Chasing A Dangerous EF3 Tornado - Lewistown, IL

[@EddieBurke]

I was in the passenger seat with my Mom while we drove through a supercell (Ontario) and it was crazy, definitely the most signs of a Tornado I've ever seen in my area.

[@FreddyMcKinney]

That must've been quite the sight to see! I need to head up to Canada one of these days

[@Jx_Gloom]

@@FreddyMcKinney the storms up here can be pretty menacing, some tornadoes every now and then, but nothing compared to what’s on your channel! I’d love to take a trip down into tornado alley and experience storms like these ones!

[@SideJRR]

@Jx_Gloom not a good idea... It SUCKS living in Tornado alley don't even visit

[@paulakyzer6365]

I saw a tornado in Jerseyville Illinois

[@paulakyzer6365]

​@FreddyMcKinney I saw a Tornado in Jerseyville or Brighton Illinois

[@aresel_]

Thanks for allowing me to tag along man! That was such an intense chase 😳

[@FreddyMcKinney]

Anytime man

[@danielbaetens1587]

​@@FreddyMcKinney why are a lot of your videos unlisted

[@FreddyMcKinney]

KZbin was recommending some of my older, not-so-good videos, instead of my better ones so I unlisted them. You can still access most of them in my playlists.

[@LindsayD228]

“It’s tornado-ing.” 😂 I need to remember this one.

[@FreddyMcKinney]

Add it to the list of all the dumb things I've said 😂

[@Katmai_Bear_480]

@@FreddyMcKinney Not dumb. Weather-induced Freddyisms. They make perfect sense.

[@stormrider6524]

Great footage as always! School unfortunately kept me from chasing that day.

[@FreddyMcKinney]

Dang that sucks. Respect for not skipping school tho

[@Seiaeka]

Nice structure capture! I've only ever seen a small meso once in my life (canadian), when I was a small child--but it left a life-long impression and a love of extreme weather in me.

[@FreddyMcKinney]

Thank you! Storm structure can be just as cool as the tornado

[@kaitlyn3168]

I moved from a hurricane area to the south end of tornado alley. Tornadoes are seriously some of the coolest and awesome things I've ever seen. New subscriber from Central TX! ❤

[@KathrynCeleste79]

Hey Freddy, proud new subscriber here from Raleigh NC, I have nothing but the upmost admiration, respect and love for everything Storm Chasers do each day... You guys ROCK 💯🌪

[@FreddyMcKinney]

Thank you so much Kathryn! Welcome to the channel!

[@miked1355]

Amazing as always Freddy! Next level you and Alex looked dialed in :)

[@FreddyMcKinney]

Thank you! I use an app called Radar Scope

[@TornadoCrewStormChasers]

We were close chasing that day. Great video.

[@FreddyMcKinney]

Thank you. We probably crossed paths a few times

[@TornadoCrewStormChasers]

@@FreddyMcKinneywe will ne up one of these times

[@charliebourdo]

Dude this video is so cool! The view you guys had of this storm was awesome!

[@FreddyMcKinney]

Thanks Charlie! Excited to see your video

[@WXChaserCody]

Your content is awesome man, quickly becoming my go to

[@FreddyMcKinney]

Appreciate it Cody! There's a lot more to come!

[@Crunchymunchz.mx7443]

The fact Tanner Charles survived those 160 mph is crazy... looks like he isnt storm chasing anymore (sad i watched his storm chasing videos and rewatching this it makes me glad that they survived and other people too)

[@GODDOG6615]

High risk Chris did to

[@motrock2]

This came within a mile from my house just past Bryant. Seeing it in person was terrifying. I will never forget the sound!

[@CentralILWx]

This is INCREDIBLE Freddy!

[@FreddyMcKinney]

Thanks Andrew!!

[@CentralILWx]

@@FreddyMcKinney yep no problem!

[@pawleewurx]

Appreciate your views, I stayed east of the river. Storm of the year for Illinois!

[@nightthenightwing5753]

I remember the destruction heading North to Canton and how horrible it was and I'm just happy it didn't go through town, if it did my house would be gone and my cats might be dead, also during this my dad watched a tree fall in our neighbors yard and blocked their front door, the high-school still has missing hurdles from this tornado to this day.

[@EthanBWeather]

Excellent production and footage! That cell was absolutely unbelievable!

[@FreddyMcKinney]

Thank you it really was!

[@smokinjoe2122]

You guys are crazy, but I love your videos!

[@FreddyMcKinney]

Thank you! You're not wrong

[@EliRussell14]

I live in canton right next to Lewiston and I was in limestone at a baseball game and the tornado sirens were going crazy so we booked it back to canton to find out that my aunts house was missing and the next day I had to run around and find all of the missing farm animals

[@Mooniium]

Im genuinely just fascinated by this stuff, how do you get into this line of work?

[@3dburger]

Good luck with your chasing and stay safe! Btw 5:01 was really creepy

[@DevanGoodwin]

Great vid!

[@FreddyMcKinney]

Thank you

[@515ventures3]

Wow the mothership!

[@brittanymiller4671]

I live one town over from this town and it was a very scary evening. I didn't realize how bad it was when it was happening. I was at work at an assisted living center for the elderly that had no tornado shelter. I was in the middle of cooking dinner for the entire facility when all of the alarms started going off. I had to quickly turn all the food off and go knock on the resident's doors to get them to the safest area and most didn't want to come being elderly and stubborn(it was a hard task) the whole time I was on the phone with my family at home begging me to come home(they were in a safe spot) but I couldn't just leave over 50 residents, there was only about 7 staff members including me. I remember once we got everyone in a hallway(the place has big wide windows everywhere) I could see outside and the hail was huge and the sky got so dark like it was the middle of the night, it was terrifying. Debris was flying everywhere. The power kept cutting out, the hail was huge. I am so thankful the tornado didn't head my way because I don't think I would have made it being there. Still shocked they don't have any type of storm shelter there when there is over 50 ppl who live there plus at least usually 20 staff members.

[@97BuckeyeNut]

This was a really good video. Though, I feel like it was really missing some crazy man in the background constantly screaming to "Get in!" and "Let's go!" and "Dominate!" 😂

[@Spencerrcr]

Alright, I know this area pretty well. Did the tornado hit around Canton too? Looks like that last shot is at that shell in North Canton, after you were driving through Lewiston

[@FreddyMcKinney]

It passed south of Canton near Bryant. That final shot is when we stopped chasing the storm in Peoria.

[@t.brannan6940]

It was pretty bad. Damage at Lewistown High School up through Bryant. Several houses destroyed, it looks like a war zone everyday I go to work.

[@akabutu7565]

Nice to see a tornado drop on my birthday (April 4th), great chase and video!

[@FreddyMcKinney]

Hey that's a coincident! Thank you and happy very early birthday!

[@suem6004]

Good job. Was tracking from home. Wild weather those few days from March 31 onwards

[@PowerSerge]

I live near aurora, IL but on that Friday I was on vacation in Ohio so I was safe. I hope everyone was safe.

[@yeahman.9262]

This is great footage. How do you get into this?

[@Zoo-Wee-Mama-Sq]

Using Reed Timmer as a reference, methamphetamine seems to be a good start

[@FreddyMcKinney]

I recommend visiting a spotter training put on by your local National Weather Service. That's a great way to learn the fundaments of storm spotting.

[@yeahman.9262]

@@FreddyMcKinney Thanks man. Definitely will be looking into doing this.

[@yeahman.9262]

@@Zoo-Wee-Mama-Sq Definitely going to try that out too.

[@leannetrotter4414]

THANK YOU GUYS !!!

[@prestonhinkie9405]

Awesome

[@giggles7179]

I have to be honest: It's not easy to take any kind of commentary using meterorological terms and scientific acronyms seriously after hearing "I think it's trying to do a tornado!" at 00:20 and "It's tornado-ing!" early on in this video at 00:37, bless your hearts. Please be safe out there!

[@feoltmanns7624]

I’m stealing ‘it’s tornado-ing’. Freddy should say that in every video. Instant classic 😂

[@stuntmotomoto]

Maybe it was a drunk driver who abandoned the vehicle after crashing.

[@FreddyMcKinney]

I've got some theories but I still haven't found out what happened

[@Cutter-jx3xj]

That SUV being abandoned means stolen usually

[@fumyeah5867]

before this tornado dropped in lewistown it went directly over my house. It had previously dropped and destroyed multiple properties before shortly dissipating then dropping in lewistown. Where I was living narrowly avoided destruction im sure of it, Especially watching the weather radar seeing the eye pass right over me was insane.

[@fumyeah5867]

My mother was narrowly evacuated but I refused to leave due to my pets being in the house.

[@Imonplanetmarz]

I was t expecting it to cut off the way it did…was hoping for more info on that tornado.

[@krazykids9046]

Dude this looks awesome but dangerous be safe on your next adventure

[@acrejwvski-yb7vm]

Hi. I lived in the Manila Philippines for 1 year. One day a funnel cloud was saw. then became a big waterspout a Tornadic one. It came ashore in Baseco Compound destroying everything in its path. Minutes later it dissipated some Filipinos say It was an EF-1 or an F-1

[@andrewcalebgorospe2754]

I think this was the same ef3 that wrecked High Risk Chris's Prius. It looks so menacing.

[@masonjacobia]

A person named tanner he was a storm chaser he was stuck in that tornado but he survived

[@bo1g3r]

should have kept going straight through ltown towards st david, would have seen all the major damage it did,. clear path cut straight through thick timber. and leveled few houses between ltown and st david. tree damage it did still looks insane

[@ltandrew1951]

I was literally in the middle of an evening class at WIU when this tornado hit. I thought some of this area looked familiar 🤣

[@fishingwithhouse]

I lived in Fulton County at one time. The tornado alley of Illinois !

[@unrealengine5-storm713]

Where can I find sounding data and other weather data for these specific dates

[@FreddyMcKinney]

You can find a lot of archived weather data at www.spc.noaa.gov/

[@2345allthebest]

Did everyone have the same reaction when they parked and got out and moved around under the power lines with tornado coming at them?

[@emilieprocsal4541]

Holy cow I remember that tornado forming right above me😳😳😳

[@t.brannan6940]

Did you see the chaser that got hit by the tornado? I know a Fulton County Sheriff’s deputy got hit too.

[@FreddyMcKinney]

Yes thankfully they both ended up okay

[@romanmunoz7471]

On Tuesday April 4, 2023, a tornado a dangerous EF3 in Lewis-town, Illinois.

[@LuieMerced]

Went through my uncles back yard the guy lives next door is a stork chaser he told us it was coming

[@joey6451]

5:29 my brain: GET TF AWAY FROM THE POWERLINES!!!!

[@engineeringfarmer3230]

This leads me to a question, are you safer from lightning under power lines or more at risk 🤔

[@pavelalalala8866]

Bruh of course you are not💀

[@TruthFromTheMtns]

The crash almost looked like it was a car hijacker….Or the owners fled out of fear of the tornado. 🤷🏼‍♀️ What a strange occurrence of events if it was a hijacker.

[@squarepickle]

This tornado took out a few houses and destroyed most of Bryant moments after this footage was taken.

[@trusted.mm2]

Winchester ef3 2024 vs lewistown ef3 Illinois

[@ronare01]

What's the app called?

[@unkn0wn_1-b1i]

5:29 2T22 siren

[@marypennington6519]

God's hands are in every thing

[@angelinaartino7107]

THAT HAPPENED ON MY BIRTHDAY

[@sistersquad5905]

We were really close to it not joking

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