THANK YOU for letting a tornado BE "a tornado" -- no "mood enhancing" music, no cheesy special effects, no screaming a la Reed Timmer -- you let the awesome, terrifying power of this epic storm speak for itself. I cannot thank you enough for having the courage to take this video.
@Carl J Martin professional asshole. Yeah, sure, he gets some good shots, but he's constantly yelling at his drivers & moving his camera around like someone with early onset Parkinsons
@@Turdboi47 no but many who do keep their composure and talk in a serious yet stern manner. One doesnt need to yell one can say "ok back up" or "ok we are going 2 miles north, deploying, then blasting back south" without screaming to the top of their lungs
@@Turdboi47 sorry I came off as rude, but I will say Ive seen many other chasers stuck in either bad situations or doing hardcore stuff like reed (such as deploying probes) that dont yell and scream. I get his passion for the craft id immense, but alot of time in sticky situations, theres nothing you can do since you are in the grip of a power far greater than you and all you can do is sit there, screaming wont help or hurt you, its useless.
Thing is, with the big ones the cloud/funnel isn't always the whole thing. One very large EF-5 wiped out several groups of storm chasers and killed some of them (in different places, during the whole path), though the tornado was moving erratically in direction and speed, its course was a total U shaped 180 and at times it was virtually stationary, other times moving at 50mph (it outpaced cars, the in rushing wind slowed others) that wasn't what made it a killer. The funnel was only about half to two thirds of its total width, this was only determined after during analysis of the video footage and comparing the RADAR pictures.
@@theonlyshinyumbreon Yes, this one ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jVTs55W3Iag.html&ab_channel=SkipTalbot%27sStormChasingChronicles Truly terrifying.
@@colehac12 Everybody has a different signature sound that they reference.. I have never been close enough to a violent tornado to hear its sound, but I have numerous DVD & BluRay videos recorded with very good to excellent videocameras & microphones, and IMHO the sounds change from tornado to tornado, depending on its intensity & what's on the ground in its path. FWIW, I find that weak to moderately strong tornadoes sound like massive waterfalls, and strong to violent tornadoes sound like there is a jet engine in there too. Sometimes there is a lower frequency rumble that sounds like a long distant train. However, the sound can be very different when the tornado is doing damage where there are a lot of buildings. In that case, there may be more of a nearby train sound (which is quite audible to me during the first 10 or 20 seconds of the video). One interesting comparison with this tornado was made by the highly-experienced & observant research meteorologist & storm chaser, Dr. Chuck Doswell. He described the sound of this tornado moving through Moore as being like the sound of a large dump truck emptying a load of gravel. IMHO, this is one of the videos that best reveals the sound Dr. Doswell described. To me, that sound is especially evident while the tornado is getting close to the videographer & while it is closest ...behind the neighbour's house...but before the sound of the RFD winds just behind the tornado become loud). Watch the video again & listen for that sound. I think you'll hear it. :)
I have been in 1 tornado. I was visiting family in Wisconsin. I’m from Seattle. It was so scary! The house actually shook but the tornado was a few blocks away. I said to them that I will only visit in the winter. The next time I visited Wisconsin they had a blizzard.
toben42: Hey, what about Fish Creek or the Wisconsin Dells or House on the Rock? I can visit those places maybe not so much Neenah . Though there is a $1.4 million dollar house for sale in Neenah that I have my eye on.
You see the one in Rockford Illinois old guy stood there with video till his house turn to ruble .Killed his wife and next door neighbor hiding in the bathtub crazy!
It’s not even in the top 27. I have a closer one for ya of the same tornado. At that point, it was nearing the end of its path and weakening slightly, but yeah it was probably about an F3-F4 at that particular time and he was a full 1/2 mile away I’d say. Here’s the same tornado, same subdivision, 1/4 mile closer. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--iuGipbmneY.html (Few hundred yards away from edge of 2013 Moore tornado in subdivision, 13th and Corbin street) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--KTS1ITUTFs.html (Moore 2013 F5 tornado, random guy follows it the whole way, destroys south side of Moore)
The difference between understanding/fascination, and ignorance/fear. Here's a classic example: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rYmmqS8Oxag.html If you detect a conspicuous pattern vis-a-vis gender, there's probably a reason. Differences in brain physiology.
@@calvin6449 so I suppose the non emotional non nagging male filming a F5 tornado Outside with debris flying near the camera was the rational one then?
This person just filmed literally staring death in the face and didn’t stop recording for a second. That tornado could have jumped in his direction any second
It’s incredible how powerless we all really are in the grand scheme of things. As crazy as it may sound I’d love to see a tornado in person at least once
I've seen two in person. The first I was only 8 years old. It was a wild story. The second was just this past August after the hurricane. First was in Maryland. Thought I was for sure dead. Second was driving thru Tennessee. I was right up under the first one. Both were about f2's. They are more common than most would think. You are very very likely to see one or two within your life time. Good luck and be safe I live in Maryland also. Not a big state for that common of tornados
Dude this is awesome footage but you probably shouldn’t do that again lol. Powerful tornadoes can sometimes spawn satellite tornadoes just outside their debris field, which you were in.
Yeah, not fucking outside of. He was IN the debris field. Especially closer to the end. The thing actually almost turned towards him as it was passing. I don't know that I've seen many people this damn lucky in my life.
mason county yeah same here. It was 2 streets over and there were even houses on the other street that got hit. Crossed I-35 right into my neighborhood.
Actually this one did shift which is what led it to cross right in front of me. A few days later another one hit to the west but caused higgh wind and flooding with hail. I lost both vehicles and my home but im still here
Tours of homes, murder interview, Jon Bene Ramsey's brothers interview and now here. Why can't I just lay in bed and relive all my mistakes like a normal person???
Where I lived before. The sirens usually went off starting as soon as the tornadoes path was predicted up until it got to where I was. It never went off during.
depending on where this is, they might not have any. In central florida we got hit by the outskirts of a small tornado, and didn’t know what it was until our community managers let us know and asked if we were okay lol. we don’t have any sirens here, but i know towards the coast certain counties do.
I’ve been in 2. One in Moore, OK, the other in NW OKC. The feeling of being completely terrified and mesmerized simultaneously is difficult to describe.
Kamaltoe Harris The chances of you being hit by one are insanely low. I’ve lived in Oklahoma all my life and I’ve never even seen a twister with my naked eyes. (The twister in my previous post I tracked with radar).
I grew up in new england and ive experienced just about everything ...except a tornado which since i was a kid been fascinated by crazy as it sounds ...its on my bucket list to see one live ...from a safe distance of course
Still my absolute favourite tornado video in existence... as an Australian, I’ve never experienced a tornado. I’ve heard all about the terrifying freight train noise, but never seen a video that depicted it till this one, and it gave me goosebumps.... bravo.
I remember that sound all too well. To me, it became the sounds of fighter jets when it hit the house directly across the street and over one from ours. That house was less than 150 feet from us, and it wiped the house clean off its foundation. The family miraculously survived, because they were clinging to the plumbing to the toilets. That was all that was left. It also scoured the ground, and we had no pavement or anything on our driveways and streets for several blocks of our residential neighborhoods. The massive amounts of dirt that were blown up into the debris cloud really brought home just how dangerous these things are. This was back in 1974 on April 4 in Stone Mountain, Georgia, and it was rated as an F5! Ten years to the day later, at another house this time in Stone Mountain, we got hit by an F4, multi-vortex tornado. We got very lucky this time, but the duplexes below us and adjacent to our community were completely obliterated, and we had no power for a couple days. J. Jay's Barbecue Restaurant had gas, and the smokers and barbecues were going for the next several days and feeding everyone they could including the ems and fire station workers who were called out to rescue the wounded and help with the cleanup. In both instances, I'll never forget that sound, especially that of the horizontal vortex that sucked out the front wall and windows of our home. It came so suddenly, and the most terrifying thing was that we had already had a brief encounter with one several minutes before that. Those horizontal winds created a wind tunnel, and I had to fight with all my effort to get through the kitchen and laundry room to the pantry which was the safest, most interior room we had at the time. The bathrooms weren't any help, because there were windows in them. It was so loud that my dad couldn't hear me responding to his calls out to me. He was frantically looking for me for about a minute, and he was so glad to see that I was okay. I'll never forget the way my ears popped before each of those tornadoes hit; it was incredibly painful. I hope I don't have to experience that again.
That's what my dad did during my first tornado.. I looked at the sky. Went in to tell him the sky was green and spinny. Siblings and I got in the basement as the sirens went off, and he just sat watching it with the older family while we yelled at them to get in.. Dumbasses, in hindsight. No video phones or anything back then to document. lmfao
This video + the one before it are great videos. One of my go-to videos for the *sound* of the tornado. When the sirens initially went off where I was, I was in Edmond about to leave my high school, but they delayed letting the buses leave. Did get home in time to see this tornado live on television from one of the local stations' helicopters, though. Weird to think it has been nine years now, but this + the El Reno tornado are responsible for inspiring me to get a degree in meteorology.
Oh sure, Billy the little cooking guy acts tough, now I’ve seen it all, maybe you should go thru a tornado yourself. I bet you cry & scream when your soufflé goes flat, just sayin’
Do you all see how FAST this tornado moves on by? I find it interesting watching as they go from a much weaker inflow, relatively speaking, to a much stronger RFD, in mere seconds. Then it all calms down.
I've watched this dozens of times. It must have been truly intense taking this video. It's like a 1/2 mile wide blender. The sound and video is just memorizing. Props to you camera guy.
I gotta know what you were thinking while you were shooting this video. This is absolutely terrifying. I have been in 2 tornados (both times in a car) and still to this day have PTSD from my experiences. You were so calm! This video is amazing!
This is still one of my all time favorite videos of a tornado. The first time I watched it, it gave me chills. It was like death walking by, not even caring where he was going. The absolute power, and the absolute indifference to anything in its path is just awe inspiring.
Ken Noe 😂😂 Whomever lives there is not getting a new she-shed now! (well, probably not.) PS-I live in Tornado Alley. Spring is honestly my only favorite season because I love severe storms and tornadoes (and the warm weather, flowers/green grass, and longer daylight). 👍 I'm serious too. I now call them 'nadoes. 😄
@@dpflack1744 I remember that. Now, what makes a she-shed a she-shed? (I'm honestly asking, because I'm totally blind, and I heard that mentioned in that commercial for the first time. Also, in case you're wondering, I'm typing and reading the comments with the help of text-to-speech software. And yes, I even proofread what I type, because I hate sending comments with mistakes!) Thank you so much.
Randomly came across this video, and I really like that you were able to capture the flashes of light near the ground (when the tornado is blowing out power transformers and power lines) at 0:42. This is a great way to detect a tornado occurring at night. Sometimes it can be hard to see a tornado when it’s dark, and a good sign is bright flashes near the ground. Your video (even though filmed in daylight) is an excellent demonstration of that. So thank you!
@@theotube4382 don't listen to them do your own thing do you see how much likes u have I'm pretty sure it's gonna get higher just do you and don't let anyone tell u anything except your teachers your mom and your dad cuz 1 your parents will tag team you 2 the teachers will get butthurt then call ur parents
I was part of the cleanup from this storm. Special thanks goes out to St. John's Lutheran school for allowing our entire crew to sleep inside their building. Most of our crew drove from around Ft Worth Texas for disaster response and there wasn't any hotels available. I remember Tuttle and Bridge Creek being hit hard as well.
The rear flank downdraft was the strongest part where you were. What a monster...couldn't imagine living there without a basement or underground shelter.
I still remember this day. I was in 7th grade. I didn't have a phone so my parents couldn't contact me. The roads were blocked and I was left at school till 8pm. I thought I was an orphan that day. They luckily finally got to me and we went to my sister's apartment in Norman. The neighborhood next to and behind mine was leveled to concrete slabs. I was so incredibly lucky to have a house still. (Up the hill from Veterans park.) R.I.P. to those who were taken too soon.
WOW 😳! I’m glad you were close enough to get that awesome video! I’m sorry for all of the people that were affected by this monster. Excellent shots, and finally a videographer that lets the film speak for itself! Thank you for not screaming obscenities! I’m praying for all of you in Moore, every spring I think about Moore & Norman, Oklahoma. Tornado capital of the world.
Absolutely incredible video! This should have millions of views. I’ve watched it probably 12 times. I was there about a week after it happened. Never seen anything like it.
I've watched a lot of videos on the Moore tornado but something about this video really shows how intimidating this tornado really was. Maybe it's how well the sound quality is and how well you can hear the roar then coupled with the fact that it's practically right down the street. It's pretty amazing and terrifying.
This tornado was also extremely photogenic in such an eerie way as opposed to the F5 that occurred in 99, which was rain wrapped, murky, and just flat out hideous. This tornado almost looks like an extraterrestrial force coming from another planet all together.
I remember driving down a paved road somewhere around Bridge Creek and suddenly the asphalt pavement was missing along with every leaf on the trees on either side as well.
This is INCREDIBLE footage (obviously) -- I cannot imagine being that close to an EF5 or any tornado for that matter! (I always forget that I have been inside of a tornadic Windfield, but because of the building I couldn't see the tornado, it actually started lift me off the ground for just about a half and I was holding on to a banister, it was one that was in Norman - I strangely forget about that, would have been a different story if I was in your shoes that's for damn sure) You had to be complete shock sense of awe and/or feeling about 20 different emotions at once-before, during and/or after this... wow..! I was in the state all of Moore's tornadoes, effing terrible stuff - absolutely incredible and fascinating, yet absolutely horrifying and depressing... I did a lot of work after tornadoes (not as much as those directly affected though, not even close) in this state.. volunteer and my trade. It's just incredible yet absolutely terrible. I remember one lady, I had to clean her entire furnace out, I found pieces of photos, bark, you name it, packed into that thing-in her house was the only one that wasn't level everything around her house was completely swept off their foundations after this but not her house only very minor damage, I mean very minor. Sorry for the babbling.. I definitely hope there are not any direct hits for a long time. Nashville got it this year (well, last year...2020)
Nice! Brave footage! I grew up in that part of Oklahoma County and in 32 years there I've probably seen half dozen of this size (F5?) and smaller. It's terrifying and exhilarating at the same time. Honestly, I do not miss tornadoes since leaving the state.
Best video I have seen and heard!! You are truly a professional and very brave. Thank you sincerely. I'm only a few miles southwest where the 1974 f5 hit.
Fourteen years before, the 1999 Oklahoma City Tornado came through Moore also and obliterated everything. But THIS EF5 tornado had a damage path 1/2 mile wider!
Excellent footage! Glad you guys were ok when so many weren’t. I remember this day so well and I live in NY....was watching live stream of it on CNN from helicopter footage and I couldn’t believe how violent the base was when they zoomed in.
I thank you sir for risking your life getting this awesome footage. It is truly the real deal and the sound is crazy. I've watched 1000's of tornado videos and yours is the best one. I hate the other half is not connected to this one but even still it is the MF best!!!
Really? This is the best one? At that point, it was nearing the end of its path and weakening slightly, but yeah it was probably about an F3-F4 at that particular time and he was a full 1/2 mile away I’d say. Same tornado, same subdivision, 1/4 mile closer. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--iuGipbmneY.html (Few hundred yards away from edge of 2013 Moore tornado in subdivision, 13th and Corbin street) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--KTS1ITUTFs.html (Moore 2013 F5 tornado, random guy follows it the whole way, destroys south side of Moore)
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hoj796Tejxk.html 2013 Moore tornado formation and full distant vantage point ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--KTS1ITUTFs.html (Moore 2013 F5 tornado, random guy follows it the whole way, destroys south side of Moore) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SspJqjf5gyI.html (Oklahoma 99 tornado, news coverage sky cam and storm chasers, tornado travels straight through center of Oklahoma City/Moore metropolitan area) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EfdK6H9d6J0.html (Joplin black wall of death footage, rain-wrapped F5 absolutely scary) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QEcdvTIFYz0.html (Joplin aftermath absolutely devastating) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_E9_Shrosgk.html Joplin tornado formation ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MxgU1QcFMJM.html (El Reno footage; largest width tornado but only affected a sparsely populated rural area) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-w8U3KzqWr3M.html (Man records tornado destroying house)
@@youtubemoderationtaskforce5583 Yeah I'd seen this video before. I still like yours. In this video at first you don't realize what you are looking at but then it appears. LOL This guy was trying to get to his family (kids) if I remember correctly right?
@@TheoneGodfather Ya'll people can't take a joke...do you even know what mood he was using? How do you know he was complaining? What if he was just simply stating that he was recommended a 6 year old video?
Wow what a monster. Great video. Respect to everyone who was affected by this beast. I watched the doc with the stories. Absolutely incredible this could be filmed this close, you were extremely brave!!
For a sense of how huge the Moore tornado was: this video was filmed from around 2500 feet from the core of the tornado, and the house in the background at the end of that street wasn't even halfway to the outer bounds of the path of destruction it left behind. Moreover, this was filmed about 5-10 minutes after it started dissipating from its peak width. the path of destruction left behind at closest pass in this video (I'm defining as enough destruction to condemn the house and force a rebuild) was only about 1/4 the width of where it was at its peak (where it was nearly a 2000 foot width) which, again, was only 5-10 minutes prior to this video being filmed. The entire length of time of this tornado's existence was 37 minutes, during which time it covered about 10 miles. The Joplin tornado's destruction path width at peak size was almost twice as wide as Moore's. The scale of these things is wild.
Holy Maloley!! that was soooo close! It's like the tornado just side-swiped your neighborhood and/or street! I would not have been filming - but you did! You were brave!!
The zoom setting on a camera can really affect the perception of distance. This tornado actually missed the videographer by at least a mile. BTW, knowing what the real distance was also reinforced just how large and loud this tornado actually was!
Definitely not. Its surreal when youre in the middle of a tornado event. And terrifying. Most people cower in their closets during tornados. One look out the window would be enough to make you piss yourself
Like 20 seconds in there’s zero doubt this is an EF5. You’re watching a 1/2-3/4 mi wide garbage disposal chew every thing into pieces. Incredible sounds and sights.
That is incredible, awesome as can be and scary as hell all at the same time! I am from PA and haven't ever experienced one. I've seen the aftermath, but it is impossible to find a video like this.. Just letting Mother Nature speak for herself.. So awesome! Thank you
Incredible....toss up between this & the Joplin F5 footage of the group piled on top of each other in the beer cooler as the store gets obliterated...the visual here is 1...but the sound when that Joplin beast opens up on the convenience store puts u directly inside #1.... this sound is incredible as well.
