Raw Video of Portage Area Tornado

Raw Video of Portage Area Tornado

[@jaywinters2483]

Thanks for not ruining the video with music. And thank you for not screaming.

[@barneyporter6138]

And I agree with you I can't stand the music especially can't stand the screaming like that's going to scare the tornado away that screaming and yelling and Cussing is ridiculous

[@Mike-01234]

Speeding up the video make it look like it's spinning faster.

[@sixteezchild]

I absolutely agree! Raw footage and calm forecasting is all we need, plus accurate information. All of that screaming makes my adrenaline/anxiety go over the edge!

[@wendys7334]

Agree about the music. I watch these videos to safely get "close" to something I'm unlikely to experience in person--and to understand what is possible if I do. I doubt that the sounds of a symphony would accompany ANY severe weather I might encounter. (From that point of view, I'm more tolerant of yelling and cussing. I would be.)

[@jase4270]

I think the yelling is awesome especially when Reed yells it just shows you how much excitement he gets from tornados. People who moan about the screaming have probably never ever experienced anything exciting in there boring life. GET OVER IT.

[@Tereselynn]

OMG!!!! That thing is huge!!! I'm from Michigan but have been living in Ca. for 20 years. I never thought something like this would ever hit Mich.! I hope & pray everyone is alright. Deadly tornadoes have been everywhere this year!

[@thewatchmen4920]

One of the sad and crazy parts about trucking. Sometimes no matter what the conditions of the ⚡🌨️🌧️🌩️⛈️🌦️ for that 💵💵 most of the time that trucker have to keep those wheels loaded. Its not like a 9-5 job. That load has to be delivered. ⛽ Bill. Insurance. Maybe toll. Late delivery fee. Hopefully the load isn't damaged. These are many reasons 🚛 has to keep rolling unless their life is in serious danger

[@lauragadille3384]

When you see them violently being thrown from the tornado, that is not ideal to keep them rolling.

[@SC-ey7xv]

That’s was a big one, don’t risk yourself too much. Thanks for sharing! 👍🏻

[@trashcompactorYT]

based Fox station, uploading the full chase for us to watch

[@avengingcarma5525]

People seem to think for some reason it has to be raining or storming to have a tornado, that's such a myth, no thunderstorm/ rain needed😢 you can have Tornadoes in a high wind situation, you don't have to take me at my word just do your own research, watch videos, how many Tornadoes are actually happening during Thunderstorms, and how many aren't 🤔

[@ey3z4ya]

That doesn't make any sense. Tornadoes are storms and only form because of storms

[@avengingcarma5525]

@ey3z4ya Seriously, do your research, Tornadoes 🌪 are formed, ( associated) with a strong or/ and powerful updraft, (usually occurring when warm air and cold air collide) so rain does not fall into or next to a Tornado, it is true that some Tornadoes are Rain " Wrapped" but that is just because of again, the cold and warm atmospheric temperatures that are are happening during the weather anomaly at the time of the storm. That's why in Tornado Ally especially this year there have already been over 700 Tornadoes 🌪 especially at night they are hard to see, because of the changes in temperatures in the atmosphere higher up then closer to the ground...😉 the warmer temperatures at ground level collide with the cooler temperatures higher up with forms the circulation and that can create the funnel if it gets intense enough that's why you always hear the weather reporters say The conditions are good for 🌪 in this area.." Tornado ⚠️ warnings" are issued...I'm only even mentioning this to alert people 😳 so they Don't think that a Thunderstorms is the only time there may be a Tornado

[@plutoidrepublic2765]

well a storm is needed but not always rain

[@alexfromia4511]

​@@avengingcarma5525 i'd be curious if you could point out a tornado where no storm nor rainfall was present.

[@skylarsartnphotography3450]

​@@ey3z4yaThe mixing of a warm front and cold front. With my experience, rain is right before the tornado.....but just before it hits, there's nothing! It is so eerily silent, you can hear a pin drop! Thats why they talk about the quiet before the storm

[@toddgrant4268]

First tornado chase ive ever watched where i knew exactly where he was throughout the video.

[@danielmorse4213]

Great job. My brother and his preg wife due next month just left Woodbridge complex on Center St. It was dark as night he said. He missed it by a few minutes.

[@rarebreed-wj3ov]

I saw the 1.5 Mile wide Barnsdall Bartlesville tornado on the 6th it roared like a jet airplane.That was a large tornado you had. These tornadoes are crazy all over everywhere. I had kids clothes falling out of the sky at my house on the 6th. Killed 1 tore up my town and razed Barnsdall to the ground F-4. People killed in Tennessee. Tornadoes Slammed Georgia today and this portage Michigan tornado looks serious.

[@LydiaStarz]

EF4 easily., freakishly big. I lived in Texas and Oklahoma for over 25 yrs. Back here in Michigan it seems the Big twisters came home with me. But at least here I have a basement!

[@LydiaStarz]

Barnsdall reminded me of the Sulphur Oklahoma tornado. Same system.

[@dannymorgan7252]

No was that was just an ef4, not that size and intensity. At this point, we’re going to need an apocalyptic scenario to ever see a 5 again

[@dannyc6166]

The last shot of meso & tornado looked giant like Soho MS on Easter!!!! Sometimes the wedge tornados are extremely strong but still not an EF5.

[@jenniferknight8139]

I was in this tornado 🌪️ Texas township. Portage Michigan

[@danielpruna9884]

The green sky is wild. I've heard that if you ever see it, seek shelter.

[@maurivalentine8771]

It usually means hail from what I've heard

[@martimasters7704]

Yep.

[@vickydamota6186]

Remember seeing it in ne Ohio, it was an f-5 Niles ohio, where my grandmother lived, I had to go pick her up, no electricity for days. It was a brutal tornado.

[@cwrichardson7902]

From 8:20-8:33 there was something spectacularly really cool! A rain wrapped tornado and a rainbow 🌈 at the same time! I don’t know if anyone of you guys caught that or not?!

[@michael61985]

Dang thats a little close don't you think

[@davidmunson1154]

The sky has that greenish-yellow color to it.

[@cmorrow132]

Call it what it is - a tornado. Cyclone sounds far less threatening, tornado immediately gets attention

[@James-uy8zj]

We were definitely in the thick of it and a lot of us are fortunate we made it through it 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@ShlisaShell]

Have mercy 🙏😥

[@msej4867]

Incredible footage.

[@thomasholt63]

Thank you for your service

[@geraldfellers5348]

Nobody ever explains that. I think "Pecos Hank" did at one point

[@LQOTW]

That's because Pecos Hank knows all (but tells only some).

[@patmygroin]

Best videos and narration

[@lauragadille3384]

Hank Pecos and Reed Timmer are awesome storm chasers

[@lauragadille3384]

I'm surprised I don't hear sirens when you stopped at the shopping mall.

[@marleymcleay9228]

Very impressive

[@koopey]

That was intense.

[@jenniferkubik478]

That sky is ominously green. Yikes!

[@Dexter68-eq6ei]

This true horror..,no movie,tv show can match it in person..power..🙄

[@kathleenpenny9388]

That's a pretty cool video, thank you from a west michigander

[@natedavis3943]

I had a closer look than you did.. I was in Pizza Hut on Centre. 😫

[@FantismalSpider]

My sister was in Pure Barre there. I’m so glad everyone in that building was able to get through it safely.

[@jasonbrock4321]

Weren't you on the news

[@natedavis3943]

@@jasonbrock4321 Yeah.

[@jasonbrock4321]

@@natedavis3943 yup I saw you I think WZZM 13. Congrats you're famous. Glad everyone is OK though. Heard it's a disaster down there

[@natedavis3943]

@@jasonbrock4321 Not a great way to be famous. The only reason I'm not dead is because the trusses laid down like dominos and held together on top of the walls. I never would have made it to the walk-in if the roof collapsed like it did 2 doors down in the building.

[@janetcarbone4213]

Good educational vid. Hope no one was hurt. Yikes!🤦🏽‍♀️

[@errolm8313]

Great footage

[@X-NatureSeries]

Brave man. If it were me, I wouldn't dare chase it like that

[@colourpalettesbymichelle]

I love the way all the Michigan people just kind of keep driving around and no one runs for cover…kind of in denial that we could actually have a tornado here

[@errolm8313]

I seriously thought it was a warning until I heard the damage that was happening in romence

[@Kilolocks]

Had to make a climax joke. Lol

[@thomasaitken7495]

We came, we saw, it's all over the place now. 🤣

[@backyardbuilttrucks1]

Typical for tornados in May for us in Oklahoma and Kansas , never if , but always when one will hit us , stay safe God Bless

[@inc2000glw]

Ah a center pivot ! I miss those !

[@user-nx6pl4mq4u]

The clouds are going in at least 3 different directions.

[@geraldfellers5348]

So WHAT causes the tornadic action???? Is it the updraft, or downdraft or both. Or is it just a temperature reaction of both???

[@lauracowan3343]

if you look up "weather" and "storm chasers" videos on KZbin you can learn about all kinds of ingredients that go into tornadic storms. Recommend Skip Talbot, Reed Timmer, Ryan Hall Y'all, Evan Fryberger, and Max Velocity if you really want all the tornado tea. :)

[@KaileyB616]

The most basic description for what causes tornadoes is that it's when a warm front and a cold front meet head on, combined with wind sheer, cape, and some other things I'm not quite sure about lol

[@r1alcatraz]

Green ❤natural❤ clouds mean hail bro WoooOooooOooo BROTHER!!!

[@stephenchudds9392]

All we got in Michigan City was golf ball sized hail.

[@readyalready4697]

May i suggest RAIN X. Don't need wipers.

[@toddgrant4268]

I love rainx, I can drive down the interstate and not use my wipers. I clean my windshield with it and use it in my wiper fluid. Great product.

[@southerngirl3756]

STAY SAFE

[@Fashioncarnage81]

It’s so crazy though because here in Michigan we get tornado watches, and we just stand outside and watch the sky or stand in our garages when it’s hailing out with the garage door open😂 it’s because every time nothing happens. So we have this nonchalant kind of outlook on it, but I’m just happy that even though I was at Southland mall at my place of employment I couldn’t even see outside because we were in the back hallway. None of us were in panic mode and I think it’s because of, all the years of nothing ever happening and acting like it’s not going to. We were just in the back talking like normal, but making sure our loved ones were OK by giving phone calls. I was on a different level because my husband was out driving around and my animals are at home by themselves so I was nervous and mad.😂 but very very happy that everyone is OK and my optimistic personality says it could’ve been worse and my heart goes out to the people who were really affected by this. It’s a very scary thing and weather in Michigan is very bipolar.

[@gauts801980]

So. I'm curious. Has there always been this much tornado activity in the states or are we just noticing it more because of cameras and knowing more what the signs are? Is it getting worse? It's crazy how many daily.

[@motherof2dragons778]

It's peak season for them and el nino seems to be making it worse but we definitely get tornadoes every year in the states

[@motherof2dragons778]

Have tornadoes every year, this is peak season and videos are more accessible but el nino vs la Nina probably making them a bit worse ?

[@gauts801980]

@@motherof2dragons778 I know you get tornadoes every year. But is it always at this volume? There are dozens daily.

[@motherof2dragons778]

@@gauts801980 not normal this number but I believe 2013, 2011 and 2010 were worse or at least caused more damage

[@argillaxjinana]

yeah it's generally agreed to mostly be a combination of more people (the population in tornado alley has greatly imcreased within the last 100 years), more people living in rural areas (vs uninhabited prairie that no one would watch for tornado damage), increased awareness (including cameras), and better weather tools (meaning storm chasers can locate tornadoes that no one lives by)

[@raymondszybowicz7597]

Live in Battle Creek went to see some of the damage Thursday talked to a lady at Circle K gas station at Sprinkle and MN drive she said they saw it and she said it was bouncing up and down.

[@Thegreatjoker13]

So ur chasing a rain wrap tornado?

[@kristinessTX]

Split pea soup skies.

[@risa_sh.youtube3244]

🙏🎯🌍🔥🔥🔥🔥 **Nam myoho rengekyo** 🙏 pray 🌍 peace 🕊️ be safe

[@BrendaGBrown-xo4ei]

You see that as well

[@marybears5533]

Thought it might be Portage Alaska until I clicked on it

[@truthisoutthere6721]

That is actually a very weak poorly formed tornado. In Texas we call those “gustnados” or “tittie-twisters”. When we were kids we would run right through the funnels. Feel like sandpaper on your skin. That’s about it.

[@ctgilcrest]

What Cyclone?

[@johnswan9123]

Those aren't siding, they're pieces of roof insulation that is under TPO.

[@michaelcash9258]

Why?

[@matthewerbele7843]

When this tornado happened, I was doing my tire test at my racetrack

[@r.pres.4121]

In other words you were squealing and smoking your rear tires lol?

[@ataricom]

"The house." Which house?

[@eminemsrealmrsmathers7741]

If I had drove down Westnedge I would have seen it cross DAMN I MISSED MY TORNADO I I BEEN WAITING MY WHOLE LIFE 2 SEE A TORNADO CUZ I WAS 6 WHEN THE 1980 TORNADO HIT AND I WAS OUT IN PORTAGE WHERE IT WAS SUNNY I AM MAD NOW CUZ I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND JUST SAW RAIN AND THOUGHT IT WAS ANOTHER FALSE ALARM AGAIN UGH

[@greghomestead8366]

I have a feeling we're neighbors. I'm between R and Rs on 8th. We weren't home at the time. No damage here.

[@jimbobshambles]

Awesome storm awesome video!⚡️⚡️⚡️

[@roxiefern]

Gawkers go home, you just get in the way 😢

[@colonelleblanc2594]

That might be the worst looking sky I’ve ever seen, and I’ve watched pretty much all the footage from all the big tornadoes since 1999

[@ryders_mom]

Way to blow through that red light

[@stuffposter9011]

Green sky holy crud...

[@followurheart1112]

Where is this??

[@mpa7056]

Portage Michigan

[@glennchristie2316]

If nothing else - You got a good car wash.. You guys sure are Gutsy..

[@user-ps2eb1rl7d]

Wow

[@chasetonga]

Portage, Wisconsin?

[@Gebely81]

Portage, Michigan

[@dianekruger5977]

Kalamazoo Michigan area. I was trying to drive home in heavy downpour from visiting friends not real far from there. Could barely see to drive, it was that bad. But I lived in Florida for 10 years,band it can rain like that most times, so was used to it.

[@lauragadille3384]

I hope everyone was ok at the Fed Ex facility

[@alexwebb6918]

There’s definitely a wedge

[@tinabloomfield7228]

Fed ex building was not flattened! It was torn the F up ...get your facts straight

[@kingamity1985]

Shut up

[@janedoe-dy3rr]

That would make more sense than being flattened from a tornado. Though the news reports were saying that it was flattened, like a pancake. That each floor collapsed on to the lower floor all the way down. Of course, they were also reporting that it was a mass casualty event before they had any idea if there were survivors, which as we know now there absolutely was

[@TheCsel]

he literally says its a third hand report. So, you know to take it with a grain of salt.

[@shenamariscal6200]

Chill out Karen. No need to get pedantic in the KZbin comments like it matters

[@inc2000glw]

No noisy REED

[@roberthenderson4466]

STOP THE WIPER BLADES.........PUT THEM ON INTERMITTENT.......

[@license2kilttheplaidlad640]

Why don't storm chasers ever invest in rainx duuhhh

[@user-zz4fu3wz6v]

😮😮😮😮

[@captainchaos52]

Green sky =tornado

[@johnlogo94]

Not always green could mean heavy rain or hail

[@pameladean5451]

I was at work when it happened and I wasn't scared because I was safe with my coworker ❤

[@joandickson9566]

🙏🙏🙏

[@deanvoss7098]

Where is the tornado

[@danaeckelbarger8136]

Portage, Michigan USA

[@youareloved4960]

Kalamazoo MI

[@jessicasadiku2743]

@@youareloved4960 it wasn’t in Kalamazoo it was only portage

[@simpinainteasyRHEC]

It's gone now 😂

[@cwrichardson7902]

Th

[@christineblaszczyk1602]

Looks like a cat 4 to me. Portage has several tornadoes not just one.

[@Soul.8877]

thanks for the blurry video....

[@InsideHuntersCrackPipe101]

Why is it that chasers in Michigan don't use the correct terms for the specific descriptions the person sometimes refers to and associates certain terms incorrectly within how a storm may interact. Like there is no such meteorological term that goes by "The Bears Cage" where one chaser was located and that was the exact term used by them. Now this person here incorrectly said the tornado was following or traveling the "RFD" when usually the "RFD" travels with the tornado in most cases or side swipes from a flanking position thus the name. I just don't get it, out of the lower 48 there's 47 who all use the same meteorological terms even some foreign countries do too also. 🤷🏻🤦🏻

[@givemeyournachos]

"The Bear's cage" is a legit term. It's the the area under a rotating wall cloud/tornado which is the "bear" . The blinding rain and hail which masks the actual tornado and it's size, is called the 'cage'. As it's just surrounding the vortex. RFD is the Rear flank downdraft, so if a chaser is saying they're travelling the RFD, it usually means they're travelling behind the tornado.

[@lizzzzzzzz]

lol 🤓

[@kingamity1985]

DORK

[@wendyc1902]

Wth are you actually bitchin about?!

[@brianmccandlish3019]

Vince Weelti and Brandon Copic would want you guys not to chase they think they are the greatest thing since sliced bread. And would demand you off the road

[@mauramc72]

Every time I watch Copic, my foot is constantly on my imaginary brake pedal. That guy drives so damn fast

[@avengingcarma5525]

Wall clouds are an everyday occurrence where I live😮

[@spanqueluv9er]

No they aren’t. They simply aren’t.🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤡🙄

[@avengingcarma5525]

@spanqueluv9er OK maybe not literally " Everyday" but it seems like it lately here in Tornado alley

[@thernly]

That’s called a thunderstorm.

[@browningirl2003]

I didn’t see any tornado 🌪️

[@Cass-lv1on]

Trumps fault

[@danasaunders2744]

People are watching these tornado you should be watching out for God’s return. These things will keep happening and it’s going to wax worse and worse. Repent of your sins so you can make it into the kingdom of Heaven.

[@Leenightwolf]

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