May 22, 2010 Massive EF4 wedge tornado near Bowdle South Dakota

Amazing video of multiple tornadoes including an EF4 wedge tornado near Bowdle, South Dakota. Includes video of massive metal power poles falling and power flashes due to the tornadic winds. The close-up of the power pole falling is at 6 minutes. The video is originally in HD and is available for license. Go to my website: harkphoto,com

I did hear the tornado sound (like a waterfall instead of a freight train). Alot of the sound on the video is from the defroster and cooling fans on the inverters but at times, one can hear the tornado.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• tornado
• storm chase
• south dakota
• Bowdle
• wedge
• EF4

[cdcollura]

Incredible stuff, Bill! You got me in the forground in that little white kia too!

[danaus]

@cdcollura

That was you? Wow, we were pretty close to that EF4 tornado. Amazing. Who was the team in front of me with the instruments shooting video.

[danaus]

I was curious about that team myself.

[herelookatthis]

Yeah, I saw the power lines go down so fast as well. ..startling.. but what was going on with the tornado at that point.. it seemed to just sit there and spin at the same spot.. would have worried me that it might change course. Had an adrenaline thing going while watching that...

[chrispycritter2]

Amazing! Look starting at 4:33 and you can see two huge electrical towers get plowed over like they were made out of toothpicks! Awesome mother nature at work!

[pierrotsquier]

wow!

[letseeitplease]

this video was GREAT,,,, thanks for showing us this tornado,, how can you get that close to it without it lifting up your vehicle? and if it did lift up your vehicle would you have time to bail out or just take a ride with it? just curious,, i wish you safe photography,,,,,,,,take care,,,

[Tornadoesarecool]

this is some of the best tornado footage i've seen! keep up the great work

[TornadoAlleyVideo]

Great video Bill

[ozthunder]

Thanks for posting, one of the best clips from that day !