I've lived in West Texas for years (Monahans) You never forget these moments. In fact Monahans was hit by two tornadoes in one day. I was in Fifth, my brother was in fourth and my sister was in kindergarten, this was in the 70's. Mom and dad were in Lubbock at the time: they'd just sat down to eat lunch when a waitress asked if they had heard about the tornadoes that wiped out Monahans. All of us kids were in school at the time. Mom fainted, dad almost too and so began a long journey from Lubbock to Monahans. They fought tornadoes all the way home. National Guard had been called out and dad almost had to run them down to get into Monahans. He told them he had three kids there and nothing was going to stop him. LOL, it's quite humorous now, but you never forget the power and the awe of such moments. Your video is stunning.
Wow! I followed this storm yesterday with a couple live streamers but they got caught in Midland Texas and missed the first two. This is incredible footage, thanks!
I was born in Kermit, Texas and graduated High School there. I moved to Bloomburg, Texas and a F2 tornado went right by my house a couple of years ago! Mostly damage to trees, everything else was minor! I have a nice tornado shelter! Glad we were in it with neighbors!
could not imagine chasing in midland and surrounding area. worked out there for 7 years, hated every second. too many heavy equipment haulers, insane drivers, 2 lane highways with traffic stringing along for miles and miles and insta flood roads everywhere. seen too many presumably fatal accidents. thanks for getting this KILLER vid. wild stuff man, yall be careful out there. some of the most dangerous highways for a reason.
Good to finally see an African American in on the storm chasing game. You guys are a good team and easy to listen to. No drama lo keyed and informative. Wish you two could have gotten the Kosse TX tornado May 22, 2024. I was 4 miles away and the winds were so strong it almost blew my roof off my house. I ran to my shop and got video of the powerful wind as it passed. Intense
Such incredible work, you both are doing amazing getting the terrific footage of these storm producing tornadoes. No hysterical screaming and yelling, makes it a pleasure to watch and listen to your narratives. Thank you for sharing.
Hi y’all. I’ve been watching but have yet to come on board. Y’all are great chaser’s and have proven to me you got what it takes. I am so excited to travel with y’all and search the clouds. A place I find myself more often than not. I have lung problems so this is what I do. Surgery up coming. I am ready to live again. Thanks for drawing me in. Be careful and stay safe.
Dude, you went thru the town I grew up in. Class 86. I storm spot up in Denton County in the DFW area. Still love my Small Town. Be safe and God Bless. 73s K5TBP.
The double tornadoes were a few miles down the road…….I’ve been in this area for 20 years and never had a tornado that close. In the panhandle and east Texas, I almost expect them, being through over 50 up close and personal. This was definitely rare. Just glad the tornadoes hit where they did and didn’t do the damage they could have done. I’m glad I left work 20 minutes early when I started seeing the clouds build up to get home…..knew something bad was coming.
I was watching that supercell from home with radar, and it was completely wild how that supercell had just stalled and virtually stopped moving. You guys got an amazing time lapse because of that. Luck yall!
I've followed you both for a long time! I'm a big fan of your coverage and chases! So happy to have found you two again! Such a photogenic storm, this one!! 😮
So flat out there in West TX.. lived in San Angelo a while. Clouds look awful. Here it comes, be safe all! A lot of big trucks out that way..oil / gas business. Wow! Great filming!
Amazing footage, it's awe inspiring. Was the majority of this the secondary tornado near Midkiff se of Odessa or was this the tornado that went through Odessa that called a tornado emergency? Truly amazing footage. Great work you two.
The immense power of mother nature is incredible and terrifying.. Been in a few nasty storms and flash floods out there in west Tx while working in the oil patch, great footage guys! Stay safe out there!
Always feel sorry for any farm animals that are outside in caught between fences and can't get away. Lots of sheep farms out there too, in texas. The wool capital.
In this case there was the greatest percentage against there being any livestock out in that area. There is very little livestock in the Odessa and Midland region, although there are some. Sheep are not big in this area. Sheep are seen in other areas where there's something to graze. Around here what we have is dirt and brush and cactus and not much else.
@@amel2784 I grew up in San Angelo. People still raise their own farm animals for food. Dogs and cats are often outside too. But yeah I know what you mean. Texas used to be grasslands before the mesquite bean was brought up from South America, with the transport of cattle. Wells are going dry.
@@TakeTheRide Right. I mentioned the odds of there being livestock right where the tornado stood was greater against than for. I've driven thru San Angelo a few times. It surprises me how much more vegetation there is in SA than Midland/ Odessa area. It's prettier there. I've seen several pictures of the Midland area in the 1800s just before and during their early days of the cattle ranches and drives. It was barren and sandy even before the cattle industry started. Midland/Odessa and westward, towards Pecos and beyond, is part of the Llano Estacado. It was really bad lands far before the cows were brought in. It was deadly terrain and life was only sustained by the flowing rivers of the Pecos River. Before irrigation and other changes stopped the Pecos River from its natural flow it was at one time a very wide but shallow river. It's interesting to read about the very first cattle drive by Charles Goodnight and his description of the land out here. He saw only one live wild animal, a wolf that he said must have lost its way, during the entire drive thru this area. The only reason the cattle made it was the existence of the river.
Gotta find some relief from all that anxiety and excitement coursing through those veins, heck I got my medical card and would just pick a back road that's not busy and just park and watch 😊
Qu: Do the truck drivers get notified via their CB radio's when there's a tornado warning, etc?? I'm constantly seeing trucks & cars driving into the storm. It's crazy!! Ps. I'm from Australia, so I'm not 100% sure what systems are in plc😊
for sure the truckers trade information on CBs. But also nowadays, everybody has an app on their phone for weather alerts. So, nowadays, it’s both things. Because certainly, there are still “dead spots” on the roads where there is no cell phone tower transmitting cell phone connectivity. So yes you are right and then also it’s both. My uncle’s a trucker. Also, some areas of rural Texas and far west Texas still do not have any cell phone service, aka the dead zones, or “pockets” as they are also called. So yah in those dead zone pockets, truckers especially, not so much a regular driver, but truckers definitely still have their back up cb radio which can operate off of traditional radiowave signals and doesn’t need cell phone tower or satellite signal for it to work.
just like I am pretty sure that there are probably large swathes of the Australian outback where a trucker down under (😄rhymes) wouldn’t have any cell phone signal so would definitely need a CB radio.
please don’t argue about this, much of Texas and almost all of Oklahoma are both in tornado alley and some years one gets more than the other and some years vice versa. That’s the main fact. Ok ok I don’t mind talkin’ a bit of trash to my Oklahoma friends especially for college football. Aye, but I always like Oklahoma folks that I met. We are both in tornado ally and I wanna support my fellow tornado people! Even Houston just got tornadoes 2 weeks ago. Now that one IS more rare because Houston is not in tornado alley.
@@nozrep go comment somewhere else with your long story I was born and raised in Texas lived in Oklahoma went to college and graduated and now I’m back in my hometown Texas sooooooo bye ✌🏼
That storm over Gardendale did some serious damage to our houses and our vehicles. It was the largest hail I’ve ever seen, I usually am able to get my vehicle under an awning or into the shop. There wasn’t much warning cause it built up so fast. I learned that no matter how bad you want to look outside at the hail, don’t do it. I’ve never seen hail come through the windows in a house until that day.
I'm from Odessa. Do you work with the local meteorologists to give them info about the whereabouts of the tornado? It would be interesting chasing storms.
That was so amazing ~ watching start to finish. Still get upset with myself for not following my dreams. Wanted to be a storm chasing meteorologist ~ and also be a certified paramedic in order to help when necessary. Please don’t take this the wrong way ~ I believe that all chasers should be at least an EMT preferably a Paramedic. That so you can access and take emergency measures. We’ll always need chasers but this only applies when you come in contact with damage and necessary search and rescue. You guys are great and I am so impressed with your professionalism.
yep. we also say “bud” sometimes. like, hey bud, can i getta light on my cigarette? or, hey dude, where’s the nearest gas station? or, hey guy, mind if I ask you a question? Just a general way to refer to a person whose name you do not know. Like in español, people call each other friend even if they are not actual friends and in fact may be complete strangers. It’s just a polite reference to someone whose name you do not know.
I grew up in texas and do remember some crazy tornadoes. The one that hit the haliburton plant outside of pampa Texas years ago, people talked of seeing a three foot gap between the bottom of the funnel that was white.
you are my new favourite stormchasers! Just good chat, you know where you are going to get great footage & boy did you do just that. Incredible video thanks & stay safe lads. 🙏❤👍😊
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my goodness where are you from? lol it’s definitely not an uncommon thing at all. Though, not as common as it is up in Lubbock and Amarillo. But certainly not terribly uncommon either.
I was 7 miles from this. I was staying in a hotel for work. Started off clear around 4pm I woke up to darkness. Looked out the window it was storming. I grabbed my phone and went to my radar and saw that they issued a tornado warning 7 miles from where I was at.
so they made a mistake there is no possible way they could have filmed a tornado in China Grove then filmed a tornado in Midkiff less than 2 hours later because it’s a five hour drive from China Grove to Midland or Odessa or Big Spring or Midkiff. They made a mistake somewhere or it was teo separate days of filming that they combined together and forgot to tell us.
@@nozrep there is one call that just 20 miles north of Colorado city with a Hugh oil pipeline and pump station, oil is brought there from Odessa area 24/7
Appreciate that you use photographic tools to get up close and don't park next to it. ❤ Still, don't you have hail dents on the vehicle? What have you learned about the path of their movement? Thanks, Be safe.
I used to live in Dallas in a 2nd story apartment. When there was a Tornado Warning, they said to hunker down in the bathroom?! Glad we never got hit while I lived there but one hit about an 1/4 mile away. Beautiful shots.
Do you expect them to risk their lives just for you? Caution and being sensible does not equate to being chicken.And didn't I hear also about roads available to get closer?
had to be at least 5 or ten miles based on me looking at the horizon to where they were but yah just a guess. Although I am not terrible at estimating distances just off my eyes
that wasn’t China Grove, guys. China Grove is over 4 hours east of Midland Odessa areas. Yall got some corrections to do. Including the ones you included in your timestamp citations and in the description dropdown of this video. Whatever app yall are using that told you China Grove was wayeeeee off. Way wrong.
Must be something official on government books listing a "China Grove" southwest of Midland. Might be unofficially defunct, but it's showing up on radar map, which usually uses official government recognized locations and entities.
Wow! My sister lives on the Rankin Highway. Their house is right behind that turquoise house. My nephew was home with his grandmother. He got a video of the tornado. My sister and my niece were at my house in Midland. That was a little too close for comfort!
What was the EF on these and were there any injuries? I live about 2 miles away from where it touched down, the winds and hail were scary! I had some 2" hail but no damage, thankfully. Vehicles not garaged on my street got hail damage and some reported broken skylights. Ive seen pics of torn up buildings and overturned mobile homes.
Basically yes, it's a little tornado. But we call them dust or dirt devils. We get them all the time. I see maybe on average 4 to 5 a day in this West Texas oilfield .
dirt devils or dust devils are different category than a proper tornado. this one here was an actual tornado. dust devils are wind vortexes that happen on really hot, completely blue bird clear sky days, while tornadoes are always caused by thunderstorm cells and activity. But yes, it is true that they are both types of rotating wind vortexes.
@@nozrep I agree, know and understand the differences. When I made the statement, I was specifically referencing when he Said dust vortex. ( Not sure if those are the actual words, been some days). But yes, I definitely agree with you. Wish I could have grabbed my phone fast enough. But my truck just got rocked by one here on location.
Have you ever just sat on your horn and tried to get people's attention in nearby homes and farms, to make them aware of what's coming? You can always take the sound out and just put some music in. Try to help others before it gets to them.
did i hear that correctly? you HOPED that conditions brought forth a tornado between 2 highly populated areas? Congratulations you just spoke the most 8ts all about me words that could possibly be spoken.
I have family in that area. Thankfully, they are OK. My grandparents had a farm, and I remember those cotton fields. This has been a terrible spring😮. Be safe out there.
5:52; k, that definitely DOES NOT make sense. China Grove is southeast of San Antonio but you guys cited driving down 385 from Seminole and then your other labels cited west of Midkiff south of Midland AFTER you cited China Grove. THAT’S NOT POSSIBLE because your time stamps within only a couple hours of each other AND China Grove is AT LEAST a 4 to 5 hour drive from your other time stamps and location labels. So, what gives?!?! It’s not possible at all UNLESS you guys combined filmings of storms from 2 separate days. I think you guys had the location 100 percent wrong when the China Grove label was flashed on screen unless there’s more than one China Grove in Texas which I do not believe that there is. So, where was that? Crane maybe? Crane’s not too far from Midkiff.
Must be an unofficially defunct "China Grove" southwest of Midland, because it appears on radar, which uses government legally recognized locations and entities. Could be some ghost town from the 1800s still on the books.
Can someone explain why there is no PUBLIC network of radiological stations in the USA when there is one in Canada? Is this for the convenience of ground testing of plutonium weather drones, or do they simply not want to worry the experimental population? It is necessary to measure gamma AT THE BEGINNING of the supercell formation process - while the drones are ACTIVE. This is the first half hour.
Radar can indicate tornados once the debris gets thrown up, but spotters can actually see them on the ground as they form, can give 10 minutes early warning.
@@harryparsons2750 maybe just take a dosimeter and check what has been checked a hundred and five hundred times BEFORE YOU?) Take my word for it) - there are long-term statistics on the radiology of supercells and they have long been in the OPEN access,
@@beccagee5905 The earliest warning can be given by an observer with a dosimeter) A couple of hours before the “weather cataclysm”, at the very beginning of the formation of a supercell. If measurements show a sharp jump in gamma radiation in this zone...
