MONSTER Tornado Minden Shelby Iowa 4-26-24

Large Tornado in Iowa that hit Minden Iowa passed close to the town of Shelby.

[@Joan-ph2es]

Thank you for stopping to check on people where the tornadoes did damage. Appreciate that you cared what happened to them.

[@philanderphillips2309]

That was very upstanding of them.

[@strongestnattyever-videos2247]

You’re welcome.

[@brybryguy6314]

That's strom chasers. Most times they are the first ones to show up after a strom hits someone. They stop what they are doing and go to help right away. I always say strom chasers are heros in their own right.

[@strongestnattyever-videos2247]

@@brybryguy6314 no

[@kristabel71]

Great footage. And thanks for covering it calmly and stopping to render assistance.

[@brentparker1665]

Yes. That calmly part because other channels are ridiculously shouting. It’s very annoying, very much pointless and they aren’t helping ppl. Just filming and shouting

[@emilyflotilla931]

​@@brentparker1665On top of pushing the envelope to ridiculous levels.

[@jillsdreams]

Man you’ve got one heck of a storm chaser keeping you in line, Dad. You are very lucky and she is super impressive! Nice work helping out. ❤

[@QuiteContrary14]

Love how chill this video is. You feel like you're there, and it's educational. (I know what a wedge is now.) The yelling and drama for effect on other storm chaser videos is obnoxious, I have to watch them on mute. Coolest dad and kid ever!!

[@bkriegel95]

That kid is incredibly chill for seeing a tornado at their age.

[@TornadoCrewStormChasers]

She has seen quite a few tornadoes. She has a great understanding of weather, and when chasing, she knows her job and what she needs to do with the computers and the weather apps, etc. She plans on being a meteorologist. Most kids would be like when do we get there, I'm hungary im board etc. I never hear any of those things. She know how the storms form and has a good grasp on weather.

[@Strob_GD]

@@TornadoCrewStormChasers Is this her first tornado?

[@TornadoCrewStormChasers]

@Strob_GD no she has seen several

[@Strob_GD]

@@TornadoCrewStormChasers Awesome! Good On Her!

[@wadewilson8011]

​​@@Strob_GD🤦🏽‍♂️ honestly, what part of "she's seen quite a few" did you not understand?🙄

[@ryke-ep]

this thing hit Minden dead on. I was watching it on Ryan Hall's stream on radar and it looked absolutely massive. Really great seeing this stuff on radar then having video to go back and see live footage. edit:with that being said, minden looks destroyed, hope everyone made it out alive

[@JustinPartridge-ls6vb]

I talked to Shelby Iowa on my CB radio my heart goes out to everybody yesterday I got a lot of CB operators there

[@josephastier7421]

Thank you for not doing the "Discovery Channel Yell" when observing a tornado. These videos are much easier to watch when professionally recorded.

[@user-cb6qw3kp5q]

I was watching a few different chasers stream their chase up closer. Your video is just as impressive from a distance and your calmness was just as impressive.

[@TornadoCrewStormChasers]

Thank you

[@emilyflotilla931]

Exactly, one can follow a tornado without getting right into it for clicks and views.

[@fateweaver9844]

​@@emilyflotilla931Different chasers do it for different reasons. These 2 are just reporting it. Reed Timmer does it for science by deploying weather drones and putting himself directly in the path in an uparmored vehicle with more sensors than your local weather station to get readings necessary to advance warning systems and whatnot. Without men and women putting their lives at risk we wouldn't have come as far as we have with the warning systems and the shelters that we have in place.

[@kenlawhon-vf7bt]

Thanks for stopping and asking I’d people are ok, y’all took the time to stray from your most important job, keeping people informed. I wish all chasers would act like you guys, sadly many don’t

[@jamesconnor4302]

Very large tornado right there! Thanks for sharing!

[@micheldaubigne7629]

Fantastic footage ...You two are fearless!

[@vinnypickering92112]

You two are the best for real! I appreciate you do your chasing safely! You got some really great shots of how that transformed from a double tornado and cycled into the monster it became! Great job! From a new subscriber

[@JH-ox9pf]

I want to thank you for making it a priority to stop and check on the people who may have needed assistance.

[@dgoddard]

Great footage. And thanks for not playing "Reed Timmer" and screaming and yelling at everyone like an idiot.

[@brentparker1665]

Exactly what I said underneath another comment. Reed timmer is ridiculous. Who van of them just shouting and carrying on. Even when nothing is happening.

[@marcusbullock630]

A bigger issue for me is trying to find an alternative streamer that doesnt fail to find the tornado. I was driven mad the other day looking for people that actually understand that you want the rain free base, and these guys were all driving around in the downdraft area. The tornado wasnt rain-wrapped. YOU WERE. arrrrgh. these livestreams are sooooo long, too, so after THAT, now i gotta track through the video and see if there even IS a tornado in it, because they will clickbait and add a fake tornado shot on the thumbnail.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

​@@marcusbullock630 Not a huge fan of Ryan Hall but his boys were pretty good tracking down storm during this outbreak. The first day, at least.

[@emilyflotilla931]

​@@fuzzydunlop7928They did a stellar job..

[@dgoddard]

@@fuzzydunlop7928 I've completely stopped watching the weather folks in my local area and only watch Ryan Hall. He's rarely wrong, even 3 days out. My local forecasters are lucky to be right after the storm has passed. LOL

[@whitneyirizarry9996]

The care and concern in their voices renew my faith in humanity. Especially the young person's obvious concern for everyone involved. ❤

[@joeking5038]

Great footage and coverage. Finally some level-headed chasers and input! Again, thanks for sharing and caring.

[@lagodifuoco313]

Thank you for being safe driving storm chasers. You even stopped to check on people. I noticed you didn't break traffic laws and endanger other people for content. Others don't. ❤

[@nholth]

Really amazing footage very cool traveling with your kid and showing this incredible science. What an amazing experience to have.

[@idiomasentusiasticos7954]

5:00 imagine being in those houses. There’s a wedge tornado at your doorstep and you SOMEHOW get away unscathed. Their property was probably severely damaged but the house is intact.

[@michellem7300]

One person was found unconscious and later died though I think unfortunately

[@crooked-halo]

Spectacular and astounding. I would've wanted to have kept just a little bit closer to this one because of it's beauty & shape-shifting, and also the sound I'm sure was incredible! What an amazing effort & video!

[@b3yourself91]

thats not two tornados at the beginning, thats one big multi-vortex, like the el reno one

[@Strob_GD]

At that point they did not know, when it formed into the stove pipe they realized how strong it was

[@wyomingadventures]

My aunt lives in West Des Moines and told me about the tornadoes. Lots of damage. Thanks for sharing!

[@arsenal-slr9552]

Great footage. Steady and clear. Thanks for checking on those people!

[@zslis4348]

Thank you for all you do. I saw your car on a Pecos Hank video and came to check your site out, it’s great but please stay safe

[@TornadoCrewStormChasers]

Big fan of PH too

[@DianaL-ou6pb]

Best footage I've seen from 04.26.2024!

[@wadewilson8011]

No there's a lot more. Just look it up.

[@MikeB128]

Damn. Usually when less-experienced storm-chasers make videos of something not even as big as this, it's always "IT'S A WEDGE" screaming and such. In this case, you were both calm as cucumbers and when you said "that's a wedge" it actually was. Stay safe, good video, and thank you both.

[@terrybarcus9011]

That girl was on it. Good job.

[@ourlifeinwyoming4654]

Excellent job. A family friendly storm chase. Yes, thanks for not missing a chance to help someone. Great job guys!

[@marleymcleay9228]

I think of all the videos, you two are one of the more considerate chasers out there. There must be 30 chase cars if you put the online videos together. Well done.

[@danaeckelbarger8136]

Congrats on the incredible footage guys. Subscribed.

[@TornadoCrewStormChasers]

TY

[@brandyonthe3984]

I ❤️you. You are so kind and loving. Thank you. ❤❤❤

[@revnation_auto]

That is one thing I don’t miss about growing up in the Midwest. Been in several myself.

[@py2rpjrubens450]

TNX FOR SHARING TAKE CARE 73!

[@codyking4848]

Wow, now that's a big scary monster. Incredible footage. Breathtaking. Hope everyone in Minden made it out alive...

[@thebombcat]

Great video - two words - sound editing.

[@a13Banger]

Amazing footage

[@grunt9131]

Is this that 1.2 mile tornado on Friday so they roughly estimated during chasers and weather forecasting. Very curious of the rating which may take a few days to weeks for investigations to determine.

[@jonbeckman9566]

thanks stopping by

[@skz.luver.ot8]

I live in Iowa and the tornado wiped out half of a town of 100 houses, it was near pleasant hill and my family could hear it from there

[@2006matthewwrx]

I'm so glad these tornadoes don't typically have big outbursts like this in big cities! So pretty to see though. Wow

[@Snoopi25]

I can't believe how many times this thing cycled, it's unreal... was watching everything on the Radar Omega app as it was happening, along with other chaser feed on the ground. One of them caught it as it was crossing a highway/interstate, and you could clearly see multiple vortices spinning inside of it as the giant glob was crossing the highway! It was a menace for sure...

[@dougnurse4952]

How wide was this tornado? You hear about tornadoes being a mile wide and that just doesn’t seem possible. But this one was pretty freaking big.

[@Mike93527]

riveting commentary with this team baby.

[@oledahammer8393]

Thank God that giant wedge didn't direct hit a town at its peak, it would have been devastating.

[@blazuhhh]

Very nice footage 👌🏻

[@TornadoCrewStormChasers]

TY

[@alicemattsen2208]

Nice. Glad you’re not taking chances. If you don’t know who to report to just call 911. Thanks for including the date.

[@QuiskyYT]

Omg twins in the distance are always so much more mesmerizing

[@tthappyrock368]

What a huge tornado!

[@RabidJz]

Now THAT is a true monster! I knew i could count on you to be there

[@paulyoung9714]

Good footage and smart to not get too close like some dare devils. By the way, I frequently hear "tornado on the ground" which is redundant. All tornadoes are in the ground. A funnel cloud is not.

[@TheMjriley5150]

Hey, silly question...at the 6:50 mark, a white object goes flying through the tornado cloud in a straight line. Did you catch a UAP on your video? Take a look!

[@thejoeschmoshow]

Tornadoes do pick things up and throw them. Sometimes for miles.

[@Domewall]

​@@thejoeschmoshowthese uap's are always present in geoengineered storms like this and the hundreds of others they've been performing over decades now. They have had the technology for a long time and the patents that prove it.

[@JustinPartridge-ls6vb]

My heart goes out to everybody about that storm yesterday I actually did a moment of silence for everybody this morning on the CB radio I was on channel 7 broadcasting it off my phone about every single state that it was going to touch down at I hope people heard it I was trying to warn people if truck drivers or anybody was out there on the road could hear it it actually was Ryan Hall but I was broadcasting for the citizen band radio it was on a handheld walkie-talkie with a great big power supply I wanted the people to be safe but I don't want to jam down channel 19 the truck driving channel I hope everybody all the truck drivers were safe yesterday we probably did lose a lot of people if I drive trucks for a living I want to go to the closest storm shelter for a tractor-trailer truck if my truck went I want my truck to leave than me cuz people can't come back

[@Stargoddess1000]

WOW...I would be so frightened. You are so calm throughout this event. I have a question...how can you tell which direction the tornado is going? Can a tornado shift and start coming towards you? I do not mind seeing a tornado during the day as you can see where it is. At night however, is terrifying to me as you can not see it. Great job guys.

[@JustinLHopkins]

Tornadoes usually travel in the same direction as all weather. West to east or southwest to northeast. They can shift at any moment though and that’s how storm chasers get killed.

[@TornadoCrewStormChasers]

We tell by watching the tornado and the radar. We make sure in advance to have an escape route that does not cross its path.

[@Stargoddess1000]

@@JustinLHopkins Thank you so much for your information.

[@Stargoddess1000]

@@TornadoCrewStormChasers Thank you so very much for your information.

[@JustinLHopkins]

@@TornadoCrewStormChasers I have a question. Is it difficult to predict where a tornado will go when it’s not traveling in the usual direction? For example, the Greensburg tornado did a u-turn and came within miles of hitting the town again. It seems like it would be exceedingly difficult to predict such a sudden shift in direction like that.

[@garrym5350]

11:00 Scary skull starts to appear in the clouds! 💀😨

[@Saltfly]

😬

[@Dazlor05]

Really a scary, but at the same time beautiful tornado. Hope that the people in that zone are doing ok.

[@sce2aux464]

Followed this in our airline ops control center. "Oh, there it is again...there it is again...different storm? nope, same one..." *MESO-TVS-MESO-TVS...*

[@celeno31]

good job friend

[@royhenley2396]

Looting is a HUGE problem.

[@TornadoCrewStormChasers]

I hope not

[@Mokz121]

Is that the largest ever recorded?

[@TornadoCrewStormChasers]

No but it's big

[@Lisa1111]

I have never!! 😵‍💫

[@giff427dg]

I have a bad feeling about this yrs tornado season its in full swing way early

[@Grover91]

Seeing that thing just ballon outwards in mere seconds gave me serious El Reno flashbacks.

[@TornadoCrewStormChasers]

They sure can morph quickly. Best to stay out of their way.

[@Grover91]

@TornadoCrewStormChasers I've seen some other footage of this tornado, and the chasers were far too close. If it had grown then, they would have been toast.

[@thomasanderson2870]

Poor folks 😢 🙏

[@delphinazizumbo8674]

3:49 this shows all the elements of the circulation

[@grtchldy6561]

Great footage. I just subscribed. You know why? Because you stopped to check at a wrecked house to see if anyone needed help. I won’t watch the folks how put great footage over saving lives. Good work folks.

[@dannymorgan7252]

This had to have been an ef-4 or ef-5 in power. With the broader availability of mobile Doppler, personally don’t think we should solely rely on damage reports especially now that investigators are using anchor points as a reason to prevent EF5 ratings 12:15 you can literally see the multiple vortices reminiscent of el reno

[@TornadoCrewStormChasers]

I had heard it had a recorded wind of 225mph. But like you said, it will depend on the damage extent for EF rating.

[@racheldavis73]

What was the rating for this tornado?

[@TornadoCrewStormChasers]

EF-3

[@brybryguy6314]

Strom chasers are more than chasing tornados. They are usually the first ones to show up after a strom hits someone and the first ones calling in for help. If they see a house that just got hit, they will stop what they are doing and go and help right away without thinking twice. I always say strom chasers are heros in their own right.

[@stargazer8841]

Check your video over. At 6:50-5:52 looks like you captured a UFO shooting through the sky. Thank you for the footage. Safe travels🙏🏼

[@TornadoCrewStormChasers]

Will check that out

[@philliplee8641]

But what about the seatbelt!? What happened to his seatbelt!?

[@thomastaylor1147]

God bless everyone.😢

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Thank you for taking the time to try and report what you were seeing. I don't see a ton of chasers that bother to do that.

[@wadewilson8011]

I hardly see any that DON'T do it. Maybe you need to watch more chaser videos.

[@relaxationmeditation499]

That whole conversation at like 1:30 deserves a "thats what she said". Every line. Lol

[@zachkuykendall429]

The family on the farm they stopped at had to dig themselves out after it went through. Everyone survived with no injuries.

[@ivanlam1304]

If you mounted some aircraft weather radar on the roof of your car you would be able to range the tornado and perhaps measure it's internal wind speeds, combine that with GPS and you would be a lot safer

[@buzz385]

Awesome, and no screaming. Thanks for sharing!

[@fateweaver9844]

They are about a mile from it. Reed, who you are referring to, is usually able to reach out and touch them. As close as he gets tornadoes are louder than a jet engine at full throttle. That and it's excitement. You've never screamed during a roller coaster ride or heard others do it?

[@7249xxl]

Violent lp wedges that lift their skirts to show the magic stuff are fascinating

[@jwilliamsdrums]

Why is it so many cars and trucks casually driving down the road?

[@fridasophia5356]

What would you rate this?

[@zenlandzipline]

F20

[@JustinLHopkins]

@@zenlandziplineNot even an EF-5. There are still houses standing. That wouldn’t be the case if it was an EF-5.

[@zenlandzipline]

@@JustinLHopkins yes, that’s probably more accurate, but…Frida didnt ask you what you would rate this. She asked me.

[@blackduckfarmcanada]

Probably a 3

[@JustinLHopkins]

@@zenlandziplineYou said an “F20” which means you’re uninformed and cannot answer the question correctly so I did it for you.

[@DynamicDuo795]

People are already saying that this was an EF5.

[@grunt9131]

I'm a dummy and novice but it looked like an upper F4 to lower F5 I wonder how close I am. I'm pretty good at guessing on these things and honestly I'm not sure it makes F5 status but if any of the tornadoes during this outbreak does it's this one

[@fateweaver9844]

Size doesn't matter in the ratings. It's about windspeed and damage done. You can have a mile wide EF1 and have a 200yrd wide EF2.

[@andrewkelley434]

I can't believe this tornado "only" got an ef2 rating. Then the Omaha/Lincoln tornado "only" got an ef3. They looked and seemed to do greater damage than those ratings. These ratings lately have seemed to be off. For example, I still can't believe Mayfield wasn't rated as an ef5!

[@timothyvanhoeck233]

They're still evaluating, I think. If this info was from Wikipedia, I originally read EF3, but now that's been revised as EF? meaning the rating isn't final (not that Wikipedia is always a reliable source of info anyways, but I digress).

[@andrewkelley434]

@@timothyvanhoeck233 I Googled it and saw a few articles say the same thing. So, I am assuming those are the correct ratings, for now. Unless they do upgrade them later.

[@fateweaver9844]

EF5 are extremely rare. Most tornadoes don't come close to deserving those ratings

[@timothyvanhoeck233]

@@fateweaver9844 True. Of course, the fact that the Enhanced Fugita scale's rating system is based on damage rather than wind speed just makes it that much harder for a tornado to recieve an EF5 rating, especially those that are fortunate enough to remain in largely rural territory throughout their lifespans.

[@fateweaver9844]

@@timothyvanhoeck233 I guess at the end of the day who cares what they are rated at. And wind speed does play a part. A tornado will never earn an EF5 rating if it's wind speed is 120mph even if it landed in downtown Las Angeles because 120mph would only blow over the homeless tents and knock over the food trucks.

[@cyclonasaurusrex1525]

The dad pushing the wrong button and the youngster fixing it!!! All of us over a certain age have been there!!!

[@TornadoCrewStormChasers]

Lol

[@nmjazz09]

I can't believe the amount of people driving obliviously into harms way. Hellooo!!!

[@TornadoCrewStormChasers]

I see that all the time. If you watch my recent Nebraska video I had a bunch of cars behind me as a rain wrapped wedge crossed the road. They moved ahead as I did. But some flew past us.

[@giff427dg]

Twins on the ground scary stuff

[@Rivika84]

When you are chasing tornadoes....keep an eye out for satellite tornadoes as well

[@user-wc5bg6ky7n]

Huge is an understatement!!! Cheeses !😮 😮 😮

[@yxngbt387]

Anybody know where it ranks on the Fujita scale

[@TornadoCrewStormChasers]

EF3

[@yxngbt387]

@@TornadoCrewStormChasers oh okay thank you for the info

[@girthquake0]

I guess you could call those.... Twinsters lol

[@chriswilgus4752]

Thats at least a mile wide!

[@larryaldama1673]

That’s why I moved ✝️

[@chriswilgus4752]

😮

[@JustinPartridge-ls6vb]

I take a snowstorm running time than a tornado

[@Nunya-rn4yd]

I don't go by what damage a twister does. I go by size and that was an F4 maybe a 5

[@fateweaver9844]

You are doing it wrong. Your "opinion" doesn't matter.

[@Nunya-rn4yd]

@@fateweaver9844 (◕‿◕)╭∩╮

[@TornadoCrewStormChasers]

I believe the mobile radar recorded 225 mph winds

[@ogrelogre8429]

6:50 Was that a UFO?

[@TornadoCrewStormChasers]

That is classified information

[@laurenwybacz1479]

Wow that's humangis tornado the biggest I've ever seen wow

[@TornadoCrewStormChasers]

If it's evaluated as an EF-5, that would be the biggest I've ever been on.

[@paulcarpenter7844]

Was it destructive

[@TornadoCrewStormChasers]

@@paulcarpenter7844 leveled a town

[@paulcarpenter7844]

@@TornadoCrewStormChasers oh my God

[@JustinLHopkins]

@@TornadoCrewStormChasersFrom the pictures I’ve seen of Minden, the damage doesn’t appear to be catastrophic like you’d expect with an EF-5. Plenty of houses are damaged but still standing. They’d be completely swept away in an EF-5.

[@farrenrohana]

All the chaos weather is a result of mother earth reacting to the chaos and negativity on earth. This year will be epic!

[@JustinPartridge-ls6vb]

If anybody didn't know the guy that mad the Maytag Man lives there ask my friend's dad

[@LydiaStarz]

Ef5. Took out half the town.

[@JustinLHopkins]

There have only been 59 EF5 tornadoes since 1950, so the chances that it was is are unlikely. The damage doesn’t look like EF5 either.

[@JMP256]

i dont think you know how EF works

[@LydiaStarz]

@@JMP256 I lived in Texas and Oklahoma for over 25 years. I know how Ef5 works. Moore, Jarrel...and in Mo. Joplin. When a home is blown off its foundation and turned into sticks that's an Ef5!

[@JMP256]

@@LydiaStarz nope, could be a home thats not well built, not anchored, stuff like that

[@LydiaStarz]

@@JMP256 Yes it could. So perhaps I was wrong about that tornado. And its not just when a poorly built house it blown away. Ef5 is actually when an entire neighborhood is blown away down to the bare foundation. Moore was like that. Now were all their homes built inferior? I don't know. Their house were built on concrete slabs. I am from Mich. And I used to wonder why the heck didn't those houses in Moore have a basement! I lived in Dallas, Ada, and Tulsa during the worst tornado events, 2011 being the absolute most wicked year. But i was lucky enough to have a basement or lived next to someone who did. I can't see living down south without a basement.

[@cyclonasaurusrex1525]

Surely you could find a less stressful way if father-son binding?? Maybe cookies??