Tornado in UBC - Vancouver, BC 丨Nov. 6, 2021

I was initially filming the hail - not realizing what was happening until the winds picked up and someone yelled for us to get down. Branches were falling all around me. Thankful that no one was hurt and for first responders - they arrived on scene in less than 5 minutes. The roads were blocked by trees and there were a number of vehicles damaged, including mine.
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[@BC_Geoff]

For anyone curious, Environment Canada (national weather agency) has confirmed it was an EF-0 force tornado. So super weak as far as tornadoes go, but for Vancouver it’s unheard of (rare.)

[@MrVietDonger-y9l]

Put people will still argue it wasn’t even tho we have several videos of direct evidence and professionals in this field of work confirming it was indeed a tornado .

[@andrewjensen8189]

Everything here is normal, move along, no climate change here, carry on...

[@boquaa1448]

@UCcYkPWXAkShyJyyJQKAWVFg oh shut up. Look at whats happening to the world?????????? Idiot. How can you not believe climate change?

[@andrewjensen8189]

@@boquaa1448 lol get rekt

[@hallucinatedovens8414]

@@boquaa1448 same weather events that have happened for thousands of years before the brainwashed Marxist generation was born

[@DrGoertzDO]

Sorry. Moved here from Oklahoma and looks like I brought the weather along with me!

[@XsongX]

😂

[@nikkeisimmer8795]

You're forgiven, at least you didn't bring an EF-5. That would have caused more than 40+ deaths; mainly because Vancouverites aren't in the least bit familiar with tornadoes and most would probably not realize that with an EF-5 you have to take shelter...(underground, preferably in order to survive). And for those saying that it was a "cone"...that was a wedge - the debris on the water was spray being kicked up. The whole super-cell cloud mass was rotating, seeing the other video...it wasn't cold-core. @Xsong, glad you're OK...that was insane.

[@katherineniotis4900]

Don't worry about it, we had a small Tornado in Vancouver in 1976 I found out on Google. Not to worry I blame the Tornados they're very rude, and know you don't have to worry about Oklahoma only having Tornados. I hope you like living in Vancouver because it really is an awesome city! ☺☺🙂🙂

[@lisaclark6134]

Did you bring Toto with you, Dorothy?...lol

[@angelariley5403]

@@lisaclark6134 Toto? Isn't that Kansas?

[@spiritofthewolf15x]

This is unheard of in Vancouver. Holy.

[@mattekumba]

its really not

[@tysonlakusta9383]

@@mattekumba most ppl have never heard of one here anyway. 😆

[@spiritofthewolf15x]

@@mattekumba List the times a "tornado" has ever touched ground in Vancouver. I assure you, that list is VERY short.

[@Timburgess03..]

It definitely is! In my whole life living in BC I’ve never heard of a tornado ever come! Lol this is definitely not your usual weather! Makes you think anything is possible!!

[@GrimJester82]

@UClRNrJJE3JvPhXzEUdtUUtw fuck you.I been here for decades and never seen one make landfall.Not common.

[@christinanelson2766]

thank you for recording this and I'm glad you are safe ....thank you again

[@XsongX]

I am just thankful that no one was hurt - thank you for checking in!

[@christinanelson2766]

@@XsongX ❤

[@joaovitorcorrea5280]

@@XsongX I'm interested in using your footage in an upcoming documentary about the storm in 2021. What's the best way to contact you?

[@jewels964]

I was born and raised in the lower mainland . I am 47 ...and I can honestly say this year has been insane weather wise. Never in my life have I seen temps like we did this summer nor a tornado!

[@cantbeleveitsnotnaru]

And now the rain

[@jewels964]

@@cantbeleveitsnotnaru I'm out in poco and omg I almost drown and got blown away today! It bloody brutal out there today! 🤪

[@shane99ca]

@@jewels964 Rain and snow I do not fear, but I exercise caution when the wind is this bad. Especially if I have to drive over a high, long bridge like the Port Mann-they're completely exposed.

[@jewels964]

@@shane99ca heck ya! Hopefully everyone is using as much caution on the roads today. ... however I fear not enough. All day long all I been hearing is sirens 😓

[@shane99ca]

@@jewels964 I worked from home today. It means I'll have to go into the office tomorrow to make up, but tomorrow is supposed to be sunny. :)

[@noob_gaming1491]

The first 35 seconds of this video was amazing. You got a tree falling down at 0:07, lightning affects (from power lines I guess) and twigs and branches flying in the air.

[@julietaloreto5609]

I LITERALLY SAW THAT

[@anli9730]

AMAZING! Glad you are safe! I was down at Iona Spit on the beach when I saw it form and then head north to UBC. We saw the electric wires exploding in the distance. The cloud was so dark over UBC. Unreal!

[@XsongX]

Glad you are safe as well, take care of yourself!

[@Cartoondude135]

Never in a million years did I think we would have a twister here. Twisters usually appear in the prairies. Not near the oceans.

[@humansrants1694]

If you get thunderclouds and wind shear you can get tornados.

[@healinghands2819]

Ive lived here my whole life and never seen this type of weather!

[@keatonsparksvideoproductions]

The world is changing I wouldn't be surprised if a tornado touches down in the sumas prairie or between surrey and Richmond neer hwy 99

[@jjswigger8591]

@@keatonsparksvideoproductions god how old are you? the world is changing.... this is the natural world

[@keatonsparksvideoproductions]

@@jjswigger8591 im 17

[@svenstro]

The world has been here a LOT longer than you, calm down. It's not climate change you virtue signalers.

[@andrewjensen8189]

@@svenstro Ok boomer... Take your meds and go for a nap it seems like youre talking nonsense again.

[@jackie7061]

I've lived here since 1998 and have never seen anything like this (i'm in marpole). I didn't even know we were supposed to cover, found out about like an hour after it happened. So unexpected, glad you're ok!

[@ayahuascasongsofthenight8673]

1974 and ditto

[@katebet07]

Tornadoes getting more regularly here in Australia (especially the east coast) too...

[@MrVietDonger-y9l]

@@katebet07 Australia is pretty active with tornadoes every year .

[@katebet07]

@@MrVietDonger-y9l I'm very aware of that as I live in Australia - I am aware that Australia has the second largest number of tornadoes outside of the US - thank you. However, the number & intensity in recent months in the areas they have occurred in is unusual.

[@shelbymark7418]

This is incredible for this region of the country, especially at this time of year! I am from southern Ontario and we see our share of tornadic activity during the severe weather season

[@XsongX]

I have a feeling that this will happen more often than we’d like - extreme weather or “natural” phenomenons like this seem to be more and more common.

[@abbacus8614]

It was expected as this was predicted to be Strong La Nina year. Same cycle that gave us Hurricane Freda in 1962 and The Great Gale in 1880.

[@Marios_WX]

@@XsongX I don't know much about climate change affecting the tornadoes here. Since Environmental Canada's tornado record keeping prior to the 2000s is kind of poor, I was unable to search up tornadoes in this area. However since Vancouver is so close to the US border, I would assume that tornadoes occur at relatively the same frequency or close to it as they would in Oregon and Washington. Tornadoes in those areas are pretty common in the winter months, mainly from November to January at peak. Especially closer to the coast where sea breeze boundaries are at play more often than not. Last one I can recall in this area would be Port Orchard, Washington EF2, which occurred west of Seattle, roughly a 100 miles (or 165KMs) from Vancouver. So I doubt it would be much different, at least coastal action given it's a region.

[@flacko001]

Tornadoes can happen anywhere in the world except in the artic regions

[@colinmurphy2082]

@@Marios_WX You can't find records of them because there haven't been any. I think it is because of the land formation. Oregon and Washington are not backed by the Rockies, like BC. The prevailing west winds are stopped by the Rockies and funnel southward, where they might develop into tornadoes, and more often do develop into tornadoes

[@Monmon657mom]

Oh my Goodness. I hope all people in Vancouver are safe. UBC my graduate school and The weather is always mild. Stay safe all. Thanks for sharing

[@XsongX]

Glad no one got hurt! You as well, Mona. Take care!

[@googleuser3468]

A True videographer right there!! Risked his life for the shot! "I'm ok, ya I'm ok". Right on dude :)

[@eh4hk6]

That's pretty wild. I remember back in 2004 there was a pretty big updraft in maple ridge. I had actually been learning about earth science in grade 11 and noticed the clouds looked like the type when tornados could happen. Later that day it did happen It pulled our BBQ right off the sundeck! They called it an updraft event.

[@theblissfullone]

Updraft event, very interesting ... thanks for sharing.

[@guitarchika]

I remember that! There were a bunch of trees that looked like they were twisted out of the ground.

[@StylinRed]

Remember that, enviro Canada came to investigate if an actual tornado 🌪 touched down 🤔 or maybe that was an even earlier event

[@Tpbmods]

I remember that! IIRC their was speculation that a tornado did make a touchdown in the albion flats, and water spouts at lower Hayward

[@rhalfy]

That’s a two club wind right there. Maybe three.

[@the6ig6adwolf]

I'd club up 3 and hit it at about 90%

[@hermosasons1]

Hope everyone was ok. Perfect video.

[@katherineniotis4900]

Everyone was ok no damages to houses and buildings etc. But the stupid Tornado destroyed trees uprooted them.

[@canadianravenbrook]

Never seen anything like this in Vancouver!

[@conniesanderson6787]

In BC we can have from 0-4 tornados a year. In May of last year in Victoria there was one . Some of them aren’t even rated but from 1926 to last year we’ve had some but not like this .. In sept of 1890 Victoria BC was stuck by a tornado there was some damage . There was another in 1897, and pretty much into the 1900s there are lists of Tornados touching down in BC but there wasn’t much damage maybe a few buildings being destroyed, trees being knocked down. But because of the area and being mostly mountain terrain they don’t happen as often as what happens back east in the prairies

[@MrVietDonger-y9l]

@@conniesanderson6787 the one that occurred last year was essentially a non tornadic water spout which are not super uncommon for here and it came on land making it a land spout . Still counts but I do recall us getting tornadic water spouts at least once a year . This was an impressive cone shaped funnel/waterspout and large

[@the6ig6adwolf]

Have you ever seen the lady that walks around downtown with a goose in a shopping cart? It's pretty spectacular.

[@gartbull]

Amazing and thanks for holding your phone the correct way!

[@eileensmoke6848]

Amazing! Thank you for sharing! Glad you weren't hurt!

[@XsongX]

Thanks for checking in!

[@jasondavies8030]

Only seen one ever in real life, I was driving a semi on Quadra street in Victoria BC when a tornado formed briefly and grabbed 2 trampolines and a shed and tossed them somewhere in the forest where the Tornado also went. But it wasn’t like an “f” but still weird to see here, fortunately my dash cam caught the entire thing.

[@officialboomtish214]

That’s what’s called an EF-0 event. This is either an EF-0 or a VERY isolated EF-1.

[@robypaul202]

Can we see the footage? :D

[@patrickstefanek3842]

@@robypaul202 yea footage?

[@michaelhockaday7426]

I've been through 3 tornadoes. One in Wisconsin in the year 2000, one in Ontario in 2002, and one in Alberta in 2012. All 3 of them were pretty brutal. The one in Wisconsin had tornado warnings all over the TV seconds before it hit. The one in Ontario had no warnings. Just severe lightning and black skies, and then suddenly trees were blown in half and a trailer park blown to pieces. The one in Alberta didn't hit us head on but still insane. We were camping and after it hit, our tents (mounted in the ground) were blown into the forest. A nearby town (5 miles away) was hit head on. Flood waters up to your waist, roofs blown off houses, etc.

[@shrotcake]

I wont lie I am jealous! Ive lived in BC my entire life, been interested in Tornadoes since I was a kid but I knew we just...don't get them here. I never thought in this lifetime we'd get oneXD.

[@suryavaraman.4277]

Sign of the times.....what else is coming?

[@stfsgtking]

That wind storm was savage. Even the waves at white rock beach got kind of big.

[@HarpscityIsHere]

Trees said “aight, ima head out”

[@fuzzheadtf]

Great camera work dude, and 🙏 you are not filming in vertical!!!

[@XsongX]

Glad you could appreciate that, haha. For someone who was previously in the film industry, seeing vertical videos on a computer/tv screen is my pet peeve!

[@waverley41]

@@XsongX ya did good

[@jjswigger8591]

hes filming off a fucking phone.... LOL

[@RogerDiotte]

@@jjswigger8591 Yea but he didn't hold the phone straight up and down in portrait mode like 99 percent of the recordings you get most days...Big Beautiful million square inch widescreen monitors to enjoy and they hold the camera up and down giving them 400 billion inches of black bars on each side of a 5 inch viewable movie....yea that's the pet peeve!

[@RogerDiotte]

AND I appreciate you commenting on this also..I will often just exit a video when I see 2/3's of the screen in black bars on videos ugh.

[@madisonruthie]

Wow! I grew up in the Midwest U.S. until I was 13 then moved to Washington State. There was a tornado a week ago in Kitsap County outside of Seattle! Crazy weather we are seeing these days!

[@darrens41]

The morning news says that we have to wait for official verification as to whether it was indeed a tornado. There was definitely a waterspout but as it hit land it dispersed and was not cyclical and therefore not a tornado, although judging by the video those winds were still concerning enough. Thanks for sharing!

[@sarahdubbs3460]

Would it then be considered a hurricane?

[@darrensilvester2197]

@@sarahdubbs3460 Waterspout apparently as it was on the water. When it crosses over on to land or starts there it would be a tornado. Really the same thing with different names. I guess the main distinction is that a waterspout less likely to be as dangerous as a tornado as most of us people tend to be on land.

[@MrVietDonger-y9l]

@@sarahdubbs3460 no hurricanes are a much larger weather system that has a distinct eye in the middle of the system that can be visible from space . Tornadoes are much much smaller but can pack stronger and more violent winds .

[@zachcurry8392]

Look again. There's rotation clearly visible, vertical motion leading into the cloudbase, and the wind direction changes as it passes over. Still a tornado, albeit a diffuse one. Just because there is no funnel, doesn't mean there is no tornado.

[@kelseytaylor3549]

There's another video from the same location where you can actually see a funnel for a few seconds. Search "Tornado rips through university golf club vancouver"

[@Cire605]

Looks like a possible mid to high end EF-0 maybe low end EF-1 depending on damage. Very rare and very impressive.

[@MrVietDonger-y9l]

I’d say high end EF-0 . Luckily it weakened and dissipated shorty after coming onto land cause this thing looked mean at the peak of its life cycle on the waters with a classic cone and almost wedge look .

[@julietaloreto5609]

id sat ef2 right

[@cathrynatkinson6204]

At 1:08 You can see a tree fall in the middle distance, towards the stand further back.

[@krist8919]

Actually you can see several trees falling like dominoes if you look closely in the video!

[@juels508]

it's so amazing, yet scary the way you can see the clouds swirling above you.

[@brookem6087]

Thank you for the info! I hope everyone was okay

[@peterr6177]

Lots of good tree boughs for Christmas decorations. Lol. Glad everyone was okay. Awesome video

[@stephenlevine011]

What STUNNING footage! Exciting and scary at once

[@KtEnns1]

This is insane and absolutely unheard of!! Our homes aren't build to protect us from this here. Defiantly terrifying!!

[@jeremyyano8926]

Yes they are

[@Enigmalixa]

Don't worry we live in Vancouver, here even tornado is working with RCMP and paying taxes and it goes so smoth so it make sure nobody would get upset!!! What a city!

[@tilltheend7902]

That was a water spout. It formed over the water by ubc and moved inland. The trees were already weaken by the 3 months of no rain in the summer. Plus we get so much rain in vancouver the root system is very shallow. So the roots don't have to go deep into the ground. When we had that wind storm a few years ago it blew down 5000 trees in Stanley park. We went for a drive and found out the roots were not even 5-7 feet deep.

[@retired555]

Thanks for posting

[@calcifermoonblood3341]

i knew we got wind storm but holy hell. you even get the swirling clouds. thanks for the upload

[@robinwilson4356]

thank God you're okay. Big hugs!

[@XsongX]

Big hugs Robin! Thank you for checking in!

[@icelee8546]

Thankyou for sharing the video . Hope every body will keep safe . If necessary better stay in indoor or stay home .

[@XsongX]

You as well, take care!

[@flashy5150]

Oh, there is no doubt that this was a tornado. This is an EF-1 to EF-2. A weaker tornado but still enough to do damage. It was also a multi-vortex tornado, having multiple funnels in one. Very crazy to happen in Vancouver.

[@zachcurry8392]

More like EF0. An EF1 or EF2 would have snapped many of those trees.

[@user1fja98dnaiid]

Ok there bill nye

[@mikeraglan8497]

Dale gribble - this storm is classified as a level 2 on the fujisaki scale , a tornado that strong will send an egg through a barn door... 2 barn doors if one of them is open

[@kjeezy2990]

“I’ve never seen this in Vancouver” No one remembers when all those big trees in Stanley park got uprooted in 2011

[@GhostofEight]

wasn't a tornado, was a wind storm but ok.

[@glennlahey3280]

I remember Stanley Park. Windstorm of the century and happened at night.. I've always said that that was a tornado...

[@MrVietDonger-y9l]

@@glennlahey3280 u never know sometimes . Our meteorologist here in BC I feel like they get their degrees from the back of cereal boxes and when events occur they have no idea at times

[@kc3678]

@@MrVietDonger-y9l I've had better forecasting luck just looking at the night sky for years, not to mention the woodland creatures in my backyard have better knowledge of the weather.

[@hallucinatedovens8414]

These people live through a screen and have memory of a goldfish "eeer my gerd scary wind it must be cLiMaTe cHaNgE"

[@DragonflyenAmber]

Looks like you only got hit by the edge of the tornado. We get them in Ontario regularly and if it had landed on top of you guys not only would the cars have been flying so would you. Glad no one was hurt!!

[@Rory_Shade]

It was shocking for everyone here because it's the first one anyone's ever seen in BC in living memory.

[@T.Charleson]

My mind is blown!!!! 🤯😵 supposed to get wind here on the island. Never seen anything like this. Scares me lol

[@jjimmy9763]

This is the Warning to the City of Vancouver that what will happen when you have 120' tall Trees in your backyard.

[@XsongX]

😂

[@lainal3960]

But it's nice to have the shade of those trees during 40-45 degree heat domes...

[@hezebelbeing]

Great vid. I was born in Vancouver 54 yrs ago. Never…the heat in Summer and now this? Nope. Also, did you know ppl used to ice-skate on Lost Lagoon in the Winter? Right up into the 1970s. We made snow-men every winter in our yards. Now, lucky if we get a day of snow. 🤷‍♀️ Wild coincidence? My mother in law lives at UBC and my husband was visiting her for the first time in a while during this! I thought what are the odds?! Lol glad you were safe.

[@andrewjensen8189]

Hey at least while climate change ravages the rest of the world, Vancouver will just become warmer with the odd small tornedo. That's probably good for real estate ;)

[@hallucinatedovens8414]

@@andrewjensen8189 these anecdotal weather events are normal for a natural climate trend, no evidence it's the result of anything man made.

[@andrewjensen8189]

@@hallucinatedovens8414 Hahaha oh I get it you are hallucinating and seeing ovens because you are delusional? Thanks for warning people that you are a schizo! Makes me not have to feel bad about your lack of comprehension skills, its no one's fault you are the way you are, just your messed up genetics that gave you a half-working brain. You are right, everything is normal, go back to bed.

[@leaf2180]

Lmao you're not getting snow in Canada? Kinda strange as everywhere else up North is, including other parts of Canada. Can't imagine that the area *you* live in happens to be the one place in the North that rarely gets snow in the winter.

[@hallucinatedovens8414]

@@leaf2180 it's true, the GVA gets an average of half a dozen snow days per year with the exception of a blizzard every 20 years or so

[@RogerDiotte]

Oh man what a sad sight for you guys out there and that beautiful area you live in! Man I dreaded to see this as all those towering trees that grow out there! Wow....

[@XsongX]

Yea, for sure will not take it for granted!

[@krist8919]

I narrowly escaped this, I was about to turn down that road in my car and decided to go to the gas station instead!

[@michaelhockaday7426]

Wow. Basically unheard of for Vancouver.

[@robypaul202]

Is this climate change related?

[@GlitchX.]

Possibly, but probably not. Tornadoes happen around once a year or so in BC so it's not really a surprise that it formed here. Still, quite rare. The last tornado we had in the Vancouver area (Mission) confirmed was way back in 2018.

[@michaelhockaday7426]

@@robypaul202 the so-called experts call everything climate change related nowadays.

[@michaelhockaday7426]

@@robypaul202 the so-called experts call everything climate change related nowadays.

[@seanquinn1546]

Hi Xsong! This is Sean Quinn with KIRO7 News' Assignment Desk, from Seattle, WA, USA. This video is insane, and so glad you are okay! Would you be willing to grant us permission to use this video in our newscasts and our web platforms? We will credit your KZbin account. Please let me know!

[@XsongX]

Hi Sean, thank you for reaching out. You are more than welcome to use my video, I am just glad I was able to document this. Thank you for all that you do, I appreciate you for messaging!

[@squamishfish]

Of subject a bit Sean , I grew up in Victoria BC and in the 1960s yours KIRO and Komo and King TV and KVOS Bellingham was a big part of my childhood with no Station in Victoria and it was hard to pick up Vancouver stations with Attena , I remember watching JP Patches , F Troop And the thriller movies along with the cartoons , Please don’t ever forget your Canadian viewers , with around 3.7 million in the Vancouver , Victoria, Nanaimo regions

[@MrVietDonger-y9l]

Need to send this into news cause it has not been confirmed a tornado yet ! Didn’t know it came into land

[@jaclynwhittal9059]

Hi there. May we have permission to share this content on The Weather Network, our Pelmorex Corp. properties and partners, with onscreen credit to you?

[@XsongX]

Hi Jaclyn, thanks for reaching out! Yes, go ahead. I appreciate your message!

[@travisprasad5032]

Hi, I'm a reporter with CTV Vancouver. Would we be able to use parts of this video in our newscast tonight with credit to you? If so, please let me know what name you'd like us to use on screen. Thanks in advance!

[@XsongX]

Hi Travis, thank you for reaching out! Yea, go ahead - you can just use "Xsong".

[@Scott-ec4ux]

PINEAPPLE EXPRESS , not a tornado , had 1 come through Parksville BC years ago , about 6 minutes long then gone , trees down , flood, etc

[@MrVietDonger-y9l]

Pine apple express is a atmospheric river system that makes weather unseasonably warm and rainy . Clearly it’s a tornado from the same waterspout that was spotted on the water and now it’s coming on land …..

[@MrVietDonger-y9l]

This last like a minute and was gone ….

[@milesepstein2493]

Hello! I’m a member of the UBC storm club. Do I have permission to post this video on the storm club’s social media crediting you?

[@XsongX]

Hi Miles, thank you for reaching out. Go ahead! Take care.

[@AlannaKellyNews]

Hi there! Did you take this video? If so can we share across our Glacier Media publications with video credit to you? Thanks in advance.

[@XsongX]

Hi Alanna, yes I did, thank you for reaching out! Go ahead, take care.

[@cherylsibson2529]

We do get wind storms we had storms back in the 1970's that blew a beach in and made it look like a bomb hit it so it can happen.

[@quinnwpeters]

This climate change…

[@josipdasovic881]

This is not a "wind storm."

[@StylinRed]

We've had tornados in vancouver, but they're rare, and we get a few in the province every year

[@starfishsystems]

That was a sustained weather system, the one that caused a number of freighters to drag their anchors in English Bay and fetch up on Second Beach. It was a northwesterly. I think that was the summer of 1976 or thereabouts. I happened to be outdoors on Texada Island at the time, about 100km north in Georgia Strait, and we had dramatic sustained winds there as well, especially at the NW end of the island. But what I particularly remember was that the night skies were crystal clear and the temperature pleasant. In short, it was a substantial frontal system, not a localized low pressure vortex like the one here in the video.

[@Scott-ec4ux]

@@quinnwpeters WRONG , BEEN HAPPENING BEFORE WE WERE BORN '

[@photocontrol]

Wow that's crazy for here in the Lower Mainland!

[@dillthethrill78]

Haha that’s just a regular day in Prince Rupert. Nothing new to us😂

[@tysonlakusta9383]

Good job filming 🎥 👏

[@anujassi]

Incredible capture. Stay safe.

[@XsongX]

You as well, Anu!

[@Taooflu]

If i were you I’d be filming too, but I think anyone who’s seen or experienced a tornado would be long gone. This ain’t Kansas Toto!

[@stephenlevine011]

From the floating debris, I'm guessing this was a high end EF0.

[@JT-wu2if]

debris? Leaves

[@lainal3960]

They confirmed today it was an EF0; good guess!

[@stephenlevine011]

Thank you Laina. 😊

[@bravobravo6204]

where did you stand on campus when shooting the video? brave man!

[@alainarchambault2331]

Good thing it didn't really get focused, it looked diffused and even then it was scary.

[@katiejean5879]

Sees tornado, watches it rip out a tree, branches flying everywhere. ✨lays down on ground✨

[@happyblissdigitalgrowth]

Pretty sure he fell. If you didn't hear someone came up to him asking if he's okay not long after he ended up on the ground.

[@XsongX]

@@realmechanicalstorm Someone yelled to get down and I found a dip in the ground like you said!

[@Scott-ec4ux]

NOT A TORNADO '

[@happyblissdigitalgrowth]

@@Scott-ec4ux did you see the news? It actually was a supercell tornado.

[@katiejean5879]

@@realmechanicalstorm there was literally shelter everywhere... and he stayed in open area but just lied down 😂😂😂😂

[@xoswatson351]

Great footage

[@lainal3960]

Would have been nice to have some sort of warning system in place! Out east they have sirens to let you know to take cover -- I get that tornados are rare here, but there was no obvious alert or anything to let the average person know tornadic conditions were occurring (and a visible waterspout just off the coast). Could have used the earthquake or tsunami warning system to let people know something was going on and to be careful.

[@MrVietDonger-y9l]

all they issued was a tornado watch when the waterspout is already on the water .....they should of been monitoring it and issued a warning when it came close to land

[@hezebelbeing]

Hopefully, they will be prepared next time. More than rare/once in multiple generations here in BC. So many weather changes hopefully they will be adjusting accordingly. Especially with our 911/Ambulance service like the fiasco in Summer. Individuals & Families need to better prep for weather emergencies at home that is for sure. Take care! 🤓👍

[@historyZZ]

Happy it wasn't a strong tornado. We had one around here and it ripped trees that were 4 feet wide at the trunk. Nature is scary powerful

[@MrVietDonger-y9l]

Yeah we are lucky it was at full strength on the water that’s when it look like it could of done some serious significant damage by the time it reach land it was weakening .

[@historyZZ]

@@MrVietDonger-y9l thank God. Yes cyclones usually will make them disappear or weaken because of the cold water

[@stickwar2maste175]

I’m in Vancouver but this is scary

[@jordanprince5818]

You know what's fucked is I got a tornado warning from my phone and assumed it was Saskatchewan or something... I live locally Abbotsford BC I'm from Vancouver.

[@joaovitorcorrea5280]

Hello, I'm interested in using your footage in an upcoming documentary about the storm. What's the best way to contact you?

[@XsongX]

Sorry, I just saw your message. If you are still interested in using it, please contact me at [e-mail]. Thanks！

[@sootchh4055]

I live just a couple of hundred meters from the golf course. And yet I didn't even know about it because we were shopping at Metrotown that day. When we were heading home, we were like what the hell happened here!?😂

[@bobbyderen5528]

Was that a F1/2 on the Fujita scale? Never seen a Tornado you could walk through and film! I've survived some whoppers.

[@MrVietDonger-y9l]

Environment Canada confirmed it was a EF-0 tornado.

[@anumisha2302]

My father said Vancouver can't have tornadoes when I was a child. I know he was wrong about a few things but I never thought I'd see a tornado in Vancouver ever, except when I was young I thought a tornado would come one day 🌪

[@Xizervexius]

Natures pretty cool. Glad we only get those extremely rarely and nothing like other parts of the world

[@jordanjones7602]

I live in the area and I have never seen something like this

[@XsongX]

It really is alarming.

[@keithmcneill173]

You did well to keep your head and keep filming. Well done.

[@cm14un]

This is coming to BC/Lower Mainland. We better get ready for more events like this. To see us so unprepared for this as to go outside to record it. Lucky it wasn't worse. Glad you weren't hurt.

[@XsongX]

You're right, we better get ready as anything can happen. Thank you for checking in!

[@COMPOUNDCOLLECTIVE]

Great video. Vancouver is lucky it was a low grade though it was a large low grade one.

[@computeruser1626]

Great capture!! I just learned about it today.

[@digitalblunt]

Incredible footage, man!

[@XsongX]

Thanks man!

[@griffinlobley8641]

Wow this is crazy for this time of year in Vancouver. What was the temperature, like 45 degrees?

[@MrVietDonger-y9l]

This is our storm season . We usually get some big wind storms this time of year and in the past five years the Pacific Northwest has had some tornado events in Oregon state and Washington state both experiencing EF-1 and EF-2 tornadoes . Also had a funnel cloud spotted over Vancouver last year and in 2018 had a possible EF-0 in at stave lake but it wasn’t confirmed as they area it might of hit was heavily wooded and not possible to survey .

[@MidnightRambler1964]

People in Vancouver where I live said it was a water spout!! Clearly not!! If that thing picked strength and moved through the lower mainland it would have been devastating!

[@adventurejake528]

what was it rated?

[@soul-utions4life732]

What's the blue flash at 22 seconds?

[@XsongX]

I think it's a tree falling on a power line.

[@nikkeisimmer8795]

That's actually a severed power line or one of the transformers blowing out. Commonly happens in heavy windstorms or in tornadic events.

[@iliadavydov3769]

Weird I was at YVR yesterday(November 6th) from 9am-11am and later from 3pm - 6pm and didn't see anything like this. There was lightning but not strong wind. UBC is not too far from the airport.

[@sarahurrutia2904]

That’s a straight up tornado passing by

[@broedet1903]

tornadoes in canada usually occurs between may through september every year.

[@MrVietDong]

In Pacific Northwest our storm season starts in late august into November. Oregon and Washington state have seen a few tornadoes this time of year

[@billgateskilledmyuncle23]

Tree at the beginning: well, I'm out.

[@crazykellywfo4240]

No tornado. Just funky winds.

[@MrVietDonger-y9l]

Try pressing play on the video next time before giving us your opinion

[@crystalmitchell3223]

What time was this recorded?

[@XsongX]

This was recorded at 5:13 PM.

[@patrickwalsh7940]

Where exactly was this.

[@kaisershen107]

Never in my life time would I have imagined a tornado to be in Vancouver.. Can you guys what's coming next?

[@BamBabyBrenda]

Even though this is pretty much the weakest version of a tornado you should never be outside during one. You can get seriously injured from debris, lightning and hail. I mean, BC is not a tornado area. So I'm not surprised the reaction wasn't great. But still... be safe.

[@morganahoff2242]

0:37 I thought he was going to pick up a tennis ball and chuck it into the storm!

[@andrewwhite8762]

Par 3s we’re playing like 5s that day

[@XsongX]

😂

[@cameronjuzda7246]

Most exciting golf game

[@kloppanator]

Congratulations, you had the remnants of a tornado go right over your head.

[@Chumpy_1]

I live in Richmond and didn’t get any type of warning I didn’t even know it happened until last night

[@YourParadisegaming]

Where abouts in Vancouver was this taken I have some friends and family out there thoughts and prayers to everyone

[@XsongX]

This was in the Point Grey area, near UBC. Hope they are staying safe!