Tornado in Springfield Massachusetts, live on CBS 3 Springfield

[hiddenpredator11]

I saw the tornado... It was in my backyard

[Lessinath]

Yup. That's a tornado alright. When I first saw it hit the bridge I was like "Oh shit, none of those cars are going to be there when it leaves" and they got lucky because it wasn't intense then.

[jubjubs1000]

I find it funny how people say this is a tornado. when it clearly is not.

look at a real tornado out in the mid west and then watch this again.

no comparison.

[Lessinath]

@jubjubs1000 Actually, it is. This is the national weather service definition of a tornado, ""A violently rotating column of air, usually pendant to a cumulonimbus, with circulation reaching the ground. On a local scale, it is the most destructive of all atmospheric phenomena.""

And sure enough, this is a tornado. Nowhere does it say anything about strength other than "violent" but that's relative. It also doesn't say anything about visibility, you can't always even see them.

[reddibacon]

@jubjubs1000 This was as real as it gets dipshit. this was an EF3 and killed 4 people. Houses were flattened by this thing and it grew to a mile wide wedge. It was worse than anything in Kansas or Texas last year, that's for sure.

[59Ballons]

@jubjubs1000 fuck you you ass hole. You know nothing about this. HAVE YOU SEEN THE DAMAGE? just because it didn't happen in goddamn texas doesn't mean it isn't real. Go fuck yourself. Four people were killed in this storm. You weren't affected by this, obviously.

[CairnTerrier69]

@jubjubs1000 Tell that to the several thousand people who no longer have homes here in Mass. Tell that to the families of the four killed and several hundred seriously injured. 8 months later, there is still a 39 mile gash across the landscape littered with still wrecked forests and buildings. Over 100 million dollars in damage. I'd call that a tornado...considering it passed 1/4 a mile from my house. Not fun...not fun at all.

[Goddessoffood]

I was at my school in South Hadley when this hit my neighborhood because my bus was being held. Half of the staff that was still at my school at that time were looking for me and I nearly collapsed when I heard my house was hit. All 8 of our trees fell. I still have nightmares about this day. We're still not done with repairs and every time I watch this I think about my dad because he was stuck in the middle of this when I was at my school. :(

[kosovavb2000]

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[XSidSChikX]

This guys name must be Captain Obvious.

[MrMusicFlood]

this guy talks way too much - so annoying

[heart2heart64]

John Chambers is an amazing photographer. Wow, IMPRESSIVE work. Talk about capturing real life drama as it happens. You should be proud you did that and then some. Truly amazing! Sonya

[tobyandjim]

i live in e longmeadow this thing scared the living hell out of me

[CiciTheHoboHead]

I'd be crapping myself if I was on that bridge.

[AJTwister97]

@CiciTheHoboHead there was a guy recording while the tornado passed over his car while he was on the bridge. look it up, i think you'll like it

[CiciTheHoboHead]

Why do people in the weather room or whatever, news room, NEVER get hurt/killed?

[justintime2989]

impressive work btw on sky cam if was you moving it and stuff bit better than sky cam people who control for midwest and recall alabama one can find on youtube for one tornado.

[utubberman]

This guy doesn't shut up for a second!!! Got on my nerves!

[SummerAutumPro]

i live in Monson. :( but my house is fine! :D we got major roof damage thoughh. and my mac is ok

[DefyGravity464]

That guy is annoying. Yeah, dude, we totally want to be on that bridge right now.

[RockXbAND85]

@DefyGravity464 Even when the video stops he is still talking. Lol, but I live in Massachusetts but this was a very serious issue. I live near Boston.

[MusikLover8]

Another comment the lady says at :06 there's no reason to be....glad she shut her mouth..next comment was wow [bet she was thinking what the hell did I just say]..guess it relates to the future 8:16 comment about not letting the tornado get you down...Kleenex is on me sorry Springfield you are subject to all this BS from TV news there.

[MusikLover8]

Another comment the lady says at :06 there's no reason to be....glad she shut her mouth..next comment was wow [bet she was thinking what the hell did I just say]..

[MusikLover8]

this guy is funny at 8:16 he says don't let this tornado get you down, hmmm what was it party time? you just lost your house or car or life, but don't let that get you down what an idiot! lol

[MusikLover8]

at 2:30 did he say hear lightning? lol I thought you can only see, it's thunder you hear!

[Welcomer1000]

NOT one: NOT two: BUT THREE TORNADOS CAME NEAR US. i live in shrewburry. case closed ^-^

[tobyandjim]

@Welcomer1000 i know.. got cousins that live there they were ok though were u too?

[Welcomer1000]

i was in my home watching my tv show, suddenly my dad yells at me and i likewtf why is he yelling at me. i came to see what he was yelling about, he said there was a tornado in massachusetts. Soooo i was like bs stop joking, he wasnt x. x it scared the S*it out of me.

[HorizonMelt]

I don't know if it was the excitement of the situation or his compulsion to keep speaking but he really deteriorated into a blathering, non-sensical mess.

[justintime2989]

@HorizonMelt its the northeast what ya expect it aint the midwest and proubly his first time trying to get people take cover and actually getting a sky cam out there with a tornado. and just happened to be lucky the tornado wasnt rain wrapped liked most northeast storms take for exaple nyc ef2 if search up compleatly rain wrapped.

[bubbles1062]

"You might not hear lightning." Lol wtf?

[Macdawg347]

@bubbles1062 You may not see thunder either :O

[bubbles1062]

@Macdawg347 hahahahaha

[Macdawg347]

@bubbles1062 What a fool xD

[Nick7813956796]

i live in Massachusetts this was 1 town away anyone else live in Mass??

[joncharles111]

UT48 - Your a Fkin Jerk- almost killed in that tornado- and you joke- hope you find your ass in one-

[wx4newengland]

at 2:10 you can see a car airborn

[andywolan]

@wx4newengland: I see what you mean. It looks like a car is being raised 50 feet in the area, but I think it's just debris.

[vivaloriflamme]

Good camera work. Thanks for posting this. When you see how powerful it is, how fast it forms, how far the debris is tossed, it makes you understand it's wise to stay in shelter instead of going to look.

[tripler6]

Had to mute it because cbs's weather guy is no brian lapis..

[andywolan]

Who owns the video taken from that camera? WWLP? WSHM? WGGB? It's become the hallmark of the Springfield tornado.

[Chambers2x]

@andywolan WSHM owns the rights to the video. It is a station owned by Meredith. I am a technical producer at the station and happened to be operating the tower cam and directing the weather cut-in when the tornado hit.

[ryocorp]

When I saw this on TV I was completely wowed in general, but particularly when it went waterspout. I had never seen that before. So, it is a fact that diving into the water won't necessarily save you. Small boats would have been blown away and larger ones would have been overturned. The fact that the cars stayed on the bridge show at this point it was probably not an F3 and still the deadly water action.. Truly unique and awesome maritime video! My curiosity satisfied. Thanks CBS 3!

[ut48]

killer trix cam score man- I remember taking in the clean version last week - some day I hope to catch an earthquake on one of my cams- word from the NBC T.O.C. in the SF bay.