June 17, 2009 Gibbon / Grand Island / Aurora, NE tornadoes

A quick "highlights" video of my June 17, 2009 chase from Pleasanton to Aurora, Nebraska. The first 45 seconds or so are of the Gibbon tornado. Unfortunately I didn't realize at the time that I bumped my focus ring and that segment is slightly out of focus. The second segment is a weak tornado that crossed the road only about 100 yards in front of me on Highway 281 on the south side of Grand Island. The beginning of the segment is sped up 3x, then you see the debris (mostly tree limbs) cross the road, and then I get out of my car and film the condensation funnel above. The third segment is the Aurora tornado which at times I filmed from less than 1/8 mile away.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• tornado
• twister
• cyclone
• storm
• storm chaser
• aurora
• grand island
• gibbon
• nebraska

[thehumanracesux]

lol squeakies 

[308RoadReady]

After work I went to check it out. At work we tuned our walkies to intercept the storm chasers frequency and thats when we heard about the twister hitting aroura. After work I went to check it out and 34 was closed about 1 mile in both directions of the dog food factory. I remember all those EMTs there. crazy...

[Jaxton98]

haha the hyper speed u sounded hillarious XD but ya if i was there & im a Nebraskan i'd b hidein as sly as i could b in colorado was freackin scary u cood see it formin rite above u but it was small & it didnt land & i was at my sisters appartment even scarier 2me but my mom & sis aint scared of em they been thru 3 or 4 tornadoes & so i dont hav much expereince w/tornadoes XD i flee all the time by em

[nolangreen]

I watched that tornado touch down from my back yard, crazy

[lwhollander]

wow and you were that close holly cow

[nuknuknuk111]

some scary shit!!