5-31-13 El Reno Oklahoma .Widest Tornado on record .Start to Finish

[@holden6104]

This tornado was so big. It's like the clouds weren't satisfied with dipping their toes, and just went and sat their whole ass down on the ground.

[@kleinemaus6094]

Apt description for the whole meso touching down!

[@DMWolFGurL]

LOL! The greatest description and one I have been looking for to explain this tornado for so many years. Thank you also calling it an EF-5 because I do believe tornadoes on the EF system should be ranked by size, wind speed, cape, shear. Instead of how much it destroys. This epic tornado might have been ranked an EF-1 in the end if it hadn't hit ANY structures. But in my world this would have been ranked a PC-5. Just my real initials with the fujita system.

[@MrArcadia2009]

I don't greatly understand how the entire mesocyclone was on the ground. I mean, this thing killed many well known storm chasers, including Tim Samaras and his son, and more besides. I know tornadoes are created from the mesocyclone, by way of the RFD.

[@williammitchell1864]

@@kleinemaus6094 It was a pretty big tornado

[@Cokercole]

​@@DMWolFGurLby any other standards it's a 5+.

[@nothlee2622]

I’m so terrified of tornadoes but absolutely fascinated with watching them.

[@MrArcadia2009]

Tornadoes are an act of NEARLY PERFECT TIMING. That have to come together, in the right way, and with the right mixture of ingredients.

[@snowballRBLX-b8r]

I have never seen a single tornado A land tornado and a supercell

[@JDavidChilders]

That was some of the best raw chasing footage I've seen. You covered it from all possible angles and remained at a safe distance. There's a lot of good footage there for study. Thank you for your efforts.

[@lightningfreek]

I appreciate the compliment!

[@TheLocalLt]

David Childers when he cut in front of the tornado he was pretty close. But not surprising considering how deadly this tornado was for chasers

[@Downinbama1]

My brother shares your name js lol

[@robwilsn3219]

Man, I was diggin the fast fwd. drivin. Sound of the motor and the way those stop signs take offs. Pretty badass..

[@lightningfreek]

Thanks brotha! I hope to get our there soon.

[@richardbarneycastle1262]

Looks like he is hauling ass

[@Jeff_11B]

The emerald hue that the sky takes on around 13:30 is UN-FREAKIN'-REAL! Absolutely phenomenal.

[@michaelbraxton2167]

Your video was to messy with your moving around an speeding video up. Was not impressed.

[@mozes88]

Exactly!

[@Cokercole]

Tons of ice up there in the clouds gives it that cool emerald green color. 😎

[@davewashakie2417]

beautiful

[@alexmason2659]

I remember chasing this storm it was something else 2.6 miles wide with multiple vortexes circling around it man what a storm just 11 days prior I lost my house too the EF5 Moore tornado

[@Despond]

They need a new rating system just based on the statistical power/size of a tornado, not based on the damage it does. This tornado was easily one of the strongest ever we've seen.

[@skateboardingjesus4006]

This one stirred up a lot of controversy over such rating scales. The main wedge was considered EF3, while some satellites on the Southern flank hit well into EF5 speeds, up to 295 mph. Even as EF3-5's go, this was a rare beast.

[@Cokercole]

​@@skateboardingjesus4006yes, this was a very unusual storm. If tornadoes could think, this one was out to get some chasers

[@Jay_Force_One]

A tornados isn’t rated on how much damage it does, it’s rated on its wind speed. Now, they determine wind speed by looking damage, which could be unrepresentative to tornados in rural areas that don’t cause any damage. Which means the real issue at hand is how to measure tornados wind speeds more accurately. In my opinion, if the tornado doesn’t do any damage, does it really matter which Fujita classification it gets? I don’t. It was still well represented by its pure size.

[@crispycritterz]

I really like this. You get great views of the structure of the cells especially the boundaries. Thanks for posting.

[@1Accuratepro]

I can't believe it was Tim he was so safety conscious I remember seeing him on TV as a kid when I was 11 and in the Plainfield Illinois tornado in 1998 that's when I began studying

[@jquest43]

his head was ripped off

[@derick_sanchez1951]

@@jquest43oh

[@spitfire3797]

@@Hyzenthlay70Sounds like you need to not leave your house then if you can’t take loss of human life

[@commandhtf]

13:55 is when the tornado starts growing and changing its forward speed extremely quickly.

[@lolhahah21]

OMG that's what I was saying.. how in the FUCK did it reach him in that minute.. you'd be all happy about how far it is.. and then bam.. it is right in front of you.

[@markmnorcal]

55 mph

[@thorntonmellon]

@@markmnorcal Judging from where the tornado was I'm guessing he turned South on 81 at about 6:13-14. Not only was the twister headed right for him it was just starting to hulk out. The house you see at 14:32 would be damaged beyond repair in only a few minutes. You can see the edge of the inflow starting to hit the trees about then, he was pretty close. I saw in another video where the tornado was moving away from the camera, but it looked like it was getting closer due to it growing so big, so fast.

[@staceylovebeauty724]

Good thing you stopped at the traffic light. I was bout to get sick. Flying down the interstate. LoL 😂😆

[@jasongann8535]

Awesome video, amazing structure. Seen 100 videos of this tornado and this is one of the best. At 14:15 the thing goes absolutely balistic.

[@RUNNOFT71]

It blows my mind what happens between @14:12 and @14:32, how quickly that thing turns into something else. Great video man, I think one of the best El Reno videos.

[@jasongann8535]

Incredible video. That thing goes absolutely ballistic from 14 min -16 min.

[@carlmclemore6104]

You commented the same thing 8 years ago. 😂

[@monsterjam1900]

@@carlmclemore6104 bro what

[@carlmclemore6104]

@@monsterjam1900 exactly what I said. He left this comment 8 years ago, and then reposted the same thing 3 years ago (5 years later). Scroll down and you'll find it.

[@brettrobinson2901]

​@@carlmclemore6104So...just means he hasn't changed his mind on rewatch.... Very, very , consistent....

[@chadcollins1056]

Those sirens are terrifying. I dont think I could live in a place like this. But my God its unbeilevable

[@moeji1]

I saw what you we’re doing when the Tornado got close you fast forward video to get away.

[@bigthunder2860]

Outstanding color photography,and safe chase you got the best Hail core,RFD shots that's the way to do it,

[@darlenetuura2080]

Awsome views of this awful storm. Thank you. Well done.🌼🐸🌼

[@absolutetruthgirl]

one of the best videos on the birth of a storm.

[@TheLocalLt]

Holy shit you were pretty close to it when you drove across it’s path. RIP to the chasers who died in this

[@wandaglasner419]

I dont know who is driving the chase vehicle, but whoever it is has me putting on my brakes and i'm sitting at home on my computer !!! lololol

[@chanj1950]

By far the best footage I have seen of El Reno.

[@lightningfreek]

Thanks for watching! Subscribe if you want to see more down the road.

[@1Accuratepro]

I thought you lost it in the beginning it looked like you were going as fast as a IndyCar congratulations making it out of that storm with that south shift Rest n peace Tim and his son and I believe one other man. I can't believe it was him he would be the last person he was so careful I remember seeing them on TV when I was a kid I've been studying since the 1990 Plainfield Illinois tornado

[@boopsscoopz2206]

Tim was such an intelligent & safety conscience storm chaser. I believe that something happened just prior to the tornado that rendered him unable to escape.

[@josephjohnson448]

Are you referring to Tim Marshall? I really liked his work. By the way, the Plainfield tornado made me interested in tornadoes also.

[@Larsholden702]

Wow! Cars move a lot faster in the US.

[@cherylyoung979]

That was great! It looked like it was rain wrapped with several tornadoes inside. Then you couldn't tell it was a tornado and it seemed to suddenly grow and almost catch you at one point wow best I've seen

[@TheLocalLt]

Cheryl Young it was actually one tornado the whole time those were subvortices not multiple vortices

[@Michael-gi5th]

How did el reno tornado end up getting to that size? Was the multiple vortices the cause of this or how many were there?

[@Bridge-Creek_Edits]

It was formed by 3 small supercells started to grow a tornado because of the tornado is a multi vortex tornado two large sub vortices began to collide in to a wedge tornado but it had another which maybe 2 satellite tornadoes have collide

[@tomshiba51]

How times have changed. Over forty years ago we still chased storms, but stayed in our general neighborhood just to be close to our basement/home/office. No videos, and few of us had movie camera film on hand to film such thing, although cameras were available and easy to use, but limited. We had local weathermen then, and they did the best with what they had. Today we can all get involved with very little cost.

[@HorseLover2019]

By far the best footage! Very clear video!!

[@Dragodina]

😱 Is it just me or do you really see the multiple vortexes around 14th minute of the video? This video, while really great, scares the shit out of me 😨

[@mr.kingofphenomenal4629]

Yep this tornado had multi vertext with miny tornaodes oribiting the bigger tornado.

[@ElSombraRegio7]

Yup. The scary thing is these vortexes were the size of standard twisters so that just goes to show just how powerful and big this tornado was that it produced multiple vortexes that were as strong and agile as they were.

[@taliamalinsky7059]

The only thing I don't get is why they stop running for their lives and say he look let's take a pretty picture of a death threatening tornado and wait to see how close it gets to us

[@nenblom]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't what looks like the rain shaft the actual tornado? I mean this beast was 2.6 miles wide! To those wonderful storm chasers who tragically lost their lives, RIP. To all storm chasers, keep doing hat you're doing! Keep saving lives!

[@gulfcitynd]

The whole wall cloud was the tornado

[@Leviathan958]

@@gulfcityndwow

[@jasonjackson4836]

Seems like it was EVERYWHERE. No escape.

[@justinemarculit7453]

wow that tornado is rapid moving and expand very fast

[@jquest43]

tornado to brendon-"I ALMOST GOTCHA BOY!"

[@skateboardingjesus4006]

While you were chasing and filming, did you realise how far out the tornadic winds were from the centre? Dan Robinson's footage gives an excellent perspective of this, when he punched through the Northern edge and then stopped , thinking he was relatively safe. I shudder when I think of Tim and the team just behind him. I'm just an Irish guy with a huge interest in these behemoths. I would love to be able to get a small memorial token across to someone who could put it by the roadside?

[@Hyzenthlay70]

Me too...

[@kleinemaus6094]

How have I not seen this yet?! *EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT FOOTAGE.* You should sell some of the stills. I'd buy them in a heartbeat. Great job!

[@Leviathan958]

Me too

[@icanhearcolors3984]

14:19 Is where Mike Bettes' GMC Yukon was overtaken by one of the sub vortices seen over in the field racing towards the highway at about 100 miles per hour. This happened exactly 3 minutes after Brendon passed this same spot.

[@Leviathan958]

Geez us

[@hshf.6292]

Catching these scenes is amazing.

[@vilmarcunha4434]

congratulations on the video, simply formidable ... show.

[@thomasluczak2868]

at 9:;00 has got to be the most horrifying image of a tornado i`ve ever seen. nice work BL.

[@scoutsniper8688]

I feel like I need new rotors and brake pads after the first 2 minutes of the video lol

[@scott729]

If it wasn't for the sky there would not be any rotation .... awesome video Brendon

[@loadedfocus1296]

Subscribed! Absolutely amazing!

[@jasonparis5635]

That is a huge monster tornado with a mind of it's own because it acted differently than other tornadoes.

[@lightningfreek]

Didn't have time to give it an IQ test unfortunately.

[@kermit9866]

@@lightningfreek it would probably be higher than most of the population

[@thebear7144]

i thought this was very well filmed.you didn't get as close as others do but there wasn't all the screaming,cursing and omg's.a lot of storm chasers want you to "look at me"or "listen to me".if they were inside the tornado that would be ok.lol.i probably would have to change underwear.lol.i wish all were recorded like yours.

[@lightningfreek]

Thanks

[@aaaaaaaaaa97]

14:48 was close considering the nature of this tornado. I still operate on the old belief though that violent T's should be observed from a reasonable distance.

[@Frapucheno]

They actually were inside the tornado brother There’s like 36+ / 40+ angles where just about each driver was in the tornado literally driving out Shits insane how 3 miles of death was literally chasing people

[@brettshannon4032]

20:00 man that is an angry sky.

[@lightningfreek]

Thank you for watching please feel free to share with your peeps.

[@موسوعة-عالم.الجن]

حقيقة اعصار التورنادوا : هو في الاساس رباني ومن غضب الله الجبار ومن شدته انه اذا مر على نهر شقه نصفين ورفع قاعه الطيني وذر ترابه في الهواء وكذلك يقتلع البنايات والبيوت والاشجار ومن ثم رميها في مكان بعيد مهما كانت ثقيلة وعظيمة ويحمل الجسور والقناطر والخزانات الكبيرة ويدور بها وكانها عود ثقاب ويلفها كالمروحة من شدة قوته العنيفة ويحمل معه الحيوان والانسان الى عنان السماء ثم يلفظه خارج الغلاف الجوي او الكرة الارضية وكانها عملية تفريغ نحو الفضاء الخارجي مما يتسبب بخسائر مادية جسيمة وهائلة تقدر بمئات المليارات من الدولارات وهذا غيظ من فيض وهذا بعض ما يجري في امريكا ان الذين كذبوا باياتنا واستكبروا عنها لا تفتح لهم ابواب السماء ولا يدخلون الجنة حتى يلج الجمل في سم الخياط ... اوكل الله جل في علاه بكل شئ ملكا : فهناك ملك الجبال وملك البحار وملك السحاب وملك الرياح وباستطاعته ان يامرها بما يريد ان زلزلوا او احرقوا او دمروا او حطموا او اغرقوا فينتقم الله ممن يشاء ولا يستطيع اي مخلوق في هذا الكون منع قضاءه جل وعلا ويقال ان صوت الرعد حسبما ورد في الاثر انه صوت الملك الذي يزجر به السحاب ويسوقه حيث يشاء بامر الله عز وجل ... والله اعلم قال تعالى ( ومهما تاتيهم بآية الا كانوا عنها معرضين ) وقال تعالى ( فأرسلنا عليهم الطوفان والجراد والقمل والضفادع والدم ... ) وقال تعالى ( وان يروا كسفا من السماء ساقطا يقولوا سحاب مركوم ) وقال تعالى ( فلما راوه عارضا مستقبل اوديتهم قالوا هذا عارض ممطرنا بل هو مااستعجلتم به ريح فيها عذاب اليم ) وقال تعالى ( مثل الذين حملوا التوراة ثم لم يحملوها كمثل الحمار يحمل اسفارا بئس مثل القوم الذين كذبوا بآيات الله والله لا يهدي القوم الظالمين ) وهذا ما سيحدث لامريكا كثيرا اللهم لا شماتة

[@No_OneV]

why are the clouds 10 fps while everything else 60 ??

[@katiehorton5507]

Going mach speed fun lol the whole video is sped up but i just started watching it.

[@ScottMiller-le4hb]

Please tell me , where did you get the warp drive installed in your car?

[@Weatherman40312]

😄

[@wevilbOregon]

I also love tracking storms but you run the risk of carrying a camera and driving. I met Tim Samaras once. He was a nice guy. I was sad when I heard the news of his death.

[@youtubegm8256]

I watch it in .25 speed.

[@1Accuratepro]

1990 Plainfield Illinois tornado in late August it took the high school a few days before school started that's not typical tornado time there F-5

[@michelekurlan2580]

really clear hi-def footage. that storm was forming and dropping funnels like a machine gun. Some angles,in other vids looked like funnel streamers shooting out.

[@ChristianColvin]

Why is the full el reno footage gone? :(

[@lisajurek1471]

Maybe a silly question but how far away can u feel the wind from a tornado?

[@patsoly9617]

Very good question… asking the same question for years

[@kleinemaus6094]

Not a silly question at all, and it all depends on the tornado. The wind field on an EF5 is exponentially larger than on an EF1.

[@jupeter24]

correct me if I'm wrong, but did you drive right in front of the tornado's path? No judgement, lots of people did....

[@ScottMiller-le4hb]

After watching this , I find it amazing that the chasers didn't kill more of their own than the HUMONGOUS MONSTER that is turning the tables and chasing the chasers !

[@christig3985]

Did you have any idea as you were watching this that you were witnessing weather history?

[@AJtheRatty]

Me at 14:00 "Oh Shit. OH SHIT. Oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit." Thanks for posting this.

[@lightningfreek]

right!! Seconds mattered that day.

[@scottw9318]

It was nice to see the tornado without all the chaser/meteorologist chatter. Thank you!

[@thecitizenoftheinternet1077]

This is one of the best footages of this tornado :)

[@BradleyJackson]

insane inflow winds

[@mattf9044]

indeed!!

[@HectorLugo]

what's the song at about 9:22?

[@MB-ln9nv]

There were so many tornados in that huge tornado.

[@ammie8659]

The whole meso was the tornado.

[@ChaosInsignia]

Brendon uses cheat engine in real life.

[@michaelfonseca4369]

It feels like Mad Max up in here

[@tomshiba51]

That ominous blue-green color at 13:35.

[@lycheemyusic]

It's so sad how by the end of this video multiple people have lost their lives

[@z33andme71]

It's kinda weird watching this & knowing that people got killed because I know every street & highway you showed in this video. I've lived in El Reno, Union City, Minco, Tuttle, & Bridge Creek. Not to mention my friend lives in Moore & 2 weeks before this happened his home was wiped off the face of this earth by the F5.

[@williammitchell1864]

What would it be like if it was a five-mile wide EF5 tornado with winds that are 500 miles an hour? If there was ever such a thing that would have to be in EF8!

[@alabamared2568]

good job guys very good chasing!!!

[@Mac-nw3uc]

2.1 Miles wide tornado right?

[@thestickmankingv1.5.8]

Never judge a tornados by size

[@dokiardo8054]

whoa u guys were going FAST!!!

[@dokiardo8054]

wait nvm

[@johnnielee7086]

I just realized. That's 'hail" making that clicking noise.

[@romeoho3351]

Ef-3* Largest Ef-3 as seen as a massive tornado

[@derick_sanchez1951]

It would’ve been a ef5

[@natedagr808]

Awesome video! What is the song at 8:50?

[@plooker39]

Are all American cars this fast?

[@shskenisnsjdbjsnsj2996]

no, he/she just edited it to make it go faster. :)

[@heatherstub]

Dude. I don't think that's an American car. I could be wrong, but I think it's a German car.

[@jakeblack1677]

its a Dodge Demon

[@brettrobinson2901]

Its because Oklahoma is the Sooner state...makes cars go faster than they actually can....

[@Wettlyfemafia]

that music at 8:22 though hype

[@lightningfreek]

Lol some epic lord of the rings stuff.

[@ncuxap12444]

whats that song at 8:22

[@lightningfreek]

No clue

[@NewbieInOttawa]

+ncuxap12444 SoundHound says"Mi Familia" by Ramin Djawadi; from the Person of Interest Season Two soundtrack.

[@davdski5935]

Oh, I thought it was his neighbors cats fighting?

[@brianoden1798]

Reminds me of those old black and white films where everyone walks fast.

[@ayushkumarjha9921]

This is so fascinating to watch.

[@trendmassacre8423]

So you officially have balls bigger than Paul Bunyon's body. I counted at least 4 vortices within that damn thing, and you decided to give it a go, and you beat it knowing that the winds could slow you down or even cause you to lose control. I give this 5 stars!

[@XSquibX]

The random song in there was weird... Also, your sped up video was doin some weird things, but you had some nice shots. I really liked the part where you could see the blue green glow in the clouds so strongly due to hail.

[@lightningfreek]

True that on the weird song lol. Everyone does weird stuff sometimes 😂

[@krystalburchette255]

@@lightningfreek whats the song called?

[@EduardoRohdeEras]

sounds like a porsche

[@steveburtonomaha]

I think the only way you don’t get caught driving that fast is when a police officer is more concerned with his life than writing a damn ticket.

[@wilstarr9219]

That happened when my sis was born on the 9th 2013

[@aaaaaaaaaa97]

How come NOAA states it as F3 but people mention it as F5. Was there F5 winds detected at a point of time and it only was doing damage during weaker phases?

[@lightningfreek]

Good question! Mobile radar recorded winds WELL over EF-5 criteria. Current grading of a tornado is based off the damage it does. So a 500mph tornado over water would be a EF-0

[@aaaaaaaaaa97]

***** Ah I see, so it just never hit anything at peak strength to get EF-5 rating.

[@TheWaynelds]

***** Thats dumb though. a 500mph toonoodoo should desevre an f5 rating, but just because it didnt hit anything it gets F0 status. Lame. So why is it not the same for hurricanes?

[@sarahallen6335]

Learn to spell tornado please -.-

[@morgangrey4020]

+Brendon Lindsey Correct,i don't like the new EF rating system at all.....everything is now based off of damage.Just because there is nothing in it's path does not mean it can't do catastrophic damage.Winds should be half of the rating.

[@barbarawomack8470]

The fast forwarding made me dizzy...just sayin....

[@madigan8352]

I like this, but for me it was kind of hard to see where it actually was in where they were pointing to in some parts of the video.

[@swithinbarclay4797]

The Wall Cloud itself seemed to be almost on deck; can someone tell us if it actually did?? If so, did it do it a lot? At any rated, it seemed a whole mess of BIG Vortices, not only orbiting the COLOSSAL Main Vortex, but crisscrossing at random, through a vast sea of RFD. And sometimes, the Main Vortex would seem to vanish, with one or more Satellites becoming the New Main Vortex. Thanks.

[@shskenisnsjdbjsnsj2996]

Was that the tornado still forming at 4:42?!

[@gridgd]

Emily Marie yes lol

[@plague6174]

Of course the biggest recorded tornado was shrouded in a cloud of rain that the actual funnel is impossible to see, so in videos people will never know how big it actually looked. Unless someone can confirm for me that the funnel itself inside the rain cloud was just as big as how we see the rain in the videos of this storm.

[@lightningfreek]

Someone surely has footage that if the contrast is enhanced you will see the different vortices, I have a example in my videos.

[@wevilbOregon]

I also love tracking storms but you run the risk of carrying a camera and driving. I met Tim Dat once. He was a nice guy. I was sad when I heard the news of his death.

[@joshuaraney9403]

Can you please do more videos of Moore Oklahoma tornado videos all of them and more time

[@lightningfreek]

Yes of course

[@joshuaraney9403]

@@lightningfreek thank you so much just what day are you doing the videos today or tomorrow

[@jquest43]

@@joshuaraney9403 Tuesday - Brendon

[@lottolucky5467]

I saw the face of a lion,tiger and a bear oh my!Not kidding.Look at the dust cloud and debris.

[@trickyz3609]

Imagine coming over to your house at night during the largest tornado

[@ridewarriorsreviews9519]

what does that even mean? Makes no sense whatsoever!

[@ridewarriorsreviews9519]

oh i see your foreign so english may not be main language if so then my bad...

[@jamesmichaelis1483]

It was a ordinary day just like any other....................

[@michaelboyer9798]

They drive fast down there in OKC area.