Storm Chasing the Quad State Tornadic Supercell - December 10, 2021
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- Опубліковано 19 гру 2021
- A full account of the devastating tornado that struck Southern Missouri last week, the same supercell was responsible for producing another violent EF4 in Kentucky.
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0:01 - Intro
1:55 - Tornado Observed
5:00 - Tripoded Tornado Video
11:07 - Update on Tornado Location
11:58 - Horizontal Vortex
13:40 - Tornado Crosses I-55
17:25 - Outro
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My wife and I lost everything in this tornado...it was the day before we were going to get married. Long story short we may not currently have a home, but we have each other...we survived a historic tornado. Also yes we got married the next day (12/11/2021) Hello from Benton, KY
Congratulations. Sorry you lost everything. At least you still have each other. Hopefully you and your wife have many years together
Congrats 🎉 but in all seriousness I'm glad you are safe and have each other. Did you atleast have insurance?
We did not have insurance
Well you didn’t lose me and I’m a prayer warrior and I’ve been praying for everyone effected by this nasty unprecedented possible EF5 tornadoes and I deeply care for communities like yours💞🌹❤️😇🥰☮️✝️🇺🇸❤️🩹
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
It's crazy how some lightning flashes reveal the tornado, while others completely cover it up, as if it isn't even there.
Yeah....it weird isn't it...
I was thinking this too. My theory is that some of the lightning is striking behind the tornado which actually provides backlight. The lightning that strikes in front effectively conceals it. I could be wrong though.
@@WesT-ge2jh Exactly. 👍
Just like Greensberg Kansas in 2007.
@@WesT-ge2jh You are 100% correct.
You are definitely gifted in this, as well as naturally compassionate. You remind me a great deal of the chaser Pecos Hank. No screaming, no hyper behavior, just a quiet observer who captures incredible footage while always being mindful of the loss of life and the need for not showing some things out of respect. Thank you.
I literally thought this was Pecos Hank!! I even was like “dang when hed change the name?” And then I saw ur comment 😹 and realized
I think its kind of a disservice to the rest of them for people to always bring up pecos hank in their videos when he barely ever uploads for his channel or viewers anymore.
I love Pecos hank ❤
@@30goals well, its not easy creating video's about tornado chasing. not only that, he usually makes about 4 vids a year which are mostly recaps. Besides, this one was pretty much only visible due to lightning and powerflashes, it took me quite long to see an detailed video over this quad state tornado.
@@30goals I don't think it's a disservice at all for someone to compare one person they admire/respect the work of to another.
To put it in a different frame, think of someone who's working as a classical musician being compared to Mozart, Beethoven, Bach--it's recognition, not disservice.
Hank's videos have greater gaps between them because of the amount of time and effort that goes into gathering the raw footage, planning them, editing them, scripting them, recording (and re-recording) the lines, and final touches (which sometimes includes composing and editing custom music tracks for them--he's also a musician). Hank's focused more largely on putting significant effort into the quality of his videos than the quantity of them.
This next bit might come across as somewhat snide, but I don't intend it that way, just being honest/blunt:
Check your expectations.
You can't rationally/realistically demand different creators to put out exactly what you want exactly when you want it exactly how you want it. Even individuals do change over time in their taste and style, be it the person making the videos or you-the consumer.
If Hank's style ain't to your liking, that's perfectly ok, there's nothing wrong with that...but don't try to push your ideals of good/bad content as the end-all be-all, either.
Wedge tornadoes are scary enough. I've chased a few, including the May 3rd tornado that devastated Moore, OK. Wedges at night are just straight up terrifying!
Tell me about it, 02/28/2017 Ft Branch, IN EF3
Sorry I’m not informed on types of tornado? Could you explain what a wedge tornado is?
@@felipeespinoza3259 The wedge are the super wide tornadoes; not the typical cone shape most people think of.
To me while Tornadoes are scary in of themselves, the ones that come out at night are the scariest because like some of the comments have said, you can’t see them unless there’s a flash of lightning. You don’t know how close you are to them, you don’t even know if you’re in their path.
@@geezushasrisen Like an EF5?
The ferocity of this storm cannot be overstated. The fact that there was nearly continuous lightning which allowed us to view the tornado during the entire video was proof that this storm stood tall in the atmosphere. It is my most sincere wish that everyone effected by this monstrous tornado is able to move forward, rebuild and find peace. May those lost to this tornado rest in peace and never be forgotten.
I drove home from work late that night and it was almost like driving during the day, there was SO much lightning.
@@RompusJr Now that! is scary. Being totally blind all my life, I used to have light perception. I don't know if I would have been more scared of the lightning or the tornado or both equally. What horrifies me is not knowing that there's a tornado at night period. Were the police out there closing off the highway? Nope. It didn't even appear that way. If I'm wrong, please tell me.
This is an incredible video, Max. Thank you for what you do.
Thanks Ryan, great job with the live coverage.
Thank you for what you do too, Ryan!
Max if you ever need a camera man or good driver I’m available..retired firefighter paramedic some experience chasing…
@@fergieferguson2457
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@@MaxOlsonChasing he storm chases too bro is an absolute animal
This night.. I was driving a semi North on i44 out of Oaklahoma into Missouri.. on i55.. my team driver took over NORTH St. LOUIS and drove us into Chicago. This far west we were right in the storm as it flew east.. the rain was so intense our wipers couldn't keep up.. the gusts were so strong we had to drive slow and constantly watch the trailer.. it was fierce wind there.. I cannot imagine the pressure and the wind where you were.. thank you for filming. We are so sad for all the loss in KY. What a terrifying storm. I firmly believe the time has come to make shelters mandatory for each towns population. We need to stop ignoring the warnings and take shelter.. this unsafe action and attitude of it won't happen to me is naive. Thank you for helping and sharing.
I think this is the best footage anyone has gotten from the tornado.
Facts
SO? It's just a video recording of a natural event. These UA-cam uploaders are so pathetically self-involved.
@@CooManTunes yo- they do this to show ppl what’s going on- u should be grateful they risk there lifes just so they can show us how the tornado looks like and to update us-
@@kasia9279 There lifes? :'D
@@CooManTunes mhm
Absolutely stunning! No antics, no screaming and drama...just storm chasing at it's professional best...great job Max...//
Yeah. Without devastating storms, these guys would suffer from depression. Sick individuals.
@@CooManTunes what
@@CooManTunes I don't think you watched the video.
12:06 you can actually see the winds being stirred with debris AHEAD of the actual vortex against the lighting of the community it's about to hit. This is amazing footage, Max! Watching the power flashes and then lights going out literally took my breath away. I can't imagine the absolute terror these folks were enduring at this moment.... and I even used to Chase. But you couldn't have paid me to chase at night, like this. Mad respect for you, Max. Thank you for saving lives with your FB Live Streams.
It breaks my heart that my 70th birthday became such an extremely devastating,terrifying ,sad, destructive day in history. I was celebrating, surrounded by family and friends, in Ozark, Mo. when we became aware of what was transpiring outside. I am so thankful we were spared but so sad many others were not. It will definitely be on my mind, every birthday, for the rest of my life.
Glad you guys made it out safe and happy late birthday from Nashville TN
So glad you and your family are ok and happy birthday!!
Well u don't have many more to celebrate
Appreciate your professionalism & calm language. Your respect for what is happening clearly is heard.
I'm amazed by your respect for the people involved. You stopped filming when it hit the houses and also didn't show any cars turned. Great footage and an amazing person, congrats!
Thank you for not screaming or shrieking every 5 seconds like a lot of other chasers
Just don't watch some of my older videos 😂
@@MaxOlsonChasing 🤣🤣🌪🤷♂️
Well if I was that close to a big tornado or any tornado. I would be cussing and screaming too. Praying. Be doing it all. I'm scared of storms but love watching tornado videos 🤣😝
I understand it's intense environment and some people cannot handle any situations like that to point they need to scream it out. I always prefer people who are calm intense environment because it allows their team to actually concentrate and do what they need to do to provide coverage on the ground, and important information to new stations and people at home. For example Reed Timmers is amazing storm chaser but I often find him screaming to be annoying, it could be EF0 tornado out in rural fields and he'll be screaming already.
Max you did an incredible job on this video. Excellent narration and music at the right time, not to mention your top-teir chasing skill. I'm sorry you had to go through such a haunting experience.
Thank you Freddy, hope to see you out there next year!
@@MaxOlsonChasing same here! Hopefully out in the plains far away from civilization!
Best nighttime tornado footage I have ever seen! The video from 17:00-17:40 was incredible. You could actually see the rotation of the twister. My hats off to you... truly professional.
This tornado gave a lot of amazing night time footage. The best I've seen. The lightening was perfect for it.
This was definitely a freak of nature, historic tornado. Although tornado outbreaks in winter months isn't terribly uncommon in certain areas. A extremely long track, consistently powerful, EF-4, at night, on the other hand. Reminds me of the Greensburg tornado. I love watching tornado videos, and learning from them. But I had a sick feeling in my stomach and couldn't enjoy this video at all knowing every time those lights in the distance went out, people's actual lives were being absolutely obliterated. So creepy.
It's very likely it's going to be rated an EF5
@@sethcourtemanche5738 It still isn't. 200mph windspeed ef4. Even lower on the scale can be dangerous. Especially with newer housing because of how crappily they're built. The 1.5 mile wide ef2 that hit nearby a few years ago would wipe out my neighborhood. These things are dangerous. It doesn't matter what rating you give it they still kill people.
@@sethcourtemanche5738 should of been a EF5 . Cause of how cheap people make buildings shouldn’t determine a ranking .
@@MrPapasvhilly I was just having this conversation with another person. I was sort of arguing the same thing. Like the Pilger EF-4's ... at least 1 of the 2 should have been EF-5. Why ? They say there are certain damage categories for tornadoes. 1 of them being lifting a house off it's foundation, or wiping a home off it's foundation. There is 1 video where you can see a WHOLE house many dozens of feet aloft, and you see the tornado just toss it off WHOLE to the side, probably got obliterated when it hit the ground and hit the R.I.J. but because the home I guess wasn't high enough standard quality it just got an EF-4 . . Or even El Reno, they say EF-3 but that thing was 2.5 miles wide, internal wind speeds around 200. It was SO large and the core was spinning fast enough and violent enough it was tossing out 175 mph (that's at least EF-3 speed) satellites the size of a standard tornado. . . But because it didn't do enough structural damage it only got an EF-3.
This is definitely one of the most haunting tornadoes I've ever seen me my dad and a guy that works with him who has family in Mayfield KY took supplies down to donate and it was unlike anything I've ever seen before. My heart goes out to anyone affected by these tornadoes. You did a great job chasing the storm too.
That’s because this was an EF5 tornado
@@rosewetzel8284 actually it wasnt a EF5 which is beyond me it was actually labled a EF3 they dont go by damage
@@NickyD nonsense
@@NickyD the twisters preliminary rating is EF4
This is the clearest footage I have seen of these violently chaotic events yet. Exceptionally well captured and I'm really sorry to hear of that poor young kid being a victim. That hurts. I'm seeing what I can do to help. Thanks for doing what you did.
Her name was annistyn. Her loss is heartbreaking. She has fought and survived health problems from the time she was a tiny baby. She had a liver condition. Thankfully the rest of the family is healing. Mom was in a coma with a head injury but she's awake now and doing better than the drs expected. All should make a full recovery physically. I'm sure the loss of their oldest daughter will never heal tho.
I live in Grayson County, Kentucky and I just want to say I'm so so grateful for what you and other chasers do. You folks risk yall's lives to keep everybody at risk from the damage from these storms safe and alert. I am fortunate enough to say that my family got very lucky as it didn't hit where I live. Still praying for those who were affected, I'm so sorry. 🙏😔
My word I looked up some maps and it actually hit falls of rough pretty hard, oh my gosh- my heart breaks for these people 💔
I live in Kentucky and this was by far the most scariest and destructive tornado and storm I’ve ever seen. I am so grateful that me and my family are ok but my heart breaks for all the victims. Everyone is in my thoughts and prayers 🙏🏻 💔
Did this tornado actually sound like a train?
Even in the dark, you can see the multiple vortices on this monster. I'm amazed, and very thankful, that the loss of life wasn't significantly greater because of the power and long 200+ mile track of this tornadic supercell.
I couldn’t do what you guys do. To watch something deadly and not be able to do anything to stop it is something that would tear me apart. HOWEVER, y’all do help people in so many other ways. Thank you for that.
That lighting strike at 3:38 is crazy!!!
As a kid back in the 90s, a tornado warning here in NC, especially if it was at night, would have me scared beyond shitless. Now at 30 years old I've not changed a whole lot...
Same here it's the hurricanes here in NC that scare me to death
If you pause around 12:00 mark, you'll see a vorticity pop out of the main body of this tornado. This tells us just how volatile the atmosphere was that night. Reminds me of April 27th, 2011, with Cordova, Cullman, and Tuscaloosa tornadoes.
The fact that you can only see it every few flashes makes it 1000 times more terrifying
This is by far the best footage of this historic tornado. That is awesome you are donating money to the victims. Historic high end EF4 tornado at night. You have a set of balls on you sir!
Prayers and love from idaho. For all the poeple who lost thier lives. For all the people who lost someone. I cant even slightly imagine your pain..
Even though everything got hot and hissy, you kept calm and quiet and kept the camera rolling! That is a GREAT quality in a storm chaser! Amazing and breathtaking footage and I thank you for it. You definitely are in the "right business". :)
Lost my dad in the tornado that hit Dawson springs, KY. Still unbelievable to me. I'll never get over it.
I am so sorry to hear this, that hits home. I am working with others to help victims like you and your family in the near future. I will send some prayers you’re way.
At 12:00, you can see horizontal-ish vortices. From my amateur knowledge, that usually indicates a strong tornado, EF-4 or above.
Kinda reminds me of that Tuscaloosa one a few years back
Terrifying
Idc what the NWS rated this . It was indeed a EF5 tornado .
@@MrPapasvhilly for sure. Radar was measuring wind speeds when it first hit mayfield at 300mph.
@@MrPapasvhilly definitely
@@bocephus6012 bullshit lol. 190 mph. NWS is very smart. A lot of the homes that were flattened were found to be poorly built. Definitely got it correct with the EF4. Sad tragedy however.
This is scary. And it's a good thing you need to pan the camera, that means that the tornado wasn't on it's way towards you.
In light of a horrifying situation, you were very professional with your video and offering assistance. God Bless and enjoy the holidays. We will always remember those affected in prayer 🙏 and our hearts 💕
This is the most intense video of a tornado I've ever seen. Almost looks like a movie
“Ef4” my arse lol that was a 5 lol thanks for the footage. Unbelievable weather event. Always stay safe.
Thanks Max, how many times I've watched other storm footage and the sorrow I feel for the lost they experienced. Unfortunately now, I can say I know. I am in BG KY we too got a direct hit. The overwhelming fear and sense of defenseless, not knowing if it's your last thought, emotion, breathe. Hope and prayer was my shield, my companion in what seemed like forever. I'm working on overcoming this. The devastation is awful, I pray for a calm spirit for all those who suffered any loss.
That is the most intense , feel like your right there, tornado footage I have ever watched. ‘ Standing ovation ‘
I live in Minnesota and within 3 days a friend and I drove down there with a truckload of supplies and distributed throughout some of the smaller towns and helped wherever we were directed that needed the most help. My heart goes out to everyone that was affected! Thank you for posting and stay safe!
Thank you for the voice over and the go fund me. Our community lost a very special girl and we weren’t sure if her momma was gonna make it. One of her sisters went through several surgeries but is do great. There was another young man’s life taken there in Hayti (Hay-tie) that night.
Jaymi Wendt. That is the name of the 10 year old girl who was killed in the night time Rogers MN tornado September 16 2006. Still bothers me today. It never gets any easier each time you are witness to a killer tornado. Good job capturing this one Max.
I'm speechless. And, overwhelmed by just what you seen. My condolences to the little girl, tragic. I will be donating soon. Max, stay safe and I appreciate what you do.
This is amazing footage you have. You managed to show a technically incredible tornado, while also acknowledging how devastating it was. Stay safe. Thank you for all you’re doing
Thank you for all that you do, hope you can move forward and save more lives than were lost. Your efforts are so important to everyone that is affected by these powerful storms.
From the early minutes; that is terrifying. I know that the tornado is there, and I _still_ can barely see it. If you didn't know to look, you'd never see it coming. Tornadoes at night...not too many things more horrifying than that.
Max we thank you for all that you do. Your heart is in the right place. As you know these tornadoes are very unpredictable and extremely dangerous. Seeing the immediate impact to others is beyond devastating. Please stay safe.
Amazing night footage. I've seen a ton of video over 40 or so years. This ranks among the most memorable. Keep up the great work and props for staying cool under these conditions and for having a keen sense of empathy.
Worth following and subscribing. You can tell Max is a good soul. Thank you for all you do.
Have a great Christmas! And thank you for trying to help those people who were in the tornado
Thanks for helping out my area, and thanks for the brave, tactful footage of this horrible event.
Great job, Max. Such compassion ... you are one of the good guys whom I respect and admire. Stay safe.
This is an unbelievable video! Such a tragedy for the victims and for whom who lost everything... Thank you for the work you do.. it is important!
After the 10 minute mark I was thinking it was time to go but you stayed a while longer. Wow! This storm was a beast and you captured it with great bravery and respect of others. Thank you and blessings 🙌
That coming in the night is absolutely frightening. Really good situational awareness.
Awesome to see the compassionate side of storm chasing for a change. You're an amazing person, Max. Thank you for sharing this with us, and even more importantly, thank you for the help you are providing for the victims. Keep up the benevolent chasing, my friend -- and please, stay safe out there!
I’m from Union City, Tennessee and I remember this night like it was yesterday. We were in a mobile home and it was supposed to be a fun night with friends but it turned into a terrible event taking many lives. The whole house was shaking and windows rattling. The most memorable thing about this storm was seeing picture of devastating destruction. In one picture the roof of a church was torn off but every single Bible was in place. Walls were half gone, roof completely gone, podium gone. We did many mission trips to help lives be restarted. It was so sad to see the people who’d lost everything but their lives. We appreciate all the love, donations and support sent our way after this storm.
This is just incredible. It's really such a scary thing, especially at night... haunting!
my condolences to the family of the little girl, I hope everyone affected manages to recover as much as they can. i feel like we could do more to protect people and homes from taking such damage and providing better structures for people to take shelter in safely, but that may be my ignorance from living in a country where such storms are a mere freak occurrence.
The Tuscaloosa al tornado came through my town b4 it got to Alabama. I'll never forget that evening. It passed right by my brother house. I rushed over to try to find my SIL and the kids. The destruction was like something from a movie. Our small town of 400 lost 8 people from the same family. It was horrible but we were lucky we didn't lose more. When it hit our town a lot of people were still in the city to the north and hadn't gotten home from work yet. That saved many lives. Many houses were completely gone like they had never been there. Early last year we got hit by 2 much smaller tornados within a month. They made a mess and ruined some houses but thankfully didn't kill anyone. My brothers house got hit by the first one. The second came just over my house. It ruined the pool and made a mess but left my house. I can remember hearing it go over us so well. I've never been that scared in my life and I've gone through hurricanes. Was in Katrina in Southern Louisiana 30 mins from New Orleans. Tornadoes scare me more. Much more.
Thank you Max for sharing and making this video and God bless the loss of that 9 yr old girl
Wow Max great coverage!!! Hard to see all the loss.
Very well done documentation and narration Max.
Very professionally done with information and video that really hits hard.
Thank you for your work and for uploading this!
Absolutely terrifying this storm broke so many and tore towns apart . Breaks my heart into so many pieces .
Thank you sir for the video.
So far this is by far the best footage I have seen of the tornado. Great job!
Max: Big tornado I’m gonna get out
Me assuming he meant get out of the vicinity of the storm: yeah good idea that’s dangerous
Max: proceeds to get out of vehicle to take pictures as a gargantuan thick cloud of death races towards him
I thought the same. And then when I realized he meant he was stepping out of his vehicle I could only think "NO!!".
I'm very sorry for all those who were harmed in any way. This started here in Arkansas and went right over us, we suffered no loss, but many were not so lucky. This is most unusual for December.
As someone from the UK, tornados terrify me! To see something that huge and destructive at night is just horrifying ☹️ I feel awful for everyone that was in that monster’s path.
Bless you for helping people along the way and for making donations.
Excellent footage!! Thank you & stay safe!
Great video man.....we all wish it didn't have to be deadly but at least you stopped to help and that deserves my respect
Thank you for helping the families
I donate my time. I live 20 minutes from Mayfield, KY. I have been delivering food there, even to the jail as it was destroyed too. The tornado went DIRECTLY through the very center of the town. There is no way to convey to your viewers how serious and deadly these tornadoes are. I will never forget that night. Check out next weeks forecast...there seems to be a trend happening.
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@@beccabush1252 Thank you for letting me know, just updated them.
@@MaxOlsonChasing Your welcome. Stay safe & Merry Christmas.
What an awful event and the high loss of life was (from what turned out to be two tornadoes) was horrible. Pretty much tracked this from beginning to end on radarscope and seeing this hit town after town was awful.
As for the video, I just want to point out that it's absolutely INCREDIBLE at 17:05 where it's backlit by those bright lights and you can see the true motion. I've never seen that in a nighttime tornado video.
I drove through this monster not too far from it and had zero idea we were driving near a tornado. We were coming from Chicago & couldn’t believe how strangely warm the weather was when we stopped to get gas. That’s when I knew something serious was going on. So incredibly sad for those that lost their lives. So devastating
This is the best footage that I have seen of the Mayfield tornado! Thanks. You are either brave or crazy!🙂
I’m from semo but luckily I was out of town this night. Was so incredibly nerve wracking knowing my family was in a direct path of this but luckily it missed my town 😭 I cannot imagine knowing somewhere in the dark a giant monster is coming straight at you :((
I commend you max as a storm chaser myself for this greatly produced video documentary. I will share this with a group im in and I will make a donation as soon as im able merry Christmas to you and yours!!💯
Fellow 256'er here Just wondering what part you hail from?
The sound of blaring tornado sirens strikes fear in my heart the second I hear it. Devastating and totally out of our control.
Same. It's a sound I know so well. It's instant fear
I remember watching the storm chasers live on YT during this event. No doubt they helped save many lives by showing where and how big it was. Thank you for all you do. Be safe out there.
If you pause the video at the right spots, the picture is INSANE!
A year ago in march, we went through the exact same thing down in georgia. Massive ef=4 destroyed the neighboorhoods of downtown newnan.
Amazing video...thanks for the coverage and god bless anyone who was in the path and affected by this...we are praying for you.
That little girl was a friend of my niece...they were in cheer leading together with my sister being the head coach.
I live in Florida so used to lightning but these bolts were non stop!
Even in the middle of WV, a very mountainous state, that doesn't ever seem to suffer big tornadoes (I think the biggest on record was an F3) I am terrified of them. Once, we thought there was one near our home, debris was everywhere in everybody's yards and houses and a building had a corner torn off, and it was horrifying. Even still, I don't think it was even a tornado at all, not even the smallest imaginable...so seeing this...I can hardly imagine at all. It makes me want to build an underground house and never come back out. My heart goes out to all of these people.
Great chasing, Max. Normally I only watch Reed Timmer or Pecos Hank, but I'm glad I have found you. You have an empathy which I admire in a man. I was going to come over from England in April/May 2011, for my 60th Birthday to stormchase. Shortly before I signed up, I watched a Reed Timmer video where he stopped to help storm victims, and I realised that I would be enjoying the chase, whilst people were losing their homes and maybe even their lives. Needless to say I decided not to come, and I thank God, as I may well have witnessed Joplin...
17:06. Never seen that footage. Absolutely chilling
Good direct capture and reporting without abumch of peripheral sounds going off. You midwestern/plain chasers know what you're dealing with even in the dark. I can hear it your voice. Thanks for taking the risk. 1/16/22 Watched it again. Max, you are good at letting the storm talk for itself- in light of what we now know, your footage takes on a horror of its own.
Thank god he took the risk
It's an incredible scene, like the end of the world ! Good job man ! So sad for those who are lost everything and people who died.
Incredible footage. You got so close to the thing, that you witnessed it's raging destruction from just seconds away. It's so clear. Perfect witness.
Thank You for sharing this and I pray for you to remain safe while chasing these monsters!
There's nothing scarier than a night tornado especially an wedge one
I'm really glad that I live in Canberra, Australia, where there aren't any significant earthquakes, flooding or tornados. This must be terrifying to live through. How do you tell between a normal severe storm and a tornado?
Usually conditions, there has to be specific conditions to stir up a tornado alone. I’ve been studying weather since I was young. Hot and cold air circle and “chase their tail.” Hot air rises so as more hot air rises through the cold air it creates a vacuum that picks up debris and creates the tornado shape. Thats where specific conditions come in, it has to be just perfect for the cold and hot air to do that. Often times when it does happen usually it isn’t too intense and doesn’t last long. However, sometimes you get storms like these that are just in too perfect conditions and create mass destruction.
It really depends on the conditions, as the other person said. But any storm bad enough could do this. But the weather was going for hot to cold back to hot in a span of a few days. Making this the "best" condition for it all.
During the day u can see and feel the difference in the atmosphere when tornadoes are possible. The sky turns an odd green color when one is coming. At night u have no way of knowing other that what the weather man says. Night time tornadoes are the most dangerous.
Incredible. Stunning footage. Thanks for your work. My mother was in the 1974 Louisville F4 and the recent Newnan, GA F4. I watched the Newnan tornado on radar helpless as I could do nothing. I wish there were spotters like you in place. It’s a miracle only one death occurred in that tornado. Prayers to all the victims of the Quad state tornado
Thank you Max for helping the truck drivers me and my fiance are both truck drivers and thank you for bringing this awareness to so many to possible save more lives my family lives in Dyersburg and Newbern and lake county that got hit pretty hard and thanks to police scanner and chasers I was able to give them the news of it coming before it hit , you do save lives with what you do
It’s strange not hearing any thunder accompanying all that crazy lightning flashing around.
That would be called a lightningstorm, basically a thunderstorm but without thunder
Max, I can only imagine how you're feeling after this. Pay attention to signs of ptsd and talk to someone, it can help, especially if done soon. I let .one go on too long and 32 yes later I'm struggling to work it out. But the things you see have to be difficult, seeing something like this is amazing in the look and power it has and understanding how it works...but the destruction and devastation rips your heart out because there's nothing you can do. Especially when you find out later what happened right where you were filming. Gut wrenching I'm sure! But just know that there seriously wasn't anything more you could do, it was out of your hands...this is important to remember or guilt and awful feeling can overwhelm you, I can say that from personal and devastating experience that I can't stop seeing and hearing...so don't hesitate to talk it out with someone, a professional if necessary, just to get your head right. You ran out in it to help everyone you saw, even the driver that flew past you, your honking I'm sure alerted them to something wrong and made them pay attention and stop, saving their lives. You're also able to see these things so much better and faster because of being in the middle of it that you're able to give real time, on the ground info about what you're seeing to those that can get it in the news and maybe get people safe before the alarms go off which are always very behind when you clearly see it....so what you do is such a big help, don't forget that! I didn't mean to get too deep, but something in your voice pulled at me, sounded familiar in the pain, so I just needed you to know there wasn't any more you could have done, and that you're trying to see things early to help anyone you can and that is SO appreciated!! Take time that you need for yourself and take care of yourself and remember you did an amazing job and did everything you could...the rest was completely out of your hands, no matter what it feels like inside, you did everything you could do and are now doing more by using this to help them!! I hope you're doing alright and I'm keep everyone involved in my thoughts.
You always do thing with integrity, thank you. Yes, these tornadoes are not for excitement, sobering and haunting. Smiles and blessings...
Truly outstanding footage. Well done! Can’t help but think as you safely observe, some are losing their lives and others all their possessions. My wife and I survived the Plainfield, IL EF5 in 1990 so we can relate a bit to the aftermath and losses. My heart goes out to those that struggle to rebuild lives taken years to create that are torn down in a matter of minutes.