'Lots of debris': Massive tornado swirls near Lincoln, Nebraska 

In this case they are not threatened by this tornado because it is tracking from left to right at right angles to the highway.

Midwesterner here, and the advice we're given is: - if it's moving away from you - or parallel to your direction of traveling like this one - and not very close (as this one is not very close) keep your eyes on it, but pay attention to your driving, DON'T stop, DON'T pull over, but watch out for emergency vehicles heading to the touchdown point. A general rules of tornadoes is, once it touches down, it rarely changes the direction it's traveling in. - Watch out for crosswinds being pulled towards or coming out from the tornado itself (especially if you are driving a "high-profile" vehicle, like an SUV or van), as they can adversely affect your driving. Also, WATCH OUT FOR DEBRIS! Tornadoes can throw debris for dozens of miles! - If the tornado appears to be stationary (not moving towards or away from you) CHANGE DIRECTION Immediately! And _parallel,_ not reverse! (Reason: Tornadoes are, by their nature, NOT ABLE TO BE "STATIONARY", if they appear to be so, that means the tornado IS COMING DIRECTLY TOWARDS YOU!) If you have the bad luck to have a tornado touch down near your vehicle, STOP SAFETY, GET OUT! Find the lowest point (such as a ditch or culvert), lay down, cover your head with your hands and (if so inclined) pray. DO NOT GO UNDER A OVERPASS! And always, if traveling in an area prone to such weather, stay tuned to the local weather information! Hope this helps!

​@@jamesnoneyabizness5611 Good sound advice. I hope people pay attention! ☮️

⁠@@jamesnoneyabizness5611Thank you for your detailed information.🤗 As a Canadian expat living in Missouri, I totally resonate with the other person’s confusion. I am terrified of tornadoes!

​​@@jamesnoneyabizness5611Hi there🤓🌻🍀...Um ... excuse me .. but I saw a news report where a newsman was out reporting on a tornado when it got really close to him and his vehicle stopped near an overpass where a family had also stopped .. the children were scared and it might have been the newsman who suggested they all get way up into a little pocket of space near the underside of the overpass ... they hung on to whatever they could of the overpass as the tornado came roaring right through the area where they were ... it went over the overpass ... and the winds were felt under the overpass also... they all lived ... one person said it sounded like a freight train barreling through ! ..🚂💨. So ... in their case .. going under an overpass was a ***good*** idea ... because it saved all their lives ...🙏🍀🌪🕊🤗☮️

No shit right haha

It's a tornado not a hurricane tornado paths are predictable. Been here 20 years plus change no one cares unless it's their home in the way.

I know the place. The cars are going west and the tornado is to their north (already past them) and moving east. That is the movement here in Nebraska. Southwest to the northeast

Right? I don't know why people still live here

@@vanessachiunda7262 It is home. I like living in a state that never required masks and where at least the people in the rural areas had enough common sense to live our normal lives the last 4 years.

nah it's not that bad. once you get into the several vortex area with ef3 or 4 damage, then it's bad. otherwise, you can just stand out there and watch if it's not too close. i still find it just wild that every nebraskan that's lived here for a while goes outside to see what's goin on. you can't really get a sense of severity until you go outside and watch it. just be careful not to pull a wizard of oz.

@@Bag_of_chips_real I know, and it's still terrifying.

Yeah, really not that bad. Been living here for 30 years, and USUALLY not at all like in the movies. There are exceptions. You just gotta look at where the wind is blowing and make sure you're not in the path. They do meander a bit, but despite the 300mph winds, they only "travel" about 10-20 mph across land, so rather easy to get out of the way. --keep distance and admire the view. Frankly, I'd be more concerned with driving lookie-loo's not paying attention and crashing into things.

​@@Bag_of_chips_realthis was an EF3

Protect me :(

i ended up bein about 2 miles away from the one that hit elkhorn, we just grabbed some chairs and sat on the porch, watching it go by. you kinda get used to this stuff when you live in tornado alley. in places like new york, seattle and other cities that don't have to deal with tornadoes very often, if at all, it seems a lot scarier than it is. once you get to the half mile range of an ef3 or 4 wedge that's just massive, then you can start worryin, but anything over a mile, you mostly just have to watch out for rain and hail. within about 3 miles of an ef5, you wanna get as low as possible in an area that's pretty much just a bunker. in my basement, we've got a little storage area room we turned into a toy room thingy that's under the front porch, it's 65% concrete wall. the part that isn't is just the door leading into it. it's not too big, about 30 to 50 square feet, but it works just fine to hold 4 or 5 people comfortably with enough room for some board games or something.

I wish I could’ve watched it (I was forced into a locker room where I proceeded to watch king fu panda)

Omg girl praise the Lord momma👍❤️

Glad that both were safe!

Are you my neighbor? LOL Actually, I live a little further east of Elkhorn.

@@HuskerGram Friday morning after midnight was wild too. NWS confirmed twelve EF0 tornado spin ups crossing just north and south of Omaha.

@@xodusxodus7544 I heard that on the news. I wonder if that has ever happened before. It seems pretty rare to me. I've never heard of such a thing.

It missed my house by a little less than a mile

That ine was pretty weak honestly the one up by Elkhorn was far worse this was an EF3 makx wind speed was 136mph Elkhorn was an EF4 verging on EF5 max wind reading was 219 mph

God didnt do shit

@@user-py8oj5yv4mLet people believe what they want without being mean to them.

@@huntersedlacek7495 Would you say the same about flat earthers?

❤❤🙏🙏

God said it’s time my children to leave this world violently for my entertainment

Harrp

Or going away from you. If it is coming towards you it will look like it is getting bigger. If it is going away from you it will look like it is getting smaller.

So sorry.

Got needed those people so he can watch his people still on earth in misery right

must HAVE or must'VE, ffs

@@Neurotik51 sorry, it’s how we talk when you are from there. 😂 It must have been terrifying.

P.S. I have family around there, so I know people from Lincoln.

Jesus made the tornado, didn’t he?

@@jamesmelton4412no, according to your liberal politicians, we made it.

Never seen a flag fly so strong . That was nice

Well that flag wasn't in the path of the tornado.

Yeah, the ones that aren't in the direct path of a strong tornado tend to be the most impressive.. 👍🏽🤤

Haha yall hate patriotism, don't ya? Anyway, it still is impressive, I imagine a person would have trouble standing so stable in that wind so it's impressive none the less

Would be a lot easier to be proud if illegal emigration Joe wasn’t in office!!!!

Just because people don't absolutely freak out about it does not mean they are not as concerned as someone who would

Praying does nothing

5 years ago a EF3 went thru Eldon Missouri and then went all the way down the highway for 42 miles to Jefferson City Missouri. Going down the highway it went back and forth from one side to the next side. The tornado was 3 miles wide

​@@Heather-4444 are you high? Nobody even died. There have been many worse tornadoes in Nebraska than these

I am baffled by how cavalier so many people are during such events! I’m a Canadian expat living in Missouri and am absolutely terrified whenever I hear the tornado sirens. I have lived through some of the worst Quebec blizzards, ice storms, and -40 temps without fear, but tornadoes are at a whole other level of devastation.

It wasn't in the path.

Do you live in tornado alley.

Sorry to hear that 😢

Maybe the GPS showed the road ahead veering toward the left and thus away from the tornado🤔

Dude it's tornado season

@@suelancaster6959 Well duh but we’re getting more than usual in the mid west and Hollywood is often accused of like condition the general public. It’s a theory dude

Yes, Thor has a wicked hammer!

Earthquakes? No thanks! I prefer a LOT of warning before a disaster I can take shelter from, TYVM!