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I have always believed the meteorologists had important jobs. Gravely important at times. They certainly take a lot of heat from people who think all they do is cry wolf, but if I were in an area witha tornado warning polygon, I would rather be over-warned and had a chance to take shelter under ground, than complain that the meteorologist interrupted any plans or tv programs. Meteorologists save lives all the time and do not get enough credit!

My grandfather, my brothers & I made a side trip to Mayfield after visiting Murray 19 days after this storm went through. I’ve seen evidence of tornado damage in my home state before, and I’ve watched the coverage from the big outbreaks in the past, but all of that pales in comparison to what I witnessed when we came into town on the 29th. It was a very, very sobering experience that’ll stay with me for a long, long time. Kudos to Noah & Trent for keeping their composure under fire in this situation. They saved so many lives that night.

I was tracking this the same night as the rolling fork tornado and when i saw the cc scan i said not good at all

Did you see it?

I just hate Arkansas and Missouri and Kentucky just in general

To all the people who complain about Mayfield not being EF5: It doesn't matter if it's EF4, EF5, EF3 or EF2. It's still a calamity that caused massive amounts of death and destruction and the debate over it being an EF5 or not is not important, this monster killed 57 people, injured 519 (some of these are life-altering injuries), destroyed entire communities, tore up people's lives and families and left everything unrecognizable in its 165.6 mile path.

This is very good coverage for a TV Station! They used all the capabilities of their TV station given radar, instead of just giving you reflectivity all the time. Here in NYC, ABC7NY Radar has the capability to show Velocity and Correlation Coefficient, Lee Goldberg uses those features when there is a Tornado Warning, but when another meteorologist from ABC7NY covers a tornado warning, they only show reflectivity. Its always nice when a TV meteorologist knows how to use his own radar.

Purple polygon actually means confirmed tornado, not just significant...

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I’m a Bowling Green native and this video gives me chills. I love keeping balcony door open during storms, but I remember hearing the sirens and feeling that this was more just a thunderstorm. The lights going out one by one is what gives me chills because when I saw that, it was terrifying.

These guys did an amazing job covering this outbreak. Reminded me a bit of James Spann and Jason Simpson from 2011.

These giys are like the worst weatherman i have ever seen...they blow worse than the twister....

Odd seeing tornado coverage and having the studio dressed up with Christmas decorations. Then again, I live in North Iowa and a town just east of here got hit by a tornado just a few days after this (The famous December 15 deracho)

This Paducah Momma cries everytime I watch this. That hook at 1:59:00 right over Mayfield still gives me chills.

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I was in bowling green door dashing that night an took shelter at walmart an we saw the tornado when the sirens eent off

Yo is this by the Walgreens near the cheddars?

It touched down 10 miles west of town i was getting off i65 that night when the sirens went off not knowing it was right there

The hell is coming back over 2 years later ❤❤❤❤

As someone was lucky to have my life the new team of mayfield said it was a ef5 tornado 🌪️ that will touch down but they downplayed it to a ef4 or a ef3 tornado I was lucky I was in bowing green doing the tornado at the first round of winds I was told to leave the area and had to move into bowing green key when I got out of my tornado safe zone I was so sad I lost a lot of things I love a sighed baseball but lucky I found it then I was yelled it also hit my nana backyard it was crazy down in mayfield over 100 miles of damage to my place feel free to ask me any questions about this rip to the people who lost their life

Where were you at when you filmed this. Thanks very good film!!!

I lived a couple counties over from Mayfield and vividly remember watching this live on TV. It was terrifying because you could hear the fear in Trent, Noah & Kaylee’s voices as it barreled towards Mayfield.

Noah stole the show LOL. Slow start, banger finish

Well done to the entire team fo staying calm during all the technical difficulties. 32:54

Hey Nolan, do you have an email address we can use to contact you regarding this video? I'd love to discuss a license to use this if possible! Cheers, Felix

The tornado emergency for Mayfield was issued WAY too late.. Should've been issued 15-20 minutes before it went through...

I traveled through the area in the path of the tornado a few days afterward...the damage was mind-blowing. So many more lives would have been lost if not for this coverage. Well done.

It’s not a once in a generation tornado. It’s every few years and in fact there were more EF4s the following year in other places. These dangerous storms are happening way to often

This storm hit my home town of Hartford Ky. and destroyed the North side. I feel I got lucky to have been spared.

18:22 terrifying foreshadowing

Why wasn’t there at tornado emergency for mayfield?

He's a real one for immediately focusing on escape routes as it hits Mayfield. No crying or anything, just straight to the point. Incredible.

Is this the tornado that hit the Moss Creek Ave/Creekwood area? My family and I lived on Moss Creek Ave during this time. We went to a shelter thankfully. The devastation and loss of life was terrible.

These guys gave hours of warning and were right two things meteorologist usually are not so props to them both, and Ryan Hall all three guys did there job

18:15 That aged horribly

Bruh the thumbnail looks like Godzilla

2 years ago tonight. 9:27 PM which is in 42 minutes from when I’m writing this Mayfield got hit. It still haunts me to this day about what happened. I was watching and capturing the coverage that night and will never forget it.

I was in that Southeastern portion of Missouri when this hit. We knew it was coming in advance, and I was by myself at the time. My mom came over to help me with my animals through it. We took cover in my basement and watched the radar as it moved. I still have the video of my blanket setup...taken shortly before the power went out. Luckily, we were spared the worst parts of the storm. My heart goes out to those affected.

wow! that was cool. Do you know if they removed the bridge debris?

Well done Gentlemen....unlike the coverage from the Joplin TV station. The guys there were screaming over each other, seemingly trying to outdo each other. Causing panic...As bad as I hate to say it....probably fortunate that they lost power.

they should be awarded medals for saving so many lives that night i was in union city TN when the tornado came through it passed to my northwest by 5 miles but i could see it lightning constantly ive never seen a damage path so fresh like that

Absolutely incredible coverage

THIS WAS A F5 PERIOD! Criminal RANKING IT A F4! They found F5 DAMAGE IN 9 PLACES FROM THIS TORNADO!

Yikes!

As a kid who was involved in this I was so scared I woke up and it was so fricking loud

Every Meteorologist from Arkansas to Kentucky did an amazing job covering this storm. It started in the Little Rock viewing area.

This night was the scariest night of my life I was 12 and I was without anyone I knew. (I was not there I was In mayfield) The tornado went right over the building I was in and luckily did not kill me or anyone else that was in the building.

i remember watching this while at my grandmas about an hour away from mayfield and being petrified. even being an hour away we were taking shelter inside the interior bathroom with roaring winds outside that was damage the home, i cant imagine what it was like in mayfield

It did EF5 damage so potential EF5

18:27 when the meteorologist dooms mayfield and points out where the tornado dies with the line going south