Even though it looks small and spindly in the beginning, it's so incredibly violent. Just look at that rotation!

@Agui007

5 жыл бұрын

Which is why there is no such thing as a mini tornado.

@emilycomeau4662

5 жыл бұрын

yeah, apparently that thing dug a trench in the ground around 3:30

@Wft-bu5zc

3 жыл бұрын

Yup even though large tornadoes tend to be stronger than smaller ones that's not always the case. There have been VERY wide F2 tornadoes and very narrow F5 tornadoes. It happens. The power of the wind is all that determines destructive force. Larger tornadoes will of course have wider area of damage.

@mooseandsquirellfriend

3 жыл бұрын

The way it throws trees hundreds of feet up and pulls them back around mid air, as if they were darts. Next time you get a chance give even a smaller tree a tug and think about how strong those winds had to be to pull something like that up and keep it in the air like that. I had to move some small trees and limbs one year after they fell during a bomb cyclone in NY, they were smaller and it was far from easy. :O

@SShrikke

2 жыл бұрын

legit resembles the Jarrel tornado when it was a drillbit

I just wanted to recognize everyone who took the time to share both positive & negative feedback on this video. I appreciate your suggestions and thoughts! I try to read each comment and intend to improve my methods based on your advice. Thank you!

@chopsfordays

9 жыл бұрын

That footage is unbelievable!

@supertornadogun1690

8 жыл бұрын

+Justin Poublon its amazing how violent this was from the moment it touched down

@paranormalpabs3745

6 жыл бұрын

Justin Poublon awesome video pal

@timpumphrey8765

2 жыл бұрын

This storm was relentless from the start amazing footage you wouldn't want to get up close to this storm to unpredictable in it's movement it's a beast.

@F5Storm1

2 жыл бұрын

You put 2014 instead of 2015 btw, but excellent footage

Man, the CD sirens still make the hair on my neck stand up, even though I've not lived in a severe weather area for nearly 2 decades now.

Incredible footage, the detail, especially seeing it right on the ground up close. I never fail to be amazed at how fast these things can travel.

Wow dude that was EXCELLENT filming!!!! I loved that you didn't move the camera up to the sky when the tornado was right next to the houses like 99% of storm chasers do!!! So frustrating when they do that I want to scream!!😡 your video filming is one of the best!! You are very brave and glad you are ok!!!! Thank you soooo much for a fantastic tornado video!!! 👏👏👏👏

@TdgtornadoFake

3 жыл бұрын

Are you ok

@lokiisbestantihero

3 жыл бұрын

Check out Pecos Hank! No screaming/yelling, no shaking camera, he bleeps out cuss words with the EAS sound, he loves animals, one of his previous chasing cars was named the T.I.T., he sleeps in really bad quality Hotels without complaining, and he writes and preforms his own music for his videos!

@trendmassacre8423

2 жыл бұрын

HA! More Reed Timmer admirers! How about you just tell the man what a good job he did instead of comparing Hank and Reed. They both react differently and have a different style of chasing! I like both because of how they do things differently, and if you don't like Reed, then don't watch his videos, like I am sure you Timmer whiners do!

@douglasgriffiths3534

2 жыл бұрын

@@lokiisbestantihero Hank is the best. He's calm and explains well what's going on, and he sometimes finds some local wildlife to show in his videos as well. I love his style. And he's funny too. (Jan Griffiths).

@lokiisbestantihero

2 жыл бұрын

@@douglasgriffiths3534 yes. Hank is definitely the best.

The sirens make it even better, good job. You were in a perfect spot

Classic Wizard-of-Oz twister!

@sk84lifedb

9 жыл бұрын

Ikno right haha

@saraswinerton7202

2 жыл бұрын

No kidding

@BlazinRiver1

2 жыл бұрын

If they ever do a remake.....THIS is the footage to use!

One of the scariest twisters I've seen in a long time

This is THEE BEST footage of the first 4 minutes of this tor you'll see! Awesome job JP, and congrats! This is an inimitable storm for you. Thoughts and prayers are with those affected.

The movement on that thing is cinematic, well done with the filming!

This has to be the finest footage ever mainly because the cameraman here seems to have a very steady hand and captures the base of this twister and follows its path carefully

@JustinPoublonWX

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Simon!

What makes it even scarier is the siren in background while it rips across land

WOW!! That's the first video where I've seen that shows the extent that debris gets sucked up and flung around in a tornado. Just amazing shots. I think this is the same tornado that a man filmed as it hit his house, injured him, and killed his wife. Again, fantastic video.

@JustinPoublonWX

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@douglasgriffiths3534

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, this is the same tornado that Clem Schultz filmed . (Jan Griffiths).

That's my home in the background at time 4:30

@indigobluepics

9 жыл бұрын

Grace Kennay Glad you weren't hit. Any damage at all that close?

@joeydrew1881

4 жыл бұрын

Me: I was infront of the tornado Actually this comment is fake

@Watso75e

3 жыл бұрын

aloysious Catindoy you don’t have proof it’s fake.

@kalsarikannit9587

3 жыл бұрын

@@joeydrew1881 How do you know?

Beautiful footage. probably the best I've seen of any tornado's birth. Utterly amazing how you shot it starting as a spindly thing to a scary twister. I live close to Rockford and our sirens went off 5 separate times due to different funnels being spotted- we were scared to death. This tornado dumped a muddy wallet from Rochelle into my father's yard in Belvidere, along with shingles and metal pieces. He wasn't home at the time, but his neighbors watched this giant wedge pass by their subdivision while on it's last legs. Scary stuff.

@joeMW284

Жыл бұрын

the wallet thing is crazy.. were you able to give it back?

Amazing video, thanks for sharing!! Been looking for video that I have not seen and found one, so far today....this one!!

Heart goes out to all the families effected by this tornado. But as for this video and Mother Nature, Amazing! Great video and hearing the sirens sound towards the end made so much better. Erie sounding. Thanks for sharing!

@thejennacatshow2510

7 жыл бұрын

I was 40 minutes away from it and it was heading right for me

@quiltercharlie

5 жыл бұрын

I actually lived in Kirkland at the time and seen 6 of the tornados, it was amazing but terrifying. I sat outside and there were just tornados surrounding my house. I knew the woman that ended up passing away. I was like 11 years old

Wow, strong inflow (can hear it) even from that distance

I've been fascinated by tornadoes since I was a little kid even though I've never seen one. I've watched most of the vids on YT and this is one of the best ones I've seen. I can't imagine how scary that is to see in person, hope no one perished in that storm.

@johnhenderson8492

7 жыл бұрын

same

@stormycat774

6 жыл бұрын

I know exactly how you feel. I've loved storms since I was a kid too, and think this is an excellent video. Don't know how I haven't seen it until now, I've watched pretty much every other tornado video on YT, both good and bad. Also, I, unfortunately, do know at least one person was killed in this tornado, he knew it was coming and was taking shelter, but didn't think he would survive, and the last thing he did was text his mom goodbye.

@Aristas-zd5vd

2 жыл бұрын

Im sorry to inform you but i know of 2 casualties caused by this tornado. The wife and neighbor of the man recording passed but last I heard he made a full recovery. I linked the video below but it is one of the scariest videos I've ever seen. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ha6rxo9ppMTalNI.html

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for zooming in!!! Get so tired of tornado videos from way off with zero effort to zoom in even once.

Holy smokes, this is amazing, it looks like the upper disturbance attaches itself with the ground like an umbilical cord, rotates faster and faster, then just stays glued to the ground and travels forward devouring everything in its path, wow, send it to NOAA, bet they want to see this!

It still amazes me how a tornado can touch down and travel for many many miles, one of the most craziest things in nature.

Wow I've been obsessed with this particular storm for a minute and I'm barely coming across this. Thanks for capturing the beginning, really appreciate it.

Great video! Your closeups were excellent. Thanks

Justin Poublon This is an absolutely incredible capture of the very first minutes of the Fairdale tornado. Outstanding videography, sir!

1:48 watch the horizon. The lights go out after the now EF1 tornado takes a part of the roof off a food plant.

@JzdenPlaysRBLX

10 күн бұрын

sorry to correct you. but its EF4. Tornados like EF5's start out small and then grow big but im telling you its an EF4

Awesome video bro. I swear, I like these raw, uncut and unedited tornado vids WAY more than the polished, edited and clean-cut ones. For some reason, you can just capture the true nature of a tornado with an unpolished video.

This is incredible footage, and that's coming from a jaded twister-watcher. Just wonderful! And thank you, more than you can imagine, for not screaming.

Top 5 of the best tornado footage I've ever seen and I have seen thousands. Wow! Incredible.

This is one of the best videos of a tornado I have ever seen. I almost started wondering if it was sped up a but because of how fast it was rotating, but thst wasn't the case. That was some very violent rotation.

Hands down one of the BEST tornado videos I have seen!

So far as of September 6th, it is the only violent tornado of 2015 so far, meaning rated EF4 or EF5. The tornado received a final rating of very high-end EF4 with winds at 200 MPH. EF4 tornadoes have winds of 166-200 MPH, but it was not like other EF4's such as Harrisburg, IL or some of the lesser known weak-end EF4's from the 2011 Super Outbreak such as Cordova/Ringgold-Cleveland (winds at 170-180), this was like Vilonia, Arkansas or Washington, Illinois (190 MPH+) just under EF5 not just above EF3.

@tomasallende9583

2 жыл бұрын

Ringgold? That thing was a beast, wasn't it? 190 mph if I recall correctly

@mattkowal90

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomasallende9583 Ringgold was 190 MPH, and concentrated in the area that looked like classic EF5 damage, but the houses were not up to code.

Look at how violent the motion is even on the early stages of this monster. I caught it from the other side but wasn't close enough to see this level of detail and speed. Had a good indication how strong it was by how high it lofted debris into the air, but this was a strong-violent tornado from the start!

Started southwest of Fairdale and eventually grew into an EF 4. Some claim it grew to EF 5. The damage was unreal. Tractors thrown like toys at the corner of 251 and 64. Near the begining of its birth, it hit a warehouse in Franklin Grove as an EF 1 or 2.

Really good footage! Thanks for now screaming through the whole thing. The zoom was great!

Glad that you were inside your vehicle in case of lightning. Also glad that you zoomed in for greater detail but still held the camera steadily. But none compares to drone views which enable better perception of location, size and ferocity.

This is one of the best tornado vides I've seen.

Awesome footage, no yelling or screaming or chit chat. Just great video of a good ol north american tornado.

@JustinPoublonWX

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks CJ!

Okay, the funnel is off the ground, not touching the building anymore, then somehow even when it's not touching, a big portion of the roof implodes. This video proves the fact that tornadoes can still do damage/hurt/injure/kill you even when it looks week/the full condensation isn't on the ground.

I don't believe I had seen your video before. Thank you for posting.

According to opinions this tornado is EF4, but now there is the possibility this could have been an EF5. Several houses that were well built were completely swept away outside of Rochelle, with one having its concrete walkway pulled out of the ground. Unfortunately, due to incomplete sweeping of all debris and shrubbery not being debarked, those contextual discrepancies it did not warrant an EF5 rating, so that's why they went with extremely high-end EF4 with peak winds of 200 MPH. It had a peak width of half a mile wide, traveled about 32 miles for a little under an hour from Ashton to Kirkland near Belvidere and Rockford. At one point it had a satellite EF0 that did damage with it.

this is an AWSOME footage of a tornado! I ve watched most of the videos on youtube about tornado and this is the best! great job!!

Great footage Justin. Thankyou for sharing.

One of the best tornado videos I've seen! Congrats!!!

Your video is a superb depiction of the erratic dynamics of tornado movement/development, at least in its early stages, and at ground level. With all the right ingredients in place the atmosphere finally reaches a critical point and the "plug is pulled". Suddenly all hell breaks loose. While you were in the right place at the right time, sadly others were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Great footage! Perfect video of the tornado's birth. Best video I've ever seen of the beginning stages of a tornado.

Just the sound with the creepy siren going is scary enough. To me this tornado was underrated if it had more towns in its path it would got a ef5 this storm was nasty but fact it didn't hit that much and Fairdale was a tiny town is why it got a ef4 but if u look at fully grown from a distance all the lightning the structure of it it was a monster

Justin, thank you sooooo much for your bravery in filming this AWSOME beast!!! I think you did a very good job, the only thing you did wrong was that you stopped filming! I don't know if this was your first time to film a tornado but if so you really did a great job!! Thank you for posting this video, I love tornadoes, in fact I am obsessed with them and wish I could see one in real life!! Only been in one, but was ten years old and it was at night! Thank you again!!!

@JustinPoublonWX

9 жыл бұрын

torn8dogrl 15 thank you!

@priscillaross-fox9407

7 жыл бұрын

I do hope someday you get to see one up close and personal

Wow idk how I'm just now seeing this. Incredible footage!

Man, those sirens were late. The tornado was on the ground and already lofting *major* debris before they ever came on. That's the thing you never want to see... tornadoes lofting people's houses and lives into the air like that.

You had a great view and position...

@F5Storm1

4 жыл бұрын

Thats what he said

@wisconsinstormtrip

4 жыл бұрын

F5Storm1 thats what your mom said.

Really surprised that they didn't sound the sirens sooner, there is obviously a tornado on the ground doing damage clear as day outside of town.

you did good for your first one, this should go viral

I live close to that town and visited there a while back and damn that tornado did some damage. I saw what I think was a church or house completely gone, what's left of it is just the concrete stairs leading to nothing. really powerful stuff

Unbelievable. You must have been near us. Nice job on catching the very beginning.

Stunning footage which is detrimental in helping understand these beast. I can't believed I just moved out this way. I remember when this hit we heard about it in burbs. F4 is insane and wow I would have filmed it too because I love tornadoes.

Three year anniversary of this tornado now, incredible footage of it!

Unbelievable! Pretty good quality; what a great video! You did a fantastic job! This tornado took a couple lives and created a lot of destruction. I wonder why one of the victim's husband (Clem Schultz) was on the second floor, video-taping, however? I'd been long gone, at the first sight of that. That thing turned out to be as tumultuous as it looked.

Great video, I liked the close ups

@JustinPoublonWX

6 жыл бұрын

Coy kalagian thanks!

Great video. I live in IL and was very close to being a victim of a toronado strike a few times. Scarey stuff!!

Great video man. In control of your emotions. 2 thumbs up.

Wow great footage one of the best I've seen in a long time great job.

absolute superb video sir.

@JustinPoublonWX

9 жыл бұрын

AdventursWithNick Thank you!

@progamerprogamer1253

4 жыл бұрын

@@JustinPoublonWX 😕

Some of the best footage Ive seen. Picked a perfect spot, unobstructed field of view and it went by at just the angle made it very interesting.

This is a great video and the definition is great! Good job!

the two sirens together are pretty creepy

Well done! This is phenomenal footage!

I'm so pleased the tornado managed to miss most other buildings and I felt for the building it took in the beginning. Incredible footage!!

Your video is really extraordinary. Thank you for sharing

Great job capturing the power!!!! I would have fumbled the camera at that point too!!! thanks for the bravery I'm sure it took to do that...amazing.

One of the best tornado footage I seen !

amazing footage! you can really see it gain strength!

Awesome footage! I live about 20 miles southeast of Fairdale, and I was scared out of my wits!

Great footage!!

Awesome footage!

I can see the distinctive spiral ground makings in the dirt left by the tornado

@meteorologymaniac8775

3 жыл бұрын

you can see them very well on google earth

Beautiful footage.

Wow, amazing :O Very good filming!

Awesome capture!!!

That’s some incredible footage

I think it's really crazy to the see the debris cloud just pop up out of nowhere, right onto a house, and it just literally explodes. Never seen anything like it. I feel bad for all those affected by this and hope they are recovering well.

Nice catch. I didn't think the thin funnel at the beginning was near anything until I saw the debris.

Northern illinois got hit hard twice in 2015 in April and in june

Ah, the magic of a tripod. Great footage. Keep up the good work and stay safe out there. :)

Excellent video.

That is one highly photogenic tornado taking the form of a classic elephant trunk and later undergoing metamorphosis into a fat stovepipe. But it was indeed a very powerful twister from seeing the debris flying everywhere.

Awesome video Justin! Great footage, especially from 3:50 to the end. I thought for sure it was going to hit that house, thank God it didn't!

This one was the closest we have come to EF5 in 11 years. The only tornado I have seen rated 200mph EF4. We have had several 190s and one 195mph.

I only live about 25-30 miles from where this took place!! Why is it that so many communities don’t sound the siren till the tornado is on the ground?!?!? I’m also trained Weather Spotter.

dude u can even hear it too this is freakin amazing AND terrifying at the same time!

Great footage of that tornado. It was moving fast.

That was awesome footage.

Very close shot - kudos to the cameraman. 🌪🌪🙋‍♂🙋‍♂

The tail of the tornado looks like a vaccuum cleaner hose that's sucking everything up. Lol

awesome video!

Great video

awesome footage

Omg!!! My best friend just moved to Illinois about 9 months ago!! He lives in Springfield.😖😫i hope he's OK

How did I not see this video until now? Incredible!

I love this video.. I wouldn't change it in any way.. 🌪️🤗🌪️