Follow along with a team of Tornado Chasers as they criss-cross North America chasing the most impressive storms on planet earth. The Tornado Hunters are Greg Johnson from Regina Saskatchewan, Ricky Forbes from Saskatoon Saskatchewan and Chris Chittick from Grand Rapids Michigan.
That Tornado was generally difficult to see. Given it's rapid expansion, unusual move to the S.E. and fast ground speed it's a wonder more chasers were not hit.
El Reno and many other examples are to me illustrations of why both the EF scale and rate-by-damage-only system seriously need to be revisited and reformed. El Reno was not an EF-3, everyone knows it wasn't, yet we're all supposed to pretend it was just because there was nothing but meadows and farmland in its way. This was understandable in the days before doppler but now, unless the case can be made that doppler readings on wind speed are wildly unreliable -- and I am no doppler radar-ologist, maybe they are -- I think they need to be included along with damage in the process of rating a tornado. Granted the readings are well above ground level in most cases -- due to friction it will be lower at ground level where it matters -- but I think it's possible through wind tunnel experiments, etc, to figure out a ground friction coefficient, eg: 200 mph reading at 3,000 ft - 10% = 180 mph at ground level. My reasoning for reviewing the EF scale is: (a) I think the original F scale was closer to the truth. An EF-3 twister is supposed to be 136-165 mph. But the freaky phenomena very common with even EF-3's -- curtains sucked through window frames, pine straws driven through car bodies and metal shovels, etc -- rarely if ever occur even with high Cat 4 to low Cat 5 hurricanes which are officially in that same velocity range. (b) Given that we at least have several tornadoes by now dopplered at or above 300 mph, it makes no sense that the EF scale has no rating above 5. The rating goes up a magnitude every 30-35 mph but becomes an open-ended at the EF-5 threshold of 200 mph. If the dopplers are even remotely accurate, there have been many tornadoes well beyond 235 mph where EF-6 should begin if the scale is to be consistent, some beyond 270 mph where EF-7 should begin and possibly some that would qualify for EF-8 that would start at 305 mph. Face it -- a 300 mph wind is not just 50% stronger than a 200 mph wind, it's 2.25 times stronger. A tornado that strong is a different critter entirely from 200 mph and needs for the sake of science, not to mention common sense, to be officially recognized as such. I say that including in the rating process a reliable doppler reading minus ground friction coefficient would make that possible.
Most insane storm chasing video i have ever seen! you guys were so good together and being such a great team! What were those cars thinking not going FAST and u had to honk? hello there’s literally a tornado chasing yo ass ! Great job guys ..🙏🏼
I will never understand why people do this; Mother Nature is no joke. They were high-fiving and excited until they were caught in the very thing they were chasing, i.e. the hunter becomes the hunted.
Where did you drive? Impossible to see from this footage. At 14:00 you took a left on Reno Rd turning into Brandley Rd. After that, I haven't got a clue.
I know it was said several times in the video but I feel compelled to say it again. FUCK YEA RICKY!! In all seriousness though that is the most stress inducing thing I've ever watched on RU-vid, these men are braver than I will ever be. Prayers be with the families of the three that were lost in this monster even 11 years after the fact. Rest eternally in peace Twistex, you guys will never be forgotten
It's funny that even storm chasers say "tornado on the ground, 2 of them, there are twins!" when it's actually one big tornado that was already on the ground and those cones were "just" satellites and no one could realize it yet. Definitely the craziest tornado of all time
Is it worth it? I could not see it. DOn't want to. It is my worst nightmare. All the animals have no shelter or shepherds to lead them to safety. That alone hurts my heart enough.
Can anyone that partisipated in this chase say how much they made on their footage? I can't imagine anyone putting their lives in danger for any video! I hope this was a lesson learned; Somehow I don't think some have learned anything! RIP TIM &PAUL SAMARIS AND CARL YOUNG😮😢 Nothing can bring them back; Please chase responsibly, we don't need any more killed; It's not worth it.
Tim was one of my dads friends ( my dad was on reeds team * his EMT*) he said that Tim had told them he was going to go chase that day but no one else was because it was going to be very dangerous. My dad said the last thing they ever heard from him was a text ( i dont remeber exactly what it said but it obv had to do with smth abt tornados) they didnt hear from him the rest of the day and didnt think abything abt it. They turned the news on the next day and thats how they found out abt Tim, Paul, and Carl😢 RIP Twistex you will forever be missed❤️
@MarilynMansonlsBetterThanRap Oh rly!! I love how you know more abt my dad than I do! If you wanna accuse me of lying, search my dad up bf you go accusing me. Frank Risques search him up then come back and tell me if im lying still😊🙄
@@Jero-P I gotcha, it's a miracle it didn't hit a city at 2.6 miles wide. They need a new method for classifying tornadoes. I used to watch those guys on Storm Chasers on the discovery channel. That was a sad day.
This tornado was the main reason I don’t trust damage reports as a reliable rating system for ranking tornados. We have reliable mobile doplar now that can tell us the wind speeds, damage is so unpredictable especially with construction, multiple vortices etc. part of why we haven’t “seen” an ef5 in forever even tho we’ve seen twisters with those wind speeds
If this tornado struck a city, it would have been catastrophic, but it's in a field, killed THREE experienced chasers. F3. Wtf ever. I guess it doesn't matter though what rating it gets. It was horrible enough
Chris is like, what am I doing with these amateur's?! I use to ridie with the best, Timmer and Joel, Matt and more.. Are these guy's from Canada? I think I caught a bit of an accent.. Great ride! 🌪️🤗🌪️
I think she did great! AND YOU SIR, its been YEARS since i watched you, but im very glad to see you more calm and less worked up brotha. Say hi to the gang down in Alida Sk at Vertex Trucking for me!
Amazing video, content is incredible! I've been watching these types of videos for years now but this video made it clear how easy it could be to get trans fixed on one of these while driving. You guys didn't fantastic job and Leah was excellent, thanks for posting
