Intense Houston, Texas Thunderstorm with Possible Tornado (Dash Cam) - May 16, 2024

[@majesticgent]

What you experienced was a Derecho which is a massive line of severe thunderstorms with intense straight line winds and possible tornadoes. They are not that common in Houston.

[@DanRustle]

they are not that common anywhere

[@rrrghyourehot]

It was an EF-1 tornado. It touched down in Cypress then crossed Jersey Village towards downtown Houston.

[@Eddy12700]

Yea derechos are scary and leaves trail of destruction

[@khalilt6508]

@@DanRustleThey are in the midwest

[@TitaniumTurbine]

@@rrrghyourehot The heavy winds/rain/hail was actually a derecho (or straight line wind storm). The tornado in Cypress was a different situation.

[@RadiantGamer113]

That is a tornado death trap because other drivers stopping under the passage with you stuck in it can always cause problems

[@jamminman2867]

Well looks like it didn’t cause any problems here.

[@Noah-pr2or]

​@@jamminman2867 Not a tornado

[@MaxHeimst]

It looks like the traffic in general stopped because of the conditions.

[@jaxontheboss2319]

They stopped because police cut off direction in both ways of the highway

[@nikkinicklus7587]

LOVE my home city!!!!! We ARE TEXAS STRONG!!!!❤❤❤❤

[@gotthejuice7125]

Your wipers are immaculate

[@evettechilds6634]

Try Rainx windshield fluid it works extremely well for visibility for these types of conditions...

[@JesseWx_]

0:08 Weather Alert on Phone/Tablet. 2:04 Merging onto I-10. 7:57 Sky is noticeably darker. 8:39 Rain begins. Wind Picks up. 9:40 Rain gets heavier. Visibility Drops 10:17 Traffic Slows Weather Conditions worsen 10:32 Power flash Observed 12:13 Traffic stops 22:52 Weather Conditions Improve Traffic starts moving again 26:01 Billboard sign damaged 32:20 Rain slows down Storm leaves the area 38:34 Traffic Suddenly slows 40:20 Traffic speeds back up 44:21 Exiting the interstate 47:15 Rain stops

[@Reddeadredemption3]

why do people stop under overpasses when there might be a tornado? it will literally kill you

[@jamminman2867]

It “literally” didn’t in this case.

[@grmpEqweer]

That doesn't happen in the case of hail, frontline winds, or rain severe enough to prevent you from seeing a flooded road ahead. It IS true in the case of big tornadoes. The Houston area tends to have EF0-2 tornadoes, not those Oklahoma honkers. (Our construction standards aren't what they could be.)

[@jaxontheboss2319]

Because police blocked off the highway

[@aarongreenfield9038]

That seemed more like a derecho.

[@rrrghyourehot]

It was an EF-1 tornado. There are other videos of it touching down in Cypress then crossing Jersey Village towards downtown Houston.

[@stephanieh.1633]

It was a derecho. And we never get them here. It spawned two F1 tornadoes.

[@midlifecrisis7888]

My son awakened me from a nap and told me there was a tornado warning, I told him he was overreacting and got mad at him for waking me up. 15 minutes later all hell broke lose.

[@entp1217]

Great footage - thanks for sharing!

[@infinitylyfe3813]

You cannot hear a good portion of the rain, I'm guessing because of the phone calls. This happened more than once in the video. It could have been great if it weren't for the constant interruptions

[@kennypalermo9071]

Last month there were so many tornadoes in Nebraska

[@jaxontheboss2319]

Would you like your phone calls to be public on the Internet?

[@kennypalermo9071]

@@jaxontheboss2319 yes

[@jw77019]

I was downtown when the warning went to all phones. By the time I got to W. Gray near Kroger my car felt like it was about to be picked up. The palm trees looked exactly like being in a hurricane. The stop sign in front of me was oscillating back and forth at a 45° angle. I have never experienced anything like it. I am 60. I was listening to local news coverage and this was not predicted. They didn’t realize how bad it was until after it was over. Two weeks later many streets are closed downtown due to broken glass in high rise buildings, some quite tall. I believe the flexing of the buildings caused the glass to become dislodged more so than the wind actually blowing the glass out. Obviously every window downtown will have to be inspected.

[@pnotuner1]

The camera clock is not the correct time. Just a note.

[@TitaniumTurbine]

Let me just add that you do not want a dashcam date/time to be wrong. If you have to pull up a video for police, you don’t want to be standing there scratching your (figurative) nuts for 20 minutes.

[@robinozah3981]

I lost power for only 6 hrs from the Houston Derecho. Centerpoint loves me lolol

[@johnned4848]

Great video wish there was more audio or something to explain what's going on

[@holmantx]

One thing I don’t miss about driving in Houston: left lane bandits

[@phillipvelednitskiy6881]

forcing you to park under a spaghetti junction was a sick joke. Im glad you're okay

[@matty1053]

Stop stopping under overpasses.... This is why I have a push bar on my truck.

[@WeatherAirCtrl672]

there’s toll camera don’t work either, tolls changed up to $0

[@ethankim2142]

love how the hazards come on instantly when it starts pouring

[@MaxHeimst]

I guess it's mandatory in Texas.

[@jaxontheboss2319]

Thats what your supposed to do…

[@grmpEqweer]

I put hazards on whenever conditions (weather or traffic) cause me to slow to 40 mph, or less, on the freeway. I'm trying to reduce the chances of some fool rear-ending me.

[@MaxHeimst]

The gaps in the sound are annoying.

[@esaireyna899]

This t storm is angry!!!! This like the most violent storm I have ever seen!!!! I can’t drive in that

[@nikkinicklus7587]

We do it all bigger here including storms

[@tnut3305]

Why are people stopping under the overpass! There was no hail with this storm and if there was a tornado that was not going to save them

[@SuperD1960]

Well what did you expect them to do…go through the mass of traffic in front of them?

[@tnut3305]

@@SuperD1960 I was talking about in general. People stopping under the overpass are the ones causing the traffic

[@SuperD1960]

⁠@@tnut3305at that point they were in the safest possible place they could under the circumstances. They had nowhere else to go. You do not want to be outside in that kind of weather.

[@jorjashannonrisinger1475]

Thanks for this wonderful video. I really enjoyed it. Driving in Houston's torrential rains again. 😋

[@TypicalBlox]

@@SuperD1960 Overpasses act as wind tunnels and are more deadly, this has been common knowledge for more than 20 years now.

[@user-ov6dk1ze6z]

Yeah, it's kind a destroyed.

[@user-jr5kh8pc6t]

Why the traffic jam though?

[@rrrghyourehot]

Houston always has traffic and I mean always.

[@DubBeats]

That weather was nuts plus light was out…

[@elvissam100]

Couldn't watch it due to no sound in parts

[@candysmith8724]

It was fortunate that you got to be semi under the overpass during the worst part.

[@Reddeadredemption3]

if it was an actual tornado, getting under an overpass is the worst place to be

[@OMBP20]

Hii Candy

[@Ruben-tn4cv]

Never seen a tornado in that part of town people forgot Houston gets hurricanes more often there

[@TheGreatWhitePhantom]

enough with the mute and unmute bro... we can't get the full effect of the video with you clicking the mute button, on and off

[@leannemccumber]

Your sound kept going out.

[@tarasalazar4177]

Are we just going to ignore what is being said at 45:33?? LMAO

[@ian2372]

Welcome to Texas, you must be new here. We get tornadoes all the time. Thanks for the video.

[@sarakuhl5075]

Not in Houston….

[@rrrghyourehot]

Not in Houston. I'm a Houstonian and this the first storm that has really scared us. The tornado passed by my sister's house.

[@patrickstar1446]

@@sarakuhl5075 where in texas gets the tornadoes?

[@sarakuhl5075]

Mostly the panhandle and the plains. But not houston.

[@lindaserrano5223]

Not in Houston

[@austinstitzel]

I'm going to guess that you are an Aquarius.

[@loriallen67]

Dude, you drove through some rain.

[@deeheart9988]

The truck is safer parking under the overpass because out in the open, he would be blown over.

[@andyshepard4309]

Overpasses create wind tunnels

[@HeyTexasItsMe]

It was a tornado!!

[@stephanieh.1633]

It was a derecho that spawned tornadoes.

[@HeyTexasItsMe]

@@stephanieh.1633 I know nothing about any of this. ☺️ I just know I was scared 😱

[@stephanieh.1633]

@HeyTexasItsMe yeah, it was scary for sure! Might as well have been a hurricane with no notice.

[@HeyTexasItsMe]

@@stephanieh.1633 they’re predicting hurricane season to be just as bad as

[@grmpEqweer]

​@@HeyTexasItsMe I have a small inverter in my car, and in hurricane season I try to keep the fuel topped. I recommend this. Do remember, you CANNOT run a window A.C. unit off your car. Not enough amps. For that you need a generator.

[@fjgrg2033]

Yup. someone who don't believe in climate change would say that.

[@grmpEqweer]

I've lived here since the 80's. I have SEEN the climate change.

[@MikeFields83]

That was a waste of my time. Thumbs down 👎🏻

[@saramorrison8084]

In the middle, mist of it all! while driving, meditate and do a travel safety, energetic, protection the only thing is it will not just protect you on the road your driving on but every car around you will also be protected preventing accident's👼🙏✨🚦🛣️🚑🚓🚒🚕🚗🚙🚚🚛🚜🏎️🏍️🛵 ⛽

[@2017_K___Booth]

You mean a prayer. Jesus is the ONLY one I pray to. Screw that hippie bullshit!