Massive multi-vortex tornado in Oklahoma - April 14, 2011

[@stormhorn1]

Guys, that footage starting at about 1:08 is the closest I've ever seen to Paul Huffman's historic "twin funnels" tornado photo taken during the 1965 Palm Sunday Outbreak. Paul's photo is probably the most famous tornado ever taken, and the icon of the second-worst wide-scale modern outbreak. Last year I had the pleasure of interviewing Paul and his wife. From my POV, besides capturing some spectacular video, you've also replicated the infamous Midway "twins" (albeit from a different approach).

[@agoodaddy]

The inflow wind into the tushka tornado was really strong.

[@62636263c]

I don't know how you guys do it, but WOW! You always get the best, most exciting videos on the net.

[@OCARINAofTlME]

You guys are crazy for getting that close to it! ♥

[@twigs4x48718]

this is crazy!!! about 5 months ago I had a dream about a tornado chase that looked very similar to this video, multi-vortex wedge tornado, tree debris in the road that we were going around, and everything!!

[@RAWNERVZ]

Wow you remember your dreams I have tornado dreams where I'm in like a supermarket and there's a tornado in the next aisle and it's kind of a reoccurring dream but I never remember ones that make sense.

[@NathanH5]

This is the type of tornado chasing I like!!! Getting real 'up-close and personal' with the actual circulation!! Good video!!

[@Danniegg]

@cheaner1 it seems at least some wedges are made of multiple vortexes, you just can't always see them as separate

[@kevinharper364]

Almost identical setting to the third tornado in Twister, the jumper. Whew!

[@steveisin8]

+Kevin Harper I thought the same thing! That tornado was so creepy in the movie for me. I remember Bill Paxton saying: "It's gonna show it's ugly face right over that hill".

[@KaiserStormTracking]

@@steveisin8 Only if it was a multi vortex

[@lisaevans7293]

Great footage but i would think as soon as the debri that big starts hitting you then your a little too close. The multivortex action was incredible. Thanks for sharing

[@penkovsky1]

Huh? Your fault for what? The chances of dying in "any" force of nature is 1 in 3,357. The chances of dying of a tornado in Tornado Alley: 1 in 7,000. The chances of dying in an auto accident: 1 in 100. Via your reasoning: "Your fault for driving an auto?" Word of "advice": Don't

[@diftone]

Awesome video, Marc and Gabe! Nice steady camera work, considering the conditions. Wow over 1/4 million views at this time. I love the tree moving out of the way - never seen that before, and probably never will again, LOL!

[@cowboystormchaser]

These guys are awesome; they get excited about about tornado chasing but not to the point where they're completely going nuts and it's obnoxious. Not to mention that all their footage is fantastic as well. Bravo!

[@MisFittedCriss]

@squanto2 oh okay thanks, do you live in the midwest?

[@wardmizell4749]

Oklahoma is clean and green for good reason. Refreshing, exhilarating, frightening. Live, breath, ride the storm.

[@cheaner1]

i know what a multi vortex is, but what exactly is a multi vortex wedge?

[@rhondadawnjessop]

My mom and dad was stuck in a gas station bathroom during this tornado outbreak by Atoka Oklahoma. Thankful they were okay.

[@cumulo25]

I liked when the first guy said woah at 0:37, only a quarter of the tornado was revealed from the trees yet. that is huge

[@Roserlady8]

Wow, amazing footage!

[@IVIcIVIuffin]

This is probably the most exciting occupation! Love these videos

[@GetOutsideYourself]

You guys are doing this for a living. Can't you invest in something better than a cellphone camera?

[@Otakonkid]

I love how one guy is like no I dont wanna go further but the other guy is finding every way that they can get closer

[@steve7112004]

Awesome! Thanks. You should have kept filming, I like to have seen more of this one.

[@hoplite46]

what you gonna say about the car damage to the insurance adjuster??

[@poppyplush378]

ok i have never witness a tornado before but this is scary and i hope you guys are keeping safe

[@MisFittedCriss]

Is it normal that there are so many tornados like in a week? Just asking, would love to chase tornados

[@yr1stfan]

I was about 15 miles from all this. It was crazy and many many ppl lost there homes and loved ones

[@y2knoproblem]

Is your car insurance up to date?

[@piercematt]

Looks like a scene from Twister. Great video

[@ChoskarChulian]

Shortly after 2:45 there is another picture for an extremly short time!?

[@dutchtrainmanserie22]

Awesome tornado/severe thunderstorm with big hail video!!! Wow.

[@MisFittedCriss]

guys, is it possible to see a tornado in europe? or do i really need to come to the us, which i'd love to :D

[@earlmartin1030]

Wonder what the wind speed of that tornado was.

[@squanto2]

@SBCriss Apparently tornadoes (like earthquakes) can happen anywhere, but they are MOST COMMON in the American Midwest. I want to see one, too. A tornado passed very close to my home, but I was at work. DAMN!!!

[@CroatianStorms]

Wow, great catch guys

[@mizzpink98z24cavi]

Sad to say, one person did die. Up here in NE Oklahoma, all we had was pretty powerful thunderstorms.

[@aa88x]

RainEx does wonders - will make your video better without the windshield wipers interfering with the shot

[@pirate772009]

I went and saw the high school yesterday. It, along with most of the rest of Tushka, got annihalated

[@katethegreat9296]

" Wait a sec, I'll roll out of the way " said the tree

[@TheJordan9903]

These guys got balls I would have built a mini-fort in the basement praying for hours.

[@BoomboxTomcat]

Years of college education to become meteorologists, and most of what they say are things like "Wow!" and "Look at those two!" "Holy cow!"

[@grvolans]

great footage. where's reed? used to his cursing on these videos.

[@CessnaAviator317]

@polycis955 In other words, they are professionals, and they are very aware of what they are doing and what product they are putting out.

[@pyrotech8285]

now you see, this is why vermont is an awesome place to live

[@Necroside145]

Word of Advise: Your fault for living in a area called Tornado Alley.

[@commandhtf]

Hmmm...looks like that Twister scene up at the hill. Where's Dorthy?

[@lemkjaer]

Get a 720p or 1080p camera!

[@Landaux]

They so need to make it mandatory to build renforced basements or cellars in new homes. Alot of lives will be saved from future storms like these.

[@itsalleternal]

So far confirmed at least an EF3, wouldn't be surprised to see it bumped to EF4.

[@FullBoogieTilt_TRay118]

hope you guys get alot of tornados this year

[@BusterBunkergamer25]

What is that supposed to mean? Yes, they are similar, but the "Hollywood tornado" was computer generated.

[@catherinehubbard1167]

Amazing video footage, but they got too close.

[@forgaven3346]

2011 is the worst tornado season after 1925 in U.S.A

[@sabishiihito]

UNKNOWN BOY I still have issues processing that stat. How did we have so many deaths in a year with all the forecasting and communications tools as 2011?

[@justin1569]

someone will die if they continue to chase this way. This person is setting a bad example. Or is it the show on Discovery Channel? The warning messages at the beginning of the show are clearly not enough.

[@jagerarie]

scary to move with the car along the trees,very heavy hits from above,

[@stevejohnson1968]

I have a feeling that this tornado was more of a beast than given credit for..

[@kd5gua]

You guys are totally insane, but it made for an excellent video.

[@cousinbecky]

I really wish these storm chasers werent so happy to see the tornadoes. The damage to lives & property far out weigh their temporary documentation.

[@stump182]

Nice video, but please be careful.

[@mattkowal90]

@stormhorn1 According to the NWS this tornado was a double tornado when it went through the town, but man they replicated the Elkhart/Goshen Indiana Palm Sunday twin tornado. Hard to believe that this past April 11th was the 46th anniversary of that outbreak.

[@LarryGenePate]

Great job guys!We appreciate your hard work,,JOB VERY WELL DONE!!!

[@vyperspit]

@cousinbecky Try not to judge them too harshly. Some storm chasers record tornadoes for scientists so that they can anaylze the severity of the storms which could lead to better protection measures in the future.

[@Zekester3000]

Dang the beginning part kind of looks like zombies would rise

[@rmpbklyn]

darn too close when debris is hitting car it's time to stop. great video

[@NATEZPLAZE]

@dotatough nicely said. So far i think thats the best twister movie..

[@stormchasingmikey]

Incredible Wedge.

[@NeffNeff02]

The awkward moment when you search "April 14"/your birth date, and see a bunch of tornados. ._.

[@errowg]

@0:59 it sounded like he said im gonna get a beer on this hill lol

[@penkovsky1]

Kind of like not live in earthquake valley, mudslide valley, volcano valley, hurricane valley, wildfire valley, gangbanger valley, serial-killer valley...that kind of alley?

[@Andominicus]

Imagine if a sub vortex had it's own sub vortex, lol

[@plguiles]

I never saw a multi- vortex tornado so huge before. It looked like totally separate tornados just circling each other. not part of the same cell. weird. Mother nature is pissed!!!

[@eracer1111]

You guys should mount a plexiglas turret on top of your chase vehicle.

[@quantumflux432]

@Cassiefur It sure does now that you mentioned it.

[@6kirigiri9]

@TransistorBlister i know right?

[@FAtAlRAGE126]

@dotatough hey isn't that what Bill said to Helen Hunt in that movie Twister??

[@calyx93]

Very creepy - the air is just seething with violence.

[@jordan1650]

Aren't people these days more concerned about their life more than trying to make lots of money off of youtube?

[@Aerrowtheskyknight]

I've always dreamed of being a storm chaser but I don't know how

[@soonercj3]

JakeSunic I've lived in Oklahoma my whole life in the middle of tornado alley and my house haven't blown away yet

[@mikena7014]

CJ Cook give it time..

[@doublegrant6015]

Mine did by this tornado mobile home on 40 acres

[@dowww21]

the same storm is heading down to my town...O_O i have a tornado watch right now and we are in NC ..........4 tornados spotted in charllote and raleigh

[@tessa696]

Great video. Mother nature at her worst...and best. So beautiful.

[@ShakedXsin]

I kept tracking after the oklahomas storms, it was epic

[@ChaseSevereWeather]

Great job bagging this one. It was a fine catch.

[@avatarpablo]

why Americans don't fear tornadoes?

[@jasdyr]

@bobbyswife420 what are they suppose to do, stop the tornado. it is amazing to see and they are commenting on the tornado not the damage it is possibly causing to people.

[@vewdew3]

yeah yesterday was crazy intense....

[@tigersonic779]

did anyone else see LIGHTNING here???

[@CHOPSCLASSIFIED]

i also live in the tornado alley but i never seen a multi vortex in real life

[@davidochoa774]

1:30 I'll always think of Nova's Deadliest Tornadoes documentary when I hear this.

[@will27272727]

Chuck Norrises tumble-dryer. You should see his dishwasher! ;)

[@AdeptusMumbles]

Oh my god, double twister, What does it mean!?!

[@cstrout110]

Wow!! What a video!! I posted it to my facebook!

[@jakesunic7490]

ever think to just you know not live in tornado valley so you know you wouldn't lose your house every year?

[@g0tcadaver]

Anyone else notice the skip at about 4:12. Right after the weird thing in the air? hm

[@jsnyara]

you guys should borrow an apc from the military and use that as a chase vehicle

[@BusterBunkergamer25]

This tornado reminds me of the tornado from the movie Twister when they are up on the hill.

[@hghxghdf]

I thought tornados lasted less than a minute this tornado lasted for 5:06

[@bkaps00]

@stump182 I know they need to be careful, but they film in a car that (I watch storm chasers) can survive an F3 tornado impact

[@parkman35]

You Boys are definitely hard core! Well done!

[@vewdew3]

@ShakedXsin im afraid i dont follow your response to my comment??lol anyways were i live was right on the dryline from where all the cells today were developing. i literally got to watch all these storms go over my head stop at the arbuckle mountains gain power and start rotation and then move on..it was crazy..

[@theitalian556]

@highdensity469 I agree! It appears they really weren't thinking safety here!