Tornado Warning

On July 24th 2005 a severe thunderstorm moved into Erie County around 11PM. At around 11:30 a Tornado warning was issued for all of Erie County.
Remembering the 1985 outbreak, I grabbed the camera and started rolling tape. Fortunately no Tornado touched down that night but it was quite an experience.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Erie
• PA
• Pennsylvania
• Tornado
• Warning
• Thunder
• Lightning
• Wind
• Hail

[S0nicPhr33k]

Lol As soon as he says "Away from Windows" The guy turns the cam and looks out the window xD

[MrSnapyPop]

That is kind of funny I didn't even notice that. I'll have to tell "the guy" in this video he's a real tool

[LowerHeidelberg]

is this erie county, pa?

[MrSnapyPop]

Yes this is right on the lakeshore

[Juggalos22]

i hate tornado warnings at night... caz i cant see shit! lol

[MrSnapyPop]

Yea it is nerve racking, esp since a lot of people are off gaurd in bed

[SnowFlakeTheHusky123]

I love tornado warnings!When i grow up im being a metoiriolgist

[ChristianTheLlama]

I live in Colorado The only good tornado was the southlands tornado that hit the best mall . XD

[thebjm1967]

@PJSantryII yep, me too. and the one on sat. night there was lightning like that, too. not a whole bunch of huge bolts really, just the flashing all the time, lighting up the entire sky. that is when you know the storm is getting severe. creepy!!!!

[thebjm1967]

i remember this like it was yesterday! i was all alone in my home with my dog pacing back and forth. my home does not have a basement so i called my mom and woke her up (she is actually my neighbor) and told her about it. she was fast asleep but told me to come over. i packed up some things and took my dog and bolted over to her house, almost got hit by lightning. what a scary night. we lost trees and had a lot of damage to both homes. luckily i am a night owl so i was not caught off guard.

[emilyisatexasgirl]

Tornado warnings are scary!! But you just have to expect that it's going to happen one day.

[warszawianka]

I grew up in Erie. Anyone who lived through the tornado outbreak of May 31, 1985 them take tornado warnings very seriously up there. And I remember storms in 1984 and 1987 where funnel clouds were spotted right over downtown Eie.

Heh, I love the super doppler tracking rain from street to street... "ZOMGZ it's raining harder on State Street than on Parade Street!"

[lollipop1316]

it is scary when ur alone during a tornado warning

[shikyrie]

clyde, this was Erie county PA. I remember the storm as we had just returned home from a cast party from a play we were in at the time, and the weather alerts were sounding almost constantly.

[lunakittenful]

I wish I had a storm like this right now where I live:D

[dragonridley]

Actually, I pretty sure most tornadoes occur when there is enough light to see them. This just happened to occur at night. Tornadoes at night are especially dangerous because they are difficult to see.