Seriously thank you for including that last positive note about the students of Heston College coming together to help the community in the direct aftermath of the storm. I need as many stories like that as I can get, to help restore my dwindling faith in humanity 😅😊
Slightly similar, and I'm sure you've seen it as part of the YT weather community lol, but "Ryan Hall Y'all" 's channel recently raised money to directly help the recent Kentucky flood victims! I just started watching his channel and was very pleased to see it. Might make me buy merch the next time that profits are going to the fund 😆😁👍
@@ioshvamcguirelg3140 There are a lot of very kind and generous people doing awsome things today! Just look around and maybe you can do something helpful too!
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I feel the exact same way yo, i just find it funny bc even tho it’s just a tornado, at its essence is literally “ooooh, stronk air spinny” is so scientifically complex
I had the same VHS as a kid. Lost them in a flood in 2016. Found bits and pieces on YT...great tape...shows how much the science has improved warnings...but a distracted and busy public still dies nearly the same amount.
I like how when you go over the major conditions contributing to supercell and tornado formation you're able to cover different aspects in every video. Just goes to show how incredibly complex these things are and how much we've yet to learn about them.
It can only serve to expose in the harshest possible light the fallacy of these analytical constructs (if we may, at least pro demonstratiu, indulge the conceit of referencing them thus) to take them to their logical conclusion; for while it is not a formally constructed axiom within the framework of the Standard Model -- though one suspects that, given Godel's theorem, it could be axiomated by the Socratic method of demonstrating the unprovability of its negation -- it is accepted as a truism among idiosyncratics and traditionalists alike that any attempted isomorphism between such constructs and any concrete system, but not necessarily a subset of a system, must result in a self-contradiction which cannot be resolved without metareferencing the conditions attendant to the self-contradiction; as is demonstrated by the classic "catalogues paradox" of Set Theory that was so anathemic to Whitehead and Russell's magnum opus, notwithstanding.
@@franciskhoury4288 In striving to create a complex relationship between concepts, a definite grasp between said ideas is absolutely necessary. However, it may become apparent that the fusion of the two subjects is ineffective, rendering a nullified result. In this case, a conclusion is far more difficult to draw, as results so far have remained inconclusive. Further research is required into this matter.
I remember the weather of 1989-90 very well. I was finishing up my meteorology degree that year. We only had paper printouts of the national composite radar, which printed out every 15 or 30 minutes, and the Hesston supercell showed up perfectly on it. I never saw anything like it before.
I would guess the only tornadoes that would get the EF5 rating in the future would be behemoth twisters like the ones that have been officially rated "high-end EF4", like the ones that struck Vilonia, Arkansas in 2014, Fairdale, Illinois in 2015, Western Kentucky/Mayfield in 2021--and I probably missed one or two more since the last official EF5 at Moore, Oklahoma in 2013, but it would be one of those, but they would have to strike nearer to large population centers. There, of course, the death toll would be tragic and it would indeed be infamous. Here's why I say that: it's not necessarily a bias to more populated areas, but metro areas have newer and larger buildings, and many are built better than what is found in rural areas. The engineers aren't impressed when early 20th-century wood-frame homes are swept away, and they want to hold that top rating for something they deem truly exceptional. A future EF5 will not only have to be extremely intense, but it will have to occur in a certain place. I agree with many other people out there when they say they believe some of these EF4's since 2013 have been, in actuality, EF5's by wind speed. The bottom line is, however, that a "high-end EF4" and an EF5 produce pretty much the same devastation. It's really up to the system the arbiters set to determine what rating is given to a particular tornado. Engineers are always changing things; there might well be a third iteration of the Fujita Scale by the time another maximum ranking is given to a tornado.
One of the strangest things I have seen in my life was the tornado that hit west of our house in 1974. It was back when the meteorologist didn't necessarily believe in multiple vortex tornadoes. We had six paths of damage... thankfully out in the sticks where no one lived. That was one of the strangest things I had seen in my six years on this earth.
The very single thing I’ve learned about tornados (courtesy of Skip Talbot) is that if a tornado is moving to your left or right, you’re probably fine. But if the tornado appears to be standing still, then you’re most likely in its direct path, and you should take cover.
One should keep in my mind their position relative to the tornado's. If it's east of you, most of the time the threat has passed. The opposite applies to being west of it. Be observant if it appears to be getting bigger.
It's crazy that you managed to dig that one up. I had the alternate version as a child, which was Twister: Fury on the Plains. The narrator was absolutely the voice of my childhood lol
I watched Fury On The Plains and its sequel, Twister: The Terror Continues, so many times in my childhood. Sometimes, even to this day, when I see a chase video, I still hear the music from those videos in my head as I watch the tornado sweep across the landscape.
OMG i purchased that same Twisters double VHS when I was in HS. I watched it over and over and still have it in storage with other VHS tapes and various memories. This vid was a delight.
I was 7 years old living near Herington, KS when this tornado happened. It came very close to our house and was one of the reasons that I chose meteorology later in life.
I'm glad you isolated the sounds of the tornado sirens at 11:56. Kind of beautiful but very eerie. Great highlight of another fascinating outbreak, Steve.
I’ll never forget that day, and the way that tornado swept my house away while I was inside it. Here is my story:* So I was sitting inside (only 9 years old at that point)... we had plenty of warning, but my father was being stubborn, and did not want to leave in time. With about one minute left before the tornado approached, my mom convinced him to take us all to the neighbors storm shelter. We get down there and close the door, while we can see the all black terrorizing tornado about 75 yards away. Almost a second after we closed the door we hear everything above us get leveled... Almost sounding as if a train ran directly into 10 brick walls. Anyways.... While my Dad was holding me closely, I could feel his massive pork sword against my leg. It did not make me feel upset. Now, because of that day, I realized I have attraction towards other men, and my own Dad. Thank you.
I received the Twisters Nature’s Fury tapes as a Christmas gift as a kid. They were the first tornado videos I ever had. I liked Part 1 much better than Part 2 as a kid. Years later, my seventh grade science teacher showed Part 1 in class.
Would love to see an in depth analysis like this of the plainfield F5, my older brother was born on that day about an hour or so before it happened. My mom remembers watching the sky going green from the hospital windows
Tom Skilling did a documentary on the Plainfield F5 tornado called 8 Minutes in August: The Plainfield Tornado and I'll provide the link for that video here: ua-cam.com/video/vzcjXU-NIgQ/v-deo.html
Grew up watching a lot this same footage back when TLC and others showed science content. Always appreciate your attention to some lesser known (by UA-cam standards) storms and notable outbreaks along with the scientific breakdown.
I really miss the actual educational content..I grew up on weather and animal documentaries and I really miss them on those channels and loathe the reality TV cesspits they've become.
Yeah, I too was worried an outbreak like this March 1990 event would be forgotten, just because of how long ago it was and the fact that the death toll was relatively low. It really does live on in people like us who watched those old documentaries, where the Hesston tornado was featured prominently. It should be rather notable for how many people filmed it; I can't think of a tornado prior to this one that had so many cameras on it. There were chasers and TV crews, but lots of home videos, too. If there was a Radio Shack in Hesston in early 1990, they couldn't keep video cameras on their shelves; it seems like everyone in town had a video of this thing. If there was a twister earlier than this that had that much footage taken of it, I can't think of it. The 1957 Dallas tornado films were remarkable for their time; these films at Hesston are equally remarkable.
Interesting you mentioned the Edmonton tornado of ‘87. I lived there and was a young boy and i will never ever forget that day as long as i live. Absolutely terrifying.
I’m new here but I enjoy your videos immensely. I hope you get the opportunity to see this, I also have Autism, was fascinated by weather when I was about 6 or 7 until I was in sixth grade. I wish to regain what, I lost so to speak. Your videos are great eye opening as well as informative. You briefly I believe when into the super outbreak of 1974, namely the Xenia Ohio tornado is one of the most horrific with an EF-5 tornado. A “so-called” bedroom community, more of an independent suburb but far from being considered for city bus service, of Dayton. Leaving half the town/city destroyed. This storm is relatively attached me as I grew up in the area abet years later, sometime later a tornado touched down in 2000. Nicknamed the pocket of tornado alley of the Miami River Valley. I hope you are well and keep up the great work! Thank you
I still have that twin VHS boxset! A family friend gave it to my mom when I was like 9 years old he knew how fascinated I was with tornadoes and weather. I watched those tapes over and over.
Born and raised in Des Moines IA, and was at a 5th grade concert the night of March 13th, 1990. The power went out in the school, and it was chaos because everyone was saying "theres a tornado outside!" (It was in Ankeny, a few miles NNE of the school where I was at the time). At almost 45 years old now, I will never forget this day, and is what sparked my interest in both meteorology, chasing, and physics more broadly. Good video, thanks for sharing this!
Excellent! Many years ago (like 25) the cable channel TLC had a special feature on tornadoes where they showcased the Heston tornado in addition to the Andover tornado; I have that show recorded on VHS in my archives.
Just wanted to acknowledge the professional and sensitive way you cover these events. It's very refreshing to find a channel that informs without sensationalising.
I was 13 years old when this tornado hit Hesston as 7th grader at Hesston Middle School. I remember how humid it was and how abnormally warm as well. My sister and I were at my grandparents' house on Lewis drive (a couple of blocks to the north of the track) after school. The western skyline was a bit obscured thanks to the row of cedar trees separating AGCO from the community so we couldn't see the tornado until it was much closer. My father and uncle stood at the basement door watching it for as long as possible before coming down the stairs. In Dean Alison's famous video, towards the end the tornado moves out of frame. At the moment, Dean was turning around to make sure the door to the basement was still open as it had gotten closer when it was destroying Pizza Hut, Sav-A-Trip and crossing I-135. The sirens actually sounded three times before it struck town around 5:30. The small water tower @ 8:58 had a couple of the support standards on its legs bent by the tornado. Power was out the town and we actually had to take cover again as another tornadic storm was west of the area about an hour and a half later. Police officers came by issuing take cover warnings via their vehicle speakers, then came back by issuing an all clear. One of the more interesting things about the video where the tornadoes merge is just how powerful the inflow winds were as evidenced by the footage. The tornado scoured the asphalt off of K-15 when it crossed.
You have no business being this cool, with your Ensoniq SQ-80 and your excellent research, presentation skills, and your thorough yet approachable manner of explaining meteorological facts. Thank you so much for sharing your enthusiasm with the world.
This is an incredible video! Nice work. I was there that day and remember going into the basement of one of the dormitories and hearing the tornado pass over the town. As the lights went out and the emergency lights came on, we all knew the scope of what was happening. I’ll never forget that day.
I absolutely LOVE your videos and your attention to detail! If you want a really crazy tornado in 1990, you'll have to do research into the F5 Plainfield, IL tornado. It's rather infamous due to no warning.
I hope you also would cover the April 21, 1967 Northern IL tornado outbreak that devastated Belvidere and Oak Lawn. Scared the crap out of many of us!!!
Grew up on a farm 10 miles north of Pilsen ks. In the pasture the next day checking cattle, and my brother, grandfather and I found some blueprints from a construction site in Hesston ks. Crazy how far that stuff can travel. Awesome video
Speaking of Grand Island, NE, I bet you could do a very interesting take on the June 3, 1980 events. In my opinion, that is easily one of the top 3 wildest US tornado outbreaks.
That story about how the other tornado that went through farm land after the Hesston tornado that was even stronger than the Hesston tornado is the exact same thing that happened with Greensburg. Another tornado from the same cell that hit Greensburg developed and the word is that that tornado was actually more powerful than the one that destroyed 95% of Greensburg. It was 2.2 miles in width and rated an EF3 (sound familiar?). I believe this tornado killed a police officer as well, but it's possible it was a different one that came after it because I know there were several large tornadoes in that cell (terrifying considering the EF5 tornado was the first one of multiple and it was pitch black out for that one).
just found your channel by the grace of the UA-cam algorithm gods. I'm a pilot with a chemistry degree so naturally meteorology is something I'm always acutely aware of and studying in order to expand my personal knowledge basis and be safer in the skies. This was an incredibly informative video and I appreciate your inclusion of all your primary weather graphical sources as you explain your interpretation of the data. Amazing stuff. Keep it up, I'll be learning from all you do!
I really love your content man. In a sea of weather youtubers you stand out with a fresh perspective. You always make engaging videos whereas I feel that a lot of other weather youtubers manage to make incredible events like this seem rather mundane. Keep it up!
This day was probably my favorite in the pre-mass chaser convergence, home video footage days, and you are quite correct in pointing out how Hesston-Goessel likely overshadowed that 120+ mile "indicatorless F5" Nebraska wedge (which almost clipped York, speaking of near-misses). The only other competitors from that era are the Andover bonanza, the '98 Susan get my pants Columbus wedge and the infamous get under somepin Stuart Iowa triplets in 1995. Oh, and the 1986 Fridley chopper footage just for the unique pre-drone perspective. Good analysis on this vid!
That clip at 11:55 is why us people who document sirens as a hobby love the Thunderbolt 1000T. Grand Island has replaced pretty much all of their Thunderbolts with T-128s which themselves also sound really eerie. 1990 was actually the year that Federal Signal discontinued the Thunderbolt after a 38 year run
I remember this, I lived in NC back then and we had fun in that snow. Just the year before we had a tornado, the weather was really wild 1988-1990 in that part of the country.
as a child snow was my absolute favorite thing and i would ask about it ALL the time in winter, the beginning of the video brought back great memories of my mom telling me about that time it snowed 15 inches when she was a teenager and they couldnt get the back door open!
Wow dude, seeing that tape brings back so many memories. When I was a toddler/kid in the mid to late 90s I was obsessed with tornados being from Tennessee at the time and I went with my grandma to Walmart one day while my mom was working and we went to look at the video tapes and my mana said I could pick one and that's the exact one I picked. The TWISTERS! Nature's Fury double set. I probably watched it in excess of 1 or 200 times. Shit it might still be in my grandma's videos hutch at her house down there right now. Thanks for the random quick nostalgia trip!! Not to mention I watched Twister on repeat and even that TV movie kinda thing called Night of the Twisters which I was equally obsessed but also scared of because when the boys go to get the baby out of the crib upstairs the lightning illuminates the literal black as night big ass f4-f5 tornado coming right at them. Nightmares for months.
love these types of videos. crazy to watch such a high powered tornado with the town i live in right in the path! (almost smack between pretty prairie and hesston)
A now retired colleague had a couple pix (perhaps from Nelson also) of the Goessel KS F5. Incredible. The NE portion of the outbreak was nuts, certainly the 125 mi path length, warm sector tor/tor family (whose surface inflow prob averaged 66/59). Also impressive was the timing in the 3 hrs before sunset (I know; duh), the lack of antecedent high cloud, and classic to dry-classic supercell mode, all contributing to /incredible high contrast/ backlit views for those facing SW thru NW.
Crazy!! Having grown up in Kansas, I remember seeing some of that footage in the news. I remember we were all trying to figure out what the large mass was that was sucked up. Powdered concrete, never knew!
Didn't even know about this outbreak till this video, thanks! Shows the wisdom of being "weather aware", like you said, with such a low fatality rate (sad to hear of any deaths, of course, but could've been WAY worse!).
I never had that tape as a kid. I had one plainly named "Tornadoes & Hurricanes". Thanks to this video, I might try and find it. I'll look up the one you mention here as well.
I remember that afternoon and evening very well. It was probably the first full scale outbreak I ever watched live coverage of. We lived in Nebraska at the time. My brother worked for a newspaper in Sutton, NE and when he got word of the tornado damage in Lawrence, he began to think "well, there's no way that would get all the way up here". Within an hour, he was proven wrong.
Currently sitting in my office in Hesston eating lunch. I remember hearing about this, but had never done my research on it. Love hearing how the community came together afterward to help each other. I would hope something similar would happen if history were to repeat itself today.
I was 9 when this outbreak occurred. It was one of the first times I became fascinated by tornadoes. At the time I lived in Augusta, KS. I was also there for the Andover Tornado of 91.
I remember this mighty well. I was living in Salina, KS, and had planned to go to Wichita that day on I-135 until I saw the weather forecast the evening before. I was on spring break from Kansas College of Technology (now K-State Salina). I decided instead to stay at home, and finish my homework. I went to work on my homework on Tuesday, March 13, 1990. I turned on The Weather Channel as my "background noise" as usual. However, with all of the bad weather breaking out it was difficult to keep my mind on homework. I remember the tornado warnings being issued for first Reno, and then Harvey County. The "Hesston tornado" first endangered the town of Burrton, and a young boy was killed when the chimney of his home fell into the basement where the family was gathered to take shelter. It then became pretty wild on TV when the tornado approached Hesston. Spotters were sending reports of a large tornado on the ground. I also watched the track of the second tornado when it left the Hesston area. The Wichita TV stations sent news crews to Hesston, and I watched their coverage as well. I used the remote heavily that evening flipping between the Wichita stations, and The Weather Channel. I made my trip to Wichita the Friday (March 16, 1990) afterwards. I was completely shocked to see that the tornado had removed the pavement from I-135 in both lanes where it crossed. KDOT had come in, and temporarily placed gravel over area so that traffic could use the highway. Many sightseers from both north and south were turning off, and driving into Hesston which I didn't care for. I just looked at destruction that I could see from I-135, continued on, and later that day came back. I enjoyed this video. As meteorologists gain knowledge of these storms we learn more and more. I learned from this. Thanks for making this video, and sharing it.
I really enjoy your coverage of these historic but often forgotten tornadoes. Covering the meteorological set up first, and keeping us up to date with changes and reasons why they behaved as they did is also great. And then covering the human element is also really appreciated, such as how the Hesston College students immediately gathered and planned how to support their community is truly inspiring. Storm Chasers often note how Humans come together and set aside differences when tornadoes harm their neighbors. That downstairs asshat who drives youu bats will totally let you into their safe interior room, never mind past arguments. People fueding in a neighborhood will dash from their shattered home to rescue those 'hated' neighbors. If tornadoes have a good side, then the Human Response is it. [USUALLY. Not always, sadly, but a non-response is rare as I understand.] Thank you for your work, I love how inspired and informed you are for these videos, how well you prepare and research them. Keep it up!
I was in my basement with my daycare kids and my own sons that March day in Hesston. I still remember the "taste" of the air that afternoon...like you were chewing on a piece of aluminum foil. The tornado was on the ground for over two hours, traveling from Burrton to Goessel. My children had time to take their most treasured posessions to the basement and I gathered my most sentimental items, too. I called the parents of my daycare kiddos and told them we were safe in the basement and were singing Sunday School songs at the top of our lungs. My husband was on his way home from Maize and he could hear the "storm spotters" and announcers giving updates from Hesston. He said he had never felt so helpless in his life. The tornado came through about a block from my house. Because of that microburst right before it hit Hesston, the tornado spun more tightly and was thinner at ground level. It hit every available park, playground, street and open space possible going through town. I have many personal stories about the tornado, and the courage and resilience of the people that are still so fresh in my memory almost 35 years later. But, there was much sorrow, too. There were two fatalities that day from this storm. Near the beginning of the tornado's path, a six year old boy was killed when his family's house collapsed around them. Near its end, the storm claimed the life of an older woman who tried to outrun it in her car. The terrible irony of a child dying at the storm's beginning and an elder losing her life near its end was not lost on the Hesston people. And our hearts broke for them and their loved ones. One family lost everything down to the slab their house stood on; except for a bed with the husband's open briefcase on the floor next to it. All of their income tax information was in it. Not one piece of paper in the case was destroyed. When the elementary school reopened a week later, the teachers quickly ran out of black crayons. It seems that the children drew a huge black tornado in every picture. As I recall, the Crayola Crayon company had a plant near Winfield, Ks at that time and sent several boxes of just black crayons. As the children grew older, the tornados in their pictures got smaller, but it was several years before some of the students could draw a picture without a tornado in it. A special Thank You to Dean Alison who allowed his video to be used by anyone anywhere without cost so people could study the twin tornados. If you can find it, you should watch his original video with commentary from his family in "real time" as it happened. Thank you to all Hesston residents and families, past and present, who made the world a little better than it was before that March 13th day.❤😊
Even though the Hesston storm grew to a width of a mile-wide, it only produced F4 damage. After the microburst caused the vortex to constrict, that increased the winds dramatically (which is expected) since the tighter the rotation, the faster the winds. The F5 damage occurred when it was about 1/4-1/2 mile wide. Of course, all areas within a large tornado have different windspeeds, as with El Reno. When you look at a map of the towns, they are located just up the road from Wichita. From March 13th, 1990-April 26th, 1991, THREE F5 tornadoes occurred within earshot of Wichita with the Andover tornado striking Southern portions before it intensified after leaving McConnell AFB.
I am really loving these videos coming out about these past tornadoes! I did the same thing when I was younger, I would always get the same 3 national geographic docos (Natures Fury, Forces of Nature and Volcano: Natures Inferno) and watch them all and there were certain films (like hesston) that always stuck with me. Almost like the 'tornado celebrities' if you wanna call it that and so it is cool to add more context to where these videos originated. Keep up the great content!
I was the same way; the Hesston tornado stood out. I watched a lot of these documentaries when I was coming up in the '90s, and the one that really got me most freaked out and excited, all at once, was from The Weather Channel's offerings, when they rode along with Project Vortex. The Friona, Texas tornado of June 2, 1995; a massive storm that crossed the road right behind Project Vortex and ripped apart a feed mill as they passed it. I've found the full-length chase video of it on YT, and it still captivates me.
If you could do this with every F5/EF5, I would binge watch all of them constantly
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Please!!
Absolutely these documentaries are amazing
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Seriously thank you for including that last positive note about the students of Heston College coming together to help the community in the direct aftermath of the storm.
I need as many stories like that as I can get, to help restore my dwindling faith in humanity 😅😊
Slightly similar, and I'm sure you've seen it as part of the YT weather community lol, but "Ryan Hall Y'all" 's channel recently raised money to directly help the recent Kentucky flood victims! I just started watching his channel and was very pleased to see it. Might make me buy merch the next time that profits are going to the fund 😆😁👍
@@ioshvamcguirelg3140 There are a lot of very kind and generous people doing awsome things today! Just look around and maybe you can do something helpful too!
Hurrah for those students!
These are so addictive to watch, I love how there's always weather context provided beyond "hey lookie here, spinning wind"
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I feel the exact same way yo, i just find it funny bc even tho it’s just a tornado, at its essence is literally “ooooh, stronk air spinny” is so scientifically complex
I had the same VHS as a kid. Lost them in a flood in 2016. Found bits and pieces on YT...great tape...shows how much the science has improved warnings...but a distracted and busy public still dies nearly the same amount.
I like how when you go over the major conditions contributing to supercell and tornado formation you're able to cover different aspects in every video. Just goes to show how incredibly complex these things are and how much we've yet to learn about them.
It can only serve to expose in the harshest possible light the fallacy of these analytical constructs (if we may, at least pro demonstratiu, indulge the conceit of referencing them thus) to take them to their logical conclusion; for while it is not a formally constructed axiom within the framework of the Standard Model -- though one suspects that, given Godel's theorem, it could be axiomated by the Socratic method of demonstrating the unprovability of its negation -- it is accepted as a truism among idiosyncratics and traditionalists alike that any attempted isomorphism between such constructs and any concrete system, but not necessarily a subset of a system, must result in a self-contradiction which cannot be resolved without metareferencing the conditions attendant to the self-contradiction; as is demonstrated by the classic "catalogues paradox" of Set Theory that was so anathemic to Whitehead and Russell's magnum opus, notwithstanding.
@@RETIREDAMATUER You took the words right outta my mouth!
@@franciskhoury4288 In striving to create a complex relationship between concepts, a definite grasp between said ideas is absolutely necessary. However, it may become apparent that the fusion of the two subjects is ineffective, rendering a nullified result. In this case, a conclusion is far more difficult to draw, as results so far have remained inconclusive. Further research is required into this matter.
Whilst they are incredibly complex people really underestimate tornado warnings.
@@RETIREDAMATUER can you talk in normal level English? I couldn't understand a thing and, probably, neither could 99% of the population. :/
Hearing air raid sirens when a tornado is nearby is one of the most terrifying things someone can experience.
it's creepy just to watch and listen here
not really
Actually it's eerily cool. It sounds like a lonely dog standing watch and howling out to you that you need to dip. A demented wailing dog.
That's just what they sound like here
@@KingConfusion why demented? Is it because of its association with something dangerous or the sound in it of itself?
I remember the weather of 1989-90 very well. I was finishing up my meteorology degree that year. We only had paper printouts of the national composite radar, which printed out every 15 or 30 minutes, and the Hesston supercell showed up perfectly on it. I never saw anything like it before.
I still can't believe it's almost been a decade with no EF5. That means the next one will most likely be infamous
Wow, I wasn't even aware that it had been that long!
The December 10/11th EF4s would have caused EF5 damage had they hit buildings that meet the criteria.
I would guess the only tornadoes that would get the EF5 rating in the future would be behemoth twisters like the ones that have been officially rated "high-end EF4", like the ones that struck Vilonia, Arkansas in 2014, Fairdale, Illinois in 2015, Western Kentucky/Mayfield in 2021--and I probably missed one or two more since the last official EF5 at Moore, Oklahoma in 2013, but it would be one of those, but they would have to strike nearer to large population centers. There, of course, the death toll would be tragic and it would indeed be infamous. Here's why I say that: it's not necessarily a bias to more populated areas, but metro areas have newer and larger buildings, and many are built better than what is found in rural areas. The engineers aren't impressed when early 20th-century wood-frame homes are swept away, and they want to hold that top rating for something they deem truly exceptional. A future EF5 will not only have to be extremely intense, but it will have to occur in a certain place.
I agree with many other people out there when they say they believe some of these EF4's since 2013 have been, in actuality, EF5's by wind speed. The bottom line is, however, that a "high-end EF4" and an EF5 produce pretty much the same devastation. It's really up to the system the arbiters set to determine what rating is given to a particular tornado. Engineers are always changing things; there might well be a third iteration of the Fujita Scale by the time another maximum ranking is given to a tornado.
Two words: Tim Marshall.
i didnt believe you until i googled it, i had no idea
One of the strangest things I have seen in my life was the tornado that hit west of our house in 1974. It was back when the meteorologist didn't necessarily believe in multiple vortex tornadoes. We had six paths of damage... thankfully out in the sticks where no one lived. That was one of the strangest things I had seen in my six years on this earth.
That year had the highest amount of F5 tornados!
Bro how are you six years old but also were alive in 1974 lmao
@Rektspresso bruh they were 6 in 1974 🤦
Google Earth has footage and pics of multivortex tornado tracks. It's an amazing sight.
@@sophiak1354 bruh it was a joke 🤦🏻♂️
The very single thing I’ve learned about tornados (courtesy of Skip Talbot) is that if a tornado is moving to your left or right, you’re probably fine. But if the tornado appears to be standing still, then you’re most likely in its direct path, and you should take cover.
One should keep in my mind their position relative to the tornado's.
If it's east of you, most of the time the threat has passed. The opposite applies to being west of it. Be observant if it appears to be getting bigger.
It's crazy that you managed to dig that one up. I had the alternate version as a child, which was Twister: Fury on the Plains. The narrator was absolutely the voice of my childhood lol
Awesome film. It’s on UA-cam for free too! I watched it many times growing up.
Dude I had that too!!!!
I watched Fury On The Plains and its sequel, Twister: The Terror Continues, so many times in my childhood. Sometimes, even to this day, when I see a chase video, I still hear the music from those videos in my head as I watch the tornado sweep across the landscape.
I had that as well. Bought it from my local Walmart in 1996 when I was 11.
Those old tornado sirens still give me the chills when I hear them on tape. I used to freak out when I heard them as a kid.
They made me have to shit. 😢😅
Still in use in some areas.
OMG i purchased that same Twisters double VHS when I was in HS. I watched it over and over and still have it in storage with other VHS tapes and various memories. This vid was a delight.
I was 7 years old living near Herington, KS when this tornado happened. It came very close to our house and was one of the reasons that I chose meteorology later in life.
I'm glad you isolated the sounds of the tornado sirens at 11:56. Kind of beautiful but very eerie.
Great highlight of another fascinating outbreak, Steve.
The old thunderbolts… such a distinct sound
I’ll never forget that day, and the way that tornado swept my house away while I was inside it. Here is my story:*
So I was sitting inside (only 9 years old at that point)... we had plenty of warning, but my father was being stubborn, and did not want to leave in time. With about one minute left before the tornado approached, my mom convinced him to take us all to the neighbors storm shelter. We get down there and close the door, while we can see the all black terrorizing tornado about 75 yards away. Almost a second after we closed the door we hear everything above us get leveled... Almost sounding as if a train ran directly into 10 brick walls.
Anyways.... While my Dad was holding me closely, I could feel his massive pork sword against my leg. It did not make me feel upset. Now, because of that day, I realized I have attraction towards other men, and my own Dad. Thank you.
I received the Twisters Nature’s Fury tapes as a Christmas gift as a kid. They were the first tornado videos I ever had. I liked Part 1 much better than Part 2 as a kid. Years later, my seventh grade science teacher showed Part 1 in class.
Would love to see an in depth analysis like this of the plainfield F5, my older brother was born on that day about an hour or so before it happened. My mom remembers watching the sky going green from the hospital windows
Carly WX covered the Plainfield F5 in depth, you should watch it
Tom Skilling did a documentary on the Plainfield F5 tornado called 8 Minutes in August: The Plainfield Tornado and I'll provide the link for that video here:
ua-cam.com/video/vzcjXU-NIgQ/v-deo.html
Grew up watching a lot this same footage back when TLC and others showed science content. Always appreciate your attention to some lesser known (by UA-cam standards) storms and notable outbreaks along with the scientific breakdown.
I really miss the actual educational content..I grew up on weather and animal documentaries and I really miss them on those channels and loathe the reality TV cesspits they've become.
Yeah, I too was worried an outbreak like this March 1990 event would be forgotten, just because of how long ago it was and the fact that the death toll was relatively low. It really does live on in people like us who watched those old documentaries, where the Hesston tornado was featured prominently. It should be rather notable for how many people filmed it; I can't think of a tornado prior to this one that had so many cameras on it. There were chasers and TV crews, but lots of home videos, too. If there was a Radio Shack in Hesston in early 1990, they couldn't keep video cameras on their shelves; it seems like everyone in town had a video of this thing. If there was a twister earlier than this that had that much footage taken of it, I can't think of it. The 1957 Dallas tornado films were remarkable for their time; these films at Hesston are equally remarkable.
Interesting you mentioned the Edmonton tornado of ‘87. I lived there and was a young boy and i will never ever forget that day as long as i live. Absolutely terrifying.
I just made a video about that tornado! Check recent uploads
Thanks for doing this video, it was fantastic. This tornado went just a few miles north of my hometown of Haven, Kansas.
I love this channel more than I’d like to say.
this channel is seriously one of if not the most underrated meteorology channel out there
@@c0rruptedhusky big understatement, this IS the most underrated meteorology channels on UA-cam. Steve deserves his own Netflix series! Lol
I’m new here but I enjoy your videos immensely.
I hope you get the opportunity to see this, I also have Autism, was fascinated by weather when I was about 6 or 7 until I was in sixth grade. I wish to regain what, I lost so to speak.
Your videos are great eye opening as well as informative. You briefly I believe when into the super outbreak of 1974, namely the Xenia Ohio tornado is one of the most horrific with an EF-5 tornado.
A “so-called” bedroom community, more of an independent suburb but far from being considered for city bus service, of Dayton. Leaving half the town/city destroyed. This storm is relatively attached me as I grew up in the area abet years later, sometime later a tornado touched down in 2000. Nicknamed the pocket of tornado alley of the Miami River Valley.
I hope you are well and keep up the great work! Thank you
I still have that twin VHS boxset! A family friend gave it to my mom when I was like 9 years old he knew how fascinated I was with tornadoes and weather. I watched those tapes over and over.
Those VHS tapes were what started off my tornado/weather obsession. I'm buying them on Ebay, thanks I couldn't remember what they were called.
Born and raised in Des Moines IA, and was at a 5th grade concert the night of March 13th, 1990. The power went out in the school, and it was chaos because everyone was saying "theres a tornado outside!" (It was in Ankeny, a few miles NNE of the school where I was at the time). At almost 45 years old now, I will never forget this day, and is what sparked my interest in both meteorology, chasing, and physics more broadly. Good video, thanks for sharing this!
I like the vintage synths you show in at the start of your vids! I’ve enjoyed watching your vids on weather.
The sirens are eerie as all get out. Keep it up, Steve!!
Excellent! Many years ago (like 25) the cable channel TLC had a special feature on tornadoes where they showcased the Heston tornado in addition to the Andover tornado; I have that show recorded on VHS in my archives.
Why not upload
Just wanted to acknowledge the professional and sensitive way you cover these events. It's very refreshing to find a channel that informs without sensationalising.
Props for pronouncing Goessel properly. These tornadoes fueled my fascination as a kid, and now. Excellent video!
The time and effort you put in to your content is so readily apparent, with each video being better than the last. Much appreciated.
Thanks Kenny! Big video coming tomorrow!
I was 13 years old when this tornado hit Hesston as 7th grader at Hesston Middle School. I remember how humid it was and how abnormally warm as well. My sister and I were at my grandparents' house on Lewis drive (a couple of blocks to the north of the track) after school. The western skyline was a bit obscured thanks to the row of cedar trees separating AGCO from the community so we couldn't see the tornado until it was much closer. My father and uncle stood at the basement door watching it for as long as possible before coming down the stairs. In Dean Alison's famous video, towards the end the tornado moves out of frame. At the moment, Dean was turning around to make sure the door to the basement was still open as it had gotten closer when it was destroying Pizza Hut, Sav-A-Trip and crossing I-135.
The sirens actually sounded three times before it struck town around 5:30. The small water tower @ 8:58 had a couple of the support standards on its legs bent by the tornado. Power was out the town and we actually had to take cover again as another tornadic storm was west of the area about an hour and a half later. Police officers came by issuing take cover warnings via their vehicle speakers, then came back by issuing an all clear.
One of the more interesting things about the video where the tornadoes merge is just how powerful the inflow winds were as evidenced by the footage. The tornado scoured the asphalt off of K-15 when it crossed.
Wow you were close, thanks for sharing!
Really good visualtions of cold/dry air displacement. Thanks for covering this
I had that same vhs! It's the reason why I'm still so fascinated with tornados.
You have no business being this cool, with your Ensoniq SQ-80 and your excellent research, presentation skills, and your thorough yet approachable manner of explaining meteorological facts. Thank you so much for sharing your enthusiasm with the world.
Haha I appreciate that Alex!
This is an incredible video! Nice work. I was there that day and remember going into the basement of one of the dormitories and hearing the tornado pass over the town. As the lights went out and the emergency lights came on, we all knew the scope of what was happening. I’ll never forget that day.
Man, your videos are some of the most Informative & well put together that ive seen on youtube. Cant wait for the next one!
Brilliant production sir. Thank you @weatherbox.
I'm going to have to get my hands on that 2 video tape set.
Wow. I live in Goessel. I had no clue there was a tornado that big in my area!
There has been several in your area
I was constantly searching for books, tapes on tornadoes and whenever storm stories was on I was watching.
I absolutely LOVE your videos and your attention to detail! If you want a really crazy tornado in 1990, you'll have to do research into the F5 Plainfield, IL tornado. It's rather infamous due to no warning.
I heard the 1st warning was a half hour after the tornado was gone
I hope you also would cover the April 21, 1967 Northern IL tornado outbreak that devastated Belvidere and Oak Lawn. Scared the crap out of many of us!!!
Love these vids as you give a fantastic breakdown of these events and their setups to a level everyone can understand.
Grew up on a farm 10 miles north of Pilsen ks. In the pasture the next day checking cattle, and my brother, grandfather and I found some blueprints from a construction site in Hesston ks. Crazy how far that stuff can travel. Awesome video
As a kid that burnt through three Twister VHS tapes, I appreciate your content, and that alone is worth a subscribe.
Speaking of Grand Island, NE, I bet you could do a very interesting take on the June 3, 1980 events. In my opinion, that is easily one of the top 3 wildest US tornado outbreaks.
I sure wish he would. I grew up there and lived there for 32 years and will never forget that night. Night of the Twisters!
Excellent summary of this notable but often forgotten storm. For whatever reasons, the following year’s April 26 outbreak eclipsed the Hesston event.
That story about how the other tornado that went through farm land after the Hesston tornado that was even stronger than the Hesston tornado is the exact same thing that happened with Greensburg. Another tornado from the same cell that hit Greensburg developed and the word is that that tornado was actually more powerful than the one that destroyed 95% of Greensburg. It was 2.2 miles in width and rated an EF3 (sound familiar?). I believe this tornado killed a police officer as well, but it's possible it was a different one that came after it because I know there were several large tornadoes in that cell (terrifying considering the EF5 tornado was the first one of multiple and it was pitch black out for that one).
I always enjoy historical storm documentaries, and yours include so much pertinent detail.
My parents survived the Hesston tornado. Very insightful video for me to watch.
just found your channel by the grace of the UA-cam algorithm gods. I'm a pilot with a chemistry degree so naturally meteorology is something I'm always acutely aware of and studying in order to expand my personal knowledge basis and be safer in the skies. This was an incredibly informative video and I appreciate your inclusion of all your primary weather graphical sources as you explain your interpretation of the data. Amazing stuff. Keep it up, I'll be learning from all you do!
Excellent explanation of dry line vs frontal boundary. Now I understand it due to your graphics
I keep coming back to this video, the one that sent me down the tornado rabbit hole
I love all the wholesome stories people are sharing about watching their favorite tornado videos as kids. 🙂
Amazing breakdown. Thank you 👍
a very nice brief analysis and overvew march of 1990,
an excellent primer for anyone who wants to move on and
find out more detail of this event.
I really love your content man. In a sea of weather youtubers you stand out with a fresh perspective. You always make engaging videos whereas I feel that a lot of other weather youtubers manage to make incredible events like this seem rather mundane. Keep it up!
This day was probably my favorite in the pre-mass chaser convergence, home video footage days, and you are quite correct in pointing out how Hesston-Goessel likely overshadowed that 120+ mile "indicatorless F5" Nebraska wedge (which almost clipped York, speaking of near-misses). The only other competitors from that era are the Andover bonanza, the '98 Susan get my pants Columbus wedge and the infamous get under somepin Stuart Iowa triplets in 1995. Oh, and the 1986 Fridley chopper footage just for the unique pre-drone perspective. Good analysis on this vid!
This is such a great channel. Well thought out content, amazing archival footage, and I love the synthwave intro music.
That clip at 11:55 is why us people who document sirens as a hobby love the Thunderbolt 1000T. Grand Island has replaced pretty much all of their Thunderbolts with T-128s which themselves also sound really eerie. 1990 was actually the year that Federal Signal discontinued the Thunderbolt after a 38 year run
I’m a longtime weather enthusiast, and I have to say, this was a great video👍
I remember this, I lived in NC back then and we had fun in that snow. Just the year before we had a tornado, the weather was really wild 1988-1990 in that part of the country.
as a child snow was my absolute favorite thing and i would ask about it ALL the time in winter, the beginning of the video brought back great memories of my mom telling me about that time it snowed 15 inches when she was a teenager and they couldnt get the back door open!
Wow dude, seeing that tape brings back so many memories. When I was a toddler/kid in the mid to late 90s I was obsessed with tornados being from Tennessee at the time and I went with my grandma to Walmart one day while my mom was working and we went to look at the video tapes and my mana said I could pick one and that's the exact one I picked. The TWISTERS! Nature's Fury double set. I probably watched it in excess of 1 or 200 times. Shit it might still be in my grandma's videos hutch at her house down there right now. Thanks for the random quick nostalgia trip!! Not to mention I watched Twister on repeat and even that TV movie kinda thing called Night of the Twisters which I was equally obsessed but also scared of because when the boys go to get the baby out of the crib upstairs the lightning illuminates the literal black as night big ass f4-f5 tornado coming right at them. Nightmares for months.
love these types of videos. crazy to watch such a high powered tornado with the town i live in right in the path! (almost smack between pretty prairie and hesston)
I really love the 80s vibe your videos put out. I was born in 1990 and yet i get nostalgic about a decade i didn't even live through
these videos are so well made. your channel is going places, and i’ll be glad to say i was here at the beginning. keep it up!
it’s so funny to know that i wasn’t the only kid obsessed with tornado VHS’s and my mom would record all the weather shows on VHS for me too
The college students fanning out and helping everyone is awesome! Mad props to all of 'em.
Twister: Nature's fury.... still have my VHS tapes, there were a few other tapes like it...what nostalgia 👍
A now retired colleague had a couple pix (perhaps from Nelson also) of the Goessel KS F5. Incredible.
The NE portion of the outbreak was nuts, certainly the 125 mi path length, warm sector tor/tor family (whose surface inflow prob averaged 66/59).
Also impressive was the timing in the 3 hrs before sunset (I know; duh), the lack of antecedent high cloud, and classic to dry-classic supercell mode, all contributing to /incredible high contrast/ backlit views for those facing SW thru NW.
Crazy!! Having grown up in Kansas, I remember seeing some of that footage in the news. I remember we were all trying to figure out what the large mass was that was sucked up. Powdered concrete, never knew!
Great video - Very informative, and all the details and history give the event good context. Your videos are always interesting!
Did not expect this to get covered
Was very very much surprised by the video, I somehow forget this one in terms of early 90s tornadoes
I loved the video as always. Keep up the good work Steve.
Didn't even know about this outbreak till this video, thanks! Shows the wisdom of being "weather aware", like you said, with such a low fatality rate (sad to hear of any deaths, of course, but could've been WAY worse!).
My uncle had this, and whenever I would go visit my grandparents (who he lived with) I would watch this on repeat
You should get a Patreon man. I wouldn't hesitate to contribute. The quality of the videos you produce just keep getting better
You are the best weather presenter. The smaller evil vortex’s that dance around are truly amazing. Looks like the death dance.
This is the tornado that got me into them glad someone finally did a video on it
I never had that tape as a kid. I had one plainly named "Tornadoes & Hurricanes". Thanks to this video, I might try and find it. I'll look up the one you mention here as well.
Love this! Please do more of these classic tornados!
I remember that afternoon and evening very well. It was probably the first full scale outbreak I ever watched live coverage of.
We lived in Nebraska at the time. My brother worked for a newspaper in Sutton, NE and when he got word of the tornado damage in Lawrence, he began to think "well, there's no way that would get all the way up here". Within an hour, he was proven wrong.
Currently sitting in my office in Hesston eating lunch. I remember hearing about this, but had never done my research on it. Love hearing how the community came together afterward to help each other. I would hope something similar would happen if history were to repeat itself today.
I was 9 when this outbreak occurred. It was one of the first times I became fascinated by tornadoes. At the time I lived in Augusta, KS. I was also there for the Andover Tornado of 91.
Excellent breakdown description of Historic event.
I had those set of vcr tapes! My favorite as a kid growing up.
Your content keeps getting better and better. Great stuff.
Thanks Dustin!
an F/EF tornado is one of the rarest meteorological occurrences, amd to have one supercel produce 2 is astounding.
I remember this mighty well. I was living in Salina, KS, and had planned to go to Wichita that day on I-135 until I saw the weather forecast the evening before. I was on spring break from Kansas College of Technology (now K-State Salina). I decided instead to stay at home, and finish my homework.
I went to work on my homework on Tuesday, March 13, 1990. I turned on The Weather Channel as my "background noise" as usual. However, with all of the bad weather breaking out it was difficult to keep my mind on homework. I remember the tornado warnings being issued for first Reno, and then Harvey County. The "Hesston tornado" first endangered the town of Burrton, and a young boy was killed when the chimney of his home fell into the basement where the family was gathered to take shelter.
It then became pretty wild on TV when the tornado approached Hesston. Spotters were sending reports of a large tornado on the ground. I also watched the track of the second tornado when it left the Hesston area. The Wichita TV stations sent news crews to Hesston, and I watched their coverage as well. I used the remote heavily that evening flipping between the Wichita stations, and The Weather Channel.
I made my trip to Wichita the Friday (March 16, 1990) afterwards. I was completely shocked to see that the tornado had removed the pavement from I-135 in both lanes where it crossed. KDOT had come in, and temporarily placed gravel over area so that traffic could use the highway. Many sightseers from both north and south were turning off, and driving into Hesston which I didn't care for. I just looked at destruction that I could see from I-135, continued on, and later that day came back.
I enjoyed this video. As meteorologists gain knowledge of these storms we learn more and more. I learned from this. Thanks for making this video, and sharing it.
I love these types of videos, I am so engaged with them!
Also the hesston tornadoes in my opinion were BEAUTIFUL!
Just subscribed. These are great, you should do more!
Yet another amazing video! Your videos are the highlight of my week!
I really enjoy your coverage of these historic but often forgotten tornadoes. Covering the meteorological set up first, and keeping us up to date with changes and reasons why they behaved as they did is also great. And then covering the human element is also really appreciated, such as how the Hesston College students immediately gathered and planned how to support their community is truly inspiring.
Storm Chasers often note how Humans come together and set aside differences when tornadoes harm their neighbors. That downstairs asshat who drives youu bats will totally let you into their safe interior room, never mind past arguments. People fueding in a neighborhood will dash from their shattered home to rescue those 'hated' neighbors. If tornadoes have a good side, then the Human Response is it. [USUALLY. Not always, sadly, but a non-response is rare as I understand.]
Thank you for your work, I love how inspired and informed you are for these videos, how well you prepare and research them. Keep it up!
As soon as you showed those VHS tapes, I was hit with an instant wave of nostalgia. I watched the heck out of those videos as a kid!
I was in my basement with my daycare kids and my own sons that March day in Hesston. I still remember the "taste" of the air that afternoon...like you were chewing on a piece of aluminum foil. The tornado was on the ground for over two hours, traveling from Burrton to Goessel. My children had time to take their most treasured posessions to the basement and I gathered my most sentimental items, too. I called the parents of my daycare kiddos and told them we were safe in the basement and were singing Sunday School songs at the top of our lungs.
My husband was on his way home from Maize and he could hear the "storm spotters" and announcers giving updates from Hesston. He said he had never felt so helpless in his life.
The tornado came through about a block from my house. Because of that microburst right before it hit Hesston, the tornado spun more tightly and was thinner at ground level. It hit every available park, playground, street and open space possible going through town. I have many personal stories about the tornado, and the courage and resilience of the people that are still so fresh in my memory almost 35 years later.
But, there was much sorrow, too. There were two fatalities that day from this storm. Near the beginning of the tornado's path, a six year old boy was killed when his family's house collapsed around them. Near its end, the storm claimed the life of an older woman who tried to outrun it in her car. The terrible irony of a child dying at the storm's beginning and an elder losing her life near its end was not lost on the Hesston people. And our hearts broke for them and their loved ones.
One family lost everything down to the slab their house stood on; except for a bed with the husband's open briefcase on the floor next to it. All of their income tax information was in it. Not one piece of paper in the case was destroyed.
When the elementary school reopened a week later, the teachers quickly ran out of black crayons. It seems that the children drew a huge black tornado in every picture. As I recall, the Crayola Crayon company had a plant near Winfield, Ks at that time and sent several boxes of just black crayons. As the children grew older, the tornados in their pictures got smaller, but it was several years before some of the students could draw a picture without a tornado in it.
A special Thank You to Dean Alison who allowed his video to be used by anyone anywhere without cost so people could study the twin tornados. If you can find it, you should watch his original video with commentary from his family in "real time" as it happened.
Thank you to all Hesston residents and families, past and present, who made the world a little better than it was before that March 13th day.❤😊
Oh my! Those vids were so neat! Just us homies chilling in the living room, crowding round the TV and getting pumped for the crazy footage.
Nice to see a straightforward presentation of events instead of the hyperbole & flashiness that so many other vids have nowadays.
I still have the exact same VHS tapes as well, i was also fascinated as a kid by them
Even though the Hesston storm grew to a width of a mile-wide, it only produced F4 damage. After the microburst caused the vortex to constrict, that increased the winds dramatically (which is expected) since the tighter the rotation, the faster the winds. The F5 damage occurred when it was about 1/4-1/2 mile wide. Of course, all areas within a large tornado have different windspeeds, as with El Reno. When you look at a map of the towns, they are located just up the road from Wichita. From March 13th, 1990-April 26th, 1991, THREE F5 tornadoes occurred within earshot of Wichita with the Andover tornado striking Southern portions before it intensified after leaving McConnell AFB.
I am really loving these videos coming out about these past tornadoes! I did the same thing when I was younger, I would always get the same 3 national geographic docos (Natures Fury, Forces of Nature and Volcano: Natures Inferno) and watch them all and there were certain films (like hesston) that always stuck with me. Almost like the 'tornado celebrities' if you wanna call it that and so it is cool to add more context to where these videos originated. Keep up the great content!
I was the same way; the Hesston tornado stood out. I watched a lot of these documentaries when I was coming up in the '90s, and the one that really got me most freaked out and excited, all at once, was from The Weather Channel's offerings, when they rode along with Project Vortex. The Friona, Texas tornado of June 2, 1995; a massive storm that crossed the road right behind Project Vortex and ripped apart a feed mill as they passed it. I've found the full-length chase video of it on YT, and it still captivates me.
@@michaeljohnson7493 yeah I think I remember that one! If you've got the link I'd love to rewatch it. Haven't seen it in ages
@@matthewpicard4463 ua-cam.com/video/z2EJpwdWUaQ/v-deo.html It also features the Dimmitt, Texas tornado that occurred nearby that same day.