Andover tornado April 29, 2022

The east security camera at Andover City Hall captures the tornado that hit the town on the evening of April 29, 2022.

[@AK-460Magnurse]

I am the son of a tornado chaser, seen hundreds, but this is the most vivid one I've ever seen. No distortion, no rain wrap, not too dark, didn't match the clouds behind, just perfect. My heart goes out to those affected. That being said, this is one of the most beautiful tornados I've ever seen.

[@RusteeSlushee]

if you get to go with whoever they are sometimes, thats insane + its probably really cool or scary to actually see one in person.

[@andreagamba9207]

Yes👌👍

[@AK-460Magnurse]

@@user-p7up8l4k get out of here with your jihad propaganda. The quaran is a book of lies and hate. This has nothing to do with a natural disaster.

[@thekushkunt]

@@user-p7up8l4k ok

[@yannickfransen7769]

@@thekushkunt💀

[@dem0nchild610]

That's a mighty strong rope holding those flags down while trees are learning to fly right next to them

[@carlmarc3877]

Facts I was thinking the same

[@VF1Skullangel]

scary how calm everything was before the Tornado even entered the picture...

[@sawgunner217]

15 years ago me and a few others from my class helped plant some of those trees around the lake and old event center. I made an effort to visit the park every year since then to see how they’ve been growing. To see them getting blown away like that, It’s hard to watch 😞

[@maliquemarc3081]

BROOOOO I FEEL BADDD

[@maliquemarc3081]

Sorry you had to go through that

[@loop78]

So sorry dude. That really sucks. It's wild to think how little control we really have over our futures... but it's no reason not to get up and try again because one day, hopefully, it'll all be worth it.

[@Mirsaeed704]

Respect to you and your friend

[@zanyaedwards3756]

I feel so bad for you sorry for your loss

[@Alebabe]

The way it sweeps everything towards it is insane and its not even passing directly on it and the force close to it its amazing wow

[@darabennett4316]

I've watched this video so many times. I keep seeing new things here and there in it I've missed. It truly is an amazing shot.

[@elainebmack]

What makes this scary to me is the lack of sound. The tornado creeps in.

[@digikitty11]

When the tornado begins to come towards City Hall, is really terrifying.

[@thewatchmen4920]

When a 🌪️ isn't traveling sideways that isn't good. It's coming towards YOU

[@mynameisyourname148]

Or moving away, but I wouldn’t take the chance

[@shannonvarner5395]

The American flag was flapping like CRAZY and one corner even came lose. It`s amazing that it stayed.

[@I_cReAtE_and_YoU_hAtE]

The flags hanging on for dear life!!! Incredible wow. Seeing the tornado come to the camera so close, I could almost feel it. Great footage!!!

[@jdukelive2094]

I really thought they sped the video up at the end. Those winds hit incredible speeds.

[@dacoge]

It really does look like it could be, doesn't it? I doubt it is though, judging by other close up footage available as well as the slower, more natural looking motion of items farther from the funnel at the same time. It would almost be more comforting in a way if it turned out that it was sped up, because being real, wow...amazing but terrifying. It helps to understand better just how these things can be so destructive and deadly, even the smaller ones like this.

[@Trahzy]

​@dacoge It isn't sped up, this thing was spinning at 155 mph. One hit the same town in '91 but it was almost a mile wide and 260 mph.

[@nel1962]

Incredibly violent rotation.

[@nowistime8070]

that is a vantage point I would never have thought of! amazing

[@LeoArcanum]

Old Glory still flies!

[@christiankuhr2850]

i was pulling for old GLORY to still be there

[@hamhockbeans]

Only because it was not in its path

[@EduardoRohdeEras]

At the horizon: meh. It's a tiny funnel. When close: Holy moly! That's intense!!

[@josephbonczyk3182]

What was scary about this tornado, other than the trees that were being sucked out, is that it was accelerating and that the funnel clouds were dipping before going back up and vice versa. Imagine how long the tornado is far from above when up close.

[@agsproductions4303]

If I had to describe tornadoes in one sentence it would be “fascinatingly eerie” when watched from a safe distance

[@CSullivanmeerkatmandude]

I was waiting for the power to go out with the two screens in the background.

[@alpur214]

Everyone praising the American Flag, but the other two were actually still fully flying while it was only hanging on by one loop. Just amazed all three survived.

[@wesoblander3648]

The American flag is the focus, not the others. Period.

[@shannonvarner5395]

I bet the Flags were RIPPED

[@davidpawson7393]

"Bring me a shrubbery!" The tornado:

[@darabennett4316]

😂 The best!

[@irishronin6156]

Just visited Andover last summer and swam in the actual YMCA that 22’ drove a car into a water ride there. Exciting yet sad. Ryan Hall Y’all first made me aware of this on his live stream as it happened.

[@user-se4qk4jh8q]

It’s the fact how it’s a funnel then a massive tornado

[@robert84_]

Wow, those trees got ripped out and disappeared. Imagine what that power can do to a person(s) just walking right there.

[@skyline2927]

If a person may be blown in the air so high.

[@hamhockbeans]

The Tri-State tornado of March 18, 1925, killed 695 people in Missouri (11), Illinois (613), and Indiana (71). It pull a child from the arms of her mother she hut a lamp post so hard she split in two. So for those that say a tornado is harmless stop watching movies.

[@CreeseDF]

I do not wanna imagine that, not a pretty sight

[@LeeLeeBellePBJLee]

Holy dang! The trees got ripped out of the ground but the flags stayed in perfect condition...

[@sidhu8525]

hello Hi ❤💜🇮🇳💫😊

[@scootermom1791]

It's interesting how the tornado is just lollygagging around in the background not doing much of anything until about 4:05. Then suddenly it picks up both girth and speed. I was awestruck by how fast it suddenly moved! Wow!

[@TWX27]

Wow. This really shows that America really is the greatest country in the world. The fact that even it's flag was able to withstand a tornado.

[@RipEmoni]

That was scary i was in andover in dillons right before it hit and i will never forget it

[@jcraigshelton]

Great video. Man Andover has some tough goes with tornadoes for sure!

[@josephastier7421]

Photogenic tornadoes like these are a stark reminder that the weather can turn you on in an instant!

[@AmazingKevinWClark]

Wow those are some well constructed flags lol.

[@shannonvarner5395]

old glory held up strong

[@averg173]

4:31 who ever made that white car is a legend cause wow.

[@fp5495]

It's amazing, scary, and informative to see how instantaneously the tornado changes direction once it meets the land. There really isn't any time to outrun it and no way of knowing whch way it will turn within the spilt-seconds it does. Amazing and terrifying at once.

[@KawaiiCat_07]

How did the car survived I saw video and I was actually surviving. I cannot believe with the tornado didn’t see it. 😮

[@claudiaruiz-ji5li]

It at least slightly moved up and down and tilting

[@ToasterWOW]

THE FLAG: IM STILL STANDING ❤

[@hebneh]

Some of the trees disappeared so completely that if you had been a student and then came back after this storm, you might not have even been sure what trees had been there before. Snapped off at ground level and then dragged off to never be seen again.

[@Melrosetherose49483]

Cameraman never dies

[@barbmurphy2220]

It's a school security camera.

[@Driven2Beers]

​@@barbmurphy2220The school security camera never dies. 😛

[@claudiaruiz-ji5li]

If you zoom close enough... You can see that white suv chevy tahoe or gmc yukon slightly lifting up as the tornado aproaches the parking lot and across behind the building 😮

[@brysonfugarino861]

God this is so heartbreaking for me, I used to live in andover until 2018 and moved to Texas, when i see these videos of the destruction I cry.

[@ChiefBlue4298]

Especially since it was 31 years after the fatal EF-5 tornado in 1991

[@jenniferbaker3707]

Whoa! Scary!

[@BlakeWasketa]

Those flags are hanging on for dear life

[@Driven2Beers]

At 4:25 the TVs go off. 😮

[@1972razrback]

Sad to see all the damage, on the flip side this is excellent footage that someone may be able to use to build the damaged areas back stronger. Video shows great view of how tornados cause so much damage.

[@oSamiSrzo]

Nice to see the tornado use the road and not walk on the grass 4:18

[@iammask4383]

I love how the USA Flag survived.

[@pamela930]

I noticed that, too. Can't keep Old Glory down. 🇺🇸

[@Grayfang1]

USA prevails….

[@Grayfang1]

@thegrays5108 HEEL YEAH

[@seankolker]

Trees out front of the building just got sucked up like no big deal.

[@CSAmapping]

How did the car not move

[@rocknjbindad3707]

When its not moving left and right it is coming towards you.

[@spider6167]

Wow! That's scary! 😨

[@shannonvarner5395]

I bet those flags were RIPPED after the tornado went by.

[@toxictoons1374]

And the American Flag was still attached to the pole . 👏🏻🇺🇸

[@ericvarner5467]

Wow! Those flags were stronger than I thought!

[@VOAN]

Cause they made in the USA. One of the few things that didn't came from China.

[@hamhockbeans]

Well its not like it was in the tornado path. If it was the whole pole would be thrown a mile away and probably impaled into something.

[@lucasadler3870]

I almost lost my house it went a mile from my house and my grandparents house

[@MrNeckCrack]

Its beautifully terrifying...best way i can put it...

[@carole.4628]

Wow! Look how fast that f'er was going!

[@Gameagam123]

❤❤❤

[@gacha.mei5796]

It looks scary

[@13_cmi]

More violent than I remember. That one random estimation of 200mph winds seems reasonable now.

[@DJdoppIer]

Did anyone else notice the tornado opened the fuel cap door on the SUV as it went by?

[@secondchance6603]

Ripped it right off!

[@BlackTeishin]

didn't notice until you said it

[@mikegibbons2889]

Quite the observationist. Good catch!

[@aircraftandmore9775]

That American flag holding on by a single peice of rope is absolutly legendary. Reminds me of the national anthem

[@TheKatyPB]

Wow!! That was awesome...cut to 4:12 and on for the best part.

[@terencem8795]

Love how Old Glory hung on. Hope for one and all.

[@suzannelucassen7118]

Oh my god 😮

[@zanzha9]

Eu amo furacãoes🌪️🌪️🇺🇲🇺🇸

[@local805asian]

TORNADOES

[@sethcourtemanche5738]

Yikes that was a close pass

[@D4narchy]

It obliterates that grove of trees on the left hand side, just gone.

[@nektariostsochantaris1279]

The trees:((

[@romainb6248]

bonjour bonsoir merci

[@iremkurt_k]

like in the movie Twister.

[@fengshuilightoflife]

👍👍👍

[@jazminortega-go7go]

wowowoow😱😱😱😱😱😱

[@V-10isntAwesome]

At 2:12 it floats!

[@ericascali5427]

😢😢😢😢😢

[@rugerboyks6288]

Buuut oouuurrr fllaaaaagggg waasss stiiiillll theeeerreeee 🎶

[@Nightprideenclave_studio]

O say does that star spangle banner yet wave of the land and of the free

[@rahimebuhurhazar9359]

omg is it aint tornado watch and is coming over here 😮😱

[@Magic-kv6et]

4 minutes..

[@austinwalker7439]

And our flag was still there wow

[@damienalicea8696]

It was lucky, the tornado dodging the city hall.

[@Gamer-cat138_YT]

4:21

[@maximumfainstein3335]

This chaotic tornado had a windspeed of up to 264 mph.

[@Trahzy]

No it didn't, it was 155 mph. You're thinking of the 1991 andover tornado.

[@maximumfainstein3335]

@@Trahzy Yes it did!, according to Wikipedia, this chaotic EF3 tornado have peak winds of 264 mph and rated EF3 based on the damage it caused. Making the 2022 Andover tornado the strongest since the El Reno, Oklahoma tornado of May 31st, 2013 (the most recent 300 mph tornado)

[@Trahzy]

@maximumfainstein3335 The 2022 Andover tornado was not 264 mph. Also, 264 mph is an EF-5. The one in 1991 was 260 mph. The article you read is false, please research it more thoroughly.

[@Trahzy]

@@maximumfainstein3335 Whoever posted that is confused or making things up.

[@maximumfainstein3335]

@@Trahzy on the other hand a tornado with winds of 170 mph or around 175 mph is way too weak for a wicked tornado. 2022 had the worst March of all time, beaten the 1933 record.

[@updraft4me280]

there was a car and then it was gone.

[@barlera]

Big vacuum cleaner.

[@sounivghosh7064]

Kansas

[@James-mm6jh]

The American flag held on. An intense and quick moving tornado.

[@noahwestren4311]

Tornado

[@davidwallace2.0]

Tornado lovers gang 👇

[@lieungoai394]

199

[@judytoh7750]

Hide in that white car on the left😂😂😂😂 the tornado will be next to you

[@greatfulgreen209]

Old Glory Still Flies!!

[@claudiaruiz-ji5li]

A lrage, skinny tree branch fly across the green roof and hit the flag pole

[@xyzct]

Weedeater

[@jasonnava1672]

😮😮😮😮

[@iceresistance]

This tornado is one of the few that does not show a visible RFD.

[@kdwaynec]

Radio Frequency Distribution?

[@iceresistance]

@@kdwaynec Rear Flank Downdraft (And how did you know that I was a HAM radio operator?)

[@user-lc4on1by1l]

WEEEEEEE

[@jacquelinerobinson758]

😮😮😮😮😮

[@fan_of_lukhansa]

Scare number 1

[@ThatDarkBee]

How does America stand that hard wind as tornado towers around the building 😨

[@E-Moto_Madness]

You should give me a shout out on live tv

[@lieungoai394]

84

[@ericascali5427]

Terrore 🙏🙏🙏

[@jodit46]

Dang that flag was going like 230 mph lol