12/10/21 “Quad State Tornado” Extended Footage 

Imagine surviving a tornado, then being offered a ride with the guys chasing it.

As a semi truck driver I can honestly say we don't get paid nearly enough for the true hazards we have to deal with

Tornado chasing in the dead of night has got to be the most terrifying thing.

Holy crap, the truck driver didn’t even know what happened. He was in shock! When they told him he just survived a tornado he said “A tornado ??”… Man y’all stay safe out there doing this 🙏🏼.

Imagine almost dying from a tornado and then getting picked up and forced to chase after more tornadoes 😂

I am watching from Germany and I have to say it is one of the scariest tornado videos I have ever watched. Even the German media are reporting about the tornado outbreak. I am sending my prayers across the pond! 🙏

I am glad that U helped the second truck driver because I was worried U were going to drive on by. Storm chasing is not just about getting the best footage but also helping others.

A tornado at night is the most terrifying thing you could go through. It's bad enough when you can see it. Not knowing where it is exactly because you can't see it. Yeah that to me is a nightmare. We went through the Onalaska,TX tornado on 4-22-20. Our house thank God was spared. Especially because we were in it. It was a life changing event. Myself and many neighbors now start getting nervous when the wind blows hard or a bad storm comes through. God bless anyone who has been through a tornado.

Omg the guy you guys picked up. He is SO lucky to survive that.

“Man there was crazy winds!” Storm chaser: “No man, you just survived a tornado!” A historic one at that!

I never thought this will happen like in the movies. I’m praying everyone safety who are affected by this massive tornado.

I can’t imagine the sheer terror of seeing such a beast closing in on you at night. The power flashes, debris, and the roar all getting more intense the closer it gets. Only briefly catching a glimpse of its silhouette from the lightning. Then, your ears pop and everything goes black. Night tornadoes are the stuff of nightmares.

Passed by my house in St. Charles Ky(double wide actually, but really there was *no* sheltering yourself from this tornado..) by less than half a mile.. the total calmness beforehand, the sound I will never ever forget, seeing the power flashes as I watched it ripping across Dawson Springs. Where I grew up.(Dawson Springs KY is almost non-existant now.. 70% of it is just gone. Brick buildings and aparmtents just wiped off the map) It took our main substation and uprooted its foundation and twisted it around like a pretzel. Thick concrete and solid steel, like it was nothing. I'm thankful that it didn't hit my small town of Saint Charles. Because it's mainly trailers and doublewide trailers. Our town is only like a mile and a half wide. So this tornado was literally wider than my whole town at certain points. After it moved passedbmy town, it went on to Earlington KY about 5 mins from where i live, there it took an extremely heavy train and flung it over 100 yards into someone's home, like it was a toy. The death toll is immense, 13 dead in Dawson alone, and dozens of them are still missing. After the length of time that's already passed, and the nights after dropping down to below 32°, I'm very afraid that means those 3-4 dozen who are missing are for sure going to be counted down as casualties eventually.. The community of Dawson Springs, Mayfield, and Bremen KY may never recover from this. It's so unbearably heartbreaking.

the fact that the truck driver was crawling out of his truck that turned over into the car of storm chasers 😰 that man’s adrenaline must be on one! what a crazy night this must have been. and to make matter’s worse, it’s in the total darkness of the night. my heart goes out to EVERYONE this has affected. may god bless you all and protect each and every one of you♥️

Heart goes out for those who didn’t make it. May god bless their souls.

What a horrible night for all affected. Hope the recovery is quick.

Apart of me thinks the guy they picked up was like, "I made a mistake just let me out please!"

Man survives tornado and gets in vehicle with storm chasers. That's a movie plot. That devastation is just... Prayers to all. Now no power for so many. I feel so bad for the kids being traumatized.

Imagine surviving a tornado only to be picked up by storm chasers chasing a tornado.. In all seriousness, I'm glad he's okay and prayers for all the people that lost their lives.

I just can't believe that a tornado of this magnitude went down in December! And it may be the longest tracking tornado in history! My heart goes out to all who were impacted by this.

The tornado being at night makes it look beyond scary. The power that's hiding only to be seen every lighting flash. Things nightmares are made of. God bless all those who were affected.

Tornado chasing, in December, at night, with a wedge. Worst case scenario in my opinion because no one is expecting it in December and being at night makes it even worse

Great job picking that trucker up.

Tornados like this are scary enough durring the day. But at night it's a whole new level of terrifying.

Please be careful. I live in Kentucky and I'm still NOT okay and can't stop crying about what all has happened to our state.

I survived a tornado... and i must say that was the most terrible and scary moment in my whole life... you survive literally the force of the air... i flew with other people there too...those people i see regularly, and we always end talking about that Day...i was hit by thunders and ice rocks... that Day i was born again...

The truck driver will have an incredible story to tell. Amazing footage.

Thank you for picking up that driver, please be safe and thank you.

This poor man just survived a tornado just to climb into a car and chase it down. 😆

Nebraskans are reminded of twin tornadoes like this that tore through one of our neighboring towns and completely destroyed it. They hardly had time to cry before they were rebuilding the town. In many ways people are more durable than a tornado. We're feeling it over here, wishing yall the best.

My prayers with everyone in the storm's path 🙏

Exceptional footage, Nick. It was so incredibly nice to see you guys get the semi driver to safety inside your vehicle. I'm sure he will be forever grateful for that.

Wow 😮 Thank God, my son doesn’t do this for a living!! Your poor momma’s! Stay safe, guys!!!

#1 item on my bucket list is tornado chasing. You guys are literally living my dream and I am obsessed with watching these videos.

Thank you for what you do. I believe because of storm chasers we've learned a lot about tornadoes. I'm from North Carolina and am more accustomed to hurricanes. For the time being I live in Missouri and now know what hook echos mean.

The humanity of these fine gentlemen. Didn't even think twice to ask the truck driver to get in.

I'm a Semi Truck driver and I can not imagine being caught in a Tornado, that is like my worse fear of all. Hope everyone was ok 🙏🏼

Epic Footage! Thanks for sharing. We have friends in Mayfield that lost everything. Horrific!

The Hayti wedge is quite possibly the same tornado that devastated Mayfield Ky. Unbelievable.

I have an idea what it's like to be in one of these nighttime tornado outbreaks. On Memorial Day weekend 2019, we had a similar situation happen in the Dayton, Ohio area. We had that same insane crazy lightening intensity during the height of the storm. Night tornadoes are so damn scary.

Holy shit I bet your adrenaline was pumping like crazy. Thank you so much for risking your lives to bring us this footage. I hope you and all your families are safe after this.

poor bastard truck driver got blown over in the storm, only to escape into a storm chasers truck

this storm was not natural i live in east ky and suddenly days before lots of jet traffic leaving long vapor trails i noticed because i was out cutting firewood but the strange thing was the sudden shift in barometric pressure and the warm breeze not typical for this time of season typically most of the thunder storm occurs in spring its very unusual for a December thunder storm but i also noticed the charged particles as static was very high and you could defiantly feel it i have a joint issue and typically they hurt in low pressure but it felt like a warm summer evening i think/felt something was very off because there was lots of lightning but very little thunder the radar also seamed strange via intellicast the storms typically break up as they reach the mountains the hills cause horizontal wind to create a wall of wind pushing the storms up toward/across ohio but this storm showed a perfect line on radar and the storm plowed though here like the hills/mountains wasnt even there

Korea's eternal hero, the United States. Wake up powerfully! Tears flow and my heart aches. Everyone, cheer up! I hope everyone who was killed by the typhoon will be happy in heaven. We share the sadness of the great country, America. Cheer up, our hero, America. In Busan, South Korea...

At night with that large of a wedge I would be afraid of satellite tornados sneaking up on me from behind.

Awesome you picked up the survivor on the highway! 👍✊❤️🇺🇸

Hats off to you men for doing this. Takes guts and the footage you get is all telling. These things are monsters.

I live 30 minutes away from Mayfield, Ky and I consider myself extremely blessed because the tornado didn’t come in contact with my town. Blessings from me to everyone especially the families who had to experience all the tragic things that happened.

wow! such skills you kids...wonderful to see such commitment to a job well done I am 66 in Winnipeg MB and only wish you to be doubly safe! thanks for your work, cameraman and driver

Look at all the TRUCK DRIVERS that Risk their lives everyday. We all NEED TO BUILD UNDER GROUND Shelters

This footage is INSANE...GOD BLESS these guys for what they do and the Harm they drive right into !!!!

CUDOS to both of you guys for being out there. I've been in two of them and know how scary they are, especially at night. You're definitely at the Mercy of mother nature. God Bless you guys AND everyone who's been affected by this tragedy. Stay safe!!!😔

GPS: "Welcome to Missouri!" Chasers: "OMG IT'S A WEDGE!"

Thank you for stopping to help. Y’all are wonderful

God's Upset with our country! Great capture, God Bless you and glad you're safe! Sara Lee Fernandez Atlanta, Georgia God's Chosen One

the movie "Twister" should be getting a lot of views this week

2:52 “Welcome to Missouri” *Lightning strike shows massive tornado*

Guy from the truck who got in the car probably was like "I survived the tornado in my truck only to get in the car with these people chasing the same tornado that almost killed me"

Wow! That is a violent tornado, it's definitely going to be a bad tornado season come this spring. Excellent footage guys👍👍👍👍👍

Hi!!!! My name is LUCK DUCK and my girlfriend is Baby Teddy. We are expert tornado chasers. We love driving around and looking at tornadoes. We usually catch about 4-5 tornadoes every season. Most are EF 3 tornadoes that we see. Our goal is to someday get close enough to one as it is either just starting to form or when it is just ending that we can actually run right into it and dance around in the tornado. This should be actually very safe to do as long as you time it right especially if it is an EF0-EF1 tornado. We saw an EF0 once that the only damage it did was flip over someone’s patio furniture. Unfortunately we couldn’t get close enough to run into it. Please do not try this yourself. We are experts

Holy shit man. I’m not religious, but god bless you guys. While driving out to Baltimore we got a tornado warning in Tennessee, and it was the most terrified I’ve ever been. I live in Vegas, and tornadoes are my biggest fear, even though I’ve never been in one. I don’t know how you guys do this. So sad for all the lives lost🖤

4th grade me is loving this storm chasing video. I’m not sure why but I wanted to be a storm chaser sooooo bad back in the day!

im sooo scared of tornadoes im crying this just watching & the fact you guys are out saving people FEARLESS is awesome !!

People driving right into the tornado. Take shelter doesn’t ring a bell or turn around and go back🤷🏻‍♀️

This is Haarp😨

Lightning is your best friend when chasing night time tornadoes

It’s sucking up cars and Houses and taking them up to 30,000 feet and spitting them out, I wouldn’t just be looking for powerlines I’ll be watching for falling houses and cars.

One amazing thing about this tornado was that it was anti cyclonic. (aka going counter clockwise) Which is extremely rare, they most commonly form off of cyclonic tornados, and last only minutes. But this one being independent, so large and destructive is crazy. I am so sorru to the people who losy their lives and loved ones and homes

Is the nature angry or the Creator? Haggai 2:22 I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms; I will destroy the strength of the Gentile kingdoms. I will overthrow the chariots and those who ride in them; The horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother. Haggai 2:6‭-‬7 ‬‬ For thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Once more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land; and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,’ says the Lord of hosts. Job 37 By the breath of God ice is given, and the broad waters are frozen. Also with moisture He saturates the thick clouds; He scatters His bright clouds. And they swirl about, being turned by His guidance, that they may do whatever He commands them on the face of the whole earth. He causes it to come, whether for correction, or for His land, or for mercy. Ezekiel 13 Therefore thus says the Lord God: “I will cause a stormy wind to break forth in My fury; and there shall be a flooding rain in My anger, and great hailstones in fury to consume it." Every product has a manual, and so as the earth. The words of God is called an instruction of life and teaches how the inhabitants of the earth must live in order to obtain life and peace forever. We can see eternal life through a tree. You cut it down, but it grows back. The tree live forever because of their obedience to the Lord God. They give food and shelter to the people for free. The Creator rewarded them for their righteousness. Religions do not tell you the complete truth about the Lord God but partially. They only teach He is the God of love. The words of God said He is a Government with laws and commandments. He defines righteous obedient and evil disobedient to His Law. Although He loves all His creatures, but He punishes sinners for hurting the righteous people. He controls all the living things with His Spirit. He uses evil to kill another evil and commands natures such as the wind, water, and clouds to plague the disobedient ones. Mathew 7 But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall. The Law of Moses is the ways and righteousness of God and contains His laws and commandments. The Lord God sent it through Moses to teach the inhabitants of the earth how to live righteous life and reap the reward of obedience which is peace and eternal life. Whoever rejects it will be cut off. The children of Israel was almost cut off, and the country Israel was desolate for almost 2000 years for violating it. Lord Jesus was crucified to redeem His people in Israel from curse and death for transgressing the Law of Moses. In our days, religions as Christian, governments and businesses reject the Law of Moses. As a result, the Lord God is sending His anger to manifest His judgment upon the violators. It will not stop until His people learn to obey His Law, and the disobedient ones perish. The Lord God will replace the world with His Kingdom where His people can live in peace. Choose life and peace by obeying it. Isaiah 24 The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell in it are desolate. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are BURNED, and FEW MEN ARE LEFT. Isaiah 26 For when Your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. The Spirit and the bride, Daughter of Zion, Mount Zion, Heavenly Jerusalem Gabriel, angel of the Lord

Jeez... you guys got balls. Great footage and good on ya for picking that guy up. Stay safe out there

Can you imagine getting picked up by storm chasers and you get in and say the wind is crazy and they say no you just survived a tornado and they sound like two guys at Christmas time opening packages.

Damn. You stopped for the guy and got him in the car. You're good people, people.

This is powerful footage. Felt like I was watching the movie twister in real life

This shit is as intense as it gets. Gives me an adrenaline pump just watching it. Man scary stuff but its gotta be some level of fun. Love storms. Do you guys use a special vehicle or strong tires of some sort when chasing?

That dude just got the wildest hitch ride of his life, dude said “get in, we going storm chasin.”

Is this the same one that traveled over 200 miles?

Seeing the sharknado in the lightning was nuts! Awesome footage.

RIP to all those who lost their lives during this catastrophic monster tornado damage. It's high time that our politicians start thinking about our climate and its impact on people, it's easy to ignore these warnings, but it is literally showing how dangerous these tornadoes are going to be in the coming years. God bless all and hope you stay safe from these dangerous twister tstorms.

thankyou for sharing, terrifying moments captured on video,, how anyone could survive a storm like these is a miracle.

never thought I'd be alive to see a tornado beat the Tri State Tornado.

Crazy! Classic Geo engineering HAARP

We just moved to Bentonville, AR. We were watching the cloud light show tight on the edge of the storm. We were very lucky, it moved on to the NE. I am sad to hear so many people were injured or killed.

this may be a 5...i watched the 2013 Moore tornado unfold live...this hitting at night made it so much worse...nice radar detector setup if i was chasing id do the same...

You guys have big balls. I'm so sorry for those who experienced this especially at night.

Being a meteorologist and the beauty that this is....sends chills down my spine, this is probably one of the scariest things you'll see

such a sweet move taking that guy in, i cannot imagine how shocked he must have been

So hard to believe that monster was close to where I live pray for the people that are still trying to recover from this powerful monster and sorry to the families that lost loved ones

Seeing a tornado like that in December is just crazy. Usually I'm expecting more than a foot of snow and cold weather.

thanks for sharing. I am from Hayti, Mo. and frightened that nite.

The world needs more Nick who helps people while stranded ❤

The lightning at the end is scary and beautiful all at the same time..

Good lucking out for the overturned tractor trailer...just someone's dad that might be injured or dead...good oldé American values. Glad that you got your vid.

i dont like invisible blenders or laying in bed at night at while outside it is pure chaos and i can hear it coming and i hear a rumbling sound and its getting closer and closer

What a nightmare! My thoughts and prayers are with the people who were in the path of these tornadoes. 🙏🙏🙏

Right at 3:20 you can actually hear the Tornado!! They sound like freight trains. I grew up in the deep south & have nightmares about that sound. Broad daylight can't get darker than midnight in a Split Second! God bless those people who has lost life, loved ones, housing and whatever else that has brought pain. My prayers go out to everyone who had to suffer through mother nature at her worst! But trust that God makes no mistakes. Even though it may be hard to understand stand him sometimes, just know that any loved ones lost are not gone forever & is in a much more peaceful place! Any houses or businesses lost can be rebuilt better & stronger then before. God bless...& stay strong.

Hey Nick!!! New sub! Much love from Arkansas!!! My brother is also a chaser/first responder!!! Thank you guys for all you do!!!! ❤

"Welcome to Missouri" "Oh my god. Huge wedge"

This was awesome footage... appreciate the work in getting this to us RU-vid viewers. Some of the best I've seen of this storm... Just wish I was there chasing with u guys too. Haha Also hypothetically; Would thermals, night vision, or any type of funky camera/device be able to spot the tornadoes easier?? Just for the initial spot, and obviously; only for nighttime chases like this.

I grew up here in Wichita Kansas and remember the F5 that killed so many in a trailer park and it was on the ground for thirty minutes. My whole life I wanted to see one. I saw it and never want to see one again. Luckily now instead of tornados we get earthquakes. My thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Survive tornado, crawl out of truck, thank God nice passerby offers you a ride….find out they’re storm chasers driving back towards the tornado. What do?