MONETT MULTI-VORTEX- Close Range Tornado Intercept.

On May 8, 2024 I followed a multivortex tornado at close range, from the east side of Monett, MO to south Aurora, MO. 4K UHD. Shot with Sony A7III. 5/8/2024.
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[@Richman-iw4tv]

"I don't think I should go over that bridge." Proceeds over that bridge.

[@postcardsfrommars5077]

Bros last words

[@mcnorcan]

…while driving AND filming.

[@clairecallas2238]

Yipes!

[@jaroslaval9159]

Precisely!

[@JeepTJWheelin]

Lead, follow or get out of my way, oorah! Patton

[@boinqity4621]

tornadoes like this that aren't fully condensed have always been really creepy to me. you can clearly see all of the vortices dancing around each other, and oftentimes other motorists will be completely clueless driving straight into it because all they see are horizontal rain curtains. ive seen a lot of that with these recent outbreaks

[@simply417guy]

Springfield MO guy here, I live on SW side of town and was watching this storm very closely- great footage !!

[@mistiinseattle]

I am also on south side of Springfield but a bit east of you. We were watching this closely too

[@kiannamariephelps]

I’m so glad Springfield didn’t get this!

[@crystalrainfeather]

I'm in Republic.. too close. Just missed the area where a relative lives in Clever, but they lost power. Another relative that has a friend that lives on the outskirts of Aurora said that their house was fine, but it destroyed the 1 3 doors down from them. Crazy 🌪 season so far.

[@Bone89]

I'm sw springfield also. I was chasing this storm. I'm the one he's referencing when he says , he's inside of it. That's my white car he passes.

[@marktaylor8659]

Your mom: If another storm chaser drove into a tornado with flying debris and hail, would you drive in there too? You: Yes.

[@mc5sports]

That looks like the Deadman walking seen 😳

[@gabrieltaylor8423]

Great footage man! I was the loon driving across the bridge at 1:20. Glad a relatively minimal amount of structures were hit considering it persisted for ~20 minutes.

[@joeb5603]

Not an expert. Never been near or in a tornado but if I was chasing, I would definitely have a partner telling us where we are in relation to tornado's and bear cage etc. and watching (if that's possible) rain wrap. That's how Tim died, got caught in rain wrap not seeing the tornado, if I am correct in my understanding. Bless his Soul. What a legend.

[@brett_rose]

Radar doesn't update fast enough for that. You have to use your eyes when you are that close.

[@joeb5603]

@@brett_rose Then i guess you guys can do the chasing and I'll watch. Imagine getting wrapped in something you can't see coming.!

[@deathbloom27]

​@@joeb5603 this is exactly why there are usually teams. One person focuses on directions/GPS and looking at radar as it updates, one person focuses on driving and listening to the directions, the other person/people focus on getting footage. It's so much safer when you're not doing 3-4 people's job.

[@ThumbsUpMike]

This scenery is beautiful and ominous, a multi vortex tornado is extremely dangerous if they form into a massive wedge.

[@wiktoriarasaa7505]

Top tier video! These vorteces were so eerie, dancing there. Awesome. Thank you for being there and capturing this beautiful creature. I was waiting for footage since there is often "tornado day" lately. Not seeing a lot of fine videos from yesterday, tho... or maybe it's never enough for me ;) I will subscribe and watch your other videos/wait for another one. Keep it up! Love from Poland! Showed to my mum - she was stunned.

[@ogbrayz]

That tornado hit my town but luckily we didn’t have much damage other than shingles coming off.

[@Bone89]

When you said, that person is inside of it, were you talking about the white car? That was me. I pulled over to clean out my trousers when you went pass. When I crested the bridge it was then I knew I fucked up. I couldn't see what you were seeing til it was too late. The trees were blocking my vantage point. I thought it was just circulation with no ground contact like it had done for 40 miles

[@AustinJonesStormChasing]

I could only see tail lights but yeah it sounds like it was you! So glad you shared that story 😂 and im glad you made it through!

[@paulmartin9275]

If I went that close to a tornado on the bridge I'd be wanting to clean my trousers too!

[@ShelleeGraham]

2:04 Wonderful multi vortex tornado. So eerie and frightening, and yet we can’t take our eyes off of it. Hypnotic. Thank you Austin Jones for amazing work here. We’re glad you are okay.

[@erinmac4750]

Wow! Those ones with the larger rotating bases that spin off multiple tornadoes blow my mind. This one was especially eerie, as they were undefined, so at times it was the debris that gave it away. I see you're out there with other chasers, so I hope you have radar or whatever else to keep each other informed. Nothing like getting trapped in a rain wrapped.... Good work and Godspeed! 💚✊

[@michaelespeland]

The motion on that was absolutely bonkers

[@TheHolyGhost777]

Then he zoomed in on the ground. =(

[@mdesutter1]

I live in Monett. Great video of the tornado!

[@lancel71]

Looked like a big creepy octopus at one time!⚡

[@ToyManFlyer1100]

*_You Are Approaching A Rotating Storm!!!!!_* ....😮😮😮😮

[@NikoStorm]

Amazing footage!! 😮

[@larrycopeland2413]

Unbelievable how much debris you got hit by. Glad you're ok, hope your car is ok. Thanks for posting.

[@boxymetalworks]

Fantastic intercept. Thank you for it! 🙏 Take care and be safe

[@BigAl444]

Am I the only one that believes that all tornadoes have multiple vortices, but you usually can't see them?

[@AustinJonesStormChasing]

I agree with you!

[@roodyjammer]

The stronger ones I can see that, maybe not soo much when it comes to extremely weak ones.

[@brett_rose]

I believe they all do. Been chasing and spotting for years. I think the bigger ones are just made up of multiple vortices and when there are enough it causes the whole area to spin into one bigger vortex with the sub vortices inside.

[@manuelcorrea8828]

It probably just easier to see when the tornado is bigger, since the vortecise are also bigger

[@jrunner6996]

Wow Austin! Amazing footage!

[@TMJ32]

The deadman tornado

[@pdstor]

I've heard tornadoes that have sounded like waterfalls, like someone using the vacuum one stall over from me at the car wash, like a choo-choo, all the way to a few that sounded more like a low-flying military jet in a pounding holding pattern right over my head. This was the first one that's sounded like ambient background music!

[@Skdkdnendjdjdj]

I was excited to see a big tornado like this. I’m from Michigan and don’t see anything like this. I was at the Ozark baseball field at the time. Got 2 good pictures of the tornado was very happy

[@Zeddytrty3]

lol you can’t even see it most of the time. A invisible tornado

[@hermosasons1]

Beautiful coverage. Crazy to go over that bridge. Thank Goodness you are not hurt 😊

[@juliekatona7932]

Dude's crazy. Takes a lot of guts or a lot of balls to do what they do. I'm a GenXer and I say you can be one of us. I used to stand outside in Ohio when I was young looking for tornados!!

[@christinamann3640]

Videos like this make me think that storm chasers need to add ‘Cthulhu’ into their tornado vocabulary - that monster was reaching down for us from the skies

[@lowellwhite1603]

I have a cousin in Monett MO. I hope he is okay. A few other relatives were affected by that monster EF5 that hit Joplin about a decade ago. One cousin had her house knocked off its foundations and the house where my uncle lived before he died was obliterated.

[@lilajokimbrough2193]

We r all ok

[@bandit6048]

Wow, crazy man

[@gracielynn623]

Reminds me of the dead man walking tornado especially because of how it looked

[@tiffanynajberg5177]

Looks like the mind flayer from stranger things at the start

[@lillianetheelf8285]

I was on the west side of town when this was hitting. My brother was on the eastern side. Power lines and poles were snapped in places and business signs blown out as well as tree damage.

[@16dragons]

Classic Dixie twister. High precipitation, low to the ground, and messy as heck.

[@Trouble-Clef]

“Dead man walking”.

[@TheHolyGhost777]

I was not far from there... Was glad to see I didn't get a 4th tornado in a month. 3 was enough. =)

[@greatfullded]

That first image of the 3 vortex in view reminded me of that Monster MUTO Prime's Legs in the movie Godzilla King of the Monsters.

[@StrongDragon81]

0:07 dead man walking

[@cassiepittman1489]

Thanks for sharing your video with us!😮i knew something was up when I heard constant rolling thunder for twenty minutes before it even started raining ⛈️ thank God it wasn't worse 🫣our girl said it literally went around them🙏great job and please be super careful 🙂‍↕️

[@SparkyOne549]

Epic filming! Do you do any live streams?

[@AustinJonesStormChasing]

No live streams at the moment. Maybe in the future.

[@SparkyOne549]

@@AustinJonesStormChasing Good to hear!

[@AymeHylka]

Actually so cool

[@clairecallas2238]

Shock & awe..!

[@Zeddytrty3]

Some tornadoes don’t even have a funnel that’s mad scary

[@ehenningsen]

2024 is the year of the multi-vortex

[@mocarpenter8836]

Brother that thing had 5/6 vortices if you count the horizontal ones as well !! That was a cool ass twister !! Visually, ya know!! The damage to Ppls property and families definitely sux!! Preying for them !!

[@SomeDumUsrName]

To get up close enough to have your view of everything totally obscured….yeah, that was more than a little ignorant. Doing a risky job is one thing; compounding the risk like that is something else altogether.

[@mocarpenter8836]

I seen this clip earlier on X, and was wondering if it was 3 separate vortices or if they were dancing around a single vortex!! I see now its 3 separate!! Deadman Walking 💯 💯!!The multi vortex are my favorite!! Excellent catch Austin!!

[@mocarpenter8836]

Subbed ya up as well !!

[@JamesBurch93]

Nice catch!

[@dcrane3950]

Was that on business 60 ? North of 60 east of town ?

[@AllThingsConsidered333]

OMG that just looks creepy!

[@wakeupthisisntreal8168]

Also the tornado hitting you while on a bridge would defintely mean you're gonna go flying. It's lights out for sure

[@sabinstoops4001]

Wow dude

[@cracknoir8397]

Geez You guys have to on the ball !!!!!!!!!!!

[@duskmoon181]

I wanna know who the hell thinks while they're driving "Oh look a tornado. Guess I better keep going right toward it."

[@brett_rose]

You'd be amazed. I've seen people just drive right into the edge of a tornado. Like, do you see all the people pulled over and the debris floating around, lol

[@ninjadog9346]

Sky Octopus.

[@MakaiMauka]

Multi-vortex tornado took Team Twistex from us. Way too unpredictable.

[@zakzwijn8410]

What about something like a decommissioned armoured Ford F150 truck for chasing? The armor, bulletproof windows and extra weight would give you extra protection from winds and flying debris. Fuel consumption would be horrendous, though.

[@mariawinzler]

omg dead man walking! scary

[@charleshunt7568]

Extremely fortunate that this didn’t turn into another Joplin-like monster

[@loz9324]

great work! did i see a wild daniel shaw at the end?

[@AustinJonesStormChasing]

I believe so!

[@loz9324]

heck ya. very impressive video! nerves of steel

[@Bland-79]

What road was that at 5:40 in the video? Was that Lawrence 1180?

[@AustinJonesStormChasing]

I think it was 1140.

[@Bland-79]

@@AustinJonesStormChasing That tornado narrowly missed our church on the opposite side of the hwy from the Catholic Church but wiped out every tree and out building on 2230 from FR11170 all the way to Hwy 39 and destroyed the roofs of every house in that path. Everyone seems to have overlooked this area because it was impassable after the tornado.

[@AlyQT]

dude, i go to monett frequently its creepy to see this

[@sunsetdev]

the lack of condensation funnel is spooky as all f*

[@user-ez7wx6uv8x]

That storm was all over the place

[@bmac9539]

So when two Tornadoes come together is one like hold my beer I can do worse damage lol.

[@jesusbarraza8428]

is it me or have all the tornados lately been multi vortex ??

[@duanecarroll8255]

''TORNADOES'' , coming to theaters in July!

[@ladygrey7425]

The dead man walks....

[@drakefuns1]

This came close to my house I'm in Aurora Missouri

[@lweidner6288]

Dead man walking!!

[@user-zi1xl1im2q]

Terrifying

[@juliekatona7932]

Its jumping dude!! Didn't you watch Twister?

[@sherryintheozarks]

Do you correspond with Ryan Hall Y’all on KZbin ? He is Awesome ! I am in Aurora, Mo. and shared your video footage . Nice coverage !

[@AustinJonesStormChasing]

He is awesome! But I have not corresponded with him.

[@lilajokimbrough2193]

Right by my house it took a barn roof!

[@kiannamariephelps]

Wtf 😮

[@wakeupthisisntreal8168]

Okay this trend of people getting closer and closer to tornados for better footage is gonna get someone killed eventually. I know it's a personal decision, but seeing people put themselves in danger for content is unsettling.

[@nunyabuziness8421]

Mother Nature sure is pissed off lately for what we have done to her

[@thumpr8]

What nerves

[@Pocket_The_Prophet]

Holy hell 😦

[@davidyoungblood538]

Why did you keep driving towards it?Not the smartest thing to do!!?

[@underthetornado]

Why would you drive into this?

[@AustinJonesStormChasing]

To get under the tornado ;)

[@Sariadkgal83]

Storm chasers do it all the time, if you wanna see crazy check out reed timmer that guy is nuts but hes good at what he does as well as the other chasers, these chasers dont get enough credit, they risk their lives to save ours

[@lindaromero7780]

To get “likes”

[@kevincampbell643]

Monett where

[@AustinJonesStormChasing]

Missouri, east side of town

[@gregkuntz9178]

In MO??

[@AustinJonesStormChasing]

Yes

[@jaroslaval9159]

I don't understand how someone can drive INTO it? Why not stop sooner?

[@Viiiiiiiiiiiii]

Same reason people jump out of airplanes, and ride roller coasters..for the thrill 😎

[@Mykst]

Then he wouldn't be a storm *chaser* - since to *chase* something generally means to head *toward* it

[@jaroslaval9159]

@@Mykst Yes yes...I get that.... but chasers have been known to chase too close. They might actually catch up!

[@jaroslaval9159]

@@Mykst PS- I really enjoyed the response. Made me laugh.

[@AustinJonesStormChasing]

I was constantly monitoring my position relative to the tornado and continuously adjusting my speed or stopping. Meanwhile the tornado is moving away from me the entire time.

[@sabishiihito]

Dead Man (with a cane) walking

[@traceythomasson4358]

Enjoy calm narration, some chasers way over do it!

[@firebrothersreaction4773]

I know the cops have bigger problems at the time. But why aren't people ticked for going around them

[@AustinJonesStormChasing]

We were waved past the car with lights. Its was also unclear to me if they were actually cops. Unfortunately, more and more chasers are using red and blue lights and cars that look like cops.

[@carlavision6143]

Wow, wonder why all those people are still on the road and not at home. I don't want to ever be near a tornado! Really enjoyed your video.

[@luhkay9114]

Trying to go home clearly

[@scottyTy]

I just love it when storm chasers think they can disregard traffic control devices. Guess you don't have to follow traffic laws and could have hit someone. All for a few bucks for the video.

[@scottjacobson3016]

F

[@brett_rose]

Local spotter chaser. I called in that one northwest of town which probably got it warned. I drove like crazy but couldn't get down to this one until it went over Highlandville. If anybody wants to see it. I have a video on my channel.

[@thearchetypecreates]

Extremely dangerous & stupid. Never forget El Reno OK.

[@luhkay9114]

It’s called a storm chaser for a reason.

[@AustinJonesStormChasing]

My position was completely opposite of the tornadoes motion at all times. Additionally, I had the occlusion clearly overhead. I was constantly monitoring the storms position and motion. I will not say this approach was without risk, but it was acceptably safe and comfortable given my decade of experience. El Reno, has been in my mind on every single storm since. This was a very different approach angle than what was used by those who were impacted at El Reno. El Reno is the reason I did not proceed blindly through the RFD driven hail after losing contact with the tornado at the end of the video.

[@cheferic6969]

Either don't speak or have someone with a decent voice with you. Squeak.

[@rhythmiknoise]

Why do all chasers think they need to narrate what they're seeing like we're not sitting here watching the video....and in 4k 🙄

[@AustinJonesStormChasing]

This annoys me as well... In this case I was on the phone with someone. Feel free to watch my other videos, you will probably like them as there is very little narration.

[@colonistsfirst204]

QUESTION ANSWERED BY those are the only plates and you have the only dates 0:18 0:18 0:18 0:18 0:18