Tuscaloosa Tornado - 15th St Area - 042711 - 2.wmv

Tornado moving from west of Tuscaloosa, appearing to follow 15th St to the East, and then making its way towards what appeared to be the DCH and University Mall area.

Second video of 3. Filmed from 2209 9th Street on the 5th floor looking south.

I was next to a stairwell to take cover in if needed...fortunately, it stayed south of here. Prayers going out to those who were in its path.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Tuscaloosa
• Tornado
• 042711
• 15th
• Street

[TheMoronism]

you were scared, your hand shacking, right?

[md9897]

@TheMoronism

That's what adrenaline pumping and trying to talk on the phone when family members are calling will do to you.

[missfutz]

is there sound or am i deaf?

[md9897]

@missfutz

No sounds. I edited it out before I uploaded it and sent it out to news agencies.

[Prestostark]

That has to be utterly surreal to witness. It's like the finger of God, dragging across the face of the earth, crushing everything in its path...Gutsy video. Are you a journalism major?

[md9897]

@Prestostark

No journalism for me - civil engineering with an environmental minor. I work in the nuclear industry for my co-op job.

[xJohn125x]

are you safe?

[WraithPuppy]

i think those "arms" were smaller tornados forming

[happinesson]

Looks scary!

[imhoooks]

@WraithPuppy they are just horizontal vortices. A tornado is usually just a series of small vortices around a common point.

[floridamn22]

Holy crap on a cracker. And you weren't running???

[TheBatmanologist]

Damn nature you scary!

[TroySundt]

whats really terrifying is that this tornado happened 1 day after the 20 year anniversary of the Wichita/Andover tornado and this beast looks EXACTLY like the tornado that struck Andover...

[thedtgaddis]

Did u guys not no that global wringing was really just weather change they just call did that because of melting in Antarctic and it started there and it changed the weather every where else like in the south it freshen snowed in may like we never get snow! But in may it is soo crazy every do just telling u because it Is true

[jdawg1449]

@alucard4848 that's just the cycle in the weather pattern. Oklahoma has had 3 blizzards in the past 2 years, which doesn't occur often, but that's the opposite of global warming

[rogersroyalsalldayxx]

Whoever said because of global warming is an idiot is the explanation for the earthquake globalwarming well in Minnesota we have had the snowiest winters in history!! Global warming is a hoax!

[studaustin]

Wow. This tornado was crazy... Look how many vortices there were all over. That's just insane. Prayers go out to those in Alabama and other southern states that were hit.