Andover tornado April 29, 2022

The east security camera at Andover City Hall captures the tornado that hit the town on the evening of April 29, 2022.

[@AK-460Magnurse]

I am the son of a tornado chaser, seen hundreds, but this is the most vivid one I've ever seen. No distortion, no rain wrap, not too dark, didn't match the clouds behind, just perfect. My heart goes out to those affected. That being said, this is one of the most beautiful tornados I've ever seen.

[@RusteeSlushee]

if you get to go with whoever they are sometimes, thats insane + its probably really cool or scary to actually see one in person.

[@andreagamba9207]

Yes👌👍

[@AK-460Magnurse]

@@user-p7up8l4k get out of here with your jihad propaganda. The quaran is a book of lies and hate. This has nothing to do with a natural disaster.

[@thekushkunt]

@@user-p7up8l4k ok

[@yannickfransen7769]

@@thekushkunt💀

[@darabennett4316]

I've watched this video so many times. I keep seeing new things here and there in it I've missed. It truly is an amazing shot.

[@dem0nchild610]

That's a mighty strong rope holding those flags down while trees are learning to fly right next to them

[@carlmarc3877]

Facts I was thinking the same

[@hudsonball4702]

I think this is what they call a "Drill Bit" Tornado.

[@JanineJohnson-gd2dj]

Am I the only one obsessed by the lights on the field scoreboard and amazed that the power stayed on as long as it did? Amazing video!

[@sawgunner217]

15 years ago me and a few others from my class helped plant some of those trees around the lake and old event center. I made an effort to visit the park every year since then to see how they’ve been growing. To see them getting blown away like that, It’s hard to watch 😞

[@maliquemarc3081]

BROOOOO I FEEL BADDD

[@maliquemarc3081]

Sorry you had to go through that

[@lobeonp]

So sorry dude. That really sucks. It's wild to think how little control we really have over our futures... but it's no reason not to get up and try again because one day, hopefully, it'll all be worth it.

[@Mirsaeed704]

Respect to you and your friend

[@zanyaedwards3756]

I feel so bad for you sorry for your loss

[@VF1Skullangel]

scary how calm everything was before the Tornado even entered the picture...

[@Alebabe]

The way it sweeps everything towards it is insane and its not even passing directly on it and the force close to it its amazing wow

[@christianblair8663]

Scary. Tornadic winds are far wider than the ''visible'' wedge of a tornado.

[@The_LoRaX_loves_TREES]

The flags hanging on for dear life!!! Incredible wow. Seeing the tornado come to the camera so close, I could almost feel it. Great footage!!!

[@jdukelive2094]

I really thought they sped the video up at the end. Those winds hit incredible speeds.

[@dacoge]

It really does look like it could be, doesn't it? I doubt it is though, judging by other close up footage available as well as the slower, more natural looking motion of items farther from the funnel at the same time. It would almost be more comforting in a way if it turned out that it was sped up, because being real, wow...amazing but terrifying. It helps to understand better just how these things can be so destructive and deadly, even the smaller ones like this.

[@Trahzy]

​@dacoge It isn't sped up, this thing was spinning at 155 mph. One hit the same town in '91 but it was almost a mile wide and 260 mph.

[@philip831511]

It is sped up. Look at the movement of the flags at the beginning. It isnt natural.

[@alpur214]

Everyone praising the American Flag, but the other two were actually still fully flying while it was only hanging on by one loop. Just amazed all three survived.

[@wesoblander3648]

The American flag is the focus, not the others. Period.

[@shannonvarner5395]

I bet the Flags were RIPPED

[@hudsonball4702]

The other two flags were at half-Mast and were partially protected by the school building. The American flag was full up and thus took the full force. The fact it stayed on is worthy of praise.

[@digikitty11]

When the tornado begins to come towards City Hall, is really terrifying.

[@elainebmack]

What makes this scary to me is the lack of sound. The tornado creeps in.

[@josephbonczyk3182]

What was scary about this tornado, other than the trees that were being sucked out, is that it was accelerating and that the funnel clouds were dipping before going back up and vice versa. Imagine how long the tornado is far from above when up close.

[@nowistime8070]

that is a vantage point I would never have thought of! amazing

[@thewatchmen4920]

When a 🌪️ isn't traveling sideways that isn't good. It's coming towards YOU

[@Sarahsarahbobarah97]

Or moving away, but I wouldn’t take the chance

[@str4f.3]

@@Sarahsarahbobarah97 If it looks like it's slowly getting bigger, it's moving towards you. I'd assume the opposite applies if it was moving away. Either way, I'm taking cover if a tornado strikes down, even if it doesn't look like it's coming towards me. I'm not taking the chance.

[@Mohamedd108]

😭😭

[@EduardoRohdeEras]

At the horizon: meh. It's a tiny funnel. When close: Holy moly! That's intense!!

[@shannonvarner5395]

The American flag was flapping like CRAZY and one corner even came lose. It`s amazing that it stayed.

[@lolz5504]

the power of America baby.

[@nel1962]

Incredibly violent rotation.

[@LeoArcanum]

Old Glory still flies!

[@christiankuhr2850]

i was pulling for old GLORY to still be there

[@hamhockbeans]

Only because it was not in its path

[@irishronin6156]

Just visited Andover last summer and swam in the actual YMCA that 22’ drove a car into a water ride there. Exciting yet sad. Ryan Hall Y’all first made me aware of this on his live stream as it happened.

[@agsproductions4303]

If I had to describe tornadoes in one sentence it would be “fascinatingly eerie” when watched from a safe distance

[@robert84_]

Wow, those trees got ripped out and disappeared. Imagine what that power can do to a person(s) just walking right there.

[@skyline2927]

If a person may be blown in the air so high.

[@hamhockbeans]

The Tri-State tornado of March 18, 1925, killed 695 people in Missouri (11), Illinois (613), and Indiana (71). It pull a child from the arms of her mother she hut a lamp post so hard she split in two. So for those that say a tornado is harmless stop watching movies.

[@CreeseDF]

I do not wanna imagine that, not a pretty sight

[@ullrich]

This is absolutely amazing footage. If you combine this with the footage Reed Timmer got of the same tornado, the picture it paints is otherworldly.

[@scootermom1791]

It's interesting how the tornado is just lollygagging around in the background not doing much of anything until about 4:05. Then suddenly it picks up both girth and speed. I was awestruck by how fast it suddenly moved! Wow!

[@HopeBanner-n7q]

It’s the fact how it’s a funnel then a massive tornado

[@davidpawson7393]

"Bring me a shrubbery!" The tornado:

[@darabennett4316]

😂 The best!

[@iammask4]

I love how the USA Flag survived.

[@pamela930]

I noticed that, too. Can't keep Old Glory down. 🇺🇸

[@Grayfang1]

USA prevails….

[@Grayfang1]

@thegrays5108 HEEL YEAH

[@belshazzarcoscolluela1378]

​@@pamela930but the US flag almost came off the flagpole not disrespecting the American flag. but The Kansas flag did not rip from sides

[@krazygummy2.066]

The Kansas flag actually did lose a corner too!

[@fp5495]

It's amazing, scary, and informative to see how instantaneously the tornado changes direction once it meets the land. There really isn't any time to outrun it and no way of knowing whch way it will turn within the spilt-seconds it does. Amazing and terrifying at once.

[@Cosmo-the-fruitcake]

How did the car survived I saw video and I was actually surviving. I cannot believe with the tornado didn’t see it. 😮

[@claudiaruiz-ji5li]

It at least slightly moved up and down and tilting

[@RipEmoni]

That was scary i was in andover in dillons right before it hit and i will never forget it

[@AmazingKevinWClark]

Wow those are some well constructed flags lol.

[@shannonvarner5395]

old glory held up strong

[@AlexWOW999]

THE FLAG: IM STILL STANDING ❤

[@LeeLeeBellePBJLee]

Holy dang! The trees got ripped out of the ground but the flags stayed in perfect condition...

[@sidhu8525]

hello Hi ❤💜🇮🇳💫😊

[@oSamiSrzo]

Nice to see the tornado use the road and not walk on the grass 4:18

[@Italiancenturion586]

God this is so heartbreaking for me, I used to live in andover until 2018 and moved to Texas, when i see these videos of the destruction I cry.

[@ChiefBlue4298]

Especially since it was 31 years after the fatal EF-5 tornado in 1991

[@jenniferbaker3707]

Whoa! Scary!

[@hebneh]

Some of the trees disappeared so completely that if you had been a student and then came back after this storm, you might not have even been sure what trees had been there before. Snapped off at ground level and then dragged off to never be seen again.

[@claudiaruiz-ji5li]

If you zoom close enough... You can see that white suv chevy tahoe or gmc yukon slightly lifting up as the tornado aproaches the parking lot and across behind the building 😮

[@jcraigshelton]

Great video. Man Andover has some tough goes with tornadoes for sure!

[@tboards71]

KSN if you want it, I have the very beginnings of the tornado, it first started to form behind our home less than 5 miles from the Fawn Grove community! I have it recorded when it first started, well before it reached Andover!

[@CSullivanmeerkatmandude]

I was waiting for the power to go out with the two screens in the background.

[@redfront6707]

Amazing footage beautiful tornado

[@1972razrback]

Sad to see all the damage, on the flip side this is excellent footage that someone may be able to use to build the damaged areas back stronger. Video shows great view of how tornados cause so much damage.

[@toxictoons1374]

And the American Flag was still attached to the pole . 👏🏻🇺🇸

[@josephastier7421]

Photogenic tornadoes like these are a stark reminder that the weather can turn you on in an instant!

[@mattthebassboy]

That Twister got so close

[@averg173]

4:31 who ever made that white car is a legend cause wow.

[@LITTLE1994]

I'm surprised those cars and the flag didn't get thrown into the air

[@AndrewBlasdell]

What is gonna happen there?

[@TheKatyPB]

Wow!! That was awesome...cut to 4:12 and on for the best part.

[@rocknjbindad3707]

When its not moving left and right it is coming towards you.

[@seankolker]

Trees out front of the building just got sucked up like no big deal.

[@lucasadler3870]

I almost lost my house it went a mile from my house and my grandparents house

[@TWX27]

Wow. This really shows that America really is the greatest country in the world. The fact that even it's flag was able to withstand a tornado.

[@ey3z4ya]

Lol a flag has no divine power over mother nature. If the tornado had been closer it would've been ripped to shreds

[@colin-nekritz]

The two other flags in the video fared better, maybe we should swear to them.

[@chanvalentine8283]

To all the foldoroll over the American Flag and so on... Patriotic or not. Be grateful we still have a country to fight about. Be grateful you're on the correct side of the dirt. Be grateful that during disasters, your fellow countrymen will try to help you. . . There are countries and cultures where extending help to one's fellow man is an outlier not the norm...

[@murfmallow]

Those flags are hanging on for dear life

[@heitorpr14]

What is the yellow flag in kansas flag's left?

[@Driven2Beers]

At 4:25 the TVs go off. 😮

[@JzdenPlaysRBLX]

My fav part

[@ericvarner5467]

Wow! Those flags were stronger than I thought!

[@VOAN]

Cause they made in the USA. One of the few things that didn't came from China.

[@hamhockbeans]

Well its not like it was in the tornado path. If it was the whole pole would be thrown a mile away and probably impaled into something.

[@nicolefnjane]

I saw this tornado from my back porch. Missed us by about a mile. Video on my page. Not as incredible as this one! I live about 7 miles north of here. The storm took a direct hit at the YMCA my son was supposed to be working out at and he was so mad I didn’t take him that day

[@hudsonball4702]

So Surreal.

[@Csa-mapping]

How did the car not move

[@ey3z4ya]

By being a heavy car

[@toddcunningham3213]

Heavy, low to the ground, not a very large or strong tornado, and didn't take a direct hit...several reasons why things do or don't happen during a tornado.

[@b3j8]

I know this is a late comment, but I swear that thing was waay over there, then seems to pause a second like it changes it's mind, then heads almost straight for the TV station!😮😅😅

[@danahan01]

Annnnnnnnd why I don't live where there are many tornadoes at all. This is very eerie!!

[@philip831511]

I want to see the non sped up version

[@nektariostsochantaris1279]

The trees:((

[@nonstopmom36]

The flag held strong 🇺🇸

[@briankenyon1543]

I just knew some hoorah patriot had to be on the be comment section with this drivel.😣

[@christiankuhr2850]

@@briankenyon1543 really US is nonsense to you ?

[@briankenyon1543]

@@christiankuhr2850 ahhh Christian... No prizes for likelihood of religious affiliation huh..? Nonsense isn't the noun I would reach for first.. words such as, naive, fearful, misguided, backward... Stop me anytime you like. I also believe in human decency.. So there is always hope for reprisal, healing. Sadly that will involve overcoming decades of horrendous propaganda, doled out by... Shiiiit!? Where to begin.. how about, blind allegiance to "God" country and flag.. cooked up by deeply flawed white men with hard ons for military power, and spoon fed to children in the form of a morning pledge, the likes of you might find in... Say china, or north korea? The states is not, and never was any greater than any other country or people's. big mistake. Did I leave anything out?

[@briankenyon1543]

@Synthjak please help me

[@wolfgamingnetwork3542]

USA USA USA

[@Averyyyyy-h8x]

Living in Florida is NOT for those scared of rain and things like this

[@aircraftandmore9775]

That American flag holding on by a single peice of rope is absolutly legendary. Reminds me of the national anthem

[@shannonvarner5395]

I bet those flags were RIPPED after the tornado went by.

[@gacha.mei5796]

It looks scary

[@13_cmi]

More violent than I remember. That one random estimation of 200mph winds seems reasonable now.

[@DJdoppIer]

Did anyone else notice the tornado opened the fuel cap door on the SUV as it went by?

[@BlackTeishin]

didn't notice until you said it

[@mikegibbons2889]

Quite the observationist. Good catch!

[@YBYB_1]

I wonder why we dont use these type of lights on roads, they are stronger from the looks of it

[@gr8stamongall]

that tornado is clear as day

[@teresacoleman5182]

Remember that you can always pray 🙏 to God

[@Idk_Milly]

Detention of and the fall was still there

[@ExCordeEnt]

So erie seeing that thing form in the distance

[@terencem8795]

Love how Old Glory hung on. Hope for one and all.

[@opiaif2020]

The America flag holding on for dear life

[@carole.4628]

Wow! Look how fast that f'er was going!

[@Hannah_awsome]

And the American flag stayed! ❤❤

[@jackzimmer6553]

Holy crap that was scary!

[@zanzha9]

Eu amo furacãoes🌪️🌪️🇺🇲🇺🇸

[@local805asian]

TORNADOES

[@masonjacobia]

Yup on my birthday

[@jacquelinecoyme-ig4wt]

The white car has survived 🎉🎉

[@MikeAguileraVerduzco]

April 29 is my birthday i never see a tornado cuz i live in Washington state but it looks scary

[@neongaming29]

Respect to the American flag 🫡

[@Carter-q7v]

Chavez bad a ever happened to this guy and time?

[@KathleenGuillot]

The cars don't even move...strange

[@CheapSquierBassPlayer]

Yeah, it's almost like they were heavy or something. I don't get it either.

[@damienalicea8696]

It was lucky, the tornado dodging the city hall.

[@austinwalker7439]

And our flag was still there wow

[@Blu-star-y2j]

❤❤❤

[@D4narchy]

It obliterates that grove of trees on the left hand side, just gone.

[@samhithacollections7199]

The America flag was holding on to life

[@toddcunningham3213]

In Kansas, I get tired of all of the Dorothy and "Wizard of Oz" references whenever there is a tornado...but c'mon.

[@sethcourtemanche5738]

Yikes that was a close pass

[@ssdtrain1]

My Gawd, talk about instant tree removal in seconds

[@jenniferkrawetzki9324]

I'm gonna say that damn killer is at least F3,F4.

[@argcsina]

Why the hell is that America is like very crazy from the tornado very crazy too

[@thattankguy8763]

Looks like the tornado in twister