RAW Fort Pierce, Florida Destructive Tornado (Oct. 9, 2024)

[@zabijca]

That has to be the strongest tornado ever filmed in Florida.

[@Carbonf1ber001]

There was an F4 tornado filmed in Central florida during the "night of the tornadoes" event in 1998

[@zabijca]

@@Carbonf1ber001 I checked a couple of vids about that event and none of them has any video footage from it.

[@TheDragonofRevelation]

​@@Carbonf1ber001The Kissimmee tornado was given a final rating of F3. This was more violent but it also did EF-3 damage.

[@Tempest_Tracker]

@@Carbonf1ber001honestly this one tho gives it a run for its money the atmospheric sounding was absolutely insane hall of fame material

[@dustintravis8791]

@@Carbonf1ber001 the only video of that event that I've ever seen was from the next morning when the NBC helicopter out of Orlando was checking out the damage...I actually remember waking up and seeing it because we had a tall antenna that could pick it up and I'd always wake up and watch the news. If you find something else please let me know.

[@sabishiihito]

You see stuff like this and it's like, "Why is the sky trying to kill us?"

[@Easly_Bash]

Mother nature does not care about us. It only just so happens to make life possible.

[@klax001]

Amazing footage! Finding the actual videos that storm chasers recorded of the Milton tornadoes is infuriating. KZbin's search is absolutely useless. The search results are just flooded with with hundreds of worthless news station clips that no one wants to watch. I had to wait until this video popped up in my recommended section 😞

[@Seabutterfly1]

You have taken some of the best footage I have ever seen. And I love the type of person you are. I just found you and liked and subscribed. Keep it up!

[@garretthigginbotham6122]

That’s a healthy tornado right there

[@samk168699]

Amazing footage, Nick you’re a brave one!

[@matthewnewsome8632]

Brave one ? I know it's better safe than sorry but dude was never in danger saying " im scared" when there wasnt any reason to be acting like he was yards away instead of miles away like he was

[@tor-WX]

this is my first and only (so far) tornado outbreak i’ve watched as it happened

[@DEAH-01]

@42 minutes on left bottom you can see a family of 3 Sandcrains, a Florida bird that is 4 to 5 ft tall. That is sadly amazing footage. I hope they survived.

[@ChaosEarth-p8i]

Thanks for sharing us the real footage of the tornado. It was getting bigger... so insane

[@kellyeb2764]

Awesome footage

[@Tornado_Grammy]

Do we have a preliminary rating on this one? It was massive for Florida standards

[@NStewWX]

Not yet, this will likely take a few days to get a full survey. I would venture a guess we get an "EF3+" from the NWS in the next day or two while they consult experts. Florida is an interesting state as the building codes, especially this close to the coast, are pretty strict for hurricanes.

[@sahebplays3589]

​@@NStewWXthere's only ever been like 3 F4s from tropical systems I think?

[@someaveragemaxrubyfan8716]

​@@sahebplays3589 Two in the US and one in China. The first and second F4s to be spawned by a Tropical Cyclone were Shanghai 1956 (associated with Typhoon Gilda) and Galveston 1961 (associated with Hurricane Carla). The last F4 to be spawned by a Tropical Cyclone was Lafourche Parrish 1964 (associated with Hurricane Hilda)

[@Vokle7]

Building built post 1992 are meant to withstand another repeat of Hurricane Andrew, so any buildings destroyed by tornadoes in Florida that are built after 1992 would earn an automatic EF4 rating as it’d take winds of 170 mph to take out a house post-Andrew

[@sahebplays3589]

@@Vokle7 vortex winds are vastly different to hurricane force winds. For the same Andrew level damage of half the house (at the time that existed) gone for example many tornadic scenarios could unfold, one being a 130mph EF-2 wedge tornado drilling past that house. It's not a directly proportional expectation for the type of damage.

[@maricelasantiago5622]

Praying for florida

[@robert-kovalyov]

wow this is something you never usually see in florida a wedge multi vortex tornado, Largest rated tornado in florida was in 1998 in kissimee Fl in feb. It was rated f4 and downgraded to f3. Amazing footage here

[@mattekumba]

f4 rated tornado in florida april 4th 1966

[@DimensionaIGd]

This might be an ef4

[@loudspeakertestsmorebyaida3804]

That funnel cloud is massive

[@a_dose_of_wx]

super informative!

[@WanderingRoe]

Still can’t believe this happened, man Florida doesn’t usually get tornadoes like this. NWS gave it an EF3 I believe.

[@TornadoCrewStormChasers]

That is a midwest tornado not a Florida. That dry air with the moisture and wind shear created a midwest weather condition. You guys did good hanging in there.

[@CodyDonaldson-p6p]

I am just thankful that it didn’t go near my families but it struck a chord with me with ties to that community

[@Jaymindrew1990]

Most hurricane spawned tornadoes don’t get above EF1 or 2 at the most. This has to be EF4, which would make this the most powerful hurricane twister in history. 🌪️

[@midnightgamer6556]

I’m unsure if it’s in this video, but this tornado also had an anticyclonic satellite

[@NStewWX]

We caught it, I completely forgot to put that in this video, but you can see it in the archived live streams on this channel. It will be included in the documentary version of this tornado chase coming in the next day or two.

[@LinkDragon512]

I pretty much can say my worst nightmare followed me home from Chicago. I'll deal with hurricane winds any day but tornadoes? NO. Especially nightmare ones like this that just don't happen here in Florida.

[@featherweighthate]

3:00 reminds me of the canton texas ef3

[@Jon_FL]

What time was this taken at

[@EverydayLJnz]

Nasty looking storm. Poor florida.

[@Jon_FL]

Was this recorded from indrio rd?

[@JazzyAnasazi]

that is an extremely violent and large wedge, prolly maxed out at low-end EF4 at the moment the rear inflow showed up and causes it to spin faster.

[@christian4688]

Had it hit a structure at that point in time or lined a more direct impact on the Amazon warehouse it would've most definitely been rated EF4.

[@aircraftandmore9775]

That roar is so loud

[@YuliJade]

Scary

[@Easly_Bash]

Looks eeriely similar (Not exactly, perhaps slightly weaker) to the 2011 Tuscaloosa Alabama EF4 tornado

[@TheDragonofRevelation]

I said the same thing on another video. I think this was around the same strength which is very rare for Florida. Only a perfect weather setup would cause this.

[@Easly_Bash]

​@@TheDragonofRevelation What a crazy outbreak.

[@notsilv3r]

It should’ve been tornado emergency

[@SurfTheSkyline]

I definitely agree, watching coverage from Ryan Hall live I was so confused as to why it wasn't classified as an emergency as it checked all the boxes that I know to exist for one and then Meteorologist Andy Hill chimed in and said he also believed it should be upgraded to emergency. I would love to hear an official response as to why that didn't happen.

[@TheDragonofRevelation]

​@@SurfTheSkylineIf I am not mistaken I think this was upgraded to a PDS warning.

[@chriscurtis1578]

Wedge tornadoes in Florida! What's next???????????

[@sethcourtemanche5738]

I know this was an EF4

[@Carbonf1ber001]

It was an EF3 upon preliminary reports.

[@TheDragonofRevelation]

​@@Carbonf1ber001It was an EF-4 in strength while doing mostly EF-3 damage. There was a truck that got badly mangled by this twister and with that damage I would have rated it EF-4.

[@Carbonf1ber001]

@@TheDragonofRevelation and this is why there's a new tornado scale that's underway per official announcement. There's alot of criticism and error with the current EF scale.

[@MGSSAB]

Wedge tornadoes in Florida. Now that's something you don't see every day.

[@southerncaliforniafreedom7927]

Must be ef3