STONGEST TORNADO IN HISTORY? 300+ mph winds measured inside the Greenfield, IA tornado!

[@youtubeconnollyfamily]

Advice: if you ever see Reed standing in the middle of the road recording himself. Drive very very far away from him. 😂

[@AndrewBlechinger]

we fear him as we do Jim Cantore

[@-108-]

@@AndrewBlechinger or Jim Kramer, for that matter!

[@rodneybell3201]

😂😂😂

[@ThomasWoods-m7c]

Where was this and when ??

[@RaymondBCrisp]

I actually ran into Reed some 20 years ago, when I was chasing by myself. I pulled off the main road to look at a forming tornado, and there are some other people in the turnoff I chose. I noticed they had laptops and radar and measurement gear on their vehicle, so I knew they were researchers. They also had really nice cameras compared to most of us amateur chasers. Reed would have been a graduate student at the time. I had no idea who he was until a few years later, when he became famous.

[@glitchedgirI]

Those subvorticies had subvorticies... Whata gnarly beast

[@RetiredEE]

That drone footage is surreal 🌪️👀

[@-108-]

That is probably the most appropriate use of the term "gnarly" I've ever seen. Well done!

[@roseannarios7312]

​@@-108-Right? It was the same word I used to describe it an earlier post of this tornado. This is one I'll never forget.

[@fredharvey2720]

An obvious EF5 just by looking at it

[@iiDOCKERY]

@@fredharvey2720idk about all that

[@stevenmccarthy7649]

Yet no sponsorship (yet) from a drone company whose drone captured this incredible video near 300+mph winds.

[@zeitgeistx5239]

DJI just got banned by Uncle Sam.

[@cobratuner]

@@zeitgeistx5239 Bill still needs the senate to sign it. Which will most likely happen.

[@AndrewBlechinger]

Forget a drone company. How about a chain of auto body shops?

[@cobratuner]

@@AndrewBlechinger don’t need an auto body shop when you use rentals lol

[@Billbeaux]

​@@zeitgeistx5239 it's a Chinese (CCP) owned company 🤷‍♂️ Would be better if it was reverse engineered and built in America.

[@kimtrierweiler6271]

This looks like something out of a movie! Doesn’t even look real, this is insane!

[@SB-ic2kl]

its because its not real...its called CGI... Computer Generated Image

[@papidraco]

@@SB-ic2kl it isnt cgi... what makes you think that weather is cgi, this tornado has been recorded by the national weather service

[@BushyBrowsHD]

@@SB-ic2kl say that to the people that were affected by the tornado and saw it first hand.

[@seananon4893]

Looks like that tornado game on the Iphone. Only with better details.

[@greatunz67]

@@SB-ic2kl it's not CGI anymore, it's AI

[@glennkrieger]

4K video really allows us to see the details in a tornado that weren't possible before. In the 80's this would have just look like a grey wedge.

[@Mar-velousMarlenak8]

That is the most terrifying yet majestic thing that I have ever seen. It doesn't even look real. Truly mind boggling.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

It makes all those pretty photos of 'solid' funnels look unreal!

I agree if I didn’t know better, I would have thought it was a Hollywood studio’s special effects for a movie.

[@Calango741]

I think at least in part, that is because of there being no sound. I think hearing it while seeing it would make a huge difference in how we perceive it. Edit: for the first 2 1/2 min.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Never seen any special effect like that.

[@nolanmcleod2619]

I sometimes think people use the word awesome too much but here, "terrifyingly awesome" seems like the right words.

[@AmericanMetalhead100]

This was unequivocally the gnarliest and most photogenic tornado of 2024.

[@bkkorner]

Not to mention historic!

[@CamcorderHomeVideos]

Leaving my mark on a historical video. June 23, 2024 at 3:33:00 PM EST. Virginia, USA.

[@itzjusttanxd_5684]

Also leaving my mark. June 23, 2024 at 3:49PM EST, New Jersey, USA.

[@CamcorderHomeVideos]

@@itzjusttanxd_5684 Nice 👍

[@itzjusttanxd_5684]

@@CamcorderHomeVideos same to you👌

[@MartHommes]

0:33 What a monster. Multiple vortices along with some going violently horizontal. And a couple seconds later it snaps the windmill on the right in half even when the main funnel is pretty far away. Really shows you that a tornado is wider than your eyes can see

[@vulpinemachine]

I'll be that guy: it's called a turbine my guy not a windmill.

[@MartHommes]

@@vulpinemachine Ah I see, English is not my first language

[@vulpinemachine]

@@MartHommes fair enough! There's lots of native English speakers who call them windmills (as evidenced by people talking in this very video!).

[@DFWCASSANOVA]

@@vulpinemachine I'll be the other guy 🤗. Specifically the structure is called a "wind turbine" 🤓... of the many types and forms of turbines in use. 🧐 However... I will still call them windmills even though there is no mill attached, descriptive nickname just like a "car" even though it's not a carriage. 😁

[@vulpinemachine]

@@DFWCASSANOVA as a linguistic descriptivist myself, I find your logic unassailable.

[@BassBully]

Probably the best footage I’ve ever seen. Y’all set the standard and keep pushing it further. Incredible

[@jockojockoson9995]

The day you posted this I went on record saying that this historically significant capture will still be referenced by the meteorological community 100 years from now. - I stand by this

[@sandia2beaumont]

And what if ... this were just a (small) foretaste of things to come?

[@SmokeTheHolyChalice]

That same day I went on the record stating that you were out of your mind because everybody knew that it would be referenced by the meteorological community for no less than 150 yearsssssssssssssss baby! Hell Yeahhhhhhhhhh!!!! (lol). I am going to go the record further and clarify that those are not windmills but wind turbines, just saying.

[@adammaturin1277]

​@@sandia2beaumont Unfortunately, you are 100% correct. Until the climate stabilizes at a new, hotter level, it's going to be a wild ride. The evidence is still coming in, but it looks like we've just entered into an Ice Age Termination Event. Google that term & then just sit back & try to enjoy the ride we're in for.

[@LeeTheWizard]

This might be my favorite tornado that you have had on stream. The vortices are mesmerizing.

[@basedboi3956]

That’s an understatement - this might be my favorite tornado footage EVER

[@andyroobrick-a-brack9355]

You can definitely tell there's something special about it. It certainly looks like one of the strongest tornadoes, if not the strongest, ever recorded.

[@rockergirl1976]

watching those wind turbines snap in half was insane!

[@zenunderground]

I found it kind of ironic that they weren't really spinning in a tornado. Id have thought they'd be going off like a box fan

[@andiepie82]

I was surprised only one windmill blew over...

[@janledford3010]

Several was destroyed. They were flying around in the nader

[@Uniqueuponme]

@@zenunderground They are a giant turbine generator, which means they have brakes. The reason why in high winds you see them catch fire before they tear themselves apart is because the turbine inside is literally glowing hot from the uncontrolled rotation. The brakes have apparently gotten better over the years to prevent that.

[@stevegabbert9626]

@@zenunderground I believe they regulate the speed of the turbine so it doesn't turn too fast.

[@Allium_369]

Insane this is a once in a life time tornado. Congratulations Reed!!

[@shawnchristianson324]

When was this? April?

[@HistoryNerd808]

@@shawnchristianson324 May 21

[@grunt9131]

He had the once in a lifetime tornado on his first official Chase

[@crystalingram7171]

I expect many more insane weather events

[@patti6178]

I mean.... I HOPE it's a once in a lifetime with the way things are going

[@RachelLara]

I’ve been watching your stuff since around 2006, if I’m being honest. I’m so glad to see you’re still following this path, and so meaningfully. As usual, incredible footage. Almost doesn’t even look real. Way to go.

[@Phirebirdphoenix]

thank you so much for not constantly cutting this with a bunch of radar maps and selfies like some other youtubers.

[@jelsig6783]

One of the best videos: the inflows, multiple vortices, wind turbine, drone footage. How that drone doesn't get sucked in is beyond me.

[@AbbyGarrett]

How some of those sheep didn’t get sucked in is beyond me, too. Most were moving around after it had passed, but I obviously don’t know the original flock size. I’m assuming these are sheep.

[@stormchasernichtpit1493]

Reed Timmer has now witnessed three 300+ mph tornadoes, the largest tornado and the second largest tornado, and intercepted many tornadoes. REED TIMMER IS THE BEST STORM CHASER EVER IN MY EYES

[@angrydragon4574]

Which ones are these?

[@stormchasernichtpit1493]

@@angrydragon4574 the 3 strongest tornadoes: this greenfield, iowa tornado 2024, 2013 el reno, oklahoma tornado and the 1999 bridge creek-moore, oklahoma tornado. Largest tornadoes: 2013 el reno, oklahoma tornado and the 2004 Hallam, Nebraska Tornado. Notable tornado intercepts are the 2023 spalding, nebraska tornado, the 2024 nebraska tornado outbreak and the 2024 oklahoma tornado

[@angrydragon4574]

@@stormchasernichtpit1493 The strongest tornado Reed ever saw was the 2011 Philadelphia, MS tornado. That thing dug a trench slightly over 3 feet in length.

[@ffjsb]

Reed Timmer sucks. He's always screaming like a little girl, annoying AF.

[@larrythecat5743]

@@angrydragon4574he was there for the 1999 bridge creek Moore tornado

[@lukemn29]

Some of the best footage I've seen on KZbin, great job guys!

[@BeyondPC]

That is the most impressive video of a tornado I have ever seen. Nice catch!

[@robmangeri777]

Wow! That monster was glorious! This footage is some of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen!

[@cincyfanjunglecity9871]

It looks like several tornados feeding off of each other . It looks like they are dancing.

[@GalacticNovaOverlord]

Dead men dancing

[@oldrusty20]

@@GalacticNovaOverlord why. just why.

[@Mig_V]

@@oldrusty20 Dead men getting funky!!

[@oracle372]

@@Mig_V True

[@nateh8796]

​@@oldrusty20The Jarrell Tornado back in the 90s looked like a dead man walking. Multiple vortices in an F5.

[@Jefftheproducer]

I couldn't believe this was real watching it on the livestream, very memorable chase day man

[@Lucky9_9]

This day broke me. My brain shut down watching this. There was a tornado that almost hit my place a couple hours later. I think I'm still frozen tbh. It's just utterly incomprehensible..

[@IntrovertedLoLo]

@@Lucky9_9 then why do you live in tornado alley

[@Lucky9_9]

@@IntrovertedLoLo None of your business 👌😃

[@IntrovertedLoLo]

@@Lucky9_9 don’t complain then.

[@Lucky9_9]

@@IntrovertedLoLo Mind your own business 😃👌

[@billyshay7207]

To have a drone record this without getting it destroyed, is some serious flying skills 👌.

[@mikepalmer1971]

Or fake.

[@my.basement.is.full.]

@@mikepalmer1971 as in cgi?

[@ready4jesus534]

I really don’t believe anything I see anymore, real or fake. It’s too easy to mimic and copy things these days. What is so sad about it, is when it’s a real, and you don’t believe it. All because of evilness that goes on in the world today.

[@Lm-hm3kj]

@@ready4jesus534a lot of people watched this live… I did and it looked exactly like this

[@jodymlake-hw4gy]

It's C G

[@gamooor1386]

I've never seen anything like that before. Incredible watching a tornado actually shred like that chaser was saying through that windmill. Devastating force.

[@adammaturin1277]

It's a wind turbine, not windmill, those are two very different things, but yes, I'm with you. This is one of the most incredible things I've ever seen.

[@terrorfex1611]

My uncle works for the company that handles those wind turbines and he told me that the wind indicators for that tornado topped out around 325mph on their equipment. His shop missed the destruction path by about 1/8th of a mile

[@TheOldTelephone]

I had the honor of seeing this live. God Bless Reed, You have to be one of the most legendary people I have ever witnessed in action. Wish You a good luck on mondays chase!

[@rsn_zychron]

@@jaymarshall5425 I think it was like 3-4 weeks ago

[@karrentinius3788]

HONOR or HORROR? ? ?

[@audreymai2773]

Cookie?

[@bnic9471]

Was chasing in Iowa that day. Did not see much. We needed to have been closer to Reed, I guess. 😉 😜

[@TheOldTelephone]

​​@@karrentinius3788 I was horrified from the tornado when i saw it live on May 21st, no doubt. but its also a slight honor because I am not a person that is always the first to witness something crazy as this.

[@md-ln4fp]

This one is absolutely stunning. Destructive art in motion. This is the best tornado video I have ever seen. TY

[@AT-qm8gv]

If this thing isn’t upgraded to an EF5 we will never see one. A tornado will have to pull the moon down from space at this point.

[@stewpidasso8810]

@@VexNovaYT I think it's more a comment on how it seems they're reluctant to rate tornadoes EF5 even though they almost certainly are

[@Saltydied1]

@@stewpidasso8810agreed

[@SpeedBird6780]

This is an IF5, not an EF5. You can have an EF0 that would've been an IF5.

[@Viesta]

@@SpeedBird6780 the heck is an IF5? and why haven't i heard of it? (If it does exist... it ain't showing it for me on google)

[@LeaRe3d]

An EF5 is more than just strong winds. Bridgecreek-Moore 1999 holds the record as of currently for strongest winds measured on Earth but it got it's rating from the sheer devestation of infrastructure & entire neighborhoods, as well as casualties. Joplin's EF5 also did a gnarly degree of devastation to populated areas (such as demolishing entire schools) and lest we not forget the tragedy of Jarell, TX 1997 and how it leveled an entire subdivision down to the plumbing (an entire bathroom was nearly teleported out of it's structure and hurled into a tree.) It also ripped up paved roads and dug inches out of the soil... as well as the horrific deaths that came from it. There are tornadoes that do far less widespread damage despite their sheer size or max windspeeds such as the fateful El Reno which took very significant lives of storm chasers but ultimately wind speed + damage assessed would render it below an EF5. As surreal & fascinating as an EF5 is to study, observe from the safety of our homes and research.. they are rare for a reason. A true EF5 will bring around 250mph+, 300mph+ winds, typically multiple vortices at some point of it's lifespan but most importantly: these rare storms will bring such irrivocable damage to populated areas & small towns and often either wipe them off of the map or set them back for years to generations rebuilding infrastructure. They also bring along dismal death tolls & injury, and PTSD (and even su*cide) have been shown to be long term effects from the devastation. There are survivors of these storms who will explain the debilitating trauma & ptsd they still endure anytime the weather gets bad years after. It's a rare rating for a rare weather event and we do not need a storm to have a higher rating if it does not merit one because it is not a competition. It is science working to maintain lives that could one day be lost to a storm like Jarrell or Joplin.

[@chrisfrancisbass]

I saw the headline today on NBC and immediately thought "I wonder if that's the one with the amazing drone shots from the Dominator team". It looks unbelievably violent. Somehow the ground-level shots don't do it justice, it becomes an absolute behemoth when you see it from above. And the helical vortices will probably never be beaten. This is your masterpiece.

[@TheCarina70]

So much data in 2024. Reed and his team are on the top of the best chasers and scientist. Keep up the good work

[@saladsthompson]

You're adding so much to science and storm data!!!! Truly priceless... past a few windshields

[@sethcourtemanche5738]

That's unsurvivable if you're above ground

[@DimensionaIGd]

It slabbed houses and I’m pretty sure it had 318mph winds recorded from ground level

[@RockyTop85]

No it didn’t

[@DimensionaIGd]

It did slab houses

[@jakehildebrand1824]

​@@RockyTop85yes it did...

[@jakehildebrand1824]

​@@DimensionaIGdyeah, easily 250+

[@timb350]

When it's hailing...ESPECIALLY monster hail like that...the dumbest thing you can do is drive fast into it. Why? Cause you're vastly inceasing the impact velocity...and the damage that is being done on you and your vehicle by the falling hail. From the Dumby's guide to deal with hail-storms.

[@lablaine1981]

80 yr old weather freak in Midwest,this is the penultimate video of a tornado 🌪️... greatest post to the crew👍👍

[@Burt5585]

NWS be like “that’s a solid EF2”

[@zebrion5793]

I think they rated it EF4 in the end. It should've been a 5 since it clean-slated houses and bent foundation bolts almost 90 degrees at ground level. I don't think they like to give EF5 ratings to anything short of catastrophic situations like Joplin.

[@AlwaysChasingStorms]

​@@zebrion5793 either that or I feel they are trying to retire ef5.

[@ArtichokeBamboo]

​@@zebrion5793 construction quality.

[@DorotaGabal]

@@zebrion5793 I'm really wondering if they've been intentionally downgrading EF5s... or America stopped building well constructed buildings altogether. I'm a fan of updating the Enhanced Fujita scale to incorporate windspeed measurements and metrics that weren't available when it was put together, to bring a more realistic image of the tornado potential.

[@angrydragon4574]

​@@DorotaGabalIt's intentional. That nonsense began back in 2011 when the April EF-5s struck the Southeast. The Tuscaloosa tornado was rated EF-5 by most meteorologists (and even an amateur like me examined the footage and noticed that two story buildings were swept away clean from their slabs) but the NWS decided to go with EF-4 just because.

[@acleanpairofsocks]

That’s one of the most beautiful, horrific, mesmerizing monsters I’ve ever seen. The drone footage especially was incredible.

[@RealTalkOrWalk]

This is one of (if not the) the best tornado videos I’ve ever seen in my life and I’ve been obsessed with them since I was a kid in the 90’s watching Twister on repeat. But I had no idea that this was an EF5! 300mph winds!? That’s insane!

[@kenzied5103]

it actually wasn't rated as an EF 5 surprisingly!

[@KaileyB616]

It was actually given an initial rating of EF-3, later upgraded to an EF-4.

[@k.chriscaldwell4141]

Wow! A very strong condensation driven tornado. Condensation driven tornadoes tend to have strong vertical suction*, as seen here. The interplay of the tornado's horizontal winds with resistance, "drag" with air outside the main vortex** and its strong vertical suction causes the formation of other vortexes at its outer reaches, as seen here. Notice that this tornado's suction is so strong it is lowering appreciably the air pressure some distance from it, hence the induced ground fog. *Deposition driven tornadoes--often stovepipe shaped--typically have no to weak vertical suction. **The stronger a condensation tornado's vertical suction, the sharper the boundary formed between it and surrounding air. As such, higher levels of air resistance, "drag," is experienced at the boundary by the tornado's horizontal winds. Often causing additional vortexes to form.

[@pgnandt]

Thanks for explaining that. Yes it was my amateur opinion that the air pressure was getting sucked down to dewpoint. The roof of that barn was interesting. The large windward face have something to do with it?

[@k.chriscaldwell4141]

@@pgnandt The roof of the barn came off on the leeward--downwind--side. The cloud coming off the barn is weird. At 0:50 it appears to me that the low pressure from the tornado and the winds going over the barn are creating a very low pressure area over what remains of the barn. This is then inducing strong condensation in to a fog/cloud over the roof. At 0:53 the fog/cloud merges with the other fog to march into the tornado. Just my informed guess on that.

[@pgnandt]

@@k.chriscaldwell4141 Yes, I think conditions were perfect for the visual. I also think the non-laminar flow over the roof is why the roof didn't start flying like an airplane wing.

[@calicocritterscrafts886]

This footage will be studies for years to come. Absolutely insane

[@apex_prey]

Studied*

[@bigrooster6893]

It could have winds of 800 mph, but if it doesn’t hit anything, it would never get properly rated I hate the EF scale.

[@dancantore76]

There really needs to be two ratings. One for windspeeds and one for damage done El Reno was a perfect example of the EF scale's flaws. Measured winds of at least 302 mph but it only caused EF3 damage (thankfully not worse). They even changed the data for Moore '99, for years records showed DOW-measured winds of 318 mph, then someone changed it to 301+.

[@Bloodsin12]

This one literally hit a fairly big town with many homes slabbed.

[@DimensionaIGd]

Erm the nws doesn’t survey slabbed houses 🤓

[@jaredvillhelm2002]

Ground speed wind and wind at 50m are substantially different on a normal day. As are they during meteorological events. A ground speed measurement is necessary to understand the true scale of the wind damage.

[@noahniskala]

The EF Scale really needs to account for windspeeds aswell rather then just damage, if we actually accounted the windspeeds, this would probably be the first ef 5 in a long time, or others.

[@dalebechtel8904]

To see the moisture flowing off the barn like that. Crazy

[@keeper6458]

I was wondering what that was. I thought it was on fire

[@Franklin-jj4jz]

I think that was blown in (now blown out) insulation.

[@dalebechtel8904]

@@Franklin-jj4jz oh yea that could be.

[@hennytopher]

@@dalebechtel8904 Inflow jet feeding into the tornado being of an extremely low pressure + condensation coming from how fast the air is feeding into the tornado rapidly cooling the air around

[@dalebechtel8904]

@@hennytopherthanks for explaining. I thought it was

[@WesleyAPEX]

Just when i think you got the best footage ever. You one up yourself.

[@ethanspino]

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[@ryanward8039]

1:48 "Wow, look at that! It didn't take the house!" RIP Bill Paxton

[@acebarker51]

It's amazing that you guys were able to get close enough to measure the wind speeds to get such important data with this particular tornado.

[@NoShotTwoKill]

Are you referring to the 300 mph data? Because that wasn’t them but a DOW-radar that measured it

[@potatoskunk5981]

Measured by radar.

[@NateSpencerWx]

They were not the ones who measured the winds

[@King_George_W_Kush]

They have an anemometer on top of the vehicle for the clueless replies.

[@NoShotTwoKill]

@@King_George_W_Kush they obviously didn’t measure the 300 mph winds

[@brennanpatrick]

It turned that windmill into a wacky flailing arm guy from a used car lot!

[@222ableVelo]

Lol great description. This whole thing was amazing footage. And a very unique tornado.

[@WildernessForever]

🤣🤣❤

[@ThePeasantsCottage]

Best description of windmill destruction ever!! Specially since those flailing arm balloons themselves crack me up! 😂😂😂

[@Dickpeterballs6969]

"Wind Turbine"

[@Jake-sk5wm]

Look at how much larger and stronger the tornado got before it disappeared into the rain cover. It likely became much more intense and violent right after their encounter

[@stephfran9761]

I'm always very empathetic towards the people affected, and the poor animals, with that said, WOW, The footage from the drone is stellar, and definitely in my top 10 for amazing Tornado shots! Congratulations!!

[@tommcgeethree]

40 years ago in the early morning hours of June 8th 1984 in Barneveld ,Wisconsin an F5 tornado with winds of 300 plus mph leveled that little town in the southwestern part of the state killing 9 people. It's rare, but it does happen. Stay safe out there. Thank you for what you do.

[@bnic9471]

And that one struck late at night.

[@dianemelnyk62]

I remember it well. Lived about 26 miles away. That was the hottest, most humid day I have ever experienced.

[@tommcgeethree]

@@dianemelnyk62 I live in Milwaukee and I heard about it at work, because I was on third shift. Scary stuff. We had storms and tornadoes move through Wisconsin last nite. They're accessing the damages today. It looks like it going to be one of those Summers.

[@Trahzy]

Yeah, there's been many more 300+ mph tornadoes than people realize.

[@tommcgeethree]

@@Trahzy I was the driver on a tornado chase in August of 2005. We were sent northwest first and then the front got strong south of Madison, Wisconsin. So we were sent southwest by channel 12. It was getting dark and we heard about the F3 that hit Stoughton. So we were heading back to Milwaukee trying to stay ahead of the fast moving front. It caught up to us on highway 36 by Waterford. We stopped for gas and the straight line winds were easily 100 mph. So it blew past us and we watched as the storm collapsed to the east and a down burst or heat burst came rushing across the road. It was pretty intense. A few other storm chases that year and the next and that was enough for me. I'll leave it up to the younger guys and gals.

[@FirebirdPhoenix87]

1999 Oklahoma tornado: Fastest wind ever recorded. 2024 Iowa tornado: Hold my beer.

[@MrAaaaaaaaa9]

Iowa tornado 309 mph Oklahoma tornado 318 mph. Per the law of the land NWS

[@MrAaaaaaaaa9]

@@TheCreeking9mph slower than 99

[@TheCreeking]

@@MrAaaaaaaaa9 it was officiall that the wind speed for 99 tornado was 302 right? 😐

[@calebkent6706]

@@TheCreekingyes but on wilipedia 10 hrs ago they changed 1999 to 322 mph due to a “2021 reanalysis” somethings up

[@cs77smith67]

​@MrAaaaaaaaa9 how do u know this tornado 🌪 in the video 📹 was 309 mph? Like no way

[@AMadLad]

Dang, its crazier that this isn't a large mile wide wedge

[@ASproutingArborist]

Yeah, although, many very strong tornadoes are small, like canadas EF 5, which was very thin, and the oakfield Wisconsin f 5, which were both thin, but incredible destructive.

[@featherweighthate]

The tornado is listed as nearing one mile in width at one point in its life, not quite sure when that happened. It was clearly not that large in this video.

[@paulstejskal]

Yeah it grew as the video went on. Wow.

[@jordan.fa5592]

The tornadic wind field was certainly a mile wide or larger

[@JackViersC]

You did notice that the wind turbine was at least as far away from the rotation center as the visible condensation funnel was wide, right? Those towers fail between 163-183 mph. And it was on the edge of the rotation there. What was happening to the house/shed at the beginning of the video? It looked like it was on fire. It couldn't have been turbulence condensation (at ground level) from the inflow, right? Just insane how powerful this thing was.

[@flywheel986]

One night, driving the big climb out of Laramie, wife snoozing in the sleeper cab, lightning flashed off to the left of the truck. Really bright and became a constant strobe effect. Something alot like this one was pacing the truck about ten or so miles away. Watched that thing tearing up prairie for about 15 minutes, then it lifted, lightning slowed and back to black. Scary.

[@KingCraze22]

This tornado felt like it came from the future. Just an unbelievably powerful storm.

[@Slidewater]

it doesn't look like its from the future it looks like its from a chocolate vanilla swirl soft serve ice cream machine

[@vickieallsopp137]

This is an award-winning video 😮 absolutely incredible 🎉

[@jonathanblubaugh5049]

🏆❗

[@kelsiecaswell9845]

Their bodies fight or flight at such an intense immediate threat has them coughing from the adrenaline after. So crazy.

[@connieprettyman6131]

That must be why he yells all the time! But the others don't yell like that.

[@brent829]

The yelling is annoyed ng AF

[@WildernessForever]

​@@brent829Mute it then.

[@MECHc3ify]

It's acting. 😂

[@cherrish333]

IMO, Reed is one of THE most passionate chasers on the planet.... and definitely, THE most "audibly passionate" 😅 ❣ He has successfully made "weather/tornado chasing" into a gloriously terrifying form of art.

[@Malzi2]

Reed is the #1 best chaser out there. No doubt about that.

[@Dirtgirl1]

Reed is #1 there's NO doubt about it

[@Mr.Tica.]

Just wish he would stop SCREAMING all the time.

[@freyguy8]

Best chaser for sure but needs a better editor for his videos.

[@RickWayne-mn5mu]

As long as you turn down the volume because of the little girl like screaming ...

[@newportnelson]

@@Mr.Tica. No one asked, no one cares. That's what your volume is for in the bottom right hun

[@tovoklore6356]

Amazing how some of those subvorticies had their own subvorticies. That tornado as a whole seemed be traveling quite fast too. I wonder how fast it was moving along there. Also that was a very angry king snake; 6:25.

[@richh650]

This doesn't even look possibly real it is so stunning of a capture. Beyond well done!

[@blakewalker5231]

EF3 and an EF4 now historically have the highest winds twice now lol

[@twobitsandpepper8235]

Why are they so stingey with the ratings? Or even calling it a tornado at all in many cases?

[@NessieLoveNessieLife]

This was EF4 I thought?

[@williamj09]

It’s an EF4, should be an EF5 though

[@dancantore76]

This was a strong F5 that caused EF4 damage.

[@HistoryNerd808]

​@@twobitsandpepper8235Because the EF scale is based on damage, not recorded winds. If there ia crazy winds but it doesn't hit anything that meets EF-5 standards, than it won't be ranked an EF-5. I do think it's current rating is still preliminary though. They may eventually update it.

[@DNephi-xu7gx]

That footage at 0:50… it’s crazy how much that RFD reminds me of Dr. Orf’s recent computer simulations. This is an astonishing capture 👏

[@UnrealDerek]

Holy that’s insane wind speed. Amazing video capture

[@robotron17]

*Windmill:* "All right! Yeah, that's what I'm talkin' about! Wait... too much! Too much!!!"

[@TH3C001]

Sounds like a cutaway in Family Guy lol.

[@adammaturin1277]

Wind turbine, two very different things, but this is hilarious. I love it. 🤌

[@bdawgchannel8461]

Dear Reed: The Greenfield tornado is no doubt the worst tornado of 2024 so far, but I want to know, was this actually over 300 mph? If so, make a vid of the proof. Plus, wouldn’t the NWS and many other observers make a change in the rating of the tornado? It’s just like the rolling fork EF4 and el Reno EF3 tornado. I also don’t know if the title is for clout or sum like that, but providing proof is the best way. But, with all of that to say, love your vids and love how you storm-chase, but please, come out with a video for proof or something because the title really ain’t selling. Keep storm chasing, stay safe.

[@AngelOfDæth_4]

That farmhouse was insanely lucky they didn't get a direct hit from this monster. Freakiest tornado footage I've seen in a long time. This is a historic catch

[@PotatoBVBQueen]

Cool fact: it takes three weeks for those wind turbines to be installed. It only takes a massive powerful tornado like this one to destroy them in seconds. 😮

[@Nomation10]

But massive powerful tornadoes sometimes wouldn’t form for months.

[@PotatoBVBQueen]

@@Nomation10 huh.

[@KayGx]

​@@Nomation10🤔🧐

[@patriciaholloway]

Surreal, powerful, beautiful in its way.

[@pacoramirez54]

Brother, you have a new fan member here, by far the best tornado 🌪 footage throughout the history of storm chasing, the drone footage is what really took the cake, just an awesome job on storm chasing, thank you and stay safe and blessed 🙌

[@aloysiusbelisarius9992]

Well, to split hairs, the Moore tornado of '99 would have something to say about that, being that it had those same confirmed wind speeds at a lower altitude. But, this one is definitely movie-worthy, the way it ate those pinwheels, the carousel structure of it, the clarity of the camming...a new iconic twister image.

[@mistydixon79]

I knew watching this live it was history in the making. The clear vortices, the power, taking down the turbines. Happy to say thanks to Reed I saw this live. I knew it was a beast! Thank you guys and congratulations on the footage!!!!! Total beast!!!!!! It looks like a ghost…..

[@alivewithhemp4989]

Well said. I was watching live, glued to KZbin for an entire day as we waited to run to the shelter.

[@mistydixon79]

@@alivewithhemp4989 it was terrifying for sure! I’m glad you’re safe. I can’t imagine experiencing that……

[@mdh220643663]

Those cows are like”oh no there’s Reed!…you know what that means…there’s a tornado nearby fellas!”😂😂😂❤❤

[@mikerichards8400]

A gargantuan beast! A historic colossal monster.

[@hannakinn]

Terrifyingly beautiful

[@curetiamhices289]

Holy crap! That tornado is a beast. At times, it didn’t look real. The tornado he videotaped in Westmoreland, KS earlier this year was awesome too. It had the longest looping funnel I have ever seen.

[@elessartelcontar9415]

That's because it's not real! It's CGI

[@ethanspino]

@@elessartelcontar9415it ain’t fake he live streamed it . Nature skme times is so nice people think it’s fake bc dang social media 🪦

[@Dickpeterballs6969]

​@@elessartelcontar9415 cgi.. wow

[@philaman1972]

This top-shelf quality tornado footage stands on its own. Fortunately, this event took place in a non-populated area.

[@bammi4]

WOW!! EPIC!!! The "Octonader"

[@bammi4]

I have to give credit to #91! Legendary Cow! Lol Great Video Reed and Company! 😂😮❤

[@TwisterChrisable]

The inflow on this one blew my mind, I have never seen it so powerful so far away from the twister

[@cs77smith67]

Yeah but I don't believe it was 300 mph

[@SUCKMYV0LZ]

@@cs77smith67how not I can almost guarantee there has been several tornadoes that have had over 300 mph and I would almost say high 300’s

[@Dickpeterballs6969]

​@@cs77smith67 It was 160 to 185 mph at ground level

[@cs77smith67]

@Jackmehauf1980 I knew it but why are they saying it was 300 mph?

[@Dickpeterballs6969]

@@cs77smith67 Because DOW aka "Doppler On Wheels" was stationed in Greenfield and detected 300+mph winds 165 ft above ground level, however damage indicators on the ground says 160 to 185 mph at ground level.. still an EF4 so I honestly don't know why people are going on about it, since it changes nothing

[@Rotor_nator]

What is the white smoke coming from the house?

[@magmamat]

I’ve been wondering that too since watching this chase live… Anyone know? It doesn’t look like smoke from a fire… I’m baffled & it’s bothering me!

[@near--zero]

maybe bags of lye or something used on the farm? good question.

[@Nerd367C]

Maybe the wind is so strong, the wall is just powder?

[@karenwhite4461]

It might have been the fertilizer, ammonium nitrate, since it's a large farm.

[@gts-corner]

Tornadoes have extremely low pressure as the tornado passes close to a building. The sudden drop in pressure can cause the air temperature to fall rapidly and condensate all of the humidity that a building would have it is specifically called adiabatic cooling in meteorology.

[@mycroft16]

That is one of the craziest looking tornadoes I've ever seen! All those subvotices around it, and all the dust and such just getting sucked in along the ground! Seriously epic footage of a monster.

[@GeminiGemini-tr9wf]

Reed is by far the most entertaining and BEST chaser out there!!!!!

[@Indydi]

That's the coolest tornado, made up of many smaller tornadoes circling around each other.

[@RealDennisGGG]

That were subvorticies of the Actual Tornados The Strongest ones are having multiple vortex inside the Tornado if this one would hit Towns it would be an instant EF 5

[@bblake4683]

Tornado teaching the wind farm about wind

[@someonewhoknows1000]

Now you understand why Reed yells so loud ... he has to get above the noise 😂. He's the real deal, and he's not playing 😎.

[@tomh5006]

It's in his DNA! His passion shows he was put on this earth for this reason and this reason only

[@lonewolf9390]

Nah, it's twister tourette's syndrome. 😂🤣

[@someonewhoknows1000]

@@lonewolf9390 😂 Too funny ... I agree 😁

[@camhoffman236]

Timmer, you're a f'n madman, but I'm confident all residents of "Tornado Alley" appreciate you guys being out there. You are the male version of "Dr. Jo Harding". This is some of the most amazing footage of the anatomy of a tornado.

[@catherinehubbard1167]

The suction vortices on that thing are so tightly organized that it looks like a spinning drill bit.

[@IonOtter]

The pressure drop associated with this tornado was so severe, that water on the ground was boiling into steam. Also, y'all should invest in some noise-cancelling aviation headsets, so you don't have to scream so much. I mean, I know it's kind of your "brand"? Being real screamy and such? But yeah, the Lightspeed Sierra Headset would be a great option.

[@danielkeach8951]

Seen the ? a few times but the white “smoke” from that machine shed is chalk dust for the seed hoppers on planter implements. Keeps the seeds from getting stuck together

[@danielkeach8951]

Technically it’s Talc powder, but I always called it chalk dust growing up 😜

[@judyferguson3185]

Thank you for the explanation of the ‘white stuff’ coming from the shed. I was very curious . 🙂

[@stevenbisking8129]

Better get those idiots to change the rating on that Tornado because IT CANNOT STAY AN EF-4. Ridiculous call by them.

[@DimensionaIGd]

It was almost a ef3 just like el Reno that currently is ef3 even though it had winds of 300+ winds also

[@classydave75]

They should just had a number after the "E" for damages classification. And keep the "F" for wind speed classification. In that case, that would an E4F5. Or F5E4... Just a thought...

[@oldrusty20]

@@classydave75 Enhanced 4 Fujita 5 Or Fujita 5 Enhanced 4

[@DimensionaIGd]

@@classydave75 Ef4/F6 because 318 mph winds this tornado would be an f6 on the original scale

[@classydave75]

@@DimensionaIGd Yeah just checked on wiki, F5 up to 318mph... Didn't know the scale goes up to F12 at the speed of sound. There is even an International Fujita scale and a Torro scale... Interesting.

[@multiverser9585]

The torque it takes to do that to a wind farm tower is off the charts!

[@PopLightBrown]

The way that tornado sheared the windmill blades off and sent them flying while bending the main tower over...sheesh!

[@lynnkayee1015]

There is ONE house in all that open land, just as far as the eye can see...and that monster tornado had to roll right up to it! 1:15

[@gcrauwels941]

This has to be THE tornado of the season.

[@Nico_is_cool]

And yet they still rated it an EF4💀

[@DimensionaIGd]

“Damage scale only” isn’t the scale meant to find the wind speeds why do you need to if it’s recorded

[@ArtichokeBamboo]

probably because most violent damage from this tornado were high end ef3 to low end ef4, fool.

[@gavinwiese8880]

@@Joek329 most of these wind speeds are above the ground level, and we don’t have any wide spread effective way of recording wind speeds for tornadoes which is why they use damage indicators

[@noahniskala]

Its because the EF scale is terrible at measuring tornado strengths as it legit put el Reno tornado as an EF3, even though it was a clear ef 5 tornado with 300+mph winds, they really need to modify the current ef scale.

[@overdrive71080]

Also this had weakened some as it moved into Greenfield because if it had hit Greenfield at peak intensity it most certainly would have been an EF5

[@rogalik.official]

Can we just appreciate how stable that drone is to film all that

[@whyitmatterstome]

Imagine if that hit a populated area - scary CGI looking monster.

[@ShreddedRipcord]

They may of have had the new strongest wind speed ever recorded on planet Earth, but still caused no where near as much catastrophic damage as the May 3rd, 1999 tornado

[@Katmai_Bear_480]

It's not a contest.

[@ShreddedRipcord]

@@Katmai_Bear_480 I know

[@WastdTrashPanda]

A 600MPH nader could happen and they would still rate it an ef-3

[@ASproutingArborist]

That’s what it seems like lol

[@twobitsandpepper8235]

Yep, they really would.

[@fredtaylor9792]

I think the EF scale is extremely flawed. I understand the reasoning behind it but it's ridiculous that craftsmanship of buildings can determine the strength of a tornado. It's too indirect to give a proper idea of what the tornado itself was capable of.

[@ASproutingArborist]

@@fredtaylor9792 yeah, but it makes sense that they use the craftsmanship of the buildings and things like that, but still, the thing had winds over 300!

[@shaylafey]

@@fredtaylor9792 i mean one of its core purposes is for engineering.

[@glenn5903]

Hey from Willspoint Texas! OMG ! 300+.

[@masonyuzwa8717]

There's been many questionable EF4s in the recent years..this being one if them !! I say this because those wind turbines are built to withstand strong EF3 to low end EF4 winds and they just crumpled like a tin can !! Now I don't think it's no record setting tornado but definitely think the winds at the surface was at least 200 mph !!

[@Ask-a-Rocket-Scientist]

I saw the aftermath of a tornado in Texas that ripped up the slabs of houses. There was nothing but a bare path of ground where the houses were. Unimaginable power.

[@georginastoliker3358]

And we all gotta see it live feed from the best ..thank you Reed👏👏👏

[@franbrinda]

Why does that building at the beginning appear to be smoking. Something they stored in it dust being sucked out or on fire?

[@Pinkwillow62]

I was wondering the same

[@jeannieg4822]

Yea I was wondering that also.

[@jaredthrasher8059]

I think it's the intense pressure change of the air (high to low) coming from inside the building to the low pressure environment of the tornado that causes the condensation.

[@Rick-rb3nk]

insulation maybe?

[@magmamat]

I think @Jared has the best theory so far. I’ve been wondering the same since watching this the first time…. It also seems to travel along the ground…

[@truthisoutthere6721]

I am confident that as we get more data on more tornadoes we will see that these wind speeds are not really that rare at all.