Severe Thunderstorms in Kansas 5-19-13 (Sirens, Hail, High Winds, Lightning, Tornado)

A mashup of the footage I shot during Sunday's storms.
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[@thunderchild2756]

Ahhh the mighty power of the mighty Thunderbolt! That first wind up at 0:43 though... 😍

[@jackie4428]

11:58 “Here comes the hail” - “Hail Yeah” LMAOO

[@Nogravityyy]

All “Hail Saton”

[@peterwillymcjohnsonator7837]

your dog is trying to warn you he/she senses something bad is going to happen. All my parents dogs and my dog do that to. they also huddle next to me when it is storming.

[@nenblom]

Peter Willy McJohnsonator Dogs are very smart animals. I grew up with 3 of them.

[@Sir_Gugharde_Wuglis]

Dogs freak out about sirens and thunderstorms all the time. It’s loud and noisy, they bark at it.

[@mr.slimmyjimmy2439]

Peter Willy McJohnsonator dogs are very smart. They know what’s going to happen next

[@BULLSNATION100]

@@mr.slimmyjimmy2439 not just dogs but animals in general..

[@delaneyshinkle4223]

I love the sound of the sirens and the sound of the wind chimes. it creates a really eerie atmosphere and the green sky makes it 10x as awesome

[@lynellhunt5005]

delaney Shinkle good

[@endlessendeavors9387]

delaney Shinkle new subscriber Beautiful🤗🌼🌻🌺

[@benjaminmendenhall3104]

delaney Shinkle I also like the green sky

[@tarorosalie475]

Dog Said: „Come in hooman, ....COME IN, COME IN, COME IN....!!!!! IT‘S DANGEROUSE!!!!!!“

[@Haruki_Aikawa]

Delaney shinkle! Yasssssss

[@alan1jthomas]

Can't be certain, but 13:50 looks like a classic microburst...since it was so sudden...and it occurred deep inside the storm's core, which tornadoes usually do not.

[@jackrudden5970]

yup its a microburst. not a tornado 75+mph winds though

[@kieranhatley222]

Definitley a microburst.

[@aldomelvin1991]

i realize it's kind of randomly asking but does anybody know of a good place to watch new tv shows online?

[@trafficjon400]

@@jackrudden5970 Winds also shifted from the right to the left . it was an islated fast developing F-0 Tornado. Meteorological Speaking.

[@jackrudden5970]

@@trafficjon400 yes that happens as a microburst moves. But it definitely wasnt a tornado. Plus, 75mph winds is an EF0, not EF1.

[@pattibrooks1907]

The dog got so upset over the severe thunderstorm ! Yes he was warning his family !

[@stephensnell1379]

Shows pets care about the safety of their beloved family

[@bibibaum2309]

Yes, they have feelings too and do care. ❤ 16:29 16:29

[@jacob-hh7rl]

the wind chimes reminded me off twister

[@michelleseidl6667]

that's my favorite movie

[@CaliforniaGuy88]

Aunt Meg, Steak and Eggs....

[@nathaniellollis3868]

I can DEFINITELY see the green in the sky on this storm. I hope that you and your family weren't harmed in any way during this storm, Ryan. I've only seen one "green" sky when I was a teen back in Long Island; after getting out of the foster care system. We had a BUNCH of hail and STRONG winds!!! The next day driving around the neighborhood it LOOKED LIKE we'd had a tornado touch down in the area. I mean... there were HUGE trees snapped off and on peoples' houses and blocking the roads!!! But I've yet to actually SEE a tornado. And (at 60 yrs old) I STILL want to see one with my own eyes.

[@ike9306]

The dog knows something is wrong 😨

[@adelefarough5123]

Ike: dogs usually do know about storms quite a ways in advance of the storm itself. Every dog I have ever had has started acting weird roughly 2 hours before a storm would hit. I think they are picking up thunder well in advance of us.

[@boplatt2564]

@@adelefarough5123 they do have sensitive ears. It could also be instincts from their ancestors who had to know in order to survive

[@alexfrn24]

@@adelefarough5123 They really do!

[@leithx7595]

@@adelefarough5123 Barometric pressure changes.

[@leithx7595]

@@boplatt2564 From their ancestors? The poor bloody animals have to know how protect themselves now.

[@cooldomino1800]

I love those thunderbolt sirens!!!

[@SETX_Sirens_and_Rail_02]

9:10 That sky is so damn creepy with those Thunderbolts sounding.

[@jessicalee5260]

Thunderbolts are the 2nd creepiest sounding sirens ever...

[@ianthemechanical829]

thats why I am scared to stand under severe storm clouds.

[@josephfriedmann4471]

the siren at 00:40 I remember in the early 80s while living at Altus AFB.

[@kevinkarg4464]

I was also at Altus AFB in 1982. On May 11, there was a tornado on the base and it tore up some buildings and did some really weird things. Just goes to show you that tornadoes are really mysterious and strange storms. I saw one forming out of the clouds and it scared the shit out of me.

[@edwardheaney6758]

That's the longest siren I have ever heard.

[@mikestudent465]

Glad to know you're a Minecraftian! You will hear those types of sirens in Winter Gardens and Twiston.

[@Everything_Amor]

I absolutely love thunderstorms!!

[@TheCarsche]

So do I!!!

[@afurgeustglocke5071]

@I Am Amor I am absolutely scared about thunderstorms and luckily we don't get tornados because we live in Australia but theirs a storm tonight and for the next 24H their will be rain

[@canamx399]

Australia does get tornadoes, just not as often as North America, most of Africa and Europe

[@showcasecity]

I Am Amor same!

[@Everything_Amor]

@@afurgeustglocke5071 Sorry to hear that! And how are you now? In Australia

[@Manofpeasable]

"Dorothy! Dorothy!"

[@chrismarks4277]

lord that wind up of the thunderbolt sexy

[@triton115]

Cool video! That big gust of wind you caught at 13:50 was really wild!

[@nicholassmith9548]

good remembering guy and you were right it was really wild!!!!

[@michaelrogers8682]

Nicholas Smith y

[@brandonbutchart5576]

triton115 the tornado must of been on top of them

[@nightaronipepperoni]

There was once a tornado during school when I was in Pre-K. there was a fire and broken glass in the school so we all had to spend the night in the school. I was crying because I wanted to go home but I went out like a light an hour later after I stopped crying

[@danadoozer9990]

Wait. There was a fire in the school , so you had to stay in the school overnight? I'm confused. 🤔

[@VictoriaRamos-lj2ee]

My god i love the sound of harmonizing Thunderbolts!

[@danadoozer9990]

I love the ominous rumblings of thunder in the beginning....something wicked this way comes!

[@FreefallerXX]

I remember this storm, a tornado narrowly missed my house, thank the Lord.

[@SirensAndAlarmsOfNorthernIL]

0:42 that thunderbolt ambience tho!

[@stephensnell1379]

Those wind chimes sound so lovely.

[@sharppointy1]

Ryan, you did a good job. Look forward to more videos from you in the future. A Grandma fan from Utah

[@chiquitasheffey3916]

That is gonna be one deadly storm and you see lightning and thunder and it warns you that a severe thunderstorm warning has been issued like at 12:09 in the morning and you freak out lol

[@dominiquepilon9315]

I love thunderstorms I'm a freak I know lol

[@datgirlygamerbruh8102]

+Niklas Enblom ME TOO!!

[@josephbonner2]

+Infro Chan three

[@jeffknott1518]

Dominique Pilon same it's just the feeling makes it all mysterious and you really never know what's gonna happen

[@nenblom]

No, you're not. I love them too! I get really excited when the National Weather Service issues a severe thunderstorm warning!

[@nenblom]

Dominique Pilon That makes two of us! 😀⛈🌪

[@ramairluvr]

I like your timeline of significant events...nice touch!

[@interstateruler]

Wow are you really a storm chaser? Did a tornado hit your house?

[@RyanJamesDeanOfficial]

I'm an official spotter for the Wichita National Weather Service. I am a certified SkyWarn spotter. No tornado hit our house. Just a funnel about a mile away from us.

[@bandfromtheband9445]

Yes! This is terrifying! The tornado sirens alone make a terrifying cacophony of screams in the sky!! That can be psychologically, too much to deal with for sure! I hope that you've taken good care of your frightened pets who are freaking out at these sounds! Please, comfort yourselves and your beautiful pets, as you would yourselves, during this terrifying time! Take care of your Pets!!!!

[@josephisaacs78]

That was a tornado close to the end of the video. You can tell by the upward motion of the drafts. Their house was probably situated directly under a multi vortex messocyclone.

[@griggerp]

joseph isaacs i know right

[@mathewchicko7606]

I heard that siren and was like oooooooooo FUCK

[@miss-astronomikal-mcmxcvii]

You listen to thunder, you're fine with that. I listen to thunder, I get scared.

[@barbaralane9146]

VB SO DO I 😱😱

[@barbaralane9146]

VB SO DO I😱😱

[@lairdriver]

I like videos that start with the storm rolling in. It puts things into perspective.

[@swimmercags]

Cool video. Great sound from the sirens. Our city just replaced old Thunderbolts for new Whelen Vortex sirens due to backup battery power in case of a power failure.

[@loriadams1588]

You folks in the Midwest are tough people! I visited the Midwest last month, and I was concerned about tornadoes the whole time. I am from California, and the earthquakes scare me a lot less!!!

[@nathaniellollis3868]

I can't help but to cry when I hear your dog yelping in fear in the background. I don't like hearing ANYONE crying. Children, women and animals ESPECIALLY!!! But I can't handle dudes crying either (even though half the time... or MOST of the time we bring that on ourselves). I just HATE to see anyone... or anything suffering or in fear. It breaks me up inside!!!

[@juanjohnson8137]

That dog seems to know something is not right .

[@edub590]

its crazy just how fast the weather can change

[@TJusnow]

13:52 gets me every time lol, glad you went into the house.

[@gamerxd8257]

I could something moving near the gray clouds that is like dust or a funnel

[@comicsansgreenkirby]

Significant events because annotations feature got removed Also extended siren information Someone tell me if I miss something... 0:42 Thunderbolt 1000t Siren #1 Full Alert 1:58 Thunderbolt 1000t/1003 Siren #2 Full Alert 3:42 Thunderbolt 1000t Siren #1 Off 6:37 Thunderbolt 1000t Siren #1 Full Alert 6:44 Thunderbolt 1000t/1003 Siren #3 Full Alert 6:45 Thunderbolt 1000t/1003 Siren #2 Full Alert 7:36 Getting windy 9:27 Thunderbolt 1000t Siren #1 Off 9:41 Thunderbolt 1000t/1003 Siren #2 Full Alert 10:30 Getting even windier 10:40 Rain 10:56 Moderate/Heavy rain 11:40 Increasingly heavy rain 11:45 Hail 13:45 Microburst 15:00 Even more hail

[@jhn170]

Awesome !!! That was a severe thunderstorm with high winds, hail and heavy rains. I don't blame you for going inside because it was scary with the high winds. Thunderstorms down there are more severe than New York City. I love thunderstorms especially severe. I filmed many thunderstorms some severe. Thanks for sharing !

[@MrCrazyRules]

Awesome video! That gust of wind was sure quite the show. Reminds me of a time a few years ago. I was in a storm and I watched it for a few minutes and suddenly gusts of fog came and we went downstairs.

[@B3burner]

I found it interesting the huge changes in volume of the tornado siren. How the wind must have been whipping the sound waves around to make the audio level appear to fluctuate that much! And the street lights on in the daytime. How dark did it have to be in order to make that happen?! Auto irises on video cameras will always try to bring light levels up, to compensate for darkness, so I’m guessing it was even darker in person than it appears here. Lightning frequency tells an ominous story as well.

[@scgaliop7921]

I have seen a couple of tornadoes. Luckily forming from afar. The sky was green each time. For me, that’s enough to take cover. Green sky, no siren required!

[@Thunderbolt1000AT]

That thunderbolt siren ambience is awesome

[@Sandi4856]

Green sky--- not good!!

[@m.i5866]

Can you explain why? 🤭 I‘m from Germany and have no clue 😅

[@m.i5866]

Pebble7 thanks ☺️

[@audreyistired]

@@m.i5866 or hail

[@progenitor_amborella]

@@T0R2346 it’s caused by lots of hail refracting the light that’s coming inside of the storm. Since the sky is blue it looks green. That’s also why the color changes around sunset. Usually if a storm is strong enough to produce that much hail, there’s a decent chance it could go tornadic. Pecos Hank has a great video on this.

[@Strandysmommy]

Are there two different kinds of sirens I'm hearing? I know one is a TB, it sounds more..."buzzer-like" but I thought I heard a fainter howl.

[@tattguy87]

sounds like haarp

[@chass5438]

+will martin: Or a giant Egg Slicer.

[@seisies-mama]

I'm also hearing 2 different sirens as well 🤔

[@hyacinthhtnicayh131]

Poor dog hates that siren.

[@RyanJamesDeanOfficial]

He hated the fact that he wasn't right next to me. He's very clingy. He couldn't care less about the siren.

[@bridgetmurphyv]

Just imagine living across the street from that siren

[@fueledbychlorine]

RyanJamesDean lol funny but if you're really a trained weather spotter. You would know that dogs are scared of very loud noises.

[@adelefarough5123]

I hate that siren too.

[@marnijw1965]

I love thunder storms

[@mercast08]

Me too I love thunderstorms ⛈ Nice to meet you

[@stevejones2477]

Brilliant

[@spvcekitt3305]

Do I hear a Thunderbolt???

[@BigMoney4Eternity]

Did I see some rotation in the clouds at 9:32?

[@C21L01]

Big Money's Life Yes. I seen it too but obviously not enough to cause anything to touchdown.

[@MissWWE20]

Fellow weather nut here lol I'm in my 3rd or 4th year as a spotter and am starting to be more a chaser as l learn more about what I'm looking at. When I was little I was in fear of them but the fear turned into a passion . I see your from KS . I'm from the Kansas city,mo metro. Anyway have fun and stay safe.

[@engieabello5539]

I have just posted a similar video on thunderstorm that's why your video appeared. Your new friend here.

[@ericaferguson7169]

Yes generally speaking, Storms come from the west. Or a westerly direction. Oh and it’s not like I am trying to discredit the warning pets can give ahead of a disaster, but the sirens were wailing after all.

[@zackmzellify4897]

Weather Machine set to rain

[@nonyabis7848]

Omg I would be like the dog. I would be so scared!

[@liaoalex4383]

thunderstorm i dont like

[@StormChaserFilmography]

Really good footage of this thunderstorm! Thank you very much for sharing this footage!

[@nickp.2169]

That strip of clouds around the 5:45 mark looks like the inflow feeder band....it is pointing you right to where the tornado would be...

[@paulinegenner2588]

Storm Dorothy 🌧 🌀 🌩

[@beaugoyer5152]

There was definitely a tornado you could see debris falling from the sky

[@Kimtwister]

weather radios and phone apps are a good source for severe weather prepardness

[@shawngodin1426]

At 8:46 you can almost see a tornado ?????

[@shawngodin1426]

A funnel cloud in the background in the middle of those two trees

[@bkriegel95]

I hear 3 Thunderbolt 1000ts and 1 2001.

[@bkriegel95]

Harry Clams​ that up and down mode is either as attack mode or fast whale. The steady tone is known as alert mode.

[@RyanJamesDeanOfficial]

There are no 2001s in my area

[@bkriegel95]

RyanJamesDean lucky you because they're boring

[@datwhipthoe6458]

bkriegel95 how true

[@brandonbutchart5576]

I also here a ATI

[@pattibrooks1907]

Yes Peter the dog is trying to warn his master owner about the bad Thunderstorm coming he she senses something bad going to happen my kitty does too when we have like high winds or lightning or severe thunderstorms here in Milwaukee County !!

[@GeneralDave]

excellent video it felt like i was there there's something soothing about thunderstorms.

[@adelefarough5123]

GeneralDave yes, until you get caught in one. I used to like them too until two weeks ago. We had six tornadoes where I live, and we were without power for 52 hours.

[@infinitecanadian]

Kind of neat how so many towns and cities in the U.S.A. have sirens in them, at all sorts of places, like elementary schools, parks, etc. Here in Canada, working sirens are now quite rare to find.

[@datgirlygamerbruh8102]

yeah

[@bkriegel95]

Even though Canada gets tornados as well, tornados are a lot more common in the US, that's why we have a lot more sirens

[@datgirlygamerbruh8102]

+bkriegel95 im in Canada and I know there is more tornadoes there CUZ ITS KINDA RARE HERE

[@bkriegel95]

And your point is....? I was just comparing the amounts of tornados that the US and Canada had in the past. I know they aren't nearly as common up there, therefore the need to have tornado sirens is way bigger down here.

[@infinitecanadian]

bkriegel95 But we have a lot of towns with less than 1,000 persons, so we still need sirens for the volunteer fire departments.

[@datgirlygamerbruh8102]

HOW MANY TIMES DOES THE SIRENS TURN ON AND OFF!?!

[@Nogravityyy]

Jesus Christ that low pitch thunderbolt is creepy

[@pattibrooks1907]

I love severe thunderstorms just not the sirens !

[@Kimtwister]

and when the sky is greeen it usuallly means hail

[@Heavnzsent615]

Wow that's the first I have seen the sky turn green amazing

[@pluschy7886]

Kim Twister light green is hail. And dark turquoise green is a tornado I think.

[@angelastacey8117]

What town is this? You mentioned you're a mile from MacArthur. Is it Cheney or Garden Plain or Goddard? Wichita?

[@MartySlabey]

Looks like a typical May afternoon in Tornado Alley........

[@VictoriaRamos-lj2ee]

wow 6 years since I made my last comment and still came back to hear the sirens lol. For the life of me, I'm still trying to figure out which of our towns still use Thunderbolts, or 3T22s! Here in Topeka, they swapped them out for those shitty Federal 5s that sound horrible and have no umph when it come to warning power!

[@BigMoneysLife]

Man filming: Okay, I'm gonna monitor this from inside! Two seconds later he opens the door..... NOT SMART!

[@josephisaacs78]

Correction: messocyclone spawning little vortesies.

[@cshafer29169]

Thunderbolts?

[@chass5438]

+scott hafer: Sirens.

[@tiredmummy7512]

If you look at the clouds, where you can see the edge drooping down-to-earth that's where the rain is.....

[@alabamared2568]

Nothing sounds better..........and things are about to get real when you hear thunderbolt 1000T going off time to flee!!!!

[@Ian.Fisher]

Haha, WOW I remember watching this when I was about 9. Such a good video.

[@blayne5]

Why did you move the camera when that strong winds gust hit I wanted to see it

[@joshmckinnley745]

How big was the hail? Big enough to dent cars or nah.

[@RyanJamesDeanOfficial]

It wasn't too big, quarter sized at the most from what I can remember.

[@Elizabeth-ts4om]

Thunderbolt 1000T

[@turbinatearc7478]

Yep.

[@comicsansgreenkirby]

What about the faint one though?

[@bradsullivan2454]

We're is the siren located

[@davidmayhew4818]

The last time it rained like this in Calif. chickens were laying square eggs. If it ever rains again people will think it's the end of the world. Just endless smog, smoke and haze. If you like weather, Calif. is just one great big party poop.

[@nenblom]

I remember, a few years ago, we had a cock-a-poo (cocker spaniel poodle mix). Every time there was a fire or something like that here in eastern Pennsylvania, the sirens would go off and he would start howling along tight with them. Hilarious! Dogs are funny. Great video!

[@fueledbychlorine]

Niklas Enblom it's not funny. Dogs are and cats are scared of very loud sounds. That's why the dog in this video was whimpering. It was scared of the sirens. They're also scared of fire trucks.

[@craighiebert3384]

That was BADASS!! I have never seen a 100mph gust, absolutely crazy! Thank you for sharing, we NEVER get to see sh*t like that here in California.

[@craighiebert3384]

@reverse thrust that is so true my friend. A lot of us are sick of Gov Moonbeam's antics and the other clowns running this state. We are driven more than ever to clean house in November!

[@mm-gl7sz]

Watch the Iowa 2020 Derecho videos or hurricane videos

[@supertornadogun1690]

the last time i had that much hail my town had a tornado to it was an EF0 though

[@SuperGman314]

Your dog sounds like a schnauzer ! Lol

[@adelefarough5123]

Why did the siren stop? We don't have them where I live. We rarely have tornadoes either; however, on September 21, 2018, the National Capital Region of Canada had six.

[@brycehubbard2892]

I know right I used to live in Kansas

[@barbarabeagley6650]

I have a Thunderbolt Siren a block from my house.

[@burawick1]

Impressive. Its interesting how there was intense intracloud lightning but hardly any CGs.

[@mm-gl7sz]

All the severe storms were like that when I was a kid in WNY. Strong not severe thunderstorms back then seemed more severe than the severe ones. Now even there they either have no lightning (winter storms unless it's lake effect snow then there can be lightning like in a severe thunderstorm depending on how intense the lake snowband is)or lots of CG strikes. Even in long island severe storms have lots of CG

[@johndecann9495]

BUT WHERE I DO NOT SEE IT

[@chass5438]

All our Thunderbolt sirens have been replaced with new Federal Signal's starting in 2005.

[@twistercuber]

Where is the thunderbolt heard in the video located at? Sounds like the one at Gardiner Elementary.

[@twistercuber]

I love the echos though. Very good video. I remember it was a Sunday and we for some reason had school the next day. I think it was the storm that hit Moore the next day. I remember hearing the sirens. And the first activation for the 2012 one. That one scared the hell out of me, not the 2013 one though.

[@ThunderboltOverkill]

No it doesn't, idiot. Shut up me from 5 years ago.

[@reosaysthings]

Aw poor dog

[@darcyblack8222]

Now that’s what I call real weather! Sadly never see dramatic weather in my location

[@Penguinsrock124]

*Watching this while a huge thunderstorm is causing loud thunder and interrupting my KZbin videos*

[@AwesomeDesertTrains]

THUNDERBOLT THE MOST EPIC SIREN KNOWN TO MAN!!!!

[@PlasticGirl65]

Is hail guaranteed when the sky turns green?

[@mr.slimmyjimmy2439]

Twentiethcenturybaby K yep, once the sky is green, that would be hail falling inside

[@thedarkdweller3476]

Yes... clouds get their green hue from light reflecting off the ice in the clouds

[@JRacer524]

Not always. I experienced a green sky with a thunderstorm once and it just had high winds and torrential rain. 🌧 ⛈ I was south of Garden City, KS at the time. I took shelter in my truck between two sturdy buildings at a cattle farm. 🚜

[@PlasticGirl65]

@@JRacer524 I love green sky, black sky too. Sure there is a storm coming.

[@JRacer524]

@@PlasticGirl65 i was scared when I saw the green sky but knew what to do. I filmed the worst part of the storm. You can watch it on kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXWTiJx-aauJeZI