MILE WIDE Tornado Hits Omaha - April 26, 2024 Tornado Outbreak - Elkhorn, Nebraska

[@cw4608]

Glad to hear there were no fatalities!

[@20PINKluvr]

Because they probably had more shelters

[@elizabethhudspeth103]

I used to live in Omaha and still have family there. That was a scary day. Glad so many chasers and meteorologists had eyes on it.

[@littlejohnny2000]

i like how everyone nowadays has modern high tech cameras that can capture everything clearly. when i was a kid i watched videos like these and most of them were grainy, low resolution.

[@avengingcarma5525]

Look at that sky, incredible, no rain is present, just incredible winds and dark clouds, what a monster😳😱 It's Mindblowing how Complacent midwest people have become to these wild & crazy weather systems😮😢

[@BlueSkyCountry]

The rain is on the other side of the tornado, where the rear flank downdraft of the storm is coming down. The people filming this were in the quiet updraft zone where warm air is being pushed above a cool layer charging towards them. This same system flooded several counties with almost waist deep rainwater later on.

[@dannyllerenatv8635]

@@BlueSkyCountry Yeah, that was a mean HP supercell that dropped this wedge.

[@AWake-px1hd]

I’m always amazed at the number of people who keep driving towards something like this.

[@amydavis4945]

Actually the people driving "past" on this road were safe to do so. They weren't driving toward it, they were driving past it. What do you expect them to do? Stop on the side of the road and watch it go by, creating traffic jams for others that may be trying to get away from it? As huge as it was, it may look a bit closer than it was... it was probably a good 5 miles away from this road, and moving in a direction that was parallel to the road. They were safe there.

[@lesliecurtis3367]

⁠@@amydavis4945actually “most” people have no clue which direction or how close or fast it’s moving. This has proved so in Moore and Joplin. For the record I pulled off on the first exit and went to a hotel stairwell in the same circumstance. So there are alternatives to stupidity.

[@ritaclark4389]

Our son was driving towards that as our daughter-in-law and 2 grandkids were living thru it. Complete devastation in their neighborhood, but gratefully no fatalities

[@pilotdave1000]

​@ritaclark4389 people keep forgetting not everyone is selfish and would rather make sure their loved ones are safe

[@saintjabroni]

Epic. Epic behavior.

[@amydavis4945]

It was absolutely devastating for those that were affected by it, but incredibly nightmarish to think of what COULD have happened under even the slightest different circumstances. Thank you for uploading this remarkable footage!

[@HeffeJeffe78]

I've been chasing for 16 years, and this was by far the craziest day - and it was in my home town. I had been shooting video of the cell as it moved NNE out of Lancaster County into southern Saunders County, looking south from Mead - a town about 10 miles west of Omaha. After the rotation slowed and there had been no funnels present for a while, I heard on the local ham repeater that there was a cell forming to the northeastg and decided to head east on NE 92 into Omaha. I ended up parking at a construction site at about NE 92 and Skyline Drive facing west while I formulated what route to take next. Within 90 seconds or so, the cell which had previously produced the tornado in Lancaster and Saunders county had spun back up - less than a mile to the SW of my position. Could tell within a couple of minutes it was wedging out. We had a fast moving F-4 rip through town in 1975 that carved up an 11 mile stretch down the middle of Omaha at rush hour. That storm killed 3 people. We're incredibly lucky this one didn't pass over a dense area of town.

[@michaelzimmerman6565]

Lived through the 75 F-4 as well. Was terrifying.

[@bookjockey6018]

The lack of fatalities is also incredible because it hit an equestrian center having a horse show. Took the arena and damaged some of the barns, but no one (horses included) were seriously hurt.

[@chesterfieldthe3rd929]

Was praying like crazy when this happened. God is amazing.

[@nyquil7080]

Real question is why god sent the tornado in the first place?? He ain’t that amazing 🤣

[@BabyBugBug]

@@nyquil7080So unless all bad things in life were stopped and we were robots, God is not there nor is he good? That makes tons of sense.

[@jdawg313]

​@@nyquil7080 the more real question is your profile name is Nyquil so why aren't you sleep🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MarianneWilliams-ht8wu]

Wow. This is truly amazing footage! Thank you for sharing!

[@teronriddick-nc8ly]

I was in Omaha (Bennington area) the day this happened. Frightening may I say..... it was classified as a F-3 but later upgraded to a F-4

[@jackzimmer6553]

Now that was a serious wall cloud! Almost couldn’t see the wedge tornado! Great job filming!!

[@kyo._.2323]

Someone I know was on the NW side of Omaha that had no clue it was going by them. Nuts.

[@ShreddedRipcord]

3:59 I don’t know if anyone else noticed this or not, but I think those might be cars flying inside of it.

[@ShreddedRipcord]

It’s towards the left side of the tornado

[@therealfredleee]

I think you’re right 🤯🤯🤯 …. THAT …. IS INSANE!!! 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

[@AndrewPritchard]

Great shot, Spencer. No kidding - this tornado has me and Colin pretty whooped up. We figurerd we were watching another Joplin unfold.

[@spencerdant]

No kidding. I really hope I never end up with a close call like that again

[@BOB_H999]

This tornado looks a lot like how I imagined the 1925 Tri-state tornado would have looked like throughout much of its life, especially at around 3:02 where the tornado is close to its peak width. The only major difference between the two is that the TST would have been a bit larger and probably had a slightly lower cloud base.

[@djgynee]

Beautiful footage. In my library of tornado footage views. This is up there with Pecos Hank. Your vid rates 9.6

[@danieloconnell6306]

Days before that storm with the tornado I had a follow up appointment from shoulder surgery at md west one fountain ridge location

[@rickkearn7100]

Wow, you did a great job catching this one, Spencer. In your closing statement you said EF3 when it looked to me to be 4 or possibly 5 based on the damage you showed. But apparently, homes aren't as well built as they used to be. It's been a busy season so far. What's your long range outlook going forward as to whether or not it will be a very busy season? Great channel, recent subscriber here. Cheers.

[@spencerdant]

Very busy in spurts, probably focusing in the last two weeks of May again. Those homes were poorly anchored and some had unfilled foundations. Very poor construction quality. The EF scale is a damage scale, not a tornado wind scale, and 165 is all that could be proven based on the damage the tornado did.

[@busterkeaton1041]

Yes, if it had hit more well built structures, it might have ended up with a higher rating but (thankfully) that didn't happen.

[@scarpfish]

It should bear mentioning this storm's wind speed was rated at 165 mph, which is the absolute maximum for an EF-3. It could potentially be upgraded when the final damage survey is completed.

[@eljook]

We really need to scrap the Enhanced Fujita scale, or at least add a new classification system. Relying upon evidence of damage to determine a tornado's strength is too faulty, and given fluctuations in windspeed and movement it just doesn't tell the whole story.

[@chasitybrown6700]

It's like a black scary wall of horror. I can't believe how wide that 🌪️ is!!

[@tshaffer9681]

That is one massive tornado and one very angry looking sky. Great video.!!!!

[@4jesus1981]

I was watching this tornado live on Brandon Copic Reed Timber and Ryan Hall Yall that day switching back and forth. It was one terrible tornado. You got a new subscriber here.

[@briannacarpenter4729]

They keep saying that it was an ef4 but that looks like an ef5 to me

[@angelawheeler7825]

Wow 😳 this is so scary 😊. please stay safe.❤

[@The_Obertances]

I live not even A mile from that place,I was impacted by this MONSTER TORNADO 😢

[@ayyDubs_86]

Trying to figure out where your video was taken. Is this SW of Elkhorn?

[@spencerdant]

Initially yes, and eventually when it impacts Elkhorn

[@xenosora6412]

That has to be the scariest sky i have seen that's insane 😯

[@krystalwilliams841]

I have seen LOTS of severe storms but non with black skys that bad 😮

[@bradykelley2599]

Awesome footage

[@techgod-h7b]

absolutely beautiful!!

[@111jimi]

long long ago this was just farmland gettin' tore up, but now all these houses gettin' blown away..........Omaha's movin' west......

[@mrsim1976]

It's huge ! 😮

[@russpennekamp5149]

It immediately reminded me of the 2011 Birmingham tornado.

[@rongreen4231]

So big it's difficult to see it's a tornado. Scary!

[@Frookie11]

That is the blackest sky I have EVER seen. 🫣

[@carolhenry6895]

I thought the same thing

[@mckenr07]

It looks like a weekday in Scotland. We had 3 days of sun last week so it’s safe to say that the summer is over.

[@Averagekylebuschfan]

I’ve seen darker

[@davehendricks7023]

Did it steal you're wallet?

[@footballlvnlady]

That is crazy black sky!

[@r.pres.4121]

That is one frightening violent storm that sky was pitch black

[@thezaraph]

Saw that thing form less than a mile away from me! So lucky to not have it hit my house.

[@Yeetus1337]

I think your channel quality is right below Pecos Hank. 60% of why I say that is because you actually SHUT UP and let the storm speak for itself. You don't scream unnecessary things like "TORNADO ON THE GROUND (8+ times)" or "VIOLENT TORNADO! (like yea, I think the default is that tornados are violent). You also don't try to gimmick the tornado footage with eerie music (and tbh, I think Pecos is the only one that can do it in good taste/properly). Always having to mute tornado videos seriously sucks because it takes you out of the experience of the storm. I thought it was WILD how quiet it was from some of the spots you were filming when there is such a huge tornado looming in the distance. P L E A S E keep up what you're doing. It's so absurd how rare it is to find a channel that actually has a modicum of self control.

[@spencerdant]

Thank you! Not changing a thing

[@eg300]

Once I heard the reports I was expecting the worse, I thought it went directly through downtown Omaha. And they said ir was strong because it had tendrils coming out the sides As much of a tornado stan I am… this is my first time seeing this tornado. And i am glad it didn’t hit where I thought it did initially. This thing looks devastating.

[@hitomiSummer]

Tornadoes are scary 😱

[@M.rabdullah]

What county is this?

[@bobbyjones2112]

Those are some black clouds that’s for sure! I’ve never seen any quite that black before! Scary!

[@davidmayhew8083]

Classic monster tornado. Looks like we're staring at a really bad season.

[@HeathHopkins-nh9ux]

What was the location where you filmed?

[@spencerdant]

Off an exit ramp from highway 6. 204th maybe? Can’t remember exactly

[@djgynee]

I’m obsessed with tornadoes. I constantly drew them in class at school and at home. Every year my book reports were on tornadoes. Every book the library had on tornadoes, I checked out. I still think the best Hollywood tornado is from wizard of oz. Twister was a joke. I was in Norman, Oklahoma once for training in January 2022 and I made a special trip to Moore and sought out the great Moore Oklahoma tornado path as a Mecca for me. This video, I don’t know. I watched this again. As much as I’m a storm chaser at heart from California, this one….this one would keep me at bay. This one is exceptionally ominous. My dream and bucket list is go storm chasing before I die Ps. I don’t agreed with the EF scale on damage. The original scale was based on the wind speed and over all strength. If all building were “tornadoes proof” then a 315 mph 2.5 wide would be an EF1 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@DrDeuteron]

a mile wide EF3 still takes over a minute and half to rotate, so it's deceptive looking at the footage.

[@jbsimmons54]

That's only the outer edge, not to mention what subvortices are doing inside of it...

[@footballlvnlady]

I think we here in WI are one of the few states in the Midwest without a tornado so far this year. Maybe MN also?

[@spencerdant]

Wisconsin has had a couple this year already, and probably will get many more yet

[@derrickh.9888]

I was there It was magnificent. Especially cause no1 died. I give cred to the chasers, and Omahas awesome warning system. They were on top of this one. And I was blessed to see it. It was life changing, For sure.

[@debbiezatterberg5481]

I would have to have a storm cellar if I lived in tornado alley.😮

[@kingwrestling1423]

I remember back in 2011 on the 27th of April.

[@exotic-marsh0201]

OMG the sky bro I hope that the tornado didn't kill anyone and I hope that everyone is ok

[@celeno31]

nice! good job

[@TheGreatMemeSter]

aint no way thats ef 3 that gotta be low end ef4 or medium end ef 4 but it was exceding 230+ mph

[@kylejohnson1308]

I don't think there will ever be another EF 5 tornado. They've set the standard so high that it's impossible. As far as im concerned we've had several F5 tornados since the Moore Oklahoma one in 2013.

[@spencerdant]

Maybe. A real catastrophe probably still gets that rating, but we thankfully haven’t had one of that degree since 2013. Only Mayfield in 2021 has come close. Several other tornadoes since, like this one, that were capable of EF5 damage have avoided the worst case scenarios, and since the EF scale is a damage scale, not a tornado wind speed scale, they don’t get or really deserve that rating.

[@scarpfish]

"They" haven't set the standard so high. You testosterone crazed EF5 bros just don't understand how the scale works, refuse to learn and are only interested in the next big storm being "the one" as some sort of adrenaline rush. Yes, we're probably going to need to see another Joplin or Moore caliber target to get that storm. That's how it works. In due time, probabilities dictate that it will happen. It's no big deal if it doesn't in the meantime.

[@alexlarams]

Jesus, it almost makes you sick when you look at that and see how black it is and you get an idea of how big that thing got.

[@665Atom]

That’s a mile wide monster. Very Creepy stalking tornado

[@doylemcpoyle839]

It's crazy realizing how close the monsters are coming to my house

[@spencerdant]

It’s been a wild year out that way

[@dannymorgan7252]

Seeing a multi vortex twister like this only being an ef3 just… ugh. These investigators keep moving the goalpost, it’s going to take something with 3ft deep ground scouring to get a 5

[@TURBOSMOOVE-n6r]

Scary

[@Dereisendrache177]

Was this an Ef5 or at least An EF4?

[@spencerdant]

The damage it caused was rated EF3

[@Dereisendrache177]

@@spencerdant that's good to know but if it had done more damage it could have been an EF5 or at least and EF4

[@onyxdevil26]

its been upgraded to an EF-4

[@Velereonics]

Awestruck. It just looks like death.

[@simkani3294]

New information, this tornado is now officially rated an EF4.

[@joshdavenport5685]

This tornado has since been upgraded to an EF4 rating.

[@ShaheenKhan-uj4kz]

Solar lights gotlibagh and channhier

[@ShaheenKhan-uj4kz]

Solar lights gotlibagh and channhier

[@AliRnBPopAndReggae]

😨🫣🫣

[@pesto12601]

Tripod please...

[@spencerdant]

Same thought I had to myself after the fact, but I was standing on a highway exit ramp in between shopping malls and business centers worried about what was transpiring. Sorry that I didn’t have the mind to film perfect quality footage as that took place. Next time.

[@pesto12601]

@@spencerdant just busting ya chops... cool video nonetheless... keep on sharing them!

[@That1DreadHeadInRR]

I live in Elkhorn

[@grahamcracker659]

video title is misleading. Saw no dolphins in this video

[@Walrus498]

That’s like f5 not f3

[@KennethNichols-pq7qg]

F5? Bro the damage was ef 3 But the winds is 215+ mph winds But it didn't slab an house if it slab an 2 story house it Will considered f5

[@tyrellgay]

Ummm around 2:31 that looks strange in the sky.

[@spencerdant]

Probably sheetmetal or plastic reflecting light

[@kysonbales-qq5qv]

My house got destroyed in this tornado 😢

[@tyrellgay]

Maybe lights in the tornado.

[@metinkll7170]

Sizi Türkiyeden izliyorum...Çok korkunç bir gökyüzü...Bence başka bir yere taşınmalısınız....

[@georgewills-ek1gg]

I REALY HATE WHAT THE LINEMEN HAVE DONE TO THOSE LIGHT POLES, LED'S ARE CRAP!

[@r.pres.4121]

They might be aesthetically ugly but LEDs are better that HPS or sodium vapor lights.

[@georgewills-ek1gg]

@@r.pres.4121there's the thing though, they don't last as long even though they they claim they last longer, the bulbs are a rigmarole to replace, the optics are designed poorly and the ballasts they use often sh*t the bed prematurely, creating an epileptic hazard. LED's are good, when they are designed the right way.

[@1sh1kll91]

Who else thinks about Peyton Manning when they hear Omaha

[@spencerdant]

😄

[@PamelaBufkin]

omg

[@ТилегенДуйсен]

😂😂😂❤

[@JacobHernandez]

not enough joyous screaming and fake concern. unsubbed

[@spencerdant]

see you soon loser

[@ojacid]

@@spencerdant Pretty sure that was sarcasm, but I could be wrong.

[@trutherror]

Getting ready to watch this video and my commercial was for compost bio degradeable trash bags, which sounds wonderful. The commercial went on how we are killing the eart with our trash bags and musy switch but maybe the people making the actual bags should switch how they make them and instead make all plastic bags bio degradeable. If its killing the earth and you must shame us well maybe idk stop making them and acting like the consumer is the problem. Sorry nothing to do with the video just pissed me off.