Powerful tornado southeast of Effingham, IL – Close range chase, June 17, 2026.
Shot Description
1. Rotating funnel near Bethany.
2. Tornado-warned storm near Charleston, IL.
3. Rain-wrapped tornado (Charleston, IL).
4. Approaching Effingham, IL tornado.
5. View of approaching tornado (Effingham, IL).
6. Stable shot of tornado approaching (2 shots).
7. Close-range pass of tornado (3 shots).
8. View of tornado moving ESE away (3 shots).
SID: CHRISTOPHER COLLURA
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Video captured from the south side of Effingham, Illinois, Wednesday evening, June 17, 2026, between 8 and 8:30 PM, showing the tornado that resulted in a PDS tornado warning being issued for the city of Effingham, Illinois.
Shot Description
00:00 Video driving north toward the City of Effingham, Illinois, showing the initial stages of the tornado forming and just beginning to touchdown.
00:34 Video from the south side of the City of Effingham, Illinois, showing the tornado touching down and beginning to kick up debris.
00:48 You can hear a person in the background calling their Mom and showing them a live video of the tornado via FaceTime.
00:58 You can hear the mother ask, Where you guys at with the group replying, South of Effingham, that thing going through the city…thats debris.
01:10 You can see the tornado kicking up debris in the background, and the chasers watching and commenting on it in disbelief.
02:09 Video of the tornado now on the east side of the road and still on the ground, causing damage in the distance.
02:49 Video of the tornado being more defined as it kicks up more debris.
SID: Erin Kornfeind
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A damaging tornado with debris hits Effingham, Illinois, destroying homes.
All footage shot in/near Effingham, Illinois, on June 17, 2026 by Meteorologists and Storm Chasers Juston Drake and Simon Brewer
Shot Description
00:00 Tornado with debris doing damage in Effingham, Illinois
01:14 Dramatic lightning strike
01:21 Several large utility poles are down, blocking the road
01:52 Home destroyed by tornado
SID: Simon Brewer Juston Drake
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Video of severe storm damage near Saegertown, PA, following severe weather and a possible tornado in the area late Sunday afternoon. The video shows several large trees down across the road, blocking roadways and taking down power lines. As the storms rolled through, pea- to quarter-sized hail had also fallen. Online records from the Northwestern REC Outage Map report 119 active power outages affecting over 19,700 customers as of 8:30 PM.
Shot Description
00:00 Video of the leading edge of the severe storms working through the area with pea to quarter-sized hail falling.
00:14 Video of trees that have fallen and are partially blocking the road, with the local fire department on scene working to clear the fallen trees and directing traffic around the debris.
00:25 Several large tree branches are down, blocking the road, with power lines tangled in the trees and branches, as moderate to heavy rain continues to fall.
00:36 Two videos show large trees snapped at the base, completely blocking the road, and vehicles can be seen on the other side of the tree, turning around because the road is completely blocked. The storm chasers can be heard on the phone with 911 in the second clip, reporting the storm damage. Power lines can also be seen lying on the ground.
00:54 Another large branch or tree is down, blocking the roadway following the severe storms.
01:04 Clip showing a downed tree branch or part of a tree partially blocking the roadway.
01:18 Video panning up, showing large portions of a tree broken off and lying on power lines after the severe weather.
01:27 Video of good Samaritans stopping to help clear storm damage and debris out of the roadway following the severe storms.
01:43 Video showing a large tree or a large tree branch that had reportedly fallen on a shed following the severe weather.
01:54 Video showing heavy rain continuing to fall and a kiddy pool on the side of the road that likely got blown away by the strong winds from the severe storms.
SID: Noah Stainbrook Makayla King
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Dramatic footage from Ipava, IL, and Rantoul, IL, of Large power lines that snapped next to a vehicle, as the tornadic circulation was right overhead. You can see the extreme bright power flashes from a transformer, and a dramatic rope tornado over Illinois during a significant tornado outbreak.
All footage shot during evening daylight on June 11, 2026 in or near the towns of Ipava and Rantoul, Illinois by Meteorologists and Storm Chasers Juston Drake and Simon Brewer.
Shot Description
00:00 large power-lines snap next to storm chasers from high winds
00:16 multiple power flashes over the highway from the transformer
00:39 dramatic rope tornado
01:09 tornado crosses the road
01:55 squiggly rope tornado
02:49 large rotating wall cloud
02:55 dramatic lightning strike at sunset
SID: Simon Brewer Juston Drake
#Tornado #ilwx #ipava #illinois
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Close-range tornado in Daviess County, Missouri – June 10, 2026
Shot Description
1. 3 Shots of tornado approaching from SW.
2. Tornado passing close by, with rope-out directly overhead. Heavy rain-wrap.
3. Other chasers, a tornado just misses a farm and Homestead.
4. New developing tornado before rain-wrap west of Trenton, MO.
SID: CHRISTOPHER COLLURA
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Several tornadoes hit Northern Missouri including a large tornado near Unionville.
All footage shot during evening daylight on June 10, 2026 in/near Unionville, Missouri by Meteorologists and Storm Chasers Juston Drake and Simon Brewer.
Shot Description
00:00 Large tornado
00:39 tornado ropeout
00:47 dramatic wall cloud
00:56 multivortex tornado
SID: Simon Brewer Juston Drake
#MOWX #tornado
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Just before 3 AM on June 10, 2026, a line of strong to severe storms worked through the Twin Cities metro. The NWS Twin Cities issued a Special Weather Statement around 2:30 AM, which encompassed the Twin Cities metro into Dakota County, including the City of Apple Valley, for wind gusts of 40 mph and pea-sized hail. By 3 AM, the NWS Twin Cities issued an updated weather post as the line was entering the Apple Valley, MN, area, noting that it was moving northeast and producing wind gusts of 40-50 mph. Around 3:20 AM, Apple Valley Fire was dispatched to the 13000 block of Glenhaven Avenue in Apple Valley for reports of a collapsed structure. Fire crews arrived to find a large tree had fallen onto the home. It is unknown at this time the extent of the damage or if there were any injuries, but crews were on scene Wednesday morning working to remove the large oak tree. We spoke with a worker of the tree removal company, who stated that almost the entire canopy of the large oak tree was taken down and fell through the roof and into the second floor of the home.
Shot Description
00:00 Wide and medium shots showing tree removal and remediation crews working to cut up and remove portions of the oak tree from the large hole in the roof of the home.
00:27 Various close, medium, and wide shots showing crews removing sections of tree from the roof and second floor of the home; the collapsed roof is clearly visible.
01:12 Various shots showing workers on the roof of the home with the large hole in the roof and the second floor visible. Workers can be seen surveying the damage.
01:44 Video showing where the large sections of the oak tree canopy came from in the healthy oak tree that was blown over in the strong wind gusts onto the home.
01:50 Additional video showing crews driving the cherry picker toward the opening in the roof from the fallen tree.
01:58 Various shots of crews from the tree removal company cutting up and removing branches from the large oak tree that fell on the home.
02:13 Video of a worker loading the tree branches into the tree removal truck with a grapple.
02:40 Close and medium shots showing where the large sections of the oak tree broke off and later fell onto the home.
02:56 Close and medium shots showing crews continuing to cut a part and remove the large oak tree.
03:10 Close-up of the large section of oak tree that broke off and fell on the home.
03:18 Close-up to panning out to a medium shot of a worker standing under a section of the home damaged after the tree fell on it.
03:26 Medium and wide shots showing workers continuing to remove the large oak tree and also showing the overall size of the large section of oak tree that fell.
03:47 Video showing a street sign of the nearest intersection to where this occurred.
03:56 Close shot of a sign showing "Tree Work Ahead" with the tree removal crews in the background.
SID: Limitless Media
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Time-lapsed drone footage of a severe warned thunderstorm from 40 miles away. The severe storm was near Alexandria, MN, while it was filmed near Saint Cloud, MN, at sunset on 6/8/2026.
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Cone tornado near Madison, Kansas
All footage shot during evening darkness on May 31, 2026, near Madison, Kansas by Meteorologists and Storm Chasers Juston Drake and Simon Brewer
Shot Description
00:00 cone tornado illuminated by lightning near Madison, Kansas
00:40 close lightning strike in front of a cone funnel cloud
SID: Simon Brewer Juston Drake
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