Tornado Funnel Cloud over Bridgeview & Burbank, IL 03/27/91
Uploaded by: TBirdSCIL
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This is a clip of a video I made back in 1991 of a funnel cloud over the city of Bridgeview, IL on March 27th, 1991. It was videotaped from my parent's house in Burbank near the intersection of 79th and Harlem (IL State Hwy 43). Bridgeview and Burbank both lie on the southwest fringes of Chicago. About 30 minutes before this video was taken, an F-3 tornado did major damage in the suburb of Lemont about 10 miles to the southwest of our house. Miraculously no one was killed. This was the same supercell storm in a weakened state as it approached the city of Chicago and Lake Michigan. If this storm had retained it's strength and this funnel cloud had touched down, it's path would have likely taken it right through downtown Chicago or a heavily populated section of the city including Midway Airport. I was 15 years old at the time this video was taken and the clip includes nerdy weather commentary from yours truly..lol. My segment of the video is a bit shaky because of my excitement and lack of videotaping skills s
o please excuse that. My father and brother both make cameo appearances in the clip. My father took over taping about halfway through the clip when I panicked and headed for the safety of the house...lol The busy street in the foreground is Harlem Ave and the large building underneath the funnel is the Moraine Court Nursing Home. Much of the video was taken from the Wendy's parking lot across the street from the house and alas, the Wendy's is no longer there. This is dangerous and not advisable since we were out in the open and there was lightning in the vicinity. This is by no means an up close and personal look at a violent tornado, its just a look at what happens when a severe storm and funnel cloud approaches a major metro area. I must say the video is pretty dramatic with the tornado sirens going off and traffic going by on Harlem Ave. Hope you enjoy!
Tags for this video: 1991 27th Bridgeview Burbank Chicago cloud funnel Illinois Lemont March severe thunderstorm tornado
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| wow 1991! Brings ... ( 3 months ago by spike378) |
| wow 1991! Brings back childhood memories. I used to live in the Bridgeport area and I remember this one time the sky turned yellow and there was strong gush of wind. Everything just went flying. I believe there is no siren in bridgeport area. I only go to Bridgeview for DMV haah |
| Wow, true story.... ... ( 3 months ago by stevieg314) |
| Wow, true story....I was in a baseball card shop at either 83rd or 85th and Harlem on that day and saw that same funnel go right over my damm head!!! You were taping only a couple of blocks from me. I also remember the Oak Lawn tornado in 1967 that crossed Harlem around 99th st. and hit the Drive in theatre at 96th and Narragansett, before hitting the Oak Lawn high school at 95th and SW highway. Seems like a Jinxed area 4 sure. |
| That would be PJ's ... ( 3 months ago by TBirdSCIL) |
| That would be PJ's card shop..:) I wasn't even a glimmer in my mother's eyes when the OL tornado hit but I know all about it. Narragansett is known as Ridgeland Ave south of 87th Street, even back in 1967 I believe. The Drive-In Theatre is now Westfield Chicago Ridge Mall. |
| It's true, I worked ... ( 3 months ago by seanpatf) |
| It's true, I worked that day at the Honda dealership on 95th near Harlem that day. I remember seeing this storm approach. I think there was a touchdown near Lemont that day. |
| Read the full video ... ( 3 months ago by TBirdSCIL) |
| Read the full video description. Lemont was hit by an F-3 the same day and this is the same supercell as it moved towards Chicago. |
| i was born in ... ( 3 months ago by preid1193) |
| i was born in bridgeview and moved to lemont ut i was born in 93 but my cousins house was hit by this tornado when eh was 1 year old |
| nice video 5:46 is ... ( 3 months ago by snowman5676) |
| nice video 5:46 is great with all the sirens going off and the old blazer going by, I was 11 in 91 and it's hard to believe how old those cars look now. |
| I just posted a ... ( 2 months ago by WINSOXWIN) |
| I just posted a video I recorded today, similar sirens in the background. I have viewed your video long before I posted this, but it reminded me of yours. I grew up in Burbank too, I remember that Wendy's there (now something else)and of course good old Duke's! |
| Yep I actually saw ... ( 2 months ago by TBirdSCIL) |
| Yep I actually saw it yesterday. It was hanging over I-294 vertically instead of coming down towards the ground. It was really weird looking. I was on my way to my girlfriend's but I turned around and went back to my house to get my camera. The pics didn't turn out the great and the funnel had already dissipated by the time I came back outside. Oh well. Pretty exciting though! |
| I saw it too, I was ... ( 2 months ago by jeffer0326) |
| I saw it too, I was standing on the corner of 95th and Ridgeland and it was southwest of me. It looked like it was over the expressway. It broke up in 3 minutes. |
| More coming tonight ... ( 2 months ago by WINSOXWIN) |
| More coming tonight and this weekend get your cameras ready, you never know. I didn't have time to get a camera when I got this so I just used my crappy cellphone but I am glad I had it otherwise I never would have got it becsue it dissapeared so fast. |
| wow, I live at ... ( 2 months ago by xxbox619) |
| wow, I live at Burbank IL, meaner storms are near future, |
| Man, if you guys ... ( 2 months ago by slavegrind) |
| Man, if you guys live in Burbakn, you know where Kevin Arnold's house, from The Wonder Years,is, right? Hey, dude, go there and record something on your cam for us. Thank you. See ya. |
| Man, if you live in ... ( 2 months ago by slavegrind) |
| Man, if you live in Burbakn, you know where Kevin Arnold's house, from The Wonder Years,is, right? Hey, dude, go there and record something on your cam for us. Thank you. See ya |
| what the hell are ... ( 2 months ago by TBirdSCIL) |
| what the hell are you talking about? |
| Man, have you never ... ( 2 months ago by slavegrind) |
| Man, have you never watched the serie The Wonder Years? Danica McKellar, Fred Savage, Josh Saviano... This TV show was recorded at Burbank studios and it was about Kevin Arnold's( Fred Savage)life and family. Man,I am from Brazil and we really love this serie here and I'd really love if you went to the following adress: |
| Burbank, 516 ... ( 2 months ago by slavegrind) |
| Burbank, 516 University Avenue and filmed the place where the scenes were recorded.Don't you live in Burbank? Did you get it now or you'd prefer its drawing ?.IoI Just kidding, man. Thank you and see ya |
| Oh, fuck. Nevermind ... ( 2 months ago by slavegrind) |
| Oh, fuck. Nevermind, dude. The Burbank city I was talking about is in CA, not in Illinois. I'm so sorry for bothering you. Now I know why you hadn't understood any fucking shit I was talking about. |
| Fred Savage is from ... ( 2 months ago by TBirdSCIL) |
| Fred Savage is from the Chicago area though. |
| This is a great ... ( 2 months ago by tat2jim21) |
| This is a great video i remember this well. I just got off work at 3:30 and I remember sitting on my driveway watching it. I was 21 at the time... We had a funnel cloud a month ago over bridgeview, hickory, etc. Then of course last night it was purple out. We've been very lucky nothing severe comes out of these |
| tornado sirens!!!! ... ( 2 months ago by Flippergrl45) |
| tornado sirens!!!!!! =O |
| really suspenseful ... ( 1 month ago by CalmRage1) |
| really suspenseful watching this! u should see the footage of Monday night's electrical storm i caught on film! |
| Nice mullet on #30! ( 1 month ago by ncheel231976) |
| Nice mullet on #30! |
| Hey guy, thanks for ... ( 1 month ago by SvstormO) |
| Hey guy, thanks for the video. I don't remember this storm in the nw suburbs by Streamwood and Elgin, but nether or less, 1991 was a very active year especially by me. We had a ton of severe storms. From spring through fall, I don't think we went a whole week w/o being in a thunderstorm or tornado watch. It was a very good year for stormlovers in the Chicagoland area. If you have more storm videos from that era I'd like to see them. |
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