The Huge Unwarned Tornado In Whitman, Nebraska, As It Occurred Live - 6/25/24

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[@BullnosePride]

Max discovers the unwarned tornado at 8:46:00 pm. Great coverage as always Max!!

[@YellowSkarmory]

timestamp is 3:29:30

[@aalanger4174]

@@YellowSkarmorythank you came here for this. Never miss a stream but had a date. You my friend win the day

[@Jenny_Rose_]

@@YellowSkarmorythank you! I saw his tweet and wanted to see what I missed

[@imquokkacola]

3:29:30 Start of the Whitman, NE unwarned tornado coverage

[@sandhillmom2]

You were absolutely right. The tornado at Whitman hit the Rex Ranch and destroyed a home. Why was this not warned!

[@sandhillmom2]

The destroyed home is 1 mile south of Whitman.

[@barnetra]

@sandhillmom2 Because it's weather. Human beings cannot affect, manipulate nor precisely predict the weather. Never have, never will. We will always be in the "ballpark". Nature will do what it does.

[@underfirej]

@@barnetra No duh. And your comment doesn't relate to him talking about it being unwarned?

[@barnetra]

@@underfirej If you cant precisely predict, how can you timely warn? Ive lived in 7 different states. Indiana, Florida, Texas, North Carolina, Michigan, Maryland and Delaware. The weather is ordinarily very different from the south to the northeast. But its still unpredictable. Just last year we had a tornado in Delaware, which is very rare. From the storm development to the tornado to the dissipation took around 30 minutes. We are the best we’ve ever been at predicting and “warning” than ever in mankind’s history and we still get it wrong 95% of the time.

[@vocaloidevil]

​@@barnetra this isn't about prediction though. This tornado was clearly on the ground for so so long, with nobody seeming to notice and warn anyone. This is about recognizing danger when it's clearly present and taking action, which was where the NWS failed here.

[@h2oquality2010]

Don't doubt yourself, Max. You know what you see. You were correct.

[@blondiex3308]

15 minutes!! What could have been done?? Call local police? How could this have been prevented? National Weather Service ultimate FAIL! GOOD JOB MAX FOR SAVING LIVES !!

[@emlee703]

The North Platte office should be ASHAMED!!! The fact that the NWS Omaha office had to let NWS North Platte know about this. Sadly, NWS Omaha is not allowed to issue a warning outside of there jurisdiction, so they could only do so much.

[@MinecraftMomma]

The population of Whitman says 288. Did it not get upgraded to tornado because of how rural it is? It makes no sense that nobody from the proper channels saw what you saw. Thank you so much for the amazing work you do. I stumbled onto your video this morning (the morning after) when searching to see if anything was caught on camera from the many storms yesterday. I did notice, not sure if it was the same tornado, from TornadoHQ website that nothing was warned in an area that looked bad then when I reloaded the map, the red (they use red) appeared. You definitely have a new subscriber. Hopefully you trust your gut and not doubt yourself moving forward. Amazing reporting.

[@Kelly-uy1kr]

I am going to your channel anytime the skies look bad. I am about 1hr from Whitman. I heard a ambulance call bringing in a 20 year old thrown around in a tornado to our town from Whitman. His injuries did not sound life threatening thank God. I was clueless anything was going on. Thank you for watching out for us country folks. I hope no 1 else was injured.

[@oofydoozy1787]

he got thrown an hour away from whitman?

[@Kelly-uy1kr]

@oofydoozy1787 no Whitman doesn't have a hospital. The nearest hospital is about an hour away in the town I live in.

[@oofydoozy1787]

@@Kelly-uy1kr oh

[@kyledodson2992]

Sad for Whitman

[@mikesyverson8126]

Max your coverage ESP on the Whitman, Ne part was incredible and life saving! That is why I and many others depend on you when the weather gets suspect.. and also why you’ll go from 250k to 2mil subscribers in the next year or so. Great work bru!

[@mountainmedium111]

Thank you so much! My best friends live right on HWY 2 in Whitman , on the frontage road, W of the Post Office. All communications are down in Whitman.

[@Anne_Frank00]

Not sure what happened with Whitman yet but the county Sherriff lives in Whitman right on southwest side of Whitman. I drive through there every other week and will be through there next week. Ill let you know what i see and hear if the news doesn't say anything.

[@whitneyk64]

Whitman sits in a small valley area. It has about 25 people. Initial reports trees and general damage. I read that there is possibly 2 deceased (unconfirmed).

[@michellem7300]

😢

[@TallulahSoie]

From what I gather this particular NWS office has dropped the ball before and will probably continue to do so.

[@emlee703]

Yeah. This NWS office is so bad, that apparently, NWS Omaha had to alert NWS North Platte about this, which covers this area, so they can issue the warning. NWS Omaha was able to see it, but helpless to issue a warning. You gotta be embarrassed when the neighboring office had to tell you about this...

[@notanemoatall]

max you probably saved some lives with this stream!!

[@micheleramirez6769]

Amazing job catching this!

[@26alycat]

I am so thankful I stopped in before going to bed! Another crazy night

[@Sal_needs_Salt]

Man, damage assessment is showing EF3 damage points

[@RynoJ5]

how did you find it I never can

[@Sal_needs_Salt]

@RynoJ5 Just type in Damage Assesment Toolkit, they actually aren't avaliable to see right now, not sure why but they were yesterday, and I can see all the photos through my history.

[@sandmaker]

Thank for the good information.

[@amari9912]

i somehow wonder how these storms go unwarned

[@thebjm1967]

It seems to be a trend this year! Pretty scary

[@173jaSon371]

@@thebjm1967 Storms go unwarned all the time, it will happen for the rest of time. You are only saying it is scary because you are likely paying more attention to weather right now than any other point in your lifetime. Consider how much worse weather predictions were literally 20-40 years ago. Under 100 years ago the word "tornado" was taboo and not even allowed to be said on broadcasts. We now all have cell phones that give us real-time warnings, the Storm Prediction Center who makes daily outlooks you can look at, and the Weather (dot) gov site where you can see the entire countries active weather warnings. If you stay aware and slightly educated, it is really not a big deal, especially so now compared to historically speaking. Imagine a mile wide F5 coming at you 100 years ago and thinking it was just a big storm cloud.

[@JingerMurphy]

I just got a hugeee hail storm like it sounded like the rpg 3000 it was so loud woke everyone up

[@lil_gamer2680]

This us my question why did i just get this notification and it was yesterday

[@cyberdemon1702]

Do you have the bell clicked for all notifications? As a subscriber KZbin will send over stuff like this after the fact but you need the notification bell turned on for ALL to get real time live stream and video info 👍

[@steveburtonomaha]

This is why I subscribe to

[@MartinLDeLoach903]

Its nothing but 101 still in North texas

[@joejoetornado3273]

Fun Fact, this huge unwarned tornado was unfortunately rated an EF3 which is pretty shocking considering it didn’t go warned for a bit

[@reaIixx]

Honestly with that debris signature and velocities on radar it was prolly stronger but there isn't that much damage to assess

[@Agchsjia7700]

Nws doesn't care about smaller towns , I live in one that is majority manufactured single or double wide trailer houses , it has 1 dollar general 1 restrauant and a post office , no police or other gov buildings. There aren't warnings here until like 5mins before it hits even if it's formed being watched well before. Sometimes no warnings. I watch your lives and the radar and get my kids go to my grandma's 15mins away who actually gets warnings if things start looking too bad north of me and I'll usually leave with 15-30mins to spare mostly because of your livestreams & when you're covering my area I'll share the live with everyone I know

[@emlee703]

Apparently, NWS Omaha had to alert NWS North Platte about this, which covers this area, so they can issue the warning. NWS Omaha was able to see it, but helpless to issue a warning. Thats just embarrassing for North Platte

[@LandofOzOfficial]

Approx 3:35:00

[@RoyalT-t6y]

Can you check in Lake Charles Louisiana?

[@samuelpaulin5905]

How the hell did they miss that

[@feliciamcgowin8327]

Oklahoma?

[@notsilv3r]

We need no robots to do our weather!

[@Noname23489]

Kansas City

[@karenmcgloin8807]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@RebeccaMcCumber]

Savannah mo

[@AliyRay-fb3cc]

They failed Nebraska

[@AliyRay-fb3cc]

Your an amazing meteorologist

[@AlphaRomeoOneFive]

Giddy for the griddy

[@Deer-b6e]

HE GRIDDYED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@NotMolly-jf2rh]

I get that watching a super short touchdown is cool but your boy Conner(?) cheering that a tornado would drop IS ABSOLUTELY INAPPROPRIATE considering many of your viewers are concerned which is why they watch you. Where is your loyalty man? Essentially cheering for someone's destruction is bullsh*t. You scared the bjeezuz out of a young family that was watching. Very uncool!

[@marzipankrabapoulus6371]

Don't confuse Max with Connor, though. Connor provides a service (storm chasing) that Max uses to supplement his content, providing a valuable on the ground perspective to Max's audience. The fact that Connor gets quite excited about seeing a tornado should not be a surprise. He's a storm chaser. It's what they do. He wasn't cheering for anyone to get injured or property to be damaged. He was just excited to see a tornado.

[@chrismoney1468]

I’ve come to recognize over the years that storm chasers never genuinely care about humans or animals losing their lives or their livelihood. What do they care about? They care only about their own fun and adrenaline rush. They’re essentially like drug addicts, they must acquire their high from seeing tornadoes, it is their dopamine.

[@carriesmith6865]

@@NotMolly-jf2rh I watch Connor every day and .just like pretty much every other storm chaser, When it’s in an open field of course he gets excited. It’s his passion. Just like most storm chasers get excited to see a tornado drop in an open field. I was watching Connor during the janestown Wisconsin tornado the other day and he got very somber and upset when he realized a tornado was on the ground in a populated area. Even though chasers get excited, they do sooo much good by warning people and also helping with aftermath. I promise you storm chasers do not want a tornado to ever hit a town or destroy someone’s home or injure/kill someone. Connor is amazing at what he does.

[@SteveTpenn]

​​@@carriesmith6865It's Janesville.

[@stevemcnally6471]

3:34 mark on the live feed is when he finds the unwarned tornado.

[@turquoisenoise1131]

3:29:30, you're about as off as the NWS 🙄

[@bdt2002gaming]

@@turquoisenoise1131 They probably meant 3 hours and 34 minutes, in their defense

[@joellenbroetzmann9053]

Why do I get you when Im trying to get Ryan Hall Yall.

[@joellenbroetzmann9053]

Who the heck is this guy and why when I search for Ryan Hall I get redirected? Did someone steal Ryans show?

[@RainGames.-.]

Max is better he actually reads chat

[@joehellums5667]

Max Velocity is my PERSONAL weather service

[@CandySmith-pr6px]

He's put on almost 200k subscribers in 4 months. Membership is crazy because people like an instant live stream they can check to see their weather at any time. If the weather's bad max is on it.

[@YellowSkarmory]

I have to imagine there was some sort of communication issue or outage here. That's obvious enough I could probably catch it, and my knowledge on how to catch these is learned from these streams. I hope whatever issue occurred gets fixed soon, because this is a bad miss of a warning (it took about 14 minutes from Max catching it for them to warn it, once it got through the town). Props to Max for catching this. I'm hearing on twitter that damage is thankfully relatively mild in Whitman, and hopefully that's true.

[@8CountAudio]

Max nailed it with calling the Whitman rotation! Disappointed that the Whitman tornado was unwarned for so long. Rare exception. NWS warnings save lives every single day especially in the past 20 years with automated phone warnings…which have made uncoordinated tornado sirens obsolete.

[@teesa7781]

The videos and pictures from the locals in the Whitman and Mullen area are amazing! A lot of the locals in Mullen posted their videos and pictures on Facebook. They are amazing!

[@rockinrobin670]

Anything on the Bloomington Indiana weather? Was it straight line winds, a microburst or tornado?

[@BrittnayHess]

Nothing yet, but the damage is insane for nothing confirmed. Four of my family are without power.

[@rockinrobin670]

@@BrittnayHess thanks and sorry to hear. My daughter goes to IU and she said it was nuts. Trees down and no power as well.

[@LuckyOlivia44]

I’m no expert but pretty sure what I was watching in Spencer was rotation and it matched what I was seeing on the radar and the velocity. I also have multiple family members still out of power and there were poles snapped, lines on the ground, trees down everywhere, damage to homes… It was nasty. Tornado sirens in Spencer went off and my work had us hunker down, but no NWS warning was ever issued as far as I’m aware.

[@CandySmith-pr6px]

Morning maxy. Hoping to get you over 300k before your 4th of July fireworks trip. It was February 4th you rolled over 100k. 200k in 4 months. Great job. Should be doable.

[@Midwesttrains21]

grant county sheriff confirmed damage in whitman

[@infplayer4975]

I was hella scared

[@emlee703]

Apparently, NWS Omaha had to alert NWS North Platte about this, which covers this area, so they can issue the warning. NWS Omaha was able to see it, but helpless to issue a warning.

[@AidentheRandom]

It was so unexcusable for that warning to be issued so late

[@foxyrobloxgamer]

Atleast it wasn't wisconsin again

[@AidentheRandom]

Probably AI doing warnings

[@Noname23489]

Kansas City updates?

[@Pokejay-ek8ow]

Bro

[@christopherconkright1317]

Not trying to be a dick but I got advice from someone else that went like this. Have a button you can push that mutes the sound when you drink. When you push the button or hot key sound cuts out and let go sound comes back. It will hide sound. In headphones that sound is loud.

[@Somethingisntrighttoday]

That huge blaring headline is completely disrespectful without knowing more details.

[@marzipankrabapoulus6371]

What more details would you need to know? There was a tornado (reported on the ground, photographed, and clearly present on radar) and NWS did not issue a tornado warning. They were at least 10 minutes late to the party, according to some sources they were as much as 30 minutes delayed after the first reports were made. Those facts are evident.

[@tommy0con2]

It's as disrespectful as it should be. This tornado should have been warned 10 minutes before it was. And even when there was a load of video and picture evidence they downgraded it from confirmed to radar indicated.