Minneapolis Tornado - Aug. 19, 2009

Tom Clark, a meteorologist for television station WNEP in Moosic, Penn., captured video of a tornado moving across south Minneapolis with his iPhone on August 19, 2009.
Clark was visiting his daughter in Minneapolis. More information on the storm here:

[@elsingirl]

I was downtown in class when this happened. My apartment is only a block from the Electric Fetus, and I was so worried about damage. Scary stuff. I can't believe it happened so quickly.

[@rottemeister]

In the Twin Cities, the sirens mean, "EVERYONE RUN TO THE NEAREST PLATE GLASS WINDOW AND LOOK AT THE STORM."

[@kryspy5160]

ok but its like 3 miles away

[@itsjustcharlie9810]

Happy 10 year anniversary for this video 8/19/2019

[@marlsamuel8010]

Literally just put a date minus ten years and it took me here

[@user-pv4is2mh2n]

I was downtown at Block E with my dad seeing Transformers lol. I remember he got weather alerts from Kare11 and he said there was a tornado so we were dumb and left the theatre and looked out the windows.

[@johnmackay13]

The iPhone 3G[S] is a ground breaking device for local and national news.. The quality is about the same as a $12,000 camera which is also heavy.. The 3G[S] is $200 with a new AT&T contract, and is just a bit taller than a deck of cards but much thinner. And the phone supports HSDPA (3G) for fast sharing of the video to the news room. EVERY NEWS STATION IN AMERICA SHOULD EQUIPP THEIR ENTIRE STAFF WITH AN iPHONE 3G[S] SO THAT WHENEVER NEWS HAPPENS, A REPORT CAN BE SHOT LIVE WITHIN MINS!

[@woollybugger2]

that moved right over our work. it rumbled for about 30-40 seconds, broke windows and knocked down trees. we are in a huge building and never got any warning.

[@MrsSarb]

Gutsyndicate: You are correct. Plus, they could not explain why this tornado happened in the first place. It came from nowhere and they kept talking on the news about how this was completely unreal because there was no reason that we should have been having a tornado that day. It was very, very strange!

[@ocbiotch1]

no body knew the tornado was gonna hit. it was only like 67 degrees and it was only suppose to rain all day no one saw this coming. they cald it something like a water draft.there were no typical sign of a tornado

[@Yeetboi2010]

My dad saw it

[@sinnrs]

Hey this on my birthday

[@sakura15432]

Same here.

[@SpeedSirAudi]

This was about 4 blocks from my house. It's not a pretty site, you can't even drive on some of the roads because of how many trees were knocked down.

[@jarhead565]

That was a weird day. I was playing Medal of Honor, and I heard sirens faintly in the background thinking that it was part of the video game...then I paused it. Nope, legit sirens blaring haha

[@dcs002]

I was at a clinic near University and Hwy 280 around 3:00 (like an hour after this hit), and they told us all that there was a tornado on the ground at that time on 35W & 94. The sirens had just gone off a few minutes earlier. Why? Who knows. They had also gone off a half hour earlier, but again, why? It was all way over by then. Tornado warnings have been so good these past few decades that it's just shocking no one saw this one coming. Still cool though! ('Cause I wasn't in it!)

[@msrw2021]

I work at WFHM and it directly hit the building no warning at all we were all still working at our desks and all the sudden I saw what I thought were birds flying crazily outside the window then I realized it was branches and stuff and I guess on the other side of my building they saw a car bumper fly by

[@Lukelr]

quite a storm today. drove straight through it.

[@ryanjcole]

Very cool... very very cool!

[@Bob-jm8kl]

This passed about 4 blocks from me. It was the only time when the siren went off that I felt really weird inside. I stuffed the cat in her carrier and got ready to head for the basement.

[@ChaosOfTiamat]

Hell yeah! You got that right!

[@checkthisout67]

i work,i live ,i saw,i was.....where were your cameras.people, if not for this guy, we would have no video......you all were sleeping,,,,,,thats were you were......lmao

[@Icapelliperte]

Curious to mention that it happened during the Lutheran Assembly in which they passed some rather raunchy declarations. It turned the cross upside down on the steeple of the church (and split it in half), hurt the roof of the conference center and then lifted back up. Coincidence? I don't think so.

[@Loony359]

@touyang91 a tornado just hit Northside a few hours ago Hope you all are ok

[@teeyang2208]

I live in the Metro and that was a year ago from where I was born

[@ChaosOfTiamat]

I live like 5 blocks away from where that happened also....

[@miguel30660]

i live like two blocks away from were it past by but i didnt feel anything until i saw it on the news, and luckly theres no trees by my house

[@colinshark]

I also died in the storm.

[@Dragonite22.]

Minneapolis tornado happened the day I was born

[@colinshark]

Cute tornado.

[@usaray]

RIP sassycat.

[@StageBoy13]

my mom was stupid enough to drive in that and we almost got in a car crash we only didn't because some people would let us over and they got in one instead

[@Quininkidink]

it wasnt bad just rain all day

[@djfrayz]

Yeah, except for the tornado in this video :P

[@Yeetboi2010]

My dad saw this and no one belived him

[@AeroModule]

is there debris? there might be debris. someone said something about debris. jesus, i hope there isn't debris! oh wait, there's debris.

[@jarhead565]

i remember that happening, it was like a regular rain cloud then BAM! a tornado developed and Jonathan Yuhas at Kare 11 could not believe it! He even said it was impossible.

[@misselise07]

Hmmm I was riding the light rail around that day a few hours before it hit..the sky really looked funny that day...

[@tricybaby07]

Debris...

[@aurykl]

Oh my gosh we have debris!! Tell Doug we have DEBRIS!! DEBRIS south of the city. Wait is that debris?? SCRATCH THAT it's small debris!!

[@alosha18]

the iphone takes great videos

[@loganseifert4667]

My house was recked

[@rottemeister]

DEBRIS! IT'S DEBRIS! Good Dave Dahl reference!

[@6400az]

Debris...........As Thurton Howell the 3rd would say. " Remove the debris"

[@jasonchucky11]

I WAS THERE

[@jasonchucky11]

i was there

[@spiked200]

I'm not a meteorologist,but I disagree that the twister was an EF0.From the description of the damage in the paper,I think it had to have been a weak to moderate EF1.

[@IEatFryRice]

@Loony359 I'm GOOD Tornado can't stop me the only thing that could stop me is death

[@anhrox]

thats scary.. get in the tornado safety position? or the bath tub msg me for a free invite to lockerz (join before the site goes public)

[@KDAWGx7777777]

that is some DEBRIS! add me if youre a real MNsotan!

[@dope763]

northside is the worst side :D

[@blakester789]

ripoff

[@Loony359]

@touyang91 Haha nice

[@yuGrettuGehT]

ok i watched another video with damage its at least strong f2 maybe even weak f3..trust me i know this shit