9 May 2016: Violent, stunning tornado near Wynnewood, Oklahoma - LONG EDIT

This is the full life cycle of a large, picturesque, violent tornado as it formed in the hills of southern Oklahoma, crossed the road and destroyed buildings near Wynnewood and Elmore City, in the Katie area, not far west of I-35. Video by Chris Kridler, ChrisKridler.com, SkyDiary.com

[@taaliba01]

SERIOUSLY, one of THE BEST (Top 3) videos I've watched of tornado coverage! Great angles, great lighting adjustment, NO overly dramatic SHOUTING/screaming, no swearing, and no inane repetitive phrases of obvious events unfolding right before our own eyes via the camera (like 'Tornado on the ground!' 5x or 'DEBRIS! DEBRIS!' 10x, etc.). EXCELLENT JOB! You have a new 'Follower,' Ma'am.

[@joriejenkins1908]

The way this one tracks and shifts in its elongated phase reminds me of the funnel in The Wizard of Oz... fascinating evolutions of shape and motion. Nicely done, Chris.

[@ChrisKridler]

It did have that look. Amazing clarity for the duration of the funnel.

[@viviand6396]

i saW aNOTHER VIDEO oF that OK tornado

[@ArchTeryx00]

Very very good video of a pretty ugly tornado - violent multivortex. Fascinating to watch it evolve like it did, from cone to "elephant trunk" to stovepipe and back to cone. One of the best-filmed "elephant trunk" tornadoes I've ever seen, and you stayed mostly quiet during the show and kept in mind that when you start seeing masses of debris, that means people's homes and lives are getting shredded. Very photogenic but still ugly, this guy did significant damage, killed a person, and at times it had a wildly unpredictable path.

[@timbr1000]

I was in the storm chasing tour group close to you in the white vans! You hear us a little in your video. Your video is awesome!!!! That was truly an exciting day on that country road in Oklahoma!

[@ChrisKridler]

I saw and heard you all! Especially Roger! :)

[@2345allthebest]

Probably one of the most filmed/photo'd twisters in the last couple of years... another fine job

[@stevejarrettnc]

One of the absolute best tornado videos ever. Almost Wizard of Oz like. Beautiful photography AND not ask the cliché chaser language. Just a beautifully calm voice that’s also in sheer amazement at the majestic beauty.

[@lyradguitar]

Amazing job!!! I hate when the whole video is filled with screaming..this is just excellent!! 10/10!

[@Cutter-jx3xj]

Great video, awesome that you stay so calm

[@ParanormalPat]

Great video work and thanks for posting it! That was a textbook "Dorothy Tornado"! I cannot believe there are 10 viewers who gave you a "thumbs down" - those are 10 KZbinrs who need to be slapped upside the head!

[@ChrisKridler]

Ha ha! That's KZbin for you!

[@TheRealVodun13]

5:23 "That's an incredible tornado" I agree, wish I could have been there with you! I've never seen a tornado in person, and this has to be one of the best tornados I've seen on camera. Given the circumstances (location, size distance, etc.) This is the perfect kind of tornado to witness. Thanks for an awesome video!

[@MesoHunterYT]

With only regarding structure this is my favorite tornado of all time. Great work documenting it!

[@ChrisKridler]

It was incredible and unusually visible.

[@rickydriskell9646]

It's a pleasure to watch a video such as yours. Your captured the whole tornado without trying to be the person that got the up close shot. Too many videos of people not using common sense are coming out with high testosterone jockeys seeing who can get right up next to the tornado. These people are a danger to themselves and anyone with them.Tornadoes are unpredictable and can change directions at a moments notice. Thanks for the great video and for being one of the few intelligent people out there sharing their videos.

[@conspiraciesarejustgreatst2059]

amazing to see how fast the clouds are moving as they feed into the tornado. mother nature is simply an incredible yet terrible woman of wonder and destruction

[@TheBookOfRoo]

You do know tho, the parts where the clouds were moving extra fast was a time lapse

[@sagesheahan6732]

And yeah, after watching this, subscribed. Cant wait to see what else youve caught. Youre an awesome chaser.

[@ChrisKridler]

Thanks for watching - this was probably the most impressive tornado I've seen up close.

[@endlessendeavoures9137]

thank you Awesome camera work This was Epic Enjoyed Every Moment Beautiful Soul!

[@apismellifera1000]

Good job!! That tornado in many ways looks like the Pilger Nebraska EF4

[@TheWvJACK]

Very good work,you are so calm and collected no screaming or yelling unlike some of these other videos i see all that screaming

[@libertylost8286]

I loved your video. You showed everything. I get so frustrated when chasers cut the video off, just when the tornado gets going. I also liked how you stuck the video in the middle of the tornado, that way we could see the bottom and the debris. I liked the shot of the meso. A lot of chasers like to show the meso, but they tend to show to close and on a lot of devices we can’t see much of anything. This was the perfect video of a tornado.

[@ajames.s9799]

Nicely done. Keep up the great work!

[@ChrisKridler]

Thank you!

[@miked1355]

8:45 - great shot of a strong horizontal vortice

[@judyfriday1422]

This was very breath taking! Good job!

[@kittygonzalez2827]

Great photography! Nicely captured twister! Too bad it was destructive!

[@TravelsChases]

What an amazing documentation of the Katie-Wynewood tornado! You seemed to be very close to where we were located. I think you happened to be just a bit closer . Well done on all fronts. Those timelapses are superb ! The white tornado you captured around 13:30 was an ef3 close to Bromide OK.

[@ChrisKridler]

Thanks. It was an incredible tornado, and the front-row view was amazing. It's rare to be able to stay in one place and see the whole thing evolve.

[@tommueller8865]

Your braver than me girl. I'm in California I'll take an earthquake any time. Bless you.

[@Gypsy839]

Me too!

[@kittygonzalez2827]

Ditto... I’d like to say at least the tornado gets more than a 2 second warning....these quake warnings just push the adrenaline level up to peak before anything concrete actually happens, and begins to de-escalate right when the sound of the quake then the shake, rattle and roar shoots the adrenaline up to its already exhausted levels again!,

[@bennettsvillescweathercam8555]

Holy Flying Cow! Great video.

[@Darylvb]

Wow! That was really a perfect tornado. A very good video!! One of the best I’ve seen!

[@ChrisKridler]

Thanks, Daryl!

[@craigcurlee6428]

Fantastic work! At 0:21 that looked like a Shear Funnel or just a high based funnel. The sound of that beast, wow! I heard at some points the debris cloud was green from all the trees and grass it was scouring.

[@ChrisKridler]

+craig curlee Yes - shear funnels at first. Weird to see multiples at once. And the roar of the tornado was incredible.

[@craigcurlee6428]

I have seen shear funnels like that before and it normally means a strong tornado is coming. The Newcastle tornado that hit Moore, OK, in 2013 did that. Sad that 1 person died, but if that had gone through a more populated area, not good....

[@CaptainBlueSmoke]

Great job!

[@charleswilliams131]

Great work Chris very enjoyable video.

[@ChrisKridler]

Thanks, Charles.

[@dianagalaxy7928]

At 4:23 I love the time-lapse here where it reminds me of a ballerina ‘s frilly tutu spinning along on point. Curious if the people in that gray farm, or any of the neighbors, have ever seen your footage of this. It had a very interesting path around you. Fabulous job!

[@EphemeralProductions]

By the way, this one was beautiful. 100% perfectly stereotypical-looking tornado, and mostly stereotypical in the way it acted also. But love it, it's graceful in a chaotic and confusing way. LOL

[@mikelive8214]

Amazing tornado. But I wish you would stay zoomed in longer than a second or 2. Like when it crossed the road. I would like to have seen it zoomed in then. That's where most power flashes happen

[@nanaimosteve5952]

Nicely done.

[@nightwolf1634]

beautiful footage

[@Davely]

Good footage of the Sulphur one roping too.

[@ChrisKridler]

Thanks - I wasn't sure if it was the wedge roping or a new tornado; I'd thought the latter. I had lingered for some time with the first one, so I didn't get close to the wedge. Just a couple of faraway photos.

[@ChrisKridler]

I've since learned that white tornado was from a separate storm - not the dregs of the Sulphur storm.

[@WWF0928]

Holy shit look at the rotation of that tornado

[@raindrop5533]

Incredible.

[@kbweatherArkansas]

Wow amazing tornado

[@twohawk1203]

That was wicked beautiful.

[@voodooskaman]

I've never been in a tornado or hurricane but i have been in a tropical storm and a thunder storm. To me this is AMAZING!!!

[@raeraewells7053]

We pronounce it like Wynniewood. I live here and we were in our cellar. During the time we were in this shelter the wind from this monster took my cellar door two inches off the hinge side and the tornado was I believe I heard about five miles from us at that time. Been watching these amazing tornadoes my whole life and always get excited during tornado season but having my three kids and mother in law and sweet dog in that cellar at the time made wonder with fear that if had hit us head on would it have taken the door off and sucked us out?

[@ChrisKridler]

I'm so glad you're OK. What a terrifying close call! And I've now learned how to pronounce Wynnewood. I hope there's not a next time for you, but I'll be prepared to say it correctly. :)

[@austinhoneycutt7410]

What camera did you film this with?

[@ChrisKridler]

Mostly a Sony EX1R. The wide timelapse was an older GoPro.

[@austinhoneycutt7410]

@@ChrisKridler Thanks

[@markduncan6690]

Very " Strong" footage here! Up close and personable!

[@allentoyokawa9068]

May 9th*** NOT 9 May

[@JoseSalazar-mc2nk]

beautiful scenery at 6:00

[@miked1355]

+Jose Salazar agreed!

[@lhaviland8602]

Ah my old nemesis, NOT FOR BROADCAST, we meet again.

[@evacreates9859]

oh wow that's just huge

[@lambdastudios4083]

That's what she said.

[@sagesheahan6732]

Watching this, yeah. Youre a real chaser. You know what youre doing and you sit and scream in the camera. Awesome capture, terrible storm.

[@jacksonvirginiodasilva803]

oh my god !

[@cherylmcreynolds2833]

7:18 at the base of the tornado you can see a house get ripped apart on the right side of the tornado Pecos hank saw the same thing in his vid called CREEPY TORNADO RAW 4k video

[@DanielsCoolChannel]

I was about to comment that. Looks like I was not the only one who noticed that.

[@VegasYouTuberSteve]

Outstanding capture! If this is a sample of your work.... PLEASE quit your day job and chase... 👍🏆

[@Bamagator52]

Wow one of the worst tornadoes I have seen so far

[@CeciliaSilva-em3xg]

Só Deus nessa calsa amém

[@davidthomerson751]

It looks like the cloud is having diarrhea!😂

[@babescolarina2742]

From pecos hank video from pecos hank everybody knows beginning of the beginning of the tornado city oklahoma is only is it becomes

[@EphemeralProductions]

You never really see female storm chasers, at least on their own! Kudos to you my dear! You are "breaking the mold" and I always think it's cool when women do that! :)

[@conspiraciesarejustgreatst2059]

@5:40 you hear the narrator say "looks like research people, I hope they know what they are doing" as a white pickup truck outfitted with safety lights and sensor equipment drives by lol

[@ChrisKridler]

That was a startling moment! Two vehicles from the TWIRL experiment were heading into the path. Later they successfully deployed a probe in the path of the wedge tornado that formed after this one (from the same storm), so they got a hit.

[@monicag75]

I’m laughing how you said “Wynnewood” You said it like “win wood” but it’s “Winnie Wood” like Winnie the Pooh 😂 Long Ē and if you ever go north 2 towns up I-35 to “Paoli” it’s pronounced like “PAY Ō LA” These are my home towns. Great video BTW.

[@ChrisKridler]

Thanks! I'll get it right in the future ... but I hope no more tornadoes go that way.

[@mariocruisin7678]

So did you felt naughty watching that tunnel..😂

[@trendmassacre8423]

239 people who appreciate what you do, and 14 people who think they can do better, aka Reed Timmer and his employees, HAHA! Seriously though, he is awesome at what he does and so are you, granted you both take different approaches :-D

[@ChrisKridler]

We all have different styles. Thank you. :)

[@ericascali5427]

Mamia🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙄🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@thomasc5753]

Great footage! For a girl! I could do better! You definitely should’ve got closer. Nice try though! Just kidding! That was awesome! Great job! I’m only 5 years late! I’m using a bunch of these-!!!!! Because I’m screaming!

[@ChrisKridler]

Ha ha ... I'll try to get closer next time! :)

[@thomasc5753]

@@ChrisKridler thanks for sharing your amazing footage! Just subscribed! Don’t let me down on the next one! Lmao 😜