Tornado Videos You Wouldn't Believe if Not Filmed 

I’ve gone through 4 myself living in Kansas when I was younger, pretty surreal watching vortexes form above you. I’ll never forget the calm before the storm, it’s like everything is standing still and the entire air around you has a lime green tint. The worst is at night, because you rely on the lightning to spot them. As fast as they travel, it’s often to late by the time you hear it. Be safe out there.

Pro tip: if the tornado looks like it’s not moving and is just getting bigger, then you might wanna like get away or shelter. Cuz that means it’s coming at you. Stay safe !

I lived in Illinois and lived through several tornado sirens during intense storms. But once I saw a funnel cloud form and drop. It was surreal. I can't even put it into words. The way the clouds moved was almost disorienting, creepy. Then I saw the spinning, and when it came down i was amazed how quiet it was at first, I can still remember the way the air felt, it was so weird. It was a small tornado and didn't stay down long at all, but I'll never forget it.

Life long Tornado/Dixie alley resident here. Videos do tornadoes no justice. Yeah it’s impressive to see, but the sounds and feelings you get in one is nuts. It goes from heavy rain, loud thunder, tons of lighting, and high winds to sudden silence. The pressure changes and it hits with hail, rain, and stronger winds than before.

Imagine setting up a go-pro attached to a fence and then capturing the formation of a massive tornado *perfectly* in frame. So many chasers must have been so jealous when this first went up on the internet because of how, insane that actually is, for an unmanned camera to just happen to be set up in the PERFECT spot to catch such a beautiful view of the formation of an intense tornado. Almost like the universe rewarded the guy's good sense to just set up go-pro and then get out of dodge.

Funny how the folks filming in the Netherlands cussed in English. LOL

We were driving through Oklahoma on our way to Dallas and stopped at McDonald's for lunch. A storm popped up just as we were loading the three kids in the car. My youngest said he had to use the bathroom. I kinda yelled at him, "why didn't you go while we were still inside? Okay, come on...." I was aggravated at him. We finished and piled back in the car. As we got on the highway, there were 18 wheelers thrown all across the road. There were cars turned sideways in the medium. My husband stopped to see if he could help, and one of the truckdrivers said a tornado had dropped down out of nowhere. If my son hadn't needed to use the bathroom, we would have been right in the middle of it. That is when I learned to take weather seriously.

tornados are so freaky but so fascinating to see.

I love how the cop was pulled up with his lights on about to arrest that tornado

I've had the fortune of only ever having actually been in one tornado, and it was only like an EF1. Very minor, but I was about eight at the time, so having the sky green and small things flying everywhere and hiding in the bathroom certainly felt terrifying. I can't begin to imagine going through one of those huge, crazy ones.

I've been caught in extremely severe thunderstorms and tornadoes, both, near St. Louis, Missouri. The worst one was a multiple vortex tornado that hit while I was driving on I-44. Every direction I looked I saw tornadoes just dancing all around. They didn't stay down, they would bounce up and down. They were like thin tornadic fingers. I think that is what saved me. Had they stayed on the ground I wouldn't be here today. Imagine looking to your left and seeing a tornado, look to your right and there's a tornado, look in your rear view mirror and you see a tornado and a tornado just hit in front of me and turned semi-trucks over on their sides, took down those huge lane signs over the interstate, debris was everywhere, my car was hit with debris and hail, high winds, heavy rain, and no where to go. I thought this is it - I'm going to die. Only by the grace of God, those tornados dissipated. St. Louis has wicked, wicked, storms. If you visit St. Louis pay serious attention to storm and tornado warnings.

I think what makes tornadoes the most spectacular is the fact that you're looking at this humongous thing in the sky. And you can't help being in awe of how huge this thing is and how fast it's spiraling in air like a vacuum cleaner. A tornado is probably the largest animated object you'll ever see

Was in junior high school and living near Xenia, Ohio when the massive tornado outbreak on April 3rd, 1974 happened. Dads friend, from Xenia, was at the house getting sod and left early as the sky was getting scary looking. Low boiling clouds with a weird green color were so low it felt like you could touch them. And the absolute quiet and stillness in the air was unnerving. Dads friend got home as the tornado blasted through on the next block. Luckily, his family and home survived, but so many others were not as lucky. I think it still has the highest death count…F5’s are no joke.

" Do you think you could handle those conditions?" As Ron White said, " It isn't that the wind is blowing, it's what the wind is blowing. If you get hit with a Volvo, it doesn't really matter how many situps you did that morning."

I used to live in Illinois and experienced numerous tornado sirens during severe storms. However, I once witnessed a funnel cloud forming and descending. It felt surreal, beyond words. The way the clouds moved was unsettling, almost eerie. Then I saw the rotation, and as it touched down, I was struck by the initial quietness - I can still recall the peculiar sensation in the air. While it was a brief occurrence and a small tornado, I'll always carry that memory

Who ever welded that water tower needs a raise

The Pilger tornado was actually one of two massive wedges which formed at the same time right outside of town. It was scary to see Armageddon mother nature. I actually spoke with the guy who put the camera on the fence post. Turns out he was a television host for the Outdoor Channel and his property took a direct hit from the Bonner Springs tornado. He told me the camera flew about a mile away from where it was positioned on his property which makes that footage even more ballsy insane.

I'll never forget my first tornado. I was like four or five and wanted to see it so I opened the front door. I can still remember my poor mom fighting to close the door against the wind. Where I live hurricanes are more common than tornados but big storms are always an interesting experience. Everything around you has an orange tint to it, or on rare occasions purple. It's such a cool phenomenon, even though it means a bad storm is coming.

Tornado- I'll blow away everything. Water tower-hold my beer

I have seen many in my 62 years. My first tornado was an EF5 on April 3 1974 which passed only a couple miles from our home. While on the ground some 40 minutes it destroyed much of our little town but we only had extremely mild damage. My grandmother survived with minor damage yet houses all around hers were flattened. I became an active storm chaser only a couple years later when I bought my first car.

Man, this was one of the best tornado videos I've ever come across. Most of the clips I hadn't seen before, and I've watched A LOT of tornado videos. The voice over was professional. The information was excellent. Thank you, and great job!

@9:25 Pro-tip: When a tornado appears to be getting larger, and the wind starts picking up where you are standing, the tornado is moving in your direction. These people should go inside to avoid being sandblasted.

Native North Texan here... once the sky turns that grey/green hue, that is a *bad sign* ! Everything is eerily still & quiet for a moment before all hell breaks loose. Run.

I saw a tornado once when I was a teenager in Oklahoma. The only way I can describe it...it was...a *monster.* At least 200 feet high, dark, moving slowly like it was... *thinking.* Like...it had a purpose. It was like watching something truly evil. The sky around it was yellow, and the SOUND it made...it sounded like...screaming.

I once saw 4 waterspouts form at the same time in Lake Erie. Definitely an incredible sight from a safe distance.

Nothing in this world scares me more than the silence and calmness before a tornado turns your world into a frenzy

I love in Moore, I remember the 2013 tornado very vividly, I watched it destroy the Warren Theater less than a mile from my houseust watching this video I'm terrified, and it's 1000 times worse in person. The sights and sounds are crazy, and the force is breathtaking

“Paper Towel? No - I’m good!” Storm Chasers are monumental legends…

Crazy this was posted right before probably one of the largest tornadoes in history. Pray for Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana 🙏

4:50 I laughed out loud when they stopped speaking Dutch to say "What the fuck" and "Holy shit" in English. 😂

Tornado: Absolutely no one ever: Do you need a paper towel?

04:50 not sure what they were saying before but "Oh fuck" is universal 🤣

I'm glad for the technology that enables me to be able to see this video from the comfort of my apartment here in New Orleans where there are no tornados at this time. Thanx for posting this.

I’m a weather fanatic and have seen almost every tornado video out there, but I have never seen these videos, this is why I watch your videos

To me the most fascinating thing about tornados is the fact that they're just air and water.

4:48 well apparently "what the fuck?" And "Holy shit" is a universal language 🤣

We survived the May 2019 Lawrence/Linwood/Bonner Springs Kansas EF4 tornado. Went right through our property. A mile wide. It was on the ground for 2 hours 19 minutes and only traveled 32 miles. It just sat and turned over and over again for minutes at a time in the same spot. I've lived in this area my entire life, 50 plus years and had close calls, but nothing prepared us for this.

Nothing says "Happy Thanksgiving" than a terrific video on tornadoes. You've made my day! Thank you!

I was working in Maryland when a water spout formed nearby, as someone from the UK it was a real shock to the system (Especially considering water spouts like I was exposed too were extremely minor compared to any actual tornadoes like this). My 3 main memories are the rain was falling horizontally, 3 seconds of exposure to the rain falling had me drenched like I had just jumped in the ocean and the noise was unreal.

All of you are absolutely right, I was living in Norfolk, NE at the time of the Pilger tornado that claimed 2 lives and injured 20 more, even though one of my friends is from Wisner not too far from the town, it didn't make me feel any better, but to make me feel better he was actually living in Norfolk at the time. A couple of months later after a little clean up a friend and I went to see the aftermath and I was totally devistated about what happened. A town literally destroyed in a matter of minutes. Most of everything gone except for a few buildings. Today they are doing much better completely rebuilt and full of life.

The tornado that begins here at 12:22 could have been similar to the deadly Tri-State Tornado of March 18, 1925 that killed nearly 700 people in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. While no photographs or film reels of the Tri-State tornado were taken (or at least known to exist), the tornado was frequently described by witnesses as an "amorphous rolling fog" or "boiling clouds on the ground", and fooled normally weather-wise farmers (in addition to people in general) who did not sense the danger until the storm was right upon them. The condensation funnel was also reportedly sometimes wrapped in copious dust and debris, which likely obscured it and made it less recognizable. The parent supercell apparently transitioned to a high-precipitation (HP) variety..... meaning that the tornado was not readily visible as it approached, as it was often shrouded in heavy rain and hail. The very strong Tri-State Tornado at times exhibited an unusual freaky appearance due partially to its size (at one point in Missouri, it was a full mile wide) and the probable low cloud base of its parent thunderstorm.

2:18 an entire house floating in the air

That big one was insane and it was moving so slow while spinning so insane.

Fact: if a tornado grows and gets bigger and it doesn’t look like it’s moving, it’s coming towards you! Take shelter in these situations. Stay safe!! 🙏❤️

I'm from The Netherlands and i never knew we had so many of them?! The only encounters i've seen myself was a tiny one at the beach in the late 90's and i've seen one start to form in large thunderstorm when we were on vacation in Germany, i believe in 2003. We were in a vacation house on top of a hill when we saw alot of lightning strikes all around us. I was watching together with my father and we noticed that the wind direction was constantly changing, when we looked up to the clouds you could see them turning around 1 point. It did not touch down where we were but the next day we heard on the news that it did touch down nearby. It definatly was one of the craziest storms i've seen in my life.

Been through three tornadoes since being a child (I learned, I’m now living in the south lol). I’ve been very lucky in the fact that none of my family was ever injured, nor was our property damaged. But I witnessed an F5 from a distance but the others were just F2s. But scary none the less. Stay safe guys.

I live in Kansas and thankfully never once have I experienced a tornado.

Being from southern California, i've never seen a tornado... Even though I was a long haul truck driver for 4 years and would routinely drive through tornado alley. I do remember one night, however, I was on the interstate, it was extremely windy, raining, hailing, and lightning flashes (typical signs of tornadoes, so I thought), I felt the strong winds pulling and tugging on my trailer. I felt any second the hail would break through the windshield from the intensity they were hitting. All the other cars had their hazards on and pulled to the side of the road. I did the same. I was petrified in fear. I went back to the sleeper cabin literally shaking. The fact that I believed there was a tornado near me and I couldn't see anything because it was night was terrifying! I'll never forget that night.

#3 definitely shocked me. That is one of the most well developed tornados I have ever seen!

#4 is what we refer to as a water spout. #2 if you ever see a tornado which seems to stay in place as it's gets stronger/wider, it's because the tornado is heading right for you, get in a shelter quickly.

@1:19 incredible shot!

I've been through a significant tornado. On Mar. 2, 2019, I saw a POWERFUL, 1.2 mile wide EF-3 when I was only 5. It was insane! I looked out the back window of my house and saw the rain-wrapped Anticyclonic beast! It touched down 5 miles east of my neighborhood. It curved southwest and barely missed my house and my school. 11 fatalities and 47 injuries were reported. My house suffered no damage. Neither did my school. Thank goodness! Meanwhile, another 0.9 mile wide EF-2 lasted 74 minutes and traveled 37 miles through Meridanville, Oakwood, Huntsville, Whitesburg, Owens Cross Roads, and New Hope. The closest it got to my house was 8 miles away. Hopefully this never, ever happens to you guys. I deserved it! Be Safe!

I can only dream of capturing a tornado like any of these! I’m a chaser. Most I’ve “seen” is a rain wrapped tornado in Texas.

Last tornado was rain wrapped… definitely one of the most dangerous because unless you really know what you’re looking for it’s damn near impossible to even see that it’s there until it’s right on top of you

The dude at 7:20 thought he sh*t himself for a second😂😂😂💯

Who else was waiting for that water tower to get plucked out in the first vid?

I love how at 4:55 the only English being spoken is “wtf” and “holy shit” 😂. Then back to Dutch (I think)

I used to live in Kansas, and it was terrifying. Every tornado season we would get at least 6 tornado watches over 2 months. Tornados were weirdly common in the small town that I used to live in.

I finally got to see my first tornado last month! I was on a cruise and one of the passengers noticed a waterspout way off in the distance, and I managed to snap some pictures of it too. Unfortunately they’re pretty grainy since it was so far away, but it was still super exciting!

I lived in Southern Iowa for 12 years and never saw a tornado. The closest I ever got was looking out my window and seeing this thick dark plume cloud as it roared due west. I look up and noticed the sky above, It was this beautiful emeral green color. It was like Beauty and The Beast!

I've seen one tornado (June 7, 2010 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska) and that's more than enough for me.

My family and I have been through two head on in direct hits over the years unfortunately there was no time to respond at all. The second one caused the most damage to my area however I learned something when warning signs goes out on the news is to pay attention to the track once one starts. Thankfully I was able to get my outside pets inside during the second one that hit by monitoring the projected path using a door not facing where my outside pets are at getting them indoors before the winds picked up but I barely had time to do so. When a normal person who's not a chaser is in the path, a normal person is not concerned about filming but rather than safety comes first.

This video makes me love my tornado shelter even more!

2:18 look at the bottom right, thats a house flying in the air.

I live in tornado alley. I havent had to seek shelter from a tornado myself yet in my 20 years of living here, but you never forget the eerie silence that comes with seeing a wall cloud. My city was devastated by an F4 tornado back in 79'. It traumatized everyone and to this day we take every tornado threat seriously. If you are told to seek shelter from a tornado, do it. Don't make the same mistake my city did. April 10th marks the anniversary. There were 53 confirmed tornadoes in the Red River Valley area of North Texas. There was also a total of 58 deaths, and about 2000 injured. In my city alone the tornado caused $400 Million in damages, which converts to roughly $1.84 Billion in today's dollars. The tornado had cut a path 8 miles through the city. Many deaths could have been prevented if people took the threat seriously.

You gotta be in awe of the Coreolis effect... I'm from the UK and have seen two marine tornadoes (water spouts) in my time... One of them from the deck of The Isle of Wight ferry. Awesome.

I grew up dealing with tornados pretty much every year. We used to set out and go follow them. We are also huge fans of the movie twister

Tornados have rarely ever ripped through my town. One that occurred a few months ago luckily led them to finding the body if a missing woman. RIP Casey 🙏🏻. As much as there was damage, I’m so thankful it helped find you.

Well done! Your video is an excellent documentary of the power of tornados!

I never would've thought Holland was up there with Tornado's. I used to live there from 1988 - 1992. Now I live in the lightning capital of the world......Florida.

Hands down this is the best tornado footage ever!

I was fairly amazed at the tornado from Amsterdam but when you mentionned the one from 2019 striking Pétange in Luxembourg that I can go to just on foot I went "HOLD ON" as it hit me. I remember when it happened and wasn't even home but luckily instead just weathered an unusually bloody strong rainstorm and when the news broke out a EF2 tornado happened so close to my town needless to say I was flabbergasted. It is such a rare occurrence for us here and grateful the damages were mostly material over human lives if I recall correctly, but still a significant loss and mark left for the inhabitants that they deployed the army's aid. Reinforce my fascination for those natural phenomenons. Really enjoying this video keep it up! 👍

The only tornado I’ve ever actually *seen* is the EF3 Andover Tornado from late April 2022. I’ve been in many other tornado warnings though. Tornadoes are pretty frightening, but awe inspiring

As a true okie, I was in OKC when Moore got hit by the f5(strongest winds ever recorded) in 1999. My father and i surveyed the damage a few days later. To this day I'm still shook and shocked at the complete destruction an f5 can do to a heavily condensed metropolitan area. Moore would be hit again in 2013 by another f5 in that mirrored the 1999 path. That is just insane. Stay strong Moore. Bad location, great people!!

The most scary tornado footage I’ve ever seen was the “Clem Schultz” footage.

I always have vivid dreams about tornadoes. But the only one that actually hit right near here (PA) was in '97 or '98 ...I was very little, and my mom and I were sitting on the porch watching what we thought was just a wicked thunderstorm. My dad drove home like a bat out of hell expecting us to be battening down the hatches, but our place was in a little valley between hills, so we were safe. Right down the road though, we saw the aftermath of strewn staircases and rubble.

Even in other countries they have the screeching woman in the background of tornado videos. It appears to be a universal phenomenon.

I grew up in Michigan and experienced a few tornados. It's while how small you feel when you see the whole sky turn black and start swirling above you.

the inflow notch in that last storm is insanely well defined

Im from Canada and have only been through 1 tornado suprisingly. My area rarely gets them but we did have a massive EF4 in 1985, I wasn't alive then but my mom lived through it and she said it was terrifying. The one I went through was only an EF2 and it touched down across town from me, was only on the ground for about half an hour but it destroyed a whole neighborhood. My friends and I were all at the mall when it hit, we ran in about 20 minutes before it touched down. I remember a lot of rain, some hail and it was super windy. the clouds were darker then Ive ever seen them and Im thankful it didn't hit the north end of town where I was

I live in South Mississippi, which gets WAY more tornadoes than most people think. Just in my little are which comprises two counties, we've gotten like a dozen tornadoes over the past 5-6 years or so. Most of them are little F1s or F2s, but we have gotten a couple F4s as well. One of which tore through the town of Hattiesburg and did a lot of damage in 2014 I think. If someone has never experienced being close to a tornado, its the most batshit experience you'll ever have. Its both the most exciting, terrifying, and awe inspiring thing you'll experience in your life

Being a Kentuckian I've witnessed the behavior of these things recently. From a barn being spread across a 2 mile radius to my fathers house losing a shutter. Literally 50 yards from said barn. This was the touchdown point for record breaking tornado that destroyed Bowling Green and Mayfield recently. An f4 that split into possibly 3 different tornadoes.

I’m sorry but the “KEE-PRe-KEtre-KEePeNUPp” at 7:33 had me dying. I’d totally be stumbling over my words seeing one of these up close!! (Especially if I kept creepin up!)

The best tornado I ever saw was in the Wizard of OZ

There is almost nothing as awe inspiring as seeing a tornado face to face.

They've estimated that the actual wind speeds of the Dodge City tornado at its cycle point from 7:00 to 8:30 were at the EF4 or EF5 level. There just wasn't anything it was hitting/damaging directly enough to enable to NWS to officially give it higher than an EF3 rating.

I always get a chuckle when someone describes a tornado as “violent.” As if there’s such a thing as a “non-violent” tornado 😂.

I live on the border of Iowa and Illinois and the storms are no joke. When you experience one for yourself. You will understand the fear that they represent and the people who experienced them.

Tornadoes, more specifically waterspouts, are commonplace along the Gulf Coast of FL. Nearly all dissipated within 100-300 yards of coming ashore. I was travelling east on I-10 between Mobile AL and Pensacola FL when I came into a bad thunderstorm. I had slowed to about 50mph and was in the left lane. Visibility was maybe 50 feet at most. I was driving in the left lane and without warning I found myself on right shoulder with twigs and uther debris under my windshield wipers, I was driving a Jeep Cherokee, which is about a 3200 pound vehicle. The only thing I can think of to explain it was I just hit the edge of a tornado as it passed across the interstate. Fortunately the shoulder was flat and not sloped because it happened so quickly I was just along for the ride. I hit the brakes and the anti-locks kicked in because the ground was soaked.

I was really expecting El Reno to be at the number one spot, can’t have a top 5 tornado video without mention of the biggest and most violent weather even in the Midwest ever.

Last tornado I saw(I've lived in Kansas for all my life) me and my fam watched it form from our back porch. It was pretty cool. As a Kansas citizen, you're absolutely right about the tornado shelters. Almost every house has one or a basement, and some houses are just straight up underground.

I don’t know why it surprises me there’s people who don’t get tornadoes. They’re a part of life here.

I've accidentally drove through a night tornado, and I had a huge f3 a half mile in front of me as I was driving like a mad man.

I would love to see a massive tornado in person. The little leaf tornado I occasionally see isn't nearly as terrifying.

One time my now husband and I were returning home from Johnstown. We were driving through Ebensburg when one night while it was storming badly outside. I noticed the lightning flash and happened to glance out the driver's side window. Outside I noticed an EF-5 tornado heading for Ebensburg. Ut was the first time I saw it. It nearly blew us off the road, too.

4:48 people in Netherlands go down as greatest reaction to seeing a tornado ever!! 😂😂😂

I really need to compliment Underworld. I am HIGHLY critical of people's writing for videos on the internet. Clear writing/narrating are important, and, while I've heard one or two minor slip-ups on this channel, none of which are in this video (up to the 10:21 minute mark, when I paused the video and began writing this comment), the quality of the writing and the narration itself is impressively high. Kudos. Thank you.

Happy Thanksgiving Underworld you just made my day with this video love is this video love it always

I love how the tornado shits itself when it sees the police lights!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I remember we were in the 2 grade and our teacher made us mesmerised by watching tornado videos for hours lol