I Hunted A Massive Tornado And Got Extremely Close 

My house was the house that got hit at 9:21 that is also in the thumbnail. I will never forget this day. Thank you for filming it. I’ve always wanted to see footage of it hitting our house. Luckily me and my dad ran to the basement in time for us to seek shelter.

Freddy - Cinematic doesn't even do it justice. Your work at editing and story telling is so phenomenal nobody can even compare to it in this community. Amazing work my friend, as always, I'm proud of you!

You do such great work!

Great stuff! That was me infront of you from about 5:15-7:45. Im still working on my full doc but it wont be half this good lmao!

A great video Freddy, I remember that day, a bad outbreak day and I was working that night watching your stream. You are amazing!

I started watching you on April 26th 2024. By the time you signed off our whole household (4 people) and my next door neighbor was watching your amazing chase video, all of us praying yelling at the TV wanting all involved to be safe. NEVER seen anything like it. Been watching your channel ever since!

Freddy, that’s the best Tornado I’ve ever seen filmed from a storm chaser. Incredible detail of this Monster’s life. Keep doing what you do.

Anyone else notice @ 7:59 that the graphic on the water tower for Harlan Iowa is a tornado??? Guessing the school name for the town is the twister(s).... EDIT high school name is the cyclones... Hence the water tower graphic!

Dude the cop trying to block the road to save people and everyone just going around time is too funny 😂

Sat on the freeway and watched that thing go by, and my day had already been made four times over prior to this. With a bit of time in the rearview this is filtering out at #3 or #4 all-time after Pilger and Dodge City and (probably) Greenfield. It's ahead even of Hedrick last year, Bowdle from 2010 and the NW Omaha "jet plane in a holding pattern" wedge from a few hours earlier. What a day!

My computer had a workout that day. I had tabs open for Ryan Hall and Max Velocity in their studios and maybe 10 chasers, including you, open on other tabs. Was a crazy day.

Incredible footage and graphics Freddy, great job. Fun running into you and Connor in Florida a couple days ago.

0:54 It impresses me there's still people that believe being under an overpass is a safe place to be around a tornado. That was confirmed years ago to be entirely false, but people still do it.

So awesome Freddy. I started following you a couple days after this. Wish I could have seen it live. However, I did witness the May 2nd (I think it was the 2nd) episode where you helped affected family get to a hospital. That was amazing ❤

9:12 Seeing the rfd and suction vortices clearly through a transparent funnel still tearing stuff up right in front of you, I wonder if that is almost more terrifying than a full mile-wide condensed wedge. It's like, you can see that your entire field of vision is a gargantuan tornado, but it's invisible, a lot like El Reno. That is some eerie stuff.

Freddy!! That was seriously an awesome video! I was on the edge of my friggin seat watching this. I truly forgot how intense this day was and your video just made it all come screaming back. Your calmness under pressure is remarkable … I don’t know how you did it. Great job as always, and so worth the wait!

Freddy... this is an incredible video! 😮 It took me right back to that day watching you absolutely dominate those storms. Some of the most amazing footage I've seen - especially 5:35, 7:00 & 9:22 Just insane. You did one hell of a job that day and putting together this epic video! 💯🤍

I can't wait to be a storm chaser like you! This is amazing!

Really fantastic work!

This is just amazing, great job that stream was crazy!

Excellent footage! I was 8 miles from the tornado (to the north and east in Irwin, IA). Three generations of family (12) were huddled in the basement at our house on the farm and the 4th generation down the road at their farm. It was so huge we could see it work it's way from south to north in the west. I know someone on almost every road you were on in this chase. I graduated from Harlan in '79 and that Cyclone water tower pictured with a real tornado so close to it was just unbelievable! That was Harlan's middle school/high school building under that tower.

Great video Freddy! I remember this outbreak through memory. Keep it up Freddy!

The goat has arrived! I love your content and ever sense I was 8 I have been watching your content, the amount of courage it must take to do this is insane!

This was such an insane day, and you did an INCREDIBLE job capturing it man. Only wish we could’ve kept up with this beast

Freddy, i dont know how you can be that close to a monster tornado and props to you for getting a really good shot of it. At one point it had multiple vertices in it

wow scary stuff! insane stormchasing + insane talent for video editing = this insane video. and 400mph wipers included 😂

This may be one of the best videos I have EVER seen from a storm chaser. Props to you! #1 chaser Keep up the great work, Freddy!

Incredible video. I think it's wild you're able to get these high quality of shots while also streaming and talking to chat lol.

Incredible footage. Glad you got through it safe. Hope those houses did too.

Gosh I remember this stream Freddy. it was definitely “The most insane tornado chase ever” live stream!!!🌪️🌪️

My son introduced me to you that day. I was glued and enjoying the chase.

Incredible intercept! Amazing view point of such a large and devastating tornado!

I remember watching you chase this day live ❤ what an insane day 🌪️

Your such a inspiration to me Freddy. Love you bro, cant wait for the hurricane intercept.

Amazing video Freddy, it was really crazy to see such a powerful tornado at such close range and such detail as you chased it, seeing those vortices and winds up close. Absolutely wonderful job chasing this and making this video, you rock. 💕

You get my subscription because you turned down your wipers! And really good video quality. I look forward to watching live streams

3:07 looked like 2 tornados were lurking in there

Thats possibly the craziest and most beautiful tornado ive ever seen. Amazing footage!

My man absolutely COOKED! Awesome stuff dude easily the best tornado footage I've seen!

still remember the stream when i was sitting in the kitchen and i remember the exact moment when we just started praying for everyone, you did amazing work Freddy defo wont forget this chase !!

Outstanding footage, Freddy! You arecamazing!

Thank you for doing this video. My family and I lost our homes in the Minden tornado that day. It's amazing watching your perspective from that day.

5:00 great view of how the bear’s cage is the tornado

This is crazy man.. You do and absolutely great work, but be careful out there : )

I watched during your Helene live stream... Some of the coolest footage I've ever seen! Definitely a follower now! Good stuff!

Thank you for the quality footage. Amazing captures!

Incredible footage. It always amazes me just how accurate and perceptive storm chasers can be. Even just by looking at the cloud formations and color to tell when it is safe to approach. Great work!

Watched this live, such a good one.

Freddy, this is a great video. You did an awesome job editing and narrating it. You are a wizard of editing the footage you captured. I really like how you don’t yell and s team but you let people know that this tornado was a deadly one. Well done!❤

I’ve been to Minden. Very small town. I remember this day, I kept calling my family every 20 secs to check on them. Tx for this video.🙏🏼

Fanstastic Work ,Freddy ! I'm Mind Blown by your Footage, esp after you went the north Route. Thats why I love following your Work and enjoy your Livestreams, no overhyping focused and not taking too much Risks. very Stunned !

The road where you ended the chase, you should have waited. Another tornado touched down 20 mins later, carving a path from Defiance to Manilla. The NWS rated. The tornado you were on, an EF3.

This is one of the most amazing videos I’ve ever seen! Thank you so much for posting this. I really enjoyed it.

Awesome video - enjoy watching your chases-great job on the videos -thanks!

The amount of multi-tasking this guy does is INSANE

Just got done watching the live replay a few days ago, this footage is absolutely unreal I've been binging storm chasing videos and this has easily been my favorite channel, hopefully I get to catch you on your next live stream!

I remember watching that day, both amazed and horrified. I've watched you grow as a chaser over time, keep up the great work!

Absolutely incredible footage as always, dude! You've quickly became one of my favorite chasers to watch. Stay safe out there!

GREAT video content! THANK YOU for not Screaming through it! Just amazing footage.

Wedge tornadoes are most often rain wrapped, so to see one that wasnt was so cool to look at. Amazing video!

still remember the feeling I had watching this unfold on your stream

Dude I love that your videos give off the vibe the Storm Chasers series had when it was on TV, love every single one!!!

This was the very first day I found your channel- glad you are safe!!

11:20 - That insane positive lightning strike. You can hear the boom from its explosive thunder.

Freddy, I watched this as you were streaming it live. You have some of the most incredible storm footage on RU-vid. Hands down, no contest.

That's haunting this look on this tornado shows proof that a tornado has no limits and has taken more lives than any other storm regardless hurricanes are deadly too but tornadoes are on another level of insanity just glad you made it through and I hope the best for future face offs with other tornadoes.

Holy moly bro. This is great work. Great chasing and great editing.

That was both cool and scary at the same time. Take care Freddy and thank you for taking us along 😊

your videos are absolutely worth the wait, however long that wait may be. probably the greatest compliment i can make is that i think pecos hank would enjoy them. please, stay safe, you are messing with the elements themselves and we need you to document your passion for us for many more years to come.

Truly exceptional work!

Man you are a braver man than I! That was so intense. Beautiful footage!

I am gutted I missed the live of this, but goodness, I was on the edge of my seat throughout this! Insane tornado!!! I hope those affected are doing okay. Amazing work and brave...the amount of times I was touching the air brakes was funny. Great vid Freddy!

Was a crazy day

The carousel of carnage! That was big, amazing! I've noticed close to a funnel on a few videos, the wind ripping over buildings causes this trail of condensation..looks like the buildings on fire! I'm guessing high & low pressures?, but don't quite grasp what's going on. Except it looks really unusual.

I remember this, (this may sound goofy) but I was in a Discord server for a highly realistic storm chasing game on Roblox, and whenever this outbreak was happening they had about 100 people in the same VC monitoring this, and I hopped on to monitor it and it was absolutely awful. Nice video, Freddy.

good presentation and intercept. Stay safe Freddy!

What a tornado. Reminds me of the El Reno multi-vortex. I've always wanted to chase these beasts since a child and it's awesome how you showcase this. Cheers from Canada, Freddy.

The multiple vortices are so strange. It's as if there are pockets of calm amidst the rotating devastation.

Amazing video! Keep it up! ❤️ my fav storm chaser of 2024

This was an incredible storm chase video also tornado structure was wickedly violent no wonder it stayed in the ground for an hour.

been absolutely looking forward to this post freddy!!! april 26th ‘24 was definitely something else, im glad your safe🩷

Freddy awesome video footage, thankfully you're practicing good safety when chasing these tornadoes! Stay safe Freddy!👍

9:24 damn it just smashed the entire roof!! This was risky but good job dude 😬💪🏻

I remember that day when you first posted it, it was such an amazing piece of Mother Nature.

Awesome intercept and awesome edition! ♥

Man watching you go down what we call “old 59”…… That day was terrifying for how many of my kids were in the path before it came to us

Great chasing Freddy, it was pleasure to watch live.

This was an amazing beautiful tornado, but at the same time so destructive. I drove all the way from Dallas Texas for this chase day and did not disappoint. I can’t wait till tornado season ramps up again. So far got 3 hurricane intercepts this year and Helene that hit Perry was the best by far.

Freddy that was AMAZING footage of a shape shifting monster, wedge to cone to multi Vortices. Truly amazing footage! Be safe out there

I'm shocked the car can carry all those gigantic balls, you guys are for real!❤🤙

Greg coverage Freddy. As an Omaha resident, that is a day I will not forget.

I was in shelby as it passed a mile away, i think you drove by my house! Your footage is the first to reveal why i didnt feel any winds since it turned into a cone as it passed. I still have a screenshot of the tornado emergency warning on my phone.

Even crazier when it happened live. Incredible.

That color in the center of the vortex around the 11:30 mark is incredible.

That was an insane tornado. Excellent footage. If all it was eating was sheds, then it could eat all the sheds it wants as long as it doesn't take any homes or lives.

Awesome job with the footage

saw this on live, probably most scariest tornado i ever saw on live too

You're awesome dude. Great video content. Keep it up and stay safe.... for sure.

freaking badass man! Way to go! I was on the edge of my seat the whole time!

Hey man, we love the footage, and I know your adrenaline gets to pumping, but PLEASE make sure to slow it down and be a little 👌🏻 safer around the road debris. It makes me nervous as hell man, especially around the hills. Much love, keep up the good work 💞