5/25/08 Northeast Iowa Chase pt3

Ran into this rotation just SW of Denver, Iowa just after the tornado passed. I was thinking another might be forming. This was the same cell that hit Parkersburg. I sped it up for emphasis. Hope the quality does not degrade too much.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Storm
• Chase
• adventure
• nature
• environment
• weather
• severe
• Iowa
• 5/25/08
• May
• 25
• 2008
• Parkersburg

[AnastasiaCaine18]

What happened to the sound?

[momotous]

I sped up the video so I muted the sound so I wouldn't sound like a chipmunk.

[eggsalad8709]

I was thinking to myself that MAN! those cars are moving fast...

..then I read the part about you speeding up the video, haha!

[momotous]

Those cars were moving fast, the tornado had just crossed the road a few minutes earlier. I did not speed up the video until I was stopped.

[Jos8171]

I live in Iowa as well and not far from the action and I grateful this massive storm didnt hit where I was, i've been in a tornado b4 its not fun...anyway nice vid, bless all your souls to parkersburg and to the life's lost i pray for your familie's well being.

[momotous]

Amen on the prayer.

[AnastasiaCaine18]

Tell me about it. I been in the Washington Tornado in 1998. Tornado touched down and skipped over my house.

But this tornado happened on my graduation day. Actually after the commencement. I graduated from Washington High School IN Washington. Coming home from Old Country Buffet in Iowa City.

[AnastasiaCaine18]

It's a good one too. You can just see it right over 218. Wow. That's really great rotation.

[AnastasiaCaine18]

Yeah. They are very good of doing coverage of severe weather.

It was my graduation day too.

[momotous]

That was the weather service radio on this clip, but AM 600 does great coverage for Iowa weather.

[MetallicaManiac31]

I lived in Cedar Falls. Man were we lucky. I was on vacation with my grandma in North Carolina watching the Coca-Cola 600 and my family was in Wisconsin. My dad called me during the race and I couldnt hear him, so I hung up on him. When I called him later i asked if he watched the race. He said he was running from a huge tornado and I didn't believe him.

[eggsalad8709]

That's what I meant. Any vehicle you see on the interstate after 1 minute into the video (when you were stopped)is zooming fast :)