June 11, 2004 Tornado
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Dayton, IA
Lehigh, IA
2004-06-11 4:36 PM MDT
2004-06-11 8:54 PM MDT
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I intercepted this tornado near Lehigh, Iowa, southeast of Fort Dodge. I bought my first camcorder 2 weeks prior and this was the first tornado I filmed. This storm cell also produced the tornado near Storm Lake that Tim Samaras famously captured with his six-camera video probe.

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Frame grab of the tornado

 
 

Chase Stats

2004-05-24 - 2019-07-06
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Miles:
110
39
40
24
8
7
941
47,056
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