Significant and Long-Track Tornado - Drone Footage - Extreme Close Range - Salem, IA 4-16-24

Multiple angles during the life cycle as a significant tornado moved toward us near Salem, IA. This footage includes handheld and mounted DSLRs and camcorder, aerial, and GoPro.
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[@ericwollam5532]

Honestly, the scariest part of this video was at about 6:16 where in one second you can see this really large wedge tornado, and the next second it gets completely wrapped in rain and is just invisible. Please stay safe out there and thank you for this awesome footage.

[@criticalthinking3709]

nice catch, that is really trippy to see it ghost out like that.

[@tornadotrx]

This year has given no one favors and you’ve still been on a roll! Excellent stuff once again

[@TornadoWarned]

I appreciate, broski! It's been a hell of a grind. At around 15k-ish miles so far lol

[@nicksnyder3812]

@@TornadoWarnedy’all about to be like some of the biggest tornado KZbinrs ever and I’m here for the content 🙏

[@TornadoWarned]

@@nicksnyder3812 Thank you! ❤️

[@ryanhoelscher5429]

The way you all shoot telephoto is so hard to find. Gives everything much better scale to how these events feel. Feels like 80% of chasers shoot wide lens, and it’s mostly more boring. Keep doing what you’re doing. Reminds me of how the 🐐 @JimEdds shoots.

[@criticalthinking3709]

Great footage, minimal spasing. Thank you

[@lesliechapa7463]

Beautiful cloud formation!

[@shawnk934]

Spooky tornado. Around the 19:30 mark I can see two faces in the wall cloud.

[@piconick79]

i cant believe i got to watch some of this live!

[@TornadoWarned]

Thanks for hanging out with us!

[@rachelanderson200]

I agree but did you hear any of them alert emergency services? I hear no sirens and nobody calling th8/ in? Maybe I am behind the feed.

[@TornadoWarned]

@rachelanderson200 Confirmation of an ongoing damaging tornado was reported to NWS Quad Cities.

[@mond000]

Awesome! Subscribed.

[@thebroderickhoward]

What camera do you primarily use? I love your footage, great work!

[@MesoBreakfast]

Were you guys chasing in/around the notch? We were on the southern edge of the meso and our view was totally obscured by rain! Bummer!

[@TornadoWarned]

Yes, we were positioning in the notch. Just as we went east to try for outer circulation on that N/S highway, we noticed the wet RFD carving around so we just stayed tucked back in there.

[@cosmiccharlie8294]

Iowa is a nado alley onto itself....

[@A.D.R.J.Coleman]

Question! You may have the answer or not! But, what's your honest opinion, on Northern Indiana getting any tornados this year

[@TheHurkulez]

Drone footage starts at 8:45

[@FevourWoR]

Is this the one that threw a grain silo at Brandon Copic

[@assij2468]

amazing day, great channel

[@janledford3010]

Was this the one yesterday that destroyed the 91-92 year old man’s home, while he was visiting his wife (same age) in a care home???

[@TornadoWarned]

Yes

[@JustinSheibal]

Where is the drone footage? Or was the drone grown based and not in the air.

[@cosmiccharlie8294]

It's going to hit the Corn!!!

[@rosewetzel8284]

What was the official tornado rating for this long track tornado?

[@TornadoWarned]

Preliminary EF-2 with 130mph winds and it was on the ground for 26 miles

[@sabishiihito]

Was that your drone at 4:02?

[@TornadoWarned]

Nope, that was Aaron Rigsby's with Ohio Storm Chasers!

[@somafire4121]

I know the post is recent but is this particular tornado also recent?

[@thejewelseal]

Honestly not a lot of ways of telling but it should be footage from yesterday's tornado outbreak

[@TornadoWarned]

Yep! This was from yesterday. I may have to use something different than the date in the title to advertise the date of the event. LOL

[@somafire4121]

Ok 👍

[@marybaker8291]

Good footage I subscribed my husband and I lost everything March 14th in Ohio Tornado never been threw nothing like it in my life we hid in a closet but so very thankful we are alive today

[@TornadoWarned]

@marybaker8291 Thank you for your support! I'm so very sorry to hear about yalls loss.. but I'm very glad you both are still here to tell the story

[@rachelanderson200]

Did you alert emergency officials? I didn’t hear that, nor did I hear sirens. I appreciate you getting footage but do not hear anyone being notified!!!

[@TornadoWarned]

Relax Rachel, this is an edited video. NWS Quad Cities was notified of an ongoing damaging tornado, by us amongst about 50 other chasers and observing emergency services, during the event. I have already responded to one of your other THREE comments about this on this video, lol.

[@rachelanderson200]

Who is alerting emergency services????? Hello!!!

[@TornadoWarned]

💊 Here's a pill, it might make you chill. Try it sometime!

[@assij2468]

fat tornado......very large tornado