Australian Twister: Close-Up

[Saul Trabal]

Here's the link:

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid823425597/bclid877032950/bctid1273082122

Sorry that the URL is so long, but I can't see to abbreviate it like at other boards.

Incredible video, though. And boy, was this person close!!

Edited to add-looks like a multi-vortex twister.

 

[Terry Tyler]

wow, that was some crazy footage...

i wonder if that person is a storm chaser?

 

[Bill Hark]

That is awesome video. I love the sound and sparking wires. Where are some of our Australian members? I haven't heard of any chase reports.

Bill Hark

 

[David Drummond]

That's crazy video. I love it. I have been known to get some up close stuff, but that power transfer station sparking like that scares the heck out of me.

 

[James Chambers]

The footage came from Jimmy Deguara, a well respected Australian chaser. He's come to the US several times to chase in the last 10years... many of you will have heard about him. More info here:
http://www.australiasevereweather.com/forum/index.php?topic=589.40

Some rather awesome footage!!! Apparently it was on the ground for close to 15mins. He did extremely well... there are so many trees/hills in that part of the world.

James

 

[Michael Thompson]

This footage was taken by Australia's super chaser Jimmy Deguara. I am surprised he has not posted yet - he must be tied as it is a 16 hour round trip from his home to the target area.

I hope Jimmy does not mind me posting links to his larger video.

I recommend the download even though it is 13mb, you can see possible multi vortex structure, but I will leave the rest for Jimmy to update you.

http://australiasevereweather.com/video/movies/2007/dunoon_tornado_substation_explosion.wmv

As for the other Australia chasers ?

We are only a small community, in terms of hard core chasers who put down miles, less than 20 individuals. It was a Friday and we all work. Half the chasers live 500-1000 miles away. There were other chasers on the storm, but the countryside of that area is as far from Oklahoma as you can get. The largest crop in the area is marijuana, the topography is hilly and vegetated by tropical rainforest. The roads are winding goat tracks. ( Google Nimbin to see what I mean about the area, beautiful part of the world). Therefore getting the right position is a remarkable achievement.

 

[Marko Korosec]

That is some awesome close-up footage. Congratulations on this catch, Jimmy! Amazing multi-vortex and sounds besides, not to mention sparks!

 

[Josh Morgerman]

Very cool video-- it's great how close it is.

P.S. It's odd watching it spin the "wrong" way-- took me a second to get used to.

 

[Saul Trabal]

That's crazy video. I love it. I have been known to get some up close stuff, but that power transfer station sparking like that scares the heck out of me.

I had to re-watch that several times: that piece of metal (siding?) just shoots through the air into that power transfer station, and BOOM!!!! Incredible stuff.

Great video, Jimmy!

I found this video while doing a radar check on the Weather Channel's website before heading out to work.

 

[Joel Wright]

Holy crap!!! Now That was some amazing footage. Excellent job!

 

[Jimmy Deguara]

Hi,

Thank you for your comments and for some of the Aussie guys for posting the report on here.

My apologies for not replying sooner but I have been caught up in radio and TV interviews (another one arranged as I type). You know, in the US, you can take a guess of where tornadoes might be but it is near impossible to pinpoint where a tornado may develop here in Australia. I mean until I turned the corner of a tree lined "jungle" road, I did not have any idea of turbulent motion or rotation occurring!

I will basically post my account from the event here rather than re-type the whole event. Since my post below though, we know from the video time stamps alone that I observed the tornado for 14 minutes and estimate it could have been on the ground for up to 30 minutes! The great thing about this tornado was that it was very slow moving - awesome! I initially was annoyed the electicitiy substation was in my way - my disappointment did not last very long!

Here is my account:

http://www.australiasevereweather.com/forum/index.php?topic=589.msg4773#msg4773

Map showing the approximate path as best we could map it:
http://www.australiasevereweather.com/forum/index.php?topic=589.msg4794#msg4794

Some meteorolgoical data relating to the storm environment on the day.
http://www.australiasevereweather.com/forum/index.php?topic=589.msg4797#msg4797

My apologies for the links but I am lacking time to do much at the moment.

Regards,

Jimmy Deguara

 

[Jimmy Deguara]

Here is another view of the tornado from one of the locals:

http://ninemsn.video.msn.com/v/en-au/v.htm?f=39&g=4E67761A-8828-410F-BA05-

Regards,

Jimmy Deguara

 

[Willie Dines]

to add-looks like a multi-vortex twister.

It is, I noticed a suction vortex sweeping around from the back-left side of the tornado, sweeping around to the right side, and this occured when some of the funnel and/or dirt was visible to the base of the tornado, also on the right side

This is a seriously awesome piece of footage, especially with the power station going nuts

EDIT:- I was just watching the 2nd clip that you posted Jimmy, and it is also great footage

I did notice though, that the tornado looked as if it started off as rotating anticyclonicly, and then seemed to reform rotating cyclonicly, but I did notice that the tornadoes rotation seem a bit troubled, possibly from conflicitng directional air flows in the area of where the tornado was forming, but it did eventually seem to get it's act together.

I haven't read the blogs/reports or anything yet, but I thought that it would be worth mentioning this, to get some other people's views on it

If I could rate the video, it would get a top rating every time, very nice catch Jimmy, well done sir

Willie

 

[Jimmy Deguara]

Here are a couple of other videos of the Australian tornado 26th October 2007 near Dunoon.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=atL0UeMVqEM

http://www.buscatube.com/play/youtube/dunoon/tag1/VCqnUQZXl7I/dunoon-storm-26-10-2007/

Regards,

Jimmy Deguara

 

[Gerard Jebaily]

Wow Jimmy! Did you mean to be that close? I think Im gonna loose sleep from just the video. What direction were you filming in this video?