Strong storms with heavy rains developed across southern Illinois on Monday afternoon offering the first real break from the hot weather that lead to a weekend-long excessive heat warning. Stormy weather is expected to continue across the region all week as a front moves into the region and stalls out. While severe weather won’t be a huge concern, heavy rains will, but more than anything, these storms will offer a much welcome break from the heat.
Shot Description
Scene 1-2: POV driving shots in the rains.
Scene 3: POV driving shot following vehicles into street flooding area in Du Quoin.
Scene 4: Pickup truck driving at camera and turning off camera in the heavy falling rain.
Scene 5: Car sitting in the parking lot of a shopping center in the heavy falling rain.
Scene 6: Two vehicles turn through flooded street as heavy rain falls.
Scene 7: Shot of white SUV driving through flood waters.
Scene 8: Wide shot of cars driving through flood waters on US-51 in Du Quoin.
Scene 9: Traffic passing through flood waters.
Scene 10: White truck blasts through water while other cars slowly make their way into the flooding.
Scene 11: Oncoming black car driving down a flooded side street.
Scene 12: Long shot of traffic driving through flood waters.
Scene 13: Shot of traffic driving through flood waters in front of a Hardees.
Scene 14: Panning shot of red car driving through flood waters.
Scene 15: Ameren Illinois utility truck driving through flood waters.
Scene 16: White van driving through flood waters.
Scene 17: Wide shot of the flood waters in front of Hardees.
Scene 18: Semi trucks driving through flood waters.
Scene 19: Shot of shopping center parking lot with standing water.
Scene 20: Shot of shopping cars in standing water.
Scene 21-22 (Franklin County south of Benton, IL): Shots of a semi truck that crashed in the ditch on I-57, accident blamed on weather as the storms moved over the interstate.
Scene 23: Down tree on a road outside of Benton, IL
Clean-up continued across Massac County, Illinois after an early afternoon round of storms hammered the region. Video package shot in the late afternoon/early evening hours as crews arrived on scene to start clearing the debris left behind by straight line winds and an unconfirmed tornado.
Shot Description
Scenes 1-5: A Metropolis Superman standing on the roof of a car smashed under a massive tree chainsaws the tree to get it off the car.
Scene 6: Close shot of smashed car under tree.
Scene 7: Shot of front of car smashed under tree.
Scene 8-9: Shots of inside of car with roof crushed nearly to seats.
Scene 10-16: Shots of crews clearing trees from powerlines that snapped several power poles, knocking out power to most of the town.
Scene 17-20: Shots of lifters taking tree debris from roads.
Scene 21-22: Shot of workers removing down power lines.
Scene 23: Shot of a crosswalk sign crushed beneath tree.
Scene 24: Shot of tree smashing front end of home.
Scene 25: Shot looking down street of down trees and power lines.
Scene 26: A Massac County business with its roof completely gone.
Scene 27: Down sign on US-45 in Massac County.
Scene 28: Part of a roof in a parking lot near the interstate in Massac County.
Scene 29: Damage to a gas station roof near the interstate in Massac County.
Scene 30: Cops directing traffic at an intersection with no power to traffic lights.
Scene 31: Shots of dark intersection with traffic.
Scene 32: Tight shot of traffic light with no power.
Scene 33-34: Shot of a traffic light damaged and hanging by its wiring.
Scene 35: Shot of interstate sign bent over.
Scene 36-37: Humorous shots of Superman and Wonder Woman tourist traps with no heads, meaning they lost their heads with how powerful the storm was (Metropolis)