Tornado hits TV station! Rockford IL, May 22, 2011

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Published 2011-06-10

This is from the same storm system that produced the devastating Joplin tornado that same evening. As the storm approaches the station west of Rockford, north of Winnebago, a blackout knocks us off the air for a while while the generator fires and the equipment reboots... then the meteorologists shove us into the basement and do dramatic play-by-play as the storm passes over the station.

All Comments (21)

@smoakinlance6187 3 years ago

How to identify a Midwesterner: tornado sirens “I’m gonna go outside”
@wc5216 10 years ago

Tornado outside "Yeah, I'm gonna go outside" "Uh, no, we're going in the basement."
@Phoenixesper1 6 years ago

Cindy I'm going outside! Eric: no your going in the basement. 2 minutes later: Eric: I'm going outside now....
@SVENY 9 years ago

Tornado wanted a tour at the studio.
@theinternet4431 8 years ago

"I'm gonna go outside." What the.... DID YOU NOT GET THE MEMO?!
@JasonBluefire 7 years ago

Those wireless mics have an awesome range, haha.
@lucyvm4598 3 years ago

These are my kind of people. You know you’ve met a true Midwesterner when they hear tornado and immediately say “I’m gonna go outside”. I grew up storm watching from my porch😂
@OneThiccBoiii 8 years ago

now THAT is being dedicated to your job
@darrenwillett8536 9 years ago

Eric: Fleash-eating zombies have surrounded the studios here in Rockford and are desperately trying to claw their way in.... Cindy: I'm going outside!
@georgiastormtrackers8730 4 years ago

Woman : "Were taking all of our tornado precautions." Man: Walks outside Good Precautions!
@wadebaker2910 9 years ago

Everyone just sounded so chill during this.
@crimsonangel8027 8 years ago

woman."I'm gonna go outside" man: " No we are going to go to the basement." lol
@zooshlead6493 7 years ago

We are taking Extreme safety precautions goes outside in the middle of a tornado Warning
@Lazyboy51 8 years ago

1:28 "I'm going outside" "No, we're going in the basement"
@L1011Widebody 8 years ago

Such professionalism. Humanity really does come together in a crisis.
@ewinmn 5 years ago

2:33 "Dealing with some brown outs" I would have shit myself too if I knew a tornado was coming.
@morghan_with_an_h 3 years ago

My friend was in Joplin visiting a guy she met online when the Tornado happened. She drove from Ohio to meet him after talking to him for two months. Her car got flipped over but she ended up marrying the guy three years later. They are still together and talk about how the Tornado basically brought them together.
@intenselan 9 years ago

Best Tornado TV report ever.
@TheMikeHunt 3 years ago

Before my dad passed recently, I grew up storm watching with him. We'd go out in the lake during thunderstorms, stand on the porch during severe thunderstorms, and he even recorded a tornado coming down the highway right towards him... he was on foot, not in a vehicle. That's just how we do it here in Ohio. I miss ya, dad. <3 I'll always continue to storm watch!
@chadtheweatherguy 11 years ago

to be able to stay calm and on the air and not knowing if a tornado is about to rip into your studio is amazing. This is Emmy Award winning coverage. I don't think you would be able to stay cool and evacuated your studio at the same time. This is the best tornado coverage of a tornado warning ever