The weather that happens in the plains is terrifying even for those of us understand it. I can't imagine the poor settlers must have felt who had no clue about this. Great footage
@@ellaroberts1812 well...lets just say i hope they had a very sturdy house...other that, not much you can do. Derechos can exceed hurricane force winds and last anywhere from hours to DAYS. They dont just bring strong winds and rain, hail is common and they CAN spawn tornadoes. Theres some interesting native american stories on how they viewed and dealt with massive storms like these.
I lived in Arizona for the last 25 years (just moved out of there last year) and I remember seeing these walls of dust approaching night after night knowing the next day would be full of cleaning up. It is just incredible how quickly you go from daylight to darkness as the wall of dust moves over you. I'm amazed at the areas of the country that are experiencing these now. Thanks for this video.... Take care and be well. Peace.
Although not super common, we get these on the east coast too even around DC, NYC etc. usually once a year. The weather systems travel all the way across the country.
@@mikepierce4739 I can usually see them gearing up from my front porch, and I know when Picacho area is going to get hit. Always bad accidents when they blast through. I purposely avoid traveling at certain times of the day on I-10 in the summer.
Top half of the flagpole disappeared around the 15 minute mark so gives you an idea of actually how much damage that wind could do. Excellent footage, was interesting to see it gradually getting darker as each layer of cloud got nearer. Conditions deteriorated rapidly as the dust arrived, that thing was moving. Best video I've watched of the storm so far.
@@markengel6570 Same with me, had not heard of derecho before this year and I've just turned 72!! Always sad to hear about loss of life and physical damage caused by nature's storms. We had a few over last winter here in the UK, when I was a youngster the meteorologists just said it would be stormy with squalls and gales. These days they seem to give anything more than a band of rain the designation of a storm and name it like they do hurricanes. As you say, interesting.
It’s amazing to watch them come in. We had one in northern Illinois a while back . Didn’t have the dust but the winds were insane. We were without power tor 4 days. Nice video!
I was stopped at the rest area 35 miles west of town on I 90 This storm hit so fast and violent, the weather alert warned if outside, wind and debris would be fatal. Luckily no one there was injured. This was crazy.
I've been trying to do some investigating into the storm that hit us last month and it's starting to make sense that it was this and not a tornado, even though the NWS declared a tornado warning for Emmet County, IA. But we got a crap ton of rain along with the very high winds, which made me think that we were getting clipped by a tornado in Estherville. I go to Sioux Falls often for appointments and it's mind-boggling to me that such a nice city just getting slammed by this thing. Insane. Can you confirm that this went into the Estherville area? Because it certainly scared the pants off me. Knocked a tree down onto my neighbor's house. Lots of debris and damage, oddly no power outage on our side of town but the south and west lost power. I've been obsessively trying to figure out what kind of storm hit us as I particularly do not wish to experience it again due to the widespread damage in the town. There was also a lot of lightning, so I was particularly confused. I really thought we were inside of a tornado, but if that were the case, our home would be devastated. So if any South Dakotan or Iowan can confirm that this is what hit instead of a tornadic storm, would appreciate it. That sucks that a teacher died. RIP. :(
@SnowdawgGG where were you situated at specifically if I may ask? I live at on N 14th St in Estherville, IA. This was a very nasty storm. Do you know the exact damage to the town, if you were here in town, my guy? I've been wanting to study storms my whole life, but missed my calling.
I'm still trying to get more information on this. I've never experienced this kind of storm system before and would like to grab all of the free available data on it such as debris, wind velocity, potential twisting behaviors, hail cores, any tornadic activity because it is possible in these, how much damage, trajectory, overall size. I may not be a professional, but don't you think that we need more people studying the weather now more than ever? Prepare for the worst? I'd hate to see winter this year, my goodness.
This is some awesome footage !! Thank you ! I would definitely be terrified if I saw that scary looking cloud coming toward me. I haven't ever experienced this.
It's called a sight that will NEVER BE seen again in Oklahoma is what this is called. SEVERE WEATHER does not occur in that state anymore for 10 years now.
Yes, by all technicality it is a haboob. The powerful outflow/downdraft winds from the storm fan out along the ground at the edge of the storm, and it pushes the warm air up into the atmoshpere, which is what forms the shelf cloud and gives the bottom a ragged appearance. The dust gets picked up by the downdraft winds, and the process of the air rising along the leading edge pushes it up into a wall of dust beneath the shelf cloud, so yes it is a creation of the storm itself.
I live 230+ miles to the north in Fargo, ND. When this got up there, it had really weakened. Fargo was much cooler that day, upper 60's and I suppose the storms had nothing to really feed off on. There was some lightning/thunder I recorded. Just 50 miles to my south, winds were topping 80 mph though. This video was incredible!
Yea it was all dust. I was watching this through my basement window and it was pretty scary. It looked scary but it was just the dust that made it look so dark out.
At this videos time stamp 4:54 there"s a very bright white object shots across the sky at an angle. It starts at the roof line of the gray house with the white trim with the tree to the left of it. That does not appear to be debris. I've seen the very thing recorded in a video many years ago and it to proceeded at storm front. Any answers?
I experienced the derecho that hit northern Wisconsin in 2019. I keep up with severe weather avidly so I knew it was coming, but I was staying in a cabin with no basement. When it hit, 1+ foot diameter trees were snapped and one fell on the cabin partially collapsing the roof. I'd estimate 90 mph winds based on the damage to trees and buildings. These things can be nasty Edit: it was also a rare PDS severe thunderstorm watch with winds up to 105 mph listed
I went through the tornado warned derecheo that hit central/southern Wisconsin last July, and having lived here my entire life I must say that aside from the ef5 tornado that hit Oakfield in 1996 (7 miles from where I live), this was the scariest storm I've ever seen! Normally I LOVE storms, and my son and I sat outside for an hour, just watching this thing roll in. It was night, and the lightning was the most impressive that I've ever seen before! It was fun and exciting until the tornado warnings started. Then it was terrifying as I don't have a basement, or any decent shelter! It's crazy how these violent storms seem to be migrating north lately, in particular the ef3 that just hit northern Michigan!
@@danadoozer9990 I went through that one too! I just happened to be up north for the 2019 one but I live in Waukesha county. For the 2021 derecho event there was a reported tornado 2 miles from where I live, and one rated EF-1 four miles away. I don't know how they confirm it's a tornado and not just straight-line winds, I'm assuming by the damage pattern, but either way it was intense and a bit scary. I was only 4 years old when the Oakfield tornado happened so I don't remember it, but the videos I've seen of it are amazing. I do remember the 2005 outbreak with the EF-3 in Stoughton though. The same cell hit us directly and covered our yard with debris, one of the craziest things I've ever experienced.
@@rektspresso7288 oh wow, you get to have ALL the fun! I was working at a nursing home in fond du lac at the time of the Oakfield tornado. The sirens were going off, and we had to evacuate all the residents to the hallways. I was working on the 3rd floor and it was HOT, so after we got everyone to the hallways, we stepped outside onto a balcony. It had a roof over it so you couldn't look straight up, but as we stood there, we heard a noise like a jet engine, but CLOSE. We went to the edge of the balcony and looked up at the sky and there it was, a huge funnel cloud hanging out of the sky! We freaked, and several of the CNAs ran to the basement and 5 minutes later, Oakfield was getting obliterated. We were watching the news in shock and disbelief as nothing of this magnitude had ever happened so close to home! Such an awful day for so many people!
@@rektspresso7288 oh wow, you get to have ALL the fun! I was working at a nursing home in fond du lac at the time of the Oakfield tornado. The sirens were going off, and we had to evacuate all the residents to the hallways. I was working on the 3rd floor and it was HOT, so after we got everyone to the hallways, we stepped outside onto a balcony. It had a roof over it so you couldn't look straight up, but as we stood there, we heard a noise like a jet engine, but CLOSE. We went to the edge of the balcony and looked up at the sky and there it was, a huge funnel cloud hanging out of the sky! We freaked, and several of the CNAs ran to the basement and 5 minutes later, Oakfield was getting obliterated. We were watching the news in shock and disbelief as nothing of this magnitude had ever happened so close to home! Such an awful day for so many people!
This one here had recorded wind speeds of up to 97 miles an hour in a town a few minutes away from where I live. We also recorded an 87mph using a weather station thing here on our farm. It resulted in the complete collapse of 2 buildings as well as flipping our chicken coop upside down.
Hello! Im David Tonogan a associate producer with The Weather Channel, we would like to use your great video of the Derecho on air. We will give you credit on air for your video.
That flag put up a good fight to hang on before blowing away. I’m curious did the wood fence survive? There’s a wood fence located at 8th street and Cliff avenue where the entire fence blew over in one big piece.🤦🏼♂️
@@stevenfletcher9287 the west side of Cliff between the vacant corner lot at 8th & Cliff and the house going north on Cliff. The power line in the alley way between French Ave and Cliff came down scorching the Green Eggs and Ram Computer Stores van pretty good, we had now power in the area for two days. Our porch swing was flying horizontally outside our porch for a few minutes before it came back crashing down when the wind passed.
I grew up in Jerrell tx I was in a EF five tornado in 1997. We see clouds like this all the time when we get tornado warnings and it also same thing with thunderstorm warnings as well but we don’t just get strong winds we get dangerous winds when we get some thunderstorm warnings sometimes winds can get up to 110 sometimes to 120 miles an hourdown here we call them straight line wins
I'm from Cedar rapids too.. That was NOTHING like what we went through! I'm lucky to be alive... I was in my vehicle dodging huge trees and power lines.
I’m from Cedar Rapids too. I would never wish a derecho like we had on anyone either. It was terrifying. My power was off for 8 days. The whole city looked like a war zone.
I experienced a derecho in Marion Illinois May 8th 2009. I was in 3rd grade and we had to go out to the hallway. Never experienced anything like that since.
I'd just like to make a comment. . . .hmmmm, not sure why one of the people, whose voice, we hear. . . in this video. . . .said, "Very little wind." Sounds/looks pretty windy to me. I 'dunno. . . .maybe l'm mistaken. . . .maybe he said "Its very windy?"Just listened through it a few times.
I pray for everyone that was affected by this storm! I hate severe thunderstorms because of the fact that they are notorious for causing tornadoes 🌪! Ours usually hit at night while we’re sleeping.
That looks mean. The worst thing about these types of storms is the risk of embedded tornadic vorcities, though the straight line wind is damaging enough. Nice vid!
In cases like this, The powerful outflow/downdraft winds from the storm fan out along the ground at the edge of the storm, and it pushes the warm air up into the atmoshpere, which is what forms the shelf cloud and gives the bottom a ragged appearance. The dust gets picked up by the downdraft winds, and the process of the air rising along the leading edge pushes it up into a wall of dust beneath the shelf cloud.
So did you get notified this was coming and stepped outside to film it??? We had one of these in Kansas around 2006. Thought it was a tornado. Trees knocked down all over town, windows in house sucked out, you could hear nails in the house squeaking as the roof was pulled on. It was terrifying. This seems pretty tame by comparison.
This doesn't seem anything like the Iowa Derecho of a very few years ago. This just seems like a dust storm. A Derecho has certain parameters, like 125-150 mph winds (iirc) that travel:at least 250 miles in distance.
Beauté absolue des éléments qui nous rappelle que nous sommes de passage ici mais que nous avons la chance d’ être vivants sur Terre. Nous assistons à ce spectacle en en faisant partie d’ où que nous soyons. C’ est beau et effrayant mais nous sommes sans peur, …et vaillamment. Cela ne fera que passer.
I considered posting a video I took while driving through this storm (to the north of sioux falls). It was dark as midnight with visibility matching the worst of blizzards. It was truly insane.
I got a (probably) too up-close and personal with this storm since I was driving through it when it hit. Truly terrific experience, however, the adrenaline rush was one of a kind.
A Derecho has certain parameters of wind speed and distance traveled (might or might not have much dust). A Haboob is just a monster dust storm... windy, but not as bad. Watch the Iowa Derecho videos in here. It leveled a lot of Des Moines trees and flimsier structures. Much worse than this.
I drove through this (a few miles to the north east of sioux falls (5ish miles east of baltic)) and it was literally pitch black out where i was. Easily less than 20ft of visibility and for around 30 minutes straight. Unlike here in the video, it was so dark that no sunlight made it through for around a half an hour. Terrifying, yet also kinda really cool at the same time.
I was doing work by Canisota had to drive through it too! I was so scared never seen anything like it! Drove by snapped power lines, building torn to shreds and tipped semi trucks by Freeman. We are a lot luckier then that lady who got hit by a branch in SF...
@@delveaking1188 yep. Luckily the only person I personally know that got injured from all this is my younger brother when he slipped, fell, and gashed open his knee when we were wrangling some calfs from a collapsed barn of ours. Aside from the barn, out over here we had a couple buildings collapse, a chicken shed flip on its roof, downed power lines and branches, and our neighbors had 60ft grain bins get ripped in half.
It was 4 p.m. I ran from my porch to the car because I have so many giant trees that were dropping huge branches. As I ran, a 50 foot pine tree fell over and missed the house by inches! A huge limb from a cottonwood fell on my roof and put a hole in it. I was completely shocked!
Im glad i live is sioux falls and not any of the towns west and north that got hit with the 90 to 120mph winds. I live downtown and saw 2 transformers flashing and lighting up the sky south of my building when this was going on.
I thought the west side of town was hit bad but after seeing this... it was one intense storm and so many down trees. Hopefully no one seriously hurt from this.
If i had a camera and knowledge i would have shown the drecho that hit cottonwoood. About 6 houses serious roof damage. Power out for 13 hrs. 2 corn elevators pulled into themselves. Many trees knocked completly out. One tree took a WHOLE power pole with it and a car destoryed underneath it. Senior center roof had a large gaping hole in it with glass and wood littering the road in front of it. Dont know where the glass came from as there were no building i saw that had tarp over there windows
I was a bit South in vermillion so it came a tad earlier. I got the warning a mere 2 minutes before the power went out. Made it hard to finish my saxophone lesson
You gotta love all these flag flyers, many of them put down those who don't. Flag etiquette clearly says to stow a flag before foul weather. They almost never do.
I was just thinking that. I might be remembering this wrong, but I think they taught us back in my elementary school that if the American flag was allowed to touch or fall to the ground, it would have to be burned. Like I said, I might be remembering wrong. It was a few years ago…lol
Also fun fact a the next day after this storm there was 3 days in a row with terrible wind, golf size hail and tornadoes near sioux falls. Lots a damaged cars and roofs. Kinda annoying honestly someone must've gotten a hold of gods weather commands.
"Don't water fields without crops due to severe drought"...but then this happens, i.e., dustbowl scenarios. I dunno what I'm talking about in case anyone can explain what causes these issues historically!
It's strange that no matter where you live, good neighborhood bad whatever... We are all powerless against nature. It is the true, undiluted essence of being. No wonder all religions are wellsprings from that fountain.. "That was not made, By the hands of men"
I believe this is a dust storm, I don't see sustained winds of 80 to 90 plus in this video, I see gusts and not anything like the other videos showing nonstop winds of 80 plus for what seems to hours, you are fortunate this wasn't like most of the other derechos
The cameras and pictures do not do justice to how dark it got when this hit. It was bright and then it was night. Power lines severed, so many stores went lights out. And so many people got lucky with falling trees. I'm ready to move out of the Midwest 😂
The weather that happens in the plains is terrifying even for those of us understand it. I can't imagine the poor settlers must have felt who had no clue about this. Great footage
Wao! This is the conversation my son and I had yesterday, how did people in the past centuries deal with this weather!?
@@ellaroberts1812 they didn’t, they had the privilege of a 22 kilometer tombstone
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@@ellaroberts1812 well...lets just say i hope they had a very sturdy house...other that, not much you can do. Derechos can exceed hurricane force winds and last anywhere from hours to DAYS. They dont just bring strong winds and rain, hail is common and they CAN spawn tornadoes.
Theres some interesting native american stories on how they viewed and dealt with massive storms like these.
@@lethalpenguin61 can you explain the joke?
You guys have some nice lawns out there in Sioux Falls.
I live in Sioux Falls. This storm was nuts. It was ripping the trees right out of the ground.
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It scared the everliving hell out of me
I was home alone with my brother when it hit
I remember this too. ‘Twas a wild night.
I lived in Arizona for the last 25 years (just moved out of there last year) and I remember seeing these walls of dust approaching night after night knowing the next day would be full of cleaning up. It is just incredible how quickly you go from daylight to darkness as the wall of dust moves over you. I'm amazed at the areas of the country that are experiencing these now. Thanks for this video.... Take care and be well. Peace.
The dust storms at Picacho peak are legendary.
@@mikepierce4739 I agree. I lived in Arizona City. The last place you wanted to be during a dust storm was on I-10 in the Picacho Peak/Eloy area.😧 ✌️
Although not super common, we get these on the east coast too even around DC, NYC etc. usually once a year. The weather systems travel all the way across the country.
@@charliedallachie3539 Yes, I have seen the videos of that happening in those areas. They are just so strange.
@@mikepierce4739 I can usually see them gearing up from my front porch, and I know when Picacho area is going to get hit. Always bad accidents when they blast through. I purposely avoid traveling at certain times of the day on I-10 in the summer.
THIS IS SOME TOTALLY AWESOME FOOTAGE.!!! THANK YOU.
Tim Conway would say: "Don't yell at me!"
Top half of the flagpole disappeared around the 15 minute mark so gives you an idea of actually how much damage that wind could do. Excellent footage, was interesting to see it gradually getting darker as each layer of cloud got nearer. Conditions deteriorated rapidly as the dust arrived, that thing was moving. Best video I've watched of the storm so far.
Closer to 16:00
@@ewizzle2 Thanks for the correction, on re-checking you're absolutely spot on. Good job I don't get involved in time trials of any sort!
@@markengel6570 Same with me, had not heard of derecho before this year and I've just turned 72!! Always sad to hear about loss of life and physical damage caused by nature's storms. We had a few over last winter here in the UK, when I was a youngster the meteorologists just said it would be stormy with squalls and gales. These days they seem to give anything more than a band of rain the designation of a storm and name it like they do hurricanes. As you say, interesting.
The storm was moving to the NE at 85 mph with wind gusts up to 80 mph. That's category 1 hurricane strength.
These colors don't run but they sure can be blown away. ;)
It’s amazing to watch them come in. We had one in northern Illinois a while back . Didn’t have the dust but the winds were insane. We were without power tor 4 days. Nice video!
I was stopped at the rest area 35 miles west of town on I 90 This storm hit so fast and violent, the weather alert warned if outside, wind and debris would be fatal. Luckily no one there was injured. This was crazy.
a teacher was killed. a tree crushed her while she was in her car.
@@bigstinky7923 just sounds like the one we had in Ontario. 11 people died most got crushed by debris and trees
I've been trying to do some investigating into the storm that hit us last month and it's starting to make sense that it was this and not a tornado, even though the NWS declared a tornado warning for Emmet County, IA. But we got a crap ton of rain along with the very high winds, which made me think that we were getting clipped by a tornado in Estherville.
I go to Sioux Falls often for appointments and it's mind-boggling to me that such a nice city just getting slammed by this thing. Insane.
Can you confirm that this went into the Estherville area? Because it certainly scared the pants off me. Knocked a tree down onto my neighbor's house. Lots of debris and damage, oddly no power outage on our side of town but the south and west lost power.
I've been obsessively trying to figure out what kind of storm hit us as I particularly do not wish to experience it again due to the widespread damage in the town. There was also a lot of lightning, so I was particularly confused. I really thought we were inside of a tornado, but if that were the case, our home would be devastated.
So if any South Dakotan or Iowan can confirm that this is what hit instead of a tornadic storm, would appreciate it.
That sucks that a teacher died. RIP. :(
@SnowdawgGG where were you situated at specifically if I may ask? I live at on N 14th St in Estherville, IA. This was a very nasty storm. Do you know the exact damage to the town, if you were here in town, my guy? I've been wanting to study storms my whole life, but missed my calling.
I'm still trying to get more information on this. I've never experienced this kind of storm system before and would like to grab all of the free available data on it such as debris, wind velocity, potential twisting behaviors, hail cores, any tornadic activity because it is possible in these, how much damage, trajectory, overall size.
I may not be a professional, but don't you think that we need more people studying the weather now more than ever? Prepare for the worst? I'd hate to see winter this year, my goodness.
Being from Atlanta, I am awestruck by the strength of these storms. Well done recording this. Its seriously cool.
Holy shit! That was so ominous. I'd a been freaking out.
At least you didn't see Imhotep's face coming at you.
Say no to "Freemasonry"
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This is some awesome footage !! Thank you ! I would definitely be terrified if I saw that scary looking cloud coming toward me. I haven't ever experienced this.
I grew up in southern Minnesota. Summer thunderstorms were often dramatic and scary.
This whole storm looked like a friggin' time lapse!
Isn't that a haboob? Is it both a Derecho and a Haboob? Is 2nd phenomena a creation of the 1st?
Idk if that's enough dust to be considered a haboob.
It's called a sight that will NEVER BE seen again in Oklahoma is what this is called. SEVERE WEATHER does not occur in that state anymore for 10 years now.
Yes, by all technicality it is a haboob. The powerful outflow/downdraft winds from the storm fan out along the ground at the edge of the storm, and it pushes the warm air up into the atmoshpere, which is what forms the shelf cloud and gives the bottom a ragged appearance. The dust gets picked up by the downdraft winds, and the process of the air rising along the leading edge pushes it up into a wall of dust beneath the shelf cloud, so yes it is a creation of the storm itself.
@@chadcrawford1502 Did you not see the recent tornado outbreaks?
It's a haboob caused by a derecho.
I live 230+ miles to the north in Fargo, ND. When this got up there, it had really weakened. Fargo was much cooler that day, upper 60's and I suppose the storms had nothing to really feed off on. There was some lightning/thunder I recorded. Just 50 miles to my south, winds were topping 80 mph though. This video was incredible!
how about today ??? any update , from Fargo??
Man that Derecho looked scary as hell when it first came in.
That’s dust? I thought Derecho was Spanish for Tornado 🌪
@@shannongreenwell1278 strait line winds
Yea it was all dust. I was watching this through my basement window and it was pretty scary. It looked scary but it was just the dust that made it look so dark out.
I wonder how the natives handled weather like this. Seems honestly scary.
not quite Cedar Rapids... but that incoming apocalyptic dust cloud was pretty cool
5:46 "Oh say can you see".......................😲🏁
At this videos time stamp 4:54 there"s a very bright white object shots across the sky at an angle. It starts at the roof line of the gray house with the white trim with the tree to the left of it. That does not appear to be debris. I've seen the very thing recorded in a video many years ago and it to proceeded at storm front. Any answers?
Another at 5:58 same area…most likely debris I think…but definitely weird looking!
Casper getting out of dodge
I experienced the derecho that hit northern Wisconsin in 2019. I keep up with severe weather avidly so I knew it was coming, but I was staying in a cabin with no basement. When it hit, 1+ foot diameter trees were snapped and one fell on the cabin partially collapsing the roof. I'd estimate 90 mph winds based on the damage to trees and buildings. These things can be nasty
Edit: it was also a rare PDS severe thunderstorm watch with winds up to 105 mph listed
I went through the tornado warned derecheo that hit central/southern Wisconsin last July, and having lived here my entire life I must say that aside from the ef5 tornado that hit Oakfield in 1996 (7 miles from where I live), this was the scariest storm I've ever seen! Normally I LOVE storms, and my son and I sat outside for an hour, just watching this thing roll in. It was night, and the lightning was the most impressive that I've ever seen before! It was fun and exciting until the tornado warnings started. Then it was terrifying as I don't have a basement, or any decent shelter! It's crazy how these violent storms seem to be migrating north lately, in particular the ef3 that just hit northern Michigan!
@@danadoozer9990 I went through that one too! I just happened to be up north for the 2019 one but I live in Waukesha county. For the 2021 derecho event there was a reported tornado 2 miles from where I live, and one rated EF-1 four miles away. I don't know how they confirm it's a tornado and not just straight-line winds, I'm assuming by the damage pattern, but either way it was intense and a bit scary.
I was only 4 years old when the Oakfield tornado happened so I don't remember it, but the videos I've seen of it are amazing. I do remember the 2005 outbreak with the EF-3 in Stoughton though. The same cell hit us directly and covered our yard with debris, one of the craziest things I've ever experienced.
@@rektspresso7288 oh wow, you get to have ALL the fun! I was working at a nursing home in fond du lac at the time of the Oakfield tornado. The sirens were going off, and we had to evacuate all the residents to the hallways. I was working on the 3rd floor and it was HOT, so after we got everyone to the hallways, we stepped outside onto a balcony. It had a roof over it so you couldn't look straight up, but as we stood there, we heard a noise like a jet engine, but CLOSE. We went to the edge of the balcony and looked up at the sky and there it was, a huge funnel cloud hanging out of the sky! We freaked, and several of the CNAs ran to the basement and 5 minutes later, Oakfield was getting obliterated. We were watching the news in shock and disbelief as nothing of this magnitude had ever happened so close to home! Such an awful day for so many people!
@@rektspresso7288 oh wow, you get to have ALL the fun! I was working at a nursing home in fond du lac at the time of the Oakfield tornado. The sirens were going off, and we had to evacuate all the residents to the hallways. I was working on the 3rd floor and it was HOT, so after we got everyone to the hallways, we stepped outside onto a balcony. It had a roof over it so you couldn't look straight up, but as we stood there, we heard a noise like a jet engine, but CLOSE. We went to the edge of the balcony and looked up at the sky and there it was, a huge funnel cloud hanging out of the sky! We freaked, and several of the CNAs ran to the basement and 5 minutes later, Oakfield was getting obliterated. We were watching the news in shock and disbelief as nothing of this magnitude had ever happened so close to home! Such an awful day for so many people!
This one here had recorded wind speeds of up to 97 miles an hour in a town a few minutes away from where I live. We also recorded an 87mph using a weather station thing here on our farm. It resulted in the complete collapse of 2 buildings as well as flipping our chicken coop upside down.
We're just north of this. I was at work when it came in. It tore down a building at the job site. There's still damage a month later
Hello! Im David Tonogan a associate producer with The Weather Channel, we would like to use your great video of the Derecho on air. We will give you credit on air for your video.
Great job and be careful with the storm
Wow you can see all the dust it’s picking up close to ground level.
Enjoyed the real time ☺️
That flag put up a good fight to hang on before blowing away. I’m curious did the wood fence survive? There’s a wood fence located at 8th street and Cliff avenue where the entire fence blew over in one big piece.🤦🏼♂️
Which side of Cliff? I missed seeing that.
@@stevenfletcher9287 the west side of Cliff between the vacant corner lot at 8th & Cliff and the house going north on Cliff. The power line in the alley way between French Ave and Cliff came down scorching the Green Eggs and Ram Computer Stores van pretty good, we had now power in the area for two days. Our porch swing was flying horizontally outside our porch for a few minutes before it came back crashing down when the wind passed.
@@kevinwaterman389 can't believe I didn't notice that. Too busy looking at the missing Dakota Auto Parts sign I guess
That dust cloud is a Haboob.
I grew up in Jerrell tx I was in a EF five tornado in 1997. We see clouds like this all the time when we get tornado warnings and it also same thing with thunderstorm warnings as well but we don’t just get strong winds we get dangerous winds when we get some thunderstorm warnings sometimes winds can get up to 110 sometimes to 120 miles an hourdown here we call them straight line wins
What kind of grass do you have in South Dakota? I've never seen such a perfect, deep green lawn???
Heavily sprayed apparently
Brilliant video thanks for share.
Nah, I am from Cedar Rapids Iowa. Ours was worse. I would never wish a Derecheo like that on anyone. They are scary. My power was off 12 days. :-(
I'm from Cedar rapids too.. That was NOTHING like what we went through! I'm lucky to be alive... I was in my vehicle dodging huge trees and power lines.
This derecho killed 3 people. It doesn't always need to be a contest for who has it worse.
I am sorry that three people died. It was by the grace of God that no one died here- at least as far as I know.
@@derito5616 actually there was 1 death in Cedar Rapids. A man riding his bike on a trail was killed by a falling tree.
I’m from Cedar Rapids too. I would never wish a derecho like we had on anyone either. It was terrifying. My power was off for 8 days. The whole city looked like a war zone.
I experienced a derecho in Marion Illinois May 8th 2009. I was in 3rd grade and we had to go out to the hallway. Never experienced anything like that since.
I'd just like to make a comment. . . .hmmmm, not sure why one of the people, whose voice, we hear. . . in this video. . . .said, "Very little wind." Sounds/looks pretty windy to me. I 'dunno. . . .maybe l'm mistaken. . . .maybe he said "Its very windy?"Just listened through it a few times.
Yah I was in it there was 5 comfirmed tornadoes and 3 people died
I am just outside of SF and this storm was scary. I have never seen it get so dark like that.
It was dark as midnight a little past the middle of the day. Not to mention, visibility was practically nonexistant too.
It was whipping up a lot of dust which created a haboob, which made it that much more dangerous.
I grew up in San Angelo, TX. I never knew what these were but you could see it coming leaving a dirty mess behind🙏
I lived in Lubbock for a while and I think what we experienced there were haboobs, not derechos.
5:46 those winds took the flag from the pole. R.I.P.
I pray for everyone that was affected by this storm! I hate severe thunderstorms because of the fact that they are notorious for causing tornadoes 🌪! Ours usually hit at night while we’re sleeping.
Reminds me of West Texas when a dust storm called a haboob would come through. Would happen several times a year.
That looks mean. The worst thing about these types of storms is the risk of embedded tornadic vorcities, though the straight line wind is damaging enough. Nice vid!
Incoming, what great footage, thanks for sharing
Damn thats some green grass what kind of weed and feed you using
A good piece of advice, protect the microphone from the wind. You can't hear anything from the storm itself.
Great footage ‼️👍🏼
I was sadly at work when this happened and couldn't get photos of it
Nothing much to see here folks. A little wind and dust.
Canadian girl here!! Nevet seen anything like it!! What causes a Dust Storm?? ❤🇨🇦❤🇨🇦❤
In cases like this, The powerful outflow/downdraft winds from the storm fan out along the ground at the edge of the storm, and it pushes the warm air up into the atmoshpere, which is what forms the shelf cloud and gives the bottom a ragged appearance. The dust gets picked up by the downdraft winds, and the process of the air rising along the leading edge pushes it up into a wall of dust beneath the shelf cloud.
@@TN1965 thank you so much for the explanation!!❤🇨🇦❤🇨🇦❤
@@jennifermassie7227 yes, no problem!
Did any sirens go off?
So did you get notified this was coming and stepped outside to film it??? We had one of these in Kansas around 2006. Thought it was a tornado. Trees knocked down all over town, windows in house sucked out, you could hear nails in the house squeaking as the roof was pulled on. It was terrifying. This seems pretty tame by comparison.
This doesn't seem anything like the Iowa Derecho of a very few years ago. This just seems like a dust storm. A Derecho has certain parameters, like 125-150 mph winds (iirc) that travel:at least 250 miles in distance.
I’m confused where the sand is coming from lol like is this in Dakota or Arizona
Beauté absolue des éléments qui nous rappelle que nous sommes de passage ici mais que nous avons la chance d’ être vivants sur Terre.
Nous assistons à ce spectacle en en faisant partie d’ où que nous soyons. C’ est beau et effrayant mais nous sommes sans peur, …et vaillamment. Cela ne fera que passer.
wow thats insane , it really blocks out the light too much better than i would have thought . good video !
I considered posting a video I took while driving through this storm (to the north of sioux falls). It was dark as midnight with visibility matching the worst of blizzards. It was truly insane.
wonder if they found the flag and how far was it.
Wow never seen anything like this. I live in Fort Wayne Indiana. Crazy
I remember this, it looked so cool
I would love to be there. Nice video.
I got a (probably) too up-close and personal with this storm since I was driving through it when it hit. Truly terrific experience, however, the adrenaline rush was one of a kind.
What’s the difference between a Drecho and a Haboob ?
A Derecho has certain parameters of wind speed and distance traveled (might or might not have much dust). A Haboob is just a monster dust storm... windy, but not as bad. Watch the Iowa Derecho videos in here. It leveled a lot of Des Moines trees and flimsier structures. Much worse than this.
Cool footage!
Was "Old Glory" saved????
I experienced the storm that hit Iowa in 2020. Seeing this video reminds me of that derecho.
Did it smell or taste like dirt or dust?
I drove through this (a few miles to the north east of sioux falls (5ish miles east of baltic)) and it was literally pitch black out where i was. Easily less than 20ft of visibility and for around 30 minutes straight. Unlike here in the video, it was so dark that no sunlight made it through for around a half an hour. Terrifying, yet also kinda really cool at the same time.
I was doing work by Canisota had to drive through it too! I was so scared never seen anything like it! Drove by snapped power lines, building torn to shreds and tipped semi trucks by Freeman. We are a lot luckier then that lady who got hit by a branch in SF...
@@delveaking1188 yep. Luckily the only person I personally know that got injured from all this is my younger brother when he slipped, fell, and gashed open his knee when we were wrangling some calfs from a collapsed barn of ours. Aside from the barn, out over here we had a couple buildings collapse, a chicken shed flip on its roof, downed power lines and branches, and our neighbors had 60ft grain bins get ripped in half.
We just had bad storm here in New Orleans, with a lot of hail.
Get the flag
It was 4 p.m. I ran from my porch to the car because I have so many giant trees that were dropping huge branches. As I ran, a 50 foot pine tree fell over and missed the house by inches! A huge limb from a cottonwood fell on my roof and put a hole in it. I was completely shocked!
Im glad i live is sioux falls and not any of the towns west and north that got hit with the 90 to 120mph winds. I live downtown and saw 2 transformers flashing and lighting up the sky south of my building when this was going on.
I thought the west side of town was hit bad but after seeing this... it was one intense storm and so many down trees. Hopefully no one seriously hurt from this.
Does anyone know what the wind speed was? Ty.
Moderate.
Yowza!! That is quite the storm!!
If i had a camera and knowledge i would have shown the drecho that hit cottonwoood. About 6 houses serious roof damage. Power out for 13 hrs. 2 corn elevators pulled into themselves. Many trees knocked completly out. One tree took a WHOLE power pole with it and a car destoryed underneath it. Senior center roof had a large gaping hole in it with glass and wood littering the road in front of it. Dont know where the glass came from as there were no building i saw that had tarp over there windows
Reminds me of "The Nothing" off of The Neverending Story. Scary stuff. Glad all are ok.
It happens so fast. Derecho move so fast and are so wide spread.
I was a bit South in vermillion so it came a tad earlier. I got the warning a mere 2 minutes before the power went out. Made it hard to finish my saxophone lesson
I was driving back to yankton during this storm
You gotta love all these flag flyers, many of them put down those who don't. Flag etiquette clearly says to stow a flag before foul weather. They almost never do.
I was just thinking that. I might be remembering this wrong, but I think they taught us back in my elementary school that if the American flag was allowed to touch or fall to the ground, it would have to be burned. Like I said, I might be remembering wrong. It was a few years ago…lol
Burned on Flag Day.
Ok - the storm rolled in in about 20 minutes. Really??
This is awesome. Wish it was like that here in the nw
No you don't. Derechos are never storms you want and you figure that quick when in one.
Also fun fact a the next day after this storm there was 3 days in a row with terrible wind, golf size hail and tornadoes near sioux falls. Lots a damaged cars and roofs. Kinda annoying honestly someone must've gotten a hold of gods weather commands.
What time of day was this?
It was early evening, around 6 or 7 I believe
The sky turned red awfully quick and ominous 5:31 & 6:00
"Don't water fields without crops due to severe drought"...but then this happens, i.e., dustbowl scenarios. I dunno what I'm talking about in case anyone can explain what causes these issues historically!
It wasn't just a dust storm. There were tornado warnings too. Lots of damage and 2 deaths
That shouldn't have even qualified as a derecho. That was barely even a severe thunderstorm.
Someone should rescue that American Flag.
It's strange that no matter where you live, good neighborhood bad whatever... We are all powerless against nature. It is the true, undiluted essence of being. No wonder all religions are wellsprings from that fountain..
"That was not made,
By the hands of men"
That’s not a derecho. That’s a haboob.
We have the May Souix Falls Derecho and the July Souix Falls Derecho now. This is getting out of hand.
I believe this is a dust storm, I don't see sustained winds of 80 to 90 plus in this video, I see gusts and not anything like the other videos showing nonstop winds of 80 plus for what seems to hours, you are fortunate this wasn't like most of the other derechos
Agreed. This is a haboob, not a derecho.
I'm seeing this from the future that storm surprisingly didn't lift any sticks from a truck of ours
Please someone get that flag
Todd retrieved the flag, properly folded it, and returned it to the owner for proper disposal.
Looked pretty wicked but the winds were mild
The cameras and pictures do not do justice to how dark it got when this hit. It was bright and then it was night. Power lines severed, so many stores went lights out. And so many people got lucky with falling trees.
I'm ready to move out of the Midwest 😂
Weather is beautiful. However, I'd be scared as shit!
Have to admit, that was quite the storm that rolled in.
I am a bit disappointed. Sustained winds of 190 KMH from the derecho in Ottawa , Canada or the equivalent of a F2 tornado.
that is one sturdy camera
That poor flag was barely hanging in there
Arizona: “Hold my lawn chair” 😂
Are those real homes or manufactured homes, which look exactly like real homes with just as good construction and insulation.
That is once fierce storm. Glad I didn’t go through it.
My oldest brother lives there.