Directly hit by Linwood, Kansas Tornado!!!

[@charlessharp8576]

Thank You for sharing this with us. Thankful you and your family are safe.

[@FlatlandersTV]

Thanks so much! It was absolutely insane to walk out of your house to the destruction!

[@martimasters7704]

This looks like a real tornadic cyclone, where the vortices are practically tornados themselves. Like a smaller version of El Reno. Ghastly! So glad that you and loved one are okay... and the GoPro! What a video this !!!

[@FlatlandersTV]

To find the video was amazing. The tornado was 1.5 miles wide when it hit us. We knew we were in bad trouble. The t post that the gopro was hooked to was sucked from the ground which is why when the gopro hit the ground it shut off.

[@gatovolador7618]

Rain wrapped multi vortex tornadoes are generally the most dangerous type because you can be within striking range and not even know your in the "bears cage"

[@mond000]

Awesome footage and thank you for sharing this along with the backstory! I'm glad you guys are okay.

[@loriking8806]

Excellent video. One of the best I've seen.

[@FlatlandersTV]

Thank you! It was terrifying!

[@birmingham427]

This really reminds me of Hackleburg- Phil Campbell of April 27 2011 and the El Reno Oklahoma tornado of May 31 2013! What a killer upload! I hope to see more of this kind of content! Thanks for making my night so much better! Sincerely, Birmingham! 🌪️🩵💯

[@FlatlandersTV]

I hope to never see this kind of content from me! This was the tornado that took our home!

[@richardh8355]

Live west of Linwood in a small community of Fall Leaf. The tornado crossed the kansas river right over my farm. 700 tomato cages are no where to be found. Replanted some crops..never seen destruction in my 57 years of living in southern leavenworth county. We will overcome.

[@FlatlandersTV]

Sorry to hear about your farm! That is terrible! It cause devastation for miles! Hopefully you guys are getting things cleaned up!

[@Dreamersusnderscore]

Fun Fact: If a tornado doesn't look like it's moving that means its coming straight at you

[@FlatlandersTV]

Melody And Akane I have heard that before! It was coming from the southwest. We knew we would be a direct hit!

[@Lemon-hz1bf]

Not so fun of fact lol

[@FlatlandersTV]

@@Lemon-hz1bf Not fun fact for sure! We heard things were found over 35 miles from the location they came from!

[@leaf2180]

Or away from you. I swear these comments are under every tornado video in existence.

[@someaveragemaxrubyfan8716]

@@leaf2180 yup

[@kaceebateson8907]

Hey Josh I’m so glad that you survived and I seen Jackson today in I went to the movies it was so fun and I love your KZbin channel bye guys

[@Hixlol]

I lived in Leavenworth at the time, although it didnt hit there, I'll never forget that day

[@FlatlandersTV]

It will be one we will never forget too. The anticipation that knowing severe weather would hit somewhere was intense!

[@SleepyOddish]

Thank god you and your family are alright. I pray for you. Speechless is what I have to say

[@FlatlandersTV]

That is kind of where we were at that moment!

[@FlatlandersTV]

Go to our channel to see the after math video I did. You can see we are kind of in shock

[@heffaazul]

I thought we were dead. Never been more scared in my life.

[@MesoscaleMikeyChasing]

I hope you guys are doing ok half a decade later! I was 11 years old and was almost just as knowledgeable and into weather and storms then as I am now, but ironically, this was probably the most helpless and anxious I have ever felt. Please forgive me for asking, but do/did you live on the outer west parts of Bonner Springs? My Dad (Bruce) works for UPS and used to deliver to Bonner Springs and had Linwood road and Stillwell road on his route, as well (everything from 174th ST eastward). He had just finished those areas and I believe he was in the Lei Valley neighborhood when the Tornado Emergency came out. He went to Highlands Apartments in Bonner to take cover. I heard people crying in the background while I was on the phone with him and watched the giant tornado bear down on him on my radar app. I thought he was a goner. He had several houses on his route that were lost on Stillwell, 174th, 3, Auburn, and Bear Lake. He said some were basically gone. We went back out there for the first time since 2019 about a month ago. Very proud of the recovery all you folks have made since then. Love and prayers

[@FlatlandersTV]

@@MesoscaleMikeyChasing 174th and Stillwell road was where the house was. That is crazy your dad was out that way!

[@FlatlandersTV]

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[@gachadodge3704]

4:34 what was that red stuff?!

[@FlatlandersTV]

Something hits the back of the camera and wraps around it. The gopro has a red record light so it was bouncing off whatever hit it

[@AnaledEel]

Which model of GoPro is this? What kind of housing was it in? Those little cameras really are tough!

[@FlatlandersTV]

This is from a GoPro Sessions and a $12 clamp mount! It was clamped to a t post! I believe it actually broke the GoPro from the little case they come in!

[@luckyone8939]

Drove thru the area yesterday. You can still see some of it's path from the trees. Omg.

[@FlatlandersTV]

You they are big thick trees with no branches and look like they are covered in fuzz from all the new feeder branches. You still see tin and plastic laying in fields and its been 2 years ago!

[@luckyone8939]

@@FlatlandersTV the town of Linwood is so lucky. I had a house there moons ago and I know it wouldn't have survived. Most homes in town are older. Another lucky one.

[@FlatlandersTV]

@@luckyone8939 Lucky for sure! Lots of lives would of been lost as most of the homes in Linwood do not have basements!

[@CD-pk7xr]

Great video

[@Northdallassales]

This is great thank you. How did you find camera after this?

[@FlatlandersTV]

Luck! Jessica found it around 100 yards away sitting in front of a truck that was thrown 50 yards! If the camera would of kept record it would be been incredible!

[@Northdallassales]

@@FlatlandersTV thanks that is amazing!

[@sagesheahan6732]

@@FlatlandersTV that is some GREAT footage!!!!!!! Wow!!!!

[@FlatlandersTV]

@@sagesheahan6732 Pretty incredible for sure! Lucky to be around to share it!

[@trafficjon400]

@@FlatlandersTV Wow did you go to basement bathroom closet. could see the inside wall of tornado be for side wall hit.

[@rogerbrock4218]

Rotating Supercell and Tornado.

[@mpk6664]

Insane.

[@adstalga]

Wouldn't be shocked if that was a suction vortex that knocked down the T-post at the end

[@FlatlandersTV]

Very possible!!! It was a super strong storm!

[@ladonnapriester6195]

Omg! 😱😱

[@barnesj0007]

Wow

[@icedoutofficial8014]

wow.... its a rain wrapped tornado

[@joearthur8819]

A face appears on the lens at 4:02 and last until 4:30.

[@napoleonholmes9413]

That was nothing special

[@FlatlandersTV]

Napoleon Holmes when it is your home torn apart I will say it is Nothing special either.

[@napoleonholmes9413]

Lol u mad huh??? Like I said nothing special bout the video....get over it

[@winchestermodel7044]

Napoleon Holmes where is your video captured by a GoPro that you clamped to a t-post before your home was destroyed? If you weren’t so ignorant of tornado genesis you would know that there are several things about this video that are special.

[@davidmarshall385]

YOURE A DOUCHEBAG

[@napoleonholmes9413]

All y'all sound bout stupid and butt hurt...I said what I said get over it bitches

[@UnfixedRyan]

omg so insane. Glad the footage made it out. I am also you’re safe.

[@FlatlandersTV]

We were safe and found the GoPro days later!

[@deborahstancil4041]

After 60 yrs in Kansas never seen video like this rain wrapped wedge tornado...picture perfect...great job! Thank you. Blessed everyone survived.

[@FlatlandersTV]

Thanks so much! I hope I don't see another for 60 years!

[@TrentEngineFan]

Shows just how impossible it is to see a tornado completely wrapped in rain.

[@wyattl.4023]

1:16 Motorcyclist was gettin the fuck outta Dodge

[@whitenoise546]

I'm an NWS senior meteorologist nearing the end of my nearly 30-year career (rotating shiftwork is much harder in your 50s than your 20s, but I don't regret anything and lived out my childhood dream). First and foremost, y'all have my family's thoughts out to you for losing really everything, including the memories you spoke of. I hope your family has been able to pick up the pieces and start over. Great footage by the way. I've have worked in KS once upon a time in the mid-late 90s, but not your area and all the way across the state in NW KS (actually loved it there and my wife of 27 years was from Littleton, CO, so it worked out nice for her being close to family at the time). I have worked in 5 NWS offices, with this last one the bulk of that career and just celebrated 20 yrs here (no, not in KS, but a ways to your S-SSW). I have done my share of surveys in KS, NE, TX, and MS and have seen and spoken to others like you that have lost everything. Can't tell you how many people have cried on my shoulder, wanted a hug, were still in complete shock (who wouldn't be?!), or all of the above. I work for a great agency where people, whether internally, or our partners and the public have been awesome (mostly anyway). They say "it takes an army and faith". Appears y'all had that and your contribution (and sacrafice) does not go unnoticed.

[@FlatlandersTV]

This video still gives us chills when we watch it! It is a terrible time in our lives but no doubt brought us all closer together! Between this and add covid to the back end when we were just finishing the rebuild it has been a tough few years but we have come out better and stronger as a family, as people and we regret nothing! Thank you for reaching out!

[@gregorycarlson6632]

I haven’t heard a “back story “, but I hope this was a Security Camera rather than some guy standing there filming this! I’ve had advanced training in weather spotting, and trying to film that close is very foolish! That’s how people are killed by things!! Use your head out there! Don’t do something stupid just to get a good vid!!🤔🤔

[@FlatlandersTV]

This was a gopro strapped to a t post and left as it hit! We found the gopro 3 days later a ways from where it was. The t post was pulled out and gone completely

[@gregorycarlson6632]

Thanks. That’s good to know. Great clip!

[@nitren2524]

I Heard the roaring of this Tornado in Leavenworth and also the sirens went off 10 Times!

[@FlatlandersTV]

It was a monster for sure! The power was incredible! Lucky to of been in a basement even though the top came off the house!

[@brothermichael8442]

I still find it hard to believe this was rated EF-4. I feel like this thing had EF-5 intensity.

[@FlatlandersTV]

I couldn’t agree more!

[@victoriacaddy2221]

Thank you for sharing I am praying for you and your community as you clean up and rebuild

[@FlatlandersTV]

Thanks so much

[@Lemon-hz1bf]

I had so many branches and debris in my yard from the tornado

[@XmasLightsGuy]

Wow. amazing video.. I think that's the first vid I've seen where someone actually got a camera right inside a strong tornado (would have been even more interesting if it'd kept recording after taking off til the point when it landed ). ---- In the description you said "To me in this video it looks like two tornadoes". Sounds like the main tornado and a satellite vortex...from what I've heard, this storm was doing stuff like that (and also its not uncommon for it to happen on large tornadoes.) On and that's a hell on an inflow on the right side! Glad you & family made it out safely.

[@FlatlandersTV]

A lot of meteorologists have told me the right side spinning is the beaver tail that is where it actually feeds the main giant tornado!

[@XmasLightsGuy]

@Flatlanders TV: I'm not a meteorologist or anything, but yep from the pictures & descriptions I've seen (in books, on the net,etc), that does look like a beavers tail to me.

[@Jesse78]

Absolutely insane how it goes from looking only a little stormy to complete destruction with debris flying sideways in the span of 3 minutes

[@xavierhall3269]

Wqit first im so glad you and your family is safe in God's hands. But is it just me or the tornado picked up the gopro of the ground or something

[@hebneh]

I wish we'd been able to see what this same location looked like afterwards...tornado videos like this one unfortunately don't usually show very much because there's so much rain and the camera lenses get covered by windblown debris as well. So everything gets dark grey and you only can see some indications of movement, and not much else.

[@FlatlandersTV]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaO0o4mce8x7ibs

[@GrapeApe2018]

I'm surprised your t-post stayed upright. When it hit us, our West fence line post were bent almost 90 degrees to the ground. It's taken me a year to be able to watch footage of the tornado. We live just west of the sale barn.

[@FlatlandersTV]

It didn't stay in the ground. All the t posts were torn out of the ground!

[@elhona]

I saw someone else's footage that looked as if there was an anticyclonic tornado around the main one. But I am not positive.

[@FlatlandersTV]

Not sure about that cause I don't know what that means. My first hand experience was two tornados going like egg beaters. Left spinning counter clockwise, right tornado spinning clock wise = destruction

[@elhona]

@@FlatlandersTV Sometimes during strong tornados you will also get an anticyclonic one as well which would be one that is moving clockwise although not as strong as the main rotation.

[@FlatlandersTV]

@@elhona Crazy crazy! Great to look at unless it is coming at your house!

[@SaoGage]

@@FlatlandersTV I'm not a meteorologist or anything but I'm pretty sure the feature on the right is the inflow jet, basically surging warm air rushing into the storm to power it. Other videos of this storm show a very well defined inflow tail, and I think that's what the feature along the right is. See this vid: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnirf55oqK93qLc

[@FlatlandersTV]

@@SaoGage I have talked to many meteorologists about this. They call it a beavertail inflow. Pretty amazing!

[@andreaberryman5354]

Thank you.

[@DutchyHusky]

Looks like a rolling cloud ahead of the shelf cloud??

[@FlatlandersTV]

I am far from a weather guy. Just guy who got hit! But from weather men all across the country I have been told it is one tornado with a "Beavertail" coming off of it. I hear it is the worst type of tornado for damage though

[@DutchyHusky]

@@FlatlandersTV I actually live halfway across the world from The USA, somewhere where Tornadoes usually don't happen more than a few times per year. I just recognize the clouds is all. A few years ago, we had a supercell pass over my area, but early morning....it was able to form due to very warm sea water. When I went to work, I had a rolling cloud, followed by a shelf cloud, pass over me, that's why I recognized it.

[@SaoGage]

@@FlatlandersTV Hard to tell from this video angle but other footage of this tornado showed a really strongly defined inflow tail, or the warm air surging in to power the storm. I'm pretty positive that's what the right side of the vid is showing. See this vid: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnirf55oqK93qLc

[@rayadonovan5843]

I was there when it happened

[@FlatlandersTV]

Where were you?

[@rayadonovan5843]

@@FlatlandersTV I was in Eudora in by the fire department it my first tornado

[@FlatlandersTV]

@@rayadonovan5843 incredible! Hopefully everyone is ok there!

[@richardh8355]

I was there too

[@FlatlandersTV]

@@richardh8355 Where were you ?

[@jessica_video_projects]

F5 ? Monster

[@colegeorge2451]

jessica Garcia EF4

[@maryellen2312]

Holy Schmolies! Good call on hooking up the go-pro!

[@mindymaria871]

This is amazing, wow!

[@kaceebateson8907]

How is amazing it’s tornado

[@VantaLuc]

Ah shit, here we go again!

[@FlatlandersTV]

It was more like, " hold my beer while I run to the basement!"

[@VantaLuc]

Oui ses sa Yeah I was born french but never used it that well

[@creeperjack7985]

that was a rough tornado i witnessed it

[@stormchaserkst4496]

sad that this is a timelapse.. for the most part.. i would love to see that in real time! But it's still great. Thanks for sharing!

[@dimviesel]

GoPro starts bleeding at 4:34😬😄

[@FlatlandersTV]

I think that is the record light with water wrappin around it. That is our best guess!

[@MrBoogyman1988]

Tornado raped the go pro

[@apriljones4208]

This is the best look into a tornado I have ever seen. It's as beautiful as it is terrifying. Thankfully you made it out of there.

[@hamhockbeans]

The Elo Reno 2.6 mile wide tornado was not beautiful it was deadly and terrifying. Then again a knife is beautiful even though it can cut your throat.

[@thomasc5753]

Great footage but it would’ve been better if you held the go pro! Just kidding! Glad y’all survived!!!!