Tornado South Bend Indiana 6-23-19

Rare EF2 low based supercell non thunderstorm Tornado that caused damage south side of South Bend Indiana.Warning was issued just after this video was shot.Heavy rain shower had just moved through stopped and then wind suddenly picked up to 45 or 50.This was Jackson and Ironwood road looking north.my second tornado the first being an f0.This location had no damage but was in wind circulation for less then a minute with winds of about 35 to 45.Track was 2 miles long and 200 feet wide.

[@brianmcconnell531]

Great shooting, you can really see the rotation. Thank God no injuries are being reported so far.

[@Jdwify]

My grandma's house was not far from this area. She lived in Mishawaka, not far from Mishawaka Avenue and Ironwood Road. Grandma died in 2016 but i have zillions of fond memories of South Bend, Scottsdale Mall, Potowatami Park etc. this is impressive video. Well done.

[@libertylost8286]

That is one of the slowest moving tornadoes I have seen. That would be more scary. More time to tear things up.

[@vanhouten64]

This video appears to have been filmed from the intersection of Chesire Dr and Ironwood Rd on the south side of South Bend; the view is towards the north. A most impressive spectacle.

[@michianamainlines3538]

You are correct sir.EF2.

[@bl00dyspace39]

i live in gary, so im gucci ig lol

[@coolmix44]

It was only shear luck that Tornado didn' t stay on the ground long or things could have been really bad!! Amen

[@nokia8408]

Hey it ripped off the roof of a daycare

[@Chris_Russell]

It also heavily damaged a house (destroyed the screened-in porch) along Hawthorne Road, just south of the daycare center. The garage was lifted off the foundation there as well. It's a good thing that it happened on a Sunday evening, when nobody was at the daycare center - and that there were no injuries or deaths.

[@DORRogue]

One of the tornados destroyed a daycare

[@camjam8705]

I live in the area, and everytime we hear sirens we laugh and go chuck a football outside or something, cause the last time we had "dangerous" tornadoes was November 2013. This is a one in a million chance for South Bend.

[@michianamainlines3538]

sadly I don't believe this area is ready for a big ef5 disaster.I read posts on social media asking for a good way to remember difference between watch and warning.Many when hearing a warning or seeing a tornado will just text somebody and ask what they should do.

[@KS62356]

That is what we thought in Dayton, Ohio, then we got hit by 15 tornadoes on Memorial Day, including an EF 4 tornado that left 14 miles of devastation. We don't think that way anymore.

[@justinanderson181]

I live in Osceola and we had a funnel cloud literally above our neighborhood on this same day and everyone was just chilling outside watching it like nothings there. I agree that if an ef5 or heck even an ef4 did come, there would sadly be more than a couple of casualties

[@MrWolfSnack]

@@michianamainlines3538 The geography of the land is not suitable for tornadic activity. The jet stream off Lake Michigan plays a major role in this. Also the land is very hilly and this part of the city is above sea level, so the terrain is also not consive to a tornado. Watch videos of past tornadoes from here, they "hunt" and try and grab ahold of the ground anywhere, and they just can't gain a footing. They bounce around all over the place before they get out to around Plymouth and Wyatt and tear stuff up where it's all flat.

[@randidaeger157]

Don’t be foolish!

[@tamarastojanovic1572]

I remember that. I'm obsessed with weather, and when we were on vacation, i tell my mom: "MOM THERES A TORNADO IN SOUTH BEND", and as usual she doesn't listen. Turns out when we got back the daycare a few blocks away from our house was destroyed, and my neighbors house had a tree on top.................thinking about this i should have freaked out more seeing a couplet on RadarScope just meters from my house....

[@michianamainlines3538]

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[@lonechicken1]

Outstanding video. :) NWS has rated this tornado an EF-2, by the way.

[@HailSpikeHayden]

Must have not hit many well built structures, this looks solid EF3 strength to me if you base it on motion

[@Minho-vd7ub]

This happened yesterday to me, I’m glad we are safe but my dad saw the tornado and quickly came to the basement! It was 15 mins away and I’m glad nothing happened!

[@Kurt4825]

That was a terrifying tornado I remember the day a touchdown I was in my basement sadly I didn’t get to see it

[@RajaReign78]

I couldn’t believe when I watched the news a tornado actually hit, cuz in Michigan City that day we didn’t even get a drop of rain. South Bend isn’t very far away. 😦

[@ethanvanacker]

I remember this tornado, my friend worked at a speedway and saw it touch down as it struck the daycare

[@jedendwatrzy4189]

I live just north of this location near Ironwood and Brookmede. I heard the weather sirens go off before the tornado but then they stopped. A few minutes later I was looking out my back door and I saw the remains of the rotation heading north parallel to Ironwood and lots of tree branches, boards and what I later figured out must have been balloons from the day care center swirling around in the sky. It is always said that a tornado sounds like a train rumbling by. It does!

[@jedendwatrzy4189]

Great video, by the way!

[@Rawnervscope]

Did Notre Dame get hit?

[@Olliethelabradane]

I can't believe that we had a tornado. It was so calm yesterday. I never even heard any thunder.

[@michianamainlines3538]

I did not see any lightening or hear thunder.Flashes in the video are power lines coming down.

[@Chris_Russell]

There was not any thunder, which makes this tornado all the more unusual (for this region, anyway). According to meteorologist Tom Hoffman, it pretty much came from out of nowhere. There are still video clips about this available on the WNDU website. Just type tornado in the search box, scroll down and you'll find at least two options from late June, 2019, each of which has several videos.

[@aaronreinhart7017]

That thing is huge

[@kekosunny6202]

I was laying on the lawn chairs like whatever

[@gregwitt2796]

Hey what part of south bend was this? I’m in Texas but my parents live out near Cleveland rd/portage rd.

[@roostormchaser2476]

Greg Witt don’t worry this was by Ironwood road

[@gregwitt2796]

Roostormchaser 24 ah thanks. Did it pass through Mishawaka as well or just the ironwood rd area?

[@Olliethelabradane]

@@gregwitt2796 i believe it just went down Ironwood. No reports of injuries.

[@nathanedwards3492]

I was in south bend for my brothers lacrosse tournament that day luckily we decided to not stay an extra night

[@jakobesch6561]

True IN?

[@ericzerkle5214]

Warning after the fact.. Ugh... That tornado be like "here i am bitches!"

[@KCGeno]

South Bend doesn't have tornado sirens???!

[@boeloveldman]

Did these people know there was a tornado vanishing in their backyard?

[@comandermcgarrett7795]

My aunt lives in south bend i hope her house didnt get oofed.

[@Yudentheepicboy]

Pretty much my whole family lives near there!

[@jenell411]

I live in south bend this was not to far from me

[@canadiannationalrailfanner2453]

I have to say, where was the Nearest Federal Signal 2001? Why did it not activate, was it a malfunction?

[@michianamainlines3538]

Don't remember if i heard a siren or not but NWS did issue a warning.

[@canadiannationalrailfanner2453]

@@michianamainlines3538 People are saying they heard it before the tornado was seen.

[@jdub4626]

I remember hearing them then I seen the tornado left up over my house. The sirens were only on a few minutes before I seen it. I live just north of where this tornado is being recorded at in Mishawaka. A cop in the area saw the tornado and told dispatch to turn on the sirens. The doppler didn't pic it up.

[@robinsullivan3141]

Location not far from Palm Sunday tornados 1965.

[@dougbadgley6031]

I live in central Indiana but being familiar with that outbreak i can say your right. My mother and aunt experienced that outbreak then I went through the 1974 Super Outbreak in Tipton County.

[@randidaeger157]

People are driving around.

[@MoeLarrycurly1]

Wow 😢😮😮

[@rockybarrand222]

I noticed NO SIRENS..WTF

[@TheDriller64]

That thing looks fucking huge

[@lujonb62kevbar41]

Where the hell were the sirens??!!

[@tanayjah2273]

That’s my question aswell

[@michianamainlines3538]

they did go off and warning was issued just after I shot this footage.i have a couple more minutes I may post where you hear my weather radios sounding in the house.

[@kylevansickle1891]

The tornado knocked out the power to some of the sirens

[@michianamainlines3538]

I can't hear the sirens inside and with talk,tv radio.Everyone needs a weather radio and with so many available there is just no reason to not have one.smart phones don't cut it.

[@ericzerkle5214]

So they went off after the fact. Where were the spotters????

[@drewski1535]

😮😮😮

[@ladyb-bu8hj]

😮

[@bigjkeelfoot9665]

I was watching John wick when this happened

[@ericwilliams1159]

Look at the 2:00 mark. You will see a devil's face in the tornado. Wow!!!

[@michianamainlines3538]

some see a puppy peeking over the house at that time.

[@thelmusgiggadottir9807]

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[@MonthlyFailsOutreaching]

Hey Michiana Mainlines, do you have an email address at which we could contact you regarding this video? We would be interested to discuss a license to use this video if this is generally possible? (i.e. via email) :) Cheers, Felix