Driving Around Springfield, IL During the Derecho June 2023 Huge Thunderstorm #2

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10 ай бұрын

Filmed at 12:30pm on Thursday June 29, 2023, I drive around Springfield, Illinois during a very bad storm to see what's going on. At the beginning of the video, the power goes out. About 10 minutes later, the tornado sirens went off and then I knew it was time to go home.

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@Tigerhawk1981 10 ай бұрын

to let people know, this storm hit just after noon Thursday June 29th 2023, very strong storm made it look dark.

@LocalRedWiiRemote 10 ай бұрын

It Also Hit Beardstoen

@user-of4mg7ic3g 10 ай бұрын

Ik i live in Springfield and when the phones and sirens started going off it got DARK QUICK

@yasimerong69 9 ай бұрын

크ㅡㅋㅊㅌ

@juliewatson4314 8 ай бұрын

Wow! Now that’s dark! That’s scary to look at 😮

@kadenvela4688 6 ай бұрын

Kaden 🎉😂

@dejanayyJ 10 ай бұрын

Damn, so this is what the storm looked like outside, it really slammed Springfield. As soon as the sirens went off and the lights went out I rushed right into the closet so I didn't even get a chance to look outside during all that, I was afraid one of the trees in our backyard would fall onto our house. But I did watch the thunderstorm clouds come in from my window. Also I live by downtown and it was just a mess in our area as well. Thank you I've been waiting for a video on this to see what I missed.

@techzone1552 Ай бұрын

I'm up in Rochester, we didn't have power for like 6 hours or so if I remember correctly? It was wild. I was outside trying to film it and I didn't know how fast it was coming in, had to run into some random person's garage to stay safe 😭

@annamccarty911 10 ай бұрын

awesome video! I have been obsessed with storms and tornadoes for a long time, but the last few here in Springfield have been scary. I've never seen it get so dark so fast with this one. I was prepared for it, but it came fast and furious. it rained heavily for a while, then everything went still. the sirens went off and then it hit. 112 mph winds. no power for almost 30 hours. also, sad to see so many people driving around without their lights on

@JackieBaisa 10 ай бұрын

This is such awesome ASMR. Enjoyed this a lot, just the storm and rain. For me, as a viewer, this is really soothing. I'm sure for the driver it was the opposite!

@exploreusacities 10 ай бұрын

It wasn't scary until I saw whole trees on the ground, and then the tornado sirens kicked in, I hightailed it home

@annamccarty911 10 ай бұрын

opposite for those of us who live here. 112 mph winds and no power for lots of the city for going on 5 days. I love storms, but this was insane

@charlie.on.youtube 2 ай бұрын

Soothing apart from the ads every three minutes. Had to pass...

@JackieBaisa 2 ай бұрын

Ah. Didn't know. I have premium (ad-free). What a bummer!@@charlie.on.youtube

@ivy1908pearl 9 ай бұрын

I was at work when the sirens went off…. Our facility has a huge generator so we had power; we were fortunate that one of the tornadoes went another direction away from our building; I didn’t know how actually it turned so dark outside…. Wow!!! Thankfully only out of power for 2 days… no deaths reported either 🙌🏾🙏🏾❤️

@GaryWilliamslifeonthenets 8 ай бұрын

I miss my hometown so much, thanks for the ride around! I miss rainy days back home lol

@thiagofigueiredo22 10 ай бұрын

I love the rain ❤

@martyaz 10 ай бұрын

Nice job on getting the lights to go out at the beginning. I'd neverbefore heard the sirens go off, except when they would do the noon tests. Well documented midwest thunder storm.

@exploreusacities 10 ай бұрын

The power going out right away was just perfect timing!

@frankiewillis1772 9 ай бұрын

Thanks. I loved watching, no talking and no music. Just the sound of that beautiful rain. Where I'm at its nothing but triple digit weather and no rain of any kind. Been that way a while with no end in sight. yet.

@savedbyJESUS777 10 ай бұрын

This is my newest "RAIN SOUNDS IN CAR, WHILE DRIVING YOU AROUND SAFELY AS YOU SLEEP" video! I found rain and storm videos a year ago.. changed my life crying 😭 I suffer from insomnia and depression and they help me fall and stay asleep.. or help relax my nerves when having anxiety, panic or manic episodes. Thank you for this video..idk if you intended for it to be an ASMR Rain Video or not, but it's one for me, lol. Put it on loop and taking a well needed nap and then tonight, I'll play it, again ❤ 💖

@exploreusacities 10 ай бұрын

Thank you, love to hear that! It wasn’t my intention but I have found out people watch my videos for all kinds of reasons

@savedbyJESUS777 9 ай бұрын

You're welcome and I'm glad to have found your channel ❤

@dani-bv3hv 9 ай бұрын

Oi😊Sou do Brasil e gosto muito desses videos. Tambem tenho crises de ansiedade e panico,e nao sabia que era bom ver esses videos.Acho lindo esse tipo de video.Obrigado pela dica👍🏻Vou assistir quando estiver ansiosa.Realmente é muito relaxante

@lecuyerdooley1084 9 ай бұрын

It's amazing how the same sounds / situation can have two contradictory purposes. For you, rain and storms are comforting, relaxing. For me, they cause anxiety and fear.

@RaccAttack2 Ай бұрын

I remember when this storm hit, I was sitting out on our porch hanging out with my brother in law. Started off like a normal rainstorm, and the porch was covered so we figured it'd be fine, then boom, 10 minutes go by, the sky is black and you can barely see 10 feet in front of you. I remember power was out for days, and I heard from some of my friends that some power substations were actually on fire after the storm. Can't confirm that, though. Still, crazy how fast it can go from normal day to wrath of god lmao

@josefinevomberg8437 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@exploreusacities 9 ай бұрын

you bet

@connymac6993 10 ай бұрын

I was in my bedroom upstairs when the alert came on my phone, went downstairs to the basement with my cat and rode it out. Looked like hell out there. Scarier thru the basement window than in this video. Lights flickered but stayed on. My sister lost power for 5 days, they got it back on the night of the 4th of July. What was funny is when I got in the basement I saw a car drive out of the cul-de-sac next to me and like 2 minutes later I saw it drive back into the cul-de-sac. "Yep, wrong time to leave the house!" 😂. I only lost internet for a few days. Had to read like i was a pilgrim. Just an awful day and horrible afterwards.

@OnlySlvgs 6 ай бұрын

I was stuck in my semi at the prime yard

@debmo79 10 ай бұрын

I was in the basement with my family and cats. Power went off while the sirens were still going and then it took till the following Thursday to get it back. I don't enjoy camping in my house during the summer, I can now state from experience. You were so close to my neighborhood I thought you were going to drive by a time or 2.

@allanandginabennett6360 6 ай бұрын

Really close to my house as you’re driving. Such a day!

@markfisher1392 10 ай бұрын

Hello neighbor! You drove right past my house near the middle of the video.

@exploreusacities 10 ай бұрын

Howdy! If you see a blue car with a bunch of GoPro cameras on the roof drive by, you will know it's me!

@DonnieHatcher 8 ай бұрын

Awesome...thanks...I've got kin folk in that town....🙏

@angeltaylor3012 Ай бұрын

Very exciting to watch and listen to the rain

@YeahNah100 10 ай бұрын

12:30!? Damn.

@exploreusacities 10 ай бұрын

Yep, 12:30 in the afternoon. Felt like night!

@isiahsteele7418 4 ай бұрын

The Best!!! Awesome!!!! More in the future! Next best thing to actually being there.

@user-ys2lz1nn4q 6 ай бұрын

the graphics are so realistic😲

@MrDEWaters 5 ай бұрын

I got caught in a storm like this in southwest Iowa last July. The rain was so heavy that cornstalks were toppled over. I couldn't see the road and had to pull over. Luckily I was close to an exit and went to a truck stop.

@MichaelFNAFRoblox2024 3 ай бұрын

I live here and was with my Grandma during this storm

@If.YK_YK Ай бұрын

Same

@MichaelFNAFRoblox2024 Ай бұрын

@@If.YK_YK it won’t be the same with out her she passed away a month later after the storm she passed away on July 25 2023

@If.YK_YK Ай бұрын

@@MichaelFNAFRoblox2024 im so so sorry for your loss I hope you can know that one day you will be with her hopefully

@MichaelFNAFRoblox2024 Ай бұрын

@@If.YK_YK thanks and yes I know that some day I will see her again I’m glad that the tornado didn’t take her I didn’t want anything to take her but still thank u

@stevecowder4774 10 ай бұрын

Well I can tell you that living in Albuquerque these days, this video is a sight for soar eyes. We haven’t had a real storm of this magnitude in what seems like forever. There were times when we actually did receive these type of storms but I can’t recall when that was. I could watch this video all day. Sure wish we could somehow trade weather systems.

@MrMarmaduke09 10 ай бұрын

My state capital ravaged and I have family there . Took us forever to reach them because the cell service was knocked out and I live three hours north of there .

@johndavis8669 26 күн бұрын

Derecho usually comes when the weather is very hot and lack of rain. Then the weather returns to normal.

@infinitylyfe3813 17 күн бұрын

Loop this 300 times for me ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@martyaz 2 ай бұрын

77K views, well done.

@elevcarwashsirensandmore21 10 ай бұрын

I just randomly saw this video. I didn't realize it would have been this bad. I saw a bike in this weather

@exploreusacities 10 ай бұрын

Two bikes! Bad luck!

@silentrider2145 9 ай бұрын

it reminds me my childhood, such noise, a little thunder storm in the distance... ah, I want to go back there...

@shannongreenwell1278 10 ай бұрын

We had these same storms, Derecho’s where I live.

@prottentogo 7 ай бұрын

the image quality is really nice.

@AndreasNevarez941 9 ай бұрын

During the storm, me and my brother were in the basement, shivering with fear during the storm because it was our first ever storm and my parents were upstairs trying to check it all out me and him were in the basement for at least two hours. Scared for life’s with no power for at least 5 to 4 hours.

@AutoDrifter 6 ай бұрын

when this storm hit i was outside watching the clouds when all of a sudden the wind starts blowing hard and we had a severe thunderstorm warning pretty fun storm

@kadenvela4688 6 ай бұрын

Kaden 🎉😊

@user-sx1bg6lx6w 4 ай бұрын

I think i remember this it went Mattoon lol after hearing those sirens n trying to get to my neighbors safely downstairs i almost flew away i freak out but i was ok i made it inside their house.

@davidbrothers3788 8 ай бұрын

Its real close to when a thunderstorm ends and a tornado begins goddamn

@JAYLEIGH_CURRAN 5 күн бұрын

It was a very scary storm I remover seeing it get very dark and then the wind…

@Rick-mg1nv 10 ай бұрын

I remember when it went through Champaign Illinois . The hospital I was in lost power for a couple hours

@exploreusacities 10 ай бұрын

Wow! Talk about the worst place ever to have a power outage!

@Rick-mg1nv 10 ай бұрын

@@exploreusacities yep. I had a panic attack as a result of the storm

@martyaz 9 ай бұрын

Congrats on the 14k views. You'll have to cruise more storms 😀

@exploreusacities 9 ай бұрын

I promised my wife I wouldn't become a storm-chaser. But if a nice storm drops in my lap, I won't hesitate!

@1998232v6 3 ай бұрын

This storm snapped a 4 foot pin oak I had in the front yard in half and threw it into my driveway (Chatham, about 150 yards from the tornado path).

@exploreusacities 3 ай бұрын

Yikes

@metaverrse 6 ай бұрын

hello It's a nice video. I am not American and I do not live in America. I even live on the other side of the ocean :D. Every time on the Internet we read such weather conditions and hurricanes on the Internet that they are in Florida or Texas. That's why when I first saw the video, I thought it was Florida or Texas. True, this information does not mean much. Just wanted to share. Thanks.

@imjuslooking7270 10 ай бұрын

Great T-storm. Believe it or not, this is almost exactly what we get in California in a rainy season. We get storms almost exactly like this. Lots of puddles everywhere and severe flooding. That's what we had last winter.

@krishsaini8463 9 ай бұрын

South Florida heavy rain extremely close lightning

@swithinbarclay4797 10 ай бұрын

It looked like the storm started to abate towards the end, but more towards this video's beginning, the very broad gust belt was still with "us". Even is you were still driving very slowly, the gusts could better organize themselves in more open terrain, so that even on some grades, up or down, you have this depth of gust-piled water exceeding an inch covering most streets. That will form a wedge that forces itself under your tires, so that you almost have to be stopped, to let your tires settle back upon pavement. Otherwise, even at slow speeds you still could stand a good chance of hydro-planing. I noticed vast tracts of respectably deep ponding. Poorly designed vehicles could easily ingest this water into their engines/trannys/differentials/fuel tanks, etc., thus killing the vehicles dead in their tracks. I suppose good mechanics may still revive the vehicles after flushing everything out of the remotest cavities of an engine, gas tank, and tranny, and starting anew with new fluids and fuel. So, the take-home message is a pileup of water where there ought not to be.

@krishsaini8463 9 ай бұрын

Extreme lightning

@chrisgatewood1068 9 ай бұрын

I had no power for 3 days...an mind you the temps went back to 80-90 degrees

@oannestavares3586 7 ай бұрын

0:19 - Dark, it looks like a scene from the apocalypse.

@JeonAutumnFromBTS 7 ай бұрын

We got same bad thunderstrom in west virginia it was really Bad and we lage sizeball hell storm i Can't imagine i'm going though that again we had Tornado Watch in my country but tornado miss us i was glad That Tornado did't hit us i thank god my family was stay in Nasville Tennessee North Carolina maryland Kentucky south Carolina springfield Oregon and my boyfriend in seoul south korea i can't imagine my family going thouth that again i Love my family and friends and my Boyfriend and that was very scary 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

@hebneh 10 ай бұрын

It would be exciting to drive around like this in a big storm - unless or until something like a stoplight or a pole or a big branch or an entire tree hits your car.

@Perry.2023 10 ай бұрын

I live in Carrollton Illinois and we had a very big storm I think Carrollton is only 54 miles out of Springfield

@exploreusacities 10 ай бұрын

Yep, I think the whole state got hammered at once. We needed the rain!

@Perry.2023 10 ай бұрын

@@exploreusacitiesDefinitely

@mattterranova2654 9 ай бұрын

No windshield whippers ? I also didn't see so much as a single flash of lightning for the amount of intense thunder there was.

@exploreusacities 9 ай бұрын

It's a conspiracy!

@stuartaminion511 5 ай бұрын

i saw lightning in the vid

@krishsaini8463 9 ай бұрын

Heavy rain shower with thunder lightning lightning strikes

@JackieBaisa 10 ай бұрын

I want to know how the audio is so clear, like it's recording from outside the car. And how I don't see your window wipers either. Just curious if you strapped this to the top of your car in a waterproof casing or something... Really excellent video and sound.

@exploreusacities 10 ай бұрын

Hello! Thank you for your comments. I will answer your questions in reverse order. The way I film is with GoPro cameras attached to the roof of my car. For this video, I had just a single camera, because I attached the camera after the rain already started pouring and I was in a hurry to get rolling. Normally, I'd attach all four of my cameras for multiple angles. The camera has a water-repelling lens, so the beads of water just roll right off the lens. Now, about the sound. I get a lot of comments on my great sound. I modified one of my GoPro cameras to dampen the sound of the wind howling, which is inevitable considering the cameras are outside of the car. However, for this video, the sound was so bad that I had to actually fake it. On this particular video, the sound was so awful that I couldn't stand listening to it. So my options were to upload the original audio and offend everyone's eardrums, upload the video muted (which is highly undesirable), or try my best to re-create the sound using pre-recorded footage. There was so much wind and rain that the video just sounded like a person slurping water through a straw the entire time. Sorry to "trick" you like that.

@JackieBaisa 10 ай бұрын

@@exploreusacities I am in awe of your GoPro with water-repelling lens. And, no one would EVER notice you used a different audio. It's super well done. That's cool that you have a sound bank of different sounds from videos you've previously taken, that works! (I don't feel tricked at all, haha!) But I did imagine that wind buffeting the mic in that kind of storm to be out of control, so I was curious. Really well done on both fronts, with just one cam and different audio overlay. I'm ADHD and I watched the whole thing, so it was great! :D

@XBGamerX20 7 ай бұрын

this is awesome. which camera did you use?

@exploreusacities 6 ай бұрын

GoPro 11

@mengxiong-mz9my 7 ай бұрын

Yeah the Giant Super strong Storm Destroyed my Wi fi

@Forefrozenfrog 8 ай бұрын

I was there

@exploreusacities 8 ай бұрын

me too

@progenitor_amborella 10 ай бұрын

Sirens can also go off for 70+ mph winds and very large hail, not just a Tornado Warning. They’re called “Outdoor Warning Sirens” partially for that reason.

@GaryWilliamslifeonthenets 8 ай бұрын

cool guy

@krishsaini8463 9 ай бұрын

5:31 lightning

@bigsarge8795 9 ай бұрын

17:15 wait. hold up.... you have a Long John Silvers / A & W ???.... i haven't seen those in years

@exploreusacities 9 ай бұрын

Yep. I went there once. It was ok. I got a shrimp meal.

@krishsaini8463 9 ай бұрын

It is a south Florida thunderstorm with extremely heavy rain 0:00

@krishsaini8463 9 ай бұрын

From cumomgus cloud lightning striking

@DruDonovan 9 ай бұрын

We lost power in the storm ⛈️ 😢😢😢😢

@exploreusacities 9 ай бұрын

crikey!

@krishsaini8463 9 ай бұрын

Strikes tree 6 times the lightning capital south Florida in extremely dangerous lightning strikes and extremely heavy rain 0:00

@krishsaini8463 9 ай бұрын

South Florida lightning shower July 16 2023

@somedudewhodraws9377 21 күн бұрын

Not sure how u were remaining calm that whole time as I would have been freaking out! Ive had bad brontophpbia since I was at least 5 years old and now Im 30 and half Autsitic

@exploreusacities 21 күн бұрын

I was freaking out. The whole time I was thinking if a tree had fallen on me what a pointless death it would have been.

@somedudewhodraws9377 21 күн бұрын

@@exploreusacities But I dont think I heard u screaming though?

@exploreusacities 20 күн бұрын

screaming is for roller coasters, I was praying to God to not let one of those giant trees come down on my car

@krishsaini8463 9 ай бұрын

Heat lightning 0:00

@krishsaini8463 9 ай бұрын

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@d.kennedy7627 10 ай бұрын

Is the camera on the outside of the car?

@exploreusacities 10 ай бұрын

yes

@krishsaini8463 9 ай бұрын

Strikes tree

@junkyardgamer911 10 ай бұрын

Is the audio from a different storm?

@exploreusacities 10 ай бұрын

The audio was created by me using like 5 different clips. I inserted the siren clip right when the actual sirens started sounding. The original audio was totally unusable, all you could hear was water draining from the microphones; it sounded like someone slurping water through a straw.

@junkyardgamer911 10 ай бұрын

@@exploreusacities ahh okay 👍🏼

@BuckFudweiser 7 күн бұрын

0:18 did the power to that gas station get knocked out?

@exploreusacities 7 күн бұрын

Yep, perfect timing for my video huh?

@BuckFudweiser 7 күн бұрын

@@exploreusacities seriously. 😮 Good catch bud. Also I love driving in storms, sadly my neck of the woods hardly gets poop.

@geolocate 10 ай бұрын

Man on bike.

@exploreusacities 10 ай бұрын

There were two very unlucky gentlemen on bikes! This storm came on quick and hard.

@elithunder 7 ай бұрын

Too bad you can't hear the actual storm.

@speakersystemsnstuff47 14 күн бұрын

Yuh but where is the real audio?

@exploreusacities 14 күн бұрын

Why would you want the real audio?

@ChelseaSierraK. 5 ай бұрын

🤍🌧⛈

@isfj1009 9 ай бұрын

Saw that one moron blow right through the power-out intersection without coming to s stop. Guess idiot drivers ARE all over the nation. Some storm that was!

@exploreusacities 9 ай бұрын

Yeah it seems like there are lots of people who think that if the power is out at a traffic light that you get to just cruise right through.

@bmccormick40 7 ай бұрын

Why the fake audio? Adding an audio track that's clearly not recorded while driving around and obviously doesn't match up with the action on screen is disingenuous and unnecessary. It detracts from what is otherwise some pretty beautifully-shot high quality footage.

@exploreusacities 7 ай бұрын

Because the real audio sounds like a toddler slurping water through a straw.

@brazillo19 7 ай бұрын

The soundtrack is suspicious to the actual videos footage. I hear no engine stopping or going, or even the tires rolling, especially on a very wet road. Furthermore, the sirens appear to be stationary even though the vehicle is moving. And inside of any vehicle, the rain doesn't sound like that; and you hear thunder that's not in sink with the lightning. This video should be audio only, and used as sleep relaxation.

@exploreusacities 7 ай бұрын

you cracked the case

@brazillo19 7 ай бұрын

@@exploreusacities I'm surprised that I didn't get a heart emoji for that.

@krishsaini8463 9 ай бұрын

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