1956 Hudsonville/Standale F5 Tornado

The F5 tornado is moving through Walker, Michigan, the northwest suburbs of Grand Rapids

This is a clip from an 8mm home movie taken by Eugene Dohm. Film transfer courtesy of Peterson Design Studio. Watch the suction vortices forming on the left side of the tornado. This is the earliest known film footage of suction vortices.

The clip plays through twice. The footage of the funnel is taken looking northwest. The dark footage is looking northeast. The tornado funnel cannot be seen, but two blue flashes can be seen as electrical lines and transformers are hit by the tornado.

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• F5
• Tornado
• 1956
• Grand
• Rapids
• Michigan

[Knopflergiallorosso]

è un pezzo d' epoca , dove l' hai trovato ?

[EO1717]

la famiglia dell'uomo che ha preso il film in 1956 lo ha portato me

[theafterlife2511]

@CALLOFDUTYisBAD01, n... no comment

[bradfordfields81]

I love to see vintage weather videos. Thank you for the awesome piece of history...

[CALLOFDUTYisBAD01]

@Jmitchpen1013 What did? What are you talking about you strange person!!! hahahahaha lol!!!

[Jmitchpen1013]

@CALLOFDUTYisBAD01

Wow. Went right over your head huh?

[CALLOFDUTYisBAD01]

@Jmitchpen1013 nobody makes tornadoes you idiot they are natural disasters u fucking retard! hahaha lol

[Jmitchpen1013]

They just don't make tornadoes like they did in the 50's. Where is the quality workmanship that went into those old ones?

[graylot]

its black = damm dangerous

[ChristopherSaindon]

0:13 RFD Beautiful in the background :-) THANKS for these amazing posts!

[dennyfrontier]

What is the image at the very last frame?

[74facho]

@Porygonseizureman the last one was on may 3 1999. i saw the footage.