Bennington, Kansas EF-4 Tornado on May 28, 2013

[@PecosHank]

Epic!!!

[@Davedonohoe]

Almost as good as your videos... I was on the north side of this one waiting in Nebraska. I didn't make it in time to get any decent video.

[@sternenwandererpsytravelre3297]

HANK! Soon is Tornado Season. Cant wait for your Stormvideos! Cheers from Germany

[@trendmassacre8423]

@Alan Brando What the heck are you talking about?

[@nickolasconnor3661]

i dont mean to be so offtopic but does someone know of a trick to log back into an instagram account?? I was stupid lost my login password. I love any tips you can give me!

[@harleyrodrigo609]

@Nickolas Connor Instablaster =)

[@WilliamMcEntee]

Great footage, and fair warning about hiding under a bridge! The vague formation at the beginning of this is identical to a tornado that just missed us when we were staying at the Kitty Knight House in Georgetown, MD. We were on the top floor looking out when I noticed corkscrew actions in the base of an approaching cloud. After a moment I shouted to my wife and son to race downstairs with me, avoiding an explanation. I knew what was coming and didn't want to add any extra fear to the facts. When we got to the ground floor the storm was going past us with a tremendous amount of wind hitting the house. Minutes later the news on TV was reporting roofs demolished.

[@pholdread1]

bless you for picking up that trucker! I was a trucker's widow for many, many, many years. They get such a bad rap. He was doing his job, had no choice but to take the easiest route to his destination and here comes a EF4 nader to spoil his day

[@jenniferkubik8686]

I could see the horizontal vortices and then expand in size. This thing was a monster on wheels.

[@MrStevew53]

Looks like an EF-4, bordering on EF-5 tornado! That thing is MASSIVE!

[@fanoflakespeed9460]

Never seek shelter under an interstate overpass. It is a convergent duct ,wind passing over it speeds up under it.

[@TheScoutieful]

More people have died while being in an overpass. Happened in MS and that's how a 7 year old died. DON'T SEEK SHELTER UNDER AN OVERPASS. That lady was giving him so much crap. People are just so stupid!

[@johncarey1634]

"People are just so stupid." *cries into 2020*

[@mda037]

That famous Andover, KS video is still giving people the false impression that getting up under the rafters of a bridge is a safe spot in a tornado.

[@blueznjazz123]

You are quite right! And, most unfortunately, the TV video fails to show clearly that the tornado did NOT hit the bridge, but went just to the left of the bridge (from the camera's point of view). So the scenario was NOT a sign that hiding under the bridge saved their lives. Sadly, ever since, people have assumed otherwise :-(

[@morgangrey4020]

did you know that people died in the moore 1999 tornado in underpasses?

[@DMVoss-yc9fx]

There's a story of people leaving perfectly good shelter to seek out an overpass,only to die there, I believe it was Moore, Oklahoma. In 99.

[@zariqueen]

The general public is a rather panicy and dumb beast, overall, sadly.

[@sabishiihito]

@@zariqueen Like Agent K said in MiB, "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it."

[@TheVirdra]

6.25 Wind and small rain comes over the Car. My thought: "I wish I could here the roar" 6.29 Dick: "burp" My thought: "Not this roar! But nice one."

[@BlGGESTBROTHER]

This dude's parents were one letter off from giving him the epic name Dick McGrowan. Huge opportunity missed!

[@MrIveyIsBonkers]

Eh, it's a surname. Can't be controlled.

[@gSWG3R]

@@MrIveyIsBonkers That joke went flying over your head didn't it

[@MrIveyIsBonkers]

@@gSWG3R I don't think so

[@donnam4759]

Incredibly beautiful yet incredibly dangerous. This is some great footage.

[@DEO70817]

Seeing these Semi's, it would be a good idea for ALL Chasers to have CB's in order to communicate with the Truckers and let them know they are in the path and to move ASAP...CB's are cheap these days..

[@trendmassacre8423]

I have a friend who is a storm chaser here in MN, and he has had a CB in his vehicles for over 20 years now, and he uses his to warn truckers about possible funnels or tornadoes that may cross the roads they are on.

[@RAWNERVZ]

I know but these guys don't realize a lot of the time the inflow wins or the RFC while the tornado could be a couple miles away and still get tipped over they tip very easy that's what I would say on the CB There's a CB app on the phone I think I know there is a ham radio one

[@jessicaalexander815]

“That is beautiful” You mean the swirling vortex of terror?!

[@kdolo100]

They're gorgeous.

[@edengel9376]

Yeah, that's the one

[@trendmassacre8423]

My friend who is a trained weather spotter up here in MN also has the last name "McGowan" Weather must be a McGowan thing.

[@meganmcgowan5798]

I'm also a trained weather spotter and Ham Radio emergency communicator in Texas. Take note of my last name. 😏

[@ParanormalPat]

Looks like you got caught in the tornadic rain curtains around the 8 minute mark. You've got a pair, dude. So who says the Plains states are boring?

[@pheliciajackson3468]

That day was scary for me my boyfriend and my mom because my boyfriend and I was home alone and the only shelter was my neighbors basement we are okay because that is still fresh in my mind to this day .

[@calvinrivera5463]

Holy crap! How wide was that tornado? This is some of the best footage to one of the most wicked tornados I've ever seen!!!

[@ScantmanTV]

damn dude how have I never seen this? unreal. You're the best dude ever.

[@MemoryDealer]

Wow, I've watched probably over 100 hours of Tornado footage. I don't think I've ever seen one as large and impressive as this one.

[@nathanstange4883]

Check out El Reno. 2.6 mile wide

[@calvinrivera5463]

Memory Dealer, i was too lazy to write what you wrote but you did it for me! You speak for me word for word

[@calvinrivera5463]

@@nathanstange4883 hey, the component to the op's footage taken themselves, is paramount to what @Memory Dealer & i believe makes this video, great I've seen many El Reno vids online and still, this upload beats any el Reno. ... I figure it's cause this couple, were always ahead of the storm, and all of the El Reno footage was the chasers being chased+traffic congestion= not sure great tornado footage... This video on the other hand!.. 😳🤯

[@sethb9545]

In the rafters of the overpass wow Kansas needs to give them some tornado schooling

[@The_North_Meng]

Radio says: Do not seek shelter under an overpass... idiots hear, seek shelter under an overpass.

[@AsTheWickedScatter]

The most stressful tornado vid I’ve wondered upon on. I’m tensed up....lol

[@eamonwright7488]

Watch Jeff Piotrowski's Joplin Tornado video or Allan Gwyns recent El Reno 2013 Tornado upload. You'll be sweating bullets!

[@paranormalpabs3745]

Well done on incredible footage and saving those ladies lives

[@andrewdurant5452]

WOW beautiful footage you guy's.

[@trendmassacre8423]

Isn't this the same tornado the Dominator ll got caught in out in a field?

[@lindashapeshifter8675]

Awesome video Guys! What happened To the truck driver@ the end? The one under the overpass? Did he get hit?

[@alicethompson1385]

I'm not sure if it's dumb luck or what, but I'm surprised nobody didn't get hurt or even worse still killed by this tornado! #leaveittotheprofessionals

[@flashy5150]

I would have been warning those truck drivers of the direction of it. That tornado would pick up those trucks like cigarette butts.

[@TheWeatherNutz]

You are my favorite chaser!

[@trendmassacre8423]

That thing slowed down to almost nothing before retro grading. I thought for sure it was going to pass right over that over pass.

[@philywilly1262]

4:20 That's what she said. THANKS EVERYBODY!

[@sabishiihito]

I've said it on many a related video, but man was late May 2013 a crazy tornado time.

[@pmzephyr22]

Two phrases I hear a lot are "it looks stationary." and "It's getting bigger!?" Hmmm... what could that mean?

[@rickyragone2270]

We were on this same tornado a little further up the road.

[@joenodden]

So this was on the day I created my KZbin account?

[@michelegarcia881]

that happened on my birthday I was turning 6

[@EdwardTeachSux1116]

Leave it to reed to photo bomb ya

[@weatherlicious]

Woah! Now this is real drama!

[@sicboi80]

That tornado of death is SO PRETTY

[@heatherstub]

+Paliv I'm glad you said it like that. I don't know how a tornado can be pretty. Also, I'm totally blind, so I've never seen a tornado. It just seems so odd that it would be pretty. Paradox?

[@Auctorian]

+Heather stubbs If you happen to have a modular text-to-speech device, I suggest you load the silky smooth voice of Morgan Freeman for this. A paradox? In a way I guess you'd be right. For me, some of the beauty found in such a devastating event is its sheer power. For all the years mankind has existed, we can neither contain nor repel its destructive force. To this day we cannot precisely predict where one will form, its duration, or its size; we are left only with vague extrapolations from modern meteorological sciences, and perhaps even the experience of veteran storm chasers, to predict that there is a chance one will appear. Another factor of its beauty lies in how it moves- twisting and bending as it reaches for the earth; sometimes behaving as if it were a dog at the very end of its leash, straining against invisible binds until they break and it rushes forth into creation. Other times they move like a sloth, slowly forming and reaching down as if it were savouring every moment of its existence. They behave as if they were living, though they are not. While its power cannot be contested, there are times where it seems the storm itself chooses to spare a shed, a house, or a whole farm as if on a whim, despite these lying directly in its path. This factor alone stands above all others for me; how a storm, awe inspiring as it may be, can behave like a living and thinking predator one moment and the next like a lumbering giant moving across the earth, sometimes remembering to watch where it steps. Of course not everyone shares my opinion, but I do hope this at least sheds some light on where I find the beauty in such massive monsters of nature. Sorry this response is so late, but I only just stumbled across this video myself.

[@heatherstub]

+Auctorian Hey there. Thank you so much for your perspective. I wish I could download his voice, but I have JAWS by Freedom Scientific which is downloaded to my computer already. I've also got Vocalizer Direct Premium, but his voice isn't included. Could you please tell me if I can still get it and from where? Finally, I figured out one thing. I love airplanes, and especially jets. They appear to fly from a distant height, so it makes sense how tornadoes can look so graceful from a distance. I've actually wanted to go on a storm chase, but I don't have the finances to do that. I'm also unable to work, because I have Trigeminal Neuralgia which is an excruciating and debilitating condition involving acute nerve pain. Just the fact that I can and have learned to live through this aweful pain and so much more throughout my life is truly something I call my blessed affliction. When I think I can't endure anymore, I know God can help me, because He took on all of our pain no matter what the cause. I wanted God to take me home for 8 and a half years, because I felt I could do no more for Him. He made it possible for me to endure it all through His grace, and He's allowed people into my life who've given me so much joy and even permission to scream, cry and sing (somehow) through and after it all. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Oh how I so wish I could travel and show and tell the world that blindness doesn't have to be the most fered condition. Since I've been blind all my life, I've learned to put things into perspective from a three dimensional "view." I'll never stop learning either, and I believe that blindness is a state of mind, and it's a characteristic of who I am. The best way I try to help the sighted world to "look" at it is by asking one question. What's the one situation you could face where you must be able to use your other four senses, because you can't and won't be able to see? Certainly, you could think it's when you're in a tornado. But even morelife threatening is the one situation where you must know everything about where you are and how to get to safety (whether alone or with others) within 90 seconds. So. Have you figured it out yet? You can't see it, but you may or may not be able to hear it. You can certainly smell it, and if it's nearby, you will feel it. And when I say you've got 90 seconds to get to safety, I mean that especially if you have a family. So. Did you guess that it's a fire?I believe that so many more people would have survived 911 if they had known how to get to the fire exits quickly and without having to wait until they received directions from anyone. Mike Hinckson and his Guide Dog Roselle made it along with all of his co-workers and others on the 78th floor of the South Tower, because he had memorized where everything, (including the stairwells which were not safe), reaching the ground floor in just under an hour. They were even so grateful to pass fire fighters who were climbing the stairwell to save others. Roselle even gave one of the fire fighters a tail wag and a little kiss before resuming their descent. There is nothing more important than memorizing the entire layout of any building you frequent by feel, especially since you need to know where every doorway, wall, floor space and what each even sounds like when you're walking. You'll want to take care especially to listen to what it sounds like if you are in a familiar room, and when you hear an opening on your left or right or even straight in front of you. Does carpeting change to tile floors or even do the tiles go from smooth to rougher tiles? Is there an echo where you are, or does one area sound very echoy, only to change to a more sticado-like sound as you pass an open door into a hallway or vise versa? Do you notice a difference in the way one room smells from another? Is there more than one way to get to the fire escape? Does the temperature change as you approach or move away from the fire? You have no time to even think about where you are. You might even have to help others to get out of the building quickly and safely. Whether it's a tornado, fire, flood or even an earthquake, you can't afford to take any time to figure out what you need to do. This is why your other four senses are so critical in situations like this. Learning to use them is somewhat like learning to use muscles you don't use very often. You simply can't wait for others to tell you what to do when time is of the essence. I sincerely hope that nobody has to find out the hard way that you have to know how to respond immediately to a life threatening situation like that, but if you do, it truly pays to put on a blindfold and sleepshades, and learn every inch of your home or place of work. Even learning your local mall if you frequently go there to walk might just save your life and the lives of others. Thanks for letting me share. Heather

[@jerryeisenmenger1810]

Paliv I agree with you. It angers me to hear their commentary say that a tornado is pretty and beautiful. They failed to think about the death and destruction it causes. Thank you for confirming my thoughts on there commentary they need to change it to say oh my God it's a terrible tornado that's going to cause death and destruction I hope no one dies from this "UGLY" tornado

[@fabiana7157]

@@jerryeisenmenger1810 Why are you even here? Get the fuck out if you can't appreciate a tornado's BEAUTY. To some people it's beautiful regardless of the damage. Humans built their houses in tornado prone areas. It's only the people's fault.

[@websurfin9575]

Well.... what happened to the truck driver & to the other people?

[@danadoozer9990]

Her "that's so pretty ". Me, would be shitting pants.

[@FuZhixiang]

Those kids are fearless. Do the truck drivers want to bomb tornado with oil tank? lol

[@dalerowan1085]

Looks like it's got multiple forties TORNADO

[@zezo69]

that you're gonna die stravaganza was kinda intense

[@mattgee4867]

Unreal footage. Wow

[@MrVietDonger-y9l]

Easily EF5 if it hit a town or buildings

[@nchurricanehunter]

That's so awesome.

[@zbruh83]

Lets get the likes up on this video!! Great footage.

[@Le_epic_eclipse]

I like more tornadoes of the past than 2018 in Kansas

[@CrypticWx]

based on my knowledge it had winds of 250 so yeah very scary tornado

[@tbear4pa]

An epic gigantic wedge tornado, among the most dangerous! :-/

[@Johnlmooring]

Lol that was a close call. Beautiful video though.

[@موسوعة-عالم.الجن]

63 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 بتريليونات 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 ( وما تاتيهم من آية من آيات ربهم 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 ( ولو شئنا لرفعناه بها ولكنه أخلد إلى الأرض واتبع هواه فمثله كمثل الكلب إن تحمل عليه يلهث أو تتركه يلهث ذلك مثل القوم الذين كذبوا بآياتنا فاقصص القصص لعلهم يتفكرون ) 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 ) وقال تعالى ( قل ياأهل الكتاب لستم على شيء حتى تقيموا التوراة والإنجيل وما أنزل إليكم من ربكم وليزيدن كثيرا منهم ما أنزل إليك من ربك طغيانا وكفرا فلا تأس على القوم الكافرين ) وقال تعالى ( ذلك بان الله هو الحق وان ما يدعون من دونه هو الباطل وان الله هو العلي الكبير ) يَـأَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ قَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمْ كَثِيراً مِّمَّا كُنتُمْ تُخْفُونَ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ وَيَعْفُواْ عَن كَثِيرٍ قَدْ جَآءَكُمْ مِّنَ اللَّهِ نُورٌ وَكِتَابٌ مُّبِينٌ يَهْدِي بِهِ اللَّهُ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ رِضْوَانَهُ سُبُلَ السَّلامِ وَيُخْرِجُهُمْ مِّنِ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ بِإِذْنِهِ وَيَهْدِيهِمْ إِلَى صِراطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ وهذا ما سيحدث لامريكا كثيرا وستدفع الثمن باهضا امريكا انتهت وكل شئ انتهى ولا يستطيعون فعل اي شئ الا الصراخ منادين يامغيثنا اللهم عليك بهم فانهم لا يعجزونك

[@kixx_thelouisianianfurry]

6:30 that guy burped

[@lebinuchard347]

massive!!

[@ldrobarts]

Seems to be more watching than leaving

[@jadsr69]

I’m betting the people that are hiding in terror don’t think it’s beautiful or pretty.

[@Fultonfalcons86]

You are on the interstate ya goof cars are going to pass you while you are filming.........

[@flashy5150]

4:18 I had lots of girls say that to me.

[@Bizarre_Beau]

My grammpa died from a tornado

[@TommyBowerscoasters]

FBI OPEN UP 😢

[@easilyscan]

A+

[@jallenb1977]

wow

[@dennymnms2528]

Godamn Dick goodshit.

[@CriticoolHit]

That's what she said. (sorry i couldn't resist)

[@dennymnms2528]

y so salty bro hahah

[@dalerowan1085]

Too close

[@srdjanpopovic4844]

giant violent thing.

[@MrWazzyb]

I Live In Bennington, Ks

[@gulf_war_syndrome]

oh my god my birthday is on may 28

[@hueningkai.dubadduwariwari]

Damaged Divergent same

[@TAStormChasing]

Same

[@cindycarr3460]

Dead Man Walking🌪🌪🌪

[@SandraPerez-sy4fu]

this is not coollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

[@aaronbennett8772]

Epic!! Life saver

[@ericascali5427]

Brutto. E. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[@_Ht]

Se alguém é brasileiro da like nesse comentário

[@yolosilencer503]

cool

[@losbellosa]

lol listen to the talk! xd

[@dallascowboysnumberonefan4863]

d

[@louiszales3452]

Out screaming at people 😒come on

[@joswanell9672]

The comments on this video really bother me. Calling a tornado ripping through the ground, destroying and killing everything in its path is like looking at a picture of Charles Manson during his trial and continuously calling that monster "Beautiful!! Isn't he just beautiful!!"

[@jklxn]

Please do the planet a favor and stop referring to tornados as "pretty", or any other word that would make them seem "cool". Try telling the folks in Moore, or Tuscaloosa, or Cullman or any other town that has been hit by a F5/4 that, you would likely get punched. They are NOT "pretty", unless you are thinkin pretty destructive, it seems insulting to those who have lost so much

[@samaroy21]

its an appreciation of mother nature bro. hes not saying the out come or the losses that occur with them are pretty. Its like calling a car pretty dude, cars are the biggest killers in the world, calling them pretty is not condoning the deaths caused by them. Chill out

[@Bluenose352]

Sam Roy Thanks. Well said. Took the words right out of my mouth. Mike bettes said it well, after the Joplin tornado. We video the power and the beauty that mother nature has to offer. But sometimes with the power and beauty can also come the bad side. The devastation. And the loss of life. Same thing can be said about cars, or airplanes. All beautiful, but can be deadly as well. Still, we take risks. It's what we do. It's what comes with any line of work or hobby. And we know the risk. All to show the beauty.

[@mda037]

That's the paradox...tornadoes can be both beautiful and deadly. If someone observes the beauty of a violent force of nature, how does that have an impact on what ultimately results from it? It is really a non-issue in the scheme of things.

[@jklxn]

Sam Roy I realize that, was speaking out of rather fresh experience, and in wanting to understand a bit, i dunno, maybe face some fears? i started watching these videos, too close to home, i too easily put myself there. now that i am away from it, i can easily see it the other way. I too easily put myself in those folks place, after being scared to the bone myself...at this point i could prob'ly go on a chase, myself, and throw off some "awesomes"..maybe? shrugs im a female, btw...thats where some of it comes from, lol

[@jklxn]

Indiana...Thanks for your words, you have seen way more than I ever have....thank you. Will send positive energy for your continued safety...i have to say...for you to be so kind, after suffering all you have, i am truly appreciative.