This video is from January 7, 2008 The tornado started at 3:30 pm about 1.2 miles north of Poplar Grove in Boone county and ended at 3:48 pm about 3.2 miles north northeast of Harvard in McHenry county, Illinois.
The first signs of damage were at Quail Trap road where trees were damaged and sections of roofing were removed from a shed. A large barn was destroyed and other buildings were severely damaged. Large trees were snapped or uprooted. The tornado reached its maximum intensity of EF3 at the northeast corner of Centerville road and Beaverton road. A two story farm house and garage were leveled and large trees were stripped of all branches. The tornado was about 100 yards wide through this area.
This fire tornado was filmed at the Griffith Park California fire on 5-8-2007
Video clip of lightning in a volcano's eruption cloud, as lava enters the ocean in the Kalapana area.
Darcy Bevens was the videographer who shot and edited this amazing video. Find out a lot more by going to the Center for the Study of Active Volcano at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo's web site's Lightning Page