Girard, IL Tornado 4-19-11
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Uploaded by Weatherstation5 on Apr 20, 2011
I am .75 miles North of the center of Girard filming west as a tornado forms and then damages a house, Continues to cross the road in front of me and gets rain wrapped.
The tornado touched down at 6:05 pm 2.5 miles WSW of Girard, Illinois, crossed Pleasant Hill Road approximately 1.5 miles NW of Girard, moved east approximately one mile north of town and lifted 3.0 miles ENE of Girard. Many of the houses that were damaged were rated EF2 with large portions of the roof badly damaged. Numerous outbuildings were either destroyed or sustained major damage along this track as well. One brick home sustained extensive damage with most of the exterior walls destroyed, with the interior wall structure intact. This damage was rated EF3. The average path width of the tornado was 150 yards with a maximum width of 200 yards. The highest rating of the damage was EF3 and with peak wind speeds of 150 mph. Two minor injuries occurred. The total path length of the tornado was 6.5 miles.
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I was so scared during this tornado! Im so glad no one got hurt
marissadtate98 7 months ago
dude i liv in illinois
schwanert 8 months ago
I gotta say you guys got big kahunas! To be that close....Why do people drive around? They have to give notice on the radio and tv's, and people still are driving there cars around.....CRAZY.......
MsDoors33 9 months ago
@815oceanic815 Not all chasers are there for the science, some are indeed out there only for the thrill, but being able to confirm a tornado on the ground is key to alerting the public. Doppler radar can only show rotation in a storm and show its capable of producing a tornado and not that it actually is. People take a tornado warning a lot more seriously when it has been confirmed on the ground by someone.
mwtstormchaser 10 months ago
bad fucking ass video
honeynipples23 10 months ago
Nice vid bud!!!
llbr3802 10 months ago
@815oceanic815
Comparing actual footage of what is on the ground and then comparing that to doppler data/satellite information is VERY valuable information to scientists.
The more tornadoes captured on video, the better scientists can understand where they form along cold fronts/in relation to other tornadoes.
guyinjeep16 10 months ago
Why did the Tornado cross the road?
xcmoncayo23 10 months ago
Hell of a video...but please...PLEASE....invest in a tripod.
thatguywillt 10 months ago
Wow!
Government389 10 months ago