With one of the biggest tornado outbreaks in over 40 years hitting the United Sates, Tornadic Thunderstorm devastated parts of the southeast on Wednesday. Over 100 reports of tornadoes, including major tornadoes in Alabama. Tony Laubach and the TWISTEX researchers documented several tornadoes across Mississippi and Alabama, including the early life of what became the violent Tuscaloosa tornado.
In this video package that Tony shot is footage of the early tornadoes with from the Tuscaloosa, AL supercell just to the southwest of the city.
The video opens up with several shots of the tornado from a distance while driving before they could close in on it as it crosses the highway in front of the research team. After the tornado clips, tree damage blocks the road and a motorist who was blown off the road gets pulled out from behind a down tree and out of a ditch by another motorist. Several shots include tree damage covering the road and on the side of the highway. Last shots include two overturned semi trucks on I-59 on the south side of the city.
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