I'm really surprised to hear an actual roar of a tornado. It does sound like a waterfall. Props to the guy for not screaming at the top of his lungs unlike other "storm chasers".
This wasn't the only F5 tornado of 1990. That same August, a powerful F5 would strike Plainfield, Illinois without warning, due to radar issues. This one killed 29 people.
People can actually film a tornado without screaming at the top of their lungs, cussing and generally freaking the F out?!! Great video! I like watching tornado videos but usually have to hit mute because I can't stand all the yelling. It was nice to hear the sound of the tornado for once!! Thanks for posting this video.
At 2.45 or so, there's a structure (perhaps a water tower?) right in the path of the tornado - it was still standing after the tornado passed thru, while everything else around it was pulverized. Great job on the camera!
I remember this from my first ever tornado documentary. On it they freeze it to show the multiple vortexis and at 2:32 on this video on the right side of the tornado it shows 30,000 tons of some kind of concrete being picked up. This was the example of the F5 tornado and damage on the documentary.
I was at Hesston College in the building closest to the train tracks. The Hesston tornado of 3/13/1990 demolished everything on the other side of those tracks. Talk about changing your perspective on life.
Tornadoes make all sorts of sounds. Some of 'em make almost no sound at all, some sound like a waterfall, some like a freight train. Some of them even make a sort of whining sound. Depends on what sort of terrain it's passing over, how intense it is, how large it is, etc.
I had the audio turned off because I figured there would be yelling and screaming, I turned it up for the heck of it and was pleasantly surprised that there was none. I could actually hear what the tornado sounded like. It does sound like a waterfall. None of the sounds of whatever it was ripping up made it to the cam corder. I wonder how far that tornado was from the camera? This guy was good, very good. We need more like him.
Homes were flattened, and half a block over, practically no damage. My husband was that close when it hit. There were a few holes in the screen door, 4 houses down, the roof was off a house, a few houses away from that, total devastation! The headquarters for Mennonite Disaster Service were ironically destroyed, but rebuilt, and tons of local volunteers got working right away!
What horrifies me is at 2:00 when unrecognizable stuff (trees? houses?) start getting uprooted and pulled into the trailing circulation, stuff that's not touched by the visible funnel is still within the whirling column of air, and it's drawn irresistably into the vortex and shredded
That's a classic example of why "Do Not Touch The Funnel Cloud" is not reality. Tornadic circulation can extend *way* outward from the condensation funnel, and then you have RFD and inflow jets on top of that - and then you always have the chance the thing starts farting out satellites well outside the circulation. With a monster like this, you can't take anything for granted. The cameraperson was lucky.
Looks like the class 5 that hit our house when I was a kid. My house was totally destroyed - half of it sucked up ... vanished - and over 80 people were killed - 8 of our neighbors. I still have nightmares.
My husband was in his parent's basement in Hesston, his dad having made it back from Kropf Lumber just before it hit. They exited their house after it had passed and watched it move northeast. Surprisingly there were only two deaths, probably from the F5 with which it merged NE of Hesston. Thankfully it did not hit the large retirement community, and the college, although many people lost their homes.
Beautiful, awesome video and sound capture. At about 3;02 to 3:09 I saw what looked like a large four legged animal on the left side. I hope not though. Very terrible. Must have been humbling to witness. Thanks for sharing.
Yep, I mentioned that a couple pages back on the comments. I remember because it was on a tornado documentary I had watched when I was very young. This was the example of the an F5 tornado and multiple vortex tornado
Beautiful video. TVN is too big and good to take comments on their videos or even on their website. So thank you for your great videos and letting me show my appreciation.
Great job. Thanks for not yelling and cussing like so many do. Beautiful video and sound.I feel for anyone in it's way. At 3:09 i thought i saw a big four legged animal on the left side but it was too big at that distance. Great video
