STRANGEST Tornado Events

[@emjayrogers1987]

The strangest tornado path I’ve seen is the one left by Canada’s singular EF5 that hit the town of Elie in 2007. The thing literally did a loop-de-loop.

[@swiphouse]

its an F5 but yeah

[@KermitTheGamer21]

According to everything I've found on the 1976 Lemont, Illinois F4 tornado, it did a U-shaped track and dissipated at practically the same latitude coordinate as it started, just a few hundred feet further to the west. I can't find an official track though, so I may be wrong.

[@ILoveOldTWC]

@@KermitTheGamer21 Lemont was hit by another tornado in March 1991.

[@ChipsDaCat]

I know a few powerful tornadoes that did multiple

[@KermitTheGamer21]

@@ILoveOldTWC Yep, my grandpa actually recorded the funnel cloud that became the 1991 tornado as it passed over his house.

[@KermitTheGamer21]

The F5 tornado which struck Barneveld, Wisconsin in 1984 is said to have had a similar phenomenon occur as to the Blackwell tornado. Also, a particularly powerful bolt of lightning struck near the town about 20 minutes before the tornado hit, which disabled the tornado siren but apparently the thunder was powerful enough that it woke up many residents and got them to seek shelter.

[@foih_fg9]

Talk about god saving them.

[@cbislands12]

@@foih_fg9damn who do you think sent the lightning bolt?

[@caturdaynite7217]

I think it was Thor. He was out of beer and came to Wisconsin for the best beer!

[@Stickmanzed]

@@caturdaynite7217 based Thor

[@KingJames1981]

The Devil@@cbislands12

[@dangerousbusinesses788]

There was one poor guy who lost his house in ALL THREE Codel tornadoes, and he also lost his life in the third. I also once heard of someone who lost his wife in a tornado. He later remarried, and then lost his second wife in a tornado. I’m surprised the Tinker Air Force Base tornadoes weren’t mentioned. Finally, I have a possible explanation for the light seen in the Blackwell tornado: A survivor of the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane reported seeing sand grains being blown so fast, they were sparking. Could something similar have happened in Blackwell?

[@highriskchris]

Interesting points. I think there is something going on with the dust allowing electric charges to build up.

[@DARTHNECRION]

Losing my house is one of my biggest fears, that’s why I don’t live in the Midwest. Too many tornadoes! 😖

[@saturnqx]

@@highriskchris i did see something about the blackwell tornado hitting a glass factory so it would make sense

[@RIPjkripper]

Fascinating. I had known that about the Labor Day Hurricane but never made the connection

[@AmyraCarter]

It's definitely particle plasma charge related.

[@Arrestia]

My grandfather lost his father in the Blackwell tornado. There's a good book out now called "without warning". In it, there's interviews with the blackwell residents that are still alive. And I believe they still have an area of their super small museum dedicated to the tornado. It's definitely worth it if you are interested in more info about it that tornado and how it impacted Blackwell, OK. It definitely managed to kill the momentum of a thriving and growing city - now it's just a small town.

[@ashure36]

My family went thru that tornado as well. A terrible night.

[@miltonhollis703]

Condolence 🙏 to your grandfather" Through this video, I wouldn't have Heard about this Viscous tornado In 1955, which at time I was ten years old...

[@moseyballad7954]

Same storm hit Udall KS 45 mins later and killed 88 more. They also have museum exhibits dedicated to the victims. It is still the deadliest tornado in Kansas history. A real long track F5 monster on a nearly due north track while moving very very slightly east

[@moseyballad7954]

@Jesus_loves_you12 thank you 🙄😬. I mean who am I to judge how you try to reach the lost. It just sounds corny and cheesy without any context though. I'm found already. God bless you 😇

[@miltonhollis703]

@Jesus_loves_you12 thank 😊you 🙏 ❤️ so much-needed "

[@davidchambers44]

The footage and video done by Pecos Hank on the Pilger twins is truly a must watch. It's almost surreal to see a tornado move so quickly.

[@sabrinaleedance]

His footage for the dodge city tornadoes is also breathtaking

[@davidchambers44]

@@sabrinaleedance yes! The sirens harmonizing together like a foreboding angelic choir.

[@Taima]

@@davidchambers44 My god that's a terrifying sentence

[@momocross8191]

​@@Taimaagree

[@brizzle3903]

@@davidchambers44that was an eerily beautiful moment I watch it from time to time because the harmony of the sirens is soothing

[@Syaviper]

2:25 made me laugh, "it turned into this chonker" saying that with the most serious voice made me crack a bit

[@drykustralkov1376]

That is why I came to the comment section

[@Koakoa45]

My great aunt was in the Tristate tornado in Indiana. She was a school teacher and said the children were outside when she and other spotted, what they thought was farmers setting their fields on fire. It looked like a wall of smoke to her. She said it was not until the winds picked up did they realize what it was. Sadly many children and other teachers passed away that day and she would rarely talk about the event.

[@richardheadly7466]

Yes, I too read that witnesses described it as a low "boiling" and/or "rolling" black cloud. I don't recall anyone mentioning the roar of the wind which can typically be heard way before it gets close. I think maybe a case where the entire storm system was lower to the ground causing the center of circulation to be further back. The same phenomenon we see with wedge tornadoes only more pronounced. It seems a possibility but must be rare.

[@ottovonbismarck5067]

Tornado events noticeable to me personally is that my home city was struck twice, in June 2019 and then February 2020. What's even more crazy is that my city is in Germany, and we got about 40-60 tornadoes annually in the entire country. And we were hit twice (the first was an EF2 that went through the middle of the city, the second an EF1 on the outskirts) just over half a year apart. There were no noticeable injuries or deaths thanks to solid construction, the worst that happened were heavily damaged roofs, a couple of cars that were turned upside-down and big, solid trees being ripped out of the ground. The city is Bocholt, for anyone curious

[@dantheman9591]

Another strange unusual tornado event to mention is the 1979 Windsor Locks CT F4 because it not only occurred late in the season.The setup for the Windsor Locks CT F4 was not the typical New England tornado setup you see compared to the Springfield MA EF3 and the Worcester MA F4

[@Nick-E1v2]

Also the landscape in Windsor Locks is… not ideal for a tornado, very hilly terrain and a river right on the edge. Not to mention Windsor locks is in almost like a valley.

[@dantheman9591]

True and a another thing that was unusual about the Windsor Locks CT F4 was it's path most tornadoes in CT moved West to East some move West to Southeast.This tornado did the opposite it move South to North

[@nathanrasely7903]

Much respect for not only mentioning, but knowing about the F5/EF5 history of Tanner. As a resident of the Huntsville area since 97’ who’s family is all but give or take 5-10 miles from where that Hackleburg storm wrecked shop in North AL (In particular my dads subdivision which is 5 minutes from Tanner) Even Pecos Hank had a swing in miss not too long ago, where he mentions Moore being the only city to get hit by both an F/EF5 tornado. Sitting back like that’s sort of true, if you think of it as Tanner’s been hit by 2 F5’s and 1 EF5. Tip of the cap to you my good sir.

[@highriskchris]

Thanks Nathan. I'm a huge fan of Hanks and consider him a friend since we've met a few times. But I think the video you're referring to is the one where he reviews the damage paths on the NWS damage map, which only has data going back to the early 2000s. This video, and my other video "STRANGEST Tornado Paths" uses Tornadoarchive.com which has tornado data going back to the 1600s! When Hank made his video tornadoarchive was not live, so I don't blame him, it's an easy mistake and that area doesn't get the sort of recognition it deserves, unlike the OKC area.

[@clckc]

@@highriskchris Awesome

[@Soturi92]

I’d lived over on brownsferry rd until 2011, I couldn’t stand it and moved away. Soooooo many tornadoes hit that area and not just the big ones

[@Jesus_is_king1234]

​@@highriskchrisJesus loves you

[@Jesus_is_king1234]

​@@Soturi92Jesus loves you

[@Shicksalblume]

The strangest tornado I've experience was about 1990 in Manhattan, KS. It was the first year the Manhattan Town Center Mall had a stand selling fireworks for the 4th of July holiday. The tornado came down right on top of the fireworks stand, destroyed it (naturally), and then went right back up into the clouds and dissipated.

[@mrpeach2023]

I’m sorry but that’s kind of funny lol.

[@dumbass7055]

Sky said nah u ain’t shooting that shit at me I’m takin it

[@calanon534]

Tornado: "Fireworks! Don't mind if I do.."

[@vtcode95]

Tornado hating our freedom …smh

[@markhopkins5801]

How about the tornado that landed right on top a big house, spun the furniture around like a blender, then went right back up in the clouds! If anyone can find the video report on that again, please post !!!

[@Catsarecuteok]

I love how you called a massive tornado a “chonker!”

[@SR71_Blackbird]

I was driving with my dad and saw a 747. I said "oh it's a chonker" and he asked what type of plane a chonker was.

[@foxfyre3787]

Lol I thought that too

[@Gamejake94]

He should've called it a dark souls boss

[@andyking595]

😊😢😢😢😊😅😢😢​@@SR71_Blackbird

[@SadieEnwurd]

That caught me off guard, funny af lol

[@lultr_a974]

The 1981 West Bend, WI tornado should be probably been mentioned in the video. Was a violent anticyclonic tornado that was caused by a dying storm segment that shouldn't of produced a tornado of said intensity. Fuijita himself even said the tornado was extremely unprecedented and of strange nature.

[@RagingMoon1987]

I agree. That one was trippin'!

[@ILoveOldTWC]

Yellowstone F4, proves that they CAN hit mountainous areas, and mountains don't stop them. The infamous Tri-State tornado in 1925, could've been a supercell, spawning a series of violent tornadoes to give it the appearance of a single tornado. We will more than likely never know for sure. That tornado also holds the record for the most numbers of fatalities ever in a single tornado. Thanks for covering Tanner, Alabama. The Tennessee River Valley of north Alabama, Decatur, Huntsville, is to Dixie Alley what OKC is to traditional tornado alley. I'm glad you cover these events because they are not unique to the plains. They have occured in all 50 states.

[@James.99]

I had a nightmare about a mile wide wedge tornado forming over Clearlake in northern California and demolishing every small town along highway 20. I survived my house getting smashed but then got struck by lightning and woke up.

[@EmeraldBayMovies]

Not only that, but they can also happen out west without the influence of the Gulf of Mexico.

[@James.99]

@@EmeraldBayMovies There was a tornado that destroyed a ranch near Sacramento in January during our bomb cyclone

[@ILoveOldTWC]

@@EmeraldBayMovies Salt Lake City, Utah, August 1999.

[@EmeraldBayMovies]

@ILoveStorms That one was unusual for sure. However, there have been a few more violent tornados out west. Another high altitude tornado hit the Uinta (I probably spelled that wrong) mountains in Utah in 2010 or something. It was an F3, and the tree damage looked very similar to the Yellowstone F4. Idaho had a significant tornado near Mcall a decade or so ago. It was classified as an EF2, but the official report mentioned the damage was in line with a low end EF3. Arizona had a tornado in 2010 that could have very well been an EF4, except it hit nothing except a big metal radio tower, which it bent completely in half! Those are just a few examples. There was also an F3 in Portland that killed like 6 people and injured hundreds of others. There have been several tornados in western Montana that may have been fairly significant as well.

[@ScoobyDoozy]

Aussie here. I’d love to see you do a video on fire tornadoes aka •pyro-pivots • sparky-spirals • Blaze-braids • Coal-coils • tinder-winders etc etc Obviously this phenomena isn’t exclusive to us (I’ve seen video of some cracking ones out of California, British Columbia, & Argentina to name a few) but it’s the closest we get to having tornadoes, & I know you’ll cover it brilliantly as always. Big love and appreciation for your work mate!

[@averagehistoryenthusiast]

the names are amazing!

[@loganfrey4968]

I think the West Bend WI tornado of 1981 is the strangest I've heard of. Strongest Anticyclonic tornado on record (F4), spawned from a dying thunderstorm (tops had come down below 30kft) that had just produced a downburst, at night, peak intensity was no more than a hundred yards wide.

[@brysonk8246]

i live near west bend and sadley there is no memorials ive ever seen for the tornado. which is wierd cus its a really wierd tornado

[@clay5083]

@@brysonk8246 I grew up there (still live nearby), and heard stories of "the Barton tornado in the 80s." It was only relatively recently thst I found out how weird the tornado actually was. I could have sworn there was a memorial? I'm going to Google now about it!

[@loganfrey4968]

There is one somewhere in town I think. I’ve seen a video on it (somewhere on yt)

[@clay5083]

There is! Nearby where it touched down, the Muenk Playlot. Fun fact: in my researching of this last night, I found that the tornado literally touched down in the back yard of my childhood home! It was before my time, but I like to see it nonetheless haha!

[@AlvoGTR]

9:13 never heard this from my time living there. I actually had a chunk of "tornado glass" when i lived there, you can find it strewn about because the tornado directly smoked a glass factory and slung once molten glass all over the town. On the east end where it hit you can still find concrete stairs leading to houses that were never rebuilt.

[@jennteal5265]

6:20 Interesting fact - A friend of mine lived along 325th St between Parkersburg and New Hartford. He fled due south towards Hwy 55. He said that the tornado _didn't_ look like a tornado at the time, it just looked like a gigantic black wall. It also was spitting out a bunch of debris. He ended up in the ditch across from Hwy 55 because of how fast he was driving but was safe. He said the scariest part wasn't the tornado so much as the 4 wheeler that it threw ahead of him into a field.

[@highriskchris]

Wow, glad he was alright. Large tornadoes in environments with low clouds look like walls rather than the classic tornado we all picture in our heads, which is almost guaranteed what happened with the tri-state tornado.

[@jennteal5265]

@@highriskchris Some of the stories of friends in P'burg were nuts but THAT was the one that stuck with me. Luckily most of his cattle made it out because he opened the gate before taking off. Prob not very smart because of the time it took but at the same time, it's his livelihood.

[@brizzle3903]

@@highriskchrisone the survivors from the Tri-State tornado said at one point the clouds looked as if they were rolling horizontally on the ground I’ve watched plenty of documentaries on natural disasters but her description of what she saw that day stood out the most she also described it as a black fog What a remarkable experience something I hope I never encounter

[@bouncybunnys]

Thank you for covering the didsbury tornado! I was in the area and have lots of information and pictures about it and i love to see coverage on it, theres been so much activity in western Canada this year it’s insane!

[@MisterKnightly]

Same here. I had no idea it was a record holder.

[@ripwednesdayadams]

The Pilger footage is so creepy. It looks like the world is ending.

[@MasonsReacts]

Imagine if it were recorded on vhs like the jerrell tx

[@HaruMochizukiVT]

Another dead man walking

[@TheSilverShadow17]

Not to mention that the Pilger twins were both EF4s

[@Engine33Truck]

Fun fact. I lived in southern WV in 2012. Derecho created several small, short lived tornados in WV. WV is somewhere tornados just don’t happen. I lived in Fayette County and worked in Raleigh County. The small tornados created more frenzy amongst people there than anything else in the storms. The scars they created are still visible in some places.

[@Sarahsadie2021]

I love your videos! You’re narrating is nice and easy to listen to and It captivates me to continue watching. Keep up the great work. I look very forward to more videos in the future ❤ Also, thank you so much for including the Edmonton Alberta f4 in your video. I am from the region and haven’t been able to find to much information/videos on it other then what’s on KZbin or wiki. Cheers!❤

[@highriskchris]

Thank you Sarah!

[@JillLaSalle]

​@highriskchris this feels like Pecos hank compilation

[@Lylaris_or_Garuk]

Pretty sure Carly Anna (Yt) has a great video on the Edmonton tornado Definitely a fascinating event

[@ThatOneManUnitedFan]

​@@highriskchriscan u storm chase a hurricane

[@highriskchris]

@@ThatOneManUnitedFan heck no! I'm in Denver, Florida is too far, and hurricanes are only pretty from space! Although getting into the I with a blue sky would be cool

[@GrannySkeksis]

I’m from Edmonton and remember the tornado from when I was a child. I’ve been fascinated with them ever since. We don’t often get Tornados up here though

[@timothyvanhoeck233]

2:26 "After combining with the Hesston tornado, the Goessel, Kansas F5 would turn into this chonker."😂

[@Ayocartoonclips]

8:14 Luckily Codell wasn’t hit in 1919 with a F5 since each year the tornado were stronger than the last one.

[@natedawg906]

Then an F6 in 1920 😳

[@elidoesstuff5503]

F7 in 1921 😮​@@natedawg906

[@SadElk122]

F114 by the time 2030 rolls around.

[@daphnea5447]

When you threw out the word chonker so casually I bust out laughing

[@hovant6666]

4:39 This tornado tore through our city the day before my parents' wedding. They say that weeks of stifling heat preceded the storm and that the sky was a sickly green

[@cadenc7162]

I was born and raised in Weld County, I was six years old when the Windsor tornado hit. Looking back, I realize how devastating it was and why my parents prayed so hard. Definitely the closest I've ever been to a tornado

[@charliesalter3744]

Love this so much! Any video learning about weird weather or weather in general is always interesting!! Thanks for teaching us

[@TweezersUnlimited]

Finally, a dedicated segment to Tanner, AL in a video.

[@miltonhollis703]

Videos like this are extremely important and fascinating at the same time" I wasn't aware of most Of these tornadoes...Excellent video"

[@faithlablue1047]

I’m from Blackwell, Oklahoma. There is a museum here, “TOP of Oklahoma” I believe. There is a section dedicated to the Blackwell tornado. On the East side of Blackwell was a foundry right beside the river. It was obliterated and it’s closed off by trees and bushes now. All the debris is STILL sitting there . Also the Glass factory was destroyed as well. My boyfriend’s grandpa lost his brother, I believe he was a 1 year old. 8:36

[@amaezing.]

that’s heartbreaking 💔 at least they have a dedication ❤

[@kryptoniteweather]

I've gotta say, the way you edit your videos is truely a work of art!

[@thedarkdweller3476]

I was in 4th grade when the Windsor tornado hit and over my school in Mead we had funnel clouds and a brief touchdown just down the road, I remember being outside and looking strait up at it. We didn’t have tornado sirens in Mead it was such a tiny town and only reason we knew about it was because of a worried parent calling, I guess from Longmont the skies to the North were so ominous

[@grrob51]

I think the windsor tornado was the most ironic one too, it didn't hit any trailer parks but it did hit the State Farm HQ

[@ashure36]

My parents and grandparents were in the 1955 Blackwell tornado. Amazing that they weren’t hurt.

[@Fireninja]

Tornadoes will never fail to fascinate me

[@SmallStormFinatic]

I have a theory about the Blackwell tornado. It might’ve sucked up a power line without breaking it until it was hit by debris up in the funnel. It could have been Stationary because it was still attached to power poles down the line. It also may have been a tank of some chemicals burning but idk.

[@alexashworth3119]

A good guess.

[@hjt091]

The most widely accepted explanation is St Elmo's fire, I believe

[@SmallStormFinatic]

@@hjt091 while that makes more sense, it is always fun to theorize!

[@MaryBruflat]

I wish your video was 2 hours long. You do a great job.

[@keyboardwarrior4092]

The “large wall of mist” from the tri state tornado reminds me a lot of the only recordings of the Plainfield F5 of 1990. In many videos of the tornado, you can’t even tell it’s there(which is why there are little to no videos of the tornado). Seems they were both extremely rain wrapped

[@geminidcollective9221]

Fun fact! I saw the didsbury tornado and that storm did spawn a few more tornadoes that got scarily close to Calgary, which has never really happened before

[@okzoomer5728]

2:38 I finally understand where the "get the hell out of Dodge" figure of speech comes from now

[@WxScholl]

Bro cannot stop dropping banger content, keep It up man

[@highriskchris]

Thanks dude

[@9th-Circle]

The footage from the Day of the Twins, or the Pilger event was something else. Absolutely stunning to look at.

[@danielwieten8617]

I hope you keep doing videos like this. You’re really good at it.

[@highriskchris]

I will! Thanks

[@Gene601]

4:54 The most iconic video of the Edmonton tornado

[@sabrinaleedance]

Pilger still amazes me to this day

[@quitilysm]

the codell, kansas one absolutely BAFFLES me. and the fact that they got STRONGER ever year too...

[@eltiofresca4998]

finally a video with blackwell being mentioned!!

[@luiscanamarvega]

KZbin has been recommending really good tornado content 👌🏻

[@TheQuackinator]

Another strange coincedence I learned about not that long ago from another tornado video, touching down about an hour after midnight on 6 May 1960, an F4 hit Wilberton, Oklahoma, killing 16, being the deadliest tornado in the US that year. Almost exactly a year later, almost to the hour, but this time being about 40 minutes before midnight on 5 May 1961, another F4 tornado touched down near Talihina, Oklahoma, about 30 km/18.5 miles southeast of where the Wilberton tornado touched down the previous year and *also* killed 16 and being the deadliest tornado of that year.

[@aaronholcomb237]

My great grandmother lived in Wilburton at the time (she died in 1989). Before that, many people believed that tornadoes wouldn't go over mountains and Wilburton is in a mountainous part of Oklahoma. This changed people's minds about that.

[@Eldritch_Panda31]

Tri-State went through my hometown. I remember hearing stories of it when i was younger.

[@earlymorningtwilight9119]

very interesting! Another strange event was in Grand Island Nebraska on June 3, 1980. 7 tornadoes hit over a few hrs and several of them were anticyclonic. 5 people were lost and over 100 injured.

[@Cellmate412162]

I know why the Tri State Tornado appeared like a “wall of mist.” Here’s a survivor's account of the tornado, published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 20, 1925: “All morning, before the tornado, it had rained. The day was dark and gloomy. The air was heavy. There was no wind. Then the drizzle increased. The heavens seemed to open, pouring down a flood. The day grew black. Then the air was filled with 10,000 things. Boards, poles, cans, garments, stoves, whole sides of the little frame houses, in some cases the houses themselves, were picked up and smashed to earth. And living beings, too.” In other words, the Tri State Tornado was heavily rain wrapped. After seeing enough videos & photos of HP supercells, I learned that the heaviest rain shafts can look like giant clouds or mists on ground level. The same thing happened with the Plainfield Tornado in 1990.

[@Krondelo]

I didn't know about a lot of these so this was quite fascinating! Thanks for a great video.

[@FaalKoriim]

"After combining with the Hesston tornado, the Gossel Kansas F5 would turn into this chonker." I did not expect that! 😂😂

[@Hazenrdpk2612]

The Edmonton one and didsbury is near by us, very terrifying!

[@r.w.bottorff7735]

Great video! I love the relaxed yet fast paced sequencing of these events.

[@highriskchris]

Thanks!

[@flaps40GX]

Excellent video. I love anomalies and tornadoes and you blended it perfectly

[@bombproofrazor]

This man literally called a tornado a chonker, I'm dead

[@Rochi47]

I like your video style, Simple yet Informative! Keep up the good work.

[@edt-ze3ke]

Tri-State tornado's apperence is what facinated me about the storm itself and have watched countless video of the tornado. Many stated that Hackleburg-Phil Campbell is the closest related torando since it was believed to have looked like. Other said that it looked like Joplin and possibly El Reno because of it being refered as a "double tornado"

[@KermitTheGamer21]

I've always thought that Plainfield would be an apt comparison also. Plainfield was so heavily rain-wrapped that one account stated they had no idea there was a tornado until the house across the street from them exploded. Another account stated that they noticed it was getting dark, and then suddenly they were thrown into a cornfield.

[@dalebrown7906]

I was discharged from Great Lakes Boot Camp the day before the Plainfield tornado which is maybe a hour away , scary thought! 😨 😢

[@tripplebrown2132]

More than 10 yrs ago Dr. Charles Doswell and a team of retired meteorologists studied the track of the Tri-State Tornado. Doswell interviewed survivors and eyewitnesses who were still alive at that time. He showed them pictures of modern day tornadoes and asked them which one or ones looked like what they saw in 1925. Most of the elderly people pointed to the WICHITA FALLS, TX 1979 Tornado (F4) from the Terrible Tuesday Red River outbreak.

[@dannygray-mi3xn]

The Pilger twin F4s in 2014 were the most stunning. The footage from that day was incredible.

[@Shank5ter]

The two F5s you mentioned around 2:10 were not the only instance of 2 F5s being on the ground at the same time. Hackleburg and Smithville in 2011 were on the ground at the same time. In fact, smithville ended about 3 miles north of Hackleburg. As well, the Philadelphia F5 ended about 5 minutes before Hackleburg touched down

[@highriskchris]

Ahh I knew this comment was coming. It was implied that the two tornadoes on the ground at the same time were right next to each other.

[@Shank5ter]

@@highriskchris ah apologies. I must not have understood the comment you made properly. Don’t want it to seem like I didn’t enjoy your video, I did. Apologies for being pendantic

[@highriskchris]

@@Shank5ter yeah sometimes I simplify the wording just to make the edit a little bit smoother. Glad you enjoyed it

[@duncanramsay9262]

I woke up at 4 a.m.,and started watching your videos. It's now 11 pm 😅

[@derick_sanchez1951]

I honestly wouldn’t blame you

[@ct7457]

Great videos! Had to sub!

[@lmao3737]

There was a weird set of EF2 tornadoes in the Point Place (Toledo), OH area from like 6-7 weeks ago now? Everything was completely normal all day, and then the Erie coastline right on the Michigan/Ohio border got SLAMMED with a storm. It was immediate. Tornado Sirens didn't go off until 20-ish minutes AFTER the EF2 tornado touched down and demolished sections of a main road; there wasn't power for 4-5 days for a ton of people in that area (over 20k). There was major hail, 2 tornadoes (iirc, one in MI and one in OH), and then a water spout. Area's been having constant crazy weather since, too. Midwest is gettin SLAMMED with storms lately ):

[@meloncholy413]

I live in Walbridge so we got impacted by the storm but not the tornado. My parents were in Northwood at the time shopping and the sirens went off over there. Or maybe I’m thinking of another time because there really has a lot of crazy weather for our area this year

[@lmao3737]

@@meloncholy413 There was actually an issue with specifically the sirens in Point Place as far as I'm aware; all the surrounding areas had their sirens going off-- it's just that that specific area got none for reasons that a lot of people speculate on

[@wyguyflyguy]

Fun fact. If I remember correctly, my family and I were on our way to visit my dad who was working at an Air Force base near Colorado Springs. As we were landing at Denver, the plane experienced violent turbulence and even dropped a couple times on approach. And I’m pretty sure the culprit was the Windsor Tornado now that I watch this video.

[@markkerr3359]

'''the goessel tornado turned into a chonker.'' got me rollin

[@hgbugalou]

The Blackwell tornado could be explained as St Elmo's fire if it had the right types of minerals in the aerosolized debris and not a lot of water got mixed into the circulation. The friction between particle collisions would build up pretty massive static charges. Similar phenomenon can be seen in volcanic eruptions.

[@twixen835]

Hearing about the tornado hotspots reminds me of the town to see the most tornadoes in Alabama. it’s my hometown.

[@girlbuu9403]

"You know what's more ridiculous than two tornadoes on the ground at the same time?" Calling a tornado a 'chonker' like it is a chubby cat on reddit?

[@SUBSPACE.THE.SCIENTIST]

I like how all the most west tornados in America all happened in july

[@stupidly-intelligent_nerd]

6:40 thanks for remembering that one man

[@chriscampbell6453]

Before the intro was even finished, I immediately thought of the Windsor tornado because of the unusual direction in which it moved.

[@davidmatheny1993]

The 2008 Atlanta EF-2 was quite an anomaly, and not just because of the rarity of a strong tornado hitting the CBD of a major city. That day had a marginal-slight risk of any storms given that the higher risk would be with a front passage the next day, and it was already 8-9 PM with no previous activity that day. That storm caught on to the best ingredients possible as the first of only like two supercell storms the entire night.

[@Widdermaker]

The deadly Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of April 10-12, 1965, was one of the worst ever. But since it happened before easily available smartphone cameras and camcorders, it is nearly forgotten - except by those who were there where it happened. In the Midwest (northern Indiana), there is an iconic photo of what looks to be TWO F5 tornadoes right next to each other near Elkhart, IN, mowing down everything in their paths (this was before the Fujita scale was established - but the damage was catastrophic). The death toll from that outbreak was 271 people. The 1965 Palm Sunday Tornado outbreak is what led to the establishment of the NWS’s early warning system for Tornadoes & severe storms. It was a horrendous event made worse by the lack of any warning of what was about to happen.

[@deniseziebart1841]

On my Facebook I've expressed that where I used to live by Holy Hill, they need a tornado siren. After I moved away, one did pass by my old home and Fox 6 did record the tornado going by my old home!

[@shadesofjade]

3:20 Me: *hears “twins”* Me:*looks at phone screen, sees ‘dead man walking’* Me: “Oh, Fuck!”

[@jasonrobertson216]

I remember the derecho well, I had just finished the main building of my back porch a few days before, and was dying to see how my west facing roof was gonna hold up - found out I needed (still need cause I'm lazy apparently) more rigid support on outer corners plus I need to cut them 2ftX2ft 90° rounded edges to help deflect the force, tension, & vibrations from the winds so they quit sounding like a tuba & bass fiddle in high winds. Lol

[@robynwatts6578]

One event that should have been added was the June 3rd , 1980 family of tornadoes that had hit Grand Island, Nebraska. 7 tornadoes hit the city over a period of 2 hours. Three of them were anticyclonic (rotating in a counterclockwise direction) and at least one of them had a damage path that looped around itself. This was part of a 2 day outbreak that had seen destructive tornados hitting as far east as Pennsylvania.

[@snakehandler87]

Man this rekindled my kids self fascination with weather and tornadoes

[@bellascerpe933]

I was flying home to Milwaukee from Omaha for winter break December 15, 2021. Right after my bag was beyond the conveyor belt they put the airport on lockdown, and when it was safe for us to leave the tornado shelter the sky still had the eerie green color.

[@devn_08]

Once a tornado touched down in my town, which doesn't usually happen. It dropped on an arbys, destroyed it, and then left.

[@boxcarthehusky420]

Neat seeing Blackwell on the thumbnail, I've got a T-shirt for thr 55 tornado. I had a late friend that volunteered in the clean up and had stories about house's being lifted up and moved across the street, houses completely gone except for the upstairs bathroom toilet, sink and bathtub. Untouched bookcases in the center of destroyed homes. Some really wild stuff

[@emily94762]

I live a half hour from Didsbury and my mom was so excited. She was following it while it happened. In typical Alberta style, it was sunny where we live. I do love the Elie tornado in Manitoba though. It was such a polite F5

[@D3adK1d420]

Have you ever been in a strange tornado?

[@Alex_the_airbender]

Nope never even seen one

[@gintarealiochina5413]

Had a direct hit from a sidewinder

[@nathanirby4273]

Well I've been in some strange, weren't no tornader though

[@CoolCademMAnimates-fz1ui]

The tornado wasn’t strange but the weather predictions were. On July 15, 2021 an EF3 tornado ripped through my neighborhood ripping roofs off houses and completely demolishing 3. That day it said on the weather channel app, “80% chance light rain”. It never changed, even after the tornado. Even to this day it says “80% chance light rain”. The government later went on to rate this an EF2 tornado, which was wrong since it caused EF3 damage and EF3 wind speeds. By far the strangest part of it is that SOMEHOW, mind you our neighbour’s trampoline flew over our roof and our front doors blew into our house, MY SISTER’S SOCKS DIDN’T MOVE AN INCH FROM THE BACK DECK. I DON’T KNOW HOW THAT’S POSSIBLE

[@Gray2359]

Yeah the tornado i got hit by was reality

[@jacobmccain8082]

OKC is the perfect spot because its close enough to the Gulf of Mexico and the Rockies that the air tends to mix there. Add to that the incredibly flat land and you have a recipe for strong tornadoes.

[@highriskchris]

theres more to it than that

[@stormygirl1989]

I like that you included Canadian tornados as well

[@Blobanium]

Fun fact: The edmonton F4 tornado at 4:34 prompted the creation of a new EAS System to be in operation throughout Alberta, Called the "Emergency Public Warning System" (now called: "Alberta Emergency Alert") Just wanted to add on to that.

[@wtafwasthat]

Awesome video bro! As someone who loves storms & tornadoes I loved it.

[@highriskchris]

Thanks Mike

[@exciteddelirium6148]

Not sure if you take suggestions for vids but if so, would you cover Wisconsin tornadoes? Everyone thinks we're safe here but it's happened before..

[@pianomanforlife7]

Great video, another weird one was the 2010 Arizona tornado outbreak. Not sure there have been outbreaks that far west before in America.

[@zachgray4767]

Data, science, history, terminology! I was not ready for the word "chonker".

[@racingaerials4493]

1990 Plainfield Tornado remains the only F5 ever recorded in the month of August

[@ILoveOldTWC]

And there's no known footage of that tornado.

[@Eibarwoman]

@@ILoveOldTWC It was fully rain-wrapped.

[@BentNeatly]

this video fucking rocked. your voice, the visuals, the music. you did great

[@stephenlevine011]

Amazing documentary. Awesome work 👏

[@ADreamingTraveler]

6:47 Probably because it's a big city so there's more people to see and report tornadoes in the area. Tons of areas out west are empty with nobody around so many tornadoes don't get reported

[@ladydais]

On a tape called Tornado’s 1995 in Lazbuddie, TX a dude filmed 6 tornadoes at once.

[@falkenstein07]

would love to see more of this! really cool video and idea overall.