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Large, damaging tornado outbreak over western Nebraska:
Footage of several tornadoes including a tornado causing damage to Bayard NE, a derailed train, overturned tractor trailers, and damaged homes and farms. Also footage of close dramatic lightning strikes

All footage shot in near Bayard, Harrisburg, and Angora NE during evening daylight on June 12, 2017 by Meteorologists Juston Drake and Simon Brewer.
Shot Description

1-3. close rope tornado passes next to road with roaring winds near Harrisburg NE

4. pushed-in shot of utility pole snapping near Harrisburg, NE

5-7. shots of cone tornado south of Harrisburg, NE

8. shot of funnel cloud rapidly rotating above road south of Harrisburg, NE

9. shot of rope tornado south of Harrisburg, NE

10-15. various shots of broad tornadic circulation causing damage in Bayard, NE

16-19. dramatic close lightning strikes near Harrisburg, NE

20-23. SLOW MOTION dramatic close lightning strikes near Harrisburg, NE

24 & 25. POV shot of dramatic tornadic supercell over Harrisburg, NE

26. metal siding from barn wrapped around utility pole with lightning in background near Bayard, NE

27-39. Derailed Train by possible broad tornado near Angora, NE

30. pushed-in shot of metal wrapped around utility pole in Bayard, NE

31. driving shot of debris and snapped power poles along road near Bayard, NE

32 & 33. shots of heavy tornado damage to barn near Bayard, NE

34. pushed-in shot of mud-covered sheep next to snapped power pole near Bayard, NE

35-37. shots of overturned semi-truck or tractor trailer near Angora, NE

38. pushed-in shot of roof damage to house in Bayard, NE from tornado

39. shot of snapped power pole near Bayard, NE

40-42. Various shots of highway blocked by flipped and damaged irrigation system near Bayard, NE

43-46. Various shots of overturned semi-trucks near Angora, NE

47. shot of downed trees blocking primary roadway in Bayard, NE from tornado

48. shot of house with damaged roof in Bayard, NE

Amazing footage of the Weld County Colorado tornado as the videographer drives up next to the tornado and tracks the tornado as it moves over the country side less then a mile away.
Shot Description

Clip 1 Tornado builds near Hereford Colorado
Clip 2 Tornado quickly gains strength and moved north along road toward Wyoming
Clip 3 Tornado crosses into Wyoming next to road
Clip 4 Tornado changes direction crosses road a couple of times
Clip 5 Tornado begins to rope out

A tornado warned storm and severe weather rocked the area just to the south of the Saint Cloud metro area this morning with extreme high winds and vivid lightning.

The footage starts out showing the tornado warned storm just to the south of the town of Kimball, MN with the Lightning, high winds and heavy rain hitting the area.

The second half of the video is the damage in Waite Park, MN where the area was slammed by straight line winds that damaged several homes and knocked power out to a large part of the Saint Cloud metro area.
Shot Description

First part is just south of Kimball, MN

Clip 1-3 Dramatic Time Lapse of the storm moving in.

Clip 4 – 14 Vivid lightning as the storm moves closer.

Clip 15 – 16 Driving in blinding rain.

Clip 17 Whiteout conditions

Clip 18 High winds cause tree’s to bend in the near whiteout conditions on Highway 15.

Clip 19 POV Lightning hits while driving.

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Following footage is from Waite Park, MN of the storm damage and fire fighters on the scene.

Clip 20 Fire truck blocking the road

Clip 21 Fire truck and Xcel Energy on the scene of numerous power lines down.

Clip 21 Crews working on downed power lines.

Clip 22 Very wide shot of crews working on power lines as the lightning flashes across the sky in the back ground.

Clip 23 Waite Park Fire Chief directing traffic.

Clip 24 Tree branch through someones windshield

Clip 25 Tree on top of a house.

Clip 26 Trees on top of houses.

Clip 27 Tree on top of a house.

Clip 28 Tree on top of the house and another broken off by after being exploded by lightning.

Clip 29 Tree that exploded after being struck by lightning and landed on a house.

Clip 30 Damaged street light with an American Flag wrapped up in it.

Clip 31-32 Large pine tree resting on the power lines.

Clip 33-34 Large part of a tree on a house.

Clip 35-38 House with a large tree on it.

Clip 39 Debris in someones yard.

Clip 40 Fire crew blocking the road and large power lines down and tree down.

Clip 41-42 Power lines down.

Clip 43 Power lines down on power lines.

Clip 44 Flag blown down and laying in the street.

Clip 45 Tree laying on power lines.

Clip 46 Large billboard missing half the side of the structure. Pan to the right to see a huge section of the billboard that was ripped off and blown over 100 feet to the other side of the road.

Clip 47 Shot of the billboard and debris.
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Amazing time lapse at sunset by Emmy Award Winning
Cinematographer Mike Olbinski of the Asperitas (formerly known as Undulatus asperatus) clouds at Sunset near Bowdon, ND.

Shot Description

Time Lapse scenes of the Asperatus as the golden hour of sunset moves over the landscape.

Music “Bayt Lahm” by Ryan Taubert, licensed through The Musicbed.

Video Copyright 6/2/2017 Mike Olbinski Photography http://www.MikeOlbinski.com and provided to StormChasingVideo.com LLC for News Video Distribution.

Powerful supercell with large wall cloud and baseball sized hail shatters windshield.

All footage shot near Clairemont TX during afternoon daylight on May 22, 2017 by Meteorologists Juston Drake and Simon Brewer
Shot Description

1-7. Shots of wall cloud changing shapes and approaching Clairemont TX

8 & 9. Pushed-in shots of baseball and golfball sized hail falling and bouncing off highway in Clairemont, TX

10. dark with SOUND of wind shield busting several times from baseball sized hail

11-14. shots of windshield continuing to bust and shatter from baseball sized hail near Clairemont TX

15-17. shots of shattered windshield from baseball sized hail near Clairemont TX

18-23. various shots of large wall cloud near Clairemont TX

Footage is from the intersection of Interstate 69 West and Mines Road. Not sure if there was a tornado or not, but there is a lot of RFD wind damage for sure.

Additional footage of extreme flooding.
Shot Description

Clip 1 Footage of extreme winds as we are stuck in traffic with RFD winds screaming past the vehicle and power is knocked out.

Clip 2 Extreme winds and flooding. The winds calm down but the flooding begins to get deeper as emergency services arrive on scene.

Clip 3 The road begins to look more like a raging river as vehicles try to navigate it.

Clip 4 Extreme flooding under an underpass.

Clip 5 Driving by storm damage as roofs are blown off in laying on the ground and utility lines are blown over.

Clip 6 Traffic light hanging from the overhead post.

Clip 7-8 Raw footage driving past the storm damage.

Clip 9 Flooded out road that is barricaded.

Live weather news video. There is a high risk of severe weather in Kansas and Oklahoma area today. SPC has issued a rare high risk severe weather outlook.
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Daytime damage video after a wedge Tornado hit Canton Texas. Chainsaws and heavy equipment are needed to move massive trees laying on streets and homes. Neighbors help pickup up lost items from the damaged homes. SOTS with three people who survived the Tornado.
Shot Description

shot 1 wide shot from roof
shot 2 downed power pole
shot 3 large tree on house
shot 4 tight shot house damage
shot 5 pole workers
shot 6 power poles on ground
shot 7 wrecked car in field
shot 8 throwing logs on field
shot 9 damaged building and tree
shot 10 wide shot damaged farm
shot 11 uprooted tree
shot 12 pole damage
shot 13 roof damage
shot 14 destroyed building
shot 15 chainsaw
shot 16 tight chainsaw
shot 17 damaged car by house
shot 18 trailer house damaged
shot 19 neighbors hugging
shot 20 wide shot house damage
shot 21 tight shot people checking damage
shot 22 damage and traffic
shot 23 house damage
shot 24 house and tree damage
shot 25 business damage
shot 26 tree split
shot 27 car totaled
shot 28 sound Martha Weatheral
shot 29 jeff Hague
shot 30 Whitney hughes

Tornado stories from public first responders who witnessed storm and helped with search and rescue and a Edgewood, TX Fire department spokesperson
Shot Description

Shot 1: SOT Ashley Jones,Garden Valley TX resident
Shot 2: SOT Mark Hunter, Edgewood Fire Department
Shot 3: Medical personal at command post
Shot 4: Fire Officials at Fruitvale High School Tornado command post
Shot 5: Wide shot of EMS staging at Command post
Shot 6: Wide shot of Emergency personal
Shot 7: Wide shot of EMS outside
Shot 8: Command post view
Shot 9: Firetrucks responding on interstate

During the afternoon hours of April 29 a large tornado formed near the town of Eustace, TX. The tornado moved north from the town of Eustace, crossed highway 19, and then passed to the east of Canton. The tornado crossed I-20 striking the vehicles of several motorists and then destroyed the I-20 Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram car dealership located at I-20 and farm road 17.
Shot Description

Shot 1- Wide shot of wedge tornado crossing I-20 at Farm Road 17
Shot 2- Tight shot of tornado crossing highway 19 south of Canton
Shot 3- Tight shot of tornado vorticies over highway 19
Shot 4- Wide shot of tornado debris field
Shot 5- Wide shot of tornado over highway 19 south of Canton
Shot 6- Tight shot of base of tornado with good nat sound
Shot 7- Tight shot of base of tornado
Shot 8- Tight shot of tornado going through threes
Shot 9- Wide shot from car of tornado
Shot 10- Search and rescue at car dealership
Shot 11- Wrecked cars on hill
Shot 12- Destroyed cars piled up
Shot 13- Tree into car
Shot 14- Mangled cars
Shot 15- Damaged trees with firetruck responding
Shot 16- Triage with tornado victim
Shot 17- Wide shot of dealership with storm
Shot 18- Wide shot destroyed dealership
Shot 19- People searching through debris field
Shot 20- Trucks on side
Shot 21- Canton Fire truck with destroyed cars
Shot 22- Wrecked pick-up truck (tight)
Shot 23- Emergency vehicles in tornado damage path
Shot 24- Tornado victim retrieving items from car (Erin Stevenson)
Shot 25- Car dealership shot
Shot 26- Dealership interior shot
Shot 27- Rear dealership shot
Shot 28- Outside shot of dealership
Shot 29- SOT, Tornado Victim Erin Stevenson

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Extensive tornado damage from one of multiple tornadoes to rip through the county. Multiple homes destroyed, trees, power lines down and overturned vehicles.
Shot Description

Scene 1 & 2: Home with extensive roof damage
Scene 3 & 4: Overturned vehicle and 18 wheeler
Scene 5: Wide shot of house damage and overturned vehicle
Scene 6: Close up shot of damage with house damage in the background
Scene 7: Close of up house leveled to foundation with ongoing rescue
Scene 8: Emergency vehicles on scene with damage in background
Scene 9,10,11: Clean up of 50′ uprooted tree and power lines over road from fire rescue

Deadly violent wedge-shaped tornado hits Canton, TX and shots of storm chasers and firefighters searching crushed vehicles tossed hundreds of yards from highway where one fatality occurred in a crushed truck.

Shot Description

Shot List:

1-8. Various shots of violent wedge-shaped tornado approaching and hitting East edge of Canton, TX
T9-11. pushed-in shot of powerflashes and violent wedge tornado crossing Highway 64 tearing down utility lines in Canton, TX (vehicles hit and thrown from highway at this time)

12. driving shot of tornado damage and realize vehicles were thrown into field by tornado

13-16. Various shots of chasers and firefighters searching crushed vehicles thrown hundreds of yards into field off highway 64 in Canton TX (tragic fatality from last vehicle shown)

17. shot of firefighters on scene for search and rescue at scene of fatality from vehicles thrown off highway 64 in Canton, TX

18-21. Shots of lightning strikes in Canton, TX

22. slow motion shot of lighting strike in Canton, TX

Violent wedge tornado from south of Canton, Texas and crossing I-20
Shot Description

1). Tornado developing and crossing Highway 19.

2). Wedge tornado shots passing through power-lines at close range (1/2 to 3/4 mile away)!

3). Tornado widening and moving NE.

4). Power pylons destroyed.

5). I-20 with tornado moving north of the interstate.

Severe storms are blasting across southern IL Wednesday causing damage as they move through. Video contains winds in excess of 80mph taking down trees on camera.

Shot Description

Scene 1: Dramatic footage of high winds downing trees in a yard outside Pinckneyville.

Scene 2: Wide shot of trees being bent to the ground in high winds.

Rest of clips contain footage of high winds and damage in the immediate aftermath of storm while it’s winding down.

Live weather news video. There is a risk of severe thunderstorms for north central Oklahoma and southern Kansas today as severe thunder storms have fired in the area. The Storm Prediction Center has issued Severe Thunderstorm Watch 159 that is in effect until 2:00 AM.

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0159.html

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A thunderstorm virtually stalled out over the city of Hays Kansas and dropped an incredible amount of hail and rain that caused street flooding. Footage shows great storm structure, heavy rain, flash flooding, hail and flooded streets.
Shot Description

Clip 1-2 Amazing storm structure developing over Hays, KS.

Clip 3 Thunderstorm forming with a well defined clear slot.

Clip 4 Base of the cloud.

Clip 5 Heavy rain starts in Hays, KS.

Clip 6 Heavy rain and flash flooding as the hail begins to fall.

Clip 7 Heavy rain and heavy hail falling in high winds.

Clip 8 Hail falling.

Clip 9 Me talking about the hail.

Clip 10 -11 Hail falling out the passenger side of the car in the grass.

Clip 12 – 13 POV hail falling.

Clip 14 Lots of hail falling out the driver side window.

Clip 15 Hail and flooding.

Clip 16 Driving in hail covered roads and showing hail covering the ground.

Clip 17 People watching the hail fall.

Clip 18 More hail and flooding.

Clip 19 Driving and showing the massive hail cover the ground.

Clip 20 -21 Flash Flooding.

Clip 22 Car stalled in flash flooding.

Clip 23 Vehicles driving in the flash flooding.

Clip 24 Flooded roads with hail on the side of the water.

Clip 25 Flooded roadway.

Footage of a close encounter with a photogenic cone tornado near Stamford, TX and a larger multivortex tornado near Anson, TX. Baseball sized hail in Seymour, TX.

All footage shot during afternoon/evening daylight on March 28, 2017 near Stamford, Anson, and Seymour, TX by Meteorologists Juston Drake and Simon Brewer
Shot Description

Shot List:

1-11. Various shots of a cone tornado near Stamford, Texas

12. POV shot of weak tornado moving over car near Stamford, TX

13. shot looking directly UP into tornado funnel cloud near Stamford, TX

14 & 15. shots of large tennis and baseball sized hail in Seymour, TX from tornadic supercell thunderstorm

16-19. various shots of large multivortex tornado and rotating wall cloud near Anson, TX

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A very unexpected thunderstorm that produced a lot of pea sized, half inch and even 3/4″ hail in Saint Cloud, MN. At the worst of the storm, there was hail was covering the ground as if it was snow as the storms raced off at over 70 miles per hour to the east before falling apart. At the time of posting this video, hail is still covering the ground in areas several hours after the storm as if it was snow due to the near frozen or frozen ground temps.
Shot Description

Clip 1 Dash Camera of a CG Lightning strike

Clip 2 POV Driving on Highway 23 as the hail storm hits the heart of Saint Cloud.

Clip 3 Roof mounted camera of the hail falling and covering the ground.

Clip 4 Dash camera showing a new car & truck dealership getting hit by the hail storm.

Clip 5 Tight shot of hail falling on a brand new truck.

Clip 6 & 7 Hail falling in our back yard.

Clip 8 Hail falling on traffic on highway 23.

Clip 9 Traffic on highway 23 with hail covering the ground as the storms raced off at over 70 miles per hours.

Clip 10 Hail next to coins over an hour after the storm showing it was still dime sized.

Clip 11 Hail piled up next to a golf ball.

Clip 12 Tight shot of hail covering a roof and shingles.

Clip 13 Hail piled up on our boat cover.

Clip 14 Hail covering our roof valley on the south side of the house.

Clip 15 Very tight shot of hail covering the shingles on our roof.

Clip 16 tight shot of hail covering the roof an hour after the storm the hail has not melted.

Clip 17 Very tight shot of the hail on the roof.

Clip 18 – 19 Hail piled out next to a pole barn and some hail still falling off the roof.

Footage of police and firefighters at their finest: helping dozens of stuck and stranded motorists including a wrecked snowplow in a brutal March blizzard slamming the Catskill Mountains of New York. Footage of towns buried by over 2 feet of snow.

All footage shot in/near Middletown, Windsor, Binghamton, and Endicott NY in Catskill Mountains during afternoon and evening daylight and darkness on March 14, 2017 by Meteorologist Simon Brewer.
Shot Description

Shot List:

1. blizzard conditions on I-84 bridge over the Hudson River

2. pushed in shot of several stranded cars in deep snow almost hit by two sliding trucks with blowing and heavy falling snow near Middletown, NY

3. pushed-in shot of truck stuck in deep snow on I-84 near Middletown, NY

4-6. various shots of snowplow stuck in deep snow on I-84 near Middletown, NY

7-11. various shots of multiple vehicles stuck in deep snow on I-84 with blizzard conditions near Middletown, NY

12 & 13. shots of separate police officers helping stranded motorists in deep snow on I-84 near Middletown, NY

14. POV shot of electronic highway sign on I-81 warning of travel ban in “Bloom County” in Binghamton (Binghamton and Endicott are in Bloom County)

15-19. various shots of crew of firemen helping a motorist stranded in deep snow with raging blizzard conditions near Middletown, NY

20-22. shots of several cars buried under 2 feet plus of snow with drifts from strong winds in Middletown, NY

23. pushed-in shot of partially buried mailbox with half buried fast food restaurant in background in Middletown, NY

24. shot of man walking in blizzard conditions in Middletown, NY

25. driving shot of neighborhood covered in nearly 2 feet of snow in Middletown, NY

26. pushed-in shot of several vehicles completely buried under 2 feet plus of snow in Windsor, NY

27 & 28. shots of buried picnic table under 26 inches of snow with yard stick for scale in Windsor, NY

29. pushed-in shot of several vehicles under 26 inches of snow in Windsor, NY

30. huge chunk of snow on SUV in Endicott NY after 28+ inches of snow fell in less than 24 hours

31. pushed-in shot of SUV with large chunk of snow on roof driving through neighborhood buried under 28+ inches of snow in Endicott, NY

32. pushed-in shot of yard stick measuring 28 inches of snow in Endicott, NY

33. wide shot of partially buried truck with heavy snow falling in neighborhood in Endicott, NY

34. pushed-in shot of snow-covered neighborhood and man walking with plow in background in Endicott, NY

35. shot of two vehicles buried under feet of deep snow in Endicott, NY

36. driving shot of Endicott, NY neighborhood homes buried under 28 inches of snow

37 & 38. pushed-in shots of traffic driving in heavy snow in Endicott, NY as powerful Nor’easter continues to strike the Northeast

39-41. shots of heavy snow falling in Endicott, NY

42. pushed-in shot of traffic with heavy snow falling in Endicott, NY

43 & 44. Pushed-in shots of vehicles buries in snow in Endicott, NY with heavy snow falling

Several full-storm timelapse sequences from Lagrange NY, which received 16-18″ of snow. Also, shots of wind-blown snow while traveling, stuck vehicles and people using snow blowers.
Shot Description

SHOT 1: Timelapse of snow piling up on a vehicle.
SHOT 2: Timelapse of snow piling up on a deck with furniture.
SHOT 3: Timelapse of snow piling up on patio furniture.
SHOT 4: Intense wind-blown snow envelops the road, leading to whiteout conditions while driving.
SHOT 5: A snow plow truck stuck on the side of the road.
SHOT 6 & 7: A person clearing a path through 18″ snow with a snow blower during blizzard conditions.
SHOT 8 & 9: Wide and tight shots following a snow plow truck.
SHOT 10: Driving over the Mid-Hudson Bridge during blizzard conditions.
SHOT 11: Cars buried under 18″ of snow.

The powerful Nor’easter of mid-March 2017 continues to impact many parts of the mid-Atlantic area as well as the northeast. Footage is from the Harrisburg, Pa area.
Shot Description

Cumberland County, Pa area footage:
Clip 1 : Three Penndot snowplows removing snow from S/B side of PA highway 15
Clip 2 : Penndot snowplow removing snow from Market Street in Camp Hill, Pa.

Dauphin County, Pa area footage :
Clip 3 & 4 : Penndot snowplow clearing snow from N/B lane of I-83, stuck vehicle seen off to right side of off ramp.

Cumberland County, Pa area footage:
Clip 5 : Highway road sign along S/B side of I-83 displaying Winter Storm Warning, speed restriction, and commercial truck, RV, & trailer ban
Clip 6 : N/B side of I-83 / disabled vehicle on shoulder covered in snow.
Clips 7 & 8 : Person clearing snow from stuck semi-tractor trailer on shoulder of N/B I-83
Clip 9 : Semi tractor trailer covered in snow and stuck.

Dauphin County, Pa area footage :
Clip 10 : Two snowplows clearing city street at the same time.

Cumberland County, Pa area footage:
Clip 11 : I-83 S/B with no traffic , road sign showing PA Turnpike ahead.
Clips 12 & 13 : Exit lanes being cleared.
Clip 14 : Sidewalk being cleared with snowblower
Clip 15 : Man clearing path with snowblower, snowplow clearing lot
Clip 16 : snowplow clearing parking lot

Jesse Walters of JWSevereWeather documents heavy lake effect snowfall during the morning commute in the Chicago Metro. A lake effect snow warning was in effect at the time of filming.
Shot Description

Shot 1 – POV of intense lake effect snowfall reaching rates upwards to two inches per hour

Shot 2 – CTA bus sits at a roundabout during intense lake effect snowfall.

Shot 3 – Intense snowfall occurring at an intersection on the south side of Chicago.

Shot 4 – A Factory on the southside of Chicago is hardly visible from only 200 yards away due to intense snowfall.

Shot 5, 6 – A Bobcat clears snow off the sidewalk at Paulina and Congress in Chicago

Shot 7 – Slowed traffic remains along Interstate 290 (The Eisenhower Expressway) and Damen in Chicago, IL.

Shot 8 – Snow covered vehicles along South Kedzie Avenue in Burbank, Il.

Shot 9 – Intense snowfall occurring on 79th Street in Chicago, IL

Shot 10 – Snow covered routes 12/20/45 with the police awaiting in Bridgeview, Il.

A significant tornado tracked from between Smithville and Trimble, MO to south of Plattsburg and west of Lathrop.

Interviews were conducted with a first responder and a tornado victim who was home during time of impact

The packaged also included shots from a tractor trailer that was blown over in the same storm system north of the Kansas City airport at the Intersection of I-29 and I-435
Shot Description

Shot 1- Damaged house wide shot
Shot 2- Side view of home
Shot 3- Inside bedroom window of tornado victim
Shot 4- Tight shot of bedroom window
Shot 5- Board blown through side of house
Shot 6- Barn destroyed wide
Shot 7- Barn destroyed tight
Shot 8- Cat emerging from rubble
Shot 9- siding of destroyed home
Shot 10- Destroyed home front
Shot 11 -Blown out window
Shot 12- glass on bed
Shot 13- Firetruck at tornado damage
Shot 14- Tree on power lines
Shot 15- Fire Chief Interview
Shot 16- Tornado victim interview
Shot 17- Tractor trailer roll over wide
Shot 18- Tractor trailer roll over wide
Shot 19- Tractor trailer roll over tight
Shot 20- Ambulance responding to truck roll over