Tornadoes That Will Go Down in History

[@ryanowns5]

4:34.... look at the birds literally flying in place trying not to get sucked in.. it looks like something out of a movie. Truly incredible the power of these things.

[@Dontkillme87]

Thats crazy

[@AtmosphericHelicity]

Yeah

[@SharadDixit27]

What part of the video are the birds flying in place I can’t find it. I guess I’m not that very observant

[@thomasroy6554]

@@SharadDixit27 4:31 two geese coming in from the left side of video.

[@daytonab8755]

I thought i was trippin

[@kentd4762]

The amount of (atmospheric) energy needed to swirl a 2.6 mile-wide column of air at high tornadic speeds is simply unimaginable. Tornadoes are such amazing/interesting/terrifying phenomena--almost seeming more like a living beast in some ways than a weather event.

[@offcomets2727]

the entire tornado wasn't the vortex spinning at 302 mph though still very strong

[@CrossWindsPat]

can you imagine seeing that back in the days? No wonder people believed in gods and shit lol. Absolutely phenomenal!

[@SetApart_Daniel]

Just a glimpse of our heavenly father's power. Only he is capable of such

[@jennyfurr]

The El Reno tornado on 5/31/13 was 2.6 miles wide. The widest tornado in history. This tornado also broke all the “rules” as to how they normally behave as far as predictability. So much so that it took out the Twistex team. Tim Samaras, Paul Samaras and Carl Young. Yet, it still only received an EF-3 rating. This “enhanced” Fujita scale is based only on the damage it causes, which is a dangerous way to rate tornadoes.

[@saulgood6313]

4:36 - everyone see those birds flying in place?!

[@MrMiD.Life.Crisis]

I seen them get sucked into a storm and it look like they flew backwards (lol I'm talking like it's the same birds!). If I come across the video again I will post here as it looks like they're on rewind. Hope you're good 👍 edit - how about the ufo bird at 4:28 ish

[@saulgood6313]

@@MrMiD.Life.Crisis what ufo?!! I wanna see Edit: I notice not you said UFO Bird lol my bad

[@Dr.Gortman]

They look like Canadian Geese. As a Canadian I see them in early winter weather, snow storms etc and they still go. Even though these particular Geese are not going anywhere, they are still givin er.

[@luxuryhub1323]

Scary fact: when a tornado looks like it isn’t moving, it means that it’s headed right towards you.

[@sweethaven5]

So true!!

[@AtmosphericHelicity]

True

[@MSR_Space_Tech]

Or away, but in any case I would move.

[@rickmills4801]

Yup. BOATERS!!! A waterspout's the same thing, but just sucking up water (and fish, and floating debris, and small boats, and anything else it rolls over). But it's just scary how fast one of those things can move over water, and like he said, if it looks stationary, it's headed straight at you, so keep it in mind that depth-perception on the water sucks and you may be about to be run-over!

[@LITTLE1994]

If it is getting bigger as it does.

[@YouOnlyIiveTwice]

4:35 Those birds were probably confused as hell flapping in place like that.

[@katrinahampton2504]

Lmao

[@MrMiD.Life.Crisis]

watching other chasers reminds me of why i like Pecos Hank's chasing videos more than any others. Hearing the tornado is almost as impressive as seeing it and even tho i understand why chasers would be screaming and shouting, i want to hear the storm.

[@carnivorouswatermelon]

Pecos hank is literally the best

[@bluerosegirl7471]

Agree. He's our favorite as well.

[@NickiMagennis-rr3ul]

Pecos has the best burritos 😂

[@threecheeseburrito]

The ambassador of nature, the legend of the Allies. Truly a blessing to this world.

[@nchurricanehunter]

I wasn’t on that storm, but the best way I can describe the El Reno tornado is this: it’s like the entire meso dropped to the ground and tried to kill everyone. That’s based on everything I’ve seen and learned about it over the years. Truly an absolute monster.

[@AimSmallFragHigh]

4:31 out of all the tornados video I have watched I have NEVER seen someone capture this! IMO this shows how much of a monster this storm was. No matter how hard they flapped their wings they just couldn't get away.

[@tiddy671]

literally, don’t know how the creator didn’t talk about it

[@adamh9660]

Came here to make a comment about those poor geese who were essentially flying backwards...

[@Oklahomachaser]

@@tiddy671 didn't notice them in real life. All five senses overload

[@kimberlycrouch7228]

Oh, I know! I just commented on it b4 I saw yours! Poor things!

[@jayz4dayz763]

Was literally going to post that as well. I had to rewind that a couple times cause I couldn't believe it. Honestly unreal to watch.

[@SEEYAIAYE]

The Jarrell, TX, EF5 should have made this list imo, not only was it the source of the iconic "Dead Man Walking" photo it also reached incredible wind speeds, scouring the ground over 4ft deep where it touched only to pick that dirt up and blast all the paint off everything in the area.

[@culbycars]

Agreed!!!! It peeled the asphalt up and pulled skin right off cows. It was so bad because it was only moving like 4mph across the ground so it just churned everything into nothing

[@lindanitzschke1315]

Should at least have given an honorable mention to the Joplin tornado, esp. considering it killed well over 100 people. Too, for one of the most unusual tornadoes...the big twin tornados at Pilger, NE.

[@michaellovely6601]

Absolutely. The tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri on May 22nd, 2011 was the first tornado since 1947 to have a triple digit death toll of 161. It is also the costliest tornado on record at 2.8 billion dollars in damage. Someone on Quora did a comparison of the May 22nd, 2011 Joplin, Missouri tornado and the Moore, Oklahoma tornado on May 20th, 2013 and asked why Joplin was deadlier than Moore. This is due to several factors: 1.) Prior to May 22nd, 2011; Joplin, Missouri hadn't been hit by a tornado since May 5th, 1971. 2.) The tornado formed too quickly for the National Weather Service office in Springfield, Missouri to issue a Tornado Emergency for Joplin. 3.) The tornado rapidly developed into a wedge tornado. According to storm chaser Scott Peake; the Joplin tornado became a wedge tornado in approximately twenty seconds. 4.) When the tornado sirens in Joplin, Missouri were first sounded at 5:17 PM Central Time this gave the residents of Joplin a terribly insufficient amount of time period of seventeen minutes to take shelter. By the time the tornado sirens began wailing a second time at 5:34 PM Central Time it was too late to do anything because the tornado was already on the ground and moving through the city. 5.) The tornado was hidden in very heavy rain and difficult to see. 6.) The tornado occurred on a Sunday; so people were out and about going to the park, grocery shopping for the week, getting party supplies for all of the college and high school graduation parties going on, going out to eat, attending church, etc. By contrast; the residents of Moore, Oklahoma are extremely weather-wise and fully aware of how bad tornadoes can get because their city is practically synonymous with violent and destructive tornadoes. When the National Weather Service office in Norman, Oklahoma issued a Tornado Watch at 1:10 PM Central Time; all the major TV stations in Oklahoma City promptly suspended regular programming and went into wall-to-wall coverage of the weather. In addition; the Moore tornado occurred on a Monday, so people were at school or at work.

[@phoenix1524]

Agree...started watching tornado videos a while ago especially the ones from the Australian Stormchaser and -spotter Daniel Shaw...saw a video about the El Reno and Pilger tornadoes on his channel and they were really interesting but also scary to see the power of the monster storms....If my memory serves me well the residents of Pilger have also been totally unaware of the tornadoes :(

[@angiechambless1092]

My husband and I was staying at the Clarion in Oklahoma City, Ok on May 3rd, 1999. It was one of the scariest days we ever experienced, and all night other tornadoes we're developing in Yukon, etc. The damage by the F5 was almost too much to grasp. People's belongings scattered along the highway and in the trees and fences. It was heart breaking. Moore was flattened. Trees, well, what was left looked like tooth picks sticking out of the ground. It was horrible. It was a great comfort to see Feed the Children headquarter workers out and gathering food, water, clothes, for people. They were so ready to help.

[@strickd77]

dang bro i feel sorry for u good luck :)

[@ripwednesdayadams]

In the photos of the Bridge Creek/Moore tornado you can see the “dead man walking” (just like in the Jarrell EF5). The multiple vortices look like a man. Apparently it’s called that because if you see the dead man, it’s a violent, deadly tornado. It really was an evil looking tornado and the devastation was horrific. Whole neighborhoods were just gone without a trace, trees were debarked or ripped from the ground and even cattle were skinned. One of the scariest tornados I have ever seen.

[@Weaver67bl]

I grew up in Iowa as a young boy, I remember all to well about F5 tornadoes. In 1976 a F5 tornado totally destroyed the town of Jordan, my family lived in Boone at the time which is about 12 miles away. Over the winter we had one of the worst winter's to my recollection. Dr. Ted Fujita came up with the rating scale of tornadoes said it was one of the most devastating tornados he had ever studied. Luckily, nobody died due to the advanced warning system. Nature can be a marvel at times and brutal the next minute. I respect what Storm Chasers do, as a military veteran I would rather be shot at than stare down a tornado 3 miles from me. Much respect.

[@Angelica_04]

Dude! Your experience must have been historic and terrifying. I love how you put your experience in words that are ACTUALLY interesting to read. Hope you and your husband are still ok today and hope those people in Moore recover and have a blessed life ahead. ❤❤❤

[@marcuswilliams6367]

My mother grew up near there and was living in OKC at the time. She was bringing in supplies for people in her Jeep during the following days. At one point her jeep was broken into and looted of all the water and food she was there to give to the very people that probably looted her car. I remember how crazy the scale of damage was driving through it all with her as a kid.

[@danielsmommy2008]

I often wonder why "Dixie Alley" is almost always left out. April 27, 2011 was horrific. It came so close to my home in Blake Community on Sand Mountain, that debris was hitting my house. I want to say 27+ people lost their lives that day.

[@danielsmommy2008]

Also, something about the geography of Sand Mountain seems to "attract" tornadoes, so to speak. I wonder if it's the height above sea level? Sand Mountain is actually a plateau.

[@KanyeTheGayFish69]

Because it’s harder to videotape tornadoes in the woods than on the plains

[@jeffmccurry1401]

Literally jumped over my neighborhood. Right in between pleasant grove and Pratt city. God was surely looking over us that day🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@jamesblack4411]

I'm just glad I'm in southern Alabama we don't get them like that 😢

[@Maryaminx]

Because it's less glamourous to film nightime wrainwrapped tornadoes from densely forested roads 😑

[@donnagregory1053]

I feel if an area is known for tornados it should be mandatory to have a basement in which people can survive safely.

[@Christina_320]

Yea, I live in Kansas and I made sure my duplex has a basement, just in case.

[@ellasmommy9278]

The Day of the Killer Tornadoes April 3-4, 1974 made me terrified of tornadoes for generations. 319 were killed in 148 tornadoes and 5,484 were injured. It covered 13 states and there were 30 F4/F5 tornadoes. WKRP did an episode reflecting that day. Joplin wasn't mentioned either. EF5, May 2011. I have a friend that lives not far from there and she said the hospital moved a foot off of its foundation. It's a really big hospital. The Tri-State tornado of March 18, 1925, killed 747 people over 3 states.

[@tommychew6544]

I still don't know why people keep ignoring the May 2011 Joplin Missouri EF5 tornado that killed 161 people and reached nearly a mile wide at its largest width! I guess it's because it was rain wrapped and video couldn't show what it was doing. That was hell on earth, I can't believe 1,000 people didn't die, someone decided to sound the tornado siren a second time, which wasn't part of plan and that's when people took notice and went to cover. I don't know who that person was but, they saved a lot of lives! I don't think I would want to be known either, it was never known who made that decision as far as I know, it did save a lot of lives though, people took it seriously after that second sounding.

[@kingMT514]

No disrespect but if ppl only took notice the SECOND time and not the first, it makes you wonder…

[@joealbers8712]

That's exactly why Joplin never makes these videos. It was rain wrapped, and there's no video of it. That tornado was so strong, it moved a 9 story hospital, made of mostly concrete, 4 inches of its foundation.

[@tommychew6544]

@@joealbers8712 True, I worked with a guy who used to be a storm chaser that got caught up in it and had to ride it out in a convenance store cooler. He never did it again, that storm changed so many lives, it was crazy. If the person that decided to sound the tornado sirens hadn't decided to do it a second time, beyond what they were trained to do, at least several hundred more people would have died, I think. We are used to blowing off tornado sirens because we hear them with every warning it seems, they're taken seriously now!

[@danielshaver4517]

My parents were in the 2011 Joplin Missouri EF-5 tornado, they were safe in the church basement, but most of the building was destroyed.

[@rabbitttz]

I have family there. I was freaking out when that happened but when we finally got ahold of them, they weren’t affected at all, luckily

[@Lenown]

Yea I live in a part of joplin that didn't get hit by it. Lived here all my life. About a week after it happened I drove down rangeline and at about 20th street I had no idea where I was at. Could see wide open spaces. It was pretty crazy

[@jaxxharmony7599]

@lenown I live in Joplin as well lol

[@recondolaidy-slayer8468]

Hey Danny boy, how about you get real for once in your life and tell your truth instead of wasting everyone’s time. Some of us actually have a life.

[@Lenown]

@@recondolaidy-slayer8468 Uh?

[@thudthud5423]

If you see a tornado and it doesn't seem to be moving, be alarmed. This means that its moving either toward you or away from you - and its wise to assume that its moving toward you so take shelter.

[@INDRIDCOLD83]

This comment is on just about every tornado video on youtube in the comments section. If it isn't moving left or right of course it's either moving toward you or away from you. Doesn't take a genius to know that.

[@cowmann3555]

@@INDRIDCOLD83 are u cranky

[@winnienguyen4420]

The infamous Jarrell tornado was nearly stationary. Only moving a very slow pace. Hence why it granulated everything it touched and dug an 18 inch trench into the ground.

[@kiera..ishere]

@@INDRIDCOLD83 agreed, and it doesn’t matter there the tornado is going, just take shelter💁🏻‍♀️

[@weatherboi]

Great advice. Not a lot of people would think like this at this time, but stand and stare.

[@jimfrankovich2339]

April 22nd 2020, Onalaska, Texas, my home town, my neighborhood got hit by a tornado. My prayers go out to anyone that has ever been affected by a tornado it is the most horrible thing to ever have to go through.

[@corynthius8860]

I got to see the Moore tornado aftermath as a relief effort with my church. I remember standing on a hill overlooking what used to be a suburban area... It was completely barren with dirt, pieces of wood, and foundations where houses used to be, it was genuinley shocking to see

[@clckc]

I know the feeling when you witness that and just think “holy cow”

[@Americafirst7]

The Tri-State Tornado of March 18, 1925, killed 695 people in Missouri (11), Illinois (613), and Indiana (71). The outbreak it occurred with was also the deadliest known tornado outbreak, with a combined death toll of 747 across the Mississippi River Valley.

[@Asterra2]

There almost certainly can never be anything to equal it because we are fundamentally better-equipped to save lives during these events and have been for decades. We've had bigger outbreaks since this event, with the infamous Super Outbreak of 1974 and the even bigger outbreak in 2011, and both of these events produced considerably greater numbers of high-end monsters. The one thing the Tri-State Tornado remains a meaningfully exclusive example of is a single storm producing multiple tornadoes in a way that made their paths seem to merge into a single long specimen. Although there have been cyclic supercells that generated similar or longer total paths, the stars haven't yet aligned again to repeat that specific phenomenon.

[@r1undertaker]

The weather channel said this strength of tornado only comes every couple centuries, it was on the ground 219 miles and was over a mile wide on the ground, regardless of the lives lost because they didn't have modern warning systems, this twister has to be the most powerful ever.

[@nope1904]

​​@@r1undertaker The tri-state tornado was probably a family of tornado instead of a single tornado

[@r1undertaker]

@@nope1904 There could have been another tornado but there is proof of the one that was a mile wide and on the ground for 219 miles, It ended in Princeton, Indiana which is 14 miles from my hometown, they use to have articles about it. It pulled up railroad track out of the ground and curled it up and threw a set of box cars at the train yards end over end in the air and this is right before it disappated. You can find the track of the main tornado online.

[@weatherboi]

@@nope1904 You're right, with about 12 significart confirmed twisters with one in particular that lasted about 219 miles!

[@damondriver6363]

Forgot the 2021 quad state tornado that killed 70+ people in kentucky alone. It was on the ground for a ridiculous amount of time. Second longest tracked tornado in recorded history. *And* it hit at 10:30pm, *1 week* before Christmas. EF4 and over a mile wide at points. Quite literally an historical tornado

[@AidenCooper2005]

It was two separate tornados from the same storm

[@DiseasedPopeno]

@@AidenCooper2005 no it wasn't.

[@AidenCooper2005]

@@DiseasedPopeno Yes it was

[@Noobalator]

It was a few weeks before Christmas, not a week prior. Handful of co-workers and I actually went to Mayfield the day after Christmas to help/grill out for the people there, was still pretty bad. Drive down the Natcher Parkway daily and you can still see where that Tornado crossed the road.

[@TURBULENCE14]

I live here in Mayfield. It was wild to say the least. Next morning was like your worst nightmare come true.

[@RyZe_DaBoyz]

Seeing the geese trying to fly away from the tornado and not moving at all had me yelling at the screen GO GO GO!

[@phoenixfire8226]

yea they would have been better off landing and walking away lul

[@ryans6280]

Dang this makes me kinda sad 😪

[@icanhearcolors3984]

15:20 Those 4 storm chasers were, the Twistex Team. Tim Samaras, his son Paul Samaras, and Carl Young. The guy who just wanted a good picture was Richard Henderson. All four of them did not get killed by the actual tornado, but the powerful sub vortices hurdling around it. Richard was pulled out of his car by one, while the Twistex team was headed east, the same sub vortex came to them, raced along side them for a bit, and them changed directions, and stayed at their position for 20 seconds. .

[@phoenixfire8226]

It pulled Paul and Carl out of the vehicle and flung them a half mile in opposite directions, too. Tim remained in the vehicle and was flung about the same distance (i forget which direction) and the car was crumpled up like stepping on a coke can. There was another chaser (Dan Robinson) only about 100-200 yards in front of the Twistex team that has footage of their headlights disappearing into the storm from his rear-view camera. His footage is terrifying and can be found here on youtube, but out of respect for the people involved he never released the disappearing headlights bits.

[@icanhearcolors3984]

@phoenixfire8226 They were thrown exactly 656 yards to the east. The Sheriff found Tim in the car without his shirt, or shoes, just jeans, faced down with his head on the airbag. Carl was found I believe 100 yards away from their car, with his gear scattered, and Paul was found in a creek

[@theofficerfactory2625]

The Elie, Manitoba one is a really weird one. It really became an EF-5 when it chucked up a whole house and shredded it. There is a really good documentary of it on KZbin here. The same is true for the El Reno monster. Tim Samaras, his partner and his son were killed. That was the day the tornado hunters became the hunted.

[@13_cmi]

It looked violent the whole time. It's an angry little guy.

[@progc8198]

Yeah, the loss of Tim that day was a sad day in history for the storm chaser community. Terrible loss

[@theofficerfactory2625]

@@progc8198 I remember shedding a few tears after hearing his loss. It was like a punch to the gut. The man knew his stuff and he was not a daredevil when it came to safety. The first time storm chasers were killed by a tornado.

[@brent-um5zq]

I was living in Dauphin, as I recall, when the Elie tornado hit that year!

[@shiggity3110]

Why does this guy's voice make me feel like I am listening to a game show announcer?

[@patricklaurojr7427]

4:35 anyone catch those 2 birds flying in one place fighting the winds going backwards 😄😄😄😄

[@mikev2116]

Those Geese were flying for their lives!

[@patricklaurojr7427]

@@mikev2116 lmao hell yes they were that looked like a bad ass dream when your in your dream trying get away from something and everything going in slow motion and something is resisting u😄

[@Heart2016Sim]

It's kinda sad seeing them struggle like that

[@ellieysama]

And that's not even close to the tornado...those poor birds, hope they made it out alive.

[@mikev2116]

@@patricklaurojr7427 😅😅

[@AidenCooper2005]

I'm surprised to see that The Tri-State tornado that claimed 695 lives wasn't on here. One of the deadliest in recorded history while being the deadliest in US history

[@BusinessMudkip]

May 3rd 1999 Tornado, also Isn’t here

[@debbiewilson6527]

Thank you for mentioning Lubbock, no one seems to discuss it. I had 5 cousins killed.

[@ewjiml]

4:35 BRUH. The birds are like why am I flying backwards.

[@aFiliandsomejoe]

Surprised to not see Joplin, Mo on this list. F5 wiped it off the map in 2011 and killed over 120 people!

[@ozone8897]

*EF5, also I believe it killed over 160

[@michaellovely6601]

@@ozone8897 Yeah. The tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri on May 22, 2011 was an EF5 tornado, killed 161 people, left thousands more injured, and is the costliest tornado on record. There are a few reasons why the Joplin tornado was so deadly. Firstly the tornado formed too quickly for the National Weather Service office in Springfield, Missouri to issue a Tornado Warning for Jasper County or a Tornado Emergency for the city of Joplin. Secondly the tornado formed on the boundary of and went through a densely populated area because Joplin is the fourth largest city in Missouri. Thirdly the Joplin tornado was hidden by very heavy rain which made it difficult bordering impossible to see.

[@russellcarroll2453]

I was kind of expecting to see either the Tri-State tornado of 1925 or the 2011 Joplin tornado. Both are considered as some of the most devastating in US history.

[@kassidyryzer2909]

I was expecting to see the Quad-State Tornado from last December

[@Sgt.Dornan117]

I learned about the tri state tornado from the horrorstories channel. Absolutely horrific

[@vexilloviolet]

I lived in Joplin for a little bit. There's so many heartbreaking stories from the folks there

[@Bwahahahaha1]

I'm thinking Joplin had to have broken some records.It broke everything in its path. And if there were an EF6, El Reno should be classified as that. I don't care how much it ate or how fast the winds were....that tornado was in a class of its own.

[@LITTLE1994]

Yes, the Elie one was a strange one. That was the Canada F5 tornado. It was weak the whole way with wild loops between F0-F2 until the last moment when it reached the four houses it roped out but suddenly got max F5 strength and tore that one bolted house straight off the foundation and also threw a van like crazy. Notice how FAST it spinned, too.

[@sameeknowsitall]

Yeah

[@renzlop]

Spun, spinned isnt a word (sorry had yo do it)

[@glissyyy]

That tornado was rated F4 for a few days until footage of the tornado throwing the entirety of the first house like it was nothing surfaced. That single video is the only reason that tornado is F5

[@ajduker]

There's a video of it picking an entire house up. That is the single reason it was upgraded to an EF5. They originally rated it EF4

[@ketchup016]

It still doesn't make sense that this is considered Canada's "strongest" tornado when you compare it to what the 1987 Edmonton tornado did.

[@jhollins225]

The Joplin tornado and Tuscaloosa Tornado are some Honorable Mentions also. They were devastating more than most of these Tornadoes on this list.🤷🏾‍♂️

[@THEdonnymurph]

I’m not gonna lie seeing the geese flying not giving a fuck is so funny😭😭

[@grimreefer213]

“A state that only gets about 6 tornados per year” … Well that’s 6 more tornados than I want in my state per year

[@giuli..]

I used to live in OK, wasn’t uncommon to have a tornado warning at least once ever month or two. I once put all my toys in the closet, not leaving any room for us.

[@Gic424_YT]

Bro

[@Gic424_YT]

You’re not smart

[@blakeshroyer627]

Where is Xenia Ohio's 1973 f-5 tornado? This monster traveled at 55 mph and snuck up on people...

[@MichaelLovely-mr6oh]

Uh, the tornado that struck Xenia, Ohio occurred on April 3rd, 1974. Nonetheless I once asked my mother about the Xenia tornado as she was a teenager at the time and she told me that Xenia looked like a war zone in Vietnam.

[@WelziFC7]

I remember in 2008 I was living in Tennessee when an F3 tornado hit my town. It was wild I can’t even imagine seeing an F5 touchdown

[@sarah_zen]

You're forgetting the 2011 Joplin tornado and the Hackleburg-Phil Campbell tornado

[@allannelson10]

4:33 watch the left side of the screen, the birds are trying to fly but become stuck in place 😳

[@carch7243]

There is one you have missed, although you may not be aware. On August 29, 1990 an EF5 hit several cities in Illinois about 45 mins west of Chicago. The reason most people are unaware of it is because there is no footage, because there was no warning. At roughly 3:15 where I lived in Aurora Illinois the sky went from sunny to pitch black. 30 minutes later it was sunny again with 29 fatalities, 353 injuries, and $165 million in damage. The storm had moved from Aurora SE to Joliet wiping out a large portion of Plainfield Illinois. To this date it is the only F5 in the country for the month of August.

[@MDD1966]

No Joplin or Tuscaloosa tornado- they were huge!

[@GuiltyOne]

The Elie, Manitoba tornado was peanuts compared to the July 31 1987 Edmonton, Alberta tornado.... 27 dead, around 300 injured.... I was in Edmonton during that tornado and it was scary as hell and the noise, my God the noise it made haunts me to this day..... That day was also known as Black Friday!!

[@GuiltyOne]

@David Jaensch How old were you when the Black Friday 🌪 hit Edmonton?? I was 7 but I still remember it like it was yesterday!!

[@TheCanadianFurry]

the thing is, the Manitoba tornado was Canadas first and last EF5 tornado, i think thats why its so famous, The Edmonton Tornado was an EF4 still very deadly though of course

[@Tigermarly1]

That tornado sparked my interest in weather. I was 8 and living in New Sarepta (30 minutes from Edmonton). To this day I still think they should have rated it F5 or EF5)

[@GuiltyOne]

@@Tigermarly1 yes they should have rated it an EF5 which I don't understand why they didn't

[@richardjamesclemo6235]

I was 4 days old lol

[@catloaf4556]

One of my earliest memories as a child was that Lubbock F5 in 1970. I remember huddling in the bathtub with a mattress over me. My family survived, but I'll never forget seeing the aftermath of the worst damage to other parts of town. Those things stick with a person.

[@debbiewilson6527]

5 of my cousins were killed.

[@Cutter-jx3xj]

The F5 that hit Waco Texas, on April 11th, 1953 killed 121 people. My grandmother had a Cafe directly in its path that totally destroyed

[@jerrydarden3072]

You missed the deadliest tornado in American history. The Tri-state tornado of 1925 crossed parts of three states and killed over 600 people.

[@Lunkie]

2:32 'watch your language' ear safety first

[@ashparadoxgaming12]

10:39 when he pans up, the skull in the clouds...

[@joealbers8712]

The Joplin tornado of 2011, killed 161 people. Injured over 1300 people and caused $3 billion in damage. What makes this tornado so devastating, is that it formed right at the west edge of the city, and went from nothing to almost a mile wide in a matter of minutes. Joplin's population at the time was only 50,000, and is almost 32 square miles in area. But the tornado destroyed over a 1/3 of the city. The reason why it never makes these videos, is because there's not good video of it. It becomes rain wrapped early. The only good video you get is in the early stages of development. The tornado moved a 9 story hospital, made of mostly concrete, 4 inches off it's foundation.

[@lessronishere7540]

Yet people in Europe think they are safe from monster tornadoes like Joplin or El Reno just because of buildings being made of brick and concrete.

[@JayMark2049]

Can you imagine a tornado going over powerlines and becoming electrified, like a twisting lightning bolt shooting electricity and shit.

[@carsonog333]

yea

[@beausmith6275]

These are powerful and all but I’d like to add one storm worth mentioning on here and that’s the Tri-state tornado in 1925 that tore through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana

[@christopherlaub507]

Was genuinely surprised that it wasn’t mentioned but still a good list

[@gmodcoolplaer]

I lived in laramie during that tornado. I guessed it on the first try, an ef-3. I live in laramie today, and in my entire 7+ years living here, i have only seen 2 tornadoes, the first one was an ef-1 that was to the south, and the one in 2018. It was freaking terrifying to hear that all of the local fast food restaurants had shut down due to the tornado. My parents saw it when it was first forming, and we had been driving through town all day in an attempt to dodge it. We saw it dissipating and it was around the ivinson hospital when it was done. Its a terrifying thing, cuz the tornado's spout was completely hidden due to the dust it was kicking up.

[@christineparis5607]

Several years ago, my husband and I were Invited to a wedding in Lubbock, so we drove from San Antonio, thinking it would be fun. Of course, we didn't check the weather, because it was back in the dark ages before cable and cell phones were every day accoutrements. We had our first warning on the car radio that a tornado was on the ground in Sterling City....where is that?!! Oh, we were just entering the city limits! I was terrified because the sky turned black and there was debris all over the freeway and no one else on the road! The whole town was locked down and in their shelters, it was so black and the car started rocking. We were incredibly lucky, since it crossed the freeway ahead of us and we could see it tearing up the fields. Lightning lit it up and we could see tendrils of mini funnels arcing out from the main funnel. I literally felt like I would have heart failure, never been so scared in my life. We made it and turned out have driven thru 4 tornado storms somehow, without being killed...as soon as we got to the hotel, we hit the bar....

[@AtmosphericHelicity]

Never be too scared by a tornado because supercells are low pressure storms and they cause low oxygen can suffocate you when you are breathing heavy

[@purifiedheater]

Scary😰

[@SleepDeprevation]

They’re called supercells not tornado storms. Chances are it was a multi-vortex or a very fertile supercell. Only on a few occasions is it multiple supercells back to back

[@christineparis5607]

@@SleepDeprevation You're right, but at the time, I didn't care what the hell they were called. They were huge and threatening and going to take us out. This was way before "everyone knew" what they were, because it was BEFORE all the cell phones and information was everywhere. We just called them whatever we wanted....

[@gandalfthewhite.5245]

My grandparents were there in the Lubbock tornado, and they said that at one of the wienerschnitzel (hot dog restaurant) was destroyed, but the order someone made was still on the cabinet unharmed.

[@mitchelldortch794]

The tornado was so strong that those birds couldn’t fly away from it.

[@khaosking2937]

6:27 man that doesn't even look real. Simply stunning

[@carsonog333]

fr

[@Roman-uc3bs]

Fujita, what did the scouter say about the scale of the tornado?

[@Laelen-w-]

6:15 it needs a award for most smooth tornado (starting part thingy I guess-

[@cleveland9598]

Yea, that shit was damnnear beautiful.

[@Grievous_]

At 6:30 this is the most beautiful tornado i’ve ever seen

[@ethanwalsh968]

2:34 my guy has his priorities straight, especially while driving into a tornado “Watch your language” Legend

[@mykelengieza7057]

Springfield MA can't get an honorable mention? it traveled over 30 miles and was filmed as it formed over a river....pretty incredible to watch (live as I did, so did a bunch of others..)

[@TstanDa-Man]

I was there for that one. Just the fact there was a tornado in mass is crazy. I was also stationed in Wichita Falls Texas

[@louiewaddington]

I don’t think i know about that one. I know about the locke tornado and the Wostrer tornado.

[@firemedic5100]

I remember being in Lubbock May 12, 1970 and seeing the destruction. I will never forget the church we came upon that was completely gone, except for the north wall with the cross on it. The only thing left on the barren concrete, was a table with a large bible opened to the 23rd psalm. Not a page was torn. Seeing all that, I decided to chase storms for a few years to see it first hand. I am surprised the F5 that struck the town of Jarrell, TX May 27, 1997, wasn't included. This one stripped the hides off of cattle and stripped the asphalt off the road, and killed 27 people, 13 of them children, including two complete families. This one traveled from North to the South.

[@ericwatts6291]

Agree, I don't know how Jarrell can be left out of any top list. It was a demon. The damage it caused in it's very short life span is incomprehensible.

[@gavinboot4810]

If this isn't written by a crushjun trying to prove gods miracle i dont know what is,,pity he didnt spend more time on those killed,,

[@MichaelLovely-mr6oh]

Another reason why the Jarrell, Texas tornado on May 27th, 1997 was so deadly is how slowly it moved: nine MPH.

[@Eadadykk]

The wizard of oz tornado was the best. It went all the way to munchkinland!

[@kevindunlap5525]

I live in a part of the country that gets probably more of a variety of weather than any other section. We get EVERYTHING, but rarely is any of it severe. It's one of the few reasons why I stay.

[@ylace4tune]

Your background sound gives me goosebumps lmao 🤣

[@fabianramos-up6wm]

6:33 words cannot express how BEAUTIFUL this looks!

[@darabennett4316]

If you listen real close at 10:18 to the Canadian F5, you can hear the sound of the tornado apologizing. "Oh! Soarry there, Eh!"

[@Sarahsadie2021]

As a Canadian, I laughed way to hard at this 😅😂

[@marifromky]

the wonder of nature, baby!

[@kaylab.296]

I appreciate this quote 🤣

[@marifromky]

@@kaylab.296 Phillip Seymour Hoffman was a treasure. :)

[@ChairmanMeow1]

An F4 tornado destroyed almost my entire town in central IL in 2013. Craziest experience of my life, not even close.

[@MichaelLovely-mr6oh]

Let me guess; it was the Washington, Illinois tornado on November 17th, 2013. That one is particularly bewildering to me because you really don't expect a tornado to strike in late November.

[@ChairmanMeow1]

@@MichaelLovely-mr6oh You guessed correct. It peaked at an F4, too. Coolest, yet also most terrifying thing Ive ever seen. Missed the house by maybe 3/4 a mile.

[@MichaelLovely-mr6oh]

@@ChairmanMeow1 What I consider to be nothing short of a miracle is that none of the churches in Washington were hit by the storm. It was a Sunday and many people were attending church services. One of those people was the city's mayor Gary Manier.

[@ChairmanMeow1]

@@MichaelLovely-mr6oh Correct again! If I remember right, only one person passed away. It was a minor miracle.

[@MichaelLovely-mr6oh]

@@ChairmanMeow1 Three people lost their lives in the Washington, Illinois tornado. It isn't particularly well-known due to occurring nearly six months after the tornadoes in Oklahoma (Moore on May 20th and El Reno on May 31st.) The tornado in El Reno, Oklahoma on May 31st, 2013 stands out for me because that day I was graduating from high school even though I live in Ohio. While I was having the time of my life the people of central Oklahoma were enduring Hell on Earth. Another lesser known tornado from 2013 is an EF-4 that struck Hattiesburg, Mississippi on February 10th. The Hattiesburg tornado was a fearsome wedge tornado like the ones in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Joplin, Missouri almost two years earlier; but there were no fatalities in the Hattiesburg tornado and only eighty-two people were injured. This tornado badly damaged or destroyed numerous businesses and vehicles on Hardy Street and Oak Grove Road in downtown Hattiesburg along with numerous houses and churches in residential areas of the city as well as damaging residence halls on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi. Fortunately there weren't any faculty members and very few students of USM on campus that Sunday as they had gone to New Orleans for Mardi Gras.

[@piesoda3683]

Hackleburg/ Phil Campbell? Smithville? Bridge Creek 1999? And yet you include a recent ef3 that was only included because it looks cool

[@PinkM0nke111]

i cant believe im one of the people who got injured in the moore okc tornado in 2013 i wasnt even 1 at that time i was only 3 months old

[@chosen1one930]

Anyone else notice the birds or goose trying to fly away but they were standing still or even being pulled back

[@JeffreyStrader]

I survived the 05/03/1999 328mph MONSTER (the most destructive tornado in Oklahoma history)......................plus several since then. Gotta love Oklahoma!!!!!

[@jkstudio131]

4:22 ive never seen birds in a tornado video, weird af to see them flying forward going backwards

[@CrystalMouse1]

The El Reno tornado took out the school where I received a nursing certification. Canadian Valley Tech 😮

[@richardhogenson594]

The most beautiful Tornado is the Laramie Tornado.

[@CursedLemon]

That Laramie tornado has got to be the most beautiful storm ever captured

[@FriendlyKat]

6:16 Look how DEFINED that is!!!! HOLY COW! That's an incredibly well put together storm! The Elie tornado is also really well defined at least at first! 9:15 There's something just... ominous about it being sunny on one side and a GIANT VORTEX of dust and dirt just rotating here... 6:52 Fun fact: Texas gets over 132 tornadoes on average every year, more than Oklahoma, with 67 per year. Most in Texas are likely in uninhabited areas and some may even go unreported due to this, but locations they spawn and number that are fully formed vary every year.

[@phoenixfire8226]

Yea, if I didn't know better, I'd probably say the Laramie tornado is CGI. Just too clean.

[@kuronyra1709]

4:35 "Come to Moore you said! It's a nice place to migrate you said! Fuck you Billy!" "SORRY JACK! I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF THAT FUCKING VORTEX!"

[@sagiren]

6:25 that is absolutely stunning

[@timemaster.mm2]

is anyone else randomly addicted to this😂

[@ethanboyd7843]

I like the bird flying backwards. Poor guy.

[@daBEAGLE1017]

Great video!!

[@robertoaguirre6984]

I was born in Lubbock in 96 I remember learning about this in tvms I thought it was crazy and seeing it pop up on this video just brought back those school memories.

[@jaredbargel7921]

I was in Midwest City in 2013 and that tornado was @#$#$@@ crazy. I was four miles from touchdown and I was freaking out. I am From Washington State and I never ever seen anything like that.

[@LouveniaFields]

Man !! you guys did a perfect job, now that's how i like my news, swift and clean..thanks ya'll ..

[@aponglkr6897]

@10:52 looks like a demon is watching us from above!!😱😧

[@monicalong1395]

3e

[@marifromky]

hence the use of the term eldritch ...

[@HT-vf7ok]

Fascinating storm the tornado. No doubt. I was in Oklahoma in August 1990 but never saw any whilst there. I live in Australia and don't see them here. Only get some water spouts out at sea from time to time. And even they are rather rare.

[@korlu01]

That Manitoba tornado did not reach wind speeds of 320. Highest ever recorded was 308 during the 1999 Moore EF-5 tornado

[@MrAce2000]

I've noticed nobody mention or seem to notice the two birds (geese) flying as the guy was reversing to turn around @11:40

[@mikelxanadu]

I’ve watched that timestamp five times and can’t see what you’re talking about. That might be why…

[@SurfnTurfdfl]

I will never forget the two F5 tornados in Oklahoma in the month of May 2013, the NWS came over the radios and cell phones stating to get underground and if caught above ground, the chance of survival was none.

[@J.J.Thompson]

Tri state tornado, greensburg, Codell, el Reno, Joplin. Longest tornado, tornado that wiped an entire city off the map, a tornado that hit the same town 3 years in a row. Widest tornado in history, costliest tornado in history. Those should be the top 5.

[@Deangirl86]

Don’t know Cordell, but the others really are historic. But also Smithville and Jarrell. Both were extremely powerful.

[@dmaxv1]

Damn Those ducks where probably going 40mph but they were flying backwards 😯

[@Carspotter682]

Unfortunately the guy who recorded this video didn't add the Good Friday Tornado in Oak Lawn, Illinois. That storm took place on Friday, April 18th, 1967 when a EF4 Tornado hit the village of Oak Lawn, Illinois at 5:30 PM. Many lives were lost that day. The tornado also caused millons of dollars of damage destroying parts of Oak Lawn, including half of Oak Lawn Community High School with the roof of the new swimming pool and the pool water all gone. It's the worst tornado that ever hit the Mideast part of Illinois.

[@ThatMeansHesMad]

Agreed. Wish there was some footage of the 1990 Plainfield, IL F5 tornado

[@jenniferruth812]

@@ThatMeansHesMad that’s what freaks me out the most about that tornado- that people had no idea until it was hitting their homes. So devastating.

[@ThatMeansHesMad]

@@jenniferruth812 That one was horrific. I lived around 10-15 miles from Plainfield at the time. I was around 11 years old, so I don't remember too many details of that day. I don't think there's any footage of it anywhere, unfortunately

[@jenniferruth812]

@@ThatMeansHesMad I just recently got into severe weather (due to chronic pain and not having much to do except sit inside) and I just can’t imagine what you saw. You and I are about the same age. I was born & raised south of Houston so we were always tracking hurricanes on our KHOU weather maps from Kroger lol. I can’t imagine what you saw after the Plainfield tornado. If you can share with us here what you experienced, I’d love to know your story. If it’s too painful to share, I understand. Bless you and your loved ones. Also, I’m sorry for hi-jacking your thread Car Spotter 2.0!

[@suzanmcgaw888]

Belvidere Illinois hit hard also April 1967.

[@420AlucardMr]

That bird is wind surfing like a boss on the left side of the screen at 4:31

[@darkworldusa]

This footage is both haunting and captivating. Nature's power is on full display, and it's absolutely shocking!

[@wesleythetaki]

I heard the Moore tornado and instantly got ptsd all the trauma i went through i was glad i was alive but my best friend wasnt so lucky he died along with most other kids in the school and 11 days later my dad lost his good friends Tim Paul and Carl

[@rdelamadrid]

You missed the Xenia, Ohio F5 that went through the heart of town in1974 and caused massive damage.

[@T.Maximus]

My mom was a kid when that happened and they were traveling in the country and had to take cover in a ditch on the side of the road.

[@rdelamadrid]

@@T.Maximus I have heard so many stories from people who lived through this tornado. My family lived in Xenia up until 9 months before the tornado but we were still in touch with friends who were directly affected.