yeah it's a bit early to make a claim like that but considering the only outbreaks that've beaten it were 12 and 49 years prior it's (very likely) not going to beaten in the next 6 years
@@supertornadogun1690 It’s only known because it happened to blow up with kids saying EF5 EF5 IT SHOULD BE RATED EF5 when in realitity it was mostly bad due to poor building codes, and western Kentucky isn’t known for buildings that can survive even a EF2-3. (3.9 Billion In damages 12/10/21) Date and cost of the outbreak, and this outbreak did over 5 billion. Mayfield and the associated outbreak was bad, and without a doubt historic but it’s overhyped.
Fantastic work with great interviews that looks like it took a long while to piece together. (At least given how many people you were able to get in contact with, that seemed like a task and a half). Glad to see more people enter the weather documentary space, I know that you've done more than a handful before this, but you've been on a roll since you just released the video on Rolling Fork. In my opinion, the more people can see different people's perspectives on these events, the better. Looking forward to more documentary stuff from you.
Glad I was able to contribute what I could with this video man. Loved how everything turned out! I actually wasn’t aware of how many tornadoes were confirmed after everything was said, and done. Unreal.
Me and my family were in Wynne, AR. We were in the hallway because we didn't have a basement. It took the roof off and 80 percent of the house imploded. But we all made it out without a scratch. Can't believe it's been one year today.
That day was something I'll never forget. Around 4:30, the tornado formed about a mile out from my backyard. Tiny funnel at first, strengthened to An EF3 Wedge. Insane day to witness. Unfortunately, it had killed 4 people in Wynne. My house was fortunately spared, but sadly, lots of people in town were less fortunate.
That Keota, IA tornado was probably the most photogenic and impressive tornado not just in 2023 but in the last 5 years. The smoothness and motion of the wedge and it having a satellite tornado with it was just crazy cool. Truly I consider this to be a super outbreak event still. Over 100 tornadoes to be is where the benchmark is to consider this a super outbreak....and this was.
@@moblinmajorgeneral I don't think you need EF5s or such to verify it it be "Super".....it's more rare to get 100+ tornadoes than events with multiple EF4/F4s or EF5/F5s but they weren't all considered super outbreaks.
@@MightyMuffins According to the Outbreak Intensity Scale (OIS) a "super" outbreak has 250+ points (EF1=0 points, EF2=2 pts, EF3=5 pts, EF4=10 pts, EF5=15 pts). Only two outbreaks qualify as super according to this measure (I'm sure everyone here knows which two). This one fell in the next category down as "historic" with 129 points. The killer was the lack of EF4 and EF5 tornadoes. Actually the Easter 2020 outbreak had a few fewer tornadoes but more EF4s so it scores higher
@@AlaskaB83 I know about this but I don't think this is 100% recognized as it's just a proposal. It's neat to look at but again I don't think it's scientific other than just on a point scale. It's basically a different version of the tornado intensity scale but in more of terms of grading it as outbreaks. That said I do enjoy Mr. Grazulis.
@@MightyMuffins I agree. The term "super" is more of a colloquial, non-scientific term, but if the scientific, or maybe the WX fandom community, needs a concrete classification of outbreak intensity, the OIS makes as much sense as anything I've seen. Not sure your age, but if you remember the 2011 Super Outbreak as it happened, it was so much more intense than the March 31st outbreak of last year. I find it hard to categorize them together. Anyway, IMO, this type of grading scale is more just for fun and for weather fans, so I dont take it too seriously.
That day was something I'll never forget. Around 4:30, the tornado formed about a mile out from my backyard. Tiny funnel at first, strengthened to An EF3 Wedge. Insane day to witness. Unfortunately, it had killed 4 people in Wynne. My house was fortunately spared, but sadly, lots of people in town were less fortunate.
Good lord, that guy who drove through the tornado in Hedrick ought to be the spokesperson for Chevy. I mean the marketing potential is through the roof.
The two worst tornadoes of the outbreak were 2 that nobody chased: Robinson, IL / Sullivan, IN EF3 (6 killed) and Bethel Springs, TN EF3 (9 killed). Both were night-time wedges in radar holes, leading to pretty late warnings. The Sullivan one was out of the areas of highest risk. The Bethel Springs one was rain-wrapped in hilly forested terrain with a lot of mobile/poorly constructed homes (literally got every debuff on it)
I live on the outskirts of Robinson, IL, the only one guy was chasing one of Ryan Hall's people but the warning came late right when the tornado touched down I only know this cause I was watching Ryan Halls stream that night
@@MaxOlsonChasing Were they driving the wrong way or were they on a service road alongside the highway? It looks like there is a fence between the southbound highway and where the other cars are. Service roads are very common in the Midwest, at least.
It always amazed me how storm chasers can experience the biggest high they've ever had by seeing the storm they've been chasing for hours until they come across someone who was impacted and they almost always stop what they're doing to get them to safety. You guys are good people for sure.
Thank you. This was a great summary and format. A tornado video for storm chasers, made by storm chasers. No theatrics necessary. WX community needs more of these!
On that day, the neighborhood that my dad grew up in was destroyed. He grew up in Little Rock. He said it was so weird seeing his old house and the Kroger that he used to shop at getting ripped apart
Thanks for covering this. The production quality and editing are great! My house was in the first neighborhood hit by the Little Rock tornado. I was stuck at work watching the radar and I knew it was bad. I'm grateful my house only took minor damage but it's still surreal driving through the more extreme damage areas in town.
I remember my school let us out literally *just* before the tornado in Little Rock. I had to also take a friend home so I had to decide whether or not to attempt to drop her off or take her home with me. I chose the later because my house was closer and it would’ve taken another 5 minutes to get to hers. A tornado went through her neighborhood. Her house was mostly spared, just some shingles on her roof misplaced and a tree in her backyard hanging on basically a thread, looming over her house.
Hands down, this is the best recap of that outbreak I've ever seen. Well done, Max. Amazing and sobering footage from all contributors. I was struck by the greenish cloud colors in most of the clips. I had heard from old timers that if you see the green tint, there's going to be trouble. I guess it's true after all. BTW, I subscribed. Cheers.
Fantastic video, I remember watching this unfold on Ryan Hall's stream, I'm a storm lover from Australia, but the pit in my stomach that day - a day I will never forget also. My thoughts to all those impacted, and to the amazing storm chasers covering that insane day.
The EF-3 in Little Rock got within a mile of me and went through my moms back yard. Very scary tornado. I didn’t know it was on the ground yet and I was literally walking home from work when it was about 15 minutes away from me. That re-sparked my interest in meteorology, I am about to attend graduate school for applied meteorology now.
God bless you for helping that elderly couple whose roof was ripped off, you are saints! You are some of the most amazing storm chasers and you have such heart!!
Oh man I remember this very clearly. I was tuning in to Ryan Hall Y’all’s live stream and i remember when a tornado hit Little Rock. After that i made a weather video on the severe weather. It was too little too late. The outbreak had already started. I continued to watch Ryan Hall. It was a very memorable day.
these tornado videos are the best action movies ever. the horror, the destruction, the sheer tension are unmatched by any Hollywood film. please keep em coming. go tornado chasers. what was the prayer segue for?
You will often hear Tanner Charles pray during his chases. Often for the people in the path of the storms, though once he got a little too close and was praying for himself and the other chasers with him.
I remember this outbreak. Literally had a funnel cloud go over our house, and touch down a mile away near Ellendale, Delaware. April 1st, ironically enough was the day. My mom was in the hospital recovering from surgery when we had those storms blow through.
Max, FABULOUS video! The interviews, editing, music and of course the tornadoes make for an edge of the seat “oh my gosh” viewing. Thank you. This is your best work yet, and I’m eager to see more.
This is a great recap of the event. Between the several chasers who covered the Little Rock metro tornado and got footage at different areas along the path from start to finish, the ensemble performance was in my view one of the finest in storm chasing, especially once the difficulty level of that particular chase is properly accounted for. To place this chase in short-term and long-term context with respect to storm chasing, I saw this as a necessary antidote for the storm chasing debacle at Rolling Fork seven days prior (did chasers not yet learn from 2013 El Reno and 2014 Mayflower-Vilonia?) and probably also to some extent the storm chasing failure on the last previous major central Arkansas event prior to 3/31/2023, 2014 Mayflower-Vilonia.
Man, I’ll never forget that gut-wrenching feeling I had in my stomach once the SPC decided to go with the 2 high risks. Then, to witness the power behind the Keota, IA twins and the eventual EF-4. It was a day I’ll never forget. Incredible video, Max.
I pass by Wynne AR on my way to college. Last year, a few weeks after, my family was heading down there for a yearly Easter weekend thing they have. We only passed by the outskirts but the damage was massive. Even to this day, I still see tarps and such on houses. I remember taking a friend back home for a weekend back in January and pointing out the damage as we passed it. Very sad even now.
I remember watching Reed Timmer live as he chased this into illinois. Glad you guys got some gorgeous storms on camera. Glad you're okay and congratulations on a successful cheese!
I appreciate the gentle concise way that you chase and the style and range of folks in this presentation. I always enjoy your total total talent in these vids. Your capturing and compassion always there. Your work during and processin after wards- Good stuff under the gunthe gun. Mayfield still compellThanks Max-
Thanks for a beautifully presented documentary. The photography is excellent, the narrative is pitched about right so as to be informative, but not confusing. All in all, an outstanding presentation.
Could be getting the date's mixed up but remember this system rolling through Chicago and all the sirens going off when I was commuting home from work since it had a history of producing tornadoes all over the place. People's phones were sounding the EAS alerts when I decided to duck into a building Downtown to wait it out. That was somewhat scary....
I remember sitting in my basement in Cedar Rapids Iowa bouncing between Ryan Hall, local news, and a dozen streams through the Radar Omega app and watching radar tracking and just trying to not show how nervous i was getting because my wife and her family had come over. That thing was headed straight towards my area and luckily it didn't put down something big in a large populated area. Plus watching what had just happened in Little Rock made the whole thing seem easier to understand how dangerous the day was becoming.
My family lives 10 miles south of Keota IA and my parents and I were in St Louis for baseball opening weekend. I started watching discussions at 9:00 that morning to keep my sister informed because she works at the school district to the south (including Hedrick and Ollie IA). I graduated from there and now my nieces and nephews were there. I saw the first rotation on radar around 3:00 near Centerville IA. How fast it made it to Hedrick was crazy. I sat and watched it on radar knowing I was missing the tornado of my lifetime. I also never dreamed I’d be watching tornado videos now knowing exactly where they are and all the homesteads getting hit. The one very disappointing thing I heard was “good thing a lot of people don’t live here.” Dont be that guy. Just because it’s not highly populated doesn’t mean those people are any less important. Thankfully we had no fatalities in Iowa that day but we did back in 2014. One of the women who lost her life back then was a great friend to our family and she left behind 3 daughters and a grandson. We were very lucky last year that no towns were hit directly and we lost no lives.
Nice collaboration with your fellow extreme weather warriors. I remember the 1974 outbreak with Xenia, OH south of us getting hit hard. Praying for the safety of all of you always as another tornado season kicks into gear.
Great Job Max ! Thats how a Tornado Outbreak Day should be done. How Chasers can work together in a Great Interview Documentation. And also how you use each others Footage with respect and permission. Very nice Work looking forward to more of your professional Works
Unfortunately, Tornado Alley is shifting more east according to many local and national news outlets. In SWPA (and nearby Ohio/West Virginia), we typically see 6 tornadoes a year ranging from EF-0 to EF-1. This year (2024), we have seen more than 14 (more than double that, and still counting - according to the NWS Forecast Office) ranging from EF-1 to EF-2. Pittsburgh International Airport was almost in direct path of a EF-2+, and reports indicated that it would have crossed the Ohio River putting myself in direct path. However, lifted before making it that far. May alone, we seen 9 in one month which ties the 1985 outbreak we seen here. The warmer-than-normal spring season kickstarted this abnormal severe weather pattern and NWS reports that more could be on the way before tornado season is officially over for our region. The total number of May tornadoes from 1995 through 2023, combined only added up to 16. Bottomline, stay safe, adhere to watches and warnings and take any high severe weather seriously.
The tornado outbreak that happened right before the one in the video had arguably a scarier event, the Rolling Fork tornado. That Hendrick, Iowa tornado footage is insane. 10:48
The Arkansas storm that produced a tornado in Little Rock met up with me in Tennessee and produced an EF-3 that came less than 2000 feet from my house. Killed 3 people who were visiting and contemplating moving here. I will never forget that day.
I was living in Southern Minnesota at the time, and the same system yielded blizzard conditions for us. That was probably the fastest, thickest, and heaviest I've ever seen snow fall. Walking outside to my car felt like I was drowning in snow, it was hard to breathe. I spent at least 10 minutes driving carefully 2 miles home.
I remember these 2 days really vividly! We didn't get too severe storms here, but the sirens went off a couple of times and the wind was intense. Got frequent lightning and heavy wind, but nothing more than that. I'm glad my family and I are okay
The next day on April 1st this storm produced crazy straight line winds in the pittsburgh area, had about 30 trees fall some snapped half way up some up rooted all around 100 years old no thunder or rain just about 30 minutes of crazy wind with the innitial gust being at least 80 mph
Love it when you see someone like Andrew say something like: ".. We were perhaps ignoring how this was a serious outbreak.." while both storm systems were detected and flagged as "High risk", something you don't see a lot, fortunately.
I hope "Tornado Outbreak of the Decade" doesnt end up tempting fate for an even worse one before the 20s are out
yeah it's a bit early to make a claim like that but considering the only outbreaks that've beaten it were 12 and 49 years prior it's (very likely) not going to beaten in the next 6 years
For it is written, thou shalt not test the Lord thy God
People said that about Easter 2020, and well that was the beginning of the decade, we then had 3/31, who knows what else we could get
Mayfield Outbreak was the most destructive-and deadliest, that makes it the outbreak of the decade imo.
@@supertornadogun1690 It’s only known because it happened to blow up with kids saying EF5 EF5 IT SHOULD BE RATED EF5 when in realitity it was mostly bad due to poor building codes, and western Kentucky isn’t known for buildings that can survive even a EF2-3. (3.9 Billion In damages 12/10/21) Date and cost of the outbreak, and this outbreak did over 5 billion. Mayfield and the associated outbreak was bad, and without a doubt historic but it’s overhyped.
Thanks for allowing me to help you with this video, Max.
Proud to call you a friend.
Thank you so much for telling us your story man, always glad to have you involved!
I thinks there is a new outbreak of the year 4/26-27/24 outbreak
Fantastic work with great interviews that looks like it took a long while to piece together. (At least given how many people you were able to get in contact with, that seemed like a task and a half).
Glad to see more people enter the weather documentary space, I know that you've done more than a handful before this, but you've been on a roll since you just released the video on Rolling Fork. In my opinion, the more people can see different people's perspectives on these events, the better.
Looking forward to more documentary stuff from you.
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Glad I was able to contribute what I could with this video man. Loved how everything turned out! I actually wasn’t aware of how many tornadoes were confirmed after everything was said, and done. Unreal.
Really appreciate you man, your storytelling/video is always top notch!
Me and my family were in Wynne, AR. We were in the hallway because we didn't have a basement. It took the roof off and 80 percent of the house imploded. But we all made it out without a scratch. Can't believe it's been one year today.
I called into work that day over in McCrory. I had a bad feeling about this storm
That day was something I'll never forget. Around 4:30, the tornado formed about a mile out from my backyard. Tiny funnel at first, strengthened to An EF3 Wedge. Insane day to witness. Unfortunately, it had killed 4 people in Wynne. My house was fortunately spared, but sadly, lots of people in town were less fortunate.
That Keota, IA tornado was probably the most photogenic and impressive tornado not just in 2023 but in the last 5 years. The smoothness and motion of the wedge and it having a satellite tornado with it was just crazy cool.
Truly I consider this to be a super outbreak event still. Over 100 tornadoes to be is where the benchmark is to consider this a super outbreak....and this was.
Both Super Outbreaks had multiple F5/EF5 tornados and death tolls over 100. This had neither.
@@moblinmajorgeneral I don't think you need EF5s or such to verify it it be "Super".....it's more rare to get 100+ tornadoes than events with multiple EF4/F4s or EF5/F5s but they weren't all considered super outbreaks.
@@MightyMuffins According to the Outbreak Intensity Scale (OIS) a "super" outbreak has 250+ points (EF1=0 points, EF2=2 pts, EF3=5 pts, EF4=10 pts, EF5=15 pts). Only two outbreaks qualify as super according to this measure (I'm sure everyone here knows which two). This one fell in the next category down as "historic" with 129 points. The killer was the lack of EF4 and EF5 tornadoes. Actually the Easter 2020 outbreak had a few fewer tornadoes but more EF4s so it scores higher
@@AlaskaB83 I know about this but I don't think this is 100% recognized as it's just a proposal. It's neat to look at but again I don't think it's scientific other than just on a point scale. It's basically a different version of the tornado intensity scale but in more of terms of grading it as outbreaks. That said I do enjoy Mr. Grazulis.
@@MightyMuffins I agree. The term "super" is more of a colloquial, non-scientific term, but if the scientific, or maybe the WX fandom community, needs a concrete classification of outbreak intensity, the OIS makes as much sense as anything I've seen. Not sure your age, but if you remember the 2011 Super Outbreak as it happened, it was so much more intense than the March 31st outbreak of last year. I find it hard to categorize them together. Anyway, IMO, this type of grading scale is more just for fun and for weather fans, so I dont take it too seriously.
That day was something I'll never forget. Around 4:30, the tornado formed about a mile out from my backyard. Tiny funnel at first, strengthened to An EF3 Wedge. Insane day to witness. Unfortunately, it had killed 4 people in Wynne. My house was fortunately spared, but sadly, lots of people in town were less fortunate.
Dang you even got Convective Chronicles in this video, nice
That was the first thing I thought when I saw him
That got me hyped
Good lord, that guy who drove through the tornado in Hedrick ought to be the spokesperson for Chevy. I mean the marketing potential is through the roof.
Like a Rock…
Chevy ended up buying him a brand new trurck
@@Codhiggity ha for real??
Also the guy in said truck was a chap. He exited the vehicle as if that wasn't the first time he had been hit by a tornado.
"so strong it can survive a tornado!"
The two worst tornadoes of the outbreak were 2 that nobody chased: Robinson, IL / Sullivan, IN EF3 (6 killed) and Bethel Springs, TN EF3 (9 killed). Both were night-time wedges in radar holes, leading to pretty late warnings. The Sullivan one was out of the areas of highest risk. The Bethel Springs one was rain-wrapped in hilly forested terrain with a lot of mobile/poorly constructed homes (literally got every debuff on it)
I live on the outskirts of Robinson, IL, the only one guy was chasing one of Ryan Hall's people but the warning came late right when the tornado touched down I only know this cause I was watching Ryan Halls stream that night
I left Sullivan just a hour before the tornado
My cousin was in Robinson during the tornado and he started hitting the griddy in the theater
@@wrigley3 lmao
I was watching this go down on Ryan Hall's channel. Wild day in weather. This one's gonna be remembered.
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ye i rememebered too, i watched on ryan's stream it was WILD asf
Same here! This was the first live upstream I watched. Now I watch them all.
Same here it was crazy
Dude that highway looks more dangerous than the tornado 5:47 you got 30+ cars/trucks facing whatever direction they want on a highway
They turned around and started driving the wrong way on the highway towards the tornado. I'm so confused lol
@@gapenation People in Arkansas cant drive.
I didn't even realize how many people were driving the wrong way until I watched my video back the next day. Scary stuff.
@@MaxOlsonChasing Were they driving the wrong way or were they on a service road alongside the highway? It looks like there is a fence between the southbound highway and where the other cars are. Service roads are very common in the Midwest, at least.
Such a good video, great job Max
I loved your history of EF5 video!
Love your rainsville tornado video
I remember this day all too well. I was watching all day. The radar, Storm chaser live streams. It was huge.
The production quality is amazing. Good video!
It always amazed me how storm chasers can experience the biggest high they've ever had by seeing the storm they've been chasing for hours until they come across someone who was impacted and they almost always stop what they're doing to get them to safety. You guys are good people for sure.
Thank you. This was a great summary and format. A tornado video for storm chasers, made by storm chasers. No theatrics necessary. WX community needs more of these!
On that day, the neighborhood that my dad grew up in was destroyed. He grew up in Little Rock. He said it was so weird seeing his old house and the Kroger that he used to shop at getting ripped apart
Thanks for covering this. The production quality and editing are great!
My house was in the first neighborhood hit by the Little Rock tornado. I was stuck at work watching the radar and I knew it was bad. I'm grateful my house only took minor damage but it's still surreal driving through the more extreme damage areas in town.
I remember my school let us out literally *just* before the tornado in Little Rock. I had to also take a friend home so I had to decide whether or not to attempt to drop her off or take her home with me. I chose the later because my house was closer and it would’ve taken another 5 minutes to get to hers. A tornado went through her neighborhood. Her house was mostly spared, just some shingles on her roof misplaced and a tree in her backyard hanging on basically a thread, looming over her house.
@convective chronicles sighting!!
Great video man biggest outbreak of my life
Hands down, this is the best recap of that outbreak I've ever seen. Well done, Max. Amazing and sobering footage from all contributors. I was struck by the greenish cloud colors in most of the clips. I had heard from old timers that if you see the green tint, there's going to be trouble. I guess it's true after all. BTW, I subscribed. Cheers.
Fantastic video, I remember watching this unfold on Ryan Hall's stream, I'm a storm lover from Australia, but the pit in my stomach that day - a day I will never forget also. My thoughts to all those impacted, and to the amazing storm chasers covering that insane day.
HOLY HELL your production quality is fantastic! keep up the good work, you've got a serious gift for building documentaries here
The EF-3 in Little Rock got within a mile of me and went through my moms back yard. Very scary tornado. I didn’t know it was on the ground yet and I was literally walking home from work when it was about 15 minutes away from me.
That re-sparked my interest in meteorology, I am about to attend graduate school for applied meteorology now.
Great video, I really enjoyed the interviews with the chasers you don't see that very often.
God bless you for helping that elderly couple whose roof was ripped off, you are saints! You are some of the most amazing storm chasers and you have such heart!!
Absolutely outstanding video!! Great job on this!
Fantastic video, the editing is top notch.
Incredible video. I've never seen an interview with an SPC forecaster. Very interesting.
Badass video and be safe this tornado season Max!
Oh man I remember this very clearly. I was tuning in to Ryan Hall Y’all’s live stream and i remember when a tornado hit Little Rock. After that i made a weather video on the severe weather. It was too little too late. The outbreak had already started. I continued to watch Ryan Hall. It was a very memorable day.
these tornado videos are the best action movies ever. the horror, the destruction, the sheer tension are unmatched by any Hollywood film. please keep em coming. go tornado chasers. what was the prayer segue for?
You will often hear Tanner Charles pray during his chases. Often for the people in the path of the storms, though once he got a little too close and was praying for himself and the other chasers with him.
I remember this outbreak. Literally had a funnel cloud go over our house, and touch down a mile away near Ellendale, Delaware. April 1st, ironically enough was the day. My mom was in the hospital recovering from surgery when we had those storms blow through.
Dang awesome video keep up the great work!
Awesome work Max!
I love how y’all went from chasing the tornado to helping people without a second thought! This is a GREAT video. You just got a new follower
Max, FABULOUS video! The interviews, editing, music and of course the tornadoes make for an edge of the seat “oh my gosh” viewing. Thank you. This is your best work yet, and I’m eager to see more.
I remember this day & knowing I couldn’t chase with my inexperience. This is an excellent video capturing the different experiences! Well done!
Well done video Max! 🙌🏽
This is a great recap of the event. Between the several chasers who covered the Little Rock metro tornado and got footage at different areas along the path from start to finish, the ensemble performance was in my view one of the finest in storm chasing, especially once the difficulty level of that particular chase is properly accounted for. To place this chase in short-term and long-term context with respect to storm chasing, I saw this as a necessary antidote for the storm chasing debacle at Rolling Fork seven days prior (did chasers not yet learn from 2013 El Reno and 2014 Mayflower-Vilonia?) and probably also to some extent the storm chasing failure on the last previous major central Arkansas event prior to 3/31/2023, 2014 Mayflower-Vilonia.
Brilliant footage thank you 😊
Fascinating program.
Prayers for all those affected ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you
Hey everybody, Trey here
Man, I’ll never forget that gut-wrenching feeling I had in my stomach once the SPC decided to go with the 2 high risks. Then, to witness the power behind the Keota, IA twins and the eventual EF-4. It was a day I’ll never forget.
Incredible video, Max.
I pass by Wynne AR on my way to college. Last year, a few weeks after, my family was heading down there for a yearly Easter weekend thing they have. We only passed by the outskirts but the damage was massive. Even to this day, I still see tarps and such on houses. I remember taking a friend back home for a weekend back in January and pointing out the damage as we passed it. Very sad even now.
Awesome video! Honourable mention to Hey Everybody Trey Here!
Fantastic job Max.
Love to see you back!! Funnily enough I was actually thinking about your videos the other day.
The shot of the leaves being sucked into the tornado is ridiculous. I've never seen that captured so smoothly before.
I love watching video of the actual clouds and twisters, but the commentary is awesome too. Thanks for sharing and stay safe.
amazing video. love the way you wove their stories together into one big narrative of the outbreak
Great video! So happy to see Trey in it!
I remember watching Reed Timmer live as he chased this into illinois. Glad you guys got some gorgeous storms on camera. Glad you're okay and congratulations on a successful cheese!
I live in Searcy, a town about halfway between Little Rock and Wynne. Definitely a memorable day.
I appreciate the gentle concise way that you chase and the style and range of folks in this presentation. I always enjoy your total total talent in these vids. Your capturing and compassion always there. Your work during and processin after wards- Good stuff under the gunthe gun. Mayfield still compellThanks Max-
Thanks for a beautifully presented documentary. The photography is excellent, the narrative is pitched about right so as to be informative, but not confusing. All in all, an outstanding presentation.
Could be getting the date's mixed up but remember this system rolling through Chicago and all the sirens going off when I was commuting home from work since it had a history of producing tornadoes all over the place. People's phones were sounding the EAS alerts when I decided to duck into a building Downtown to wait it out. That was somewhat scary....
This really feels like some official documentary, def earned my sub with this and I'm really interested in seeing what's coming next
I remember sitting in my basement in Cedar Rapids Iowa bouncing between Ryan Hall, local news, and a dozen streams through the Radar Omega app and watching radar tracking and just trying to not show how nervous i was getting because my wife and her family had come over. That thing was headed straight towards my area and luckily it didn't put down something big in a large populated area. Plus watching what had just happened in Little Rock made the whole thing seem easier to understand how dangerous the day was becoming.
The quality of footage is getting insane🔥 took decades but dang here we are with some beautiful hi res video
beautiful video! good job!
well done max this is one of the best tornado documentaries i’ve ever seen!
Great video thanks for sharing it with us Max
This is such a great documentary. I remember where I was and tracking the systems on radar. Or watching the livestreams. It was utter chaos.
Nice video !! Thanks to all the chasers and forecasters .... :)
Wonderful and professional video! This summarizes the event really well. ❤
Nice, right before the next big one we are expecting thanks dude.
Awesome vid! Great to see Trey in there
My family lives 10 miles south of Keota IA and my parents and I were in St Louis for baseball opening weekend. I started watching discussions at 9:00 that morning to keep my sister informed because she works at the school district to the south (including Hedrick and Ollie IA). I graduated from there and now my nieces and nephews were there. I saw the first rotation on radar around 3:00 near Centerville IA. How fast it made it to Hedrick was crazy. I sat and watched it on radar knowing I was missing the tornado of my lifetime. I also never dreamed I’d be watching tornado videos now knowing exactly where they are and all the homesteads getting hit. The one very disappointing thing I heard was “good thing a lot of people don’t live here.” Dont be that guy. Just because it’s not highly populated doesn’t mean those people are any less important. Thankfully we had no fatalities in Iowa that day but we did back in 2014. One of the women who lost her life back then was a great friend to our family and she left behind 3 daughters and a grandson. We were very lucky last year that no towns were hit directly and we lost no lives.
i don't know why will sit here for hours watching tornadoes? man, am i boring. fascinating and hypnotizing.
Very long day at the desk. Think I worked over 20 hours. Much chiller 3/31 this year. Happy Easter and Great work as always
Excellent video. Gripping testimonials and outstanding footage.
Great work Max.
Like how the 'Additional footage provided by' names are in a shape of a tornado.
Nice collaboration with your fellow extreme weather warriors. I remember the 1974 outbreak with Xenia, OH south of us getting hit hard. Praying for the safety of all of you always as another tornado season kicks into gear.
I was checking the date today and the date of the video and was like - HOW DO THEY KNOW - Lol!
Had to do a double take too haha
Same
This is an amazing video! Thanks!
This was incredible to watch. I wish it was longer.
Great Job Max ! Thats how a Tornado Outbreak Day should be done. How Chasers can work together in a Great Interview Documentation.
And also how you use each others Footage with respect and permission. Very nice Work looking forward to more of your professional Works
Great documentary here folks!!
*Have a good'nnn*
Excellent video and coverage of the event
so professionally done!
Unfortunately, Tornado Alley is shifting more east according to many local and national news outlets. In SWPA (and nearby Ohio/West Virginia), we typically see 6 tornadoes a year ranging from EF-0 to EF-1. This year (2024), we have seen more than 14 (more than double that, and still counting - according to the NWS Forecast Office) ranging from EF-1 to EF-2. Pittsburgh International Airport was almost in direct path of a EF-2+, and reports indicated that it would have crossed the Ohio River putting myself in direct path. However, lifted before making it that far. May alone, we seen 9 in one month which ties the 1985 outbreak we seen here. The warmer-than-normal spring season kickstarted this abnormal severe weather pattern and NWS reports that more could be on the way before tornado season is officially over for our region. The total number of May tornadoes from 1995 through 2023, combined only added up to 16. Bottomline, stay safe, adhere to watches and warnings and take any high severe weather seriously.
Really great video
I remember that day, I listened to Ryan’s coverage. I remember there being at least 14 different warnings for hours.
The tornado outbreak that happened right before the one in the video had arguably a scarier event, the Rolling Fork tornado.
That Hendrick, Iowa tornado footage is insane. 10:48
Really well put together. New sub!
what a phenomenal video! well done!
The Arkansas storm that produced a tornado in Little Rock met up with me in Tennessee and produced an EF-3 that came less than 2000 feet from my house. Killed 3 people who were visiting and contemplating moving here. I will never forget that day.
I was living in Southern Minnesota at the time, and the same system yielded blizzard conditions for us. That was probably the fastest, thickest, and heaviest I've ever seen snow fall. Walking outside to my car felt like I was drowning in snow, it was hard to breathe. I spent at least 10 minutes driving carefully 2 miles home.
Great doc. Good production too.
I remember these 2 days really vividly! We didn't get too severe storms here, but the sirens went off a couple of times and the wind was intense. Got frequent lightning and heavy wind, but nothing more than that. I'm glad my family and I are okay
Can you do the 2024 hurricane beryl tornado outbreak there were 24 tornados in Chicago alone
The next day on April 1st this storm produced crazy straight line winds in the pittsburgh area, had about 30 trees fall some snapped half way up some up rooted all around 100 years old no thunder or rain just about 30 minutes of crazy wind with the innitial gust being at least 80 mph
Great little mini-doc. 👍🏻
Ottumwa and rolling fork had some incredible footage shot of them
rolling forks footage is extremely hard to watch because of the havoc it caused
We haven’t had a EF5 tornado in over 10 years, I feel like we’re gonna get another one soon
best tornado video ive seen in a long time. thanks
Love it when you see someone like Andrew say something like: ".. We were perhaps ignoring how this was a serious outbreak.."
while both storm systems were detected and flagged as "High risk", something you don't see a lot, fortunately.