Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This video was recorded by meteorologist Roger Edwards who along with chase partner Steve Marks were out storm chasing and observing on Saturday, May 30, 1998 in Southeastern South Dakota. A tail end supercell along a line of severe thunderstorms resulted in a significant and deadly F4 tornado that devastated the small community of Spencer, South Dakota that evening. The storms eventually became a severe multi-state derecho that produced damage through the Great Lakes onward to the east coast.
The majority of this video was recorded a day after on May 31 as Roger and Steve assisted the Sioux Falls National Weather Service office with a damage assessment survey.
Roger Edwards full account can be accessed here: stormeyes.org/tornado/spencer/rogerspn.htm
Videography © Roger Edwards, All Rights Reserved.
Please note some audio dropouts occurred on the original Hi8 videotape.
This video was recorded by meteorologist Roger Edwards who along with chase partner Steve Marks were out storm chasing and observing on Saturday, May 30, 1998 in Southeastern South Dakota. A tail end supercell along a line of severe thunderstorms resulted in a significant and deadly F4 tornado that devastated the small community of Spencer, South Dakota that evening. The storms eventually became a severe multi-state derecho that produced damage through the Great Lakes onward to the east coast.
The majority of this video was recorded a day after on May 31 as Roger and Steve assisted the Sioux Falls National Weather Service office with a damage assessment survey.
Roger Edwards full account can be accessed here: stormeyes.org/tornado/spencer/rogerspn.htm
Videography © Roger Edwards, All Rights Reserved.
Please note some audio dropouts occurred on the original Hi8 videotape.
![Tornado Alley [1997] The History Channel, Documentary](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dX4p5ATd6UA/mqdefault.jpg "Tornado Alley [1997] The History Channel, Documentary
Tornado Alley [1997] Part of the Wrath of God documentary series, this production features several historical United States tornado events that transpired in the 19th and 20th centuries with stories primarily focused around the March 18, 1925 tri-state tornado in southern Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. Eyewitnesses and survivors recount that event in original interviews in one of the last broadcast productions to present such original stories. At times the program takes visual liberties with stock tornado video and photos that are completely unrelated to actual events, incorporated for dramatic effect. Produced by Towers Productions for The History Channel, Tornado Alley aired during the peak of a tornado program boom for cable and television networks in the later part of the 1990s and was eventually marketed by A&E Home Video. This is remastered from an original production videotape and presented in high definition.
Additional information on the March 18, 1925 tri-state tornado: https://www.weather.gov/pah/1925Tornado_ss
Video © 1996, 1997 Towers Productions, The History Channel, All Rights Reserved.")
