NOVA - Tornado! (PBS OETA 1985) - theVHSfiles

[@anarchistatheist1917]

I was born about 1.5 months after the Barneveld Wisconsin F5 tornado occurred in early june 1984. I think this tornado sparked my interest in tornadoes. Tornadoes are beautiful but also frightening.

[@sgtmyers88]

This was the direct inspiration for "Twister" which was released 25 years ago today.

[@theVHSfiles]

Really? I didn't know that I love the movie Twister!

[@chantrelllaw894]

And it was the First movie Ever released on DVD. Mind Blown! 🤯

[@kivathelemur]

I'm glad that my favorite show was the inspiration for a movie

[@brenthill3241]

I remember this when it was first shown. It's when I first heard about storm chasers. Great show. Thank you.

[@theVHSfiles]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mad_quack]

I used to watch this and *LIGHTNING!* a lot as a kid on VHS. Tornados are so beautiful

[@OutThereVideos]

As a modern chaser, this video makes me incredibly thankful for the advancements since then. Compared to the data I have today, they folks were chasing comparatively blind. For all my data, I'm sure these old heads can read the sky 100x better than myself and sight chase far better than I ever could. I've been trying to ween myself off the radar while chasing recently cause I feel we rely far too much on it these days. It can certainly be critically helpful and the key to avoiding big time hail and dry line busts, but being able to sight chase is still a critical skill to being a successful chaser

[@theVHSfiles]

Thanks for this comment it's really interesting to hear from this perspective!

[@Desertskyobservatoy1925]

Like others, I watched this many times when it came out. This video got me to become a meteorologist. I ended up becoming an air quality meteorologist but chased and directed storm chase teams at Arizona State University and studying thunderstorms in the southwest. I was privileged to work with the University of Oklahoma and members of NSSL is a joint project to study severe storms and ozone formation in Arizona. My dream came true and watching this some 36 years later is amazing to see how the technology in forecasting has changed.

[@b.entranceperium]

Very happy this was uploaded. I used to watch this so much when I was a kid. Love the 80s!

[@The_Conspiracy_Analyst]

Man I used to try to storm chase as a teenager in Ohio in the 90's. Didn't see nothin but a bunch of corn fields! I think the 90s was a period of lull for tornadoes. Now I drive all over -- I've seen plenty of storms and stuff, but never a tornado. I've seen TONS of dust devils out west though! It seemed like a day wouldn't go by without seeing a dust devil driving out there in Nevada, Colorado, Utah and Idaho! Sometimes they are HUGE unlike the videos you see of 'em online. That's kinda ironic because the dust devils are supposed to be super rare compared to tornadoes.

[@nescafe5308]

I only seen one dust devil in my whole life. It was very interesting too see and stand by and watch. Was a small one. Been thru 3 tornadoes, 2 ef0s and one ef1. They did some damage too power lines and roofs n trees. Crazy way storms are

[@josephcade2485]

I used to watch this on VHS as a kid almost 40 years ago. I can't believe I found this on KZbin after all this time 😀

[@Docholliday1106]

Same here!

[@ai-man212]

I watched this so many times when it came out. Had it on tape. lol.

[@sarasoka3369]

This was an incredible episode, from a human storytellling perspective as well as a scientific one. Thank you for uploading it. Incredible producers... and people who told this story. I was almost 7 when this happened and lived northwest of Milwaukee; it made a huge impression on my interest in weather.

[@f.k.b.16]

I am almost certain there was a NOVA documentary on tornados where shortly after a Tornado a guy was being interviewed said "I didn't hear no woot woots or toots like a train... Just a really loud noise." I want to find that clip so bad!

[@drewski1535]

1979 Wichita Falls Tornado claimed 47 to 60 lives it looks like such a beast

[@CarlaBennett-k4f]

Nova is so far advanced for a television science show. The things that were shown on Nova 30 to 35 years ago was so advanced that other networks today are still trying to catch up. I’m a big fan of Nova and PBS.

[@kivathelemur]

I'm also a fan of NOVA

[@barberjeff67]

Wow, I remember watching this . I was fascinated by the storm chasers but now being older, I'd be ok seeing one from a distance!

[@yolbc1]

one of the best explanations of how mesocyclones develop!

[@BastedwithMustard]

Love it! Love the Channel! Love sitting down and smoking one and watching these!

[@v3ck1n]

Same

[@KarasiBob]

Great show! Thanks for the upload!

[@drewski1535]

3:21 Super outbreak 1974 was beyond devastating with the death and aftermath it left behind then the April 2011 Mega outbreak

[@theVHSfiles]

Crazy how much can change in such a short amount of time! Peoples whole worlds were destroyed!!

[@paustin47able]

The Barneveld Tornado seems forgotten. I never heard of this storm and it was rated F5?

[@Whvpps]

Very forgotten tornado, which is surprising considering just how devastating it was

[@drewski1535]

Yes from what I read up the Barneveld Tornado was an F5 very devastating

[@kastironwoman6009]

I had never seen this before- super old technology but new to me!!! Now I know where the movie "Twister" came from. Love that movie. Instead of Toto, they named her Dorothy- and of course they had to have conflict for a movie. Silly Hollywood!!! Scientists all work together, yes? No? Oh well.

[@AChapstickOrange]

I miss serious, sober reportage like this, instead of the 'modern' versions of things like NOVA and Frontline that keep up a non-stop musical crescendo to insist on how you should feel about what's being presents, second after second after second. :/

[@utguy381]

What’s that slight hissing sound in the background.

[@drewski1535]

3:08 The Tri-State Tornado

[@mom369222]

The problem with tornado warnings is that too many which turn out to be false alarms, and after awhile people start to ignore them, and it' sit won't happen tome then it does.then they whine

[@ChewMadeNew]

Is it possible to upload the full Washington week episode?

[@jgonascar]

41:36 what tornado was this?

[@kailesalas4595]

Is it the vhs 📼

[@drewski1535]

25:00

[@kailesalas4595]

Tornadoes are hurricanes 🌪️🌀

[@jamesanonymous2343]

WEATHER IS LIKE A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD. FIRST IT'S ON YOUR SIDE, THEN IT WAN'TS TO CUT YOUR THROUGHT, AIN'T NATURE ???????????

[@theVHSfiles]

nature has its own mind, keeping us on our toes!