Surveillance Cameras Rolling During Tornado

[Josh Richardson]

First State Bank's surveillance cameras caught the Parkersburg TOR on tape as it hit. MODS, please move if this is in the wrong area.

http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/19461809.html

 

[Gerard Jebaily]

Thats just scary...BRB, gonna go hide under the covers for a while..

 

[cstrunk]

Wow, it is really incredible to watch the windows have light and a second later they are dark as night and then everything explodes... just crazy!

 

[Travis Davis]

I've always wondered what that would look like. I don't even think I would want to be under a desk with that going on.

 

[Josh Richardson]

I see the bank is down the road from the Hwy 57 curve in town, I was at that curve late that night and saw nothing but rubble so Im assuming the bank was demolished as well considering the area of town it was located in.

 

[Heidi Farrar]

I just saw that Parkersburg bank footage on the 10:00 news. Wow. That video has to seriously dissuade a few people who thought it might be okay to ride out a tornado above-ground, I'd say.

Sticking with the title-theme, here's a security cam view of that WEDGE west of Greeley, CO the other week. I just found this on Youtube a few minutes ago; has anyone has posted it here on ST yet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj78CUR1qQo

I am not sure I have ever seen such graphic wedge-footage. Very scary, as this was only a few miles from family we have there.

 

[Bill Hark]

That bank video is really scary. One may not have a lot of time to take cover. Someone commented on the TV station website that he showed his kids the video to stress the importance of taking cover during a tornado warning. This video should be part of training for tornado awareness.

Bill Hark

 

[rdale]

Not too many EF5's come without warning... This one had 20-30 minutes of lead time and was well covered by TV mets.

 

[david.skau]

I just saw that Parkersburg bank footage on the 10:00 news. Wow. That video has to seriously dissuade a few people who thought it might be okay to ride out a tornado above-ground, I'd say.

Sticking with the title-theme, here's a security cam view of that WEDGE west of Greeley, CO the other week. I just found this on Youtube a few minutes ago; has anyone has posted it here on ST yet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj78CUR1qQo

I am not sure I have ever seen such graphic wedge-footage. Very scary, as this was only a few miles from family we have there.

Did you see the car alarm starting to go off as the tornado approached? LOL

 

[Sarah Glenn]

Did you see the car alarm starting to go off as the tornado approached? LOL

Good call...that's fantastic (and hilarious).
These are the scariest surveillance videos I have ever seen.

 

[Will Tinder]

Bank Camera Catches Footage Inside Parkersburg Tornado

I haven't seen anyone post this yet, so here's some rather amazing stuff:

CNN has some amazing video up from a security camera inside the First State Bank of Parkersburg as the tornado hit a few weeks ago. You can see the transformers blowing outside just before the windows blow in. The sheer violence of the thing is amazing.

Here is the footage

 

[MatthewCarman]

Everyone is showing that footage. I think Fox news,CNN, Local news etc. Also it has already been posted at ST. Cool video and definantly worth watching. I agree that is a amazing video.

http://www.stormtrack.org/forum/showthread.php?t=16806

 

[Nathan Edwards]

And according to the survey, the bank received EF2-EF3 damage. I guess any higher and we probably wouldn't be viewing these pictures today!

 

[Scott Lincoln]

They also have footage on KCCI's website of the ATM's security camera. You can see a house start to disintegrate in the tornadic inflow winds.

 

[MatthewCarman]

The last tornado that was this strong occured 30 years ago. Clearly just as bad as the Greensburg EF5 if not worse.