Tornado F5 Video, Very Close & Roaring Pass, April 27th 2011 Super Outbreak, Phil Campbell, AL
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Filmed in Phil Campbell, AL
The closest full recorded pass of the Hackleburg & Phil Campbell, Alabama tornado.
The most powerful and longest tornado of the day during the 2011 Super Outbreak on April 27th.
I saw the debris ball on radar coming this way, so I set the camera in the window (in the house) facing the direction I thought it was most likely to pass, then we took shelter several minutes before the tornado hit. (I edited out the beginning of the video before uploading it here).
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You can here the rumble of the tornado at the very beginning of the video get louder and louder as it approaches.
Sorry, the rattle noise at the beginning is an air-conditioning vent.
Power goes off at 0:13 then comes back on at 0:19, it finally goes off for good at 1:08 for several days.
Winds in the Tornado: 210mph+ (EF-5) Very possible up around the 300 mph range (but there were no portable doppler radar on wheels to measure this particular tornado with that amount of detail).
It was based on well build houses being swept away and other extreme damage that gives the at least 210mph+ rating.
The Tornado & Storm Forward Movement during video: 70mph (accurately calculated by the distance and time centered on the debris ball using standard radar frames)
Damage Path Length: Over 132 miles long
Peak Path Width: 1.25 miles
Some damages observed after this tornado:
-Ripped a concrete roof off a storm cellar in Phil Campbell.
-Totally ripped out large oaks from the ground and debarked them in some areas.
-Ripped up a section road pavement in Phil Campbell.
-Blew away a house that had foundation anchor bolts.
-Scoured up the ground in areas.
-A 3 ton John Deere tractor at the very edge of the tornado was picked up or tumbled for over 60 yards breaking the front axle off, bending a rear tire at the axle, and blowing a chunk of metal off the thick oil pan (the piece was never found). The fast moving tornado passed by so quick the tractor never made it to the center of the worst damage being that it started at the edge.
Fatalities from this one tornado: 72
Injuries from this one tornado: At least 145
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Living through this event was one thing. Loosing everything was the next. I know there are people out here who are gonna act like storm experts and say things about it. The most I will say if you wasn't there be glad!!!!!! It was as bad as it looks and it was huge!!!! I was driving back home when this hit!!! I was most happy to see my wife and kids were ok!!!!! I don't care about if I lost a house. I still have my family and I am alive to tell about this day!!
Snake Man Amen,sir!! I agree!!! Objects like houses and other things are replaceable,but people arent(your family).
Ya, I'm glad you and your family are ok, that was a hell of a monster to survive.
Snake Man God bless you and yours. Thank God you and your family is okay. It can’t even begin to imagine how scary it must have been for you all.
Im glad you survived brother!!
I cannot imagine what you went through. This tornado was a living nightmare.
This is one of the most intense tornado close-up videos I've seen. Scary as hell when it dawns on you how close it is. And the sound, like a relentless vacuum machine destroying with indifferent efficiency.
Perfect description!
I've chased storms since I was 14 and I think I'd be pissing myself if I was this close
This is by far the best footage of this one I’ve seen. You can almost feel the cold air from behind it as it passes.
I've watched this video more times than I can count and it never gets old. The camera is completely fixed and truly captures an encounter with an EF-5 like no other. The color of the clouds and sky change continuously and you can see the true power of the beast.
That sound is something I will never forget from this video. It is horrifying. One of the most powerful tornadoes I’ve ever seen on video. We just had a tornado warning that resulted in large hail and wind a few days ago. The sky was extremely dark and you could hear the (relatively low) roar of an EF-1 that hit the town next to us (we did not get hit thankfully). That said, that was an EF-1. I cannot begin to fathom what living through this was like.
The inflow into it is just unreal. That entire day was unreal, honestly.
IPA SOLÉ I don’t know what you’re trying to say. I guess you’re trying to make a joke about my use of the word “unreal”, but as someone who lived in Alabama on April 27, 2011, I can say that there are few words that can be used to describe what happened on that horrible day. When you witness a tornado outbreak that killed 252 people in just Alabama alone, in just a single day, I think the word “unreal” is a good description.
+Christopher Owens the strength of the storms on the day was just incredible. You rarely get EF5 tornadoes period, you aren't even guaranteed one of that strength every couple of years. Then you have 4 EF5s on ONE day with god knows however many more EF4s (worthy of an old fashioned F5 rating like the tuscaloosa tornado) and two more ridiculous EF5 in that year alone.
+Tom Higgins I don't think it's easy to tell from this angle. There are other videos with better views of the RIJ and RFD of other tornadoes. A really good one to demonstrate an RFD is daniel shaws "severe weather and news Australia " bennington EF4 tornado. You see the RFD wrap around right before a visible funnel is dropped.
Those winds were probably close to 100 mph
@Tom Higgins was a very strong rear inflow jet
That's exactly what happened in this tornado, my camera was just a distance from the tornado. The tornado was a half mile here, and at its peak it reached 1.25 miles wide. The trees blown down in the video were from the 90 to 100mph rear flank downdraft away from the main tornado circulation.
Inside the tornado trees were debarked, large oaks ripped out of the ground, a concrete storm cellar roof ripped off, road pavement ripped off, well built houses swept clean away (more info in description)
Kudos for using your head, setting the camera and then seeking shelter. I've seen amateur video taken WAY too close to EF4s & EF5s, easily well within 1/4 mile, thinking one is safe because one is on the south side of an easterly moving tornado.
Rapid changes in direction, forward velocity and size, not to mention RFD, inflow jet and the potential for satellites can really ruin one's day.
Wow
Looks like you also got the rear inflow jet towards the end of the video too.... after about 1:20
Sad
The speed of the clouds in the circulation is unreal, they had to be moving at 200+ mph
The tornado was so big that it literally took up the entire shot at one point and that RFD was no joke. Wow.
That's what I was noticing. Just seeing the strength of the inflow winds is terrifying after the thing had passed out of frame.
@@CaptainAricDeron Not to mention how long those winds lasted, which was well over a minute.
How dangerous is RFD?
@@26michaeluk It is extremely, especially since a tornado doesn't have to down for RFD to be present. RFD can do damage well away from where a mesocyclone is.
@@thebnsftracker1317 ah ok, thanks brother. I appreciate it.
This is one of the best tornado videos I've ever seen. Glad that you set up the camera and took shelter.
@Johnny Sins I will say that I've seen many more in the 5 years that have passed since I made the comment. But still, this video is a rare example of an extreme close-range vantage point of a massive EF5 tornado.
@@EthanBWeather hey Ethan. F13 crew!
@@CrazyWeatherDude Hello CrazyWeatherDude! F13 crew?
@@EthanBWeather Force Thirteen
@@CrazyWeatherDude Ah okay!
Best tornado footage ever. Rare close up of a high end EF-5 at peak intensity. This is what the Bridge Creek 1999 tornado would have looked and felt like close up, this one may have even been more intense.
I believe el Reno was the most intense
Very possible. Tim Marshall and others have gone on to say that Bridgecreek-Moore and Jarrell were the benchmarks used for the EF5 rating. It's implied that a tornado that earns an EF5 rating is automatically extremely high-end and May 3rd/Jarrell caliber.
This storm was every bit as strong as Moore and Jarrell. And it was moving at 60-70 mph. A true F5
@@LVM5584 Think about it. I know the EF scale has several flaws, but only 3 tornadoes have a rating of 210 mph or greater on the EF scale: This tornado, Newcastle Moore, and El-Reno Piedmont. Everyone screams Smithville as "the most violent ever," but this is not supported by the data. I believe this tornado was more violent than Smithville. The NWS themselves think so, too.
@@LVM5584Rainsville had Jarrell level damage
I must admit...of all the tornado videos over the years, this is by definition, the BEST EVER! NO verbiage, just video...I admire your NADS! I listened to the sound on 5.1 surround, and it was at 40X..AWESOME! Thanx mon!
I saw the debris ball on radar coming this way, so I set the camera in the window facing the direction I thought it was most likely to pass, then we took shelter 7 minutes before the tornado hit. (I edited out the beginning of the video).
Not sure if my comment means much 7 years later, but out of all the tornadoes from that outbreak (I remember watching it live on TV here in Texas) this video fascinates me most. So very glad you and your property were ok. Nature never ceases to astound me. That roar is too terrifying for words.
the roar being that loud from 1/4 mile away tells me that the decibel levels were absolutely insane upwards of 200dbs or so I have read
Probably closer than that, plus the 100+mph RFD on top of that
Sound levels of 120 decibels cause some immediate permanent hearing loss, and 150 decibels causes punctured eardrums, so I would expect that sustained 200 decibel noise would cause permanent catastrophic damage to a person's middle & inner ear structures. I have never read of large numbers of survivors of any F-5/EF-5 tornado permanently losing their hearing, so I suspect that 200 dB is a huge overestimation..
@@derekbaker3279 about that.... the jarrell 1997 tornado was so strong , that it skinned animals/people , some were just skeleton , some never found , a lot of the cows had there lungs and stomachs turn inside out hanging out of the mouth.
This phil campbell Tornado your watching (along wit the Smithville EF5 from the same day) killed people in underground tornado proof storm shelters , striped all there clothing off , and then deformed the bodies.
The phil campbell tornado tough for a very short period had a possible death count at 200+ but was reduced fast , this was cause they were counting body parts , there were body parts all over the place.
The joplin tornado also deformed human bodies so badly they had to use DNA test on there remains to figure out what the piles of flesh were.
So ya if the pressure was strong enough to force your stomach/lungs out of your mouth , im pretty sure it can permanently lose your hearing....
it is to note there is a image online from the JARRELL tornado , of the remains of a dog.... the tornado removed its head and it lost all of its skin.
Dam
@@derekbaker3279 120dB does not cause hearing loss lol. That's about what a suppressed gunshot is. 150 is about what an unsuppressed would be. 160ish is like a rifle. 200dB is when you would start to suffer basically immediate hearing loss. You're right that this tornado wouldn't be that loud, likely 110-120dB. Enough to cause permanent hearing damage but not instant loss of hearing.
The more I study this tornado this may be the most dangerous/violent tornado ever. Not only was it wide and very fast moving, but it was on the ground for 132 miles maintaining EF 5 strength almost the entire path. Most violent tornadoes have relatively small swaths of EF5 damage. Mind boggling
I agree. I’d wager wind speeds well over 300 mph
132 miles?!? I had no idea... I must find out more about this incredible tornado.
@Johnny Sins as I've posted elsewhere, for the full 132 mile path this tornado averaged 58.6844 mph.
@STRONGEST NATTY IN THE WORLD. A cheetah isn’t over a mile wide the last time I checked. Now you’re the dumb*ss. Have a horrible day 🤦🏻♂️🤡
The actual path is between 103 or 106 miles because it was found that the storm recycled and dropped another tornado after the orginal one
This is the best tornado footage. No music or talking just the sound of the storm. Excellent.
Check out the video of this monster as it closes in on a Prison about 50 miles to the north! Mind blowing!
This is arguably the strongest tornado ever recorded pound for pound, the El Reno one was bigger but it was spread too thin and fizzled out quickly, only 16 miles or so, Hackleburg went on for 132 miles.
Hackleburge was 5 miles from my house
True, but this was a massive tornado too. Pound for pound I'll take the Elie, Manitoba F5. It was only a couple hundred yards wide.
This is what it sounded like when the Canton tornado came through; just a loud, ear-piercing sound like a really powerful waterfall
Wow.
The same one that comes out in one of Pecos Hank's videos that looked like the whole sky was churning?
Are you talking about Canton Ga
@@zakkholguin3942 I think it’s his El Reno footage when he’s backing up and say’s “jeezus”.
@@brianharrison263 probably canton tx
I'm blind and remember both tornados I lived through, and that sound is too familiar. I'm just so glad you were smart enough to be in the storm shelter while this was happening. It's amazing that the window wasn't broken and that your camera wasn't blown out. And yes! The fighter jet sound is very accurate.
You witnessed another Tri-State
Oh my goodness. You have the best footage I have seen yet! We live in Hackleburg and were in our cellar as that evil monster came right over (and through) us. Scariest experience of my life! We were blessed to live through it. We are finally just getting fully recovered from it.
This monster was the true demon of the 2011 super outbreak. I believe the Hackleburg - PC EF5 is the closest thing we’ve seen to the Tri State Tornado in terms of strength, appearance and distance traveled
UA-cam keeps recommending this video to me, and I keep watching it. It's terrifying and mesmerizing at the same time.
listening to this on a huge audio setup is absolutely insane, I cant even comprehend the amount of power this thing had, this is hands down the most powerful and terrifying tornado of all time, there is something about it that sets it apart, unbelievable
I find myself drawn back to this video at least once a year...puts 2020 into perspective for me this year.
To this day, I will always love this video -- excellently filmed to show the shear power and sound of an EF-5 turbine moving through. It would have taken my breath away. It makes the goosebumps stand up on my arms.
That is the sound of death.
Nothing much scares me but this raises the hair on my arm
And gives me chills.
I pray this never happens to anyone EVER!!!
That's a really apt description of it: "the sound of death". And yes, it raises the hair on the back of my neck every time I hear it.
same
@STRONGEST NATTY IN THE WORLD. You’re the strongest cock-gobbler in the world, too.
Wow! You folks were super fortunate. That was definitely a near miss! The rear flank downdraft wind that struck after it passed was insane.
Logically speaking, a hit is a near miss. This was a near hit.
Interesting to note that, from the vantage point of the camera, winds aren't particularly high as the tornado comes into view of the camera; but all hell breaks loose immediately after the tornado passes and it's the RFD (not the tornado) which strips the leaves off the branches from the large, tall tree in the background.
carp bear
That isn’t the RFD
that’s a great thing called the Inflow Jet
I believe storm chasers call the inflow jet the ghost train.
Yes I believe it's the inflow, which can be so strong that roofs will fly off houses without even being in the tornadoes path. You can see the trees bending towards the tornado as it goes by from the insane inflow winds that are rushing towards the tornado. Amazing, frightening video!
I have never been through a tornado. Lots of bad storms, but no tornadoes. They are scary and this video reinforces that.
I think this is the best (and scariest) tornado footage I've seen. (and I've seen a lot of it including Joplin and El Reno). After I read exactly how violent it was, the roar of this storm is a lot more fear inducing...I feel as though this is incredibly skimmed over when we talk about historic tornadoes.
True! 🖒🖒 And viewers of this video can't experience the sensation of feeling the ground violently vibrate under them, the ear-popping changes in air pressure, plus the smells of snapped trees & lumber, concrete dust & soil in the air, broken gas lines, etc.. It must have been a truly overwhelming experience from that location.
BTW, when it comes to hair-raising sound, there's a video of the May 22, 2011 Joplin EF-5 tornado that was captured by a volunteer fireman who was at home & not too far from the damage path. One can tell from the sound in his video that the tornado in Joplin is ripping buildings, etc apart & grinding debris into smaller pieces (*), while the roar of the incredible tornadic winds in this particular video seems to mask that distinctive sound (so we only hear rain, hail, tree branches, and bits of other debris hitting the videographer's house).
(*) it's a sound also heard in some close-range videos of the May 20, 2013 Newcastle-Moore EF-5 tornado.
Based on my observations the tornado took 42 seconds to pass one point. At 70mph you move at 66ft per second. 66x42=2772ft, which is .525 miles wide. Of course that 42 seconds would be pure hell on earth if you were in that tornado, and would seem to last an eternity.
70 mph = 102.66 fps
70 mph / 60 minutes per hour = 1.167 miles per minute. 1.167 miles/60 seconds = .01944 miles per second. .01944miles per second*5280 feet per mile = 102.67 feet per second.
And I know pi is 3.14159
I'm glad somebody paid attention in math class
Of course, you meant POINT 525 miles wide, I assume. A little hard to see the "." on my screen.
At 55 seconds, the color change in the clouds...wow!
Wow. When the video gets to the 2:00 time stamp, pause and click back to the beginning to get a quick comparison of the trees. Amazing. Thank GOD it missed you guys.
Dam literally side ways
This is the closest video I have seen to what the descriptions of the 1925 Tri State Tornado must have been like. A very fast rolling black cloud that killed 30 weather savvy farm owners who didn't recognize it for what it was.
Gerry Pleasent Other pictures and videos of this tornado also suggest that. This could be a glimpse of the Great tornado of 1925.
Not quite. While the Tri-State Tornado was indeed a mile wide, at some point before leaving Missouri the tornado became wrapped in a wall of heavy rain.
The following is a survivor's account of the tornado, published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 20, 1925: "All morning, before the tornado, it had rained. The day was dark and gloomy. The air was heavy. There was no wind. Then the drizzle increased. The heavens seemed to open, pouring down a flood. The day grew black. Then the air was filled with 10,000 things. Boards, poles, cans, garments, stoves, whole sides of the little frame houses, in some cases the houses themselves, were picked up and smashed to earth. And living beings, too. A baby was blown from its mother’s arms. A cow, picked up by the wind, was hurled into the village restaurant."
Gargoyle Man this one did too about halfway through it's life.
The people had no idea what was coming..I'm grateful that technology has advanced and we can actually see what storms can produce a tornado and have some kind of warning
@@Cellmate412162 you know what's eerie? On February 28, 2017 a long track supercell tracked from southeast Missouri across southern Illinois and southern Indiana, two long tracked tornadoes occured with it over that area, ironically following almost the same path as the one in 1925, my profile picture is of the one in Indiana that night. The weather conditions were exactly the same as in 1925.
Amazing footage, I have been studying tornado's with much fascination for about 25 years. This rates as one of the best video's I have seen. Thank you.
I am just amazed how trees pulled up such a outstanding fight with these forceful winds.
Fr though lol
But in the end, most surrendered
Here’s the thing: that camera was at least 1/4 mile aware from the center. Over 1,300 feet away and look what it did.
that was a violent ass tornado. You can just tell by the way it was moving
Undoubtedly. I'd venture to say that this tornado was just as, if not more violent than the May 20 Moore tornado. The motion in the clouds is unreal!
+Kyle Niquette so true, if it hit an populated area like huntsville or bham it would have been so much worse
your venture would be wrong ..but not far off.
IMHO, it is almost impossible to compare the destructive power of the Newcastle-Moore EF-5 tornado on May 20, 2013 EF-5 with the strength of the April 27, 2011 Phil Campbell EF-5 tornado. This is because the building codes, adherence to those codes, construction materials, local geography, groundspeed of the tornado, and other factors in Newcastle-Moore, OK were not the same as they were in Phil Campbell, AL.
FWIW, one thing that I do think can be infered is that the parent storm that spawned the Phil Campbell EF-5 was much stronger & more well-organized than the one that created the Newcastle-Moore EF-5, as the former lasted much longer than the latter.
Estimated wind speeds by the NWS put Hackleburg and Moore at the same strength, though I am willing to bet Hackleburg was significantly stronger.
You can definitely hear that deep EF5 rumble in this video. Sounds like it was shaking your house too.
The monster
Probably shaking the earth
The fact that these monsters can rip through concrete and welded steel amazes me. The power of something. It’s hard to describe my love and fear for these monsters. All you can do is respect it.
The Rainsville EF5 did incredible damage to concrete structures and a large Steel, bolted safe. While quietly killing 35 people while the rest of the world was glued to their TVs or Laptops watching the Tuscaloosa/Birmingham saga.
Very few knew what had happened in Rainsville until the next day or later.
This is very similar to the 1925 Tri-State tornado as it passed by, it was said to be hidden in heavy rainfall and very large like a multi vortex wedge
And some described it as a rolling fog. Even farmers didn't realize what they were looking at until it was too late.
@@normanwaterman2017 my friends fiances house almost got taken out by this, then in 2014 almost on the same date an EF3 came even closer to her house
@Johnny Sins Erm, this tornado covered 25.14 miles in 23 minutes, meaning its average speed was 65.5826 miles per hour. EDIT: for the fuller track, it's 132.04 miles and 135 mins, which equals 58.6844 mph.
@@mistakenplane and about 1/2 mile wide with EF5 strength most of the time. It’s just terrifying.
There were a few horizontal vortices and inflow condensation jets as it passed. Amazing
Yep…that’a indicative of EF4-5 strength and winds easily over 200
One of the most monstrous tornadoes in modern history
A frightening sound! I can't imagine what it must have been like to be there. I'm so happy you were safe.
this is fantastic! one of the best tornado videos on youtube. hear that thing roar with power!
Absolutely amazing, but scary at the same time. I'm fascinated with how trees blow in the wind.
I used this video to wake up my 16 yr old and it worked like a charm!!!
Just imagine the damage this monster would have done if it was a slow mover. That thing was hauling ass.........crazy to see something that big, moving so damn fast. Insane day of tornadoes.
Even scarier: imagine if it had gone through Tuscaloosa, Huntsville, or Birmingham. More than likely would have killed 500+ people and gone down as the worst tornado in history.
This tornado didn't get the full coverage it deserved..this thing was a beast..ugh gives me chills.
Oh my god. That was INSANE!! Awesome job on getting such amazing footage..AND doing it SAFELY!! God, just watching it speed by...and watching the wind pick up..wow.
Tornadoes are one of the most deadliest weather phenomena on the planet, but they can be some of the most beautiful ones as well..as long as there aren't any people, houses, cars, animals, etc.aren't in its path.
No matter what storms I chase, viotors or EFUs, nothing will scare me as much as Hackleburg. That and greensburg are the only tornadoes that keep me up at night
That was unnerving. One of my very best friends dad works for the City of Phil Campbell, and discovered several of the deceased due to this monster. She says he's still not the same after seeing all of the destruction and death. Thanks for sharing this video, that's about as close as you can get to one!
This is truly an incredible video of perhaps one of the most massive and violent tornadoes ever to be filmed. I imagine this was much like the Tri-state tornado in that, to the untrained eye, it wouldn't be easily recognizable as a tornado if it weren't for the incredible roar of E/F5 winds. And I bet that, in terms of size and intensity, this was very similar to the 1925 monster.
The movement, power and forward speed (60mph+) of this tornado is unbelievable.
At this time, the world was transfixed by all the comotion in Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, While this was going on, a killer was on the loose in Dekalb county in Northeast, Alabama. A vicious EF5 moved in with no fan-fare and killed 30 people before moving off to Georgia. most people were stunned to find that out the next day what had happed. Some of the most unbelieveable damage took place there.
I remember that day very well. my eyes were glued to the local news and the weather channel until 1 AM the next morning. that evening, a tornado came through my hometown, Newport, TN. I had never seen so many trees down in my life. it looked like a war zone. where I lived at the time, we had baseball size hail that hit the house. scary situation
The sound alone is scary enough. One of the most intense tornadoes I’ve ever seen. It was moving along at 60mph, and still strong enough to scour up to three FEET of dirt off the ground. I’d love to have known what the real wind speeds were inside that monster.
Probably 275 to 330 range would not be surprised if it was 300+
@@J42274 Within some of the individual suction vortices, yes, it's quite possible that the winds could have peaked near 300mph. However, those would have been very very narrow and short-lived circulations at the ground. The overall tornadic circulation peaked at around 210mph, according to the NWS damage survey.
Very, very (thankfully but so sorry for those who lived through this five years ago) rare atmospheric jet stream difluence brought this on.................I believe this Tornado was the single deadliest in Alabama history including the 1974 super-outbreak.
Yep
My dad sent me this so that I could listen to it with headphones. Did not disappoint.
Just an insanely violent tornado. That is the BEST roar I've ever heard captured on film. Ane the motion on the left sice is mind blowing. Makes the hair stand up of the back of my neck
Amazing
Putting headphones on takes this monster to a whole nother level... Holy shit.
How far away was it from your house??!!
398 yards
jquest43 he wasn’t asking you
The roar is unreal
About 90 mph at the house, it blew down lots trees around the house and blew off a good amount of roof fascia. At the outer cloud edge of the tornado it was likely around 150mph, and at the center of the tornado around 200 mph.
0:48 just seeing it rumble into frame is horrifying
the scariest thing I've ever heard, EVER.
Amen
I agree - this is one of the scariest tornadoes I've seen - just a monster, like if the Kraken or Cthulhu were a storm: ua-cam.com/video/CW7i4CbYLEQ/v-deo.html
Although we only have photographs and a few videos of the damage done by the tri state tornado of march 1925. The hackelburg-phil campbell tornado of 2011, Gives a idea of what the tri state tornado looked like. Both tornadoes were fast moving dust and rain obscurred massive wedge tornadoes. The hackelburg-phil campbell tornado was 1.25 miles wide at it's peak and the tri state tornado was 1.3 to 1.5 miles wide at it's peak in Southern illinois. Only in relatively close proximity can you detect these two tornadoes are indeed tornadoes by the sight of it swrling while moving swiftly. While hearing the sound it makes which is similar to a fully loaded freight train traveling fast.
though from what ive seen no tornado has resembled the 'fast black rolling fog on the ground' that has been reported by tri state. i too believe hackleburg is the closest in comparison, but the old descriptions by multiple people of what tri state really looked like is more horrifying than any video of a modern tornado ive come across still. i still cross my fingers and hope one day someone will discover an old camera reel or something of a photo or two of tri state up in someones attic, no matter how unlikely that may be.
Awesome. I love that we hear the fury and see it without all the usual camera wobble. Nicely positioned and lucky you for not getting blown away while you were in the shelter.
Thanks for posting
Unbelievable footage. I watched this one on TV as it was happening, but seeing it up close like this is amazing. A day I'll remember for the rest of my life.
The most terrifying thing to me is how the tornado commands the entire storm around it. Absolutely horrifying.
I am a tornado addict and have watched many tornado videos, I have never seen a video that gave me genuine diss comfort until now...
i am going down a tornado rabbit hole again
nothing will even come close to topping the horror of the tri state tornado. i highly recommend looking into it and digging into as many random interviews and stories as you can find about it on the internet. it is by far the most disturbing and unreal tornado thats happened in modern time.
Pretty much the best tornado video I have ever had the terror and privilege of watching. That rumble is absolutely mind-boggling.
If you want to hear a racket, pull up the video of the Phil Campbell tornado bearing down on a prison near the Alabama/ Tennessee border. AN ALL TIMER video!
Tornadoes are so loud! I was in hurricane Katrina here in MS with winds around 130+ mph and a tornado ripped through our property. You could hear it OVER the sustained 120 mph winds! They also make a different sound, Hurricane winds becomes almost liked a deafening white noise, the tornado had more of oscillating sound. (how loud was Katrina? I had my mouth on my sons hear, hands cupped, screaming as loud as I could and he could not hear me.)
I was in Katrina, too, in Pass Christian, MS. I also heard a tornado pass by where we were taking shelter at. It definitely wasn't a monster like this one, but the sound is definitely haunting and terrifying. Again, I went through all of Katrina, and that storm was absolutely terrifying. Most don't know about the countless twisters it spun that devastated the community, outside of the general storm surge.
Thank you for the comment, Satori.
I've seen thousands of tornado videos, and I can only think of one other instance where the sound of any tornado is as crisp as yours, and that's an audio track recorded from the Xenia, OH F5 from 1974. Astounding video, and good job on gettng yourself to safety, thanks for sharing.
The roar.
And then the inflow and rear flank downdraft. Just unbelievable.
You can hear the camera rattling before the tornado even passes by! Many reported that the ground vibrated while this thing was passing by. At 1:35, it makes impact on Woodard Road, which is a mile south of Phil Campbell. EF-5 damage occurred there.
Great filming. Scary. Thank God it didn’t turn and head in your direction. I live in eastern Pennsylvania and I remember, right at the same time of the Super Outbreak, we had some very severe thunderstorms roll through our area. I think it was part of the same system. We did not have any tornadoes but it was bad. I worked for Amazon at the time and we had to quickly gather in the severe weather area in the warehouse and get away from doors and windows. Thanks for the upload!! ⛈🌪
The storm system was from South Alabama all the way to Canada. yes it was as nasty as they come!
What a freakin' monster. This beast was a death-machine. I never heard anything quite like this before. Man the freakin' ground was shaking when it passed. Any closer to this and you was a goner!
The sound is incredible. Don't know if I've seen a video that captures it better than this.
the Fairdale tornado that destroyed Clem Schultz house has the same incredible sound. If you search "Man films tornado that destroys his house Clem Schultz" you'll find it
@@uberbeast113 Ah yes, I've seen that one. Tragic circumstances, but an amazing video.
Strongest one of the outbreak. Did EF5 damage it's whole life, took the most lives, tracked the longest
jared it did EF-5 Damage about 1/4 of it path
It's also agreed upon that this was the closest we've had to the Tri-State Tornado since it happened in 1925
i believe the Smithville was a tad stronger with wind and velocity but yeah this was more powerful for staying on the ground much longer
@@MrVietDonger-y9l All of the EF5 tornadoes on April 27 were extremely powerful obvious ef5s
Nah, Joplin Mo EF-5 claimed the most lives by far during the 2011 outbreak. 161 lives lost. I live in a neighboring town to Joplin and seen the devastation with my own eyes. Horrible.
This one was definitely the longest tracking though! Cant believe the distance it travelled.
Damn you guys were lucky. That thing passed so close...
It’s unbelievable to me how scary air can be.
This is an amazing recording! The audio is especially good compared with what you usually hear. You need to play it through big speakers to hear the powerful low frequencies.
*SO scary, yet for me strangely comforting in a way...*
This has to be the most compelling video ever shot...absolutly incredible.
This one is still called the forgotten EF5. Tuscaloosa and Birmingham would've been torn apart even more if this one would've went through there.
Ya. It is lucky this guy hit more rural areas. Still killed a lot of people. The El Reno tornado hit rural places too. If that one had kept it together before reaching Oklahoma City, it would have been a mega disaster cuz one of the weathermen told everyone to try and outrun it in their cars.
And the death toll would've been in the hundreds, possibly rivaling the Tri-state tornado
@@F5Storm1 And there was a tornado that same year with a higher death toll. Joplin, Missouri.
Tuscaloosa-Birmingham should've been rated an EF-5, and many of my weather friends agree with me. Dr. Greg Forbes you may remember from the weather channel, also said the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado should've been an EF5.
Whoa, that was way too close for comfort... incredible sound, thanks for sharing this!
amazing how strong (& persistently so) the rear-flank downdraft winds are..
does anybody know if there is a rough proportionate ratio (or care to hazard a guess) for wind speed of RFD vs. the ground-level winds inside the vortex itself?
I'm of course assuming that RFD scales up with intensity of tornado, and this could be completely false - I'm a total amateur enthusiast still learning the basic science..
dunno - I'm an amateur enthusiast too, still learning (recommend Skip Talbot for scientific info)... Am led to believe that in this video, the rear flank downdraft is mixed with rear inflow jet...so that may add some incalculable variables
Depends. In this case, in its early life, 65-95 mph, then gradually weakened over time.
Amazing sound Quality. Never heard the roar like this before. This is the best. Thanks for sharing.
I've never had a tornado video fill me with feelings of panic and dread. This video scared the shit out of me!!
I witnessed the Jarrell, Texas F5 Tornado on May 27, 1997. You don’t forget the distinct roar of a monster like that. Other than dead silence, it’s the only thing you hear even from a mile or two away as you’re getting away from it. I was 10 coming up on 11 that day. It’s not anything you’ll ever forget. It killed 27 people in the Double Creek Estates area of the town which got completely erased. It didn’t even leave much of a debris field.
This tornado and the Jarrell, TX tornado were both exceptional in that nearly the entire width of the tornado was capable of causing F-5/EF-5 damage, while in the vast majority of F-5/EF-5 tornadoes, the F-5/EF-5 damage is confined to a relatively narrow zone along parts of the damage path. So, in this tornado and the Jarrell, TX tornado, almost every building hit by the tornado was completely obliterated, and any location not at the very edge of the tornado would have experienced winds capable of causing F-5/EF-5 for the entire time the tornado was over that location. Therefore, this tornado and the Jarrell, TX tornado were, indeed two of the nastiest tornadoes ever., IMHO.
However, there is one key difference between this tornado and the Jarrell, TX F-5....ground speed. While this tornado was barrelling along at a speed between 50mph and 70mph, the Jarrell, TX F-5 was only moving at around 8mph. So, the Jarrell, TX F-5 would have been over each home for a brutally long time, and that probably explains why everything in the basements of homes struck by the Jarrell, TX tornado was pulled out by the tornado (including many unfortunate victims who had done the right thing by taking shelter in their basements).
@@derekbaker3279 This tornado had a really narrow core. Which is why the most major damage would be inflicted at maximum in 3 seconds.
I am a professional storm spotter and you did a awesome job in capturing this on video one of the best I have seen on UA-cam and you stayed safe at the same time, a few of the highest gusts I would estimate around 100mph good thing the tornado didnt come closer than it did or all those trees would have been snapped like toothpicks!! Again great work & stay safe.
The audio in this video nails it. For those who have never heard a tornado first hand, this video is the closest thing to being there, without actually being there. Imagine standing beside a big waterfall and then amplify that about five times. It's like hearing a rattlesnake for the first time. The next time you hear that noise, you don't even have to see it to know what's causing it.
The most evil looking and sounding tornado ever, not even Joplin can come close to that
F5Storm1 this one was likely much more powerful than Joplin.
@@tennisguyky jarrell was just so slow moving that the damage seemed exacerbated, this however was moving at up 70 mph at times lasting about a minute or less, and the damage was extreme
Have to say, great video of a twister that there's not a lot of video of. Because this was in a more remote area, it's why it's not as notorious as the Tusc - Birm one. Same as the Smithville and Rainsville ones. Although I gotta say the Tusc one was basically an EF-5 (10 mph off) and is my nomination for the visually ugliest twister. The horizontal vortices coming off it were intense.
And to think it was still a 1/4 mile away...must've been packing at least 250 mph winds.
***** This one didn't actually tear up any entire foundations, but there was a restaurant in Mt Hope further along the path that did have a small part of it's slab foundation cracked and pulled up. The only tornado I know of that definitely undermined entire concrete slab foundations was Smithville, MS on the same day (I think that one was a little stronger).
OHWX123 Oh yeah, and it produced the most violent ground scouring out of the four EF5's. Usually plumbing stays on the foundation, but the Smithville tornado completely shredded all plumbing, and it picked up a pickup truck, threw it up against the water tower, and mangled it into a ball with only the frame remaining, yet it only had peak winds of 205 MPH, with wind gusts way faster. The Hackleburg-Phil Campbell EF5 had peak winds of 210 MPH, with the multiple vortices and rear flank downdraft contributing to faster wind speeds. The 210 is the winds in the tornado's winds itself without the vortices.
OHWX123 if this one didn't rip up any foundations from the ground, then I wish you would come down here and show myself and the rest of the First Responders here in Hackleburg where they got up and walked off to, because there was some clearly gone, as well as asphalt from roadways and trees left completely debarked... and to clarify on wind speeds, the NWS from Birmingham rated the winds at 210 mph! Here is the damage report from the NWS... www.srh.noaa.gov/bmx/?n=event_04272011hackleburg
Tim Hood Imagine if the tornado was not moving as fast as a semi on the interstate! The damage would be even worse!
Tim Hood I hear ya Tim . I lived near hackleburg at that time . I still have nightmares about it. I was a part of c.e.r.t then. Marion county suffered bad from this. Some asphalt was gone. Some storm shelters were even torn apart. The people who were not there will never understand how bad that effected all of us .
"Ripped a concrete roof off a storm cellar in Phil Campbell." wow
Rainsville slightly pulled up an underground storm shelter after it scoured off the dirt cover
@@packerman7410 This was one of the most intense tornadoes ever- top 5 material. Had it moved as slowly as Jarrell it would have left nothing behind except a new canyon...
Dam
This, Philadelphia and Smithville are the strongest in history
Based of damage and how fast it happened i will say from weakest to strongest
Hackleburg - Phil Campbell (this) 300 - 350 likely 320+
Philadelphia - 325 - 360 likely 325+
Smithville - 350 - 390 likely 350 +. It snapped a 5 - 16 feet deep pipe.
@@aungoo9700 hmm, check out the unbelievable destruction from the murderous rainsvil tornado if you haven't seen it! It just wasn't on the ground as long as all the other big boys.
Probably the scariest & most violent strongest tornado in recent history. If it had hit a major city hundreds might have died due to the fast forward motion & wind speeds. This tornado looks much more violent and intense than the Moore or even Joplin storms. It looks comparable to the 1999 Bridge Creek/Moore tornado to me, might have been even more violent at points even. The rotation is incredible.
And the most incredible thing is that not a lot of people know about it!
At times it seems to resemble the Tri-State tornado
This thing was a monster almost beyond belief. I'm glad you made it out safe; that was WAY too close to be to a tornado of that power. Truly chilling video.
This is like the best tornado footage ever! Great job!!
Ah, so this is what happens when a tornado is completely well organized with nothing hindering it. You can literally still hear the rumble as it’s going away!
I have my headphones on listening to that roar of the tornado as it approaches. Probably the creepiest phenomenon in nature.
Yes, you are so right! I listened to it in studio quality headphones, which have a balanced but deep bass response, and the low rumble was impressive. I am sure that people close to the tornado (above ground or below ground in shelters) could feel the subsonic vibrations in the ground, much like what you feel when heavy trucks/railway locomotives pass close by!
@@derekbaker3279 Many survivors did report the ground vibrating up to a couple miles away from it.
Best audio of an F-5 tornado out there, period. You can really hear the "freight train" that people talk about.
Not much like a freight train, more like the entire earth shaking.
Wow whole cloud turning that’s monster of a storm , I love about 40 minutes north of you all Florence.
And while the Joplin and Tuscaloosa tornadoes are more infamous due to the population centers they struck, this tornado was likely significantly more powerful and dangerous. I can imagine how a tornado could cause 1,000+ fatalities in the US if something like this were to sweep through a large city.
And the injury to fatality ratio of this tornado - 145 injuries to 72 deaths - indicates how difficult survival was to the people caught on the surface in this thing.
I live in Joplin. How 5,000+ people weren't killed, instead of only 162, boggles my mind. It went right through populated land the entire width of town...about 13 miles.
Wow. I drove to Hamilton Al through Phil Campbell and that damage was unbelievable. Trucks were smashed like a ball of aluminum foil. It was bad.