The May 7, 2024 Tornado Outbreak, As It Happened... 

Turns out a guy on RU-vid is more competent than all local news channels combined

43:12 - PDS Tornado Warning for Branch and St. Joseph Counties in Michigan begins. 51:27 - PDS Tornado Warning for Kalamazoo County in Michigan begins. 57:36 - Brief Tornado Emergency for Branch County in Michigan begins. 59:09 - PDS Tornado Warning for Calhoun County in Michigan begins. 2:09:27 - PDS Tornado Warning #4 in Michigan begins. 2:10:20 - PDS Severe T-Storm Warning for Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio begins. 2:11:04 - PDS Severe T-Storm Warning #2 for Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio begins 2:21:37 - PDS Tornado Warning #5 in Michigan begins. 3:04:03 - PDS Tornado Warning in Indiana begins.

Thanks for watching our coverage today!! Here's some key moments we had for important information and advanced warnings: - 16:27 Ryan first calls out the storm that would go on to become Michigan's first ever tornado emergency (tornado had lifted at time of upgrade, but was significant before then) - 57:37 tornado emergency as the Colon/Leonidas tornado ends - 1:40:13 23 minute advanced warning for the second tornado warning for Portage MI after the first one decimated parts of the town. - 2:03:27 information on radar sidelobing on the Muncie, IN storm - 2:39:22 advanced warning for the New Salem, IN and Middletown - Moscow, IN tornadoes before they were warned - 2:58:40 completely unwarned tornado doing damage west of Milton IN, near Cambridge City. This was not warned at all after this point-will see what their survey says. - 3:30:18 good & unusually clear indication of tornado debris moving with the storm's updraft instead of with the expected tornado path, helping us confirm that this tornado was no longer on the ground at this point - 3:33:24 explanation of very low precipitation tornado west of Louisville & how we confirm it on radar. Looks like the Andover, KS tornado from 4/29/22 that Reed captured. - 4:47:13 Ryan first warns of the hybrid QLCS/supercell tornadoes that would go on to produce triplets near Lebanon and Morrow, OH well ahead of any tornado warning.

Thank you so much Ryan and the team for everything you’ve been doing lately. You’ve no doubt saved countless lives

i live in kalamazoo, and i truly never thought i'd be watching a Ryan Hall livestream and have it be about my hometown and forever home. i am so grateful that i was able to be informed, it definitely helped me be less afraid. i was able to reach out to friends and family who live right by the storm track and check on them, which is invaluable. my fiance works at the FedEx facility, and while he was home, it is very hard to see what happened there, but we are so grateful that everyone made it through that was there. thank you so much, Ryan, the weather community, and all of you guys for the support 🖤

My son was less than 1/8 mile from that trailer park that took a direct hit in Kalamazoo Michigan….he watched as the tornado passed over I94 …..he said they barely had enough warning to even be aware of the tornado…he was in Zeigler motorsports…….I actually had gotten ahold of him to tell him a tornado was heading right in his direction…..I had been watching this channel and warned him before he received a tornado warning on his frickin I phone thats how much warning people had….about four minutes

Huge thanks to you all for your coverage. Got my wife and kids to safety long before they even got warnings from NWS. You all noticed rotation in the area asap... you're 100% my go to for weather updates from now on

3:44:20 "THIS is a tornado, now that you can hear me" this moment brought me some comedic relief in the hours long of tornadic activity. Some of ryans comments or quips are funny

I never usually comment on any videos. But I cannot thank you enough for everything you did tonight. Because of you and your team, I was able to get my kids to safety WAY before a warning ever came through.

Thank you Ryan for broadcasting in the Ohio region last night. The storms did some damage and a barn was demolished by my house and up the road from that it also hit. Several barns were destroyed last night ,trees on houses etc. Everyone is safe though. The areas near me that were hit were South Lebanon ,Morrow and the Clarksville/ Wilmington area. We had you on the TV while taking shelter. I like how you pinpoint it right down to the street. Thankfully once it hit it went back up and didn't come back down on us. I've been sending everyone your link to prepare for round 2 today.

Someone should start a petition to get Ryan a medal from whatever weather agency gives medals.

Over a million views, wow ! THANK YOU RYAN!!!

I post his warnings all the time to my Facebook group that has thousands in it. It's not related to weather but I share the stream link just to try to save lives. Even if it's one person in my group

1.3 million views??!!! Your reach has become incredibly life-saving! Thank you!

That circulation that dropped the tornadoes in Lebanon went literally right over my house...

Thanks guys! Prayers for y'all and everybody affected by the tornadoes and thunderstorms. Watching from Ohio. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Thank you for your wonderful service. We have friends and family all over the country and when I see where they live,first I pray for safety for them and the storm chasers then I on them.

Hey Ryan, just wanted to give you and the Squad a massive thank you for everything you do; I live in NJ, but I have a friend who lives in Portage, and because of the alert delays she had no idea of the weather situation. I was able to get a hold of her and get her tuned into you guys and in a safe place with her cat. The alert didn't go off on her phone until AFTER the tornado had blown through her complex!! I was able to relay the information you were giving over text since she'd lost power, but she and her cat are both safe because of you guys!! Can't thank you enough. ❤️🙏

The St Joe River valley along M60 highway had never experienced a tornado until this one. It was like a safe area.

Btw, Ryan... The way you navigate through all you have to go though and balance being nice and saving lives.... It's so commendable and very noble

Yeah we got slammed here in Michigan. City of Portage.

Keep your devices charged!! People for your safety

I like the hesitation when he looked at the city Oconomowoc (my town) and chose Ixonia. Haha. Thank you for all that you and the Ya'll squad do! Your team will go down in the history books one day.

Live near Hudson Michigan and was glued to this stream while the weather was moving in. I was supposed to be driving in this but could tell it might get bad based on these forecasts. Been watching every outbreak on this channel. We got lucky here. Prayers to the Portage community and others affected by this outbreak. Thank you for what you do Ryan and team

That was one heck of start, my goodness, just goes to show that risk areas matters very little.

Ryan 😊. Thanks you for all you do! You have a Real Gifted Meteorologist in Mr. Hill! KEEP him at all cost!

Is it just me or does this year seem like it’s opening stronger than it has in awhile

Trust me it’s happening now - People are saying it’s so bad and I just told them that it’s about to get way worse tonight and tomorrow-

🎙️ Had a couple touchdowns in my area earlier. Warren County just outside of Lebanon.

Thank you so much Ryan. I am getting hit terribly right now and you really helped me stay safe!!

Thanks for the hard work on this

I'm in UK been viewing this in awe. The work you do is amazing, the detail of your forecasting is amazing and is invaluable. Great work saving lives.

The fact that the Y'all Squad does this coverage of severe weather for hours at a time is pure dedication!

Thanks Ryan! Westerville, Ohio here, I watched you and this storm all unfold in my backyard.

Even a day late, can you still add C.C. please ? Still so much to learn, especially for deaf people (also handicapped with hearing alarms !!) 🤔👍🙏🙏🙏

The joy and jollity of seeing not only your hometown but your very street on a stream like this. But thankfully I don’t even think the north Columbus storm produced a tornado.

Thank you all for keeping us posted on these crazy tornadoes ❤

57:38 Tornado Emergency

Tomorrow is going to be crazy 🌪️🌪️🌪️

Such a wonderful experience getting rocked by 65 mile per hour winds in the middle of our AP exam, and then having the tornado siren test just a few minutes later! At least the test was easy…

Portage Michigan Got Wrecked 2 EF3+ some say a EF4 touched down right in portage

I hope yall are able to be here with us today especially since yall are gonna have severe weather as well as nashville. we are at the hatched risk of tornados today like michigan last night.

Portage, MI tore apart.

thank you for everything you and the yall squad do. definitely helped many people tonight be prepared and probably saved lives!

I was in ohio for Dublin we took shelter it was a scary night

Words can not express how thankful for your channels and committment to save lives!!!

Hey Ryan, im a firefighter for Salem/Morroe fire department that mainly covers Morrow and Clarksville. We had a great amount of damage, we had multiple building collapse but no injuries as of now, there were 5 confirmed tornadoes on the ground at the same time and 2 of those tornadoes tracked right through morrow. I greatly am thankful for the early warning as the sirens didn't even go off until the tornadoes past same as the warning.

Tornado went by my parent's house in Chester, WV at 1:30am last night. Can't find any news about how bad it was. I know several homes were destroyed and over 1000 people are without power. Lots of trees down, of course. No news whatsoever....

Really nasty running through Florence, KY right now. A lot of low large lightning.

Day number 3. Here I am in Sullivan Indiana watching weather once again!

We are under a tornado watch until 2am. Lots of thunder and lightening right now. Owensboro ky My 2 mini aussies are on high alert. Barking and looking up at the sky

I want to thank you for saving our nearly 50 year marriage, which we will celebrate on June first this year. On May 7th we got the emergency text about the tornado warning in southwest Michigan, but, it didn't give a location. I immediately turned on your channel and, surprise, you were streaming live on the Michigan tornados. You blew me away when you mentioned Texas Corners, the airport, and then, Pavilion Estates! We have the most southwest home in Pavilion Estates. Within two minutes of your statement, the tornado came roaring to within 90 feet of our home. We were blessed by God right then, we only sustained roof and siding damage, which the insurance will take care of. There were 176 mobile homes damaged or destroyed out of the nearly 500 in the park. The other blessing of God was that there were no fatalities and only minor injuries. The tornado passed on the west side of our house, but, we have a two foot long by two inch diameter branch sticking into the EAST side of the house. Nature is amazing!

Yay I'm in Tennessee working at titan tire in union city tomorrow gonna be a big day

We all think, I am saying it ,you need a vacation brother. We are looking hard at the storm hitting western Kentucky. Thank you very much.

Do you see anything for Toronto, Ohio? I got an emergency alert on my phone with a Tornado Warning until 1:30am. The lightening is wicked & non-stop. Very eerie outside.

I sat down at my lunch break Tuesday, opened your live stream, and saw my home area in Michigan on the screen. Immediately jumped to FB to find out that 2 cities in which I have children living both were hit, and was able to confirm their safety within minutes. Some of the footage I was able to see on Fb was INSANE! The Portage storm was a multi-vortex beast. Wiped out the strip mall, so many homes, but amazingly there were no fatalities (despite a trailer park being hit with homes being picked up and thrown). Someone in Leonidas got some great photos of it, and it easily had a base of half a mile or more. A lot of very rural areas got hit hard, with silos blown down, irrigation twisted, not to mention the homes.

Do be prepared, folks. It matters. And do go out joyriding trying to see things as the emergency personnel NEED clear roads to work and save people and clear trees and do not need you risking needing rescue yourself by a fallen tree or something. Just stay home in a safe place. This time of year, you need some battery and solar operated lights, clothes, food/water, important documents, and whatever else you need to deal with life after an emergency and know where your safe space is. Then get there and stay there until the watch is over. Go as soon as the Watch starts so you are already there when a Warning happens because it's too late then. I keep a suitcase packed with a variety of clothes/shoes/toiletries/chargers, etc. and a backpack of food/water so I can grab them and toss them in my safe space. I have a waterproof/fireproof safe with the important docs which I also brought into the safe space. Have what you need in your safe space BEFORE the Warning hits. If your house gets hit, what will you need to continue on and go to work, pay the bills, make insurance claims, etc. if you have to go to a hotel or some other place to live for a bit. Have all that in your safe space. Have all the info and pics on your important things that insurance may need to replace. Have a USB drive with video of your home inside and out so you can remember what was there and you should have an est value of your belongings. Be prepared. It's a lot less headache after and danger during if you are. And stay off the damn roads!!! I spent 3 hours in my windowless bathroom today watching the news on my laptop and was fully prepared and safe when the sirens went off for each of the 3 tornadoes we had. Thankfully, my place was spared though it was within 1/4 mile of me in Portage. Be like me though - be prepared and stay home.

Tornado warning for SW PA and local report saying one on the ground in irondale WV

Thank you guys

Loved ryan's doodling tonight when Andy was talking

Thank you for the job you and your team do it is very much appreciated!!

Thank you Ryan and Andy!

Hoping us in Shelby Co Ky dodge a bullet tomorrow like we did today… the tornado passing right above us thru La Grange a few weeks ago was a bit of a scare, they’ve been mentioned on your stream too many times lately 🤣

Just donated to the Squad. Y'all are the best!

Ryan and crew, u are so appreciated! Thank you for all that you do!

Hello, the mic sounds great

Thank you for all that you do

Thank you Ryan my daughter lives in portage and her apartment was hit by this tornado. If it wasn’t for u guys and other weather streams this would have been worse. No fatalities only minor injuries. But lots of damage . Thank you again.

I’ve been watching the channel off and on for a while now, maybe a year or so. Never could I ever imagine hearing Ryan say the words “particularly dangerous situation for Centreville” all this was happening as I was delivering pizzas in downtown Kalamazoo. I regret not screenshotting my radar scans cuz wow those were impressive storms

You know it'll be a long night if there's more tornado warnings than thunderstorm warnings..

Yes can see you & hear you just fine Ryan, thanks so much for your posts, videos 👍

Ryan, thank you, really, thank you and the Y'all Squad for all you do. Kudos!

What's warren county Ohio looking like right now? We're getting thunder and lightning again. Landen Ohio

Got a tornado moving into pa from Ohio right now

Thank you for all you do

Portage mi and surrounding area had possibly 7 tornadoes and took out a fed ex building.

Way worse for the people in the path later tonight and tomorrow

Getting ready for the severe weather here in Tennessee today and tonight. Being prepared

What are the odds eastern ky actually sees severe storms

Confirmed tornado near Lonsdale, AR.

Hot springs Arkansas just got hit by a tornado. It was in my back yard.

*Damn it's already too hot I hate this unbearable heat."*

Tornado in Hot Springs, Arkansas earlier.

My family and friends never watch the news or weather, we rely on Ryan!

hope you're feeling better tomorrow Ryan!

We love you , Don't ever stop, you give the best coverage

Please if you can’t get away grab all pillows and blankets and animals and stay safe

You were on nelk!!!

I'm in Mukwonago WI which was almost exactly at the point between 3 tornado warnings. I was hiding out in my safe spot with a local channel on my phone and this stream on my laptop. Weirdly comforting that Ryan and Andy weren't too focused on us. Walworth Co ended up with an EF0 and EF1. We got straight line 60 mph wind and torrential peas sized hail. Overall could have been much worse.

Praying 🙏 for you

Tornado watch issued fir JacksonCOUNTY IN MY BASEMENT-where are you guys"

Here's something odd. I knew there would be nados in my area so I got on here to find this live video. However, it would not appear for me. I looked in notifications and directly on your YT live page. I was unable to see it. Yet here it is.

I shared with my michigan family and friends. I am in oakland county,mi

The 1st Portage Michigan tornado was rated a high-end EF2 with winds of 135 MPH and was on the ground for 11 miles

Please keep an eye on Eastern Tennessee

Anyone else think that Andy is freaking amazing??

C.C. PLEASE Ryan/Y'All ?🤔🤔🤔👍🙏🙏🙏✌

You are nice and clear in Mo.

This was unbelievable to live through, the sheer terror I was in. Truly a historic event

May 7-8th stream just died on me! My power went out for just a minute and now nothing 😮