Stormchasers Close Call In Infamous Tornado Alley | The Weather Files | Earth Stories 

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That's scary. I live near the Tucson area, and there have been times where small tornadoes have popped up but it seems like news stations here are terrified of even mentioning it. "It was a downburst" they usually say, but I don't buy that sometimes.

@@deannamarie3746 They downplay the power of these things and I don’t understand why. I suppose a small neighborhood getting ripped up without deaths isn’t worthy news. Stay safe.

Aren’t you thankful tornadoes are rare in your area? I love love were I live in Tennessee. It’s beautiful here. It’s so lush and green and we mostly don’t have the extreme in weather as far as the temperatures getting over 100 degrees in summer, and below 0 in winter. But we have a lot of tornadoes, and we have earthquakes. It’s not just all the time like it is in the middle of our country, but bad enough. My home was destroyed in 2016 by not one, but two EF3’s, one about 5-10 minutes behind the first. And I’ve lost count as to the number of tornado warnings, and tornadoes that almost got me again. I live only 30 minutes from Chattanooga, when in 2020 this city was hit so hard. And there were tornado warnings all that day. Three went right over me that day, hitting on all sides of me, but I only had minor damage. I can’t imagine., like you, if I loved where that is a daily things certain times of the year. I would love to be able to build a home like many did in Greenburg, Kansas after they were hit horribly in 2007 with an EF5, that wiped out the entire town. But I haven’t been able as I’d yet to do this. But then I have to think of the blasted earthquakes!!! 🤔🥴🙄😬😬 Oh well, God is good and he’s in control, even when it don’t look like it! Gosh bless you, and may you never have another tornado… or anything near one…. Or earthquakes!!!!🙏🙏🙏😁😁😃

I meant God bless you!!!! I really don’t know a Gosh!!!😂

@@janledford3010 I’m so sorry that happened to you

I agree. I find it interesting just as much as a lot of these chasers. But now it's being made into more of a spectacle, rather than for scientific research and safety purposes. There are too many people young and old, searching for the next "viral" video, and end up putting everyone, including themselves, in more danger than they even realize. It's just not a good idea and it's for the wrong reasons.

I totally agree. There are sone great storm chasers, and boy am I a fan of sone of them!! But there are so many adrenaline junkies, and people, especially young ones, that do not know what they are doing and make it so dangerous for the really professionals, and the scientist who’s out there trying to gain data, so meteorologist can better understand those whirly things!!! I have the same nightmare as you. That a terrifying thought.. Another thing, didn’t see Tornado Tim getting out to see if he could help folks. The good storm chasers stop chasing, and are first responders.

I kind of feel like they left out the ending of the story! What happened to the tornado? They got hit with the farm equipment and then they wait for the dust to clear and get out to check the damage . Did the tornado pass them? Did it go behind them? Did it lift? I mean it kind of sounds like getting hit with that farm equipment might’ve saved them from actually crossing paths with the tornado. It might have stopped them from continuing to go forward into the path of the tornado itself.

It might catch up with him one day though. Tornadoes are nothing to be played with.

You don't like the lives he has saved?

@@SassafrasPaul-cq7uw Didn't say that.

It is currently the largest, they got some of their details tangled up

Officially, it's considered the widest. Unofficially, there's evidence that the May 3/99 Mulhall, OK twister, (not to be confused with the Bridge Creek - Moore on the same day) may have had tornadic winds in excess of 4 miles across.

@@spcoll4348 yeah but that was in the upper levels measured by radar. When you measure ground level width, which is what makes a tornado, the El Reno is double the width of Mulhall. This is based on what I've learned of both. If measuring in the upper levels, then width is debatable. Thanks though, I forgot about Mulhall and it seems to get forgotten a lot due to the Moore nader

@@JohnnyH71983 you are correct. I just guessed that they were referring to Mulhall when they said el reno was second widest.

"sucks the air out of our lungs.." 😭😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👍🏽😁

Sounds so scary ! Glad you’re ok

heroes? Really? I wouldn't call them heroes at all

​@@RadiantRivIt's a good thing that noone asked you for your opinion nor cares enough/respects your input enough to even consider doing so. Opinions are like a-holes.. 🤷🏽‍♂️

I used to want to be a storm chaser! I would figure where a storm would hit then go there!

Tornado Tim is ignoring the most basic truth about tornadoes: They form ANYWHERE, ANYTIME inside "the bear's cage" - the large rotating wall cloud. He has chosen to play with his own life for the sake of an adrenaline rush. He is likely a person who needs a higher level of stimulation to get that rush and in the moment is willing to take high risks - sounds like maybe he has untreated ADHD. A terrible example of foolish disregard for avoidable risk level that he had turned into his identity. That's one solid way to be in the running for a Darwin Award.

I'm sure our first responders hate Storm Chasing season.

I hope you realize storm chasers are often the ones who first spot tornados and call in to get warnings out. They save hundreds of lives every year and rescue victims until first responders can get there. Storm chasers are already on the scenes!! Your comment is ridiculous and uneducated.

​@@tshaffer9681they don't

Your comment is uneducated! Storm chasers are often the ones that first spot the tornado that gets warnings out saving hundreds of lives every year! They also become rescuers because they are already on scene! Educate yourself! 😮

Your comment is uneducated! Storm chasers are often the ones that first spot the tornado that gets warnings out saving hundreds of lives every year! They also become rescuers because they are already on scene! Educate yourself!

Count your blessings

Watch them separately if you want all tornado footage.

@@jennifersnell3488 I expect some tornado footage in a tornado documentary, not all.

There’s definitely better tornado docs. Earth Stories pumps out docs about natural disasters all the time. I’ve watched about 4 tornado docs from this channel alone so you should just look up a different doc. Maybe a different channel but the info here is fine.

El Reno 2013 is in fact the 2nd widest tornado of the modern era(since the science has evolved to the point of recording such data..) to Mulhall 1999. The Mulhall tornadic wind field is estimated to be at or around 4 miles diameter.

@@CianAngelo "It all has to do with the method used to estimate the width. The Mulhall tornado width was estimated around 1 mile based on the damage path. The El Reno tornado, on the other hand, was estimated at 2.6 miles based off of radar data. Some arguments have been made that Mulhall could be estimated at 4+ miles using the radar data method. My best guess, and someone please correct me if I'm wrong, is that radar data back in 1999 wasn't high enough resolution to make an accurate estimate. So the damage path width was used."

Are you 7 year's old or have you simply watched the movie Twister a few too many times? "she was in the eye of the tornado" 👈🏽😭😂😂😂🌀🌪️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃‍♂️👍🏽😁

You don’t have to lie on the internet to be cool. In fact, lying on the internet makes you less cool. Your daughter was not in an EF5 tornado with her legs dangling in the air holding onto whatever magical structure you’re imagining

Wow !! Some folks are simply amazing.

Passionate about science, the earth, the weather love doing it... Several reasons and plenty you went understand. Do what you love and support others doing what they love as long as they not bringing harm to others

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Re-creating scenes is common and it’s been done in documentaries for decades. And you’re right it’s usually because a camera wasn’t present (kinda thought that was common knowledge, or am I misunderstanding your question?)

You have to recreate stories that happened before you were born or on the other side of the country 😊

Erm.. that's how documentaries are made! I thought that was something that was obvious. There's obviously going to be reenactment when their trying to tell a story of an event so we the viewer get the whole picture. Otherwise, documentaries would be pretty short! 😂

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​@@stephanielloyd4053absolutely no. Documentaries should be made with original recordings or own videos. Otherwise it's just a report. A documentary should show stuff you've never seen before.

What do you know?

It's completely possible to chase safely

@ragestorms1942 Your absolutely right. I have intercepted the Palmer IA EF2, and Hedrick IA EF4.

@@MrBill34786 I believe that traffic is the biggest danger as long as you're not lose your situational awareness

@@ragestorms1942more than you think. those long drive are by far the most dangerous thing chasing imo

And you're gone

The plans customers were ppl in the vehicle. Seems you trying to make something out of nothing

To help science

I plan on living somewhere like this FOR the intense storms because my lifelong passion is weather - but why anyone else lives there untrained is beyond me.

"Stewpid is as Stewpid.. posts?" 👍🏽😁

Home is home! The likelihood of being hit by a tornado is very small, and even then a little less than 5% of them are rated EF3, EF4. or EF5 (highest ratings on the Enhanced Fujita scale's damage index). The EF5 is the most dangerous and uncommon, making up .01% of all recorded tornadoes (thankfully there hasn't been one rated this high since 2013). Does this answer your question?

Where else would we go? Hurricanes, volcano's, earthquakes, tsunami's, flash floods? Been to all those places and ended up right back where I started, in tornado alley. Blizzards are the worst of all.

@@keir_exe1312 kinda. Thanks 😃

Bc ppl pay for it and allow it