June 17, 2009 Nebraska tornado from Warmsector!

After a disappointing May '09 chase vacation, dedicated warmsector.com storm chasers Paul and Sarah Austin made the long trek from Florida to Nebraska in search of tornadoes. Their confidence in their forecast paid off, as they captured practically the entire life cycle of the 15+ minute long "Aurora Nebraska" tornado on June 17, 2009, including 8 solid minutes of up-close footage seen here! Paul and Sarah also streamed this tornado LIVE at TornadoVideos.net!

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[080Muffin080]

All of them (Well, we hope all of them...) are storm chasers. They are all there to catch the same footage as these two are. And a few of them are there to collect scientific data. So I guess as a way to end this, PLEASE DONT try to storm chase without having experience. That is when it becomes dangerous when you dont know what your doing.

[diftone]

To my knowledge, all vehicles and passengers survived with a couple of notable exceptions: The vehicles garaged at the farmer's home that was destroyed were totaled, and one chase vehicle had its driver-side window blown out, causing face cuts and a possible concussion. The farhouse family escaped injury and death by taking cover immediately when, while checking the chaser commotion out front, the farmer noticed the wall of dirt approaching!

[xav1erox]

whats fast tornado or car

Answer tornado

[viva0la0life]

Do not try this at home.

[cdm0014]

u all are crazy

[littlekmr14]

i was like 3 miles from when this happend

[tomshiba51]

@hammerogod Amen to the innocent families trying to get to safety from the storm.

[hammerogod]

@tomshiba51

If that happens it will most likely be the fault of Sean Casey and the wannabes who are emulating him.

I have witnessed the madness first-hand on at least 3 occasions and I know for a fact that laws (common road rules) are already being broken regularly and frequently (in May and June in Tx, Ks and Ok and later in the year in the nothern states.

If someone is killed then I pray that is is not some mother with a van full of kinds just trying to get home to safety.

[hammerogod]

@tomshiba51

Sean is out to make a fortune on an IMAX film and Dr. Wurman is doing actual science.

Sean does not have much of my respect or sympathy.

The OU Weather Science Team is trying to gather data that will save lives. (possibly mine).

At no point in time does that require parking inside of a Tornado.

Sean is simply out to make bucks.

I know Dr Wurman (and many of the OU people) personally.

I would like to meet Sean just to tell him that he is a dangerous annoyance.

[tomshiba51]

@hammerogod I don't think Sean is an asshole. He has the ability to track and position his TIV for the video shot of a lifetime. Dr. Wurman is a knowledgeable man and is very safe. Unfortunately, his safety record is so good, he fails to intercept the tornado at an advantageous spot, exactly the spot that Sean needs for his IMAX filming. Other than that, I would be glad to meet either fellow.

[tomshiba51]

@hammerogod Yeah, once one of these "big name" teams gets killed by some tornado, the government will come up with another law that restricts or possibly prohibits storm chasing, or mandates certification or licensing. Let's hope nobody gets killed; I enjoy these videos and would love to chase storms once I get the chance.