Funnel over Greensburg, PA

March 23, 2011 Funnel cloud that was also tornado over Hempfield Township. If you could be so kind, for every ad that is clicked on that is to the right and during my video, I earn some money from the company. Please support! All profit from the clicked on adds will be donated to the families and local charities of Greensburg!

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[itsmitchellbell]

The viral video was from just down the street. The audio is low because I had to reduce the quality to send to the news in an email.

[itsmitchellbell]

As far as I know, only 5 people got cuts or scrapes from flying debris, but everyone else was ok. The tornado never landed near my house because we are in a valley, but there was damage on top of all the hills.

[itsmitchellbell]

I used an old flipcam Mino. The video quality is really bad because I had to make it fit in an email.

[itsmitchellbell]

I had insulation in my yard from none of the houses near us. The crazy thing I saw was the pole vaulting mats from the high school track against the middle school cafeteria 500 yards away.

[itsmitchellbell]

The clouds before I got my camera looked like chruning water, and were spinning fast.

[itsmitchellbell]

There was a better funnel before I could find my camera unfortunately. It got worse right when it went over us but I went downstairs when we heard the "train"

[bornagainjessie]

@pandabearunite oh...so you already know that pennslyvania tornadoes are common. "were not in kansas anymore" its just a figure a speech right? surely the goodness you know that pennslyvania regulary sees twisters (pennslyvania sees as many twisters as kentucky does on a yearly average: 10). um mean greensburg, PA IS NOT A SPRINGFEILD, MASS. OR A SALT LAKE CITY,UTAH!

[bornagainjessie]

@pandabearunite just because tornadoes are more common in kansas than pennslyvania DOESNT MAKE PENNSLYVANIA A TOTAL STRANGER TO TORNADOES LIKE HAWAII, ALASKA, EUROPE, OR OREGON. Pennslyvania gets the same amount of twisters as Kentucky does!

[kduideo]

If it should have hit in all places....Should have hit WEST JEANNETTE.

[renk72495]

fucking tornado boy tyler tubbs. kid pisses me off. his video is completely retarded

[Dottyeyes]

You did a great job of recording this. Toward the end of your clip, you could see how "organized" the funnel was getting. In 1985, a family member's next-door neighbors were killed in a tornado in Butler County. The deceased lived in a brick home; my relatives in a mobile home. The brick-home owners died; my relatives' mobile home was untouched. So you were smart to retreat to the basement.

[hondarules400]

I watched the roofs get ripped off on Fosterville. If you don't live in my neighborhood the cops stop you and try to arrest you. Its insaaaaane

[Ikanaba]

That lady was probably yelling at the "Hempfield tornado kid." haha

[TornadicSkies]

That is crazy! Nice footage!

[TheBShields87]

We had this same storm (CINCY) but, didn't get the tornado and man.. All I can say is this is incredible. I was flipping out when the clouds got dark at 2pm and it started to hail.. ha I was delivering pizza scared lol

[AliW12468]

This is great footage, this is actually my hometown. My parents actually saw the cone of the tornado. When you hear a tornado, it sounds like a freight train. And that sound is probably the worst kind of noise you could hear.