I remember this like it was yesterday. We lived right across the street from University Mall and we were released from school early. It was me and my older brother and we sat huddled in our little house listening to James Spann. My mom was working for UA and they wouldn’t allow her to leave, we had no clue where she was and her phone was off. It was raining hard as it could and I remembered being terrified, being that I was 7. I remember telling my brother “ we can’t stay here “ and “ let me call someone to come get us I’m scared “. He insisted that we would be fine and kept playing his game. I went and cried for about 10 minutes then I snuck to the house phone and called my aunt who lived right up the street by Krystals. She answered and was asking a million different questions and I remember hyperventilating and just repeatedly telling her to come get us cause I was scared. Not even 10 minutes later she busted in the house and grabbed us. We went back to her house and right when we got settled and turned the TV on, the tornado was going right down our street. My mom says after the storm passed, she went immediately to our street and was stopped by Police and they asked to see her ID to even come on the street. Before they approached the house he asked how many people lived there which was just me, my mom and my brother and how many people were suppose to be there which was just me and my brother. He told her that if we were under that rubble, we were dead. My mom frantically called everybody until she finally called my aunt and told her we were dead and I remember my aunt looked at us and said “ No, they’re here with me. “ I remember hearing my mom screaming and happy with relief, but still saddened that our home was demolished. I thank God everyday for giving me the intuition I have, even at 7. If I hadn’t gone with my instinct, I wouldn’t even have been able to tell this story. April 27, 2011 is a bittersweet day for my family and many others and I’m praying for anyone impacted by this one and many other tornadoes that have came after 💞.
I remember this too. I was in the 5th grade an I lived close to Crestmont elementary. I remember going outside and seeing the big funnel an it was so close the wind was tugging at me and my cousin that were outside because we were curious but crazy asf lol. One of the scariest times of my life. Glad you made it out too🙏
anb740 Better than a lot of other amateur videos and what do you expect from someone when there is a giant tornado tearing up a mall right in front of you?
He seemed really calm until the tornado passes him. Then, his adrenaline releases and you can hear his voice shaking. What an incredible video! Top three best filmed tornado videos I have ever seen.
@@Saucy-ws6jc He's a professional, and a storm chaser! You can't compare him to a civilian who got caught in a tornado and pulled this footage. This footage is epic.
It's weird because it's been 3 years and I still can't watch this video without getting emotional. My roommates and I lived behind Schlotzky's Deli on 15th Street so we were hit straight on. This video always takes me back to the pantry under the stairs, hearing the wind howling and glass breaking outside. The pantry was the only room that was not touched and I truly believe God was with us that day, no doubt. Does the anxiety of bad weather get any easier? I still get panic attacks when there are tornado warnings any county close to me.
I used to not think much of bad weather but since the Enterprise High tornado on March 1, 2007, I have been very scared of them. Im from Dothan, so it's right down the road. I'm a fellow U of A student. Was a freshman when this came thru. I was a nervous wreck. I was thinking I was going to end up like those 8 students at EHS that didn't make it. Not to mention this happened April 27 and my 19th birthday was May 2. Glad you were safe and Roll Tide!
Those smaller horizontal vortices are caused by the extreme upward motion in the tornado and the intense rear flank downdraft behind the tornado. Seeing those is a sign that you have a very powerful tornado on your hands.
I seen it from three miles away- from a hilltop in Bessemer. It's something you can't explain. I can say that seeing it on camera and being there is totally different. It was roaring, jet black, HUGE, flashing lightning in the center and moving fast. All I can say is RAW POWER!! It actually gave off an angry vibe.
The tendril-like vortices writhing out from the main funnel every so often are horrifying. That's a guaranteed sign that it's extremely violent. The updraft is so hungry for more air it's literally spawning little mini-funnels out the sides. A ravenous, slovenly, nasty looking monster that contains more energy than a nuclear bomb and feeds however it pleases, and then disappears. There's lots of tornadoes, and many that have produced much worse damage over larger areas, but whenever anybody asks me about how the prototypical "finger of God" is supposed to look, I think of this tornado at around 4:19.
Pecos Hank refers to them as "tenticals". Scary stuff, when you see them you know you are dealing with a monster and the Tuscaloosa Tornado kept on producing like 3 or 4 at a time.
@@SultanMapping I've got a Doppler shot from the Tuscaloosa radar at 3:28pm 4/27/2011 hanging on my wall. 9 tornadoes on the ground at the time and 14 active red polygons. On a day like that, those tornadoes were just desperate to get down, get big, and stay down. Nasty.
This young man, probably a college student, looked up and saw hell coming straight at him, and found the courage to record what he saw. I would have been shaking much worse than he was. It was obvious he was terrified, but who wouldn't be? This was a great video.
E Mack It’s this massive screaming sound. God bless those people and the man brave enough to film it. (That doesn’t mean he wasn’t scared to death-thank you sir)
And yet, I'm mad that there wasn't an alarm. My city tests ours every other month, about. There was even a notification on the news but still, no alarm...
HOLY CRAP! This video is breathtaking on SO many levels: the guy's raw emotion, the visuals, the sound, the terror, the hypnosis and inability to look away. Amazing! It's in my top 10.
Used to live in the Charleston Square apartments off of 800 27th street. My friends who still lived there were very fortunate not to have been hurt or killed. The day after the tornado hit I went up there to see how they were doing and I could not recognize the place. The dude that filmed this has balls of steel.
It was also really dangerous to obtain. He was right in its path, and he didn't get far enough away from it to escape its draft radius entirely. Oh, and DON'T BE IN A CAR WHEN YOU'RE ANYWHERE NEAR A TORNADO.
This is one of the most incredible videos of all time. Here you have before you, not but a parking lot away, one of Nature's most destructive and powerful phenomenons. This is a fully fleshed-out, powerful tornado in a urbanized setting. At the time, it was considered an EF5 and to be so close to it... it really gives you an idea of how localized these events really are, and how predictable they can be for an experienced chaser. In this video you get everything... the surface level destruction, the fine detail of the funnel, you see all the suction vortices, you can clearly hear the sound (like 1,000 waterfalls). The reality here is nothing Hollywood could ever duplicate, but the madness of this scene is ironically something right out of a natural disaster movie; I can't think of any other relevant comparison for something like this. Quite an incredible event to have witnessed and essentially immortalized here on the internet.
Jason sounds pretty darned scared at the end of that video, but that took bawls 'o steel to sit there in that vehicle and record that freaking close to the twister. Was a miracle the RFD didn't catch you or flying debris struck your position....awesome footage....
@@johnfoltz8183 I once almost had a tornado form in front of the house I was living at in Williamston, NC. It was surreal to watch it try to form in my opinion.
i saw a tornado once. I was in my house and i looked out the window and it was just *chillin* and then it got mad wnd threw a stick at my window. I beleive it was an f3
I just moved to Tuscaloosa a few months ago for work. I was about 18 when this happened, living in a part of Birmingham where the damage wasn't as bad and really didn't quite grasp the gravity of this at the time. Now that I live here and am so familiar with exactly where this is being filmed I'm getting goosebumps
What do you mean "haven't had tornadoes in a long time"? Northern Alabama gets hundreds of tornadoes a year, dude, and it's been 9 years since the big outbreak. How are you not aware of all those tornado warnings every spring? Did you think they were joking?
These types of videos are the exact reason why they are able to give 15 to 20 minute warnings that the storm is producing tornadoes. People have more time to respond and can get to their safe places. Great job.
I live in Birmingham and this very tornado hit Pleasant Grove which is close to us and destroyed a large portion of that community. All of us were in my dad's basement and I knew the twister was close when the sky turned green and debris started falling from the sky. After it was over I went out and started examining some of the stuff in our yard and in the street. Large sections of someone's boat was in the street and I had pieces of paper from Tuscaloosa some 50 miles away in our yard. The tornado came within a half mile of us so we were blessed ! This is some of the best footage, and the closest, of a monster tornado I have ever seen. The April 27th tornado outbreak made history and so did you Jason, thanks for the footage sir.
We have had two more close calls since this one Koji. On this day though over 250 people lost their lives in Alabama. Most tornados are much smaller and less powerful. That day, April 27th, 2011, was the worst day in recorded history for loss of life by tornados and their ferocity !
I also live near Birmingham. We had a DCH medical center street sign in a tree. That's the large hospital near the University of Alabama. It's 70 miles away and it is a heavy metal sign like you'd see along the interstate.
Here's the thing about a tornado like this. This was a violent tornado. Tornadoes like these are known to spit out satellite tornadoes a decent ways away from the parent tornado. And those horizontal vortices (the evil tentacles coming out of the tornado) are in the strongest tornadoes. He's lucky a satellite tornado didn't spin up on him.
Still incredible. Watched this 50 times and im still amazed. You have the balls of a very large balled person. This is one of if not the greatest tornado video on the web to date. You literally risked you're life to give us this incredible footage and for that i bow to you sir.
Well now i know. They do sound like freight trains. Hands down the most profound tornado example of all time. If there were such an award i would surely grant it to you. Thanks for posting.
Yeah, I remember like... 2017, 2018... maybe 2020? Don't remember which year but it was around the time of the pandemic or a few years prior. I remember siren head was JUST getting popular and I jokingly said "I wish siren head would appear" and then lightning struck right in front of the window. I jumped up in a panic and ran upstairs. I was at my grandpa's house at the time, which didn't have a basement. I heard a freight train like noise and my mom yelled up jokingly "(real name)! There's a tornado!" In which I started crying and she said she was kidding. But the next day, when she went outside, shingles were missing, trees were fallen down, and branches were everywhere. Turns out a tornado did actually fly above us and we genuinely dodged a bullet. I have terrible memory, but remember it like it was yesterday.
For those of you who complain about this video, please shut up. This guy had the balls to get this close to it to provide quality footage while you either lived safe in another state or huddled in your basement. Kudos to you, Jason, you have my respect sir.
Leahcim I have done it. Multiple times. I'm not saying this storm isn't unbelievable because it's certainly one of the best looking tornadoes I've seen, but again, his reactions are as if he didn't know what he was doing or he didn't realize what he was getting into.
Prop-Jet Electra The video where it first touches down is pretty spectacular considering it touches down as already probably a quarter to half mile wide. But yea, it quickly became indistinguishable
damn, you can hear and feel that moment he went from adrenaline fueled to shock you could feel this poor man’s roller coaster of emotions through this video with little words spoken
Probably the best eyewitness video of this monster. Kudos to the guy who filmed this. Honestly, there are no words that could describe both the beauty of raw power and utter horror that this video captured in that funnel cloud.
Today is December 22, 2015. I have lived in Tuscaloosa all my life (16yr old) and I remember when this tornado hit. Truly a tragic day but it changed our city forever. My dad was a manager at a store in that shopping center and also works for the local radio. His store was damaged (roof fell in and glass broke) but thankfully all was good. As for the radio he ended up staying at the radio station pretty much all day for at least a week. Hard to look back on this event knowing some personally who were effected and some who even died. Even though this hit county wide, we are stronger now than we were before! Roll Tide!!
+bamagts cool to see you're a bama fan but the language is not needed. I gladly welcome Ember Collins comment thought the language I do not like. It's is truthfully not needed.
No matter how many times I watch this video I'm amazed and in awe of this tornado and this incredible footage. Kudos to the guy getting this I'd be scared out of my damn mind!
Five years today...will never forget that day. Any southerner probably experienced some bad storm or even a tornado that day/night. We had a close call here in TN but all was well. Tuscaloosa...man.
+alyssa rumore that's good to hear! I was just down in Birmingham on NYE and we went through a bit of Tuscaloosa and all seemed well but I of course am not sure what part was actually hit.
+alyssa rumore actually, now that I recall, we didn't really go through Tuscaloosa but rather the outskirts on the side closest to Birmingham. I know a lot of the surrounding areas were affected by storms too but from what I saw, mostly everything seemed to be normal. A tornado actually hit Birmingham a few days prior to this past NYE and we saw damage from it. Regardless, I'm glad to hear the city has rebounded from the tragedy! :)
Luckily I was not affected, but I watched James Spann's broadcast while the storms tore through Alabama. I lived in Lawrenceville,GA at the time, and I'm still not sure how zero storms came through the Atlanta metro that night. There were 15 significant tornadoes in Georgia that night, but they all hit to the NW or south of Atlanta.
I like this video, the camera is a little shakey but hats off to the gentleman taking the video for remaining pretty quiet and letting us hear the sound of the storm along with the video. It was clear that the person taking the video was quite scared, and rightly so. Got some really good video combined with some good audio of the storm. Thumbs up to this person for being able to control their fear, work the camera, not ramble on or yell and scream like some people do. Thanks for a very good video. Nice job. Glad you survived and were not harmed. Take care.
Agreed......however he was incredibly lucky not to get struck by flying debris, nor pulled in by inflow winds. That was WAY too close for comfort. I would have been shitting my pants at twice that distance away!
Brian Mears My husband and I came down and volunteered to help for Red Cross after it hit. A friend we made took us along the damage path. I will never forget what I saw or the stories I heard. Ever.
Brian Mears seven years ago we visit Tuscaloosa a week after Da tornado and Da city was all derranged seem like a war went on down there things was all torned up churches and everthing
Yes and it is impossible to stop from shaking if u are terrified and fear being killed.....it’s involuntary shaking, happen to me once when I was forced to play russian rollette and three bullets were in the gun, then held a gunpoint for 5 hours til it was over and he took off allthe sudden...
This is my favorite video of a tornado ever. It's amazing how close you got and we really get to see that raw power first hand! Must have been terrifying to you! Glad you got out of there safe!
@JasonRosolowski, I have seen this footage you took that day, so many times, I always keep coming back to see it. I also watched one of the interviews you did about shooting this video that day. You said you were too close, and it was stupid to be that close. But you also said, although you are a storm chaser, this was your 1st tornado...... Man, I think you made all the right choices that day. You had no idea, it was going to cross that close to you. I think you have done something a lot of storm chasers will never get to do. But in all reality majority of storm chasers, do things that us non storm chasers would think is absolutely crazy and we would never imagine in a million years of doing. But to me that is what defines a storm chaser. And you by all means and definition, are a true storm chaser. I think you earned your badge of honor and bravery that day! Keep chasing and keep sharing your amazing videos.
God this brings me back to being in North Alabama and hearing about a lot of this the next day. I was 10 at the time and didn't truly understand loss like this.
JASON YOU HAD GOOD SENSE WHILE FILMING THIS VIDEO.YOU STAYED SAFE AND THEN I COULD HEAR ALL THE EMOTION WHEN YOU SAW ALL THE DESTRUCTION.YOU'RE A FINE LEVEL HEADED PERSON.
just wow. no matter how many times I've watched this and even with all the maybe-too-close encounters I've had myself with tornadoes i still could not possibly imagine the feeling of this experience. this is some of the most insane footage i have ever seen
even after 3 years this video gives me chills, the noise, the immense raw power of nature captured too close for comfort, but you don't see many vids with the ghost train at 5:10 and that's why I come back to it, I hope and pray your city and state has begun to heal and return to a new normal
Lol no, the ghost train is the rear flanking downdraft at the end of the tornado, notice after the tornado has past he looks the other way and you can see clouds on the ground being sucked into the storm. Most people can get caught in that part and its almost as dangerous as the tornado itself. A good video to watch as an example of that is the may 31st el reno tornado i forget his name but i know it has robinson in it he gets hit by the ghost train while filming the tornado going by.
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There are many great tornado videos, but only select ones I keep coming back to. This is one I keep coming back to. The sights and sounds from 4:15 on especially may be the best capture of all time. How this guy even got into his car with balls that big is beyond me.
My dad and I were on our way to the Talladega Nascar races that weekend. On that day, we stopped in Tuscaloosa for lunch and then left about 20 minutes before it hit. Scary stuff.
OMG!! This is one brave soul & the best video I’ve ever seen of a tornado😦. And the only one I’ve seen from the ground actually touching it 😦😦. You were SO flippin close I almost passed out. Great job!!
Incredible footage, shaking or not, unbelievably close to one of the most powerful tornados in history. It shows how easy it is to be fooled that the tornado is sitting still, when it’s moving in your direction. This person is lucky to be alive.
Mark Warren What do you expect when a giant EF4 tornado is tearing up a mall right in front of you? How will you handle the situation? A normal person here wouldn’t even worry about getting footage.
I feel like this was an EF5 at some point between Tuscaloosa and Birmingham after it went though Holt, AL. It practically produced EF5 damage near Holt.
very true but I wonder if he wasn't intentionally putting himself into harms way but perhaps leaving the mall and just got caught up in the moment. His audible reactions makes it seem as such.
He was already in the parking lot, as the tornado approached him. Its hard to avoid RFD if your in a vehicle, in a Parking lot, And the tornado passes right by you. Not a lot of places he could really go. As you can see in the video.
@@em-loof-tonnac He had more than enough time to get on a southbound road and put distance between himself and the danger zone. Instead he sat there filming it for several minutes. At 60 MPH that's a mile a minute. He could have easily put miles between himself and the path of the funnel. I imagine he thought the only danger was the funnel itself and was ignorant of the rest of the storm structure that's extremely dangerous. He was directly in the path of a massive EF4/EF5 tornado, had plenty of time to clear the danger and just sat there filming. I don't think it was balls. I think it was ignorance to the full nature and structure of this type of violent event and the imminent danger at hand. Great footage but he's one lucky bastard.
this is one of the best tornado videos I have ever seen. The most horrific part is that there were no tornado sirens. I can't imagine the damage this monster caused even after seeing damage on videos. Thank God you were not sucked up into the inflow of that monster.
@@spartan7911 Once you get close to that dark, black, terrifying, cloud of terror back on May 31st, 2013, you're in for a scare. That large blob wasn't just a bunch of rain, it's a massive tornado.
he never claimed to be a Storm chaser and if you watch the entire video he stays away from it he never drove towards it. he was in a good position to see it. I noticed early on before he started to drive it looks like the tornado is not even moving. It's hard to tell. No I am not a Storm chaser and i don't live anyplace close to the mid west. I would probably freak out if I saw something that huge. :-)
Jason, I've watched this many times and appreciate the nuances ... the moment you seem to realize you need to get to the south end of the lot; lights flickering in the shopping center across the street; in-flow winds kicking up rain off the street around you; the terrifying roar of such a powerful tornado, so close at your 9 o'clock; and the RFD whipping around after it passes. I wonder about the buzzing sound in your car. It goes away suddenly, toward the end. Did the radio station get knocked off-air, and you just thought to turn the radio off after you drove under the Regions drive-thru?
@Southeastern777 Wow!!!! It's unbelievable how close he was. I was wondering about those sounds as well. Was that a hovering helicopter towards the end?
Great video. Sounds like you were really having some anxiety over what this was doing to your town or the strain of being that close to that much power. I was feeling for you, man. I mean I was bunching up the chair cover just watching it. What was the source of the electric hum? Thanks for sharing, you got some cajones my man.
8 years ago I saw this video for the first time. Here I am 8 years later and this video still is some of the most incredible footage I’ve ever seen. The close up of the horizontal suction vortices at 4:20 and the trees beneath them being swallowed whole while the roar of a beast rips its way through the area only a mere hundreds of yards from the camera. It’s just something you can watch in awe over and over again
Jason, I can't stop watching this..you did a great job, I would have run like the wind! I've watched hundreds of tornado videos and I think this is the scariest one I've ever seen!
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If you search "April 27, 2011 tornado outbreak", you'll see how many tornadoes hit our state that day. We were on "alert" pretty much from morning till evening. I tried to get home to my family but I was cut off by a tornado and had to turn around and drive to a friend's house. I was driving 95 mph down a highway to outrun it. We didn't have power for at least a week. It was truly horrifying
@@annacatherinehays3150 I was drunk & slept through it- I didn't realize what happened until that night. I worked at the Longhorn in this video I got off early
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I remember this like it was yesterday. We lived right across the street from University Mall and we were released from school early. It was me and my older brother and we sat huddled in our little house listening to James Spann. My mom was working for UA and they wouldn’t allow her to leave, we had no clue where she was and her phone was off. It was raining hard as it could and I remembered being terrified, being that I was 7. I remember telling my brother “ we can’t stay here “ and “ let me call someone to come get us I’m scared “. He insisted that we would be fine and kept playing his game. I went and cried for about 10 minutes then I snuck to the house phone and called my aunt who lived right up the street by Krystals. She answered and was asking a million different questions and I remember hyperventilating and just repeatedly telling her to come get us cause I was scared. Not even 10 minutes later she busted in the house and grabbed us. We went back to her house and right when we got settled and turned the TV on, the tornado was going right down our street. My mom says after the storm passed, she went immediately to our street and was stopped by Police and they asked to see her ID to even come on the street. Before they approached the house he asked how many people lived there which was just me, my mom and my brother and how many people were suppose to be there which was just me and my brother. He told her that if we were under that rubble, we were dead. My mom frantically called everybody until she finally called my aunt and told her we were dead and I remember my aunt looked at us and said “ No, they’re here with me. “ I remember hearing my mom screaming and happy with relief, but still saddened that our home was demolished. I thank God everyday for giving me the intuition I have, even at 7. If I hadn’t gone with my instinct, I wouldn’t even have been able to tell this story. April 27, 2011 is a bittersweet day for my family and many others and I’m praying for anyone impacted by this one and many other tornadoes that have came after 💞.
I was not even alive one month after then
I remember this too. I was in the 5th grade an I lived close to Crestmont elementary. I remember going outside and seeing the big funnel an it was so close the wind was tugging at me and my cousin that were outside because we were curious but crazy asf lol. One of the scariest times of my life. Glad you made it out too🙏
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This is still one of the best tornado videos ever recorded. The fear was palpable.
LOL LOL .....Wrong!...This video sucks!.
Predominantly out of focus and about a 9.5 on the Richter “shaky video” scale. Yeah....the best for sure.
anb740 Better than a lot of other amateur videos and what do you expect from someone when there is a giant tornado tearing up a mall right in front of you?
Daniel's TightBottom I expect them not to just sit there and watch it come straight at them and then when they miraculously survive start chasing it.
@@RyeRoe but then we wouldn't learn anything...
Those horizontal suction vortices at 1:18 are no joke.
Christopher R. Thats when I run
That inflow tho
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This is fckin scarry! If you will see something like this run away
tendrils, bro-vicious!
He seemed really calm until the tornado passes him. Then, his adrenaline releases and you can hear his voice shaking. What an incredible video! Top three best filmed tornado videos I have ever seen.
Whoa straight up, it's amazing how much the human psyche can take under stress.
indeed! he's lucky his car didn't get lifted and thrown for how close it was.
One of the best recorded tornado videos of all time. Hands down.
Wrong!
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@@Saucy-ws6jc He's a professional, and a storm chaser! You can't compare him to a civilian who got caught in a tornado and pulled this footage. This footage is epic.
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It's weird because it's been 3 years and I still can't watch this video without getting emotional. My roommates and I lived behind Schlotzky's Deli on 15th Street so we were hit straight on. This video always takes me back to the pantry under the stairs, hearing the wind howling and glass breaking outside. The pantry was the only room that was not touched and I truly believe God was with us that day, no doubt. Does the anxiety of bad weather get any easier? I still get panic attacks when there are tornado warnings any county close to me.
sounds like you suffer from PTSD , a real killer among those who have it, I guess we can pray for you later
I wish it did. I've lived through two tornados, and I hope I never have to experience that again! Just remember God was with you, as He was with me.
Heather stubbs who are you talking to? me or Paige
I used to not think much of bad weather but since the Enterprise High tornado on March 1, 2007, I have been very scared of them. Im from Dothan, so it's right down the road. I'm a fellow U of A student. Was a freshman when this came thru. I was a nervous wreck. I was thinking I was going to end up like those 8 students at EHS that didn't make it. Not to mention this happened April 27 and my 19th birthday was May 2. Glad you were safe and Roll Tide!
I don't blame you, Paige. I'd be pretty edgy too after that. And I agree that God was with you.
Those smaller horizontal vortices are caused by the extreme upward motion in the tornado and the intense rear flank downdraft behind the tornado. Seeing those is a sign that you have a very powerful tornado on your hands.
F5Storm1 That's one of the really creepy things about April 27 2011. So many of the twisters had horizontal vortices. It was off the chart.
Those storms had very intense updrafts the cape was off the charts
I did not know that! Thank you
I seen it from three miles away- from a hilltop in Bessemer. It's something you can't explain. I can say that seeing it on camera and being there is totally different. It was roaring, jet black, HUGE, flashing lightning in the center and moving fast. All I can say is RAW POWER!! It actually gave off an angry vibe.
Those tentacles growing out of the tornado's side look absolutely evil.
+drummerboyfromspace They're a sign the tornado is very powerful. Turned out to be an EF4.
well said
Michael Ross aka noodles ;)
drummerboyfromspace They're not tentacles, they're actually some of the tornado's vortices!
Otherwise known as "Vorticity noodles" indicate a very strong tornado.
This is hands down one of the best real time capture videos of a massive tornado.
Wrong!
Joshua Rivers it’s his opinion bruh dont get so salty
@@markwarren7116 Idiot!
Camera too shaky. One of worst actually
@@MsBeloved89 It was 2011 I don’t know what you expect
Ahhh... James Spann, the greatest meteorologist ever.
Jalen Stimes you know shit us about to go down when he rolled them sleeves up.
That meteorologist from Oklahoma City is good too, very informative with the tornado updates.
@@spartan7911 Gary England I think is his name.
Jalen Stimes Matt Laubhan from Tupelo, MS is great too though. Look him up, he stayed on air as a tornado was heading towards the studio.
@@deemooutdoorvlogs4024 If James rolls his sleeves up, time to watch out.
10 years ago today, 4/27/21. Let us remember everyone killed in the many tornadoes that occurred across the southeast on this terrible day.
13 now
dude I was there inside that mall in belk when that hit.
+Madison Pritchett then you must be very thankfull to be alive...
+Madison Pritchett i was in spencers
Did you record ???!
She was probably a bit preoccupied with the whole trying not to die thing.
Yea and guess what dipping dots got destroyed REeE
The tendril-like vortices writhing out from the main funnel every so often are horrifying. That's a guaranteed sign that it's extremely violent. The updraft is so hungry for more air it's literally spawning little mini-funnels out the sides. A ravenous, slovenly, nasty looking monster that contains more energy than a nuclear bomb and feeds however it pleases, and then disappears.
There's lots of tornadoes, and many that have produced much worse damage over larger areas, but whenever anybody asks me about how the prototypical "finger of God" is supposed to look, I think of this tornado at around 4:19.
Pecos Hank refers to them as "tenticals". Scary stuff, when you see them you know you are dealing with a monster and the Tuscaloosa Tornado kept on producing like 3 or 4 at a time.
Horizontal vortices are common in violent tornadoes
Ravenous, slovenly nasty looking monster. Brilliant description.
@@SultanMapping I've got a Doppler shot from the Tuscaloosa radar at 3:28pm 4/27/2011 hanging on my wall. 9 tornadoes on the ground at the time and 14 active red polygons. On a day like that, those tornadoes were just desperate to get down, get big, and stay down. Nasty.
@@orangejoe204 true
Those horizontal vortices are just amazing.
It's 2020 and I'm still marveling at this tornado footage.
This young man, probably a college student, looked up and saw hell coming straight at him, and found the courage to record what he saw. I would have been shaking much worse than he was. It was obvious he was terrified, but who wouldn't be? This was a great video.
When he rolls the window down at 2:39 the sound of that thing is frightful!!
The ominous sound of impending doom
E Mack
It’s this massive screaming sound. God bless those people and the man brave enough to film it.
(That doesn’t mean he wasn’t scared to death-thank you sir)
Sounded like a train from inside of the mall
At 4:19 it was stupidly strong
And yet, I'm mad that there wasn't an alarm. My city tests ours every other month, about. There was even a notification on the news but still, no alarm...
HOLY CRAP! This video is breathtaking on SO many levels: the guy's raw emotion, the visuals, the sound, the terror, the hypnosis and inability to look away. Amazing! It's in my top 10.
This footage needs to be archived and put in a museum. I’ve watched it so many times, and I still cannot believe what I’m seeing.
Hands down, without a doubt, the BEST tornado footage ever! Much, much respect for this dude.
Used to live in the Charleston Square apartments off of 800 27th street. My friends who still lived there were very fortunate not to have been hurt or killed. The day after the tornado hit I went up there to see how they were doing and I could not recognize the place. The dude that filmed this has balls of steel.
This is the best tornado footage I've ever seen
It was also really dangerous to obtain. He was right in its path, and he didn't get far enough away from it to escape its draft radius entirely. Oh, and DON'T BE IN A CAR WHEN YOU'RE ANYWHERE NEAR A TORNADO.
Pretty sure he woulda been screwed if he didn’t move in the early part of the video.
And he didn't even move far, meaning that tornado literally brushed by him.
This is one of the most incredible videos of all time. Here you have before you, not but a parking lot away, one of Nature's most destructive and powerful phenomenons.
This is a fully fleshed-out, powerful tornado in a urbanized setting. At the time, it was considered an EF5 and to be so close to it... it really gives you an idea of how localized these events really are, and how predictable they can be for an experienced chaser.
In this video you get everything... the surface level destruction, the fine detail of the funnel, you see all the suction vortices, you can clearly hear the sound (like 1,000 waterfalls). The reality here is nothing Hollywood could ever duplicate, but the madness of this scene is ironically something right out of a natural disaster movie; I can't think of any other relevant comparison for something like this. Quite an incredible event to have witnessed and essentially immortalized here on the internet.
It's absolutely incredible.
***** 252. I've seen many documentaries about that terrible day. I became a follower of Alabama's James Spann.
Nancy Mattus I live in Alabama I was a munchkin when this happened I was safe though as long as I my iPad and apple
I believe we have carl sagan in the comment section
@AmericanMan44 Rest in peace. God bless the families.
Could you imagine being in that building while the tornado passes right over it?
You were crazy close, dude. Glad you weren't harmed.
I was in my house when a tornado touched down 2 miles away it sounded the the roof was being ripped apart and we just moved from Huntsville to Madison
+Dillion M (RockDMac88) what type of tornado was it
+Andy Elkins F2
+Andy Elkins EF-4
I got hit in my house lots of people died thankfully not me and fam it was scary do not want to do that again
Jason sounds pretty darned scared at the end of that video, but that took bawls 'o steel to sit there in that vehicle and record that freaking close to the twister. Was a miracle the RFD didn't catch you or flying debris struck your position....awesome footage....
Robbie Langley that’s when his adrenaline hit
Tornados got to be some of the creepiest weather phenomena ever.
I love tornadoes videos but they can be very dangerous weather nature on earth have you ever seen a tornado in person I'm just wondering ok
I never saw a tornado in person before.
@@johnfoltz8183 I once almost had a tornado form in front of the house I was living at in Williamston, NC. It was surreal to watch it try to form in my opinion.
i saw a tornado once. I was in my house and i looked out the window and it was just *chillin* and then it got mad wnd threw a stick at my window. I beleive it was an f3
@@dpflack1744 bro can u like get off the internet ty okay bye
I was in an apartment just behind that Gamestop when this hit. Amazingly destructive storm, and a lot of lives lost. Will never forget that day.
Lucky the tornado didn't stop for games
The tornado: i want call of duty ww II on the ps4 please
@@kmshutton9152 GameStop would you like to join our pointless club for $20?
Tornado: hold my beer.
Ooo please say it destroyed Game Stop and they never recovered
They ripped the tornado off
I'll stop
I just moved to Tuscaloosa a few months ago for work. I was about 18 when this happened, living in a part of Birmingham where the damage wasn't as bad and really didn't quite grasp the gravity of this at the time. Now that I live here and am so familiar with exactly where this is being filmed I'm getting goosebumps
Here in 2018 tuscaloosa, haven’t had tornadoes in a long time, let’s hope that monster doesn’t come back anytime soon.
We have a strong potential for tornadoes in the Tuscaloosa & Birmingham area tomorrow 😭
I love pizza 13938272 Tomorrow may change that🙃 hopefully not though.
2020 Tuscaloosa, all is good so far but today we could get something 😬
What do you mean "haven't had tornadoes in a long time"? Northern Alabama gets hundreds of tornadoes a year, dude, and it's been 9 years since the big outbreak. How are you not aware of all those tornado warnings every spring? Did you think they were joking?
Johan Faul in my part of Alabama we literally haven’t had anything
These types of videos are the exact reason why they are able to give 15 to 20 minute warnings that the storm is producing tornadoes. People have more time to respond and can get to their safe places. Great job.
People that get up close to tornados have my respect off the bat...
I live in Birmingham and this very tornado hit Pleasant Grove which is close to us and destroyed a large portion of that community. All of us were in my dad's basement and I knew the twister was close when the sky turned green and debris started falling from the sky. After it was over I went out and started examining some of the stuff in our yard and in the street. Large sections of someone's boat was in the street and I had pieces of paper from Tuscaloosa some 50 miles away in our yard. The tornado came within a half mile of us so we were blessed ! This is some of the best footage, and the closest, of a monster tornado I have ever seen. The April 27th tornado outbreak made history and so did you Jason, thanks for the footage sir.
I remember your experience well, sir... Now, from your earlier post just now, another tornado passed by you close once again???
We have had two more close calls since this one Koji. On this day though over 250 people lost their lives in Alabama. Most tornados are much smaller and less powerful. That day, April 27th, 2011, was the worst day in recorded history for loss of life by tornados and their ferocity !
I also live near Birmingham. We had a DCH medical center street sign in a tree. That's the large hospital near the University of Alabama. It's 70 miles away and it is a heavy metal sign like you'd see along the interstate.
I used to live and work in Tuscaloosa so I know exactly what you are referring to Tom. This was one scary event that I hope doesn't ever repeat sir.
I said I "hope" it never repeats but you are correct, natural disasters and horrific weather events are on the rise.
This man was literally one parking lot away from the tornado. Much respect.
Here's the thing about a tornado like this. This was a violent tornado. Tornadoes like these are known to spit out satellite tornadoes a decent ways away from the parent tornado. And those horizontal vortices (the evil tentacles coming out of the tornado) are in the strongest tornadoes. He's lucky a satellite tornado didn't spin up on him.
Still incredible. Watched this 50 times and im still amazed. You have the balls of a very large balled person. This is one of if not the greatest tornado video on the web to date. You literally risked you're life to give us this incredible footage and for that i bow to you sir.
"You have the balls of a very large balled person." is wonderful.
Well now i know. They do sound like freight trains. Hands down the most profound tornado example of all time. If there were such an award i would surely grant it to you. Thanks for posting.
Yeah, I remember like... 2017, 2018... maybe 2020? Don't remember which year but it was around the time of the pandemic or a few years prior. I remember siren head was JUST getting popular and I jokingly said "I wish siren head would appear" and then lightning struck right in front of the window. I jumped up in a panic and ran upstairs. I was at my grandpa's house at the time, which didn't have a basement. I heard a freight train like noise and my mom yelled up jokingly "(real name)! There's a tornado!" In which I started crying and she said she was kidding. But the next day, when she went outside, shingles were missing, trees were fallen down, and branches were everywhere. Turns out a tornado did actually fly above us and we genuinely dodged a bullet. I have terrible memory, but remember it like it was yesterday.
For those of you who complain about this video, please shut up. This guy had the balls to get this close to it to provide quality footage while you either lived safe in another state or huddled in your basement. Kudos to you, Jason, you have my respect sir.
Leahcim I have done it. Multiple times. I'm not saying this storm isn't unbelievable because it's certainly one of the best looking tornadoes I've seen, but again, his reactions are as if he didn't know what he was doing or he didn't realize what he was getting into.
Prop-Jet Electra I never said it wasn't emotional. I just think he reacted as if he was realizing, "what am I doing?"
Prop-Jet Electra The video where it first touches down is pretty spectacular considering it touches down as already probably a quarter to half mile wide. But yea, it quickly became indistinguishable
It also takes balls to keep your cool under pressure...
***** It also takes a minimum amount of effort to NOT be a complete fuckboy. Looks like you somehow fucked that one up.
damn, you can hear and feel that moment he went from adrenaline fueled to shock
you could feel this poor man’s roller coaster of emotions through this video with little words spoken
Person that took this has some balls. I'd be running away so damn fast to a basement.
heyeveryoneimcool Yeah me too,most definitely!!!
Not me i will be running to the tornado
brickarms man lego I don't think you would with this one
brickarms man lego me too cuz I love tornadoes so much!
Jaeger Does stuff I’d run into any one small or big
Probably the best eyewitness video of this monster. Kudos to the guy who filmed this. Honestly, there are no words that could describe both the beauty of raw power and utter horror that this video captured in that funnel cloud.
Today is December 22, 2015. I have lived in Tuscaloosa all my life (16yr old) and I remember when this tornado hit. Truly a tragic day but it changed our city forever. My dad was a manager at a store in that shopping center and also works for the local radio. His store was damaged (roof fell in and glass broke) but thankfully all was good. As for the radio he ended up staying at the radio station pretty much all day for at least a week. Hard to look back on this event knowing some personally who were effected and some who even died. Even though this hit county wide, we are stronger now than we were before! Roll Tide!!
War Eagle.
+bamagts cool to see you're a bama fan but the language is not needed. I gladly welcome Ember Collins comment thought the language I do not like. It's is truthfully not needed.
+Ember Collins not to mention 80+ people DIED in this city, and you come and say war eagle. LOL WEAK
+Ember Collins I am not offended by your comment.
+Cavalier Gaming apologies for language but to read that triggered ager as my town was destroyed that day by an EF5 minutes before this storm spawned.
No matter how many times I watch this video I'm amazed and in awe of this tornado and this incredible footage. Kudos to the guy getting this I'd be scared out of my damn mind!
Five years today...will never forget that day. Any southerner probably experienced some bad storm or even a tornado that day/night. We had a close call here in TN but all was well. Tuscaloosa...man.
+alyssa rumore that's good to hear! I was just down in Birmingham on NYE and we went through a bit of Tuscaloosa and all seemed well but I of course am not sure what part was actually hit.
+alyssa rumore actually, now that I recall, we didn't really go through Tuscaloosa but rather the outskirts on the side closest to Birmingham. I know a lot of the surrounding areas were affected by storms too but from what I saw, mostly everything seemed to be normal. A tornado actually hit Birmingham a few days prior to this past NYE and we saw damage from it. Regardless, I'm glad to hear the city has rebounded from the tragedy! :)
***** thank you for informing me! I'll totally look into the pictures.
Luckily I was not affected, but I watched James Spann's broadcast while the storms tore through Alabama. I lived in Lawrenceville,GA at the time, and I'm still not sure how zero storms came through the Atlanta metro that night. There were 15 significant tornadoes in Georgia that night, but they all hit to the NW or south of Atlanta.
Basshead 🖖🏻
Mother Nature is destructively beautiful in many ways.
I like this video, the camera is a little shakey but hats off to the gentleman taking the video for remaining pretty quiet and letting us hear the sound of the storm along with the video. It was clear that the person taking the video was quite scared, and rightly so. Got some really good video combined with some good audio of the storm. Thumbs up to this person for being able to control their fear, work the camera, not ramble on or yell and scream like some people do. Thanks for a very good video. Nice job. Glad you survived and were not harmed. Take care.
Scott Currier I'm glad that GOD was with the person who took this scary video foot of such a violent tornado. He is truly is a forever hero.
Agreed......however he was incredibly lucky not to get struck by flying debris, nor pulled in by inflow winds. That was WAY too close for comfort. I would have been shitting my pants at twice that distance away!
He's shaking because the wind being pulled towards tornado. Only a tripod would help, if it didn't blow over.
Scott Currier there’s a chance he’s one of those people who just get quiet when they’re scared. Even after it passed he was silently crying.
he was silent because he was really scared. u scream and shout only if u r not that scared. this is like frozen.
This is like clear footage and it was recorded in 2011. Mass respect
Are we going to pretend HD recordings didn’t exist in 2011?
This was the worst day of my life. I thank God I'm still alive and hear
This is about the scariest tornado video I've seen
This guy held together in a moment of true terror, respect.
It's hard to believe it's been 7 years. 7 years ago today.
Brian Mears My husband and I came down and volunteered to help for Red Cross after it hit. A friend we made took us along the damage path. I will never forget what I saw or the stories I heard. Ever.
Brian Mears seven years ago we visit Tuscaloosa a week after Da tornado and Da city was all derranged seem like a war went on down there things was all torned up churches and everthing
One of the best tornado videos of all time
Protip: If the tornado isn't moving sideways, it's coming directly at you or moving away from you.
Or away from you.
@@p0tent49 true
@@p0tent49if it looks like its getting bigger
Yup.
@@weatherboy2965 hey there I have a question for you have you ever seen a tornado in person I'm just wondering ok bud .
Sir that tornado seen you sitting in the car video taping and turned slightly quietly whispering to itself. Balls!! That man has a set of balls!!
Yes and it is impossible to stop from shaking if u are terrified and fear being killed.....it’s involuntary shaking, happen to me once when I was forced to play russian rollette and three bullets were in the gun, then held a gunpoint for 5 hours til it was over and he took off allthe sudden...
This is my favorite video of a tornado ever. It's amazing how close you got and we really get to see that raw power first hand! Must have been terrifying to you! Glad you got out of there safe!
@JasonRosolowski, I have seen this footage you took that day, so many times, I always keep coming back to see it. I also watched one of the interviews you did about shooting this video that day. You said you were too close, and it was stupid to be that close. But you also said, although you are a storm chaser, this was your 1st tornado...... Man, I think you made all the right choices that day. You had no idea, it was going to cross that close to you. I think you have done something a lot of storm chasers will never get to do. But in all reality majority of storm chasers, do things that us non storm chasers would think is absolutely crazy and we would never imagine in a million years of doing. But to me that is what defines a storm chaser. And you by all means and definition, are a true storm chaser. I think you earned your badge of honor and bravery that day! Keep chasing and keep sharing your amazing videos.
Recommended to me in 2019. Still the most incredible raw first hand footage of a tornado I've ever seen in my life.
Look up Dick McGowan's footage from the Katie-Wynnewood OK tornado. Much more detailed and intense, same, EF-4.
God this brings me back to being in North Alabama and hearing about a lot of this the next day. I was 10 at the time and didn't truly understand loss like this.
JASON YOU HAD GOOD SENSE WHILE FILMING THIS VIDEO.YOU STAYED SAFE AND THEN I COULD HEAR ALL THE EMOTION WHEN YOU SAW ALL THE DESTRUCTION.YOU'RE A FINE LEVEL HEADED PERSON.
just wow. no matter how many times I've watched this and even with all the maybe-too-close encounters I've had myself with tornadoes i still could not possibly imagine the feeling of this experience. this is some of the most insane footage i have ever seen
even after 3 years this video gives me chills, the noise, the immense raw power of nature captured too close for comfort, but you don't see many vids with the ghost train at 5:10 and that's why I come back to it, I hope and pray your city and state has begun to heal and return to a new normal
I refer to this video for the ghost train and the one about the el reno tornado for when im teaching people about tornados
What is a ghost train? The noise?
Lol no, the ghost train is the rear flanking downdraft at the end of the tornado, notice after the tornado has past he looks the other way and you can see clouds on the ground being sucked into the storm. Most people can get caught in that part and its almost as dangerous as the tornado itself. A good video to watch as an example of that is the may 31st el reno tornado i forget his name but i know it has robinson in it he gets hit by the ghost train while filming the tornado going by.
Dan robinson is his name ok look up his video on may 31st el reno tornado
Ok, thank you! I will watch Dan Robinson's video.
My testicles were up by my liver the entire video. I also now have diarrhea.
They still have not recovered.
AwesomeFaceHD LMFAOOOOO HAHAHAHSH
LMAO
We were a mile away when that tornado came through
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1:18 that's unbelievable how strong that tornado is.
There are many great tornado videos, but only select ones I keep coming back to. This is one I keep coming back to. The sights and sounds from 4:15 on especially may be the best capture of all time. How this guy even got into his car with balls that big is beyond me.
I've watched a lot of tornado videos on here and this one is by far the scariest I've ever seen.
My dad and I were on our way to the Talladega Nascar races that weekend. On that day, we stopped in Tuscaloosa for lunch and then left about 20 minutes before it hit. Scary stuff.
ACLegoDude: Oh wow.. It's very good that u survived though
OMG!! This is one brave soul & the best video I’ve ever seen of a tornado😦. And the only one I’ve seen from the ground actually touching it 😦😦. You were SO flippin close I almost passed out. Great job!!
Incredible footage, shaking or not, unbelievably close to one of the most powerful tornados in history. It shows how easy it is to be fooled that the tornado is sitting still, when it’s moving in your direction. This person is lucky to be alive.
What kind of person put thumbs down this is real life
Probably because the guy put his life in danger for a video. I did really enjoy watching it though.
Because the video sucks!
Mark Warren What do you expect when a giant EF4 tornado is tearing up a mall right in front of you? How will you handle the situation? A normal person here wouldn’t even worry about getting footage.
@@trafficconesupmyass7695 some ppl are just trolls and haters of everything...
@@markwarren7116 How so?
Thank you got not being like Reed Timmer and screaming your head off! One of the greatest I've seen to date!!
Keep in mind this was like 5 yrs ago
Omg. Out of the thousands of tornado videos I’ve watched, this footage is phenomenal. Wow. This cameraman takes you into the real deal. Wow. Just wow.
wow!!! I've watched many hundreds of tornado videos and this could be the most incredible footage I've seen.
I feel like this was an EF5 at some point between Tuscaloosa and Birmingham after it went though Holt, AL. It practically produced EF5 damage near Holt.
It appears the safest place to be during a tornado is inside Belk
lol
Don't ever do this. Ever. The RFD on an EF4 or 5 can flip your car even when you're not close.
very true but I wonder if he wasn't intentionally putting himself into harms way but perhaps leaving the mall and just got caught up in the moment. His audible reactions makes it seem as such.
He was already in the parking lot, as the tornado approached him. Its hard to avoid RFD if your in a vehicle, in a Parking lot, And the tornado passes right by you. Not a lot of places he could really go. As you can see in the video.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Get caught by a inflow jet and your car is suddenly a airplane.
Ye Olde Ghost Traine
@@em-loof-tonnac He had more than enough time to get on a southbound road and put distance between himself and the danger zone. Instead he sat there filming it for several minutes. At 60 MPH that's a mile a minute. He could have easily put miles between himself and the path of the funnel.
I imagine he thought the only danger was the funnel itself and was ignorant of the rest of the storm structure that's extremely dangerous.
He was directly in the path of a massive EF4/EF5 tornado, had plenty of time to clear the danger and just sat there filming. I don't think it was balls. I think it was ignorance to the full nature and structure of this type of violent event and the imminent danger at hand.
Great footage but he's one lucky bastard.
this is one of the clearest shots i’ve seen of a tornado good job bro
Dude 4:17 literally looks like a movie like my mind can’t comprehend how terrifying that looks
Can't believe it's been a decade. To this day this is some of the most intense and raw footage I've seen on the internet of a twister close-up.
The fact that he kept his hands relatively steady is amazing
Naw it was like he was making popcorn on the stove top. But awesome footage.
@@zbruh83 lmao
this is one of the best tornado videos I have ever seen. The most horrific part is that there were no tornado sirens. I can't imagine the damage this monster caused even after seeing damage on videos. Thank God you were not sucked up into the inflow of that monster.
This is by far” the SCARIEST tornado video ever” all time best video. Number 1. The Tornado is Massive.
This is scary, but there are many other ones that are far more terrifying.
@@spartan7911 Once you get close to that dark, black, terrifying, cloud of terror back on May 31st, 2013, you're in for a scare. That large blob wasn't just a bunch of rain, it's a massive tornado.
I'm guessing that this was your audition for Storm Chasers.
vch✊🎣oi
good point. CLEARLY this person doesn't care about their life. Jesus.
He is not that close to it. He moved so he was away from it so I think YES he did care about his life
Cathy Rasmussen
I disagree. And he's not a storm chaser as I hope you are not. Well, I don't care actually. Do whatever, it's not my life.
he never claimed to be a Storm chaser and if you watch the entire video he stays away from it he never drove towards it. he was in a good position to see it. I noticed early on before he started to drive it looks like the tornado is not even moving. It's hard to tell. No I am not a Storm chaser and i don't live anyplace close to the mid west. I would probably freak out if I saw something that huge. :-)
Jason, I've watched this many times and appreciate the nuances ... the moment you seem to realize you need to get to the south end of the lot; lights flickering in the shopping center across the street; in-flow winds kicking up rain off the street around you; the terrifying roar of such a powerful tornado, so close at your 9 o'clock; and the RFD whipping around after it passes. I wonder about the buzzing sound in your car. It goes away suddenly, toward the end. Did the radio station get knocked off-air, and you just thought to turn the radio off after you drove under the Regions drive-thru?
@Southeastern777 Wow!!!! It's unbelievable how close he was. I was wondering about those sounds as well. Was that a hovering helicopter towards the end?
@Southeastern777 you do see it though 5:22
Wtf is that lol. It really does look like a helicopter
@@SEngland1985 lol like I really want to know!
@@Littlething41 I google street mapped it,it's some kind of War Memorial..There's a jet,a helicopter,and a tank..maybe a Vietnam war memorial?
Definitely the most impressive video footage of a tornado I ever seen
Best footage ever coming through the Mall area! Wow hands down 👀👏👏
This literally the scariest thing
I have ever seen in my life. I can’t imagine being there in person. Dude was crazy, but had balls of steel.
Great video. Sounds like you were really having some anxiety over what this was doing to your town or the strain of being that close to that much power. I was feeling for you, man. I mean I was bunching up the chair cover just watching it. What was the source of the electric hum? Thanks for sharing, you got some cajones my man.
The radio stations studio was off but the transmitter wasn't
253 people died on this day in Alabama. The weather systems swept through in 2 waves. We had 62 tornadoes in this state starting at 0430 in the am.
Your footage is BEYOND UNBELIEVABLE. Glad you are safe. Wow.....
I am looking at this, and it reminding me that tornados season is on the way.
Even six years later, this is still the most incredible tornado video I've ever seen
When the tornado passes GameStop with all the debris in tow, "best I can give you is 10 bucks".
Big funny
8 years ago I saw this video for the first time. Here I am 8 years later and this video still is some of the most incredible footage I’ve ever seen. The close up of the horizontal suction vortices at 4:20 and the trees beneath them being swallowed whole while the roar of a beast rips its way through the area only a mere hundreds of yards from the camera. It’s just something you can watch in awe over and over again
Jason, I can't stop watching this..you did a great job, I would have run like the wind! I've watched hundreds of tornado videos and I think this is the scariest one I've ever seen!
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@@dpflack1744 what does this have to do with a tornado video?
You look and sound like you were having a panic attack at the end of the video.
Hmmm, I wonder why. -_-
missmckinleyxo hey now, don't shit on my observation missy :)
😂😂
aran125 probably thought about his family
Imagine that! Side-swiped by a tornado will do that to you.
When that monster is passing Belk. You can see a horrifying face.
I see it repeatedly.
@@blonderoast3032 I wrote a poem about a Tornado that was forming above me in Michigan, it began,
" BRUISED PLUMS DOMED THE REGION ".Imagine that.
This is one of the best videos of a tornado. Thankyou for not the music and comment... it is pure video.
Its blows my mind its been 9 years. I hope we never see another day like this here in Alabama or anywhere again.
Here we are March 17th 2021
@@mistydawn5061 Where I am it ain’t even raining it’s just barely cloudy and I’m supposedly in the “high risk” zone lol
@@jonadams867 😂😂
And yesterday XD
@@DeepdelverChespin Lmao Nope the tornadoes that destroyed Eagle Point on 280 was a quarter mile from my house 😂
I remember this. I live over about a mile and a half or two miles. It hit us hard. My mom and I were lucky to be alive.
I'm just hearing about this town and the devastation 10 years later. Holy shit this video was equally terrifying and fascinating.
If you search "April 27, 2011 tornado outbreak", you'll see how many tornadoes hit our state that day. We were on "alert" pretty much from morning till evening. I tried to get home to my family but I was cut off by a tornado and had to turn around and drive to a friend's house. I was driving 95 mph down a highway to outrun it. We didn't have power for at least a week. It was truly horrifying
@@annacatherinehays3150 I was drunk & slept through it- I didn't realize what happened until that night. I worked at the Longhorn in this video I got off early
Amazing footage! I can't believe all the suction vertices reaching out like fingers!