May 22, 2010, Amazing tornado outbreak across northern South Dakota. Opening shot of a large, violent, wedge tornado 3 miles north of Bowdle, South Dakota. Next shot a zoomed in, close up shot (full screen, max zoom) of a high-tension tower crashing to the ground as the wedge tornado approached (pretty cool shot). Next shot as wedge transitions into a very stout cone tornado. Next shot of a drive-by of a damaged house along US-12 west of Bowdle. Next shot of the wedge with a cemetery in the foreground. Next shot of one of the day’s first tornadoes developing and touching down east of Lowry, SD. Next shot approaching the Bowdle wedge from the west along US-12. Next shot of a tornado north of Roscoe, SD that is hollowed out on the bottom of the funnel. Last scene of a low contrast needle tornado north of Ipswich, SD.
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SID: Tony Laubach