wolfie783]

it meants tornado warning !!!! lol

[sshers1]

i mean whats the siren for?

[armylife91]

the siren is for WARNING of dangerous storm

[AnastasiaCaine18]

I always wondered that too, after all they are on wood stuff or on buildings

[LilScar727]

i live in savage and it was amazing here it was like 4 tornado's spotted

[Minihawk507]

I live in Fairmont where we got that same storm that you had. The Tornado sirens wnet off here but only for 5 minuets so it gained stregnth while it left Martin County.

[sillybanana22]

i live in andover , but i was vacationing in Wiscon when this happened .

[corkdawg82]

reason why their using the attack signal because it could be less load on the motor of the siren and they can run it longer.just a guess

[celciuszero]

damn tornado just missed us here in brown county...=(

[luvbug2444]

woah!! i was just at dentist appointment about an hour ago in downtown minneapolis and a huge funnel cloud was over the state capital building. IT WAS AWESOME!!and i live in northern southwashington county and we are undergoing some tornado warning thing its soooooo kewl!!!:)

[AnastasiaCaine18]

COOL!!!!

[checkthisout67]

do you wana sell a copy of your video?

[LALALAND2020]

lol i live in maplewood we got hit hard by it just like a couple hours ago lol

[iceabbie1]

my dad works at Hormel foods and he saw it coming towards hormel and ran in the basement

[iceabbie1]

and he said he never gets scared

[corkdawg82]

why do they send the attack signals instead of the tornado signals

[ctrim28]

it was to the real siren, i live in austin mn and i was there

[missdizzywizzy]

wow tht must of bin scary

[austinbri]

Ummm...take it from someone who was at Todd Park when this was taken...those are the actual sirens.

[joydivstellar]

tornadoes tend to gravitate towards, churches, mobile homes, and baseball fields. i can only recall a few baseball field tornadoes on here. kinda creepy. great video.

[A9420]

It is amazing how fast those clouds move within a mesocyclone, i've never got to experience something like that first hand; must be exhilarating.

[Bororeed]

Got to love the fact the original audio isn't there, replaced with stupid recorded sirens.

[MisterJacobsSOR]

I SO agree... If a vid can't stand on its own,...

[bonesnskulls1]

@Bororeed - dude are u a dumb ass? those are real sirenS! they go off everytime a tornado is spotted smart one lol. wow how dumb some people can be

[Bororeed]

@bonesnskulls1

Apparently you can't read that the poster of this video stated adding the audio of the siren over the original audio because of profanity.

[Zombiesami]

First of all... to the people that say we should have been wiped out... Fuck off, seriously?... anyways... like the retard I am I went outside when the sirens went off and me and my friend saw a tornado start and we darted inside... I never actually heard if anyone was hurt... I hope not..

[landsharknt]

honestly austin is a shithole nobody would care if the hole city would have gotten wipped out by this thing

[whitert98]

word to that.. there isnt even a blockbuster anymore..

[XIcebrandX]

i live in oklahoma this kind of thing happens all the time you kind of get used to it where i live

[Spartanslayer1]

OMG THAT SIREN REMINDS ME OF THE SILENT HILL SIREN! THE SIREN IS THE SAME THING!! and that siren reminds me of Disturbed Indestructible

[fedora1001]

Well it's not the actual siren.  The tornado sirens that were going off in the area had a much higher pitch.

[bendablebones]

better gtfo

[HylianNinja]

Ok, I live in central Oklahoma, one of the worst fronts in "Tornado Alley", and even I have to admire the massive circulation on that thing. Pretty impressive that all these people on Youtube stuck around to film.

[tyleronni]

are you filming over by riverland or over by the one park over by skinners hill

[05ymarie]

I stay in Golden Valley the north of MN and it always seems to pass us and head south. I thank God but why does it always hit south of MN?

[bonesnskulls1]

@05ymarie - HARRP

[HairyManLegs]

it sounds like silent hill the movie

[YuyaKayakoToshio]

EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING!

lol i'm using these sirens for my next video ^_^

[aprildot]

That is some intense rotation going on

[armyluv90]

OMG the sirens are what scares me more that anything! its even scaring me now cause its raining hard where i live! lol

[DBjorgo]

how do you think i felt, i was outside during the thing!!

[wowgreatvidio]

wow... how big are those sirens?? they must be huge!

[DBjorgo]

this was filmed near one of the sirens, but we have several of them all around the town, i remember watching the tornados that night, the sound of the sirens going off is really creepy

[johnbob123a]

i didn't know about the storm i was playing gta 4 when i heard the sirens go off.

[tyleronni]

lol i was playing madden at the same time

[paallday16]

sounds like the beginning of lil wayne song fireman lol

[johnmccarter0]

Ugh, I hate Lil' Wayne

[LuvableBaka]

I don't get it. What's with the siren? How come it's so loud? Do they have speakers that are around town that blare when a tornado happens?

[jtoatoktoe]

he added the sirens so block out regular audio of people cursing. Sirens are fake. But I mean if the Tornado Siren was right next to you yeah it could be that loud...probably louder. Usually most towns have a tower with a siren on it. Sirens are meant for people outdoors, most cities have them set up so most of it is covered with multi sirens

[andthentherewerenone]

FYI people, there ARE multiple sirens in this town. The filmer was just kind enough to save us from all the inevitable talking in the background. Unfortunately, the sirens were NOT going off the whole time, which caused a lot of confusion around town. Great time to pull in the new system, Austin...

[bonesnskulls1]

@LuvableBaka - you got it- we live in tornado country, or vally, its common, they go off every time a tornado touches down.

[halofreakonxbox]

hahahahahaha thats a BIG one

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[bellerox5]

thats so sad. i was supposed to have a softball tournament here this weekend but the fields were destroyed.

[polkmanfan]

i live there, and saw it

[WeatherExtreme]

wow great video

[yRuEMO]

HEY I LIVE THERE HAHAHA

[ieatsgoats]

Calm down white trash

[Meatpieandtatters]

that's a biggie system

[drinkinwithbob]

beautiful tornado

[Pigs3differentones]

That's crazy! Thanks for posting that! I've been through there for work.

[0Pangy14]

whats that loud noise? im luck ive never been in a tornado

[jtoatoktoe]

Tornado Siren

[GeneralDrizzle]

Live in Grand Forks, from Rochester. My friend lives in Austin.  Glad to hear nobody was severely injured, some unfortunate guy was in a shed when it tipped over. Too bad about the ball park. I wish I was in Minnesota to help you guys pick up.

[kevinness1123]

the audio was dubbed in because of profanity throughout the video / didnt think it would be appropriate to upload that content.

[casslakechris]

Yea, it is pretty exciting to see that thing developing. Glad our neighbors to the south were mostly unharmed by this storm.

[kevinness1123]

it was at Marcussen park during the beginning of a baseball game, Rochester Blues vs. Austin Blue Sox

[etoppsportcards]

what part of Austin was this footage taken?

[MzMae1]

Thsi looks like the ball field. So either down Skinner's Hill or else Todd Park

[casslakechris]

The tornado sirens in this video were dubbed in... listen at 0:57 the video switches/shifts but the tornado siren continues to wind up. Then at right 1:28 you can hear two siren dubs, the first one down winding and it cuts off instead of dying out like the real sound of this type of siren would be.

[casslakechris]

Actually check out 0:53 and 1:24 .

[pencil977]

today right now 5:00 pm MN on channel 9 they had this video

[HaseosAtoli]

I live in Mounds View, Mn and didn't hear about the tornado until today watching the news... Though saw an awesome electrical storm, but man, we may get some of that real nastiness tonight. Good luck, to my fellow Minnesotans!

[kitfisto19plokoon]

i live across the river behind the park it was awsome

[MegaHockey11]

Yup theres my town. i was standing on my deck and in our backyard was a funnel and it was about halfway to the ground but thankfuly went back up. My friends live near the Murphys creek area and the tornado ripped right threw there.

[suirllinddracus]

Looks fun... no, just kidding... I would probably have a heart attack if I were to see that out my window...

[lemaisonduchocolat]

Lucky the tornado sirens were working at that time. There were sirens that didn't work due to flood damage just north of the Twin Cities during the Hugo tornado. This is just a lesson that people should not always depend on sirens. A weather radio would be helpful since sirens were intended to warn people outdoors.

[busygirl74]

My God ..!! I live in maple view and y saw when the tornado started to form,i felt so scared i got so fast my babys and hide in the bathdroom,and we felt the doors wants to open so bad,speciallly when the stone ice coming was so crazy time ...!!!

[ExoticSeamstress]

My little sister lives in Austin, all are safe.

[bf2films]

we are in for it again tonight.

[403CamelTowing]

Nice video, hope all is well down there, sounds like were in for it again today. One heck of a light show up here in the cities last night. About a half inch of rain, not too much for wind though.

[C1I1N2]

My house was hit by it. but i have my blackberry storm.(what a werid name for a phone??) I live in the richer part of Austin and we got hit hard!!! We were like crying and stuff,. My dog died!! :((( i WISH Our house was nearly damaged its a 5million dollar house. not to brag but i was built were well!!! from my dad.

[Zombiesami]

oh wow sorry about the dag... as for your house that you guys clearly have enough money to fix... no one cares

[Saxman1806]

i enjoy the fact that i see people driving in the foreground....even though it is very very obvious that a serious situation is occuring

[weatherman92k]

There was a vball game at todd park when it ripped through the northeast part of town...

[KungPowThao]

The tornado was right over my house when it touched ground,

[ilikenintendo2005]

We were doing a performance at Riverland and durring it, ourlights start flickering then our director came in and stopped the show and we had to go seek shelter in the college...

[Archimedies001]

Wow. Thanks for posting that. I was at work when it hit. I didn't get a chance to see it, but I had heard plenty of stories while we were seeking shelter. I'm glad I got to see that monster of a storm. It's a good thing no one was seriously injured. Thanks again^^.

[kevinness1123]

Austin Marcussen Park

[jfergie89]

What baseball field did you film this at. I thought it was the Athletic Field by Sterling at first until I noticed the bases.

[kevinness1123]

Because we have a lot of 20 year old baseball players talking like they talk, and we felt it would not be appropriate . This was the best and most realistic audio substitute

[ksff286]

So because I'm curious, why didn't you leave the sound from the video on there and do an overlay of tornado sirens? (there is no talking, no wind, nothing except for the siren). great video though :) just would be better if we could hear it too.

[jfergie89]

Thanks for the video. KAAL has nothing for those of us concerned with family and friends.

[HeinitzProductions]

Nice video!

[SexualRacism]

awesome, thanks for uploading in such a timely manner!