I beg y'all not come down to Lubbock!!! Y'all are lucky getting pics of nerders and it ain't gonna be lucky for us that live here. I loved severe weather because I was born in Cebu Philippines where typhoons we're common. When I moved to NY was fascinated with nerders thanks to storm stories. But never in my wildest dreams that I would end up living in Lubbock, Tornado Alley, Texas. I blame the US Army, TDCJ, & myself for falling for a man in uniform.😏
Unlike those other YT jerks that screamed at a car that was pulled over on the side of the road during a tornado event, "YOU'RE IN THE FKN SHOT!" Poor people were probably so scared all they may have heard through all the noise was "You're gonna get shot!" They took off so fast.
I lived a few towns over in Lubbock and hearing about this at the time was SO SCARY but seeing it form and move live is pretty amazing!! Thanks for showing this monster on camera!
@@AnonBiscuit Because California has floods, droughts, Earth quakes, mud slides, and unending forest fires? The east coast has the same things. I used to live in El Paso, and the sun shines a lot, but sand storms, surprising snowstorms, flash floods, and be escaping the sand that sneaked into the house every night was a pain. However, I still love the Lone Star State. Bigger, better, hotter, colder, dryer, wetter, and all that went with living there. Ever eaten Texas Burger? Tastier than any other state offers.Buenos noches, senor.
First this was the coolest and most beautiful Tornado I’ve ever seen in my entire life. To see the vast amount of detail and mechanics of it all is an absolutely amazing to watch. I want to give credit where credit is due. The man that captured and documented this ginormous tornado. This is the BEST footage of a tornado I’ve ever seen in my life! I loved how you’ve captured this storm that almost produced 2 tornadoes, but it was only able to create just 1. Watching this from the beginning of it creation and quickly becoming a monster was scary and beautiful. This was dramatic on a high level. WOW just WOW!!
I live about 30mins from here! Glad the storm changed directions! Thankful to be setting here this morning watching this beautiful storm! Thank you for sharing!!!
That tornado is like the El Reno, 2013 tornado in that it becomes multiple-vortex the moment it touches ground, and becomes a super-wedge within a minute and a half after touchdown.
Only difference I'm seeing is that this is beautiful and ominous, whereas the El Reno tornado was just straight up terrifying to look at. El Reno just looked like an apocalypse
Beautifully captured. I wish more people would stay in their vehicles like you. It’s smart, and you demonstrated how well fantastic video (and no doubt great photos) can be taken out a window.
Woah just woah! Since I was little I loved watching storms with my mom. Just the thought of being a storm chaser like you would be a dream to me. Keep up the good work and be carful!
It's really awesome that I'm able to watch these outstanding videos of tornadoes from a country that barely get any at all (Australia), thankyou! I really enjoyed this one
Is it just me or was this tornado seemingly peaceful? Not the violent rotation that we often see, just kind of moseying along at a snails pace on open land while showing off its incredible looking structure. Awesome video!
This is unbelievably good footage, thank you so much for getting a great picture and keeping it totally steady. Fantastic work, that thing is absolutely amazing. Really excellent, keep up the great work.
@@randomentertainment8927 You missed the point, I’m talking about tornadoes in general destroys lives, not everybody thinks a tornado looks beautiful, I think it looks like death and destruction when I see one, and I’m thinking oh Lord who is about to die who’s house is about to get destroyed, because I live 6 miles from Andover right in the middle of a tornado alley I do service work at their schools my boss lives in Andover,and I’ve seen many lives taken and many people loose everything they own, I don’t like tornadoes in the least not fascinating just scary.
@@sambell385 I know that. I was saying this one in particular is beautiful. I've seen the power of one too. My hometown was hit hard by an EF-4 the day after Christmas one year. And an area close to me was hit hard by an EF-3 near Halloween another year. Those become terrifying. But when they're in the middle of nowhere, not hurting anyone, they can be beautiful
@@sambell385 I have lived through a couple, or more. Not pleasant from any of my recollections, but I do pray for people in harms way. I have enough respect for nature to stay out of its way, and pray.
amazing and terrifying. its always amazing to see them out in the open like this. Im in Georgia, and usually you never even see them here. they tend to be soo heavily rain wrapped that a clear view like this is RARE..
I lived in Atl. For a while, some years ago. One hit West End. Did little damage. I once heard a man say that he thought Atlanta was so well constructed a tornado wouldn't hurt it. Was he smart, or what?
Incorrect. Other footage from closer shows this tornado with multiple strong subvortices. Likely a very violent tornado. If it hit town would likely be MINIMUM of high end EF-3 if not EF-4 or higher
it only seems this way because there are no structures nearby. as the person above me said, had this tornado been in a more highly populated area then it would’ve caused significant damage.
This is good training right here this video.. it shows first and foremost that you NEVER, EVER, assume the entire tornado is visible with that little drill bit at the beginning. It WAS ALREADY a half mile wide wedge at that point. But touching down in the dry line, even a dry RFD feeding it made the visible condensation funnel not tell the whole potentially deadly story. It was when it hit the dust field that it's true form became quickly known. So please SPOTTERS, never trust a tornado!!! Always assume the wind field is at least as wide as the base (wall cloud), thats how El Reno 2013 almost gobbled up everybody , the little carosel of funnels is a good photo op. Unless the actual tornado is already on top of you... Good catch dude.
The only way to describe this video is jaw dropping. And I have seen them all. 2% or not you found your way to a lifetime opportunity and let the storm speak for itself. Bravo!
I have lived in Texas all of my life and (having seen countless tornados mostly in news and videos thank God) this is the scariest footage of one I have ever seen.
@@kermit56780 That be a picture 🖼️ and video 📸 worth trillions of dollars 💵 a once in a lifetime that I never lose but I'm a skinny guy that got blow 🌬️ away by 60 mph winds so I'm sure I would get suck away by a tornado 🌪️ like that easily 😂😱🤣.
@@kermit56780 Filmaker Sean Casey and the TIV (Tornado Intercept Vehicle) did just that in 2011. He built 2 vehicles. IV 1 in 2003, and TIV 2 in 2007. Tiv 2 was the one used to make the film. The resulting IMAX film was titled "Tornado Alley" and released in 2011. It was really awe-inspiring, seeing up inside a tornado. Hopefully you'll be able to find it playing somewhere, or find a copy of it.
It's big, awesome and beautiful. But realistically a lot of it's size is due to all the dust particles it's sucking up. It's probably about half the size it appears, lost in that cloud of dust.
This is the biggest and scariest tornado I’ve seen recorded. I live in tornado alley and two tornadoes hit our city within a few years of each other. That was scary!!!
Is there an "event horizon" or clear perimeter of a tornado like this that cannot be crossed? How close can one get to it without being thrown into the wind?
99% of the time these pro tornado chasers know what they're doing and don't get hurt. It's usually amateurs that end up making a mistake that costs them.
I've seen this phenomenon myself, where I live at one edge of Tornado Alley. Not a big wedge, it started over me as mammocumulus with evil looking, dark, greenish clouds lit from behind, and thin ghostly white whisps flying by at a lower altitude, all that stuff. And it's true: it sounded like a freight train once it descended into a tornado. And just like this video, I pulled over to the side of the freeway, got out, told a few drivers what they were watching, all very excited... every other driver had gotten out following me like lemmings to the sea, wondering what I was looking at. LOL! No ditches to get into, was near the foothills of mountains. I didn't even drive under the nearest overpass. I didn't know **** about safety back then. As the cold front passed over me I had to reach through the driver's window and grab onto my steering wheel. Sudden change in temp... All very exciting, powerful. Saw it take off the roof of a church north of us. Debris flying. I wasn't careful and didn't know much yet about extreme weather. But for people who live in Tornado Alley, it isn't so exciting, it's deadly. One thing I've always wondered about. For those who live where this happens often, why don't people build underground homes, with the front wall of the house open for natural light, at ground level, grass for s roof which would also regulate temperature and collect rainwater for free... or what about round-walled houses which allow wind to pass by more effectively? Those ideas are already applied to new super skyscrapers. The only reason I can think of, is tradition, or that the home they buy is already built long ago. But they keep building or replacing destroyed homes with the same square box model. Why? I'm not an architect, but surely those wouldn't cost more than traditional boxes, and tornado insurance would go down... skylight tubes would provide even more light and cross-ventilation... it wouldn't be claustrophobic. I'm uneducated in this field, so what am I missing?
Was there at Morton with silver lining tours on a ten day vacation. My first mothership supercell and wedge tornado. Very impressive storm. So much dusty inflow due to the bad drought so the storm was like a huge vacuum cleaner sucking in all the dust.
The amount of stored energy and release of this energy at the same time being condensed as a structure and then being able to follow and witness this energy is really really humbling and scary.
That just looks...otherworldly. Approaching this monstrosity on these endless plains, that is so large that although you drive and drive and drive, you just don't even seem to get any closer at all...man. So alien.
This was great. I haven't seen a good storm movie in a while and I think it was a couple years ago since I saw good YT footage of tornadoes/hurricane weather.
The sub-vortices or satellites seen at the end reminds me of the 2013 El Reno monster tornado that looked similar to that towards the end of it's life. Awesome footage!
i watch this everytime i do shrooms. It's fucking awesome!
So you’re just broadcasting your business to the world? Not everyone needs to know you do shrooms.
@@MarquishaFreeman6043 okay rude
If you need drugs to enjoy life then are you really enjoying it? Lol.
@@parsonbrown3907 idgaf
@@leaf2180 yes, drugs are still part of life you know?
Great job Marcus. I was in the notch. Your view was much better.
Imagine if it was ranked as the largest dust devil 🤣
I beg y'all not come down to Lubbock!!! Y'all are lucky getting pics of nerders and it ain't gonna be lucky for us that live here. I loved severe weather because I was born in Cebu Philippines where typhoons we're common. When I moved to NY was fascinated with nerders thanks to storm stories. But never in my wildest dreams that I would end up living in Lubbock, Tornado Alley, Texas. I blame the US Army, TDCJ, & myself for falling for a man in uniform.😏
:O Pecos Hank commented here!!
I subbed to you
Ayo it the legend himself!
It's unfathomable to see these guys drive straigh towards this monster tornado, I would be driving as quickly as I could in the opposite direction!
я бы тоже 😆
💯 that is horrifying!
lol because you are a woman
It's big but you can tell it's not very powerful. Seems calm, even, for a tornado.
@@emerestthisk990 A calm tornado!?
🌀🌪️🌀 Mmmm....
It's nice to find a chaser that stays calm, doesn't scream into the mic, and thinks about taking a good picture. Awesome video!
I agree! If you don't watch them already, try pecos hank's videos as well.
@Daniel Kintigh yeah but he screams a lot and breaks road safety laws lol
@@MauriceVos was coming to say the same! Pecos is great!
Unlike those other YT jerks that screamed at a car that was pulled over on the side of the road during a tornado event, "YOU'RE IN THE FKN SHOT!" Poor people were probably so scared all they may have heard through all the noise was "You're gonna get shot!" They took off so fast.
Why chase them I think it better if they just get as close 50 ft if they wanna chase show me the danger up close
This is the most polite wedge I've ever seen. Touches down, kicks up some dust, minds its business, and carries on.
5:10 That is one of the most incredible looking tornadoes I've ever seen
Definitely a f4 for it's rotating speed and dust that been sucked
It's like it's wrapping its own mezocyclone around itselft
in awe at the absolute size of that unit
🌀🌀Awesome!🌪️🌪️
Holy Cow
I don’t think I’ve really seen a wedge with such a high ceiling before. This is a true thing of beauty and a great capture!
It can either be a f3 or 4
Shes beautiful
What's a wedge tornado
It's hard to fathom how something so terrifying and dangerous can be so beautiful.
No matter how many videos I see of Tornados, I will forever be in awe of them.
Marcus, this video and the drone video of Andover are the two best tornado videos to come out in the past few years. Awesome job.
You can clearly see the inflow, too, it's incredible
@@user-p7up8l4k no its not
@@user-p7up8l4k wtf
@@user-p7up8l4k Lol
Clem Schultz video is the best, imo.
every tornado chaser to ever live needs a huge reward for what they do, I'm out here scared of lightning and y'all are chasing death, much respect
After Andover everyone thought we had tornado of the year but i think this one takes the crown (so far).
5:10 tornado structure is just gorgeous.
looks like a muffin
Scary not gorgeous
Andover was a joke compared to this one
@@AAA-wn5dp imo something can be both for sure
Gorgeous
Unbelievable that there is nothing to hear at 3:20 but you see this huge tornado...damn nature is scary
Bro fr, for a destructive force of nature, it's quiet as f
I lived a few towns over in Lubbock and hearing about this at the time was SO SCARY but seeing it form and move live is pretty amazing!! Thanks for showing this monster on camera!
It's so Loud!
I also live in Lubbock and man, the lightning that night was beautiful!!!
I've lived in TX my whole life and WTF do I still live here?! This scares me sooooo bad 😭😭
@@AnonBiscuit Because California has floods, droughts, Earth quakes, mud slides, and unending forest fires? The east coast has the same things. I used to live in El Paso, and the sun shines a lot, but sand storms, surprising snowstorms, flash floods, and be escaping the sand that sneaked into the house every night was a pain. However, I still love the Lone Star State. Bigger, better, hotter, colder, dryer, wetter, and all that went with living there. Ever eaten Texas Burger? Tastier than any other state offers.Buenos noches, senor.
@@jacoblecoy3700 I love it all EXCEPT the heat and tornados but you're absolutely right, I'll take just tornados and occasional ice. 👍
First this was the coolest and most beautiful Tornado I’ve ever seen in my entire life. To see the vast amount of detail and mechanics of it all is an absolutely amazing to watch. I want to give credit where credit is due. The man that captured and documented this ginormous tornado. This is the BEST footage of a tornado I’ve ever seen in my life! I loved how you’ve captured this storm that almost produced 2 tornadoes, but it was only able to create just 1. Watching this from the beginning of it creation and quickly becoming a monster was scary and beautiful. This was dramatic on a high level. WOW just WOW!!
I live about 30mins from here! Glad the storm changed directions! Thankful to be setting here this morning watching this beautiful storm! Thank you for sharing!!!
Looks almost like the storm is doing a 180° turn from this angle.
@@stateoffranklinwx8334 storm was headed north east and made a turn almost straight to the south! Crazy!
@@texasinfidel9257 That's really atypical motion.
It did actually sit stationary, then retrograde back to the west a little before getting rain wrapped.
@@MarcusDiazWX 😯🤔
Truly terrifying and one of the best videos of a wedge tornado I have seen this is a keeper.
That tornado is like the El Reno, 2013 tornado in that it becomes multiple-vortex the moment it touches ground, and becomes a super-wedge within a minute and a half after touchdown.
Yeah its up there, absolute beast.
Do we know how far across it was ?
Only difference I'm seeing is that this is beautiful and ominous, whereas the El Reno tornado was just straight up terrifying to look at. El Reno just looked like an apocalypse
It was reminding me of El Reno too...yikes
My and my team inside the white Ford explorer still can believe what we haven't seen nice shoot
Wesh il est la le BIBIX comment tu va la forme ?
That's one thicc wall cloud. And 5:11 is stunning!
Describing a tornado the same way people describe Kardashians. 🌟🏆
@@firstylasty9417 I couldn't resist...
Beautifully captured. I wish more people would stay in their vehicles like you. It’s smart, and you demonstrated how well fantastic video (and no doubt great photos) can be taken out a window.
Absolutely incredible footage!!! 🙌🏻 Thank you for zooming out also so we could see the entire storm cell. Congratulations on getting this!
Thanks for going the extra mile. This is extremely fascinating and I’ve never witnessed anything like this in my life!
The lighting in this scene is just unreal. Gorgeous storm. Thanks for recording it!
Until it’s over yah house
@@AAA-wn5dp it is A Incredible Sight! to behold!⚡Wow! ⚡
Wild! raw Gorgeous!
Its Amazing he survives takes care gets the gloriouso monstermontage
I’m sure those farmers really appreciated you driving into their fields like that 👍🏼
Great footage! I never knew the tornadoes could stay so still. Beautiful to behold. Thank you Marcus!!
Woah just woah! Since I was little I loved watching storms with my mom. Just the thought of being a storm chaser like you would be a dream to me. Keep up the good work and be carful!
It's really awesome that I'm able to watch these outstanding videos of tornadoes from a country that barely get any at all (Australia), thankyou! I really enjoyed this one
It is so contained, organized, not a hair out of place is what comes to mind. Absolutely beautiful.
Is it just me or was this tornado seemingly peaceful? Not the violent rotation that we often see, just kind of moseying along at a snails pace on open land while showing off its incredible looking structure. Awesome video!
This is unbelievably good footage, thank you so much for getting a great picture and keeping it totally steady. Fantastic work, that thing is absolutely amazing. Really excellent, keep up the great work.
People are admiring the towering, dusty death monster while I was more concerned about that vehicle that kept moving towards the behemoth at 3:15
Is it a vehicle?
Just another tuesday for him i guess
Great catch, Marcus! Highlight reel stuff right there. Good high quality video and not a bunch of people crowding your shot. Very cool.
Thank you Jeff! All time best tornado I've witnessed for sure.
3:27
That's an absolutely gorgeous storm
Until it kills somebody or destroys everything that they own,then it’s not so pretty😢
@@sambell385 as far as I know nobody died and very little damage
@@randomentertainment8927 You missed the point, I’m talking about tornadoes in general destroys lives, not everybody thinks a tornado looks beautiful, I think it looks like death and destruction when I see one, and I’m thinking oh Lord who is about to die who’s house is about to get destroyed, because I live 6 miles from Andover right in the middle of a tornado alley I do service work at their schools my boss lives in Andover,and I’ve seen many lives taken and many people loose everything they own, I don’t like tornadoes in the least not fascinating just scary.
@@sambell385 I know that. I was saying this one in particular is beautiful. I've seen the power of one too. My hometown was hit hard by an EF-4 the day after Christmas one year. And an area close to me was hit hard by an EF-3 near Halloween another year. Those become terrifying. But when they're in the middle of nowhere, not hurting anyone, they can be beautiful
@@sambell385 I have lived through a couple, or more. Not pleasant from any of my recollections, but I do pray for people in harms way. I have enough respect for nature to stay out of its way, and pray.
amazing and terrifying. its always amazing to see them out in the open like this. Im in Georgia, and usually you never even see them here. they tend to be soo heavily rain wrapped that a clear view like this is RARE..
I lived in Atl. For a while, some years ago. One hit West End. Did little damage. I once heard a man say that he thought Atlanta was so well constructed a tornado wouldn't hurt it. Was he smart, or what?
That was the most beautiful tornado footage I've seen. Every part of that was postcard perfect.
Such an awesome force of nature to witness up close. Always amazes me how distance just makes something so destructive seem balletic and serene.
Wow bro, that was epic. I'm grateful you got to have this experience and shared it with us.
Awesome! Thank you. I've seen many videos of tornadoes. This is the first time I've heard it. WOW!
Beautiful images! Impressive structure. But it's nearly looking peaceful, am I right in the assessment that this was not a violent tornado?
Incorrect. Other footage from closer shows this tornado with multiple strong subvortices. Likely a very violent tornado. If it hit town would likely be MINIMUM of high end EF-3 if not EF-4 or higher
it only seems this way because there are no structures nearby. as the person above me said, had this tornado been in a more highly populated area then it would’ve caused significant damage.
Ok, if there were subvortexes then probably it was violent, only it seems to rotate relatively slowly in the video.
@@rylandcisco4192 they released a preliminary report that this was an EF2 due to two power poles that were broken at the base by this tornado.
Seriously one of the prettiest tornados. Beautiful stuff
This is good training right here this video.. it shows first and foremost that you NEVER, EVER, assume the entire tornado is visible with that little drill bit at the beginning. It WAS ALREADY a half mile wide wedge at that point. But touching down in the dry line, even a dry RFD feeding it made the visible condensation funnel not tell the whole potentially deadly story. It was when it hit the dust field that it's true form became quickly known. So please SPOTTERS, never trust a tornado!!! Always assume the wind field is at least as wide as the base (wall cloud), thats how El Reno 2013 almost gobbled up everybody , the little carosel of funnels is a good photo op. Unless the actual tornado is already on top of you... Good catch dude.
The Unpredictable Force Of Furta powerful nature!
🌀🌪️Mammoth🌪️🌀
The only way to describe this video is jaw dropping. And I have seen them all. 2% or not you found your way to a lifetime opportunity and let the storm speak for itself. Bravo!
Absolutely outstanding!!! What a monster of a tornado.
Thanks Brian!
@@MarcusDiazWX thankz for sharing! Thats Quite A Amazing Experience! You hace! A Massive Mega Fantastic Superbly Wild Sight to be there to behold!
This is by far one of the most photogenic and awesome tornadoes I've ever seen
I have lived in Texas all of my life and (having seen countless tornados mostly in news and videos thank God) this is the scariest footage of one I have ever seen.
How is it scary tho I live in tornado alley and I know quite a few scary tornadoes but that is just a great looking storm
@@imbatmam4760 for those who haven't experienced a tornado in real life, this shit is terrifying.
Tornadoes terrify me, but that is a beautiful one. The way you can see the rotation of the clouds is awesome.
As I always say this weather is so beautiful but dangerous, Thank you for sharing this with us 👍👍👍
This is the best tornado video I ever seen
I would absolutely love to get on these kind of rides some day. I can't imagine how it must feel to see such force of nature that close. Amazing!
Me to I would like take so many pictures 🖼️ and videos 📸 with me and tornado 🌪️ in it. It be a dream come true and I'm gonna try it next year
imagine smashing through the eye to get a view of the funnel from the inside looking up.. 🙌🙌🙌
@@kermit56780 That be a picture 🖼️ and video 📸 worth trillions of dollars 💵 a once in a lifetime that I never lose but I'm a skinny guy that got blow 🌬️ away by 60 mph winds so I'm sure I would get suck away by a tornado 🌪️ like that easily 😂😱🤣.
@@kermit56780 Filmaker Sean Casey and the TIV (Tornado Intercept Vehicle) did just that in 2011.
He built 2 vehicles. IV 1 in 2003, and TIV 2 in 2007. Tiv 2 was the one used to make the film.
The resulting IMAX film was titled "Tornado Alley" and released in 2011.
It was really awe-inspiring, seeing up inside a tornado.
Hopefully you'll be able to find it playing somewhere, or find a copy of it.
5:18 the most beautiful yet terrifying thing I've seen. that lighting tho 😍
Crazy how little wind sound there is at that distance. Really illustrates how localized and focal winds are with this systems.
Nice work - awesome. From Australia where we don't things like this on such scale and frequency.
Excellent footage! Lucky timing for you!! Thanks for sharing!
The rotation! Possibly the best tornado footage I've ever seen!
It's big, awesome and beautiful. But realistically a lot of it's size is due to all the dust particles it's sucking up. It's probably about half the size it appears, lost in that cloud of dust.
I doubt that the condensation funnel is even half that size.
Same was for El Reno. Monster with quite narrow core.
yep the dust highlights the bear’s cage I’d assume
Brilliant tornado footage, that is being at the right side of the supercell at the right time.
Humbling beauty. It’s so incredible. Thank you for your work.
Best part of this one is that it stayed on an empty field so we could enjoy the view. Amazing!
This is the biggest and scariest tornado I’ve seen recorded. I live in tornado alley and two tornadoes hit our city within a few years of each other. That was scary!!!
It's crazy to know those inflow cloud walls can be forming just 20 feet off the ground.
The fact you captured the very birth of the tornado is awesome. I can't say I've ever seen that before
Is there an "event horizon" or clear perimeter of a tornado like this that cannot be crossed? How close can one get to it without being thrown into the wind?
do you have brain damage?
Does Anyone rememba Twisterwith Bill Paxton in the movie! Rotatations Winds Oh now there's perhaps more than f1f2f3f4's!!!! Woah!
this absolute GIGACHAD just drives closer and closer to it wtf, insane footage
Pretty much the perfect tornado video! Great work!
I just decided that I'm adding "see a tornado" to my bucket list. This is incredible!
Absolutely gorgeous storm. Great work!
Amazing! Congrats man, good job! What is te cat of this tornado?
Best looking tornado in a while! Great job man!
spectacular mate. it looks like its spinning super slow, but at the same time it looks like a damn badass monster.
Absolutely beautiful storm.
That giant wall of white cloud looks so daunting but majestic
From the outside it can be amazing looking but I've always wondered what makes you risk yourself just for a view of a storm. It doesn't seem worth it.
99% of the time these pro tornado chasers know what they're doing and don't get hurt. It's usually amateurs that end up making a mistake that costs them.
Life is full of risks, deciding which ones to take is a balance of managing the danger while enriching your experience.
This has Got To Be the Best Video of a Tornado Anyone has ever taken!!! Incredible!!👍
I've seen this phenomenon myself, where I live at one edge of Tornado Alley. Not a big wedge, it started over me as mammocumulus with evil looking, dark, greenish clouds lit from behind, and thin ghostly white whisps flying by at a lower altitude, all that stuff. And it's true: it sounded like a freight train once it descended into a tornado. And just like this video, I pulled over to the side of the freeway, got out, told a few drivers what they were watching, all very excited... every other driver had gotten out following me like lemmings to the sea, wondering what I was looking at. LOL! No ditches to get into, was near the foothills of mountains. I didn't even drive under the nearest overpass. I didn't know **** about safety back then. As the cold front passed over me I had to reach through the driver's window and grab onto my steering wheel. Sudden change in temp... All very exciting, powerful. Saw it take off the roof of a church north of us. Debris flying. I wasn't careful and didn't know much yet about extreme weather. But for people who live in Tornado Alley, it isn't so exciting, it's deadly.
One thing I've always wondered about. For those who live where this happens often, why don't people build underground homes, with the front wall of the house open for natural light, at ground level, grass for s roof which would also regulate temperature and collect rainwater for free... or what about round-walled houses which allow wind to pass by more effectively? Those ideas are already applied to new super skyscrapers. The only reason I can think of, is tradition, or that the home they buy is already built long ago. But they keep building or replacing destroyed homes with the same square box model. Why? I'm not an architect, but surely those wouldn't cost more than traditional boxes, and tornado insurance would go down... skylight tubes would provide even more light and cross-ventilation... it wouldn't be claustrophobic. I'm uneducated in this field, so what am I missing?
Was there at Morton with silver lining tours on a ten day vacation. My first mothership supercell and wedge tornado. Very impressive storm. So much dusty inflow due to the bad drought so the storm was like a huge vacuum cleaner sucking in all the dust.
5:31 Wow, you can see the subvortices! That's so cool.
This is the best tornado video I have seen I think.
One thing I’ve learned over the years: video ALWAYS underrepresents how close something is.
It also always underrepresents how large things are and how fast things move
It's pretty wild to see how many people casually pulling over to take pictures and videos mid tornado
It is like watching a movie with someone that has already seen it giving you the play by play
dude, that was out of this world. thanks for posting...loved it.
F5?..looks huge!!..cracking footage although I would never have got too close and personal the way you did??
C'était ou ? ( salutations depuis en France)😁
That has to be one of the prettiest dirty ones I’ve ever seen. Must have been so awesome IRL. Chasing on the bucket list.
The amount of stored energy and release of this energy at the same time being condensed as a structure and then being able to follow and witness this energy is really really humbling and scary.
This is the one of the most beautiful captures I’ve seen!
I’m glad that the part of my brain that tells me to drive the other way in these types of situations still works
I know tornados are terrifying, but they’re also so beautiful. Really shows you just how powerful Mother Nature truly is.
This is probably one of the cleanest shots I’ve seen on a wedge. Awesome vid!
That twister was huge!
What an incredible shot you got.
Thanks for sharing ❤
What an insane sight, that thing got huge *fast.* Wish I could have seen it in person (from a respectable distance)!
Amazing! :) Love the different views between you and Hank.
That just looks...otherworldly. Approaching this monstrosity on these endless plains, that is so large that although you drive and drive and drive, you just don't even seem to get any closer at all...man. So alien.
Such a beautiful beast, out in the middle of nowhere, where it can’t destroy people or property. The best kind of tornado.
That’s what I call, CALL OF DUTY ! Amazing job 👍👍
This was great.
I haven't seen a good storm movie in a while and I think it was a couple years ago since I saw good YT footage of tornadoes/hurricane weather.
The sub-vortices or satellites seen at the end reminds me of the 2013 El Reno monster tornado that looked similar to that towards the end of it's life. Awesome footage!
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Great photography! I luke that you're smart enough to stay back far enough to get good shots.