Are you think it needs more views... These morons put themselves pretty much in danger for what a bit of glamor... Tim Samaris and his crew of Twistex died documenting this tornado for scientific study so people would have more time in advance to seek shelter. Nothin like these morons viewed here.
Holy shit! You are so lucky! I've seen every El reno video. This one comes in second (after the guy who literally drove straight thru and got it all on dash cam). Thank God you made it!
That's a scary video too. The Twistex team was said to be behind him when they got consumed. (He said it's on the footage but he cut that bit out to respect the families.)
Judging from the winds directions it looks like you were inside the tornado's circulation, not just on the rim. I was sure I had seen every single piece of video of the El Reno tornado, but this was new to me. Glad I stumbled upon it. Lots of chasers got way to close to this tornado and it looks like you guys did too. Glad you made it out of there
@@lucifer.Morningstar369 we were not in the middle of the subvortex, we were on the edge of it. We definitely were not in 295 mph winds, that occurred later and several miles from where we were. I estimate 125 to 140 mph winds. The structure was very solid all steel construction.
@@lucifer.Morningstar369 No, they were in it. The El Reno twister was a multi-vortex tornado with counterclockwise rotation. Outside the rotation, the motion will always be from left to right. Check the motion at 3:44; it's right to left. That direction of motion can only be observed from inside the rotation.
I don't know, either! I thought I had viewed every possible chaser video of this tornado, but this is the first time the algorithm suggested this one to me! And it's just amazing...
Here I thought that footage of chasers just within a stones throw away from the multi-vortex stage was the closest and most dangerous filmed part but this surpassed it. Dang!!
@@espxrto4330 El Reno was 2.6 miles wide and the Hallam tornado was 2.5 miles. There is a storm chaser on UA-cam somewhere that documented the event of the Hallam tornado. It was a intense chase.
@@40ounce58 that'd be a cool site to see, but i really hope it doesnt happen, because it could hit a populated city and kill hundred possibly thousands
Welp! You got lucky that day! Next time maybe you'll stay at a safer distance? I could tell by your nervous talk as it moved over you as you were parked under that shed that you were realizing you may have made a huge mistake. Stay safe while chasing your future storms.
Zero Conspiracy I knew before it even happened we were going to be too close. I even told my partner that. It was a once in a lifetime situation, I had to keep close. When the suction vorticy was so close I was just nervous that it would turn NW like Greensburg did. Then we would have been in trouble. We made the right decisions and made it out alive.
@@WeatherGodsTours this epic video serves to remind us of the old stormchaser adage: "If it looks like the twister is stationary then it's coming right at you" Thank God everyone was alright 😳
I thought I had seen every video available on this tornado. Can t imagine being there and running from it in a car on a wet muddy dirt road into a headwind of RFD or FFD holding you back. Not a good day. Thanks for sharing.
@@WeatherGodsTours By sheer luck.. Knowing what we all do now about that tornado, youre all lucky. It only skimmed past you guys, and didnt hit you with one of its multiple vortexes or a satellite. That all being said: awesome footage! WOW! :O
2:55, Richard Henderson's Dodge Ram 1500 pickup in a mineral gray metallic clear coat can be seen driving east. His truck is the second one that passes Mark and Jeff after a red pickup goes south on S Chiles Rd.
@@mohammadadil-dg4cb yes, faster ground speed of the tornado. Pilger, NE was much faster ground speed. El Reno still has the second highest wind speed recorded in a tornado by radar.
So about two years ago Ive began doing a lot of searches on tornadoes and videos like this. El Reno is the most fascinating to me because of what happen and watching different POV including yours Im very impressed with how you got this footage. Very sad to know 3 chasers died in this....it baffles me how many people in the comments telling you what you do lolz. I watched the 48 video sync of this one after watching a video with Pecos Hank...and lead me here. Glade i found you!
Mark A Tackett it was actually a Open sided hay barn. It was just luck. We were trying to get south, got cut off by rain wrapping around the tornado, turned around into grapefruit sized hail, and just looked for any kind of shelter. Found that.
@@joeschoe4477 It was about 5-10 minutes, I would have to look back for the exact number of minutes. The cover actually was extremely strong and what saved us. We were in larger than grapefruit size hail when we went under the outside hay barn. It was all steel beam construction with a steel roof.
Stephanie D yes we try to keep a safer distance from tornados. Being this tornado did what no other tornado has ever done, it surprised many unfortunately. Lucky we came out unharmed. Yes it was very nerve wreaking.
@@brenne8030 actually not. My first tornado was in 1988, I have seen multiple hundreds of tornadoes, I stopped counting decades ago. Never have I lost even a window to hail. Small dings from hail but that is it. So it isn’t just luck, it is a meteorology degree and decades of experience. I have rules for chasing, and just following those basic chasing rules.
@@WeatherGodsTours wow thanks for commenting. It just seems amazing after all these years ,, that’s what I meant by luck . After reading your comments, I’m sure it takes more than Luck 👍🏼
( 3:48 ) - Gary England's coverage of this storm over the radio simulcast is outstanding. Even told the listeners to go NORTH into the huge hail @ ( 4:35 ). A lot of the chasers went South and due East, trying to stay in front of the storm, instead of trying to get away from it. This unfortunately killed some of them, and injured others.
Geez. How close did you get to the condensed funnel? You were clearly in the tornado. I can't believe how many awesome videos there are of this once in a lifetime event.
markmnorcal My chase partner and I were slowed by traffic. We were trying to get south of the tornado when rain wrapped around the east side of the tornado and we were on a dirt road. We turned around and looked for shelter. The open sided Hay Barn gave us protection from the grapefruit size hail that was falling. I think it is what kept our car from flipping over in the 100+ MPH winds we were in.
@105549532928414480511 BTW the condensed funnel ended up on the property we were on. We were with in 20 yards of it. This was the suction vortex that took Tim, Paul and Carl. They were about 2 miles NW of us.
A comment from the movie Rush Hour 3 comes to mind. "I'm not constipated anymore!" I would not have had to go for the next year, had I been watching this monster in real life. I would have made a big mess on the Oklahoma countryside.
Damn I'm glad one of them mini vortices with 300mph didn't drop in on you guys like Tim and the other people with him who died. Incredible footage though. Brave to sit and wait on it. Glad you guys are ok.
During the slow motion at the end, you can see a power flash in the distance where the tornado is. That was about the time and place where Tim Samaras and his team were struck by the tornado. :(
Ben Corwin it's amazing to me that none of these guys that go out there with the specific intention to get footage of tornados, have ever realized that A) when you go near a tornado, it's gonna get kinda windy B) shitty little microphones don't do to well in windy conditions. I really don't see how it's possible that not one of these assholes has yet figured out a way to do what they do, but prevent their audio from getting completely fucked off. FFS put some chewed up bubble gum over the hole or something - but please, do _something!_
Audio off during shoot. Add audio during edit. It's simple. Just add a bunch of f-words and holy s-words and Jesus cripes ... and then loop it to the finish.
They also need to invest in windscreens for their microphones. That's especially important for those of us who listen using headphones or who want to hear those inflow jets with the wind whistling or screaming and howling!
I knew that this Tornado would be a large tornado, never thought it would be a world record or behave as crazy as it did. It turned from moving SE to E to NE very rapidly and accelerated faster than any other tornado. I am just glad I made the decisions I did. Making money was not one of them. I actually didn't post this video until almost a year after the chase. It was a sad day with chasers lost, ones I had seen just days before.
Notthefather yes what the tornado actually did was decided in hindsight. My decisions were based on my experiences and thoughts of what was the most safe option for me and my crew based on visual and digital data I had on hand at the moment.
WeatherGodsTours i agree. No one knew it was going south, rapidly expanding, and accelerating forward motion. Im glad you're ok but I love that you were so close.
@@WeatherGodsTours unfortunately sometimes our knowledge of natural phenomena comes at the cost of lives. 1980 at Mt St Helens USGS personnel are outside known danger zones even in the event of a pyroclastic flow from previously observed volcanic events. Earthquake causes giant landslide that results in the entire side of the volcano sliding away releasing the highly pressurized magma chamber and also resetting the parameters of minimum safe distance. El Reno 2013 every chaser set themselves up for a potential escape route even if the storm became a mile wide wedge. Not only does the storm more than double recorded sizes but turned right into the safe escape route path.
First, the suction vortex didn’t hit us directly, it was 50-100 yards sw of us, the open sided hay barn kept the winds parallel to the ground. I believe that is what kept us from flipping or getting airborne.
Harp engineered storm guys 3 supercells merging to make one huge supercell this was a otherwirld storm a monster and by the it had subs exceeding 300 mph and moving 180 mph across the land about 5 at any one time ultra violent tornado top 5 in my book
Josh McCoy it is actually an open sided hay barn. All steel construction, it was extremely sturdy and it really saved us. Both from grapefruit size hail and the tornado.
And this is a tour group?!! If that was me sitting with you taking cover, my only thought would be that I actually paid a shitload of money to see a tornado and then die in it, hiding under that shed.
Yes, this was a tour group. No one in my group died or was injured. No damage to our vehicle either. The open sided hay Barn was what kept us safe, it was extremely solid steel construction. Tornado Chasing is a dangerous pastime for the inexperienced and even Professional Chasers lost their lives this day, with multiple vehicles destroyed or severely damaged. This is what people pay to see on the tour. This was a once in a lifetime tornado.
I forgot to mention, that was the most awesome footage of El Reno that I’ve ever seen. The best by far. But please be careful. It’s not worth dying for. Live to chase another day. 😊
The NWS downgraded it, but was not consistent. It was measured by a radar at 296 mph, which is high end EF- 5, and the second fastest recorded wind speed recorded in a tornado. The 2.6 miles wide was from the RaxPol radar, the same radar that measured the winds in the tornado. So either you say a EF-3 that is 2.85 miles wide or a EF-5 that is 2.6 miles wide. For consistency.
@@WeatherGodsTours I understand the logic you're going for, but the EF scale is rated on damage, and since most structures weren't directly impacted (the highest damage seen being EF-3), wouldn't it be fair to call it an EF-3?
@@developer2 then it isn’t fair to say El Reno tornado wasn’t 2.6 miles wide when the surface damage was 2.85 miles wide. The 2.6 miles wide was radar data. So if radar data is good to measure width, speed is good also. That is the point. Also the survey overlooked the EF-5 damage with Twistex car being thrown a half mile.
Now THAT is one of the craziest videos I've ever seen. Looked like the carport was in the eye of the storm (tornado). How that carport held together I'll never know. You all cheated death by feet, or inches.
Those were not individual tornadoes, that was a multi vortex tornado. Actually really great multi vortex tornado. Also "its wedging out", "Horizontal vortices" weren't said. Just good descriptions of what was occurring. Thanks for the comment though.
Krattle Rattle unfortunately not everyone is polished at speaking about tornadoes while the event is occurring. Lots of driving time and money goes into chasing. It is very exciting when you score. Especially on a record breaking tornado like this. Everyone knew this would be a significant day.
@@WeatherGodsTours lol I'm hooked on watching these videos. I just think it's funny everyone says the same thing. Except Pecos hank of course. He's got a way with words. Just wish he would put out more videos.
"Here take a picture of me looking like an idiot (because I am way too close) in front of this very dangerous tornado". Hope you learned your lesson that day.
Actually when we took the picture in front of the tornado, we were in no danger. It had just started. That is why we took it. Obviously this tornado changed very rapidly after that.
The NWS downgraded it, but was not consistent. It was measured by a radar at 296 mph, which is high end EF- 5, and the second fastest wind speed recorded in a tornado. The 2.6 miles wide was measured from the same RaXPol radar, the same radar that measured the wind speed in the tornado. Tornadoes are supposed to be measured on damage for width and estimated wind speed. So either you say a EF-3 that is 2.85 miles wide (actual ground damage) or a EF-5 that is 2.6 miles wide. For consistency. The NWS team overlooked that the tornado generated large missiles in the form of throwing Twistex’s car a half mile while ripping the engine out and throwing that another 1/4 mile away. Generating large missiles is a EF-5 criteria. Then we get to…why are we estimating the wind speed? We have actually measured the wind speed accurately. 🤷♂️. The Original Fujita scale and enhanced Fujita scale, were ways to estimate a measurement of the tornadoes wind speed. Obviously Fujita didn’t expect we were going to be actually measuring a tornadoes wind speed.
Really? It was measured by a radar at 295 mph, which is EF-5. The 2.6 miles wide was from the radar. So either you say a EF-3 that is 2.85 miles wide or a EF-5 that is 2.6 miles wide. For consistency.
"I think we're right on the edge of it..." No. Just no. You were IN it. Your own footage proves it. That's the only way to see the kind of right-to-left motion clearly shown in the video for a counterclockwise tornado. At 3:20 it's headed straight at the camera. Then the video is discontinuous, but at 3:44, the motion is clearly right to left. The twister went right over you, and by 3:44, you were seeing the trailing edge in front of you, with the leading edge behind you. You were definitely IN it. You guys got lucky. This must have been relatively early in the twister's evolution. It's doubtful that your vehicle would have stayed put if you had been hit later on, when the tornado became the monster it turned out to be. The structure you were in must have had a steel I-beam frame, anchored in some serious concrete footings. It's amazing that the roof wasn't ripped off. Edit: I stand corrected. I see from some of your later comments that this was actually much later in the tornado's development than I originally thought, at about the same time the Twistex crew got hit. So, what you experienced was actually one of the sub-vortices that the entire tornado comprised. Wow...so you just happened to be lucky enough NOT to get hit by the 295 mph wind. I mean, anywhere in the wind field was a crapshoot; any one of those dancing devils could have nailed you. I have to say that all these comments by people scolding you are pretty doggone lame. They weren't there; you were. They have the benefit of hindsight; you didn't. It seems to me that you made a pretty good call in the face of rapidly changing conditions whose outcome no one could predict. The "luck" part is in the fact that the twister didn't do something worse...and it could have. The rest of it is probably down to your experience...which is obviously a helluva lot deeper than some of the commenters realize.
Yes. The structure was very solid I beam steel construction. We did keep the car turned so the winds were parallel, so the car wouldn’t roll. This was just SE of the airport.
@@WeatherGodsTours That was good thinking on the alignment of the car. And it looks like there were some other well-built structures nearby, which might had helped deflect, divert, or otherwise impose some friction losses on the airflow. Air is a fluid, after all, in the way it behaves when in motion. I'm just curious; what made you decide to weather the beast rather than trying to escape. I mean, I get that no one really knew what a monster it would become, and it wasn't that yet when it hit you. So, I can see how it could have seemed like "It looks like we can get through this..." at that early stage..and obviously, you did. I'm just wondering what your thought process was that led to the decision to stay rather than get out of the way. Anyhow, glad you came through it OK.
@@Vito_Tuxedo We tried to go south but we’re held up by waiting for so many other chasers. We were going south on a dirt road and a rain curtain went over the road. With no visibility on the tornado, I didn’t want to drive blind on wet dirt road crossing in front of a tornado. We turned around. This was the smartest thing we did. Immediately we were in crazy large hail, grapefruit size, maybe even some cantaloupe, but widely spaced. That is why we looked for a shelter.
@@WeatherGodsTours Thanks for your reply. Sounds like you made the right call, as evidenced by the fact that you survived with no injuries or damage to your vehicle, facts that are especially impressive considering the pressure you were under, and the severity of the conditions. You did what any rational person would do: You took yourself out of a situation where the outcome was not under your control (all the traffic) and you put yourself back in control, and then you rolled with it, dealing with the consequences (monster hail) as they presented themselves. Sure, it was lucky that the shelter was there, but I don't discount the fact that you recognized an opportunity and seized it. They say that when you're confronted with life or death decisions you will default to the level of your training. It seems to me that with 38 seasons of chasing under your belt, that counts as something like serious training. 😎
That was great footage, but why's the guy just blabbering on and on, while the warning is being issued? I think if you're a chaser, you've heard a lot of tornado warnings. You dont need someone reading it to you. Really took from the moment. But still a good video. I've just seen this for the first time. Just in the future: dont be chopping it up while the tornados being filmed!
Sorry if I was blabbering. We knew deep down that this was going to be a historic event, that had an effect. I keep trying to improve on my videography skills. 🤷♂️. Thanks though.
WeatherGodsTours Lol sorry couldn’t resist. I should have been nicer about it. If I had been there I would be dead. Not from the tornado itself, but from the heart attack I would have had. I have the worst fear of them. One came close in 2013 and knocked down trees almost on my house and I almost shit my pants while crying. Yes indeed I am a grown ass man. Tornadoes are the only thing that I am actually scared of. It’s almost irrational.
Lisa Skinner Well there was a lot of praying going on at the time! My partner who was driving said he pushed on the brake as hard as he could. He said after, that he knew it wouldn't help but it just made him feel better.
One this is for sure I wouldn’t be driving in a Ford Taurus… if I need to get away I need something more powerful but it looks like that was to close! I don’t care if it’s a once in a lifetime tornado 🌪… you get 1 life.
The NWS downgraded it, but was not consistent. It was measured by a radar at 296 mph, which is high end EF- 5, and the second fastest wind speed recorded in a tornado. The 2.6 miles wide was measured from the same RaXPol radar, the same radar that measured the wind speed in the tornado. Tornadoes are supposed to be measured on damage for width and estimated wind speed. So either you say a EF-3 that is 2.85 miles wide (actual ground damage) or a EF-5 that is 2.6 miles wide. For consistency. The NWS team overlooked that the tornado generated large missiles in the form of throwing Twistex’s car a half mile while ripping the engine out and throwing that another 1/4 mile away. Generating large missiles is a EF-5 criteria. Then we get to…why are we estimating the wind speed? We have actually measured the wind speed accurately. 🤷♂️. The Original Fujita scale and enhanced Fujita scale, were ways to estimate a measurement of the tornadoes wind speed. Obviously Fujita didn’t expect we were going to be actually measuring a tornadoes wind speed.
No problem. It was the first time I had winds strong enough to lift mud and go airborne. I estimated 120 ish. It wasn't a comfortable feeling. My driver said he was pushing as hard as he could on the brake. He knew it wouldn't help, but it made him feel better at the time.
Can’t believe I’ve never seen this footage ! Thx for sharing!
Insane footage! This needs waaaaay more views than it has!!! Great shots of the development of multiple vortices. Glad y’all came out safe on this one
Are you think it needs more views... These morons put themselves pretty much in danger for what a bit of glamor... Tim Samaris and his crew of Twistex died documenting this tornado for scientific study so people would have more time in advance to seek shelter. Nothin like these morons viewed here.
Insane footage! This needs waaaaay more views than it has!!! Great shots of the development of multiple vortices. Glad y’all came out safe on this one
@@dwightschrute900 ...You are WAAAAAY stupid!!!!!
This tornado killed Tim Samaris, his son, and a helper when it hit the small compact car they had rented for the chase. Now, what were you saying?
Holy shit! You are so lucky! I've seen every El reno video. This one comes in second (after the guy who literally drove straight thru and got it all on dash cam). Thank God you made it!
Link please
@@mitchplaysriffs It's probably Dan Robinson - check him out
@@mitchplaysriffs ua-cam.com/video/MxgU1QcFMJM/v-deo.html
That's a scary video too. The Twistex team was said to be behind him when they got consumed. (He said it's on the footage but he cut that bit out to respect the families.)
I must say that this is the most exciting and scary video of the El Reno tornado I've seen so far.
Judging from the winds directions it looks like you were inside the tornado's circulation, not just on the rim. I was sure I had seen every single piece of video of the El Reno tornado, but this was new to me. Glad I stumbled upon it. Lots of chasers got way to close to this tornado and it looks like you guys did too. Glad you made it out of there
Thanks.
Actually they were in the tornado indeed...and the legendary Twistex Team from Samaras was hit by a one of the subvortex😐
Unlikely. The building near them would not be standing. Main tornado produced 295 mph winds. That did not look like it
@@lucifer.Morningstar369 we were not in the middle of the subvortex, we were on the edge of it. We definitely were not in 295 mph winds, that occurred later and several miles from where we were. I estimate 125 to 140 mph winds. The structure was very solid all steel construction.
@@lucifer.Morningstar369 No, they were in it. The El Reno twister was a multi-vortex tornado with counterclockwise rotation. Outside the rotation, the motion will always be from left to right. Check the motion at 3:44; it's right to left. That direction of motion can only be observed from inside the rotation.
Whoever built that shed must have added 10 tons of balls to it. I am beyond surprised that shed didn't even break a sweat holding itself together!
I thank god it was built very sturdy.
Happiness is taking a selfie in front of El Reno tornado.
Once in a lifetime event. Absolutely!
I don't know why more people haven't watched this. This is amazing footage.
Thank you!
I don't know, either! I thought I had viewed every possible chaser video of this tornado, but this is the first time the algorithm suggested this one to me! And it's just amazing...
@@KelseyDunlevy 🙄
@@brenne8030 🤨
@@KelseyDunlevy 😂👍🏼
Mate that was intense, the one side of the car covered in shit from wind born dirt, holy shit! Whoever built that shed you were under did a good job!
Dave You Can't Leave This Empty might have been literally covered in shit too!!-the interior that is, from the passengers!! ;-)
Here I thought that footage of chasers just within a stones throw away from the multi-vortex stage was the closest and most dangerous filmed part but this surpassed it. Dang!!
What’s amazing is the El Reno tornado was bigger than the Hallam tornado in 2004. They’re both infamous monsters.
dang dude i did not know that there was another 2.5 mile wide tornado thats crazy i thought the el reno tornado was the only 2.5+ mile tornado
@@espxrto4330 El Reno was 2.6 miles wide and the Hallam tornado was 2.5 miles. There is a storm chaser on UA-cam somewhere that documented the event of the Hallam tornado. It was a intense chase.
@@40ounce58 i know i was just saying i didnt know there were 2 tornados that hit and passed 2.5 miles wide
@@espxrto4330 I know what you meant. You never know, the next monster tornado could surpass and break the records of both of them.
@@40ounce58 that'd be a cool site to see, but i really hope it doesnt happen, because it could hit a populated city and kill hundred possibly thousands
I pray that you guys stay safe while making weather videos
This is amazing footage. Surprised it doesn't have thousands of views.
Wow!! Thank You Soooo Much!! That WS Really Some Fantastic Filming!!
Wow that was the closest I've seen anyone get to it so far. Looks like it was only 50 yards away.
Welp! You got lucky that day! Next time maybe you'll stay at a safer distance? I could tell by your nervous talk as it moved over you as you were parked under that shed that you were realizing you may have made a huge mistake. Stay safe while chasing your future storms.
Zero Conspiracy I knew before it even happened we were going to be too close. I even told my partner that. It was a once in a lifetime situation, I had to keep close. When the suction vorticy was so close I was just nervous that it would turn NW like Greensburg did. Then we would have been in trouble. We made the right decisions and made it out alive.
Great footage. I'm glad you guys escaped uninjured.
@@WeatherGodsTours this epic video serves to remind us of the old stormchaser adage:
"If it looks like the twister is stationary then it's coming right at you"
Thank God everyone was alright 😳
@@DrLuke49 thank you! 😊
@@WeatherGodsTours ha!
I thought I had seen every video available on this tornado. Can t imagine being there and running from it in a car on a wet muddy dirt road into a headwind of RFD or FFD holding you back. Not a good day.
Thanks for sharing.
Very good video glad you were safe , sad for twistx will always remember Tim😥
2:08 suicide selfie
Mrs Libertas We survived.🤷♂️
There's a metal band name if I ever heard one
@@WeatherGodsTours By sheer luck.. Knowing what we all do now about that tornado, youre all lucky. It only skimmed past you guys, and didnt hit you with one of its multiple vortexes or a satellite.
That all being said: awesome footage! WOW! :O
Yes, a little lucky.
lmfaoooo
2:55, Richard Henderson's Dodge Ram 1500 pickup in a mineral gray metallic clear coat can be seen driving east. His truck is the second one that passes Mark and Jeff after a red pickup goes south on S Chiles Rd.
That tornado grew so fast. It caught everyone off guard.
100% correct! The tornado also changed direction 3 times, and accelerated faster than any tornado at the time.
@@WeatherGodsToursat the time? Are you saying there are tornadoes after this one which were hell lot faster ?
@@mohammadadil-dg4cb yes, faster ground speed of the tornado. Pilger, NE was much faster ground speed. El Reno still has the second highest wind speed recorded in a tornado by radar.
So about two years ago Ive began doing a lot of searches on tornadoes and videos like this. El Reno is the most fascinating to me because of what happen and watching different POV including yours Im very impressed with how you got this footage. Very sad to know 3 chasers died in this....it baffles me how many people in the comments telling you what you do lolz.
I watched the 48 video sync of this one after watching a video with Pecos Hank...and lead me here. Glade i found you!
Thank you.
It's not the same without Tim Samara's, not even close. It's like Mother Nature is a little off now too.
having trouble taking this comment without laughing at your name
That wind is insane
It went to ground the same moment as the huge boom of thunder?
never seen it from the angle before, consistently dropping new vortices! and my gooodness, how did they find that random garage? :-O
Mark A Tackett it was actually a Open sided hay barn. It was just luck. We were trying to get south, got cut off by rain wrapping around the tornado, turned around into grapefruit sized hail, and just looked for any kind of shelter. Found that.
Amazing! Something to remember for a lifetime~...
@@WeatherGodsTours How much time passed between when you're watching the traffic go by and when you're under that amazingly flimsy cover?
@@joeschoe4477 It was about 5-10 minutes, I would have to look back for the exact number of minutes. The cover actually was extremely strong and what saved us. We were in larger than grapefruit size hail when we went under the outside hay barn. It was all steel beam construction with a steel roof.
@@joeschoe4477 "flimsy cover". Hardly!
That was scary, but that was before it got really intense
i surprised at the low view count, great vid.
At 3:48 that Structure is Incredibly Strong.
It was a steel beam outside hay barn. It was incredibly strong, I believe it saved us.
Wow!...."we're on the edge of it." Wonder what they felt like when the history of this tornado eventually unfolded?
Watching this made me nervous, I can’t imagine how you guys must have felt. I hope you all stay at a safer distance from these monsters now.
Stephanie D yes we try to keep a safer distance from tornados. Being this tornado did what no other tornado has ever done, it surprised many unfortunately. Lucky we came out unharmed. Yes it was very nerve wreaking.
@@WeatherGodsTours Luck might be the only thing on your side
@@brenne8030 actually not. My first tornado was in 1988, I have seen multiple hundreds of tornadoes, I stopped counting decades ago. Never have I lost even a window to hail. Small dings from hail but that is it. So it isn’t just luck, it is a meteorology degree and decades of experience. I have rules for chasing, and just following those basic chasing rules.
@@WeatherGodsTours wow thanks for commenting. It just seems amazing after all these years ,, that’s what I meant by luck . After reading your comments, I’m sure it takes more than Luck 👍🏼
@@brenne8030 I wasn’t thinking of luck as in catching the tornado, as in luck keeping safe.
( 3:48 ) - Gary England's coverage of this storm over the radio simulcast is outstanding. Even told the listeners to go NORTH into the huge hail @ ( 4:35 ).
A lot of the chasers went South and due East, trying to stay in front of the storm, instead of trying to get away from it. This unfortunately killed some of them, and injured others.
Yes, it was a sad day. We choose the hail, it was huge. That is why we went under the hay barn.
Geez. How close did you get to the condensed funnel? You were clearly in the tornado. I can't believe how many awesome videos there are of this once in a lifetime event.
markmnorcal My chase partner and I were slowed by traffic. We were trying to get south of the tornado when rain wrapped around the east side of the tornado and we were on a dirt road. We turned around and looked for shelter. The open sided Hay Barn gave us protection from the grapefruit size hail that was falling. I think it is what kept our car from flipping over in the 100+ MPH winds we were in.
@105549532928414480511 BTW the condensed funnel ended up on the property we were on. We were with in 20 yards of it. This was the suction vortex that took Tim, Paul and Carl. They were about 2 miles NW of us.
@@WeatherGodsTours "vorticy"--There's no such thing. Vortex would be the word for a single one of those vorticies, and now you know.
Heather stubbs thanks. I will correct it.
@@heatherstub STFU
I'm from Massachusetts. This fuckin video's gonna give me nightmares!! Hurricane and blizzards only please.
A comment from the movie Rush Hour 3 comes to mind. "I'm not constipated anymore!" I would not have had to go for the next year, had I been watching this monster in real life. I would have made a big mess on the Oklahoma countryside.
😂🤣😂🤣
Tks for the updates, cuz we blind
Damn I'm glad one of them mini vortices with 300mph didn't drop in on you guys like Tim and the other people with him who died. Incredible footage though. Brave to sit and wait on it. Glad you guys are ok.
That vortex in my video was the same one to take Twistex. 😢😢. The whole time I was thinking just don’t turn north west, and luckily it didn’t turn.
@@WeatherGodsTours oh wow. Thank God you made it and thanks for the info. Truly.
You barely dodged one of those wedge-sized suction vortices. Very lucky.
just to think literally down the street from where you guys were, Reed lost the hood of the Dom lol.
At 5:07.
I can imagine how many people get hit in the head by large hail,excellent video btw
Thanks.
That’s an excellent video
Thought I'd seen all the footage of that day. Hope you guys realise just how lucky you were that day.
Mixture of skill and luck. It was definitely a high pucker factor day.
What is with the slow motion part at the end? I didn’t know what to look at.
During the slow motion at the end, you can see a power flash in the distance where the tornado is. That was about the time and place where Tim Samaras and his team were struck by the tornado. :(
Amazing you guys survived. I'd call it luck. Damn.
Ya'll tornado chasers need to invest in some wind muffs.
Ben Corwin it's amazing to me that none of these guys that go out there with the specific intention to get footage of tornados, have ever realized that A) when you go near a tornado, it's gonna get kinda windy B) shitty little microphones don't do to well in windy conditions.
I really don't see how it's possible that not one of these assholes has yet figured out a way to do what they do, but prevent their audio from getting completely fucked off.
FFS put some chewed up bubble gum over the hole or something - but please, do _something!_
And some brains! And no one wants to see your stupid face on the video with a tornado.
Audio off during shoot.
Add audio during edit.
It's simple. Just add a bunch of f-words and holy s-words and Jesus cripes ... and then loop it to the finish.
They also need to invest in windscreens for their microphones. That's especially important for those of us who listen using headphones or who want to hear those inflow jets with the wind whistling or screaming and howling!
It's crazy how these guys owe you so much and have no idea. They're so selfish.
Why's it so windy? I don't understand
😂🤣😂🤷♂️
Very dangerous tornado 2.6 miles wide tornado killed tim samaras very sad
Wow...are they in a car port?...crazy scarey!!
Open sided hay barn. I spoke with the farmer and he said because of the drought the barn was empty, usually it is completely full. I was lucky.
Very very lucky..be safe
Outflow lol. Thank goodness you made it geez...
Tim samares was one the greatest storm chasers of alltime rip peace tim samaras very sad
Man that wind strong
Seeing this tornado acting so crazily you'd think anyone in their right mind would be a lot more cautious but I suppose that's what makes the money.
I knew that this Tornado would be a large tornado, never thought it would be a world record or behave as crazy as it did. It turned from moving SE to E to NE very rapidly and accelerated faster than any other tornado. I am just glad I made the decisions I did. Making money was not one of them. I actually didn't post this video until almost a year after the chase. It was a sad day with chasers lost, ones I had seen just days before.
Most of this crazy action was determined in hindsight
Notthefather yes what the tornado actually did was decided in hindsight. My decisions were based on my experiences and thoughts of what was the most safe option for me and my crew based on visual and digital data I had on hand at the moment.
WeatherGodsTours i agree. No one knew it was going south, rapidly expanding, and accelerating forward motion.
Im glad you're ok but I love that you were so close.
@@WeatherGodsTours unfortunately sometimes our knowledge of natural phenomena comes at the cost of lives.
1980 at Mt St Helens USGS personnel are outside known danger zones even in the event of a pyroclastic flow from previously observed volcanic events.
Earthquake causes giant landslide that results in the entire side of the volcano sliding away releasing the highly pressurized magma chamber and also resetting the parameters of minimum safe distance.
El Reno 2013 every chaser set themselves up for a potential escape route even if the storm became a mile wide wedge.
Not only does the storm more than double recorded sizes but turned right into the safe escape route path.
Wow - great footage.
Wait a minute if the tornado was right on top of you how did the truck not get sucked into the tornado answer that
First, the suction vortex didn’t hit us directly, it was 50-100 yards sw of us, the open sided hay barn kept the winds parallel to the ground. I believe that is what kept us from flipping or getting airborne.
@@WeatherGodsTours well that a good thing a very good thing pretty scary shit if you asked me
Little do they know this was one of the biggest in history
This still is the biggest. 😊
Oh man, humans can be so silly!
No way. This is insane!
Amazing footage
Thank you!
Does the word HAM mean anything to you guys by the way? Good video fellas.
bill frost QSL that!! 73's
Harp engineered storm guys 3 supercells merging to make one huge supercell this was a otherwirld storm a monster and by the it had subs exceeding 300 mph and moving 180 mph across the land about 5 at any one time ultra violent tornado top 5 in my book
Incredible!
Dudes in dark car at 1:57 : "We outta here!" The video recorders : "Selfie time!"
Were they near or by the Twistex team?
We were a few miles away from where Twistex team had ended up.
2:35 look at the dirt swirl from the above ground vortex 😦😯
Largest tornado in history.... a 3 car carport looks like a great place to take cover....
Josh McCoy it is actually an open sided hay barn. All steel construction, it was extremely sturdy and it really saved us. Both from grapefruit size hail and the tornado.
Could we shoot some sort of projectile into the center of the El Reno monster and break its structure back down to its anti-kinetic energy?
Scientists have discussed this, and only a nuke would be powerful enough to disrupt the flow, but then you would have fallout.
And this is a tour group?!! If that was me sitting with you taking cover, my only thought would be that I actually paid a shitload of money to see a tornado and then die in it, hiding under that shed.
Yes, this was a tour group. No one in my group died or was injured. No damage to our vehicle either. The open sided hay Barn was what kept us safe, it was extremely solid steel construction. Tornado Chasing is a dangerous pastime for the inexperienced and even Professional Chasers lost their lives this day, with multiple vehicles destroyed or severely damaged. This is what people pay to see on the tour. This was a once in a lifetime tornado.
I forgot to mention, that was the most awesome footage of El Reno that I’ve ever seen. The best by far. But please be careful. It’s not worth dying for. Live to chase another day. 😊
Yes, I agree. I have been chasing more carefully. Thanks Mark
Glad you guys got out ok be careful next time Mother Nature may not be so forgiving
Thanks!🙏🙏
There are waaay too many people out there now.
It is way different from 1988 when I started. I would have never imagined the traffic jams we get.
I wish the chasers would NOT use the camera mic,....the wind sound is horrible. Love the video, though.
I surprise how u survive from this Tornado??
3:21 it is so close
R.I.P Team Twistex🙏
Is tht tim samaras’s chevy in the bkground?
No. That wasn’t Twistex.
@@WeatherGodsTours aw ok looked like hs car, i was gettin sad
@@Tatteredghost96 😢😢. Still remember when I found out the next day. Still sad also.
100 yards (maybe even closer) you guys wouldn’t be here. Crazy.
Know what I hate about storm chasers?
Every gust of wind is "Rear Flank Downdraft".
Well on this storm, because the tornado was so wide, it was the tornado and not rear flank. I was wrong.
Rip peace tim samaras 2.6 miles wide
wasn't this tornado officially rated ef-3
The NWS downgraded it, but was not consistent. It was measured by a radar at 296 mph, which is high end EF- 5, and the second fastest recorded wind speed recorded in a tornado. The 2.6 miles wide was from the RaxPol radar, the same radar that measured the winds in the tornado. So either you say a EF-3 that is 2.85 miles wide or a EF-5 that is 2.6 miles wide. For consistency.
@@WeatherGodsTours I understand the logic you're going for, but the EF scale is rated on damage, and since most structures weren't directly impacted (the highest damage seen being EF-3), wouldn't it be fair to call it an EF-3?
@@developer2 then it isn’t fair to say El Reno tornado wasn’t 2.6 miles wide when the surface damage was 2.85 miles wide. The 2.6 miles wide was radar data. So if radar data is good to measure width, speed is good also. That is the point. Also the survey overlooked the EF-5 damage with Twistex car being thrown a half mile.
Now THAT is one of the craziest videos I've ever seen. Looked like the carport was in the eye of the storm (tornado). How that carport held
together I'll never know. You all cheated death by feet, or inches.
Excellent footage! I'd day softball size hail.
Thanks! The hail fell about a half hour earlier and made it through heavy rain also. It was grapefruit sized when falling.
WeatherGodsTours wow!
The secretariat of Tornadoes
What is that sound at 7:12?
It was a slow motion of the video. So is was talk slowed down.
@@WeatherGodsTours Very nice footage and thanks for the reply. I couldn't figure out what it was. Lol
I wonder how many of those out in this were actually trying to chase it.
Many were just trying to get away from it.
Rip in peace tim samaras very dangerous tornado 2.6 mile wide
It was a ef3 it was crazy
Literally every Nader video (tornado on the ground... Multi vortex tornado.... Rfd.... Horizontal vortices..... It's wedging out....)
Those were not individual tornadoes, that was a multi vortex tornado. Actually really great multi vortex tornado. Also "its wedging out", "Horizontal vortices" weren't said. Just good descriptions of what was occurring. Thanks for the comment though.
@@WeatherGodsTours lol still. That about sums up every tornado video
Krattle Rattle unfortunately not everyone is polished at speaking about tornadoes while the event is occurring. Lots of driving time and money goes into chasing. It is very exciting when you score. Especially on a record breaking tornado like this. Everyone knew this would be a significant day.
@@WeatherGodsTours lol I'm hooked on watching these videos. I just think it's funny everyone says the same thing. Except Pecos hank of course. He's got a way with words. Just wish he would put out more videos.
@@WeatherGodsTours I have to say out of all of the Moore tornado videos this one is my favorite.
"Here take a picture of me looking like an idiot (because I am way too close) in front of this very dangerous tornado". Hope you learned your lesson that day.
Actually when we took the picture in front of the tornado, we were in no danger. It had just started. That is why we took it. Obviously this tornado changed very rapidly after that.
EF-3 or EF-5?
The NWS downgraded it, but was not consistent. It was measured by a radar at 296 mph, which is high end EF- 5, and the second fastest wind speed recorded in a tornado. The 2.6 miles wide was measured from the same RaXPol radar, the same radar that measured the wind speed in the tornado. Tornadoes are supposed to be measured on damage for width and estimated wind speed. So either you say a EF-3 that is 2.85 miles wide (actual ground damage) or a EF-5 that is 2.6 miles wide. For consistency. The NWS team overlooked that the tornado generated large missiles in the form of throwing Twistex’s car a half mile while ripping the engine out and throwing that another 1/4 mile away. Generating large missiles is a EF-5 criteria. Then we get to…why are we estimating the wind speed? We have actually measured the wind speed accurately. 🤷♂️. The Original Fujita scale and enhanced Fujita scale, were ways to estimate a measurement of the tornadoes wind speed. Obviously Fujita didn’t expect we were going to be actually measuring a tornadoes wind speed.
They lowered it to a cat3 because of most damage was in rural areas.
Really? It was measured by a radar at 295 mph, which is EF-5. The 2.6 miles wide was from the radar. So either you say a EF-3 that is 2.85 miles wide or a EF-5 that is 2.6 miles wide. For consistency.
It was reclassified as a F5 finally.
david truchanowicz good!! there shouldn't have been any controversy on this to begin with.
david truchanowicz cat 3?
WeatherGodsTours tornadoes are rated by there damage
One of these days a washing machine is going to land on your head I see more people chasing that want there picture in the paper
I will watch out for the washing machines. Thanks. :)
Sitting under that car park was literal insanity or a death wish. This tornado was horrific, thankfully it died before hitting OKC directly.
It was a open sided hay barn, I believe it kept us alive. 🤷♂️
Mother Natures finally cooperating like they wanted me too literally in Green Bay
"I think we're right on the edge of it..." No. Just no. You were IN it. Your own footage proves it. That's the only way to see the kind of right-to-left motion clearly shown in the video for a counterclockwise tornado. At 3:20 it's headed straight at the camera. Then the video is discontinuous, but at 3:44, the motion is clearly right to left. The twister went right over you, and by 3:44, you were seeing the trailing edge in front of you, with the leading edge behind you. You were definitely IN it.
You guys got lucky. This must have been relatively early in the twister's evolution. It's doubtful that your vehicle would have stayed put if you had been hit later on, when the tornado became the monster it turned out to be. The structure you were in must have had a steel I-beam frame, anchored in some serious concrete footings. It's amazing that the roof wasn't ripped off.
Edit: I stand corrected. I see from some of your later comments that this was actually much later in the tornado's development than I originally thought, at about the same time the Twistex crew got hit. So, what you experienced was actually one of the sub-vortices that the entire tornado comprised. Wow...so you just happened to be lucky enough NOT to get hit by the 295 mph wind. I mean, anywhere in the wind field was a crapshoot; any one of those dancing devils could have nailed you.
I have to say that all these comments by people scolding you are pretty doggone lame. They weren't there; you were. They have the benefit of hindsight; you didn't. It seems to me that you made a pretty good call in the face of rapidly changing conditions whose outcome no one could predict. The "luck" part is in the fact that the twister didn't do something worse...and it could have. The rest of it is probably down to your experience...which is obviously a helluva lot deeper than some of the commenters realize.
Yes. The structure was very solid I beam steel construction. We did keep the car turned so the winds were parallel, so the car wouldn’t roll. This was just SE of the airport.
@@WeatherGodsTours That was good thinking on the alignment of the car. And it looks like there were some other well-built structures nearby, which might had helped deflect, divert, or otherwise impose some friction losses on the airflow. Air is a fluid, after all, in the way it behaves when in motion.
I'm just curious; what made you decide to weather the beast rather than trying to escape. I mean, I get that no one really knew what a monster it would become, and it wasn't that yet when it hit you. So, I can see how it could have seemed like "It looks like we can get through this..." at that early stage..and obviously, you did. I'm just wondering what your thought process was that led to the decision to stay rather than get out of the way.
Anyhow, glad you came through it OK.
@@Vito_Tuxedo We tried to go south but we’re held up by waiting for so many other chasers. We were going south on a dirt road and a rain curtain went over the road. With no visibility on the tornado, I didn’t want to drive blind on wet dirt road crossing in front of a tornado. We turned around. This was the smartest thing we did. Immediately we were in crazy large hail, grapefruit size, maybe even some cantaloupe, but widely spaced. That is why we looked for a shelter.
@@WeatherGodsTours Thanks for your reply. Sounds like you made the right call, as evidenced by the fact that you survived with no injuries or damage to your vehicle, facts that are especially impressive considering the pressure you were under, and the severity of the conditions.
You did what any rational person would do: You took yourself out of a situation where the outcome was not under your control (all the traffic) and you put yourself back in control, and then you rolled with it, dealing with the consequences (monster hail) as they presented themselves. Sure, it was lucky that the shelter was there, but I don't discount the fact that you recognized an opportunity and seized it.
They say that when you're confronted with life or death decisions you will default to the level of your training. It seems to me that with 38 seasons of chasing under your belt, that counts as something like serious training. 😎
@@Vito_Tuxedo thank you! 😊
That was great footage, but why's the guy just blabbering on and on, while the warning is being issued? I think if you're a chaser, you've heard a lot of tornado warnings. You dont need someone reading it to you. Really took from the moment. But still a good video. I've just seen this for the first time. Just in the future: dont be chopping it up while the tornados being filmed!
Sorry if I was blabbering. We knew deep down that this was going to be a historic event, that had an effect. I keep trying to improve on my videography skills. 🤷♂️. Thanks though.
@@WeatherGodsTours good video.
Filmed with the most out of focus potato ever.
Autofocus was stuck for a while. That was disappointing.
WeatherGodsTours Lol sorry couldn’t resist. I should have been nicer about it. If I had been there I would be dead. Not from the tornado itself, but from the heart attack I would have had. I have the worst fear of them. One came close in 2013 and knocked down trees almost on my house and I almost shit my pants while crying. Yes indeed I am a grown ass man. Tornadoes are the only thing that I am actually scared of. It’s almost irrational.
Trust me when we were under the open sided hay barn and the suction vorticy tornado was a stones throw away, nerves were wreaked.
What a rush huh Mark?
Feeling like you could die though must have taken alot away from the" rush"
Lisa Skinner Well there was a lot of praying going on at the time! My partner who was driving said he pushed on the brake as hard as he could. He said after, that he knew it wouldn't help but it just made him feel better.
One this is for sure I wouldn’t be driving in a Ford Taurus… if I need to get away I need something more powerful but it looks like that was to close! I don’t care if it’s a once in a lifetime tornado 🌪… you get 1 life.
That one life should be lived to its fullest!
Rip peace tim samaras
🙏🙏🙏
since when was 2013 el reno ef-5... hmmmmm
The NWS downgraded it, but was not consistent. It was measured by a radar at 296 mph, which is high end EF- 5, and the second fastest wind speed recorded in a tornado. The 2.6 miles wide was measured from the same RaXPol radar, the same radar that measured the wind speed in the tornado. Tornadoes are supposed to be measured on damage for width and estimated wind speed. So either you say a EF-3 that is 2.85 miles wide (actual ground damage) or a EF-5 that is 2.6 miles wide. For consistency. The NWS team overlooked that the tornado generated large missiles in the form of throwing Twistex’s car a half mile while ripping the engine out and throwing that another 1/4 mile away. Generating large missiles is a EF-5 criteria. Then we get to…why are we estimating the wind speed? We have actually measured the wind speed accurately. 🤷♂️. The Original Fujita scale and enhanced Fujita scale, were ways to estimate a measurement of the tornadoes wind speed. Obviously Fujita didn’t expect we were going to be actually measuring a tornadoes wind speed.
@@WeatherGodsTours thank you so much for clearing that up
You were lucky that shed held , seen the tornado pick them up like nothing and slam back down.
This shed was an open sided hay barn and it was extremely well constructed of steel, with beam support.
Why the fixation on outflow winds? Lol
Notthefather the wind field was much larger than the suction vortices. Usually when you get into the outflow you are finally safe.
Thanks. It was a serious question. I wasnt there so I like hearing what those who were there experienced.
No problem. It was the first time I had winds strong enough to lift mud and go airborne. I estimated 120 ish. It wasn't a comfortable feeling. My driver said he was pushing as hard as he could on the brake. He knew it wouldn't help, but it made him feel better at the time.
You got sisters