BRITISH GUY Reacts to SCARIEST Tornado moments caught on camera...

[@882center]

The absolute worst thing about a tornado is that it can Take out 3 blocks of houses side by side.. boom boom boom. Then it can leave one house perfectly fine. No scratches, no dents. You just never know if your house is gonna be the house. I've seen this happen over and over.

[@Amandaarford83]

My parents house got hit really bad a few years ago and my dad got in his truck to check on all the neighbors and it woke them all up because not a single one of them were hit or even knew it happened.

[@MoeRon-ry2zr]

It, thankfully, happened to me and my family in the EASTER, 2020 Chattanooga (Tennessee, USA) tornado. Two doors down our neighbors had the rear of their house destroyed. Our house was spared completely. In neighboring areas ...total destruction it was a F3 almost an F4.

[@htewing]

There's a house near where I grew up that CONSTANTLY attracted all the (admittedly weak, as this is in Maryland) tornadoes. It never took out the house, but it wreaked havoc on their trees/shingles/siding/windows all the time. Just that one house. My theory is that it was kind of in between hills on one of the "normal" tornado paths in the county, so it just sort of got funneled over there. But who knows?

[@burninsherman1037]

Yeah. Shit is insane. Luckily, haveng had any touchdown where I'm at for a bit, but we have quite a few that've been way too close. Last one here was rain wrapped, but my family and I were a few towns over and could see it from there. Luckily, it just kinda hopped over most buildings, tore up alotta trees, and twisted apart the cell tower up on the highway.

[@razrv3lc]

If anyone’s wondering how/why this happens, it’s because we’ve learned that tornados are actually made of multiple internal vortices swirling around one another and when one of those vortices hits something, that tends to be where the worst damage happens. It’s not just one wall of wind like most people think. If I’m remembering correctly, Ted Fujita was the first person to theorize that this was the case due to the damage surveys after a tornado in Texas in the 70s.

[@alisonmontana8895]

Seen many, been in a few. The storm that made the big one that hit Moore OK, we saw it coming, went in the shelter with all the neighbors. A tornado went through my back yard, took the top out of my tree, jumped over my garage and took all of the neighbors' massive trees. My daughter was supposed to be in Moore that night on a school trip, but it got called off for another reason. I've seen many of them in the clouds, and many have hit close by. It's something that you kind of get used to.

[@karenlobosco9646]

What do you do when your home gets destroyed by a tornado? Count your blessings, try to find belongings in the rubble, and wait for your homeowners insurance agent to visit. Then you rebuild.

[@nancystanton955]

One fact about tornados people need to know is if the tornado doesn't look like it is moving, it is coming right at you. Pack up and go!

[@sassytbc7923]

You salvaged all you can and decide whether to move, or to rebuild.

[@drummerboy1545]

Well you can get a ticket from a cop for improper lane change to the tornado!

[@mitchellgildea254]

Ham and cheese sandwich? Missed opportunity to call it a funnel cake

[@PaulaThompson-x9w]

Ha!

[@JulesfromHouston]

😂

[@mariejustme]

Clever you. 😂

[@JEFFwasHERE...]

🌪 🎂

[@MoreAdamCouser]

🤣🤣🤣

[@revgurley]

Tornadoes are terrifying, and you should always be "weather aware" if visiting the US. I've been "in the path" (Tornado warning, push notifications, outdoor sirens, TV weather people on constantly) 4 times. 3 in Atlanta, one in Memphis Tennessee. Never saw the tornado, and each seemed to dissipate before reaching our part of town. But then a lot of Atlanta tornadoes are at night or rain-wrapped, so you couldn't see them anyway. Just took a weather radio into the central hall with the pets, pillows, blankets, and bike helmets until the "all clear" was sounded. Rather be prepared and not be hit, than be hit and not prepared.

[@JulesfromHouston]

@@revgurley Can I get an AMEN?!!

[@Anjalena]

Did I find a Ryan Hall viewer here? If so, Howdy! 🥰🌪️

[@razrv3lc]

Yeah our southeastern tornados are typically rain wrapped. It’s part of the reason storm chasers typically don’t come to Mississippi and Alabama despite us having just as many tornados as the plains. It’s not safe to chase here due to rain wrapped tornados on top of the number of trees we have that block visibility.

[@Anjalena]

@@razrv3lc I was gonna mention the trees too. Georgia has a ton of really tall pine trees, as well, that makes it extra difficult to see lower sky features. Also, the terrain is more hilly than in the central states which I imagine is also a huge problem. And a rain-wrapped nader is scary enough on it's own without those other challenges. Nightmare scenarios when you add it all together though.

[@jesrush]

Many in the USA speak more than one language.✌️😊

[@joshntn37111]

We are trying to reverse that.

[@jesrush]

@@joshntn37111 that’s make you an idiot.

[@LighthawkTenchi]

@@joshntn37111That makes no sense, there’s nothing wrong with knowing multiple languages. Granted, English should be the official language, but this place is a melting pot, and most of our best food is from different cultures

[@lauren3173]

@@LighthawkTenchiI wouldn’t pay attention to them. They’re just being xenophobic for attention.

[@메이시-e6g]

@@joshntn37111 english is not indigenous to nor has it ever been the only language spoken in north america you idiotic xenophobe there’s always been multiple languages

[@doublecommenter5161]

America is a buffet of natural disasters. Tornados, hurricanes, floods, sinkholes, blizzards etc.

[@roaaoife8186]

Wildfires. Earthquakes. Avalanches. Volcanoes.

[@doublecommenter5161]

@@roaaoife8186 I actually forgot about avalanches and wildfires.

[@kathybouziane5269]

Sinkhole happened yesterday in Illinois in the middle of a schools football field. A camera caught it opening up and eating a stadium light. Creepy

[@JesusRunsMyHouse]

Hurricane parties and Blizzard barbeques. We get hellacious blizzards in Northern Michigan. The winter of 78 brought us 25 ft snowdrifts and it was -70 ° with the wind chill. My family had a Victorian house in Sault Ste Marie in the upper peninsula and my house was buried to the second floor with compacted snow and it took three days to dig us out. That's a fucking winter!

[@danielvick3527]

Don't forget the wildfires!

[@barrettson1028]

I’m about to get geeky here for a minute. Underworld talks about the Elie-Manitoba tornado, but he never talks about how weird that tornado actually was. It was like no other. Most tornadoes just move in one straight direction Northeast. But this tornado, it was as if it was sentient. Like it was an actual “thing”. It moved across the farmland with a mere amount of strength, suddenly making a 90 degree turn South, hitting the highway and overturning a semi before it made another 90 degree turn Eastward toward a mill as if it was targeting it. As it reached the mill, it reached EF-2 strength and hit it head-on. But as if it wasn’t satisfied with its work, it looped back around and hit the mill again. It then turned South again, then turned East again, headed directly for the edge of a neighborhood South of town at weaker strength. As it looked like it was going to miss them as it went down the street, it then made another loop directly over the last houses at the street. Immediately shooting up to EF-4 and EF-5 strength. After hitting the houses, it then turned South and headed out of town, but not before doing a loop on itself one last time before dying out. In the end, the tornado was originally rated as EF-4, but was changed to EF-5, after an ominous video taken by an onlooker surfaced, showing the tornado as it lifted an entire house in one piece, and tossed it hundreds of yards away. This tornado changed direction five times, and looped back on itself three times. Every time it wasn’t hitting a structure, it traveled at weaker strength like it was preserving its strength until it reached a structure.

[@helenmckeetaylor9409]

Man... they didn't sound American??? You haven't heard of people emigrating 🤨

[@potatolee4473]

Thank for talking about these things are real an f ing scary too

[@JulesfromHouston]

A small, isolated tornado touched down about a mile from my house about a month ago. My husband looked out the window about 20 minutes before the touchdown and said to me, "I dont like the looks of things out there." So we took our dogs and went into the interior hallway (no windows) and waited untill the storm let up, then heard about it on the news. Our power was out for an entire week. Texas. 🤠

[@tobylewis6442]

Reed Timmer has a new show out on KZbin called twisters IRL. First episode aired today, 13 minutes long so good for a reaction. His objective when he chases is to literally get hit by the tornado in his tank of a vehicle covered in armour so he can measure data for research. It's pretty intense to watch but I think it'd be perfect for the channel

[@frankisfunny2007]

With KZbin going nuts on copyright recently, I'd ask Reed himself if it's okay to react to his videos.

[@tobylewis6442]

@@frankisfunny2007 good point. He seems a pretty chill guy though I watch his chasing streams every night. I think he’d appreciate the content getting out there. He’s the OG chaser has a guy in twister based on him, so good luck getting in contact to ask him😂

[@frankisfunny2007]

​@tobylewis6442 oh yes! Love Reed! Crazy guy, but someone who you could hand out with simultaneously.

[@2ndGenBastArd]

I follow Reed. He and his crew are amazing. I'm from Iowa and we've had a lot of tornadoes this year. I love that Reed got his first tornado intercept in the Dominator3 this year. Also, check out videos on Jopin, El Reno and Moore tornadoes.

[@propertylady57]

I’ve been around too many tornadoes. The last one I was upstairs in my house and it started to rain but then it was like sand was being thrown at my windows. I then heard that iconic “ freight train noise” and I ran to get to the basement. My 130 pound Rottweiler was up against the kitchen cabinets not moving. It took some convincing to get her to get to the basement. The rain was sideways and you couldn’t see through it. It tore up my neighbors roof but didn’t touch us. A tornado can strip the bark off a tree. They are strong.

[@htewing]

We had a tornado go through our farm back when I was in college (~ a decade ago). My dad was in the combine watching it go through the woods in the back acreage a bit north of him. My dumb ass was, of course, sitting on the living room floor wondering why our rottweiler was trying to climb on top of me T.T. I like to think she knew something was wrong and was trying to protect me.

[@JulesfromHouston]

@@propertylady57 hell, it can rip trees right out of the ground and send them flying! 🤠

[@JulesfromHouston]

I went on a tornado chase for 3 weeks and we traveled from Wyoming to Arizona and had hail on the trucks several times. It's exciting when you're chasing, but you have to remember when you go to a gas station or restaurant that you are excited, but the people around you may have just lost everything, so you have to keep your voice low and respectful. 🤠

[@Figueroact]

Our prep for tornadoes….. 1. All photos are saved to the cloud along with artwork etc that we want to keep. 2. All serial numbers for all electronics are recorded and uploaded to the cloud. 3. We take pictures every 6 months from each corner from each room and open drawers etc. easier for insurance adjusters. 4. Everything is in the cloud outside of certain documents. I keep one copy of all our government documents and other copies of credit cards etc at the security safety box at the bank and one at home. Otherwise we just make sure we have food, water, batteries, a handheld radio, etc and go to our basement and hope we don’t get hit. If it happens we are as prepared as we can get. That’s all we can do. Southwest Kansas is where I live. Sirens go off all the time. 😂😂😂

[@Amandaarford83]

Yup I knew as soon as I started reading this you had to be in Tornado Alley. I live in Arkansas so not as bad as the Midwest but we have tornado sirens going off frequently enough to have the drill down pat 😂

[@BewareTheJabberwock]

My ex had a tornado hit his house when he was a young boy. The family was sheltering in the basement, and the tornado ripped the entire house off of them and flung it into the house across the street, crushing that house with his. He remembers looking up and suddenly seeing the sky.

[@kalebbort9246]

I love the tornado videos.

[@MoreAdamCouser]

THANK U

[@AllStraysAreWelcome]

Some people chase because they're adrenaline junkies...they cheer and immediately drive away. Then there's another type of chaser. They love chasing, but they also provide early warning to the storm-spotting network and weather outlets...they immediately arrive to areas hit by the tornado...they come equipped with chainsaws to help make roads passable for emergency vehicles, as well as first aid kits, etc. to use as they assist with looking for people trapped in collapsed structures.

[@sianne79]

I hate the tourists. Standing there cheering as people's lives are ripped apart.

[@timhahn7358]

My chase group were actually the first ones to call in the Madill, OK tornado featured in this video to the norman NWS office. Saw it form west of town in a field and then we were about 1.5-2 miles south of it when it went through town

[@SonOfMuta]

17:40 Tornadoes occur on EVERY continent except Antarctica

[@ekramer2478]

Yes but in some places they are far more common and may be far stronger on average. Middle of the US basically is Tornado Alley.

[@Jliske2]

4:10 well, pretty much everyone in Uruguay would say they're "American", but that's because they have a different word for people living in the U.S. versus people on the continent of America.

[@MoreAdamCouser]

live now chasing tornados! www.twitch.tv/adamcouser

[@TheKyfe]

I'm from Jonesboro. That tornado passed less than a mile away from my house (probably about 1/2 a mile), and destroyed the neighborhood right next to my church. Pretty much the only buildings untouched over there were the church building and the pastor's house next to the church. The mall that was destroyed STILL hasn't been completely fixed. You didn't hear it cause you were talking, but it happened right as lockdown started, and if there wasn't a lockdown, there would have possibly been THOUSANDS, at least hundreds, of people at the mall when it got hit. We can safely say that the lockdowns saved lives because of this incident, lol. My sister lives in Little Rock, and they got hit by a tornado last year that was less than a quarter of a mile away from her house. She knew neighbors that lost everything. It was deemed a "mass casualty" event. I dunno the actual numbers, though.

[@Amandaarford83]

I live in Jonesboro too! My daughter always says “Covid did one good thing since the mall was closed” 😂 Ryan Vaughn helped save lives too since he told people to stay in their safe spot even when the weather service cancelled the warning. I live about 1/2 a mile from the mile and it was terrifying watching it live going straight up Red Wolf with those cars on the road!

[@JulesfromHouston]

@@Amandaarford83 So sorry you had to experience this. So glad to hear you are okay. 🤠

[@Hannoot0810]

i would've been in Jonesboro at the mall that day if covid hadn't put us on lockdown

[@andromedaspark2241]

Pretty sure the first guy said something in Arabic when you said "that didn't sound American". I think it was a prayer, "Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem" (بسمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْم) is an Arabic phrase that translates to "In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful". I don't speak Arabic, so am not 100% sure if I heard it right.

[@ArcanaMythra]

you did! ☺

[@SabrinaZart]

If you haven't already, you've gotta look into the 2020 Nashville tornado where the crane operator was trapped 400 feet up in the crane and filmed it. It's a little hard to see since it was at night - our tornados like to hit at night for some reason - but it's still terrifying. Also, a natural gas pumping station about an hour from Nashville was hit by a tornado and exploded in 2008. I've never found a video of it but there are photos.

[@hardtackbeans9790]

'Should they be close to windows?'. No they shouldn't. Even if the tornado is a few streets away, there is debris flying all around. I was in a building close to the path of one once. We went to the basement for a few minute & nothing much happened. A mile & a half later it twisted a high rise so bad it had to be torn down.

[@Cynaephyra]

If you want to react to a big one, the F5 tornado in moore oklahoma was a biggin. I was actually in oklahoma at the time. We drove out there to go to a wedding. The hail was so big we had to hide under an overpass but we didn't get to it before it damaged the car really bad and cracked the windshield in a few places. Also a side note, if you were to ever visit the US in these tornado hot spot areas and hear everyones phones simultaneously start making the siren noise be sure to take cover.

[@aquamarinerose7639]

Never shelter under a overpass during a tornado it creates a wind tunnel effect if you're in your car during a tornado try to get to a sturdy building like a store if that not possible a ditch and if that not possible stay in your car keep your seatbelt on get has low has you can and cover your head

[@Cynaephyra]

@@aquamarinerose7639 yeah, we were kind of stuck on the highway though and the hail was about golf ball size maybe bigger so we didn't have much choice at that moment. the whole highway stopped because of the hail and the monsoon of rain that happened. we stayed in the car we just parked under the overpass for cover. It fked the car up pretty good before we got to that thing though.

[@chelseyrice1748]

Check out one of the real time tornado: tornado alley documentaries (Joplin, Moore, Tuscaloosa, El reno) give you a very good look at what its like to go through a bad tornado

[@pinking5555]

Greenfield, IA tornado this year that happened on May 24th was recorded as the strongest tornado even. Mobile Doppler radar recorded wind speeds between 309-318mph or 497.287-511.771 kmph. Even though it was rated EF4 because of the damage caused. The EF only refers to damage done not recorded wind speed.

[@Alex-kz4tn]

That tornado was insane, Reed Timmer's footage is some of the coolest tornado footage ever

[@Anjalena]

Ryan Hall, Y'all, Reed Timmer and Pecos Hank are great channels to watch to learn more about tornadoes. Ryan is a meteorologist who employs storm chasers and other meteorologists during tornado and severe thunderstorm outbreaks to basically Now-cast them. It's an amazing watch but usually very long streams of 8 to 12 hours but you'll learn a lot about how all this works. Reed is a loud, boisterous character but entertaining to watch. His vids would be great drama for the channel. He recently got INCREDIBLE drone footage of a massive F4 with many smaller vortices wrapping around it. GORGEOUS storm but I think it did massive damage. Pecos Hank is probably my absolute favorite chaser because he tells amazing stories, plays a guitar occasionally, stops to rescue animals, and people of course, during his chases.

[@AllStraysAreWelcome]

Skip Talbot, too

[@Anjalena]

@@AllStraysAreWelcome Thanks for the addition. I love watching chases.

[@genstonewall]

Dude; look up the El Reno/Moore Oklahoma tornado in 2017 if you wanna throw up. It’s the largest tornado ever recorded and got up to 2.6 MILES wide! I BBQ’d for victims, 1st responders and volunteers for 5 days following the storm. Only reason I didn’t stay longer is I ran out of vacation time (PTO).

[@Nightclaw42]

0:59 To answer your questions: Basically tornado's start when warm, moist air and cool dry air collide with each other and start to swirl in the sky. As it go faster and faster it will start to move the clouds forming whats called a "hook" that can be seen on radar. As the air continues to spin, the cooler air it starts to move downward, kinda like water in a drain with the warmer air moving upward until "touchdown" where the swirling air is now connected from the storm above to the ground below. That giant "tumbleweed" is the dirt and dust being kicked upward from the warmer air giving the tornado a visible form. So while it looks unconnected, in truth there is an entire funnel there, but about half is almost invisible because the dirt hasn't finished making it's way upward and the clouds haven't finished making their way down. The drill bit tornado (7:25) really shows how that looks when you can get the whole thing in frame and you can see the "gap" between the bottom of the funnel picking up debris and the top of the funnel sucking down the clouds with the middle not quite visible yet. There are more factors that go into it the formation that determine things like wind speed, and direction, but those are the basics of it.

[@johnniecalhoun5381]

Tornadoes are the color of what they are eating !! With me living in Alabama and Georgia for the last 60 years has given me the chance to see 8 tornadoes .My home in Georgia was damaged by one . We lived on the West side of a mountain and the tornado came up the East side and sat down past our house . We ended up with half of a large Oak tree in our house . We also had a good bit of debris on our property from other homes . We had a refrigerator in our front yard from a home about 3/4 of a mile away on the East side of the mountain .The most amazing tornado I have seen was when I was around 10 years old . After school I was at my Grandmother's house at the end of the mill village I grew up in . Luckily it stayed up over the village and sat down in the ball field across the road from her house . After the ball field there were like 6 miles of heavy woods . Mostly large Oak trees and about midway through there was Interstate 85 and you couldn't even hear the automobiles traveling on it . But when the tornado had passed , you could see the automobiles traveling the interstate from my Grandmother's front yard !!!

[@highro13]

I had never been in a tornado until June of 2024 when a tornado hit 15 miles north of Washington, DC

[@pampietro8980]

You are hysterical . What you say and your expressions are priceless. Hope you're feeling better. 🤧

[@djbenkinobi1]

you think 50 houses are extrem?...watch joplin 2011...this tornado flatend 4000 homes+1 hospital 😔

[@justinhunt8409]

Why the fuck do we all (Canadians) sound like we’re watching golf no matter what happens 😂 god damn tornado and buddy’s like “wow never seen one of these before”

[@melanne7901]

Was there for May 3, 1999. I watched a tree 4ft in diameter lift straight up and straight back down as the tornado tried to pull it up by the roots. I will not life in a house without a shelter.

[@SaltyPug]

The guy in Arkansas was praying. I recognized the ‘Bismillah’ as part of the prayer in Muslim faith.

[@johntheherbalistg8756]

I have never been inside a tornado, but I have been underneath a few them. Lots of hills out where I live, so they can have trouble touching down, thankfully. I live at the top of a hill with a few very large trees, so they tend to go back up a little before they get here, and move past.

[@davidburney8463]

Thats the one bad thing about twisters NOT being common in places, folks dont know how quickly they can ruin your day

[@darrinlindsey]

Sometimes parts of the tornado isn't visable, as it comes down out of the sky. Those sections are just as strong as the rest of it, it just doesn't have any debris in that section yet, so it can be clean air being twisted around.

[@tj_2701]

The amazing man Adam provides us with great content. 💚💚💚💚

[@MoreAdamCouser]

Thanks mate!

[@kevinbadger8030]

Watch Pecos Hank’s video on the 2013 El Reno tornado. It was the largest tornado ever recorded, being 2.6 MILES wide! It was also the second strongest tornado on record, with wind speeds around 484km/h.

[@spiritualhouse2]

If you want to see an insane tornado watch Reed timmers greenfield Iowa tornado footage from a month ago. The most insane tornado I have seen on video

[@rolling_marbles]

Last month the new record tornado hit western Iowa. The town pretty much is all gone at this point. BTW, a tornado is just spinning air. What you see is the debris cloud and the cloud base being pulled down.

[@Amandaarford83]

I live in Jonesboro and my daughter always says “Covid did one good thing” because our mall was completely destroyed but was luckily mostly empty so nobody was severely injured or died. It was terrifying! I used to not get scared when tornado sirens went off because it happens so often around here but in 2017 my parents house was destroyed and then in 2020 the one in Jonesboro happened and we were about 1/2 a mile from the mall that was destroyed. Now I get my ass in the storm shelter as soon as the sirens go off

[@KimberMcC]

If it looks like it’s not moving, it’s coming toward you.

[@pattytravis679]

When a tornado not moving it coming towards you

[@AuthorLaurieAnnSmith]

I'm in Alberta Canada and we've had some horrible tornados here as well. If you haven't seen the footage of the 1987 Edmonton F4 tornado you can see if here, Black Friday in Alberta - The Edmonton F4 Tornado of 1987 and more recently we had one in Didsbury, EF4 Photogenic Canada Day Tornado In Didsbury, Alberta. I grew up in Albuquerque NM and saw a tornado forming above my apartment building. It was heading toward my workplace and there were no sirens blaring etc. I jumped in my car and went to my workplace which had a glass front and told everyone to stay away from the glass, that tornado blew by lifting campers, cars, people's fences etc. No one was killed thankfully and it missed our building. It didn't miss my friends yard and carried her backyard fence about 2 miles away.

[@Anonmite]

Had to finally subscribe bro, I found myself binging your reactions, subscribe was deserved. Hats off you you my friend.

[@potatolee4473]

By the way if a tornado is coming straight to you your know if it looks completely still it’s coming towards you and you run if you see it spinning it’s safe my dad is from Oklahoma an me Florida no stranger to storms and tornados I want to study them when I’m older 😊

[@NerdyNanaSimulations]

One incorrect assumption that many people make is that all people in the US speak English, this is not true, and why we do not have an official language. Spanish is the second most spoken language followed by Chinese.

[@canadaknighte]

I live in Winnipeg MB. Home of Jets. Eli is about a 40 min drive away. We all remember that storm.

[@crazyunclegrant]

4:50 Not blah blah blah blah blah 💀

[@keithboyd9582]

Can you do a reaction to the video Tornado Completely Destroys School by Thearrowmax? It's CCTV video inside a school while a tornado hits it.

[@tashuawheeler1834]

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[@personaldemonluci]

"WHY IS HE DOING THIS?!" This humble man from Paraguay realized that if he whipped out a camcorder, the tornado would spare him. It's the Spiralic Vesper Law. Want to survive a tornado coming right at you? Record it. Right to its face. It will either spare you, or go in a different direction-!

[@weirdalfan1980]

You should react to Skip Talbot's analysis of the El Reno tornado in 2013 and what went wrong that day.

[@DangardsBrain]

If you want some more reccomendations on tornado videos to watch, I would suggest: 1) Daniel Shaw El Reno 2013 He had the closest of close calls from anyone that survived the record 2.6 mile wide tornado. I don't want to spoil it, just type his name, the city & year into the search box. 2) Another great video of his is the 2014 Pilger Nebraska twins. Two large stovepipe tornadoes on the ground close together, it's a rare sight. 3) ABC 33/40 's coverage of the April 27,2011 tornado outbreak. Imagine the tv going to a live weather cam, & spotting a wall cloud that then drops a multi vortex tornado onto Cullman Alabama. They were also live when Tuscaloosa got hit at 5p.m.

[@thetexanladd]

17:37 - Tornadoes DO occur in Ireland and Britain, but they are usually quite weak. It's very uncommon for strong tornadoes to strike the two islands. Even so, they can happen every once in a while. The most recent significant tornado to hit Britain was the London T5 (F2) tornado of December 7th, 2006 which, while not as strong as the F4 tornado that had struck the city WAY back in 1091 when London was MUCH smaller, is still noticeable. Then there was the Birmingham T5 (F2) tornado that occurred over a year earlier on July 28th, 2005. And that's just in regards to Britain. Then there's Ireland, where tornadoes are even MORE uncommon. Even so, they also occur there. The earliest-known tornado in Ireland having occur on April 30, 1054, in Rostella, near Kilbeggan in central Ireland. Hell, you can type in 'Tornadoes in Ireland', and there's some videos of a village in Ireland having been hit by a tornado on the 10th of December last year. As someone else pointed out in the comments, tornadoes occur almost everywhere on Earth EXCEPT Antarctica (for obvious reasons). North America just gets them the most due to the unique geography, as well as some other factors, such as human-induced activity (like agriculture). So while significant tornadoes may not happen as much outside of North America, it's better to be safe than sorry and take severe weather seriously, even if it doesn't result in a tornado forming.

[@johnnygood4831]

The Goderich Tornado of August 2011 was the first F3 tornado to hit Ontario, Canada since April 1996. It lasted about 15 minutes, with a total track of 20 km and had peak winds between 253 and 330 km/h which cause about $100 million in damage. We don't generally get ones that powerful. That was about an hour from where I live.

[@LQOTW]

I can't imagine why most of these are considered "Scariest tornado moments" - how do any of these compare even remotely to those from Oklahoma City airport/Joplin Gas station (Beer cooler)/ Dead Man Walking - (Jarrell, TX?)/ Old Man Records Tornado until it hit his house (Ohio?), etc?

[@stacey9372]

I am a survivor of Joplin Missouri’s EF5 tornado in 2011. Words can never fully describe that nightmare. Always be weather aware when visiting the US!

[@laurenlasley]

The thing about the Jonesboro tornado, is that it tore through the Turtle Creek mall and the busiest part of Jonesboro, right down Red Wolf boulevard. This mall was hugely popular, especially on the weekends, as it had stores like forever 21, buckle, JCPenney, Dillards, etc. and being the biggest town in Northeast Arkansas people travel to Jonesboro all the time. I live about 30 minutes away and am in Jonesboro every weekend with my family and my husband’s family being from there. This tornado claimed NO lives. This was during the pandemic when everything was closed down and hardly anyone was on the roads. Jonesboro’s population is like 80k people. To think about if this would have been a regular Saturday, the casualties would have been astounding. To this day the only part of the mall still standing is JCPenney on the left side and Dillards on the right side. They still haven’t and won’t rebuild. It was a miracle that only a handful of people were slightly injured.

[@darknessinmusic]

I’m sorry……..did you just say liking 80s music makes you an old soul?!??!?!? 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭👵🏻👵🏻👵🏻 Please excuse me while I go grab my walker.

[@GU5S]

Yes, we get plenty of tornados in the UK. Theyre just very weak compared to those in the USA. On the EF scale, British tornados are overwhelmingly EF 0- EF1. And EF2 or EF3 is very rare and considered a very significant tornado for us.

[@DMWolFGurL]

In fact, while tornadoes are better known for occurring in countries such as the USA, Canada and Bangladesh, scientists say they are surprisingly common in the UK. On average, around 30 tornadoes are reported in the UK every year according to the Met Office.Apr 16, 2024

[@normanbrown8772]

A few years ago , I worked at a company that advised restaurants on improvements. We were at a family style restaurant near Topeka Kansas. Being from Maryland, I never experienced a tornado. There have been tornadoes here but nothing even close to mid west tornadoes. We were at work and suddenly there was siren. I’m thinking firehouse. A few seconds later, there was a mad dash of people moving into the basement. I was bewildered as to what was happening. Someone said “ tornado “ I became part of the crowd rushing to the basement. Nothing ever came from it. I never heard the ‘ freight train ‘ sound and there was no damage done that I could see. The panic and fear that thing created was immense. The locals there experienced the destruction these monsters were capable of. A tornado report nearby was enough to immediately shut down a entire town with no advance notice. If people who lived in fear of this would run from this so quickly then they were experienced. These tough farmers. They hesitate. There was no machismo that day but fear respect.

[@sianne79]

The fear, the respect, the trauma, the years of ptsd.... Right so here's what one sounds like going directly over your head: 1.) VWOOOOOOOOOOO 2.) VWOOoooo... 3.) ....ssk ssk sskK SSK SSK SSSSK SSSSK..SSSSSSSSK 4. (with continuing SSKs) WUB WUB WUB WUB WHUB WHUBWHUB WHUBVWUB 5.)ssk skss... 6.) Vwooooooooo... Translation 1. (?? - 40 feet) 75 Freight trains incoming. 2. (40 - 20 feet) For some reason I do not understand, it gets slightly less loud 3. (20 - 10 feet) Except now it's hissing at you... 4. (10 - 2) ...during a rave dance party?? 5. (2 - 0) JESUS CHRIST 6. - fadeout

[@littlerock8926]

Yes, that is America. It is actually my homestate and about 2 & 1/2 hours north east of my home. This tornado hit on my 52nd birthday (the Jonesboro tornado).

[@mfinchina__117]

I think the guy in the first video is speaking Arabic. Maybe he's a recent immigrant, which is why he doesn't know better than to stand by the windows. I was teaching ESL in Michigan in 2010 and there was a tornado warning. I ran into my students from UAE who told me, "Teacher, we're going to go outside to look at the tornado." I was like, "What are you talking about? You're going to get killed!"

[@jacobmiller4934]

Please react to the (paramedic force 5 bridge creek and moore, Oklahoma tornado May 3 1999). It's the first responders response to the 1999 moore, Oklahoma F5 tornando. I currently work as an EMT with EMSA in tulsa, Oklahoma. We use this video for training new hires on mass casualty response. The camera crews riding with these ambulance crews were making a Tv show on the day and life of first responders the day moore got hit. Most people have no idea what happen in the aftermath of a tornado. This video is a great watch to understand what it takes to triage a mass casualty incident.

[@lavenderandwine]

I almost spit out my drink. I JUST got done watching one of Underworld's most recent vids and didn't notice that's who you were reacting to until I heard his voice lmao. That's funny. But also the I have a friend who used to do storm chasing and I found out about that game a few days ago and sent it her way because I think she'd enjoy it since she can't be in the field anymore (she's caring for her mom who is a delightful lady). Edit: also in case anyone else hasn't said it (I'm trying not to scroll through comments anymore. Cesspool. Everywhere.), but America has sooooo many languages in it from all over the world. People immigrate here all the time, bringing their languages and cultures. In the Missouri one, the guy is essentially praying to God or saying "God is great" or something along those lines. I forget the exact translation, but I've heard it before in Saudi ghost hunting videos several times. A lot more of our population is bilingual or more than two languages than what some of us want to admit (I have no idea why. I think it's a good thing). In videos about the US when you hear people speak not-English, maybe try not to sound quite so rude? Apologies if you didn't mean to come across as such, but it sounded like it to me even if it wasn't likely intended to be. It's like asking why someone who is Cherokee (a Native Tribe), is speaking Cherokee and not English.

[@chitown19738762]

I once was caught in a warehouse in Oklahoma working while a f4 came through. Couldn't see anything happening because of no windows. Which was probably a good thing. All we had was the weather radio telling in how close it passed us. Less than three miles.

[@brandomideas]

We've had a few. Nothing substantial . Nova Scotia has nine tornado touchdowns on record. The EF1 tornado that touched down in Stewiacke on June 30, 2021, was the first confirmed tornado in the province in two decades. It was on the ground for more than 600 meters, destroying a barn. A few weeks later, another EF0 tornado was spotted in Antrim.

[@A_Foolish_Arrangement]

If you think that was intense, don't watch Joplin, Jarrell, Moore or El Reno, you just won't believe it...El Reno had a diameter of 2.6 miles or 4.1 kilometers.

[@WhatsGnat]

So a couple things. Growing up we were always told if the tornado looks like its standing still then its coming right towards you, if you can see it moving then youre not in its path(unless its a freak one and changes paths which does happen). "Why are they pulling over" We were also taught growing up that sometimes its better to pull over and find a ditch in the side of the road, get out on the car and find cover there. Sometimes being in your car is not your best chance at survival.

[@jordonvh91]

A recent tornado just a couple of hours drive west of me just recently broke the record (or came close, i've seen different numbers) for wind speeds. 318 mph peak wind speeds, I can't even imagine that. And I lived through the 2020 Iowa Derecho, even the worst of that storm wasn't even half that speed. look that storm up if you want to see some crazy footage.

[@lisaestes4748]

I've been in 3 tornados. Once when i was 23 i was in my car and it was rain wrapped. The only nightmares I had as a kid, tornadoes. I have PTSD about everything tornadoes, as you can see

[@erinzelnio8359]

Every time you ask "what is that, is that the tornado?" what you're actually seeing is the debris cloud at the very base of it. Tornados are so massive you have to be far away to capture them ground to sky.

[@thetexanladd]

2:31 - "Did not sound American" Ever heard of immigrants? Surprised you didn't know, considering your country also has tons of immigrants with different languages.

[@YarMahNarNar]

I was living on the Military Base, CFB Borden, which is literally connected to Angus, Ontario. I walked outside to have a smoke, put the cigarette in my mouth, pulled my lighter up to lite it, saw the tornado and said “Yeah, Nah, not today” About faced and went inside lol

[@gramalinda750]

Maybe you could react to a storm chaser named Reed Timmer…. He will drive a car (usually a rental) straight through the center of a tornado. He’s completely nuts but fun to watch. I’ve seen/experienced a few tornadoes and they are terrifying. I’m fine. 😊

[@UahUahUah]

Tornado wind speeds are just educated estimates unless confirmed by weather instruments. To date, the highest recorded tornadic wind gust (and the highest recorded wind on Earth) occurred just a few short weeks ago, with the May 2024 Greenfield, Iowa tornado. Peak winds were measured by the University of Iowa's mobile doppler radar at 309 mph (497 km/h), with a margin of error of about 5 mph. This means they could have been as high as 313 mph (503 km/h). With that being said, the Elie tornado was given an F5 rating after someone recording it sent Canada's weather service their video of it lofting an entire house whole, and then disintegrating it within the vortex.

[@redgunnit]

To quote one of my favorite Universal Studios pre-ride videos: You start believing the twister is not just a weather condition. It takes on a life of its own, becoming an entity. A demon spirit, a devouring colossus bent on destruction. By the end, there's only one thing you can do - hold on for your life. - Bill Paxton

[@hwynyt]

L8ved in Nebraska most my l8fe, TN, mo. Been in.. 7 tornados in my 54 years. Seen with my own eyes.. well over 30. ✌️💯

[@tammywebber2798]

I've been through 2 tornadoes. 1 in FT Smith Arkansas where it destroyed both houses on each side if me. It skipped my house. 1 in Joplin Missouri where my house was totally destroyed.

[@KTKacer]

The one in Russia where you asked "What is that??" It looked to me like a piece of corrugated metal roof. Still think you should either check out the Xenia tornado or the 1978 blizzard in Ohio.

[@Nuttyhedgie]

The UK does get them i believe the last major one that happened was in 2005 in Birmingham, England. One tried to form in the hills near where I lived in Scotland in 2019 before I moved to the US. Yet to experience a proper one but glad i havent yet.

[@ollie_218]

one time there was a tornado forming in my city, and the circulation actually passed over our house (before it touched down). We were in the back yard, and you could tell when it passed over because the pressure became so low all of a sudden it felt like your breath was getting pulled up out of your body for a second.

[@anglosaxon5874]

We have around 30 tornadoes a year in the UK but much smaller than most of the American ones. But when you do it per sq km, we have a higher density than the USA! 2.3 per 10k sq km compared to USA's 1.3 per 10k sq km! lol

[@janedyck8852]

I remember as a pre-teen I was in the Girl Guides...maybe the Canadian version of Girl Scouts? We had gone on a camping trip (basically at the back of a farm of one of the girls families) and it suddenly started pouring. We were trying to deal with leaking tents etc when one of the leaders ran around the site screaming TORNADO! We all ran to the house a couple acres away for safety. The next morning we all went out to see the damage and there wasn't a single tent still standing. The coolers with the food etc were found in trees and clothing was no where to be found. One of the scariest experiences I have had to this day!

[@davidburney8463]

1..NEVER PULL OVER for a twister,. Keep her in your rear view mirror and take a turn to get out of the path. 2.....storm chasers get paid for the footage by the news stations

[@steveeymann6374]

You should check out the pilger Nebraska twin f4 tornadoes. I had a friend living there at the time. Luckily they had a storm shelter or they wouldn't have made it. Their doormat was found 2 miles away on a local farmers property. They knew because they were the only Ohio state football fans in town and it was an Ohio state doormat.

[@TheKyfe]

For the 1st one in Jonesboro, that was actually one of the weakest examples of the tornado caught on camera. Hell, the news channel got a better coverage of it. You only see the beginning of the tornado in this video, and it's like less than 10% of the size it grows to. It was HUGE.

[@Superflydanfry]

Oh yeah, i remember the tornado that ripped through Jonesboro. Luckily I was a few miles out of the path so my place remained undamaged for the most part but it's true, midday on a Saturday on any normal weekend that mall would have been full of people and the tornado ripped clean through a huge section. A big reason there were no fatalities at all was because of the Covid19 restrictions which believe me folks in town were not quick to adopt to

[@brucejordan2200]

Hey this is right up my alley.......Tornado alley that is. Sorry, my fingertips wouldn't stop. 😂

[@ashtonthestormchaser3281]

Hey Adam, my names Ashton, I’m a storm chaser from Oklahoma. I love your reactions to weather related videos. I would absolutely love to take you storm chasing when you come out to the U.S. next year. If you’d be willing that is. It’d be an incredible experience. We can get in contact further.

[@invaderaries7364]

"Do you have a view, Beltzr?" "I got it! That's no moon!! IT'S A SPACE STATION!!! WHOOOO!!!" Twister, 1996

[@SkiesTurnedGrey]

Most of these clips were kind of weak, honestly. The Iowa tornado footage from Reed Timmer from a month ago is one of the best I've ever seen. Though he probably wouldn't let you react to his video...