Part of me is thinking, "GET INSIDE!!!" The other part is thinking, "This video is AMAZING...keep filming!" The sound of the tornado is nothing short of terrifying. Thank you for not talking non-stop through the video.
Yes the sound is terrifying I'll watch the video of the tornado that hit Mayfield in Western Kentucky higg and there was a siren going off in it along with the sound of the tornado and it was dark so each time the lightning struck it would illuminate that huge monstrous tornado it was the scariest most ominous thing I'd ever seen or heard I got chills and sweaty palms each time I'd watch it!! 😳😳
I was in the USA and took a direct hit from the 22 May 2011 monster that struck Joplin Missouri. I too stood and watched it coming towards me until it was nearly too late. I was mesmerized. You do not see things like this in Glasgow. Absolutely stunning video. 🍀 🌪️ 🍀
Hi Anthony. There is a mind-blowing video of the Fairfield, IL EF-4 tornado that was taken by an elderly gentleman as it approached his home. He kept on videorecording it until it hit his house, killed his wife & badly injured him. I would be interested in your opinion, because (unlike the heavily rain-wrapped Joplin EF-5 tornado) the violent destructive nature of the approaching Fairfield, IL EF-4 twister was quite easy to see, yet the elderly gentleman didn't make any effort to take shelter or help his wife (who had mobility & other health issues). It appeared to me that he was completely mesmerized & didn't totally comprehend what was about to happen to him, his wife, and their home.
@@derekbaker3279 Derek. I just sawr this but it's too late to address it tonight. Indeed I have seen the video ye reference. I will comment in depth on the morrow. Thanks laddie.
@@derekbaker3279 I remember hearing that the man actually did go downstairs to help his wife and take cover and he just left the camera recording upstairs. They said something about the camera movements being the vibrations from the house moving or something.. didn’t make a whole lot of sense to me but who knows.
@@derekbaker3279 I live in Illinois, not very far from the tornado's path. It was the first videos of a tornado I had seen. Anyway, the elderly gentleman went to the 2nd floor to get batteries for flashlights. He actually didn't think the tornado was going to hit them directly. He didn't abandon his wife intentionally. It is a sad story, but his video became an interest of weatherman and those studying them. The town name is Fairdale on Route 72. My dad was a big jokester, whenever we drove thru Fairdale he would say "don't blink or you will miss the town". He always said and did things in fun and not to hurt anyone. He was the kindness and sweetest man I knew, he was loved by so many people and of course I was very proud of him ❤. Back to the tornado, there are quite a few videos as it moved thru open fields. I was amazed at the size and rotation.
Tornado footage *never* gets old. I live in Moore, with my 2 daughters & pregnant wife. We're getting our shelter installed later this month. Best case scenario, its waste of 4,500$ and we never use it!
This tornado, 91 Andover KS, May 3rd 1999 and Tuscaloosa were unbelievably loud and angry sounding, even from several miles away. Some twisters like Joplin and Rochelle Illinois were eerily still and quiet until they were already too close for comfort(one of the many ways they snuck up on people along with Joplin forming rapidly out of nowhere and being rain wrapped). This and the other ones stated above made their presence known
@MAP1086 It's very strange. Regardless of their power, some are large, roaring monsters that you can hear from a very far distance, and some are eerily quiet and still until they are right about to hit you. It's strange.
@MAP1086 I remember watching survivors of the Joplin tornado, one elderly woman who's house was destroyed by it said that she didn't even hear a classic "freight train" sound, she just said that all of a sudden she felt a change in pressure and just like that her house just exploded and she didn't even hear the wind until the tornado hit, some videos of the Joplin tornado hitting were like that as well, no roar until it blew the place down while there are some videos here with a small little rope being filmed in someone's car that sounds like it is about to make the microphone explode. Not sure what explains this phenomenon.
You may have the best video on here of this BEAST! Without a storm shelter or basement, there's no way, I would chance surviving a tornado, like this, above ground. I'd be in my car, heading in the opposite direction. That roar! Terrifying!
It sounds and looks terrifying as it slowly eats it way through town. Cannot imagine the terror these people went through that had to endure this monster
They say not to do that. But I believe if faced with riding this monster out in a closet or trying to out run in a car I would take the car. Its amazing how people survived in their home without a safe room, basement or underground shelter. Least in my car I feel a better chance and even surviving a direct strike I feel would cause mental , paranoia type issues and I'd never sleep again afraid another might come while asleep. I imagine however it would be easier to sleep at a NASCAR race than through the decibels from this monster. I ve listened with headphones to tornadoes and as bad as the approaching roar sounds listening to this then it impacting a home with the owners huddled in the bathroom with cell phone camera or go pro still recording hearing shattering glass , the sound of the roof being torn off and the rest if the home being blown apart over the screams of the owners that you never get used too. I try to learn by listening but the terrifying heartwrenching people going thru it makes it hard to focus on tornado.
@@peternemeth1777 For sure that video you are talking about is a classic! It reminds me of Godzilla moving through town. And the videographer never ever said a thing. Remarkable!
If I lived in OK, KS or any other of a handful of states in tornado or dixie alley, you better believe I would have a underground shelter. I would not have a house that didn't. If I built a house, one would be in the plans, or if I bought a house already built, the first thing I would do is install one. I could never feel at ease without one.
This was taken at close to sw 118th street just west of Western looking south. The high school he refers to in it is Westmoore High School which would be between him and where the tornado crosses Western at 149th street. Again, this thing is so huge and takes up so much sky that it is really hard to imagine that at this location it is over 2 miles away...hence the reason he thought it was going to go through Westmoore High School.
This is the best video that I've seen that shows all the horizontal and sub vorticies rotating around this monster. They're everywhere! From this point of view, it looks like Tuscaloosa just rain wrapped.
When your children want you to come then they are terrified, the parent should go because it give that child a sense of comfort. I went thru the same thing with my mother. She didn't understand how petrified I was.
Nothing like hearing a young man using common sense and his dad......NOT! First of all, tornados are very unpredictable and can be on top of you before you know it. secondly, he’s not listening to the news who is saying, “you need to be underground for this tornado or out of its path, and do not try to ride this out above ground.” as he tells his son to get in the closest. I’m glad they’re safe but I’ve always wondered, out of all the people who died how many of them were doing exactly what this guy is doing. CRAZY.
Shut up. Not only are you assuming shit you have no way of knowing about the relationships of the voices on the video, but your finger-wagging maiden auntie attitude is old hat. There's one or more of you commenting your tired old shit on every tornado video on YT. Just fuck off.
"Go get into the closet.." Fortunately the tornado didn't pass over you because that closet would do absolutely nothing for a storm this powerful. I'd be driving my ass south out of the path of the storm, I'm lucky to live in Michigan where all we get is a little snow and cold. I'll take that anyday over tornadoes, wildfires, earthquakes, hurricanes, and mudslides.
If you're not sure if a monster tornado is coming right at you, don't worry about it. Just stand there and keep filming. It will all play itself out in the end. 😀
It's easy to tell which direction a tornado is going. Just watch the base and focus on things nearby that are indirectly in front of you for whatever direction you are in. Count telephone poles for example. If you see them disappear into the funnel one after the other then you know it's coming towards you. It's the oncoming train scenario. It doesn't look like it's moving anywhere when you look at it as a whole, but focus on the tracks, the wheels of the train, and things the train passes... and you can tell its moving and how fast.
@@MrWolfSnack You can't do that when there is a building right in front of you blocking the bottom half of the tornado; what you can see however, is the Rear Flank Updraft to the right, indicating the tornado is moving to the left.
This is some of the best film I’ve seen nearly all of the film out there is from a chasers perspective but this one really bring home the idea of being at your home and a monster tornado passing nearby
In reality, the tornado was never closer than a mile south, and did get closer at the end since it was moving NE. It was getting rain wrapped is why you think it was miles away but he knew better from the sound of it.
This tornado tugs at the heart. The sound is terrifying in itself. Does not sound at all like a train. I don't understand why people say that. I have lived 40+ years only a block away from tracks, 7 of those across the street. Tornados have a horrible sound of their own and your video captures it very well. The noise of the destruction is so sad 😞 But all said, video well done.
I was in this. I went to briarwood elementary in 5th grade when it struck our school. I now start having slight panic attacks whenever we have storms in my area. I still remember that day very clearly.
It appeared much closer at the start of video as it came into view on the right but way louder towards the end despite seeming further away. That roar is terrifying!
No you cannot hide from tornadoes this big. Your best option is to leave town. This tornado hoovered entire towns out of existence, some still are not rebuilt to this day.
StreetSlayingGTO my kids would have long been in the shelter with their dad while I filmed & with this tornado I wouldn’t have made it past 3 minutes with the tornado...this guy got seriously too brave.
"go get in the closet, you're a big boy". 🙄 Sir, I am a 31 year old woman and while I may be a "big girl" tornadoes give me the fear of a little girl. 😒
A CLOSET would not protect you from a direct hit. IF your able to afford one, have an IN-GROUND CELLAR put in! Since moving out to Lake Thunderbird in 2011, we have been hit by 3 tornadoes. We have spent more time in that than we ever have before then. We survived the May 3 tornado an vowed to NEVER, EVER live through a tornado unprotected.
In 1970 I was just a little over a year old when Lubbock was hit by a F5 tornado. There are still areas of Lubbock where foundations of houses that were hit by the tornado sit untouched. The hospital I was born in was destroyed and never rebuilt. I now live in Houston and I don't ever travel back to my hometown because I just don't miss it. tornado
Naw, very few tornadoes in Houston..just cat 4 hurricanes that make Houston look like a bomb hit it & not to mention constant flooding..but still not F5 tornadoes
I’ve got shelters inside and out and all my neighbors do. But I always go get away from it. Now when I do it I always watch the radar and do my own forecast. SPCA’s chasing will get you no where. If you can’t be leaving your house before the hail core arrives then you might as well stay. I waited in Moore for it to arrive and I had to core punch because it was safer than trying to go east or south. There was hardly nobody going north. I hauled ass north and stayed in town. Ended up around Norman. Now one feeling I had was I wonder who I’ll meet during rescue. I’m a pedi trauma surgeon with a addiction to weather. But I went in the field and met all of these people I watched get destroyed. I did the same in Joplin. That’s why I knew it would happen on this one. I was expecting it on this one. Joplin I was very detached. And I treat patients from 0-21 normally. I’m board cert for adults also It’s just kids are much easier for me. Most people think kids are harder to deal with but that’s a myth. Kids as long as you replace any blood they lose they bounce back. Adults you can replace it 10x and hypovolemic shock is still a big issue. So yes I will take my kids And I’m a kid at heart. I can’t stand adults just so negative all the time and the kids when you walk in the room they force you to show up for them and be responsible. Adults make you wanna slip during surgery and cut something important. I’m joking of course, ok half joking!
Closet? lol This tornado took entire homes down to the slabs and stripped the road off the earth. There's still huge gouges in fields in Moore to this day where nothing has grown because the tornado sucked all the grass and dirt down to the hard clay in the soil. You cannot hide from a tornado of this magnitude.
@@MrWolfSnack yeah? Well some people were safe in a beer cooler at a gas station while that monster went right over them. If every house had a shelter made out of the same material as gas station beer coolers, there would be far less fatalities.
It was not a direct hit, they got glanced by it. Also you do not want to be in a walk-in when the tornado hits. When the tornado ruptures the refrigeration lines you will be gassed to death and die of co2 poisoning even if you survive the tornado. Also storm shelters underground cost several thousand dollars to build and that amount yearly to maintain them and keep them sealed tightly so they do not flood. People don't have that kind of money on hand.
We don't have basements in OKC due to ground water. They all just flood. Most new homes have storms shelters now though but it took this tornado happening.
Great footage, except I think there was a glitch in the matrix around 1:57...everything above the fence line moves! Then the clouds at 4:35? That's one hell of a tornado and camera! 🤗
I had noticed the clouds but not the massive shift of the background. There's a bird at 5:16 that does a disappear and reappear act a couple of times before dipping behind a building into the tornado. What's going on here? Some kind of snazzy edit clipping different videos into one or what?
Great sound. Scary track started moving left to right then started coming right at you. How close did it get? There was a bird took off at 5:16 and disappeared into the storm. Great video, thank you for sharing.p
Man, That sound is mind bending!!! Sounds like 1000 jet engines at full power, along with 1000 Niagara falls all mixed together at volume 11. Never have understood the "sounds like a train" statement. I even heard one guy who was in a tornado once say, "I didn't hear any horns, bells or whistles. Not sure the guy had a brain though!!!
Impressive video of a truly creepy tornado. The weirdness that happens at 1:57 is just plain strange...it looks like the frame above and below the top of the fence splits and moves in opposite directions. At first, I thought it was distortion from a raindrop, but the whole thing splits. Is that like a depth of field dual lens effect? Did anybody even sell dual lens cameras then? I'm perplexed.
Yea that’s ridiculously weird. The light on the porch next door is in a totally different spot on the fence after that section moves. I would say this was edited somehow but idk. That’s just crazy.
How do you live in Moore and not have a tornado shelter? It in the middle of the state that’s in the middle of tornado alley. Getting in a closet is useless against monster tornadoes like this.
Great video of the tornado. I do not like the way you speak to the other person "Go inside... "You're a big boy."" Condescending and potentially deadly.
@Ashley Dempsey Real men value their lives. Real men don't act like fools. Real men avail themselves of the instinct for self preservation. It is the strongest instinct with which God imbued us. Even an insect will try to protect its life. I'm not referencing acts of courage - which is something that both males and females are capable of doing. I'm referencing stupidity. There is no rational reason to put oneself in harm's way, just to get a video. THAT is NOT valor. It is folly. It is very judgmental of you to hope that Susan May does not have sons. She believes that parents should be circumspect, and should protect their children. That is their job, and anything less would be dereliction. I realize that tornadoes are mesmerizing. I'm from "tornado alley", and I can comprehend why he was captivated; but it can cause some people to be oblivious to imminent disaster. He should have stopped documenting this event, after about 3 or 4 minutes. He had plenty of good footage, without endangering his life. I hope that he is now aware of this, when thinking about it, in retrospect. His son was concerned not only for his own life. It is obvious that his son was also fearful for the life of his father - as he should be. Having said this, there is no denying that this video is excellent.
@Ashley Dempsey You are missing the point, Ashley. This has nothing to do with valor. It is not courageous, nor unselfish, to foolishly put your own life in risk, in order to get a damn video! To leave a woman as a widow, and children as fatherless - for a video - has nothing to do with being a man. To risk ones safety and life for a valid reason is a good thing. To risk it for folly is a foolish thing. He had plenty of time to document this event, without endangering his life. He lingered too long. And his son (I'm assuming) was frightened for his father. That is not being a sissy. That is utilizing common sense. He had a rational reason to feel trepidation. Rational fear is what precludes people from doing foolish and precarious things. All children need to be taught rational fear. Taking a video has nothing whatsoever to do with saving somebody from harm or death. I do agree with your comments about the "drag queen" issue. You are correct about that. My commentary is not an attack on males. I am in favor of acts of courage, for both males and females. But, I am not a proponent of risking safety/life without a valid reason.
Heard one last year that was rain wrapped so I couldn't see it but I know it was near because it sounded like a waterfall was traveling across the terrain.
2:50 Talking ceases, constant tornado sound begins getting louder. 3:26 right side horizontal vortex. If you have a good set of headphones it is awesome!! 4:45 Special effects!
When dealing with an EF5 tornado: you either must get underground or out of its way entirely. An EF5 will level everything in the path of it. Closet won't stand a chance against an EF5 wedge.
They were, but one of the big disadvantages of tornado sirens is that they overheat very quickly, so they have to be shut off after several minutes. This actually confused some people in Joplin, Missouri on May 22, 2011...they thought that they danger was over & did not try to take shelter until the heavily rain-wrapped monster was almost on top of them. As James Spann (noted meteorologist & tornado safety expert) has said many times...tornado sirens are 1950s technology & should not be anyone's main source for warnings.
I live in Edmond Oklahoma just north of okc . Around here when there's a tornado 🌪 warning and the sirens are going off, people just keep going on about their business. You can see them still pulling up to drive through restaurants like McDonald's ordering 🤪 stuff..
No, it was getting wrapped in rain and debris from all the stuff it granulated/shredded in West Moore. It was actually moving away from him by the time he said that; it had already passed well to the east-southeast of him and was moving generally east-northeast, probably around the Moore Medical Center or the Tom Strouhal Little River Park area.
Gee, you were so calm. It was if you were conversing about squirrels romping through the trees. Most people would be screaming and saying OMG multiple times.
fist off im so glad you guys are alright atleast i hope all are alright but i agree with all the comments thats saying how good this video is and this definitely the first video i have came across that you can actually hear the roar of the tornado and how deathly eerie it sounds if it wasnt from youtube id never see tornadoes like this unless i go and watch Twister which is one of my favorite movies ill admit when i was you and seen that movie i wanted to be a storm chaser but i live down in georgia and only a certian area in ga is known as dixie alley but im not in that area if we get one its usually just a ef1 and usually out in the country but last yr i will say that it suprised us all because for the first time ever in history that i know of one did touch down maybe a mile from me and on that night i was omw to mcdonalds to get my family supper and at one point i was maybe a block away from it if i would of had to take a right to go to where i was going i woulda drove right into it but thankfully my route wasnt heading to the tornado that touched down and destroyed a churchs roof and signs and trees and relocated peoples headstones in the graveyard on the churches property and that church was in session and there was absolutely no injuries or deaths even if it was a ef1 they could of gotten hurt badly but nooone did
“Go get in the closet.” The damn closet isn’t going to save you from that monstrosity. Only underground or out of its way all together. As in get in your car and drive the opposite direction.
Actually, what you stated (and what some TV meteorologists have stated), is not necessarily correct. FYI, the vast majority of homes impacted by the Newcastle-Moore EF-5 tornado did not experience EF-5 level damage. If you check out the damage survey report (on the NWS website), there wasn't EF-5 level damage along the entire track through town & even when there was, it was restricted to a narrow area in the centre. In fact, the majority of the area in the damage path received EF-3 or lower damage. The same thing applies to the damage path of the 2011 Joplin, Missouri EF-5 tornado. Also, over the years, many people have sheltered & survived EF-3 & 4 level damage in a central room on the ground floor of a well-built home. So....while definitely not an optimal situation (!) & serious injuries are possible ....the truth is that being in the path of a violent tornado is not an automatic death sentence, as long as you are taking shelter in a properly constructed home that has been built to code & kept in good condition. (Note: One of the reasons for the terrible number of casualties in the Joplin EF-5 tornado was that many of the structures were old, in rough condition, not built with the best materials, and/or not built to code) In contrast, being caught in a car where there is EF-2 level damage or worse is frequently a deadly mistake, so there is an legit argument to be made that the dangers of driving away from the expected path of a tornado may be greater than the danger of hunkering down & riding out the storm in a well-built home. On the other hand, if someone lives in a trailer home, 'manufactured home' or mobile home (i.e., even a weak tornado or damaging straight-line winds from a severe thunderstorm could be deadly), then residents absolutely must get in their car & drive out of the expected path of the tornado/severe weather. Of course, all of this becomes moot if a person has access to a properly constructed storm shelter that is designed to withstand the force of debris striking it during a violent tornado. In that case, by far the safest option is to stay put & take cover in the storm shelter. Just some food for thought....
This is how most tornado videos should be.By the way,it looks like the tornado hardly move at all, that must have been terrible for owners who lived in his path
Naw dude, that's your debris cloud.. The tornado. Is that giant black violent wedge shaped absence of light and life. And thank God it did not hit you.. The meteorologist made it clear a few times that surviving meant getting underground, or out of its way.. I cringed when I heard you say "closet"
They were clearly out of its way, the entire time. So was the closet. What you imagine has no bearing on the situation. They were not in danger whatsoever.
