Tornado near Albion, Illinois, June 2, 1990 @AncientAirTheatre
Tornado near Albion, Illinois, June 2, 1990  @AncientAirTheatre
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A widespread tornado outbreak transpired throughout the Midwest and Ohio River Valley on June 2, 1990, with several intense tornado families occurring in the late afternoon through evening hours across Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky.

While this was a very concerning sight to the videographer and Albion, Illinois home owner, Davida Lesner, the tornado was one of the most gracefully dramatic video sequences recorded from this event. The tornado would produce F4 damage to several farms and homesteads across southeast Illinois.

Additional information about the June 2, 1990 tornado outbreak: weather.gov/ind/june2_1990tor

This is the fully unedited video from an original VHS to Betacam videotape copy, with portions used for the Tornado Video Classics video series in 1992-93.

Video © Davida Lesner, All Rights Reserved.
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Tornado near Albion, Illinois, June 2, 1990

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