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Nerves of Steel dude!

This was a bad day for North Carolina. One of the rare "super outbreaks" that occur once every two to three decades, usually in the eastern part of the state where the terrain is flat and there's convection from the Atlantic to feed instability into the storms. The storms killed 24 people across the state on this day, half of them in Bertie County by a strong EF3-EF4 tornado.

Wonderful work. Thanks a bunch. :D

Looks huge.

I am so sorry to those people that had to go through this. I was very close to being hit by this tornado. Debris was everywhere in my neighborhood. Shingles were scattered in our yard. Metal from somebody’s shed landed in our driveway. I will not forget about this day.

I remember this day well, my father was a police officer for Wakemed Raleigh campus And was on patrol I was with his girlfriend cleaning out their old house and I noticed the rain but didn’t think much of it.My father soon showed up in his patrol vehicle a 2005 Dodge Durango and he had warned us about the storm and soon enough we had to take shelter and the day after he showed us videos of the storm

*Yeah....about living in high rises during tornadoes....🌪🌪 I think I’ll pass because god knows the last thing you want is to have your building ripped apart and there’s nothing you can do. You and your entire building will be rubble.*

We lived in Cary on Nottingham drive at the time, it almost hit us! Pretty sweet B-)

You shouldn't be up high during a tornado.

I remember this ahh the good ol' days

We had just gotten home from the Downtown Raleigh SPCA Dog walk at Moore Square when it hit Lake Wheeler and was traveling 401 where I live prior to heading to Downtown Raleigh. It was a crazy afternoon and I was so glad I had gotten home in time. I kept wondering and praying that everyone at the dog walk got done and out in time.

That was sooo scary! I live in morrisville And I hid under my table (I was only 5) I ended up getting stuck under a chair 😕

How come I here no sirens ??....

5 years ago today, Mother Nature declared war on North Carolina, and caused total destruction to my home state. At least 24 North Carolinians died that day, But I think the total death toll for the whole outbreak was 45. (Though I could be wrong) The day this happened, I remember we were trying to go to a resturaunt in Snow Hill, and 5 minutes before we arrived, a tornado had slashed down on Snow Hill. I remember seeing the damage caused by the storm the next day.

I was on the CAT bus that day with my sis and neighbor going back home. this tornado literally lifted the bus a couple feet in the air and plopped it back down..we were trying to stay calm for the sake of our neighbor since she was younger than us...but it was frightening.

I was walking home from a friend's house when I noticed all the birds stopped chirping. His dog even started to get nervous and actually hid away before the storm hit.

I remember that day.. so many houses around my high school were hit.

I was at a Golden Corral and we lost power at the time

1:49 CREEPY lights flickered on and off

omg i remember that!!!!!!! the bad part was that me and my dad live ont he top floor of our apartment in the middle of downtown

I remember this day like it was yesterday. We had been watching that movie 2012 with all the disasters and stuff. I was freaked out about it and my mom told me something like that would never happen (ironic, right?). So when I left the room early, deciding to skip out on the rest of the movie because I'm not really a fan of violence and death), I looked out the front window. At that time I had a terrible fear of thunderstorms, so I could feel something coming. Not really consciously. I just felt something in the pit of my stomach. I knew something was coming, but I didn't know what. I instinctively went upstairs and checked that new iControl Doppler thing the news station had just introduced. The Doppler has a feature where you can see and track storms cells. So for about an hour I watched tornado after tornado pop up and disappear on the screen. Luckily none had popped up near Holly Springs, where I lived at the time. I finally saw one pop up near us, its path going straight toward us. The first thing I said was "oh shit." The second thing I said was "dad, we need to take cover now." After the whole ordeal had ended, we were left untouched, but we were definitely lucky that the tornado only ran a short distance, or our house would have been damaged (not too severely though; it was a weak tornado). All I know was that it was a terrible experience. I since then have gotten over my fear of thunderstorms, but I am sure the feelings that I have towards tornadoes will forever remain the same.

I remember being at a mall in downtown Raleigh N.C. when this happened. My mom and I had no clue to what was going on. We are from NYC.

My daughter (who was 5 at the time) and I were home when it hit. We were on Sue Ln and right in its path. My dog knew it was coming. That was the single most terrifying moment in my life and I had to remain calm, I did not want to freak out my daughter any more than she already was. We were lucky that my sisters house didn't have mch damage. We lost 5 huge oak trees that also tore up her driveway and somehow they all missed the house. We had to climb through and over trees to get out and to my fiances truck. He had to park on New Hope because Sue Ln was covered with trees and power lines. My daughter still has nightmares from it and gets scared when storms with high winds hit. Honestly I get scared too. This is the first video I watched since it happened and to see it like this and know we were in it sends shivers down my spine. Great video and I am happy you were out of harms way.

Severe weather doesn't normally bother me too much, but I don't think I could handle being in a highrise while watching a tornado roll on by, especially not after watching The Day After Tomorrow. I know it's just a movie, but I'm not really sure how much damage a tornado could actually do to a skyscraper. I'm already a little uneasy with heights; the thought of being sucked out of the 26th floor of a building doesn't do much to keep my acid reflux in check.

My sister was getting picked up from college that day in Raleigh, it was crazy!

I was at times an F3 during most of it's "life" an F2. Before downtown and after it was an F3

Luckily I was away at the time, I had left to go to the beach in SC on the same day; luckily it didn't hit my house, since the house was probably 1-2 miles away from it.

A tornado is a huge massive of air that peforms gravity in this insane weather if i see this huge tornado out of the town can torn out off of whenever something happens i was 10.8 miles in greensville when a funnel torn in it was a big tornado i cant capture it cause its cloudy weather people will be unliked in this tornado.

What was it rated on the Fujita scale? Do you know?

I was at marbles museum when it hit you could hear it go over the building they made us go to the ground level

Dude, that Tornado was insane.

It was reported to have been 1 mile wide I believe. They happen roughly every 12 years in Raleigh.

I was in freaking Raleigh that day trying to find my car an ended up in the Marriott when I heard about a tornado coming. I thought it was just a bad storm! Glad my butt got inside!

Does anyone know how wide this tornado was? Does this happen very often in Raleigh? I ask these questions, for I now live in Raleigh NC. Thanks for this video

I did not know. I'm from up north. Not used to tornados.

Nice catch, Vince. What a unique vantage point. That thing is seriously rain-wrapped. Did you know it was a tornado while you were filming?

glad your safe

the stanford one was a bitch because it was an EF3 and newton grove right off 40 i used to live there, we never got warning untill after it went through

Alive and well. :-)

I've lived near Raleigh ten years now and every year something seems to happen that doesn't happen but for 10-15 years normally, like the ice storms, the heat waves and now the groups of tornadoes. This was part of a supercell of 86 confirmed tornadoes in NC that day alone.

I was theree but it wasn't bad in rolesville though i was in the bassment

great video but that was dangerous

I see that the Progress Energy generators kicked in after the power went off and got the lights back on in their two buildings. I guess the power company always needs to have lights.

i cant believe that i didnt know there was a tornado going on and i took a drive down to walmart that day!! i figured there was something going on when the lights went out in wal mart.. but didnt find out it was a tornado till i started driving back home and saw all the damage

About every 12 years or so.

We got so lucky during this... It didn't even touch our house apart from rain, but our friends lost their home...

The reports said EF3 down to EF1 on its journey until right before downtown and then it strengthened to EF2.

That tornado came soooo close to where I live... And I saw that tree in Moore Square tunnel, too :o

@Lex5576 Our building has a wind current that comes up the building that shields it from debris. As you can see in the video, not 1 piece of debris touches the glass. Also, the glass is very very thick and rated to well over the wind speeds that this tornado had.

Good video, but I wouldn't be standing anywhere near that glass. We caught these storms just as they were forming near Lexington and Salisbury, so we got off lucky. But I remember the radar imagery just as the tornado passed over Raleigh, and there was a huge "debris ball" at the bottom corner of the supercell. This particular storm wasn't as strong as the one in Wilson. There was just so much light debris being picked up inside the city and lifted into the air that it looked huge on radar.