Video Shows 'Birth of a Tornado' (Minnesota)

WUSATV9.com ^ | June 29, 2005 | Reed Timmer and Dave Holder (shot the video)

[tgslTakoma]

While looking on our local TV weather page for info on last night's storms in our area, I happened on this great video taken of a tornado in Minnesota last month.

Go here, and click on the link titled VIDEO: Tornado touches down." (or try the link on the video title; I think I did it right) The video is approximately three minutes in length.

[alice_in_bubbaland]

Wow! Amazing!

[freemama]

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

[chipengineer]

Great video; the link works.

[Semper911]

That was the coolest damn thing I have ever seen. It started as a white vertical tube in the cloud with a dust devil-type thing on the ground below it, then a full on tornado.

Those guys were lucky as hell to see it so close up and capture it on tape to boot.

Thanks for posting it.

[Joe Boucher]

WOW, way cool.

[No Blue States]

Awesome, thanks for sharing that.

It was as if the white house had a guaradian angel.

[NormsRevenge]

As a Minnesota native, I remember having seen whisps of baby tornados dancing and twistin away below the clouds but well short of ground , and a few waterspouts on the lakes as well.

Still quite a bit glob of weather in that area too..

Be safe.

[jennyjenny]

Wow! That was cool.

[Clink]

Awesome footage.

[Shaka]

ping

[FryingPan101]

This was absolutely fabulous! Thanks so much!

[Semper911]

Have you seen this? Do you have a wx ping list?

Post it over at WW and Eastern US Wx -- they'd love it.

[Das Outsider]

We have some of the bravest--or stupidest--weather reporters around. Flying around near tornadoes in helicopters and all that. They get some excellent footage of tornadoes forming, and I've caught a few whose speed of development would make your jaw drop. But the footage quality's nowhere near this caliber.

[nwctwx]

I haven't seen it... thanks for the ping. Very cool video! I have contemplated a wx-ping list, but never have kept track of it. ;-) One big ping-list seems to be enough for now, perhaps I will go back to the idea in the future.

[mmercier]

A spectacular piece of video.

Thanks.

Tornado's are probably the only reason I am glad to live in New England.

[marblehead17]

ping

[Skooz]

Exceedingly cool.

Thanks for posting.

[squirt]

Dust Devil

[nuclady]

That was great - watched it twice!!! Thanks for posting.