MONSTER TORNADO UP CLOSE Aurora, Nebraska, June 17, 2009
This amazing EF2 tornado was the 3rd intercepted by Hank Schyma just east of Grand Island Nebraska (approaching Aurora) on June 17th 2009. At one point it was a 1/4 mile wide and destroyed a families home and barn. 6 people escaped into the basement seconds before their house was ripped apart. BTW, RFD= Rear Flank Downdraft… Big hail, Strong wrap-around wind, torrential rains, muddy roads, and flying monkeys! Often storm chasers on the back side of the tornado try to maintain possition …
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amazing. lol the tornado warning goes off and your like i kno theres a tornado. amazing video glad i subscribed
This is the same tornado that they kept showing the footage of on the Weather Channel. I believe the car in front of the pack as you approach the business with the flashers and blinkers is the one taking the video that has been seen everywhere else. He was just a bit TOO close.
Great video dude! Wish I had been there.
I was in my basement when this was happening and didn’t see anything,so thanks for the video!!!
That’s gotta be a horribly, scary feeling! Glad to hear you dodged this bullet. Could have gotten bad. I shot 2 more tornadoes prior to this… posting soon. thanks THE101! Glad you and your town survived.
I also survived the 1980 Grand Island tornados,there were seven of them ,I believe,all coming from different directions!!! My town didn’t dodge the bullet that time,five deaths,and horrible distruction!!! First time I’d ever heard that frightning train sound effect.
Incredible tornado… great video…thanks
GREAT JOB Hahnkypoo! Call me next time I’ll go I’ll go!
Awesome! I didn’t know you were a storm chaser Hank.
Mr. Hank Schyma,
You are an amazing stormchaser!!!
Weather Channel, Vortex, National Geographic and Warren Faidley should have you on their team!!!
cool vid, ex-lizard prince
thanks Robbie K
Wow..can’t imagine how thrilling and scary it must be to be that close to something as awesome as this!! Great footage…you really have some __lls!
no no! i’m the NEW lizard prince! Robbie would be Mike