Another Huntsville Tornado Video
This is from YouTube… the photographer writes:
“Huntsville Tornado – 1/21/2010 – taken from my iPhone 3G using Cycorder. This thing literally formed RIGHT OVER MY HEAD. Only after I determined that it was moving away and was safe did I start recording it. I also apologize for the language… it was slightly unnerving situation for me.”
January 21st, 2010 at 10:43 pm
They don’t sound particularly “unnerved”, just fond of salty language.
January 21st, 2010 at 10:56 pm
wow thats a very scary site…
January 22nd, 2010 at 12:28 am
On the ground at roughly 3 minutes in; power flashes indicate touchdown of the tornado. Nice!
January 22nd, 2010 at 12:56 am
Hey John, the mute button works wonders if it offends you. And he did apologize for the language…
January 22nd, 2010 at 6:43 am
This is probably going to sound like a dumb question/comment but I don’t believe I’ve ever seen tornado photos where there is so much blue sky so close to the tornado. I’m probably not saying this right, but the Birmingham News website has a photo of this tornado and the cloud that it’s coming down from looks very white and puffy and there’s all this blue sky next to it. Usually in photos of tornadoes that I’ve seen, the cloud cover looks so dark and thick. My family and I lived a mile up the highway from the F5 tornado that hit the Smithfield Estates area in western Jefferson county years ago and as far as the eye could see ( or my eye) the sky was this very dark blackish-green color. I’m not a trained storm spotter but many times if we have a tornado warning during the day and the sky does not look terribly ominous, I don’t get too concerned. I guess I need to rethink that outlook!
January 22nd, 2010 at 7:19 am
If you pay attention to the ground around 3:42 into the video, you’ll see a flash, and thats probably the power poles/lines that were knocked down by the tornado around the Holmes Ave/Five points area. We could see it from over in Madison.
January 22nd, 2010 at 7:20 am
The guy didn’t sound like the ordinary guy on the street, seemed to have some knowledge by use of the language describing the storm
January 22nd, 2010 at 8:49 am
Great video! Hope to see more this spring!
January 22nd, 2010 at 8:49 am
Oh just great! I am a teacher and I just showed my 3rd grade homeroom class this video so they can learn about the dynamics of a tornado. Several other teachers were in the room watching it on the large projector screen and they were shocked at the language these guys were using.
Now I am in the Principal’s office for a “meeting” in which I will probably be disciplined for showing the video with such crude, offensive language.
I am shocked and flabbergasted.
January 22nd, 2010 at 9:31 am
Why is everyone concerned about the language? What you should be concerned about are the 6 people who sustained injuries because of this storm! Granted those injuries are non life-threatening, but an injury from a storm non-the-less! It could have gotten much worse!
January 22nd, 2010 at 10:20 am
Ames: Sorry to hear about your rough start to the day! I hope everything turns out okay! Maybe you should preview it next time? But, I would have probably done the same thing. Luckily I had no children in my room when I watched it!!!
January 22nd, 2010 at 11:15 am
Dirk- I am sorry for a few scratches and cuts, bruises, etc. But what I am concerned about is the impact such language has on the young minds of our future leaders.
You should have seen the disappointment in their eyes! One of the young boys said that he has only heard that kind of language one time in his life and that was when his Daddy dropped an oil pan on his head from their classic 78 Nova.
It’s just not necessary, language like that.
January 22nd, 2010 at 12:02 pm
No offense but I’m glad my kid isn’t in your class. In my opinion if you didn’t preview anything yourself (especially from the internet) you should be in the principal’s office. Only have yourself to blame.
January 22nd, 2010 at 12:16 pm
Folks, Ames is peach farmer/troll who set his peach orchard on fire to keep the crops from freezing a few weeks ago. At least that’s what he claimed on this site.
As a teacher myself, I can’t imagine any teacher showing a video without previewing it first. Especially one that has “language” warning. Geez.
January 22nd, 2010 at 12:37 pm
Ames.. I dont believe a word of that .
January 22nd, 2010 at 12:53 pm
Ames is on here for comedic value only. Take it with the grain of salt for which it is intended and your day will go along much better.
And by the way, those of you who picked EF2 in your office pool for the strength of the HSV tornado are all winners…at least according to the WAFF site. No official PNS from the HSV NWS yet.
January 22nd, 2010 at 1:27 pm
Chris M — I second that opinion.
January 22nd, 2010 at 1:41 pm
I am glad you all don’t live around my house because we use language like that all the time..lol I would have said alot worse If a tornadoe was over my head. I have a seven year old and I watch my mouth around him but he has heard language like that before. We go to Braves games and Bama games and believe me when I say people when it comes to sports say alot worse.
January 22nd, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Showing ANYTHING from youtube to children without first previewing it?? I doubt it… by the way. nice footage of the storm; not too impressed with the guys filming
January 22nd, 2010 at 1:56 pm
Ames that was ignorance on your part. You actually show videos to your students without first pre screening them? Especially anything that is on youtube? LMBO
January 22nd, 2010 at 2:04 pm
If you folks would READ the statement that is posted before the video then maybe you would’nt get your knickers in a twist.
January 22nd, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Preliminary Storm report just released by the NWS..
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NOUS44 KHUN 222023
PNSHUN
ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-230830-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
223 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2010
…PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY INFORMATION FROM MADISON COUNTY…
A PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY OF THE DAMAGE INCURRED ACROSS MADISON
COUNTY HAS BEEN COMPLETED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL. INITIAL FINDINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
* EVENT TYPE: TORNADO
* EVENT DATE: 01/21/2010
* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 115.0 MPH
* PRELIMINARY RATING: EF-2
* PATH LENGTH: 4.4 MILES
* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH: 150 YARDS
* INJURIES: 3
* SUMMARY: AT 5:22 PM CST A TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF TRIANA BLVD AND 9TH AVE IN HUNTSVILLE. FROM
THERE…IT PROCEEDED NORTHEAST FOR 4.4 MILES…THROUGH OLD TOWN
AND THE FIVE POINTS AREA BEFORE LIFTING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
GABOURY LN AND ROSALIE RIDGE RD NEAR CHAPMAN MOUNTAIN. ALONG THE
WAY…MANY HARD AND SOFTWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED…AS WERE
SEVERAL WOODEN UTILITY POLES. MULTIPLE WELL-BUILT SINGLE FAMILY
HOMES SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL ROOF DAMAGE…BOTH FROM TORNADIC
WINDS AND FALLEN TREES.
THESE FINDINGS ARE PRELIMINARY AND ARE SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT.
PICTURES AND SUMMARY MATERIALS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB
PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE /ALL LOWER CASE/.
SURVEYED BY: COYNE/LEE