Fun fact, during the 1974 Super Outbreak, there were so many tornadoes on the ground in Indiana at one time that one TV station issued a tornado warning for the entire state, the only time so far that this has ever happened in any state.
If one wiped Chicago off the map Illinois would suddenly become a much better place. They don't give a fuck about the rest of the state nor do they even represent us whatsoever. Even us Illinoisans hate Illinois and it's all thanks to Chicago. They'd have us turn into another California.
It's obvious why Alaska's ranked at the bottom. You don't need tornadoes to cause mayhem in Alaska when you've got the Alaskan bullworm. Which might I add, is BIG, scary, PINK, and forced the people of a city to push their whole city to another spot even though it was still destroyed by it. Despite its small size, Rhode Island made up for this in not just tornadoes, but it was also once the state with the longest state name. Up until 2020, its official name was the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. After voters decided to drop the Providence Plantations part in 2020, it lost the longest state name title to its longtime rival, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I live in Alaska and I'm thankful that all we have to worry about is Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Tsunamis, Forest fires, Bear Attacks, the Bullworm (obviously) and freezing to death. The tornadoes are probably too scared to come here.
Moore, Oklahoma is Tornado Alley point blank. I say that as a lifelong resident. We have to get in the cellar at least twice a year. When I was a kid only like 1 of 10 houses in an area had a shelter. Now there are shelters in or near every house. I feel way safer now days. People used to hide under bridges until May 3, 1999 made that a horrible idea. Gary England and David Payne are the GOAT weather men in my opinion.
@@Bbpierced yes ma’am. The last couple years I’ve had multiple supercells capable of producing tornadoes come over my place. All low hanging rotations but fortunately no touch downs. By now everyone who lives here is good about being weather aware and we keep each other safe and Check on one another. It’s been over ten years since the big one hit so hopefully it stays that way.
one of the most recent ones just missed us and it really shook up our town! i can’t imagine how it would be for multiple close calls like that, much less multiple a year!
Yeah, I used to live in Moore, I was in both the 1999 and 2013 F5 tornadoes. The 1999 had the highest wind speeds ever recorded in a tornado, it lifted some types of tornado shelters right out of the ground so that changed how they built tornado shelters. I remember watching video of that tornado in the days afterwards that had been recorded by one of the people that sheltered under the overpass and survived. That horror sticks in my mind seeing people sucked from under the overpass. He filmed a family with 2 small children running towards the overpass, they didn't make it there and the dad had the 2 children hang onto an interstate guardrail and he got on top of them and hung on, the video of the mother shows her running towards them and suddenly starts getting blown backwards then is lifted straight up. The man and children miraculously survived, the mother was found over a quarter mile away. The stuff nightmares are made of. But that video let meteorologist get the word out to never shelter under a bridge or overpass; it actually causes a wind tunnel and is the worst place you can be. You are right Gary England and David Payne are the GOATS. David Payne was a storm chaser where Gary England was the meteorologist and he has amazing video of the 1999 F5 that he chased.
The Joplin tornado happened when I was 12 going on 13. As a child growing up in tornado alley i was a big fan of movies like Twister and was always infatuated with their alarming power and capabilities. Never in my wildest dreams could I have Imagined how much it’d change my hometown. It was devastating, crippling the city in ways you can never imagine. The death toll alone connected/touched everyone in the city, the devastation and poverty were unprecedented . I’m only 24 and I have never witnessed anything quite like this trauma before. Glad to hear it was mentioned, you just never know how long will go on after you survive these situations.
I’ve lived in north Texas DFW area my whole life, and the first dream I remember having was a dream about running from a tornado.😅 I vividly remember that when I looked at the tornado, it was stormy in the sky, but the tornado was literally a floating tomato🍅 in the sky. I was around 2 years old and didn’t even know what a tornado looked like. All I knew was that it coincided with storms
Liberal Democrats will not rebuild smaller places like Joplin after emergencies. They want everyone out of the countryside and into the cities. They hate rural people.
Same exact experience for me. I live in western KY. On Nov 15th 2005 when i was in 4th grade, we got dismissed early from school due to approaching extreme weather. It was an outbreak, 49 tornadoes total. The strongest of which, was an F4 (before EF scale). I saw it from my dads jeep, as a funnel. It touched down and destroyed multiple brick homes in Madisonville/Earlington, but nobody was killed thankfully. I was too young to really understand the weight of something like that. I became obsessed with tornadoes, watching footage online, watching movies like twister. Then, on Dec 10 2021 (he mentions it in this video) we woke up one morning and it was about 70 degrees and sunny all that day. Not a cloud in the sky. I knew that was bad. A historic long LONG track ef4 tornado ripped right through my hometown of Dawson Springs and decimated over 60% of the entire downtown. After already producing tornadoes in Arkansas, NW Tennessee, then hitting Cayce KY, Hickman county KY, Mayfield KY, and Southern Princeton KY. After my town it went on to kill in Bremen KY. You can find drone footage of Dawson Springs the day after. It was bad bad. 16 were killed from my hometown alone. It missed my house by about 3/4ths of a mile and missed my grandmothers house by less than 1/4th of a mile.. Ever since then, I've had PTSD and even the slightest indication of a tornadic storm drops my heart into my stomach
I'm from Oklahoma and I do agree with your ranking. What's strange about it though is I have spent 30 years of my life here and 25 all over the nation. (I was in the military so we moved a lot.) I have seen 5 tornadoes in my lifetime. None of those were in Oklahoma strangely. I have definitely seen the damage from them afterwards as many nearby communities have been hit. I have even had two times that I have been traveling here in the state and within a few hours of leaving a place it was hit. Just weird luck i guess.
@@DarkPrevaitor ive lived in oklahoma my whole life now, and our town hasnt been hit by a tornado in a long time, the 2013 moore tornado barley missed it. we have what we call a "Tornado Bubble" over our town just south of OKC.
Massachusetts Native here. I was 14 when the 2011 outbreak occurred. I’d been fascinated by Tornados at the time and went deep into the rabbit hole of tornados, learning everything I could, hoping one day I’d see one (safely of course). Imagine my surprise and shock to see my hometown of Springfield get ravaged by the outbreak. My house and family were fine, and there was only minor damage done to my grandmas house. The horror came when my family tried to leave the state south and when we got to Enfield CT, my mom got word another tornado just touchdowned just north of Enfield, so my family booked it hard South. After a while, the storms subsided and we traveled back home north. The damage was astounding to see. Thankfully no one in my family was hurt but I sadly can’t say the same for many in Springfield. It was a hell of a time living in a state I never thought to see a tornado in.
I live in Tishomingo, Ok. We were spared the night Sulphur got torn up. There were many Tornadoes that followed that same Marietta, Ardmore,Sulphur,Ada path that night. Some of that outbreak had us in the cellar that evening.
i went there on saturday with my grandparents to look at all the damage, and it almost had me crying! i saw this little minion thingy and it had a sign that said "i survived the 2024 sulphur tornado!"
I'm from Kansas and even I think the crown deserves to be worn by Oklahoma, purely based on the numerous record breaking tornadoes they've had. I absolutely knew from the beginning of the video that Kansas and Oklahoma would pretty much be neck and neck. Awesome video in general, I totally agree with *most* of your rankings!
I don't live in any states in tornado or dixie alley, but I knew it would probably be head to head between Kansas, Oklahoma, & Texas. I'm surprised Texas didn't rank higher, because while I get it's a huge state, it also has had the most tornadoes ever recorded.
Where did you get your information? Kansas has had over 400 more tornadoes all time than Oklahoma has. Kansas also averages 96 tornadoes a year while Oklahoma averages only 62. Kansas has way more tornadoes.
1:54 = Alaska 2:26 = Hawaii 2:48 = Nevada 3:10 = Vermont 3:37 = California 4:04 = Maine 4:47 = Oregon and Washington State 5:11 = Utah 5:50 = New Hampshire 6:28 = Idaho 6:59 Rhode Island 7:20 = Arizona 7:36 = New Jersey 7:50 = New Mexico 8:37 = Montana 9:08 = Wyoming (also my second favorite state) IM GONNA POST THIS AND EDIT THIS SO I DONT LOOSE MY PROGRESS FROM MY PC SHUTTING OFF 9:44 = Delaware 10:03 = New York 10:43 = West Virginia 11:04 = Connecticut 11:19 = Maryland 11:40 = Virginia 12:00 = Massachusetts Yall tell me if you want me to skip to A tier or do all states! When i get some replies of the question, Ill see how many want it! BYEEE IM TAKING A BREAK 12:47 = Florida 13:30 = North Carolina 13:58 = South Carolina 14:33 = Pennsylvania 15:10 = North Dakota 15:32 = Colorado 15:59 Ohio 16:36 = South Dakota 16:55 = Georgia 17:23 = Kentucky 17:53 = Louisiana 18:26 = Michigan 18:58 = TENNESSEEE! WOOO MY FAVORITE STATE! LET'S GET IT 19:39 = Arkansas 20:24 = Missouri! 21:17 = Wisconsin (there you go) 21:47 = Minnesota 22:29 = Nebraska 23:12 = Illinois 23:42 = Indiana 24:23 = Texas 25:44 = Mississippi 27:04 = Alabama 27:57 = Iowa 29:16 = Kansas 29:58 = Oklahoma THERE IM DONE!
As someone who was born and lived in Oklahoma for a lot of my life, I can agree with this. Most houses have a tornado shelter in the backyard for a reason, and if you don't have one, you know someone close by who does.
when i was a kid (from birth to the age of 7) i lived in Mississippi. i experienced two “tornadoes”, both i faintly remember. one was not an official tornado as it never touched down, but there was a warning and did quite a bit of damage to my town. the other, i’m not sure about. i was probably a toddler when it happened but i remember running into a hotel through crazy winds when i was out of town visiting family. these experiences probably sparked my atmospheric sciences obsession, i’ve been reading and learning about tornadoes since i was 6. my dream is to actually see a tornado (from a safe distance). anyways, i never would have thought that Mississippi would be that high on the list! i never realized how many it’s had.
Also to add to it, not only is does Oklahoma have the largest tornado on record, the 1999 Bridge Creek- Moore tornado was also home to the fastest wind speeds ever recorded on planet earth. Great video!
@@Nexpeon El Reno is the "BIGGEST" tornado ever caught on tape. Bridge Creek- Moore was the "FASTEST" wind speeds ever recorded. Both were very fascinating tornadoes
Even scarier than that, its been surmised the tornado to the north of the OKC that was near Cimmaren City on the same night, was even stronger and bigger, but failed to hit a populated area during its strongest state. That was a crazy day, an EF4 rolled into south Wichita that same day and killed 6 people, but there were so many big tornadoes during that outbreak that not many remember it.
@@jcamp788 the Mulhall tornado? That’s the largest tornado ever measured by radar. The core flow was 1 mile wide, and the tornado extended anywhere from 2.8-4.3 miles wide. It looked like a mini hurricane it was so absurdly large. The wind speeds in the sub-vortices averaged 245-260 mph! Thankfully the core flow blasted past Mulhall by about a mile, but even then the town sustained F4 damage. Had THAT tornado tracked any closer to Mulhall, the damage would’ve exceeded what was seen at Bridge Creek. I even suspect it would’ve been close to warranting an F6 rating.
Highly recommended video topic for you: in CA, at least one of its EF3s was a 2018 fire tornado. Major outlets reported at the time that it was not a common gustnado you see in fires, but an actual tornado. A forest fire had such an intense updraft it caused a "pyrocumulus" cloud to form overhead and drop an EF3 tornado with 140mph winds right onto the fire. The story has always blown me away and I've wanted someone to shed light on it for a while.
I remember the El Reno tornado. I was at my aunts house and all of our phones were going off, and it was hella dark outside. One of my scariest moments
This one formed right above my house I was young I did not know what was going on all I knew was to run to the storm shelter, I went outside after it was safe I looked out on the fields massive ground scouring most of the field was gone
That evening was pure chaos. The people on the west side of the metro trying to escape south due to advice from at least one TV meteorologist then being stuck in their cars. Then the torrential rain for hours caused flash flooding and a father and his small children drowned because they hid underground in a drainage pipe because the TV guys said get underground or go south so they went underground. It was like the meteorologists who usually tell people to take shelter immediately switched to run for your lives and the people did just that. The vibe from the experts was off that evening.
I live in Nebraska and we definitely belong on that list. I was closely involved in the 1980 tornado in Grand Island. They made a movie about that called Night of the Twisters. It got enough attention that President Jimmy Carter came to town. Then one of the ones in Nebraska a couple weeks ago was about 10 blocks from my house. Tornado Alley indeed
29:49 I have a strong personal connection to the Andover, KS tornado, despite living and being about a thousand miles away when it happened. About 4 years before the tornado, my dad was on a list of finalists for a job as the chief of police for Andover. My parents had picked out a house for us to buy and move into if he got the job. Instead, it went to someone else, and we eventually moved to a different state. When the Andover tornado happened and the national news was showing footage of the destruction it had caused, we saw the ruins of the house my parents had picked out! It's likely that if my dad had gotten that job, our family would have been killed in the tornado.
Gods plan if ya believe it wasn't his picked time for you if not the universe pulled your family out of danger I was leaving the house one day forgot my keys on the table took all about 10 seconds to grab them and get back In the car driving 55mph coming up to a intersection and a car blows through at like 80 mph me and my buddy look at one another he said had you not forgot the keys I'd took that car direct hit one my side I'd be gone and possibly you 2 it's crazy how things happen and wind up keeping you out of threatening situations
I was the manager on duty at the FAA's Autoated Flight Service Station on the Wichita airport that night. Watched it on radar for over two hours tracking from south of Wichita all the way up northeast of El Dorado. That was a terrifying night - phone lines were down and was unable to call relatives of mine that were in the path.
Wow thats crazy, I also have a story of a dodged could have been death my family decided to take a trip a while back we were choosing which week to do it on this week or the week after anyways we went on the trip it was Galveston Texas and once we got back we found out that if we went the next week instead of the one we went on we would have been caught in something i forgot what it was but it was something that caused death and we most likely would have died
I’m from Rochester, MN. After the F5 tornado, the father of the Mayo brothers was brought in by the sisters of St. Francis to build a clinic. He thought that the number of people in the area would not support it, but it grew rapidly. His two sons graduated college as physicians and joined the Rochester clinic. That’s how it all began.
Fellow Minnesotan! Looking on the map he uses, I couldn't find what I am about to talk about, but I do remember it well. A few years ago (2017 or 2018 I think), and everybody is in the downstairs bathroom. Sirens are going off outside, and were looking at the FOX website on a laptop. Changing between the broadcast and the NWS, we see 2 tornados in my city. One started north, headed east and made a 90° turn south. The other started to the south, went west, and again 90° to the north. It made a square around my area, like an orbit. They may have only been minor (no more than an EF2) but still, so... strange
As an Alabamian, James Spann is a LEGEND in this state! He saved tons of lives back in 2011 during the super outbreak. I have cousins that still to this day live in Tuscaloosa and every time me and my family went to visit them, we always checked out updates on the recovery for Tuscaloosa after the tornado of 2011. I pray we never see a day like that ever again.
Huntsvillian here lol I was 10 when it happened, crazy birthday for my brother too April 27th haha scary shit tho I remember seeing the 100% precipitation probabilities on the news and thinking "that's probably not good" since I'd never seen it before and don't think I have again
HE IS A LEGEND! Also, funny story, we had some family from New Jersey come to visit the state. They left our house and needed a place to stay for one night and I said, “Well, just don’t go to Tuscaloosa, there is always a bad storm there. And sure enough, I got text messages from my cousin explaining it was the worst storm they had ever witnessed. It was a pathetic storm compared to what Tuscaloosa normally gets lol
I think you selected your criteria wisely, considering there are so many factors to consider. With each state varying in so many ways, it's not easy to find a fair way to put them all on the same "playing field" when it comes to ranking natural disasters of any kind. Good job!
Growing up in Iowa but now raising a family in a less tornadic state, I feel kind of bummed that my kids probably won't experience "tornado culture". I looked forward to summer when I got to hang out with my family in the basement with a transistor radio waiting for tornadoes to pass. Good times.
It’s crazy because some people will say Iowa isn’t even part of tornado alley… it’s like uhh we have the second most tornadoes per mile in the country and third most overall with a huge amount of violent tornadoes, so why wouldn’t we be??
Born and raised in Oklahoma. Tornadoes are an unfortunate part of our lives here. I knew it would be close call between OK and KS. We’ve already been in the cellar once this season. Had tornado sirens going off again day before yesterday. It’s hard with a disabled child to try and decide when/if to start heading to the cellar.
I live in Dixie Alley. We have our fair share. Look at April 27, 2011. Also April 2nd and 3rd 1974. We live in areas where there are hills, mountains, and valleys. Many times we can’t see them approaching. Regardless of where one lives…tornadoes are terrifying. I’ve worked with multiple children who lost a significant family member of the family. Several lost both parents because they were spending the night with someone. Just scary and sad!
The Joplin tornado kind of shook the whole state. I was born and raised here in Missouri and live approximately 3 hours away and the storm later hit us but had MASSIVELY weakened by that point. I believe I read it was an f2 when it got here. I graduated high school that day and we knew we had the risk for bad weather that day but nobody imagined that a tornado that deadly would happen in Joplin.
I’m from the bootheel area and can agree that it shook people around here too. Loads of churches were preparing care packages and aid to load in trucks, trailers and vans to go help.
Growing up in southeastern Michigan my most vivid memories are the multiple tornados we were in. My great aunt was just telling me about her time as a child during the flint tornado and how horrible it was!
As someone who lives in Iowa, I'd totally believe we are so high in the ranking. While the number of tornadoes isn't that high, the amount of violent ones is so significant. Parkersburg still to this day isn't quite 100% since it was destroyed and most of the townspeople ended up moving away. Such a wild spot, but when you're basically the middle ground of a cold Minnesota and a warm Missouri, it's bound to happen.
Bugger off cornflake.boy ...it's the Sooner state by an F5 MILE!....uh...although I guess we are talking tragedies....uh well jes practicing my Trollin'....can't become a pro without practice, practice, practice!😬
I grew up in Alabama and I have to say that the April 27th, 2011 super outbreak was the scariest day of my life. The whole state was completely destroyed and we didn't have power for days. The days following the outbreak were really peaceful though and we managed to come back from it stronger than ever. I eventually moved to California when I got older but looking back at the time definitely makes me appreciate how nice the weather here is.
Same, as a northern Alabamian. It wiped out at least 75% of buildings in the city right next to us. And went through other parts of my city. Absolutley horrified, I think the only thing more people remember is "The Blizzard of '93"
Nah april 27th is more remembered I think. April 27th coming up once for a passing mention is kinda annoying but if you did all of it would’ve probably made the video hours long
I remember my mother making me come back home to their house in (middle east ish) AL from my apartment an hour away in GA just so she knew me and my 2 kids were safe. Even though we were lucky that the worst wasn’t close to us. We’re an hr and a half from Tuscaloosa. But I remember thinking to myself, I’m closer here to the outbreak than I was just staying at my apartment lol I eventually moved back to my hometown and in the past 5 years of being back here, there have already been at least 2 or 3 minor touchdowns and 1 big one (I think it was at least a F3 if not a 4) that shredded a bunch of houses down the road from here. That one jumped over into GA and tore Newnan up
Just stay out of Lake County. The summers here are not only extremely hot but also terrifying because it's literally California's tornado alley but for fires. I think 60% of this county has burned in the past 5 years.
missouri really is an odd case when it comes to weather in general. i’m from there and i’ve studied a lot of the events that happen here, and safe to say, no other state can claim the things we can. we have a fault line, there’s high tornado activity, we’re extremely flood prone, we get both blizzards and severe droughts, it can dip as low as -51 degrees in the winter and get as high as 118 in the summer, the list goes on. the weather in missouri is so insanely and unbelievably random at times, i find myself questioning if it even makes sense with my current understanding of climatology.
Fellow Missouri guy here, specifically STL, I can certify we have 12 sessions vs the 4 others have Anyone remember the crazy tornados in December of 2021?
I’m originally from Alabama, grew up with a fascinating for tornadoes. We had our test sirens go off the very 1st Wednesday of every month at 10am. I have since moved from Alabama to Oklahoma!! LOVEEEEE Oklahoma, having more flat lands also plays a huge part. But they test their sirens EVERY SATURDAY at Noon!!! That’s Insane!
My dad remembered it as a kid, because one of his friends from school didn't come back to school for a long time. Eventually when he did, it was revealed he lost his house in Xenia. And then in the recent years, the memorial day tornados... I now have nightmares 😭 15 in one night is no good.
I reside in Oklahoma, and I hadn't expected my state to be at the top of your list. While we're accustomed to tornadoes, this really brings it into perspective for me.
I was expecting Florida to be higher due to the consistent tornados it gets, especially during the hurricane season, but a lot of those far out coastal states don't necessarily get the stronger tornados nearly as consistently as the great plains states.
Hi. Im in Florida, and you’re right. We get a bunch but they are often related to big hurricane events. I’ve been through a cat 5 and there were so many mini tornados spawned it was insane. However, relative to the overall damage from hurricane force winds and giant storm surge, they almost seem insignificant- even though they really aren’t.
I'm from Central Florida and seeing a defined tornado like in the midwest is extremely uncommon. We have crazy severe storms during the summer that pass through quickly(15 minutes is a long storm)~ so I'm guessing the tornadoes we do get last seconds and are nearly indistinguishable from the storm itself. I've gotten plenty of tornado warnings but have never seen one or gotten any property damage from one. But you're right, hurricanes do play a massive part in the count, I'm sure!
Never imagined saying this before I saw this video, but this is like the Bob Ross Tornado history video. Who'd have thought a history of tornadoes could be this relaxing. Nice job.
Born and raised in Indiana and honestly wasn't expecting it to be so high. I didn't realize just how many tornadoes we've had here and how many were rather intense ones. It's certainly quite a lot given our states size.
I hear you. People really don't think of Indiana when they're talking tornadoes, but we have plenty here. I live just outside of Kokomo, and we had two within a few years that came right through Kokomo, and did a lot of damage. I can remember several from my childhood, that passed very close to us. I can totally understand a statewide tornado warning being issued, when you have storm fronts that span the entire state, and generate multiple tornadoes. I stood on my porch, and watched an f3 pass just blocks from my house in Greentown, which is about 5 miles east of Kokomo. BTW it didn't sound like a freight train....It sounded like thousands of screaming cats.
The weirdest thing about the El Reno Tornado was that it was big and scary but the extremely rural area it hit negated a lot of that potential tragedy. Instead, we had this awesome photo of the Vocational College with its display plane wedged up to its tail in the Aviation Training Center on our front page the next day instead of stories about bodies everywhere. Gotta love Oklahoma humor.
Kind of ridiculous how tense I was waiting to see where you'd rank Kansas, lmao. I was expecting us to be #2 but this video revealed to me that being raised in The Tornado State is like incredibly integral to my identity.
@@flyingblind5677 Surpsing to me KS has had more tornados overall and more F5s but i would agree OK is abit smaller and more populated than KS. Only major City is Wichita where as OK has OKC and Tulsa
@aaronwade1940 Kansas City, Kansas is not very big, if anything overland park would be the closest thing to a second major city in kansas. The kc metro is huge in kansas just not necessarily the city itself
As a resident of Alabama, I'm surprised we beat out most of the Tornado Alley states, though I'm sure part of the reason Tornado Alley makes the media coverage is because climbing the hills of Dixie in pursuit of a twister makes things much more challenging, when Tornado Alley is just flat. I also wasn't expecting that mention of James Spann.
I’m not surprised tbh. Mississippi and Alabama are known for having lots of long track tornadoes and have bad night tornadoes. Most tornadoes that occur in those states happen in late afternoon, evening, or night time hours when people aren’t expecting tornadic activity. Also those two states have way more forests and trees than plain states and makes spotting tornadoes much more difficult when it’s not dark outside. They are definitely the odd ball states when it comes to tornadoes. Lol
There's kinda two Tornado Alleys. Traditional Tornado Alley and Dixie Alley, with Alabama being the equivalent of Oklahoma. The hills and dense forests make chasing tornadoes in Dixie Alley a lot more difficult so it's no quite as famous. Tornadoes in this area, especially in Alabama, tend to happen around evening/nighttime and also tend to be rain-wrapped, which is why there's a lot less footage and another reason why they don't really get chased as much.
I just moved from Birmingham to Shreveport Louisiana and it took just one tornado warning to realize how much of an absolute G James spann is. Much like my ex girlfriend, I didn’t know what i had until it was gone 😢
I live in Arkansas and we get storm chasers who will live in Arkansas or stay in Arkansas during storm season to travel between tornado alley and Dixie alley and recently a lot of them have been saying that they are seeing more and more big tornados in Dixie alley compared to tornado alley.
Random asf, but I was absolutely shocked by your use of the old comcast weather channel/radar music. Hit me with a huge wave of nostalgia fr. I’m from Georgia, and that jazz loop always makes me think of falling asleep under severe storm warnings during the spring, and listening to the sound of rain. Gives me the most comforting type of anxiety, and I love it.
In April of1974, we lived about 15 miles from Xenia, Ohio. The power company set up a museum of tornado artifacts. A small rock had punched a hole in an electric meter and a bird moved in. They had a phone pole with a weed embedded in it. There was a section of blacktop that the tornado removed from a road or parking lot. I was 8 and will never forget that s*it.
It's very comforting to know that I live in the state that you picked for the top spot. I guess the fact is that it's bad enough to have the tornado with the highest recording wind speeds, the largest tornado of recorded history and my little town hit national news for getting hit by two tornadoes in one night and a third two nights later. A local news channel actually one some awards for their coverage of the damage my town received.
I lived in southwest Ohio when the 1974 super outbreak and lived in fear of tornadoes my whole life. I moved to Clearwater, Florida, where I got used to seeing green skies pop up at all times of day. I moved to northern California in the Sierra nevada foothills, where i never thought I'd see a tornado. One Christmas Eve, we had a small tornado literally chug up the road, pass between 2 apartment buildings, blow over our dumpsters, an airplane, and some cars. I'm back in Ohio, and we'll see how it goes. We've had a few so far.
As a Nebraska resident, I'm sad you didn't mention the "Night of the Twisters". It was an event in 1980, which a cell formed seven unique tornadoes on the city of Grand Island. From what I could find, one was an EF4, two were 3's, and then the rest were 2's and 1's. So not the most destructive system ever, having only three deaths from the whole ordeal, but over 300(if I'm not mistaken) injuries and is seen as one of the most unique storm systems to this day. Fun fact, the whole system had spawned over 25 tornadoes in just two days, over the span of multiple states.
There were five deaths and the destruction from the F4 was high-end F4, which is easily EF-5 using today’s scale. One of the craziest weather events in history. Three of the seven tornadoes were anti-cyclonic, too.
1980? I wonder if that’s the year I experienced a tornado, about 90 miles northwest of Grand Island. I would’ve been 7, I was at my Geanddad’s for a few days, and there was a tornado nearby. He told me we were going get in the car to drive away from it. We drove out and were pretty close to it, and suddenly it changed directions and headed straight for us. My granddad slammed on the brakes and did a quick U-turn to get away. Maybe 5 years ago I mentioned it to my dad. He said, “Your granddad didn’t drive to get away from the tornado, he drove out to look at it.” I instantly knew he was right, I don’t know why I had never thought of it before. My granddad was cool like that. 😎😂
I was 10 years old and living in Grand Island when that happened. It was an intense night. The tornado sirens were nearly constant. When they did stop, we'd have just enough time to see if the house was still standing before they'd start up again. Fortunately our house survived with only minimal hail damage.
My mother lived through the 1936 Tupelo, MS. tornado, pronounced Too pa low, and she said the death toll was much higher because there was a large Black population and many were killed because the tornado ripped through that part of town and they were not counted in the death toll.
Okay, two-part comment: 1) I saw the 2013 Hattiesburg tornado hit the university from my apartment across the street, through my apartment doors peephole. It was absolutely terrifying realizing you’re THAT close to a tornado AND you’re on the second story, AND you have no clue which first level neighbors may be home. Being from Indiana (I’ll come back to this in a sec), I KNEW better than to stay on the 2nd level, during any tornado warning, however I had laid down to take a nap and was only woke up by the sirens going off. I commented on your other video earlier about how we still need sirens for this very reason! I immediately grabbed my phone to call my neighbor to go to his first level apartment and grabbed my dog. Afterwards, we drove around to see the damage. Uprooted trees, downed power lines, flooding, the skies were still grey, dark and heavy- it was horrible. That day was one of the most surreal days of my life. 2) In a different video you mentioned how there is a lesser common tornado hotspot called “Hoosier alley.” I think it was the iceberg video but idr. I just wanted to comment on it saying how that’s fascinating that they’re starting to recognize Indiana as having its own nuisances with tornadoes. Growing up, I always thought Indy was in the infamous tornado alley until I got older and started seeing maps of tornado alley, and started wondering why in the heck we got hit with so many of them then if we weren’t even in that area! (Like that’s not fair, those things suck lol) Tornadoes are the scariest weather phenomenon to me. They’re soooooooo unpredictable, that you can literally just wake up (to the lovingly harsh, life saving wails of a tornado siren- yes, we still need those) and there’s one in your front yard.
I was at Southern Miss as well during the tornado in Hattiesburg. I lived in some apartments on West 4th Street near the baseball field, but when the Tornado hit I was over on Hardy Street at a friend's apartment. We literally saw the tornado cross over Hardy Street and hit the corner of USM's campus by the intersection of HWY 49 and Hardy. Absolutely nuts.
I was a grad student during the 2013 Hattiesburg tornado (passed barely south of the apt I was living in at the time) and now 10 years later I work at the university. From around November to March of this past year, at least once a week the campus would shut down due to severe weather and tornado watches and warnings. In our office, we have started referencing Tornado Tuesdays as a phenomenon here. I have always been amazed at the fact that MS and AL are nowhere near tornado alley (born and grew up on the MS coast).
Bethany, OK here! We've had a few close calls over the last few years, but like it's been said previously, Moore/Norman is a huge bullseye for tornadoes.
Btw I know Southern names might be confusing to some, but I love how you hesitated at "Natchez" while nailing it, but then proceeded to butcher "Tupelo" without hesitation.
Being an Alabama native, I've always been infatuated with tornadoes. Love your content and all the historical statistics you gather! Keep up the great work bud!!
Murfreesboro Tennessee resident here! Yes, Murfreesboro is indeed a tornado magnet. Having grown up in Texas for the first decade of my life has helped me navigate the situations much more naturally, almost nonchalantly at this point. I’m glad my city got a shoutout, though!
There are actually 4 tornadic events that should've been mentioned in Ohio, you got Niles, you have Xenia of course, but Van Wert is an important mention, and definitely Dayton, Ohio in 2019, 15 tornadoes in one night and the most notable, the monster EF4 that went through Brookville, Trotwood, and Dayton. Followed by the EF3 that went through Beaver Creek through the north side of Xenia. Enjoyed this video.
From Georgia here. I’d love to see Newnan be talked about on this channel. Newnan’s EF4 had some amazing probabilities and was insanely rare for us. Georgia has had some amazing tornadoes and I’d love to see it talked about more!
Born and raised, and still living in Kokomo, IN. Having 2 EF3 tornadoes in a 3 year span was wild. I remember driving through the debris and helping cleanup for weeks afterwards. My house was missed by the ‘16 tornado by about 2 blocks. Edit: apparently the ‘13 tornado was reduced to an EF2. Still nuts IMO.
Im in indiana and I havent seen a tornado and im kinda upset with with it. But im also glad ive never been hit by one but just seening one would be amazing
The April 2011 tornado in Birmingham passed very close to my house. We climbed up on the porch railing to see it coming and ran back down to the basement. We had no power for a week. It was a devastating event. I have never seen nor heard a tornado of that magnitude since. We had had smaller tornadoes the night before and had just finished clearing debris out of the yard and then the macdaddy tornado came ripping through and wiped the area out again. I will never forget that day or how the pressure changed and the sky looked. It was a monster.
I'm going to co-sign on this one, both SS and Pecos are very relaxing watch, especially when it comes to tornadoes. And everyone knows if you need to get psyched up before an outbreak you watch a Ryan Hall Y'all forecast.
Recently in my home state of New Hampshire, we just had a EF1 tornado touch down on the border of Vermont off route 12 in Charlestown. You can find a video of it on youtube. Also, our most recent tornado that was very devastating, at least by our state's standards, was from 2008 when an EF2 touched down in Deerfield and barreled through Northwood Lake, unfortunately killing a 57 year old woman. It traveled pretty far too, a whopping 50 miles. Which is insane, not to mention it stayed on the ground for an hour and a half. Unheard of within the region! EDIT: On a slightly unrelated topic, I would fly back from college in Ohio all the way into Boston Logan Airport in Massachusetts. From 33k feet in the air, no joke, you can see the whole entire state of Rhode Island from an airplane window. Definitely a very small state. Also, fun fact, anything you read on a Massachusetts map is not how it's pronounced. We call Worcester, 'Wooster' and Lowell 'Lull', just to name a couple examples. Massachusetts is truly a unique state by itself, I'm even shocked that it had that many tornados.
I watch your videos just so I can listen to you talk because DUDE it's pure butter. I love weather but its so calming to listen to you talk. So relaxing. tornado asmr.
Brilliant video! For those of us outside the States it’s hard to get a feel for “bigger picture” with tornadoes, especially as most coverage & even scientific research talks about events in isolation. So while your ranking may be a little subjective, it’s fantastic to get a complete list (not just a ‘top 10’) _and_ packed with data for us science nerds. 👍 Just showing each state’s tornado map _in situ_ as you discuss it is incredibly helpful for context… I know a lot of the names (and footage) of tornado events, so it’s brilliant to see them pinpointed on a map in the context of neighbouring states, regional geography & geology, where they are clustered versus rare, etc. And I had to chuckle at your comments about Alaska & Hawaii being last on the list, since tornadoes are just about the only natural disaster they _don’t_ have to worry about!
I recently found your channel and it's great content. When rating Nebraska you missed what has been called the most unusual tornado outbreak in U.S. history. In Grand Island, NE on June 3, 1980, supercells moved over the city at only 8 mph; of the seven tornadoes, three of them were anticyclonic; and the tornadoes did not move in a straight line, with most looping back over their own path at least once. Fujita came to Grand Island himself to survey the damage and plot the paths of the SEVEN tornados (yes, I said seven) that hit the city in a three-hour time period. A great book and movie were made about the Grand Island tornado outbreak called "Night of the Twisters." While our state has a relatively low tornado fatality rate, we shouldn't have been downgraded for our weather wisdom and fantastic soil that allows for basements. We're #1 in so many other categories, Oklahoma can have that ranking for tornadic activity.🙂
Born and raised in Indiana. 20 miles from Illinois. Tornadoes are just a thing we deal with every year. Had two in my town last Friday. A dozen homes gone. but no deaths 😃
Sullivan County I’m guessing? One hit over here by Franklin/Whiteland the same day it hit there, and it took out an Amazon fulfillment center right along Interstate 65. You can still see the path of the tornado right through the warehouse when you’re driving along the interstate, because they still haven’t cleaned up all the debris :/
Jake, this was a fantastic breakdown. I figured my state of Illinois would be ‘up’ there. There was the F4 Belvidere tornado in 1967 that was not mentioned, we had tornado warnings beginning just before my day at school ended (2nd grader) and all the rest of the day and night. My town was not hit, but I have relatives that live in Belvidere and were affected by the tornado. The Fairdale tornado happened very close to where I live, my town in DeKalb county sounded the tornado warning siren. At the time, we knew it was close but not for sure where it was heading other than it was in Ogle county and DeKalb counties.
I lived in Raleigh for the Sanford-Raleigh Tornado, which passed less than a mile from my house. It did some serious damage during its 40 + mile track from Sanford to Raleigh. While I didn't see any flattened homes, there were quite a few exposed upstairs areas, and many that were structurally totalled, pushed off their foundations, and w tree damage. I'd hate to live in Tornado Alley
Exactly why I moved from Pennsylvania to Norman, OK. I’m an aspiring meteorologist and although Dixie is active, no better chance on the planet to have tornadoes than central Oklahoma. Caddo, McClain, Cleveland, Canadian, Oklahoma, and Pottawattomie counties get a ton of activity.
Reading your comment made me feel like I was watching the weatherman on TV in April/May. Countless times we’ve heard those counties rattled off with intensity and concern in live broadcasts. I think we know our County names in Oklahoma better than other states because of our crazy weather 😉. Good luck with your meteorologist career path. Enjoy and stay safe 😎🌪 🙏
Texan here but also, as a scientist and data cruncher, I get it lol. Very interesting video! I had a hunch what the top ones would be and wasn't surprised w Kansas and Oklahoma, but I'd say most of these surprised me w either how few or many tornadoes they had. Great content!
I'm from Pennsylvania, which people don't really think as a tornado-having state, but last year there were two storms that had multiple serious tornadoes that touched down. I remember how shocking it was to drive through Horsham, a Philly suburb, and see where one of the big ones hit. I also saw the aftermath of the tornado that hit Trevose and wrecked a couple of those big car dealerships. Crazy stuff. B tier seems right to me.
A lot of Pennsylvania's tornadoes tend to be out west, especially the stronger ones. You definitely hear about them if you're local, a famous example being the F1 that destroyed the Kinzua State Park railroad bridge. I was born and raised in Eastern PA and we'd get a tornado warning once every couple years. Even then it was normally a wimpy F0 or F1 that wouldn't do much. The maps he shows are a little deceptive in that they include EVERY documented tornado over the last hundred years. I went on the site in the description, saw tornado paths close to my hometown, and saw they were from the 20s, 70, and even 1800s. The likelihood of getting hit by a tornado in PA is quite low but they're out there.
@@MasterD1no in 1985 during the Tri-State tornado outbreak there was a lot of tornadoes and the only EF5 to spawn from that outbreak hit Ohio and Pennsylvania on the west it had Niles Ohio and wetland PA there's a couple ef4s that hit dubois a couple of hit Butler that hit Albion and Albion gets at least one tornado a year that's not even a joke that's just they get a lot of tornadoes for Pennsylvania I mean anytime a major storm rolls through in the summer spring time there's a chance of a tornado hit in Albion hell even erie has had its fair share of tornadoes
@@MasterD1no I watched a funnel cloud move right over me a few years ago in western PA. It was crazy. Unfortunately, my phone camera sucked back then. And years before that, a tornado took out a local high school.
The Bensalem twister from a few years ago was pretty scary cause it was rated EF3 that felt like EF4, maybe EF5 in certain places. Had that storm moved north and hit the Trenton NJ metro area most likely would of done EF5 damage which would of been a first for the garden state.
As someone from Illinois, I would definitely agree. the only somewhat effective strategy to not get caught in a tornado here is to live by lake Michigan, and half the time that doesn't stop you from getting caught in one.
As someone from Texas, I can assure you, none of us were disappointed that we weren't no. 1. I admit, we have a lot, but I think you did a very good and impartial job of ranking the states, mine included! I also couldn't help but notice, your data confirms what I already know about my area. For some reason, Lake Texoma seems to have some kind of a bubble over it that diverts anything too severe. Idk why, maybe you could do a video on it one day? Or at least a video on anti-tornado "bubbles" in general? The town I'm in has had several tornadoes just hop over us and keep going in the time I've been alive.
My great-grandmother, from Colbert, once told me she felt safe there. According to her, Native Americans don't believe a tornado will touch down between two bodies of water. She believed it and felt good about it. I thought that was interesting.
I am actually glad Alabama and Mississippi were on up there but I’ve lived in both states for 34 years and had a few close calls but never direct hit. 🤞🤞
I lived in Durant for about 5 years...people there used to talk about that. One thing I noticed in that 5 years is how storms approaching from the west would be really bad, until they reached the lake, then weaken, only to strengthen again as it moved east. I always assumed it was the cooler temps in the atmosphere above the lake, caused by the cooler temps of the water. That should lead to at least some weakening of a storm.
Thanks for crediting SoT! Their team is amazing at inputting all the tornado records. Feel free to stop by in Mike's server! Any questions about TA, he'll gladly help!
OK, i've watched several of your videos and now I'm subscribing. In fact, this is probably the best TH-cam video I've ever seen. It's so well researched and presented - absolutely masterful - about such a riveting subject. I've been obsessed with tornado videos recently, but have taken comfort in the fact that I live in Eastern Pennsylvania where "tornadoes don't happen", I thought. Not so! it looks like tornadoes are a reality in all 50 states. So I guess the solution to this problem, if there is one, is to stay informed and take tornado preparedness seriously. Live in house with a basement (we do!), don't hide in your car or under an underpass, and don't expect it will never happen (it could!). I love your tour guide delightful details about each of the 50 states. They really are all treasures, aren't they? That said, why the heck would anyone live in Moore, Oklahoma? I don't mean to be mean, but gosh, it's just too dangerous there, IMAO! Your channel is terrific and you deserve 1 million subscribers, at least. Keep up the good work: it's fun and informative, and you're probably saving lives!
I grew up around Nora Springs and I remember my mom talking about how she had to work extra hours at the hospital in Mason City while they started receiving patients from Charles City.
When I was younger as an Iowan I was always taught that iowa wasn’t a part of the true tornado alley. however, over the last few years they’ve occurred more and more often. Including a strange December break out where the night before it was 20 degrees and snowing .
@@sixchuterhatesgoogle3824 we were taught it was on the northern edge but barely, it was that wave shape of red that reached up but iowa wasn’t much in it which gave people the impression we didn’t get many
I'm from Virginia, grew up around the Petersburg area, and was kinda surprised how high up VA ranked, and even more surprised when I learned that tornado was the worst/most famous. Everyone talks about it around there (and that it most famously leveled the CH Walmart, apparently) but I didn't realize that was so bad. I always thought it was just an unlucky place that it hit. Thank you for the video and all the research, love your channel and love finding a community of fellow tornado enthusiasts, and I learn something new with just about every video! 😊 Gotta love the Valve noise for the S tier as well 😂
I’m right above Petersburg in Chester. I figured VA wouldn’t rank very high. But I’m not comforted at the idea of facing even a little one. I didn’t move to tornado alleyfor a reason damnit! lol.
Duuude. I get giddy when I see you have a new video. So entertaining and educational. I was born in the 70s, and I was a teenager in the 80s so seriously, the bits of groovy humor in this were an uber bonus🥰 Thank you for so many interesting videos!🙏
This was very interesting. I grew up near Fargo and remember the stories of that tornado. We weren't in its path, but my mother's uncle's house was. I remember riding through town with my parents and being amazed at all the trees missing their tops.
There's recently been 2 EF2s in Western NY alone. The frequency of strong tornadoes and tornadoes in general in the state is starting to peak, and that is kind of alarming.
When I lived in Illinois I was always scared of tornadoes because I wasn't far from St. Louis (maybe 45-60 minutes away) and St. Louis like you said has a history of deadly tornadoes and I traveled a lot for some of the jobs I had and most of these places where in the middle of nowhere. I guess that's why a guy born in New Jersey and lived most of his life in Arizona would feel moving to a state where the weather is a lot crazier.
This video unlocked a memory for me that I couldn't confirm until now. I remember the Brooklyn tornado bc it happened at a time when my family was dealing with bedbugs in our rooms when we were kids, and we were all sleeping in the living room, and i spent that morning (around 6-7 am) watching Yu-Gi-Oh GX. I vaguely remember my parents talking about a tornado that hit in the area but thankfully we didn't get any major damage from what I know, just remember seeing a bunch of trash cans scattered around I think. Seeing you talk about it I had a moment of "hold on..." followed by "holy shit that did happen!!"
What did the teenage tornado say to his parents? *Nothing, he just stormed off!* But why did the tornado cross the road? *To get the road to the other side!* We don't even get tornadoes. Though what do have instead is an active stratovolcano along our Chinese border called Mount Paektu. According to legend it is the ancestral origin of the Korean people as the founder of the first Korean kingdom, Dangun who founded Gojoseon, came to Earth on Mount Paektu. It's also the birthplace of my father as a double rainbow appeared in the sky. Mount Paektu was home to the second most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history back in 946. And it is due to erupt again.
My state (Tennessee) has the most night tornadoes of ANY state. The one that hit my city (Cookeville) two years ago killed a lot of people. It was also a night time F4 Tornado.
That makes sense. Most Storms travel West to East, and they usually like to mature around mid day, when the sun's out, warming the ground, causing more air pressures to rise, thus fueling the storm. So by the time these mature storms hit Tennessee after usually maturing in From East Texas up to the Mississippi, it would be night.
Me too. All these newcomers, especially those from California or New York should honestly do some research before they come here. In Nashville, the new homes being built in gentrification zones just can't withstand the extreme storms we get in the Fall/Spring. Back in 98' it did a lot of damage, but the recent tornadoes did more damage although they weren't as strong.
Same from Clarksville that my biggest worries is getting hit with a night time tornado few years back we were close but it hit Nashville and some how miss us
I’m originally from Okla. and moved here to Tenn. What blows my mind is that Tennessee has had tornadoes for many years, but no one is prepared for it. I don’t see signs for tornado shelters, there are not many sirens around (which you could just download a weather app), the only options for school is to close, and there’s not many contractors here that specialize in building a shelter. I think that Tenn. is getting more tornadoes lately. So we really need to come up with a better system for safety.
Interesting video. I'd be curious if you could do an analysis of how Tornado Alley is shifting over time. I grew up in the Texas panhandle, and back then it seemed like that was the central corridor for most tornadic activity, extending up through western Oklahoma and into Kansas. Now, it seems to have shifted further east, into central Oklahoma. Frequency has dropped off in West Texas since the 1960s or 1970s, or at least that's my perception.
As a professional truck driver who regularly goes to Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin as well as living in Ohio. This makes me feel very comfortable. Jokes aside id love to see a tornado firsthand. Ive always been a HUGE fan of tornadoes and severe weather.
I live in Oklahoma. Always found it interesting that there are many stories of the natives burying hatchets blade up claiming that it was done to split tornados before they made it into some of the towns around here.
As someone who lives in New Jersey, I can agree. We have been getting a surprising amount of tornadoes as of recent. Some of them being surprisingly strong, the tornado spawned by Hurricane/Tropical Storm Ida that ripped through Mullica Hill.
I live in New Jersey too and when i was little i thought that our state was immuned to tornado since it wasn't in tornado alley. Being a little older now i see thats not the case unfortunately
Mullica was an EF3, tore up a neighborhood and wrecked the largest dairy farm in NJ pretty good. Oddly the lights at the shop rite only flickered despite it only going by at most a quarter mile away. the town is rural-suburban, we have the usual housing developments and a shopping center but still a lot of the Garden part of Garden State so fortunately not a lot of people in the way. But it was a close call as it kept trucking along northish and lifted back off maybe a few miles from the Deptford Mall.
When I got out of the military I was driving across America from Cali to NH, and I didn’t wanna stop in OK because of Tornadoes. Well, we stopped to see my mom’s friend in Blackwood, NJ, and woke up to a tornado warning lol.
@@Eirik_Bloodaxe It seems that places like New Jersey and some other atlantic states (mid and north atlantic) need to mostly worry about flooding. When you already have flooding concerns, you don't really need other types of natural disasters. Of course a hurricanes remnants caused big flooding in New York and New Jersey years ago.
I’m also from New Jersey. Hurricane Ida was crazy. My family and I just settled into a new house in a different part of the state when it happened. We were some of the only people who didn’t have flooded houses after. that tornado was coming right at us as well, but it went away right before it got a chance to hit us
As a Mississippi native tornadoes have always been a great fear factor growing up but I've also become fascinated by them at the same time as greatly fearing them. Great list!
The most fearsome tornado that hit Mississippi is the EF4 tornado that hit Hattiesburg, Mississippi on February 10, 2013. Blessedly no fatalities occurred in this tornado and only eighty-two people were injured. The February 10 tornado was a devastating and fearsome wedge tornado like the ones that hit Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Joplin, Missouri just two years earlier. This tornado badly damaged or destroyed many businesses on Hardy Street and Oak Grove Road in downtown Hattiesburg along with numerous homes and damaging buildings on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi. Fortunately, there weren't many students or faculty members of USM on campus because they had gone down to New Orleans, Louisiana for Mardi Gras weekend as Hattiesburg isn't too far from New Orleans.
@@michaellovely6601 Philadelphia EF5, scoured two foot deep gouges into the ground, then the 2020 Easter outbreak which spawned the Bassfield- Soto- Moss- Pachuta EF4 which completly decimated Moss with 8 fatalities.
I still have vivid memories of seeing the Plainfield IL tornado in 1990. It came within 3 miles of our house. Back then, Plainfield was just 6000 and Bolingbrook (my town) was 35000. Now they are 40000 and 80000 respectively.
I'm from Massachusetts, and I'm also surprised that it was so much higher than all the states around it. Fun fact, the city of Worcester actually had a minor league baseball team called the Worcester Tornadoes for a few years, named after the 1953 tornado.
I'm from Ohio and I feel like this is an accurate rank honestly. We get a lot of crazy weather, including some devastating tornadoes, but we also do get a ton of close calls. I remember a tornado hitting the wooded area behind my house and our family ended up having 2 trees hit our house. We couldn't go into our crawlspace because any rain would cause it to flood close to the floor boards in our home, so all 10 of us hunkered down in either a hallway or by a closet. The next morning I remember being able to pick up my metal swing set piece that had been crumpled up and one of the trees that hit our home was about a foot or so away from hitting our propane tank right by our home. I don't even think the tornado was rated high (an F1 at the time before the Enhanced Fujita scale came out), but it was still terrifying! Glad that we have only had a few close calls since (at least for my family), but yea depending on where you live in Ohio it can get a bit crazy!
In July of 2018 Marshalltown, Iowa got hit with a tornado. It was kind of weird experience because as an iowan you get numb to all the warnings and I had the habit of not taking them serious but because two had drop outside of Bondurant (about 45 mins away) I actually took it serious and im glad i did. The town still hasn't fully recovered. Then two years later we get hit by derecho which didn't help.
WOW I really enjoyed this! I survived the April 3rd 1974 outbreak. Tornado started as an F3 went F5 then back to F3 went thru out neighborhood. I only recently found out that Dr Ted Fujita and student Greg Forbes were part of the damage survey team! I would have loved to have met them! Glad I found your channel!
My hometown of Mobile,AL had a pretty violent tornado on Christmas evening 2013 I believe. Was driving with my mom, sister and grandparents back from my aunt’s house in Hattiesburg that night, and we had to pull over with some other cars because the rain and wind was so intense. No fatalities, but midtown was absolutely trashed! There’s a video that went viral of a Walgreens getting hit.
Wisconsin Native here, never expected us to place so high. I figured we would be middle of the pack. Living in far northern Wisconsin, Hayward area I know this area got hit by 2 possible EF3's or EF2s in about 10 years. Witnesses saw funnel clouds both times but we were always told it was straight line winds. Possibly because both hit with no warning and local authorities trying to save face? Lucki!y no deaths or injuries but lots of property damage, one persons house was actually picked up and turned on its foundation by about 70 degrees.
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Fun fact, during the 1974 Super Outbreak, there were so many tornadoes on the ground in Indiana at one time that one TV station issued a tornado warning for the entire state, the only time so far that this has ever happened in any state.
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I'm from Indiana and I didn't know that haha, thanks for the fun fact
My entire city was destroyed by an EF5. Xenia Ohio.
As a born and raised Wisconsinite, any tornado that doesn’t wipe Illinois off the map is rated F for failure.
EMOTIONAL DAMAGE!!!
K. B. thats some funny stuff.
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We need an anti-Illinois bumper sticker for us Midwesterners!
If one wiped Chicago off the map Illinois would suddenly become a much better place. They don't give a fuck about the rest of the state nor do they even represent us whatsoever. Even us Illinoisans hate Illinois and it's all thanks to Chicago. They'd have us turn into another California.
It's obvious why Alaska's ranked at the bottom. You don't need tornadoes to cause mayhem in Alaska when you've got the Alaskan bullworm. Which might I add, is BIG, scary, PINK, and forced the people of a city to push their whole city to another spot even though it was still destroyed by it.
Despite its small size, Rhode Island made up for this in not just tornadoes, but it was also once the state with the longest state name. Up until 2020, its official name was the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. After voters decided to drop the Providence Plantations part in 2020, it lost the longest state name title to its longtime rival, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
What’s an Alaskan bullworm
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@@pixilmon cmon man did you not have a child hood
@@devv__VFX yes it’s spongebob but
I live in Alaska and I'm thankful that all we have to worry about is Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Tsunamis, Forest fires, Bear Attacks, the Bullworm (obviously) and freezing to death. The tornadoes are probably too scared to come here.
Moore, Oklahoma is Tornado Alley point blank. I say that as a lifelong resident. We have to get in the cellar at least twice a year. When I was a kid only like 1 of 10 houses in an area had a shelter. Now there are shelters in or near every house. I feel way safer now days. People used to hide under bridges until May 3, 1999 made that a horrible idea. Gary England and David Payne are the GOAT weather men in my opinion.
Are you ok after these latest storms?
@@Bbpierced yes ma’am. The last couple years I’ve had multiple supercells capable of producing tornadoes come over my place. All low hanging rotations but fortunately no touch downs. By now everyone who lives here is good about being weather aware and we keep each other safe and Check on one another. It’s been over ten years since the big one hit so hopefully it stays that way.
one of the most recent ones just missed us and it really shook up our town! i can’t imagine how it would be for multiple close calls like that, much less multiple a year!
I love David Payne and dislike Mike Morgan
Yeah, I used to live in Moore, I was in both the 1999 and 2013 F5 tornadoes. The 1999 had the highest wind speeds ever recorded in a tornado, it lifted some types of tornado shelters right out of the ground so that changed how they built tornado shelters. I remember watching video of that tornado in the days afterwards that had been recorded by one of the people that sheltered under the overpass and survived. That horror sticks in my mind seeing people sucked from under the overpass. He filmed a family with 2 small children running towards the overpass, they didn't make it there and the dad had the 2 children hang onto an interstate guardrail and he got on top of them and hung on, the video of the mother shows her running towards them and suddenly starts getting blown backwards then is lifted straight up. The man and children miraculously survived, the mother was found over a quarter mile away. The stuff nightmares are made of. But that video let meteorologist get the word out to never shelter under a bridge or overpass; it actually causes a wind tunnel and is the worst place you can be. You are right Gary England and David Payne are the GOATS. David Payne was a storm chaser where Gary England was the meteorologist and he has amazing video of the 1999 F5 that he chased.
The Joplin tornado happened when I was 12 going on 13. As a child growing up in tornado alley i was a big fan of movies like Twister and was always infatuated with their alarming power and capabilities. Never in my wildest dreams could I have Imagined how much it’d change my hometown. It was devastating, crippling the city in ways you can never imagine. The death toll alone connected/touched everyone in the city, the devastation and poverty were unprecedented . I’m only 24 and I have never witnessed anything quite like this trauma before. Glad to hear it was mentioned, you just never know how long will go on after you survive these situations.
I remember this one too. I was watching the news that night and saw the report about it. Even remember my Grandpa's reaction when I pointed it out.
I’ve lived in north Texas DFW area my whole life, and the first dream I remember having was a dream about running from a tornado.😅 I vividly remember that when I looked at the tornado, it was stormy in the sky, but the tornado was literally a floating tomato🍅 in the sky. I was around 2 years old and didn’t even know what a tornado looked like. All I knew was that it coincided with storms
God Bless you and Joplin. My town was hit too 23 years ag and it's a displaced insecure feeling like I had never thought about until it happened.
Liberal Democrats will not rebuild smaller places like Joplin after emergencies. They want everyone out of the countryside and into the cities. They hate rural people.
Same exact experience for me. I live in western KY. On Nov 15th 2005 when i was in 4th grade, we got dismissed early from school due to approaching extreme weather. It was an outbreak, 49 tornadoes total. The strongest of which, was an F4 (before EF scale). I saw it from my dads jeep, as a funnel. It touched down and destroyed multiple brick homes in Madisonville/Earlington, but nobody was killed thankfully. I was too young to really understand the weight of something like that. I became obsessed with tornadoes, watching footage online, watching movies like twister. Then, on Dec 10 2021 (he mentions it in this video) we woke up one morning and it was about 70 degrees and sunny all that day. Not a cloud in the sky. I knew that was bad. A historic long LONG track ef4 tornado ripped right through my hometown of Dawson Springs and decimated over 60% of the entire downtown. After already producing tornadoes in Arkansas, NW Tennessee, then hitting Cayce KY, Hickman county KY, Mayfield KY, and Southern Princeton KY. After my town it went on to kill in Bremen KY. You can find drone footage of Dawson Springs the day after. It was bad bad. 16 were killed from my hometown alone. It missed my house by about 3/4ths of a mile and missed my grandmothers house by less than 1/4th of a mile.. Ever since then, I've had PTSD and even the slightest indication of a tornadic storm drops my heart into my stomach
I'm from Oklahoma and I do agree with your ranking. What's strange about it though is I have spent 30 years of my life here and 25 all over the nation. (I was in the military so we moved a lot.) I have seen 5 tornadoes in my lifetime. None of those were in Oklahoma strangely. I have definitely seen the damage from them afterwards as many nearby communities have been hit. I have even had two times that I have been traveling here in the state and within a few hours of leaving a place it was hit. Just weird luck i guess.
Once a wise man said: Don't jinx it!
@@DarkPrevaitor ive lived in oklahoma my whole life now, and our town hasnt been hit by a tornado in a long time, the 2013 moore tornado barley missed it. we have what we call a "Tornado Bubble" over our town just south of OKC.
Stay lucky!
im from New Jersey and the one time i visited Oklahoma i saw a tornado from the highway
Luck?? Blessed!!
Massachusetts Native here. I was 14 when the 2011 outbreak occurred. I’d been fascinated by Tornados at the time and went deep into the rabbit hole of tornados, learning everything I could, hoping one day I’d see one (safely of course). Imagine my surprise and shock to see my hometown of Springfield get ravaged by the outbreak. My house and family were fine, and there was only minor damage done to my grandmas house. The horror came when my family tried to leave the state south and when we got to Enfield CT, my mom got word another tornado just touchdowned just north of Enfield, so my family booked it hard South. After a while, the storms subsided and we traveled back home north. The damage was astounding to see. Thankfully no one in my family was hurt but I sadly can’t say the same for many in Springfield. It was a hell of a time living in a state I never thought to see a tornado in.
That’s actually insane
Amazing story but no one talked about how he pronounced Worcester in the video.
I’m watching this on the way to help with tornado clean up in Sulpher Oklahoma
Thank you for helping. You're a wonderful person
I wish I could help! Too bad I live far away.
God bless you!
I live in Tishomingo, Ok. We were spared the night Sulphur got torn up. There were many Tornadoes that followed that same Marietta, Ardmore,Sulphur,Ada path that night. Some of that outbreak had us in the cellar that evening.
i went there on saturday with my grandparents to look at all the damage, and it almost had me crying! i saw this little minion thingy and it had a sign that said "i survived the 2024 sulphur tornado!"
I'm from Kansas and even I think the crown deserves to be worn by Oklahoma, purely based on the numerous record breaking tornadoes they've had.
I absolutely knew from the beginning of the video that Kansas and Oklahoma would pretty much be neck and neck. Awesome video in general, I totally agree with *most* of your rankings!
Oh come on ....jk
I definitely agree. I definitely feel like I've heard about Oklahoma more than here.
I don't live in any states in tornado or dixie alley, but I knew it would probably be head to head between Kansas, Oklahoma, & Texas. I'm surprised Texas didn't rank higher, because while I get it's a huge state, it also has had the most tornadoes ever recorded.
Where did you get your information? Kansas has had over 400 more tornadoes all time than Oklahoma has. Kansas also averages 96 tornadoes a year while Oklahoma averages only 62. Kansas has way more tornadoes.
@@kaileesi I’m a native Dfw. Yes we get get a lot of tornadoes but really are chances are still minimal in some parts.
1:54 = Alaska
2:26 = Hawaii
2:48 = Nevada
3:10 = Vermont
3:37 = California
4:04 = Maine
4:47 = Oregon and Washington State
5:11 = Utah
5:50 = New Hampshire
6:28 = Idaho
6:59 Rhode Island
7:20 = Arizona
7:36 = New Jersey
7:50 = New Mexico
8:37 = Montana
9:08 = Wyoming (also my second favorite state)
IM GONNA POST THIS AND EDIT THIS SO I DONT LOOSE MY PROGRESS FROM MY PC SHUTTING OFF
9:44 = Delaware
10:03 = New York
10:43 = West Virginia
11:04 = Connecticut
11:19 = Maryland
11:40 = Virginia
12:00 = Massachusetts
Yall tell me if you want me to skip to A tier or do all states! When i get some replies of the question, Ill see how many want it! BYEEE IM TAKING A BREAK
12:47 = Florida
13:30 = North Carolina
13:58 = South Carolina
14:33 = Pennsylvania
15:10 = North Dakota
15:32 = Colorado
15:59 Ohio
16:36 = South Dakota
16:55 = Georgia
17:23 = Kentucky
17:53 = Louisiana
18:26 = Michigan
18:58 = TENNESSEEE! WOOO MY FAVORITE STATE! LET'S GET IT
19:39 = Arkansas
20:24 = Missouri!
21:17 = Wisconsin (there you go)
21:47 = Minnesota
22:29 = Nebraska
23:12 = Illinois
23:42 = Indiana
24:23 = Texas
25:44 = Mississippi
27:04 = Alabama
27:57 = Iowa
29:16 = Kansas
29:58 = Oklahoma
THERE IM DONE!
Where's TEXAS?
@@ShogunHull Ill keep working on it.
27:57 Iowa... I know no one cares about my state but here it is anyways
@@Wulfstan1938 Im gonna work on it!
@@Wulfstan1938 Ill add the rest today
As someone who was born and lived in Oklahoma for a lot of my life, I can agree with this. Most houses have a tornado shelter in the backyard for a reason, and if you don't have one, you know someone close by who does.
My parents house is that house for our neighborhood. We go down there twice a month to spray for pests as black widows love that thing.
My grandpas orginal house got completly swept away by an ef4 or 5 i dont remeber
I can confirm as I’m from Oklahoma
kansas is fun right
I just moved to Tulsa, I dont know anyone with a shelter, nor do we have one lol. I am from Arizona and not used to seeing Tornado stuff all over.
when i was a kid (from birth to the age of 7) i lived in Mississippi. i experienced two “tornadoes”, both i faintly remember. one was not an official tornado as it never touched down, but there was a warning and did quite a bit of damage to my town. the other, i’m not sure about. i was probably a toddler when it happened but i remember running into a hotel through crazy winds when i was out of town visiting family. these experiences probably sparked my atmospheric sciences obsession, i’ve been reading and learning about tornadoes since i was 6. my dream is to actually see a tornado (from a safe distance). anyways, i never would have thought that Mississippi would be that high on the list! i never realized how many it’s had.
Also to add to it, not only is does Oklahoma have the largest tornado on record, the 1999 Bridge Creek- Moore tornado was also home to the fastest wind speeds ever recorded on planet earth. Great video!
Wasn’t el Reno bigger?
@@Nexpeon El Reno is the "BIGGEST" tornado ever caught on tape. Bridge Creek- Moore was the "FASTEST" wind speeds ever recorded. Both were very fascinating tornadoes
@@ncrveteranranger4454 NVM i read it wrong I thought he was calling moore bigger than el reno
Even scarier than that, its been surmised the tornado to the north of the OKC that was near Cimmaren City on the same night, was even stronger and bigger, but failed to hit a populated area during its strongest state. That was a crazy day, an EF4 rolled into south Wichita that same day and killed 6 people, but there were so many big tornadoes during that outbreak that not many remember it.
@@jcamp788 the Mulhall tornado? That’s the largest tornado ever measured by radar. The core flow was 1 mile wide, and the tornado extended anywhere from 2.8-4.3 miles wide. It looked like a mini hurricane it was so absurdly large. The wind speeds in the sub-vortices averaged 245-260 mph!
Thankfully the core flow blasted past Mulhall by about a mile, but even then the town sustained F4 damage. Had THAT tornado tracked any closer to Mulhall, the damage would’ve exceeded what was seen at Bridge Creek. I even suspect it would’ve been close to warranting an F6 rating.
Highly recommended video topic for you: in CA, at least one of its EF3s was a 2018 fire tornado. Major outlets reported at the time that it was not a common gustnado you see in fires, but an actual tornado. A forest fire had such an intense updraft it caused a "pyrocumulus" cloud to form overhead and drop an EF3 tornado with 140mph winds right onto the fire. The story has always blown me away and I've wanted someone to shed light on it for a while.
Wow! I'll definitely check that out.
*Ba Dum Tsss...*
it was actually in 2017 i lives around there when that happened :)) october
@@SwegleStudios thanks, big fan of your videos! Really well researched and high quality
If you're interested, there is footage from Australia of several fire tornadoes, such as this one in 2003:
m.th-cam.com/video/phDcVxse91Y/w-d-xo.html
I remember the El Reno tornado. I was at my aunts house and all of our phones were going off, and it was hella dark outside. One of my scariest moments
Same here!!
This one formed right above my house I was young I did not know what was going on all I knew was to run to the storm shelter, I went outside after it was safe I looked out on the fields massive ground scouring most of the field was gone
I can't imagine being in that situation at all I probably would have given myself a heart attack from the anxiety I would have
Wow! That had to be terrifying!
That evening was pure chaos. The people on the west side of the metro trying to escape south due to advice from at least one TV meteorologist then being stuck in their cars. Then the torrential rain for hours caused flash flooding and a father and his small children drowned because they hid underground in a drainage pipe because the TV guys said get underground or go south so they went underground. It was like the meteorologists who usually tell people to take shelter immediately switched to run for your lives and the people did just that. The vibe from the experts was off that evening.
I live in Nebraska and we definitely belong on that list. I was closely involved in the 1980 tornado in Grand Island. They made a movie about that called Night of the Twisters. It got enough attention that President Jimmy Carter came to town. Then one of the ones in Nebraska a couple weeks ago was about 10 blocks from my house. Tornado Alley indeed
29:49 I have a strong personal connection to the Andover, KS tornado, despite living and being about a thousand miles away when it happened. About 4 years before the tornado, my dad was on a list of finalists for a job as the chief of police for Andover. My parents had picked out a house for us to buy and move into if he got the job. Instead, it went to someone else, and we eventually moved to a different state. When the Andover tornado happened and the national news was showing footage of the destruction it had caused, we saw the ruins of the house my parents had picked out! It's likely that if my dad had gotten that job, our family would have been killed in the tornado.
Damn, dodged it....
Gods plan if ya believe it wasn't his picked time for you if not the universe pulled your family out of danger I was leaving the house one day forgot my keys on the table took all about 10 seconds to grab them and get back In the car driving 55mph coming up to a intersection and a car blows through at like 80 mph me and my buddy look at one another he said had you not forgot the keys I'd took that car direct hit one my side I'd be gone and possibly you 2 it's crazy how things happen and wind up keeping you out of threatening situations
Wow that's crazy... Wichitan here, and that sounds about right
I was the manager on duty at the FAA's Autoated Flight Service Station on the Wichita airport that night. Watched it on radar for over two hours tracking from south of Wichita all the way up northeast of El Dorado. That was a terrifying night - phone lines were down and was unable to call relatives of mine that were in the path.
Wow thats crazy,
I also have a story of a dodged could have been death my family decided to take a trip a while back we were choosing which week to do it on this week or the week after anyways we went on the trip it was Galveston Texas and once we got back we found out that if we went the next week instead of the one we went on we would have been caught in something i forgot what it was but it was something that caused death and we most likely would have died
I’m from Rochester, MN. After the F5 tornado, the father of the Mayo brothers was brought in by the sisters of St. Francis to build a clinic. He thought that the number of people in the area would not support it, but it grew rapidly. His two sons graduated college as physicians and joined the Rochester clinic. That’s how it all began.
There was a tornado in New brighton mn in 2018
@@christiandipaola1217 You would find a way to bitch and moan no matter where you live
Fellow Minnesotan!
Looking on the map he uses, I couldn't find what I am about to talk about, but I do remember it well.
A few years ago (2017 or 2018 I think), and everybody is in the downstairs bathroom. Sirens are going off outside, and were looking at the FOX website on a laptop. Changing between the broadcast and the NWS, we see 2 tornados in my city. One started north, headed east and made a 90° turn south. The other started to the south, went west, and again 90° to the north. It made a square around my area, like an orbit. They may have only been minor (no more than an EF2) but still, so... strange
I'm glad. My aunts life was saved by this place and thank for its existence
I’m from the New York one. I am just glad I haven’t had any tornadoes in my life time yet
As an Alabamian, James Spann is a LEGEND in this state! He saved tons of lives back in 2011 during the super outbreak. I have cousins that still to this day live in Tuscaloosa and every time me and my family went to visit them, we always checked out updates on the recovery for Tuscaloosa after the tornado of 2011.
I pray we never see a day like that ever again.
I’m from Jasper, AL and my whole family pays attention to literally everything James Spann says lol. The guy is a legend 👍💯
Huntsvillian here lol I was 10 when it happened, crazy birthday for my brother too April 27th haha scary shit tho I remember seeing the 100% precipitation probabilities on the news and thinking "that's probably not good" since I'd never seen it before and don't think I have again
HE IS A LEGEND! Also, funny story, we had some family from New Jersey come to visit the state. They left our house and needed a place to stay for one night and I said, “Well, just don’t go to Tuscaloosa, there is always a bad storm there. And sure enough, I got text messages from my cousin explaining it was the worst storm they had ever witnessed. It was a pathetic storm compared to what Tuscaloosa normally gets lol
I agree!
James spann is the ma fukkin man
I think you selected your criteria wisely, considering there are so many factors to consider. With each state varying in so many ways, it's not easy to find a fair way to put them all on the same "playing field" when it comes to ranking natural disasters of any kind. Good job!
Growing up in Iowa but now raising a family in a less tornadic state, I feel kind of bummed that my kids probably won't experience "tornado culture". I looked forward to summer when I got to hang out with my family in the basement with a transistor radio waiting for tornadoes to pass. Good times.
Same… tornadoes were fun in a weird way while growing up.
It’s crazy because some people will say Iowa isn’t even part of tornado alley… it’s like uhh we have the second most tornadoes per mile in the country and third most overall with a huge amount of violent tornadoes, so why wouldn’t we be??
I got scared every time I heard a train pass after watching Twister in school.
this is so true. I moved from Oklahoma to a state that doesn’t really have them and I honestly
miss it
Yeah I also love having my home torn to shreds with my children. (i dont have any) BUT YEE HAW TEXAS
Born and raised in Oklahoma. Tornadoes are an unfortunate part of our lives here. I knew it would be close call between OK and KS.
We’ve already been in the cellar once this season. Had tornado sirens going off again day before yesterday. It’s hard with a disabled child to try and decide when/if to start heading to the cellar.
Yeah I agree. I live in goldsby right now, but before I lost two separate homes to tornados, so it does kinda suck.
I live in Dixie Alley. We have our fair share. Look at April 27, 2011. Also April 2nd and 3rd 1974. We live in areas where there are hills, mountains, and valleys. Many times we can’t see them approaching. Regardless of where one lives…tornadoes are terrifying. I’ve worked with multiple children who lost a significant family member of the family. Several lost both parents because they were spending the night with someone. Just scary and sad!
The Joplin tornado kind of shook the whole state. I was born and raised here in Missouri and live approximately 3 hours away and the storm later hit us but had MASSIVELY weakened by that point. I believe I read it was an f2 when it got here. I graduated high school that day and we knew we had the risk for bad weather that day but nobody imagined that a tornado that deadly would happen in Joplin.
The Ruskin Heights tornado outside of Kansas City was rated as one of the worst in 1957. It missed my home by about half a mile.
I’m from the bootheel area and can agree that it shook people around here too. Loads of churches were preparing care packages and aid to load in trucks, trailers and vans to go help.
20:23
Just visited Cunningham Park recently to pay respects to Joplin. Very nice tribute.
@@rondodson5736 wow very insane!!
Growing up in southeastern Michigan my most vivid memories are the multiple tornados we were in. My great aunt was just telling me about her time as a child during the flint tornado and how horrible it was!
I was born and raised in Michigan and never really knew that we had that many tornados, I was very surprised with the ranking in this video 😂
The sheer amount of work in editing and passion you put into this list clearly showcases how much you love this stuff, you just got another subscriber
As someone who lives in Iowa, I'd totally believe we are so high in the ranking. While the number of tornadoes isn't that high, the amount of violent ones is so significant. Parkersburg still to this day isn't quite 100% since it was destroyed and most of the townspeople ended up moving away. Such a wild spot, but when you're basically the middle ground of a cold Minnesota and a warm Missouri, it's bound to happen.
Hey there's a reason why it's the Iowa State Cyclones.
Bugger off cornflake.boy ...it's the Sooner state by an F5 MILE!....uh...although I guess we are talking tragedies....uh well jes practicing my Trollin'....can't become a pro without practice, practice, practice!😬
We get a shit ton of tornadoes here in upper Missouri
@@ReaIly not at all. Missouri's bullseye is actually around Springfield
@@thechasestormers321 I live in a straight up field out in the country I get tons of tornadoes
I grew up in Alabama and I have to say that the April 27th, 2011 super outbreak was the scariest day of my life. The whole state was completely destroyed and we didn't have power for days. The days following the outbreak were really peaceful though and we managed to come back from it stronger than ever. I eventually moved to California when I got older but looking back at the time definitely makes me appreciate how nice the weather here is.
Same, as a northern Alabamian. It wiped out at least 75% of buildings in the city right next to us. And went through other parts of my city. Absolutley horrified, I think the only thing more people remember is "The Blizzard of '93"
Nah april 27th is more remembered I think. April 27th coming up once for a passing mention is kinda annoying but if you did all of it would’ve probably made the video hours long
I remember my mother making me come back home to their house in (middle east ish) AL from my apartment an hour away in GA just so she knew me and my 2 kids were safe. Even though we were lucky that the worst wasn’t close to us. We’re an hr and a half from Tuscaloosa. But I remember thinking to myself, I’m closer here to the outbreak than I was just staying at my apartment lol I eventually moved back to my hometown and in the past 5 years of being back here, there have already been at least 2 or 3 minor touchdowns and 1 big one (I think it was at least a F3 if not a 4) that shredded a bunch of houses down the road from here. That one jumped over into GA and tore Newnan up
@@Mr.ThatOneDudenever forget the blizzard! That is for sure! 😂😂
Just stay out of Lake County. The summers here are not only extremely hot but also terrifying because it's literally California's tornado alley but for fires. I think 60% of this county has burned in the past 5 years.
I think having access to SM has greatly improved awareness.
“Don’t be scared, be prepared!” Who else follows Ryan Hall Y’all?
I do!
missouri really is an odd case when it comes to weather in general. i’m from there and i’ve studied a lot of the events that happen here, and safe to say, no other state can claim the things we can. we have a fault line, there’s high tornado activity, we’re extremely flood prone, we get both blizzards and severe droughts, it can dip as low as -51 degrees in the winter and get as high as 118 in the summer, the list goes on. the weather in missouri is so insanely and unbelievably random at times, i find myself questioning if it even makes sense with my current understanding of climatology.
From Missouri as well, and you nailed it.
Fellow Missouri guy here, specifically STL, I can certify we have 12 sessions vs the 4 others have
Anyone remember the crazy tornados in December of 2021?
I could only find -40 as the record cold temp but still cold. Funny both the record cold -41 and record high 118 occured in the same town Warsaw...
As a Missourian that temperate climate go brrrr
arkansas is the warmer version -29 to 120
I’m originally from Alabama, grew up with a fascinating for tornadoes. We had our test sirens go off the very 1st Wednesday of every month at 10am. I have since moved from Alabama to Oklahoma!! LOVEEEEE Oklahoma, having more flat lands also plays a huge part. But they test their sirens EVERY SATURDAY at Noon!!! That’s Insane!
Kansan here! Mondays at noon every week! Once a month sounds crazy for a state in the A tier! Especially lately
Wisconsin it here. They test the sirens every Saturday at noon when the warm weather sets in and winter is done.
being from oklahoma and living here my whole life, i’m so used to the sirens going off every saturday, it would be weird to NOT experience that 😂
As an ohio resident, I can confirm as a kid the stories I used to hear about the Xenia tornado from older folks. It's something of a legend.
My dad remembered it as a kid, because one of his friends from school didn't come back to school for a long time. Eventually when he did, it was revealed he lost his house in Xenia.
And then in the recent years, the memorial day tornados... I now have nightmares 😭 15 in one night is no good.
@@nerdtasticzelda1737 hang in there
I lived through it, I now live in a little town just outside Xenia
@@Theylieohio I live pretty close myself, closer to Cincinnati.
There's a great book called "F5" that was written about that tornado based on what people who experienced it told the author. Pretty good book
I reside in Oklahoma, and I hadn't expected my state to be at the top of your list. While we're accustomed to tornadoes, this really brings it into perspective for me.
I was expecting Florida to be higher due to the consistent tornados it gets, especially during the hurricane season, but a lot of those far out coastal states don't necessarily get the stronger tornados nearly as consistently as the great plains states.
Hi. Im in Florida, and you’re right. We get a bunch but they are often related to big hurricane events. I’ve been through a cat 5 and there were so many mini tornados spawned it was insane. However, relative to the overall damage from hurricane force winds and giant storm surge, they almost seem insignificant- even though they really aren’t.
I'm from Central Florida and seeing a defined tornado like in the midwest is extremely uncommon. We have crazy severe storms during the summer that pass through quickly(15 minutes is a long storm)~ so I'm guessing the tornadoes we do get last seconds and are nearly indistinguishable from the storm itself. I've gotten plenty of tornado warnings but have never seen one or gotten any property damage from one. But you're right, hurricanes do play a massive part in the count, I'm sure!
@@avelinedressus6477 do you ever get over 1 hour lasting severe thunderstorms in Fl?
Never imagined saying this before I saw this video, but this is like the Bob Ross Tornado history video. Who'd have thought a history of tornadoes could be this relaxing. Nice job.
Born and raised in Indiana and honestly wasn't expecting it to be so high. I didn't realize just how many tornadoes we've had here and how many were rather intense ones. It's certainly quite a lot given our states size.
Remember last year when we had 23 Tornadoes in one day? 🤣
Lol yea @captaincurtis9829
I hear you. People really don't think of Indiana when they're talking tornadoes, but we have plenty here. I live just outside of Kokomo, and we had two within a few years that came right through Kokomo, and did a lot of damage. I can remember several from my childhood, that passed very close to us. I can totally understand a statewide tornado warning being issued, when you have storm fronts that span the entire state, and generate multiple tornadoes. I stood on my porch, and watched an f3 pass just blocks from my house in Greentown, which is about 5 miles east of Kokomo. BTW it didn't sound like a freight train....It sounded like thousands of screaming cats.
The weirdest thing about the El Reno Tornado was that it was big and scary but the extremely rural area it hit negated a lot of that potential tragedy. Instead, we had this awesome photo of the Vocational College with its display plane wedged up to its tail in the Aviation Training Center on our front page the next day instead of stories about bodies everywhere. Gotta love Oklahoma humor.
Kind of ridiculous how tense I was waiting to see where you'd rank Kansas, lmao. I was expecting us to be #2 but this video revealed to me that being raised in The Tornado State is like incredibly integral to my identity.
Haha, same. I don't put up with every Wizard of Oz joke every time I leave the state to not be ranked in the top 2.
Felt the same way, knew Oklahoma would almost have to be first with the El Reno and Moore tornadoes, but tornado culture is huge in Kansas
@@flyingblind5677 Surpsing to me KS has had more tornados overall and more F5s but i would agree OK is abit smaller and more populated than KS. Only major City is Wichita where as OK has OKC and Tulsa
@@cynricsaxon2945 Knasas City?
@aaronwade1940 Kansas City, Kansas is not very big, if anything overland park would be the closest thing to a second major city in kansas. The kc metro is huge in kansas just not necessarily the city itself
As a resident of Alabama, I'm surprised we beat out most of the Tornado Alley states, though I'm sure part of the reason Tornado Alley makes the media coverage is because climbing the hills of Dixie in pursuit of a twister makes things much more challenging, when Tornado Alley is just flat. I also wasn't expecting that mention of James Spann.
Spann's the goat
I’m not surprised tbh. Mississippi and Alabama are known for having lots of long track tornadoes and have bad night tornadoes. Most tornadoes that occur in those states happen in late afternoon, evening, or night time hours when people aren’t expecting tornadic activity. Also those two states have way more forests and trees than plain states and makes spotting tornadoes much more difficult when it’s not dark outside. They are definitely the odd ball states when it comes to tornadoes. Lol
There's kinda two Tornado Alleys. Traditional Tornado Alley and Dixie Alley, with Alabama being the equivalent of Oklahoma.
The hills and dense forests make chasing tornadoes in Dixie Alley a lot more difficult so it's no quite as famous. Tornadoes in this area, especially in Alabama, tend to happen around evening/nighttime and also tend to be rain-wrapped, which is why there's a lot less footage and another reason why they don't really get chased as much.
I just moved from Birmingham to Shreveport Louisiana and it took just one tornado warning to realize how much of an absolute G James spann is. Much like my ex girlfriend, I didn’t know what i had until it was gone 😢
I live in Arkansas and we get storm chasers who will live in Arkansas or stay in Arkansas during storm season to travel between tornado alley and Dixie alley and recently a lot of them have been saying that they are seeing more and more big tornados in Dixie alley compared to tornado alley.
I was born over here in Oklahoma and still is in OKC and I can't even tell you how many times I've heard the nadar sirens in the last 5 or so years.
Well they come on every Saturday at noon so at least 1800 times
Random asf, but I was absolutely shocked by your use of the old comcast weather channel/radar music. Hit me with a huge wave of nostalgia fr. I’m from Georgia, and that jazz loop always makes me think of falling asleep under severe storm warnings during the spring, and listening to the sound of rain. Gives me the most comforting type of anxiety, and I love it.
Agreed. Its like i transported back into the 90s lol
In April of1974, we lived about 15 miles from Xenia, Ohio. The power company set up a museum of tornado artifacts. A small rock had punched a hole in an electric meter and a bird moved in. They had a phone pole with a weed embedded in it. There was a section of blacktop that the tornado removed from a road or parking lot. I was 8 and will never forget that s*it.
It's very comforting to know that I live in the state that you picked for the top spot. I guess the fact is that it's bad enough to have the tornado with the highest recording wind speeds, the largest tornado of recorded history and my little town hit national news for getting hit by two tornadoes in one night and a third two nights later. A local news channel actually one some awards for their coverage of the damage my town received.
As a proud #1-er here as well, we shall accept the dubious honor on behalf of our fellow Sooners.
We gotta be #1 at something!
I lived in southwest Ohio when the 1974 super outbreak and lived in fear of tornadoes my whole life. I moved to Clearwater, Florida, where I got used to seeing green skies pop up at all times of day. I moved to northern California in the Sierra nevada foothills, where i never thought I'd see a tornado. One Christmas Eve, we had a small tornado literally chug up the road, pass between 2 apartment buildings, blow over our dumpsters, an airplane, and some cars. I'm back in Ohio, and we'll see how it goes. We've had a few so far.
As a Nebraska resident, I'm sad you didn't mention the "Night of the Twisters". It was an event in 1980, which a cell formed seven unique tornadoes on the city of Grand Island. From what I could find, one was an EF4, two were 3's, and then the rest were 2's and 1's. So not the most destructive system ever, having only three deaths from the whole ordeal, but over 300(if I'm not mistaken) injuries and is seen as one of the most unique storm systems to this day. Fun fact, the whole system had spawned over 25 tornadoes in just two days, over the span of multiple states.
where in Nebraska?
Grand Island they said. Which I think is kind of south
There were five deaths and the destruction from the F4 was high-end F4, which is easily EF-5 using today’s scale. One of the craziest weather events in history. Three of the seven tornadoes were anti-cyclonic, too.
1980? I wonder if that’s the year I experienced a tornado, about 90 miles northwest of Grand Island.
I would’ve been 7, I was at my Geanddad’s for a few days, and there was a tornado nearby. He told me we were going get in the car to drive away from it. We drove out and were pretty close to it, and suddenly it changed directions and headed straight for us. My granddad slammed on the brakes and did a quick U-turn to get away.
Maybe 5 years ago I mentioned it to my dad. He said, “Your granddad didn’t drive to get away from the tornado, he drove out to look at it.”
I instantly knew he was right, I don’t know why I had never thought of it before. My granddad was cool like that. 😎😂
I was 10 years old and living in Grand Island when that happened. It was an intense night. The tornado sirens were nearly constant. When they did stop, we'd have just enough time to see if the house was still standing before they'd start up again.
Fortunately our house survived with only minimal hail damage.
My mother lived through the 1936 Tupelo, MS. tornado, pronounced Too pa low, and she said the death toll was much higher because there was a large Black population and many were killed because the tornado ripped through that part of town and they were not counted in the death toll.
Northerners still don't know how to pronounce Biloxi.
I live in Smithville
@@drbuckley1 how do you pronounce it?
@@rawhidelamp bil-luck-see
@@mrh6237 yeah okay just had to make sure i was right haha
Okay, two-part comment:
1) I saw the 2013 Hattiesburg tornado hit the university from my apartment across the street, through my apartment doors peephole.
It was absolutely terrifying realizing you’re THAT close to a tornado AND you’re on the second story, AND you have no clue which first level neighbors may be home. Being from Indiana (I’ll come back to this in a sec), I KNEW better than to stay on the 2nd level, during any tornado warning, however I had laid down to take a nap and was only woke up by the sirens going off.
I commented on your other video earlier about how we still need sirens for this very reason! I immediately grabbed my phone to call my neighbor to go to his first level apartment and grabbed my dog.
Afterwards, we drove around to see the damage. Uprooted trees, downed power lines, flooding, the skies were still grey, dark and heavy- it was horrible. That day was one of the most surreal days of my life.
2) In a different video you mentioned how there is a lesser common tornado hotspot called “Hoosier alley.” I think it was the iceberg video but idr.
I just wanted to comment on it saying how that’s fascinating that they’re starting to recognize Indiana as having its own nuisances with tornadoes.
Growing up, I always thought Indy was in the infamous tornado alley until I got older and started seeing maps of tornado alley, and started wondering why in the heck we got hit with so many of them then if we weren’t even in that area! (Like that’s not fair, those things suck lol)
Tornadoes are the scariest weather phenomenon to me.
They’re soooooooo unpredictable, that you can literally just wake up (to the lovingly harsh, life saving wails of a tornado siren- yes, we still need those) and there’s one in your front yard.
I was at Southern Miss as well during the tornado in Hattiesburg. I lived in some apartments on West 4th Street near the baseball field, but when the Tornado hit I was over on Hardy Street at a friend's apartment. We literally saw the tornado cross over Hardy Street and hit the corner of USM's campus by the intersection of HWY 49 and Hardy. Absolutely nuts.
I was a grad student during the 2013 Hattiesburg tornado (passed barely south of the apt I was living in at the time) and now 10 years later I work at the university. From around November to March of this past year, at least once a week the campus would shut down due to severe weather and tornado watches and warnings.
In our office, we have started referencing Tornado Tuesdays as a phenomenon here.
I have always been amazed at the fact that MS and AL are nowhere near tornado alley (born and grew up on the MS coast).
Great content, especially love the Goldeneye soundtrack! But seriously you are doing an amazing job
I live in Oklahoma, and I am glad to see someone finally acknowledge this state when it comes to tornadoes, most people do somehow forget about it
Really? Oklahoma and Kansas are the first two states that come to my mind when I think about tornadoes.
Same, in Edmond (Deer Creek). Everything always seems to hit south of us, Moore/Norman and small towns.
Edmond, OK here!
@@davidpatrick2997 small world!
Bethany, OK here! We've had a few close calls over the last few years, but like it's been said previously, Moore/Norman is a huge bullseye for tornadoes.
Btw I know Southern names might be confusing to some, but I love how you hesitated at "Natchez" while nailing it, but then proceeded to butcher "Tupelo" without hesitation.
TOOP-uh-Low
Being an Alabama native, I've always been infatuated with tornadoes. Love your content and all the historical statistics you gather! Keep up the great work bud!!
remember the january 25th 2021 tornado that destroyed my home town?
bro alabama gets a tornado every week and i hate it
the tornado we had few weeks ago was a disaster, my heart goes out to everyone in Selma 🫶🏻💕
Murfreesboro Tennessee resident here! Yes, Murfreesboro is indeed a tornado magnet. Having grown up in Texas for the first decade of my life has helped me navigate the situations much more naturally, almost nonchalantly at this point. I’m glad my city got a shoutout, though!
There are actually 4 tornadic events that should've been mentioned in Ohio, you got Niles, you have Xenia of course, but Van Wert is an important mention, and definitely Dayton, Ohio in 2019, 15 tornadoes in one night and the most notable, the monster EF4 that went through Brookville, Trotwood, and Dayton. Followed by the EF3 that went through Beaver Creek through the north side of Xenia. Enjoyed this video.
From Georgia here. I’d love to see Newnan be talked about on this channel. Newnan’s EF4 had some amazing probabilities and was insanely rare for us. Georgia has had some amazing tornadoes and I’d love to see it talked about more!
I am also from Georgia, and same here! The Newnan EF4 was the storm that got me back into weather and tornadoes :)
I am also from ga. And newnan has been smashed a couple of times since the 1980s
Can we agree that all tornadoes that were heading towards us most of the time were stolen by Florida.
Born and raised, and still living in Kokomo, IN. Having 2 EF3 tornadoes in a 3 year span was wild. I remember driving through the debris and helping cleanup for weeks afterwards. My house was missed by the ‘16 tornado by about 2 blocks.
Edit: apparently the ‘13 tornado was reduced to an EF2. Still nuts IMO.
Im in indiana and I havent seen a tornado and im kinda upset with with it. But im also glad ive never been hit by one but just seening one would be amazing
love that this was recommended for me a year later. sweet video
The April 2011 tornado in Birmingham passed very close to my house. We climbed up on the porch railing to see it coming and ran back down to the basement. We had no power for a week. It was a devastating event. I have never seen nor heard a tornado of that magnitude since. We had had smaller tornadoes the night before and had just finished clearing debris out of the yard and then the macdaddy tornado came ripping through and wiped the area out again. I will never forget that day or how the pressure changed and the sky looked. It was a monster.
Tell us more fellow survivor
Wow I remember this as a kid. And the funny thing is I moved from Alabama to Iowa back in 2012. And I still get so many tornadoes here’s wtf!
Congrats on your subcount, you're on par with Pecos in terms of being incredibly relaxing to watch.
Thanks! Any comparison to Pecos is a major compliment so thanks!
I AGREE! Pecos is my fav tornado 🌪 guy and this guy is becoming my number one also.
Keep ‘em coming plz!!!
Pecos Hank #1 with this guy a #1 alternative
I'm going to co-sign on this one, both SS and Pecos are very relaxing watch, especially when it comes to tornadoes. And everyone knows if you need to get psyched up before an outbreak you watch a Ryan Hall Y'all forecast.
Recently in my home state of New Hampshire, we just had a EF1 tornado touch down on the border of Vermont off route 12 in Charlestown. You can find a video of it on youtube. Also, our most recent tornado that was very devastating, at least by our state's standards, was from 2008 when an EF2 touched down in Deerfield and barreled through Northwood Lake, unfortunately killing a 57 year old woman. It traveled pretty far too, a whopping 50 miles. Which is insane, not to mention it stayed on the ground for an hour and a half. Unheard of within the region!
EDIT: On a slightly unrelated topic, I would fly back from college in Ohio all the way into Boston Logan Airport in Massachusetts. From 33k feet in the air, no joke, you can see the whole entire state of Rhode Island from an airplane window. Definitely a very small state. Also, fun fact, anything you read on a Massachusetts map is not how it's pronounced. We call Worcester, 'Wooster' and Lowell 'Lull', just to name a couple examples. Massachusetts is truly a unique state by itself, I'm even shocked that it had that many tornados.
It annoys we when people pronounce Worcester wrong, its very confusing to those who arent from New England.
I watch your videos just so I can listen to you talk because DUDE it's pure butter. I love weather but its so calming to listen to you talk. So relaxing. tornado asmr.
Brilliant video! For those of us outside the States it’s hard to get a feel for “bigger picture” with tornadoes, especially as most coverage & even scientific research talks about events in isolation. So while your ranking may be a little subjective, it’s fantastic to get a complete list (not just a ‘top 10’) _and_ packed with data for us science nerds. 👍 Just showing each state’s tornado map _in situ_ as you discuss it is incredibly helpful for context… I know a lot of the names (and footage) of tornado events, so it’s brilliant to see them pinpointed on a map in the context of neighbouring states, regional geography & geology, where they are clustered versus rare, etc. And I had to chuckle at your comments about Alaska & Hawaii being last on the list, since tornadoes are just about the only natural disaster they _don’t_ have to worry about!
where are you from?
I recently found your channel and it's great content. When rating Nebraska you missed what has been called the most unusual tornado outbreak in U.S. history. In Grand Island, NE on June 3, 1980, supercells moved over the city at only 8 mph; of the seven tornadoes, three of them were anticyclonic; and the tornadoes did not move in a straight line, with most looping back over their own path at least once. Fujita came to Grand Island himself to survey the damage and plot the paths of the SEVEN tornados (yes, I said seven) that hit the city in a three-hour time period. A great book and movie were made about the Grand Island tornado outbreak called "Night of the Twisters." While our state has a relatively low tornado fatality rate, we shouldn't have been downgraded for our weather wisdom and fantastic soil that allows for basements. We're #1 in so many other categories, Oklahoma can have that ranking for tornadic activity.🙂
Born and raised in Indiana. 20 miles from Illinois. Tornadoes are just a thing we deal with every year. Had two in my town last Friday. A dozen homes gone. but no deaths 😃
I lived around the center for 14 years and a half and saw absolutely none, i guess that's fine cus most of my homes were mobile
Sullivan County I’m guessing? One hit over here by Franklin/Whiteland the same day it hit there, and it took out an Amazon fulfillment center right along Interstate 65. You can still see the path of the tornado right through the warehouse when you’re driving along the interstate, because they still haven’t cleaned up all the debris :/
Jake, this was a fantastic breakdown. I figured my state of Illinois would be ‘up’ there. There was the F4 Belvidere tornado in 1967 that was not mentioned, we had tornado warnings beginning just before my day at school ended (2nd grader) and all the rest of the day and night. My town was not hit, but I have relatives that live in Belvidere and were affected by the tornado. The Fairdale tornado happened very close to where I live, my town in DeKalb county sounded the tornado warning siren. At the time, we knew it was close but not for sure where it was heading other than it was in Ogle county and DeKalb counties.
I lived in Raleigh for the Sanford-Raleigh Tornado, which passed less than a mile from my house. It did some serious damage during its 40 + mile track from Sanford to Raleigh. While I didn't see any flattened homes, there were quite a few exposed upstairs areas, and many that were structurally totalled, pushed off their foundations, and w tree damage. I'd hate to live in Tornado Alley
Exactly why I moved from Pennsylvania to Norman, OK. I’m an aspiring meteorologist and although Dixie is active, no better chance on the planet to have tornadoes than central Oklahoma. Caddo, McClain, Cleveland, Canadian, Oklahoma, and Pottawattomie counties get a ton of activity.
Reading your comment made me feel like I was watching the weatherman on TV in April/May. Countless times we’ve heard those counties rattled off with intensity and concern in live broadcasts. I think we know our County names in Oklahoma better than other states because of our crazy weather 😉. Good luck with your meteorologist career path. Enjoy and stay safe 😎🌪 🙏
As an Oklahoman who also wants to be a meteorologist, you’re so right !!!! 😆
I swear Pottawattomie gets Tornadoes every storm. I’m always hearing it on the news
Texan here but also, as a scientist and data cruncher, I get it lol. Very interesting video! I had a hunch what the top ones would be and wasn't surprised w Kansas and Oklahoma, but I'd say most of these surprised me w either how few or many tornadoes they had. Great content!
I'm from Pennsylvania, which people don't really think as a tornado-having state, but last year there were two storms that had multiple serious tornadoes that touched down. I remember how shocking it was to drive through Horsham, a Philly suburb, and see where one of the big ones hit. I also saw the aftermath of the tornado that hit Trevose and wrecked a couple of those big car dealerships. Crazy stuff. B tier seems right to me.
A lot of Pennsylvania's tornadoes tend to be out west, especially the stronger ones. You definitely hear about them if you're local, a famous example being the F1 that destroyed the Kinzua State Park railroad bridge. I was born and raised in Eastern PA and we'd get a tornado warning once every couple years. Even then it was normally a wimpy F0 or F1 that wouldn't do much. The maps he shows are a little deceptive in that they include EVERY documented tornado over the last hundred years. I went on the site in the description, saw tornado paths close to my hometown, and saw they were from the 20s, 70, and even 1800s. The likelihood of getting hit by a tornado in PA is quite low but they're out there.
I’ve never seen a tornado in western Pa
@@MasterD1no in 1985 during the Tri-State tornado outbreak there was a lot of tornadoes and the only EF5 to spawn from that outbreak hit Ohio and Pennsylvania on the west it had Niles Ohio and wetland PA there's a couple ef4s that hit dubois a couple of hit Butler that hit Albion and Albion gets at least one tornado a year that's not even a joke that's just they get a lot of tornadoes for Pennsylvania I mean anytime a major storm rolls through in the summer spring time there's a chance of a tornado hit in Albion hell even erie has had its fair share of tornadoes
@@MasterD1no I watched a funnel cloud move right over me a few years ago in western PA. It was crazy. Unfortunately, my phone camera sucked back then. And years before that, a tornado took out a local high school.
The Bensalem twister from a few years ago was pretty scary cause it was rated EF3 that felt like EF4, maybe EF5 in certain places. Had that storm moved north and hit the Trenton NJ metro area most likely would of done EF5 damage which would of been a first for the garden state.
Can't believe you only got 139k subs. You deserve waaaaaayy more tbh keep up the amazing videos
As someone from Illinois, I would definitely agree. the only somewhat effective strategy to not get caught in a tornado here is to live by lake Michigan, and half the time that doesn't stop you from getting caught in one.
As someone from Texas, I can assure you, none of us were disappointed that we weren't no. 1. I admit, we have a lot, but I think you did a very good and impartial job of ranking the states, mine included! I also couldn't help but notice, your data confirms what I already know about my area. For some reason, Lake Texoma seems to have some kind of a bubble over it that diverts anything too severe. Idk why, maybe you could do a video on it one day? Or at least a video on anti-tornado "bubbles" in general? The town I'm in has had several tornadoes just hop over us and keep going in the time I've been alive.
My great-grandmother, from Colbert, once told me she felt safe there. According to her, Native Americans don't believe a tornado will touch down between two bodies of water. She believed it and felt good about it. I thought that was interesting.
We actually get the most in the world while uk gets most in area
I am actually glad Alabama and Mississippi were on up there but I’ve lived in both states for 34 years and had a few close calls but never direct hit. 🤞🤞
I lived in Durant for about 5 years...people there used to talk about that. One thing I noticed in that 5 years is how storms approaching from the west would be really bad, until they reached the lake, then weaken, only to strengthen again as it moved east. I always assumed it was the cooler temps in the atmosphere above the lake, caused by the cooler temps of the water. That should lead to at least some weakening of a storm.
I’m from Texas and the country I got closest to is Mexico and I was on the gulf of mexico
Thanks for crediting SoT! Their team is amazing at inputting all the tornado records. Feel free to stop by in Mike's server! Any questions about TA, he'll gladly help!
OK, i've watched several of your videos and now I'm subscribing. In fact, this is probably the best TH-cam video I've ever seen. It's so well researched and presented - absolutely masterful - about such a riveting subject. I've been obsessed with tornado videos recently, but have taken comfort in the fact that I live in Eastern Pennsylvania where "tornadoes don't happen", I thought. Not so! it looks like tornadoes are a reality in all 50 states. So I guess the solution to this problem, if there is one, is to stay informed and take tornado preparedness seriously. Live in house with a basement (we do!), don't hide in your car or under an underpass, and don't expect it will never happen (it could!). I love your tour guide delightful details about each of the 50 states. They really are all treasures, aren't they? That said, why the heck would anyone live in Moore, Oklahoma? I don't mean to be mean, but gosh, it's just too dangerous there, IMAO! Your channel is terrific and you deserve 1 million subscribers, at least. Keep up the good work: it's fun and informative, and you're probably saving lives!
Grew up just south of Charles City, Iowa. My parents and grandparents have always talked about how awful that tornado was.
I grew up around Nora Springs and I remember my mom talking about how she had to work extra hours at the hospital in Mason City while they started receiving patients from Charles City.
When I was younger as an Iowan I was always taught that iowa wasn’t a part of the true tornado alley. however, over the last few years they’ve occurred more and more often. Including a strange December break out where the night before it was 20 degrees and snowing .
Who taught you that? As a child in the 70's I knew Iowa was at the northern end of tornado alley.
fr just my town alone has 3 or 4 a year
@@sixchuterhatesgoogle3824 we were taught it was on the northern edge but barely, it was that wave shape of red that reached up but iowa wasn’t much in it which gave people the impression we didn’t get many
@@societl and the glaciers missed iowa
When you were younger iowa was NOT part of true tornado alley. However due to a warming planet tornado alley has been expanding.
I'm from Virginia, grew up around the Petersburg area, and was kinda surprised how high up VA ranked, and even more surprised when I learned that tornado was the worst/most famous. Everyone talks about it around there (and that it most famously leveled the CH Walmart, apparently) but I didn't realize that was so bad. I always thought it was just an unlucky place that it hit.
Thank you for the video and all the research, love your channel and love finding a community of fellow tornado enthusiasts, and I learn something new with just about every video! 😊 Gotta love the Valve noise for the S tier as well 😂
I’m right above Petersburg in Chester. I figured VA wouldn’t rank very high. But I’m not comforted at the idea of facing even a little one. I didn’t move to tornado alleyfor a reason damnit! lol.
I was at a baseball tournament in California. An EF3 tornado hit us in Davis. I think it was like 2018 or sum like that. Pretty cool.
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Very funny😐
@@mcweather8995 ok
Amen
@@mcweather8995”according to my calculations that joke wasn’t very humorous”🤓
MFW Aliuheana 😂😂😂
Duuude. I get giddy when I see you have a new video.
So entertaining and educational.
I was born in the 70s, and I was a teenager in the 80s so seriously, the bits of groovy humor in this were an uber bonus🥰
Thank you for so many interesting videos!🙏
Thanks! Im a mega 80s fan. (born in the 90s unfortunately)
@@SwegleStudios funny how peeps from dif eras can be so similar. Like time has stood still, sorta
This was very interesting. I grew up near Fargo and remember the stories of that tornado. We weren't in its path, but my mother's uncle's house was. I remember riding through town with my parents and being amazed at all the trees missing their tops.
Dude. Between the weather channel background music and ur soothing voice I am enthralled. And great video too
There's recently been 2 EF2s in Western NY alone. The frequency of strong tornadoes and tornadoes in general in the state is starting to peak, and that is kind of alarming.
The tornado in March 2020 in Tennesse was so scary at the time. It's so interesting to hear it talked about in a video!
I was downtown that night about 2 hours before it happened fr scary
When I lived in Illinois I was always scared of tornadoes because I wasn't far from St. Louis (maybe 45-60 minutes away) and St. Louis like you said has a history of deadly tornadoes and I traveled a lot for some of the jobs I had and most of these places where in the middle of nowhere. I guess that's why a guy born in New Jersey and lived most of his life in Arizona would feel moving to a state where the weather is a lot crazier.
This video unlocked a memory for me that I couldn't confirm until now. I remember the Brooklyn tornado bc it happened at a time when my family was dealing with bedbugs in our rooms when we were kids, and we were all sleeping in the living room, and i spent that morning (around 6-7 am) watching Yu-Gi-Oh GX. I vaguely remember my parents talking about a tornado that hit in the area but thankfully we didn't get any major damage from what I know, just remember seeing a bunch of trash cans scattered around I think. Seeing you talk about it I had a moment of "hold on..." followed by "holy shit that did happen!!"
What did the teenage tornado say to his parents? *Nothing, he just stormed off!* But why did the tornado cross the road? *To get the road to the other side!*
We don't even get tornadoes. Though what do have instead is an active stratovolcano along our Chinese border called Mount Paektu. According to legend it is the ancestral origin of the Korean people as the founder of the first Korean kingdom, Dangun who founded Gojoseon, came to Earth on Mount Paektu. It's also the birthplace of my father as a double rainbow appeared in the sky. Mount Paektu was home to the second most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history back in 946. And it is due to erupt again.
My state (Tennessee) has the most night tornadoes of ANY state. The one that hit my city (Cookeville) two years ago killed a lot of people. It was also a night time F4 Tornado.
That makes sense. Most Storms travel West to East, and they usually like to mature around mid day, when the sun's out, warming the ground, causing more air pressures to rise, thus fueling the storm. So by the time these mature storms hit Tennessee after usually maturing in From East Texas up to the Mississippi, it would be night.
Me too. All these newcomers, especially those from California or New York should honestly do some research before they come here. In Nashville, the new homes being built in gentrification zones just can't withstand the extreme storms we get in the Fall/Spring. Back in 98' it did a lot of damage, but the recent tornadoes did more damage although they weren't as strong.
I remember that one I live in Mount Juliet and it was just wild to the damage of the businesses and school on Mount Juliet road
Same from Clarksville that my biggest worries is getting hit with a night time tornado few years back we were close but it hit Nashville and some how miss us
I’m originally from Okla. and moved here to Tenn. What blows my mind is that Tennessee has had tornadoes for many years, but no one is prepared for it. I don’t see signs for tornado shelters, there are not many sirens around (which you could just download a weather app), the only options for school is to close, and there’s not many contractors here that specialize in building a shelter. I think that Tenn. is getting more tornadoes lately. So we really need to come up with a better system for safety.
Interesting video. I'd be curious if you could do an analysis of how Tornado Alley is shifting over time. I grew up in the Texas panhandle, and back then it seemed like that was the central corridor for most tornadic activity, extending up through western Oklahoma and into Kansas. Now, it seems to have shifted further east, into central Oklahoma. Frequency has dropped off in West Texas since the 1960s or 1970s, or at least that's my perception.
As a professional truck driver who regularly goes to Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin as well as living in Ohio.
This makes me feel very comfortable.
Jokes aside id love to see a tornado firsthand. Ive always been a HUGE fan of tornadoes and severe weather.
I live in Oklahoma. Always found it interesting that there are many stories of the natives burying hatchets blade up claiming that it was done to split tornados before they made it into some of the towns around here.
Cool !!
Almost as dumb as praying.🙄
Same
As someone who lives in New Jersey, I can agree. We have been getting a surprising amount of tornadoes as of recent. Some of them being surprisingly strong, the tornado spawned by Hurricane/Tropical Storm Ida that ripped through Mullica Hill.
I live in New Jersey too and when i was little i thought that our state was immuned to tornado since it wasn't in tornado alley. Being a little older now i see thats not the case unfortunately
Mullica was an EF3, tore up a neighborhood and wrecked the largest dairy farm in NJ pretty good. Oddly the lights at the shop rite only flickered despite it only going by at most a quarter mile away. the town is rural-suburban, we have the usual housing developments and a shopping center but still a lot of the Garden part of Garden State so fortunately not a lot of people in the way. But it was a close call as it kept trucking along northish and lifted back off maybe a few miles from the Deptford Mall.
When I got out of the military I was driving across America from Cali to NH, and I didn’t wanna stop in OK because of Tornadoes. Well, we stopped to see my mom’s friend in Blackwood, NJ, and woke up to a tornado warning lol.
@@Eirik_Bloodaxe It seems that places like New Jersey and some other atlantic states (mid and north atlantic) need to mostly worry about flooding. When you already have flooding concerns, you don't really need other types of natural disasters. Of course a hurricanes remnants caused big flooding in New York and New Jersey years ago.
I’m also from New Jersey. Hurricane Ida was crazy. My family and I just settled into a new house in a different part of the state when it happened. We were some of the only people who didn’t have flooded houses after. that tornado was coming right at us as well, but it went away right before it got a chance to hit us
Love the video glad you touched on states people never think about for tornados that actually turn out to have a lot
As a Mississippi native tornadoes have always been a great fear factor growing up but I've also become fascinated by them at the same time as greatly fearing them. Great list!
The most fearsome tornado that hit Mississippi is the EF4 tornado that hit Hattiesburg, Mississippi on February 10, 2013. Blessedly no fatalities occurred in this tornado and only eighty-two people were injured. The February 10 tornado was a devastating and fearsome wedge tornado like the ones that hit Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Joplin, Missouri just two years earlier. This tornado badly damaged or destroyed many businesses on Hardy Street and Oak Grove Road in downtown Hattiesburg along with numerous homes and damaging buildings on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi. Fortunately, there weren't many students or faculty members of USM on campus because they had gone down to New Orleans, Louisiana for Mardi Gras weekend as Hattiesburg isn't too far from New Orleans.
I'm from Mississippi, I didn't know there were so many tornadoes here lol
@@michaellovely6601 Philadelphia EF5, scoured two foot deep gouges into the ground, then the 2020 Easter outbreak which spawned the Bassfield- Soto- Moss- Pachuta EF4 which completly decimated Moss with 8 fatalities.
@@michaellovely6601 You also neglect the 2016 William Carey EF3
Mississippi and Alabama here.. I am okay with this placement. Could be higher but idk not bad.
I lost my home is the Washington, Illinois tornado .. a lot of places in town where hit so bad they were unrecognizable .
PS: Love your mic !!
I’m from that area and helped clear debris. It’s still a vivid memory.
this is very helpful for tornadic activity based on each state, thank you very much!!
I still have vivid memories of seeing the Plainfield IL tornado in 1990. It came within 3 miles of our house. Back then, Plainfield was just 6000 and Bolingbrook (my town) was 35000. Now they are 40000 and 80000 respectively.
I'm from Massachusetts, and I'm also surprised that it was so much higher than all the states around it. Fun fact, the city of Worcester actually had a minor league baseball team called the Worcester Tornadoes for a few years, named after the 1953 tornado.
I'm from Ohio and I feel like this is an accurate rank honestly. We get a lot of crazy weather, including some devastating tornadoes, but we also do get a ton of close calls. I remember a tornado hitting the wooded area behind my house and our family ended up having 2 trees hit our house. We couldn't go into our crawlspace because any rain would cause it to flood close to the floor boards in our home, so all 10 of us hunkered down in either a hallway or by a closet. The next morning I remember being able to pick up my metal swing set piece that had been crumpled up and one of the trees that hit our home was about a foot or so away from hitting our propane tank right by our home. I don't even think the tornado was rated high (an F1 at the time before the Enhanced Fujita scale came out), but it was still terrifying! Glad that we have only had a few close calls since (at least for my family), but yea depending on where you live in Ohio it can get a bit crazy!
Ohio weather changes every hour.
I’m from Ohio and a tornado destroyed the factory I work at
@@theittheit6075 only in ohio
In July of 2018 Marshalltown, Iowa got hit with a tornado. It was kind of weird experience because as an iowan you get numb to all the warnings and I had the habit of not taking them serious but because two had drop outside of Bondurant (about 45 mins away) I actually took it serious and im glad i did. The town still hasn't fully recovered. Then two years later we get hit by derecho which didn't help.
WOW I really enjoyed this! I survived the April 3rd 1974 outbreak. Tornado started as an F3 went F5 then back to F3 went thru out neighborhood. I only recently
found out that Dr Ted Fujita and student Greg Forbes were part of the damage survey team! I would have loved to have met them! Glad I found your channel!
My hometown of Mobile,AL had a pretty violent tornado on Christmas evening 2013 I believe. Was driving with my mom, sister and grandparents back from my aunt’s house in Hattiesburg that night, and we had to pull over with some other cars because the rain and wind was so intense. No fatalities, but midtown was absolutely trashed! There’s a video that went viral of a Walgreens getting hit.
Wisconsin Native here, never expected us to place so high. I figured we would be middle of the pack. Living in far northern Wisconsin, Hayward area I know this area got hit by 2 possible EF3's or EF2s in about 10 years. Witnesses saw funnel clouds both times but we were always told it was straight line winds. Possibly because both hit with no warning and local authorities trying to save face? Lucki!y no deaths or injuries but lots of property damage, one persons house was actually picked up and turned on its foundation by about 70 degrees.