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Archive for May, 2010

BNVN Weather Paparazzi “Tornado Tim” Baker documented this tornado that formed over Denver International Airport while planes are landing. Video shows a wall cloud and then a thin funnel cloud that looks like it is touching down in the distance as planes are on final approach to land. Additional footage of hail covering the roads around the airport.

BNVN Weather Paparazzi Tony Laubach was out with the Twistex.org research team today for the storms in Colorado.

A massive hail storm hit east of Denver, CO today in Hudson and Wiggins Counties. Hail fell for over a half an hour in some area and piled up to almost a foot deep. Snow plows were out trying to clear the hail covered roads for motorists and emergency vehicles.

In the video which is over eight minutes long, it documents the large hail and the destruction to vehicles and vegetation as the hail smashed into motorists and ripped the leafs from the trees.

Additional footage shows hail falling in a lake and in a creek with water splashing from the large hail stones falling at terminal velocity from the severe thunderstorm.

The video includes a lot of various shots of the hail storm and aftermath of the hail storm including why it is not a good idea to block the underpasses by parking under them during a hail storm as emergency vehicles can not get through.

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This is the full report of the May 24, 2010 tornado outbreak in the Dakotas by BNVN Weather Paparazzi Tony Laubach with HD footage of the storm chase in western South Dakota that ended in North Dakota.

This video starts out with a large wedge tornado along SD highway 73, just to the southeast of Bison, South Dakota as it moved north/northwest.

Video package opens with a handheld shot of the large wedge tornado looking to the southeast. Next shot is a handheld wide shot of the entire rotating meso-cyclone.

Following shots include steady dash-mount shots during the tornado’s life cycle. Tornado transitions into a stout cone as it crosses SD-73 southeast of Bison. Last shot of rope out looking west.

The next clip shows a rope tornado in Adams County, North Dakota about 10 miles north of the SD/ND border and just west of ND-49. Video is the RAW video as the white skinny tornado touches down and dissipates.

The remaining footage includes video of the damage to a remote school house at the southeast corner of the junction of SD-73/SD-20.

School name is unknown as there were no signs. Nobody was in the school at the time the tornado hit. This damage was caused by the Bison, SD tornado at the start of this video. There is various shots of the inside and outside of the damaged school. Roof was displaced nearly 100 yards to the northwest of the school in the middle of a field.

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This is part 1 of 2 from May 24 video package. Damage video and raw North Dakota tornado are included in second video package.

Large cone/wedge tornado along SD-73 southeast of Bison, South Dakota as it moved north/northwest. Video package opens with a handheld shot of the large wedge tornado looking to the southeast. Next shot is a handheld wide shot of the entire rotating meso. Following shots include steady dash-mount shots during the tornado’s life cycle. Tornado transitions into a stout cone as it crosses SD-73 southeast of Bison. Last shot of rope out looking west.

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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

May 22, 2010 – High Def footage of a violent wedge tornado hit north central South Dakota on Saturday evening near the small town of Bowdle, SD.

Video starts out with a Cone tornado about a mile away. Chris Collura is recording the tornado in the second clip while taking cover in a ditch as winds gusting to over 70 miles as the rear flank downdraft of the tornadoes winds hit the area while other chasers drive towards the large tornado.

Video continues with a side POV shot while driving as a huge tornado is just a half mile away.

The rest of the footage shows a huge wedge tornado with close-up shots of the side of the tornado with debris flying in the air with a pull back show to show the whole tornado. Video ends with various shots of the tornado along the road about a mile away from the camera man.

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SID: Chris Collura

May 22, 2010 Part two of the video of a violent long track tornado hit the area around Bowdle, South Dakota today which is west of Aberdeen, SD.

In this video from BNVN Weather Paparazzi Scott Weberpal was tracking a large wedge tornado on the ground as it moved over open country. The tornado then went on to hit and destroy a high tension power line.

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SID: Scott Weberpal

May 22, 2010 – A violent long track tornado hit the area around Bowdle, South Dakota today which is west of Aberdeen, SD. This is a short video from BNVN Weather Paparazzi Scott Weberpal of a large cone tornado and a wedge tornado on the ground.

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SID: Scott Weberpal

BNVN Weather Paparazzi Scott Weberpal was in Lusk, WY when Nickel to Quarter size hail fell on vehicles and causing some minor flooding as the hail stones started to pile up.

BNVN Weather Paparazzi Scott Weberpal was out storm chasing today in Wheatland, WY which is north of Cheyenne, WY where this tornadic storm produced a brief tornado over open country for several minutes.

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SID: Scott Weberpal

Storm chasers Tony Laubach and Ed Grubb where chasing a rain wrapped tornado tonight in Kingfisher County, OK.. They were able to get within a mile of the tornado before it was obscured from view by the rain and hail.

A late night severe thunderstorm exploded just south of Dumas and rolls into town dropping golf ball sized hail in town. Residents and visitors were awakened by the sound of hail crashing on the roof. Video package was shot from Comfort Inn hotel as the storm rolled through. Videographer was awakened and ran outside in bare feet to shoot the end of this storm.

Opening scene of hail slamming and bouncing in grass. Next shot of a car getting hit by falling hail. Another wide shot of hail bouncing on the grass and nearby puddles. Another shot includes hail bouncing off hotel roof. Various aftermath shots of golf ball hail in videographer’s hands as well as the ground dotted with golf ball hailstones. http://www.bnvn.com

Description: A prelude to tomorrow’s severe potential unfolded across the Texas Panhandle on Tuesday with several tornadoes touching down, including those included with this video package.

Opens up with funnel and shots of two tornadoes along TX-152 just east of Dumas, Texas. Both tornadoes were brief with the first exhibiting multi-vortex structure. The second was a brief stout cone tornado.

Next shots of very large hail in Moore County. Several shots during the end of the storm where scattered stones over 2 inches in diameter are falling. Hail segment ends with two shots of large, spiky hail in hand.

Finals shots of various stormy clouds across Moore County. http://www.bnvn.com

5/16/2010 A massive hail storm struck the Oklahoma City, OK area on Sunday 05/16/2010 with hail the size of golf balls to softballs. This footage by BNVN Weather Paparazzi Justin Teaque shows Vehicles seeking shelter under the Interstate 44 overpass as golf ball to tennis ball size hall falls from the sky. The heavy rain along with the hail made driving very dangerous and damage reports are into the millions of dollars at this time from the extreme hail storm.
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A severe thunderstorm exploded over the small town of Campo, Colorado in extreme southeast Colorado and dumps six inches of 1-inch hail along US-287/US-385. This insane storm poured hail for over 20 minutes and created a winter-like scene in its wake. Hailstorm started at approximately 5:45pm CDT and ended about 6:05pm.

Opening shots include two scenes of the hail falling with the Campo city limits sign. Various other shots of vehicles getting pounded in the hail during the storm. Shots of various buildings being hammered as well as traffic driving during the hailstorm. Various other scenes include vehicles hiding under trees from the hail, then aftermath shots of traffic driving on the hail covered roads.

Tony Laubach from the Storm Chasers crew was on the storms that produced large Hail and the Tornado that hit the rural area of Ector County, TX.

SID: Tony Laubach

Severe storms continue to ravage the already storm-devastated state of Oklahoma and for the third day in a row, produced tornadic storms across the state. Video package includes storms in southwest Oklahoma in Washita County. Opens with a shot of a white cone funnel right near dark and includes various other severe weather/cloud shots. Video in HD and runs just over 2 minutes.

Part two of the video package from the footage by BNVN Weather Paparazzi Scott Weberpal of the strong multivortex tornado 5 SW of Wakita, Oklahoma on State Road 11. Tornado condensed quickly and had many violent vortices.

Extended edits and additional footage

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SID: Scott Weberpal

Tony Laubach was out chasing today with the Storm Chasers and Twistex crew and got the tornado outbreak that created havoc in Oklahoma. Video package includes opening shots of tornadic storms across Seminole County. Opening shot includes developing tornado, followed by white funnel as it moves off to the east with a rapidly wrapping white rain curtain. Next shots include brief anti-cyclonic spin ups.

After weather, shots of damage north of Seminole, OK. Opening sequence includes survivor talking about the tornado as it approached his house. Various shots include damage from a tornado near US-377 north of Seminole. Damage shots include roof removed from house, various people around down trees, debris wrapped in trees, down telephone poles, damaged vehicles, and damaged trees.

SID: Tony Laubach

Footage by BNVN Weather Paparazzi Scott Weberpal of the strong multivortex tornado 5 SW of Wakita, Oklahoma on State Road 11. Tornado condensed quickly and had many violent vortices.

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SID: Scott Weberpal

This is a blog video for the eight year anniversary of the 05/04/2003 Kansas Turnpike Tornado that hit the Wyandotte County, Kansas that I shot along the side of the road just west of the turnpike entrance.

The video starts out with the wide view of the storm and tornado coming towards me. I then fast forward the video to the point were the tornado comes right up next to me.