CIWN 5/30/08 1730-1830 CT: Central Illinois storm chase

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Footage from the 1st hour of our severe weather chase from Friday afternoon 5/30/08. Starting along I-72 from near Alexander, then west to Jacksonville, and ending up back on the west side of Springfield.

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  • I love the narration you give on this. Great video too. Were you passing along that info on the phone?

  • I was relaying reports during this chase to the NWS and WAND-TV via phone but the narration in this video is for the camera mainly. I sometimes will keep the phone calls that I make in the clip but I had to edit this down a bit. Glad you liked the video.

  • Massive lightning - terrifying sky - "I don't see a tornado on the ground at the moment but there's definately a large rotating wall cloud ..." Looks like a tornado to me! That's why I couldn't chase - when skies go dark, I turn a deeper shade of chicken - great capture, adding to favorites -

    *StormSpinner* Still say it's a tornado!!!

  • Technically it is just a funnel cloud at all times except when it is on the ground, at which time it is a tornado. Like meteorologist Lee Davis at WAND-TV in Decatur said on air on Friday night, it is kind of redundant when people say "tornado on the ground".

    This was a massive storm and had a history of tornadoes by the time that I intercepted it. It also quickly changed directions and started moving southeast instead of east, which put me right in its path (a place that is not fun to be).

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  • @clueless9112

    yes, a tornado touched down in waverly, illinois

  • this one diff has potential to drop one did it actually drop on

  • was there hail

  • how long did the storm go for, was there any tornadoes

  • Hi. I enjoy your work. I was right under this cloud!  Scary storm. We had another one on June 3rd.

  • thanks. it was defintely a scary storm system

  • I know, but when wall clouds are that low, it's hard to tell the difference - still, amazing vid - just glad you made it through - YIPE. Braver than me, you are -

    *StormSpinner*

    Looking forward to chasing with you, if only on this side of the screen LOL

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