Wow.. you were thanking us for 100 subscribers and now 2 years later you’re at 160k. You deserve every bit you make such amazing n insightful content. Keep it up! 🔥🙏🏽
I’ve lived in Tuscaloosa all my life and it’s really surreal reliving all the rebuilding from this storm. I’m gonna go to that piece of asphalt tomorrow
14:23-14:50 I appreciate what you said about remembrance on this piece of asphalt. Edit: Thank you for taking the time to make this video. It’s one of the best I’ve seen that highlights the before, immediate aftermath and abandonment along the storm path.
Super weird to see the roadway just kinda rot all around it before they redeveloped the surrounding area. It must've intentionally been left there because they put sod down everywhere but that one little spot.
I heard something like that probably from Moore or something. The town was destroyed. But hey at least the chic fil a is fine. That might’ve happened again in Jonesboro.
I was 18 when this happened, and when we were able to drive through town, I literally had no idea where I was and seriously felt lost. It was heartbreaking. I actually moved to ttown in august of 2011. I love seeing the comparisons of the town before, during, and after! Even though I work, drive to, and see these places everyday, I was intently watching every minute of this video. Thank you!
This is kind of off-topic, but I was trying to figure out why his voiceover is so easy on the ear. In addition to the agreeable timbre, intonation, and pace, he uses no filler words. He’s talking off the cuff but no uhs or ums. He’s either trained, really bright and doesn’t need fillers, or a lucky bastard. :) either way, I’m going to watch more of his stuff.
To this day there are vast areas of forest missing between Tuscaloosa and Birmingham - it looks like western Kansas instead of the south. I know a lot of the trees were harvested and cleared after being destroyed by the tornado (to prevent bug infestations likely) but a lot of it was just scrubbed away, and there is still red dirt where once was thick underbrush. The views from Hannah Creek Rd are surreal!
i make the drive from birmingham to tuscaloosa every other week for work and i know exactly what you mean. it’s a very clear reminder of what happened.
Thanks for making this video. I was born and raised in Birmingham. I moved to Dallas Texas in 1980. I still have relatives in B'ham. I followed all the news coverage on this. I have always wanted to see the storm path from T town to B'ham. You nailed it. Awesome work.
i was 10 years old on april 27th, 2011. this was one of the scariest days of my young life. i live in bham. we could see the top of the funnel cloud rotating from my house!! i remember james spann telling us to tell our principals to talk to him. all my time not spent cowering in our townhome’s tiny bathroom i was glued to the tv. my elderly great-gma lived out in pleasant grove alone a few blocks from where it hit, and i remember the anxiety i felt then. had recurring nightmares for a while after that, and tornado watches/warnings still make me incredibly antsy 12 years later
This just a really good video. (Very pleasing narration style, for what it’s worth. Bit of natural talent there, IMO.) I haven’t seen anyone depict or explain it this way before, for any tornado, especially with timeline imaging. Really creative approach to describe the impact and recovery. Kudos.
20:22 throughly engrossing! The asphalt patch\alley, the back in the day abandoned fuel mart, all brought to life. I'm a resident of the great lakes but this draws me in so its like "my" home! OUTSTANDING ❤❤
I was in Tuscaloosa very shortly after this happened and the damage was just insane to see in person (I live too far north for this kind of tornadic activity, so it was really shocking, too). Great videos. Subbed.
This is truly a unique perspective of a tornado’s path and the massive damage that it had caused. You are a great narrator and I really appreciate your attention to detail. I subscribed. Great stuff! 👍👍
That little bit of slab you refer to is the remainder of a road that brought you to a place called hokkaido. It was a sushi/hibachi place that was beloved by all students when I was in Tuscaloosa from 09-12. Sad to see just that tiny little patch of asphalt remain.
just wanted to say a big thank you! to u for highlighting terrible natural disasters! i love the way you have reported & way u have brought to everyone's attention
Great video. Thank you for making it! I was at my folks’ place in suburban Birmingham that day, covered the damage for my radio show from 15th Street in Tuscaloosa (talked to the manager at that Chipotle you pointed out and some other folks whose businesses were destroyed; it was awful to look at). I flew home to Los Angeles three days later and I saw this path from the plane as it flew over. My jaw just dropped looking at it.
I just saw you videos today. A lot of them are close to home. I won't forget this day. The way the day felt that morning i just knew something was different. I wasn't expecting what I watched that day.
I really love your channel and content, and am happy to see your growth, you have 13.4k subs today! You do have a great naration style, very authentic, and you're curious, showing that you are sharing your first view of these Tornado tracks live with us as it were. Keep going, I like your ideas a lot, and that you're offering something really different, and simple not flashy or sensationalist. Great work.
I didn't realize this video was made in 2021 until 13:18 haha... It's really nice that someone picked on this, I was searching exactly for a video like this about the Tuscaloosa tornado... So sad watching these images.... I couldn't imagine what I'd do if my house were to be completely destroyed by a tornado... I think many people moved somewhere else to have a "new start" in a new place, without having to deal with the constant reminder of that tragedy of a day back in 2011. Thank you for making this video; it certainly left me with a sense of nostalgia and sadness I must say. I will fortunately never (knock on wood) have to deal with something like that as I live in EU, although I am certainly fascinated by these incredible wonders of nature.
I grew up in Hueytown. A lot of my classmates lived in Concord and Pleasant Grove. Many stayed in those communities and lost their homes, a couple lost their lives. I’ve seen several videos that focus on the damage in Tuscaloosa but none, except this on that covered the rest of the damage
We were in an apartment right behind that chipotle. About 1/8 of a mile behind it. My wife (girlfriend at the time) is still terrified of weather now due to the tornado. Fun fact, very close to that McDonalds (which was completely wiped off the map) was a pharmacy. It was mostly destroyed, but a lot of their stock somehow remained. Literally just hours after the storm passed, there were people rummaging through that pharmacy looking for pills.
I just binge watch all your videos :) thanks for the time you have put in those! I would love if you could do more some time :) like the Greensburg tornado. The Google map view of this one is crazy.. yeah, you hear the town was 95% destroyed, but seeing it on this perspective is shocking! Thanks for your work, new subscriber here! 👌🏻
Here’s one for you: on April 3, 1974 (I was in 4th grade at the time), an EF-4 struck the town of Xenia, Ohio and did massive damage. I lived in the neighboring town of Beavercreek. It flew over us and touched down in Xenia.I believe it was the worst ever on record at that time. Too bad we didn’t have Google Earth back then, the images would have been comparable with Joplin. Xenia got hit again with another tornado in the late 1990’s although not as severe. Beavercreek got hit 2 years ago this coming Memorial Day, I would love to see you do a commentary on that one. Love your videos!
You are correct in that Xenia was part of the Super Outbreak of 1974, the worst in U.S. history, however, Xenia was a verified EF 5 tornado, one of several that day which is simply incredible considering how rare EF 5 tornados are.
@@Dallas1722 oh was it? My bad. I can totally believe it though after driving through Xenia with my parents and seeing the disaster area firsthand. It totally looked like a war zone.
I used to work with a guy who lived near Xenia in 1974. He’d actually stopped and gotten food at a McDonald’s there just before the tornado hit. He left Xenia just in time; the McDonald’s was destroyed.
This was a horrible event that effected many people across many municipalities. I hope that the communities effected by this horrific storm have bounced back to a once-felt sense of normality which was similar to what was felt before this disaster. I love the mention of the remnants of a road at 13:37! Really gives a very "moment-by-moment" look into how much these powerful storms change what was once a common landmark into an insignificant-looking splotch of asphalt.
So weird, I just watched the outbreak video a few hours ago and then looked and go "aw he didn't make the video on tuscaloosa tornado yet" I just started watching ur vids the other day, intrigued because never thought of looking at tornado destruction on google earth (I love google earth lol) Also . I love maps. And weather. anyways and now an hour later you post the video? Spooky lol
@@SwegleStudios Yo are you good? You built a fairly large following of people. We're all eager if you're still able/interested in making videos. I'm just a bit confused because you haven't posted in a while.
I was in the area about a year or so after the tornado. When we were driving down one of the local highways, my sister told me to "look at this" We drive right through the forested area where it was still EF5. It looked like the land had been cleared for power lines. Just a couple of hundred yard wide path cut through the forest in both directions as far as you could see. I was completely shocked. The amount of focus to the destruction defies belief.
Fun fact about forest lake (I live in Tuscaloosa and have been for the past 23 years) they say there’s still unfortunate souls that have not been recovered in that lake. Probably why they never had those house rebuilt by it. Oh yeah and the owner of that abandoned quik mart refuses to sell it to state that’s why it’s still there and abandoned to this day
I really liked your analysis. I’m from Melbourne Australia and have a bit of a fascination with Moore, Tuscaloosa and Joplin (tornadoes in general), but hadn’t seen anything like this. Another subscriber! Thanks.
@@Hypercane2025 Don’t forget to have a look at the amazing footage out of Andover. I know it probably won’t make for a great satellite tracking vid, but most amazing vid’s I’ve ever seen…and seen most! Be interest to see the urban track maybe.
The "Ghost Lots" are creepy. I drove through Wichita Falls, TX 35 years after the 79 F4 and evidence of damage was still there, including these ghost lots with bare foundations.
I currently attend Mississippi State for broadcast meteorology. This tornado has always interested me. I recently got hired at Tuscaloosa's WVUA23 as a weekend meteorologist. When I'm in town tomorrow, I will make sure to go and look for that piece of asphalt that you honed in on just off of McFarland. Its insane how much a weather event can change the course of a town.
When you showed concord at the 20 min & 26 seconds mark the house at the bottom right with the red roof is where me and my wife and my kids were who were in the bathroom. It is amazing how close we were always thought if only I would have just put my phone on record and put it in the window I would have had an insane video of it. When we walked out we thought we were hit by the tornado because trees were down everywhere and debris was like all stacked up in the road. You couldn't see anything so we thought we were hit but they ended up using our front yard as a place where they were bringing the wounded because the ambulance got stuck in our yard. That day I will never forget and I will never look at tornadoes the same. My kids are absolutely petrified of any storm still to this day. And yes James Spann is the man!!
This is something that has fascinated me about tornadoes over the years, and I appreciate your efforts to go back and showcase some of these paths! Not sure how far back you can go back, but my mother was living in western PA during the 1985 outbreak and I was wondering if you could look back on some of those tracks. Wheatland was hit by an F5, Kane and Albion were each hit by an F4, and there was a very wide F4 that tracked through the central PA forests
I spent the 1st 12 years of my life in Kane. The one in the 80s killed a couple people. 2 people were found in a tree about a mile from where they lived. There was another one that ran through Kane in I think 2004 that ended up knocking down the giant train bridge just past Mt Jewett.
When you were looking around on 15th Street, the large buildings in the background are Druid City Hospital. There is a glass waiting area down the center of the brick building facing 15th Street. Imagine the people in those waiting rooms! The Chipotle building is actually new. The abandoned gas station was empty because of structural concerns. It has recently been released to the owners. The step father of a former co-worker was killed in the Holt area. He was on the phone with him when the Tornado hit. My friend rushed over, having to go on foot for blocks. He found his step father, and they got him to the hospital, but he later passed from internal injuries. I was at work at WM in Brent AL that morning, when the EF3 went through Eoline. We experienced very strong winds, and had a cell tower right next door, broken in half. Our sliding doors in front were also blown in. I believe that there was one fatality in Eoline. I see that you are now up to over 200K subs! Great! Thank you for posting!
can you do the tornado path and destruction for the pilger nebraska EF4 Tornadoes on june 16 2014? and do the stanton tornado EF4 Near pilger and the wakefield EF4 Near pilger and wakefield u might have to do some research of the twin tornadoes thanks!
Totally agreeee! Tuscaloosa got alot of media coverage, dont get me wrong, it was horrible! but Hackelburg/Phil Campbell was an EF5 and complete devastation of small comunauties :( i feel like people tend to forget :(
I moved away from the area three months prior to this tornado. My house was located about two miles south of where the tornado finally dissipated. The area around Birmingham is very hilly.
Great Video :) I am definetly a fan. Have you seen the damange from the Greensburg, KA tornado in 2007? I use to look on google earth after tornadoes too. Have you considered looking into hurricane/typhoon aftermath too?
Could you please do one of these for Phil Campbell - hackleburg tornado please? It was the worst tornado that happened that day. Also it seemed the birmingham tornado was like over a mile wide by time it reached birmingham! Do you know how wide it was?
Hey, I found your channel just by chance, and this is the second video of yours I've watched now. You do some excellent work! I really got into all that you were describing, and what I found interesting, are the little stories you tell of certain places along the path of the tornado. It's like you make it a bit more personal and we're not just looking at someone's house, or a store or a building. I like how you keep things in perspective too. The path of the tornado, any tornado actually, is called a SCAR. On this video, the Tornado Scar was very evident. Anyway, great work, I've have now subscribed and look forward to watching more of your videos. Any chance you may a do a video on the April 2011 outbreak here in North Carolina? Thanks!
Wow, I was a student at the University and although I always knew of the tornado and could seem remnants from its past driving through town in some spots- I never knew I actually lived along the path. I lived on 13th street off of McFarland next to those new apartments you see go up after the event. Really puts things into perspective and reminds you to take a deep breathe and remember those impacted
Well...I just watched all your videos 😂😂 really is amazing seeing the before & after shots. The street view is unreal yet, a tad unnerving haha. Keep up the awesome work, really enjoyed it! Subd🤙
Caught this tornado storm chasing, it was so wide, caught up with it Fultondale, and it ended maybe 3 miles east of their. It was a bad one. The crazy thing about April 27, not one storm turned, they stayed on the same path
At 9:13 you pass right over what was my house….the dead end street just south of the small lake. You just can’t imagine how many huge old growth trees there were in that area.
I noticed this was your last one in a while. Are you done with these? If not, I'd love to see one on the Quad-State Tornado from Friday, although it would probably take a while to cover all ~250 miles lol. Regardless, I love your videos!
Absolutely insane to see that gas station at around 15:00. I'm not native to Alabama but I went to grad school in Tuscaloosa in 2020. I always wondered what had happened with that dinky old gas station that stayed like that. I always wondered why that stretch of road was so much worse than other parts of town. Looking now at the path of something I had never even considered to connect to my personal experiences is absolutely mind boggling. It's incredible to see those effects. Hell, there's a Whataburger just up the road now and I went there damn near every week I was in school. I always wondered why that area felt so haunted.
Seeing all this damage, I'm actually surprised not a lot more people have died. Also, it's sad too so much empty space left by the houses that were destroyed even after many years.
You should first start a patreon, then incorporate some corresponding videos of the actual tornado as it effects specific areas you are digitally analyzing. That’s what I’d do if I want so lazy. Love watching your videos. Great job.
12:20 that’s actually a hospital. DCH Regional Medical Center. The tornado was so close that windows were blown out and debris damaged the walls. I’m a Tuscaloosa native, I was 16 when the tornado hit. I currently still live in the city. If anyone has any questions I can try to answer them.
Never EVER want to see that type of day again. My house was hit by the Hackleburg tornado as it passed through Limestone County. We had people in Limestone County that were running from one house to another to take shelter that were picked up and killed on Rosie Road. We had blue jeans falling from the sky in Tanner, which were picked up from the plant in Hackleburg, which I believe was 70 miles away. Many of us watched things like boards, windows and other things crash down from the sky as the tornado was at its closest point. The sirens were constantly going off that day, and then when the big power towers were hit by the tornado that went through, we had no sirens. So many stories that day. If I had more time and talent, I'd love to put together a book of survivor stories.
4:37 you get my subscription. This level of data presentation with no drama; (background staccato music) effects, is what makes my time on TH-cam worth it. Thanks and you sound fairly Young, you know our military could benefit from your abilities. But doing this is really cool. We all need more like you, and like 80% less "wanna'bes".
I love the amount of depth you put into your videos. I know this is quite a recent tornado, and there might not be much on it compared to other tornadoes, but could you please cover the Newnan EF4 that hit in March?
That morning we had some major straight-line winds come through above Birmingham. They blew over a big oak tree in my front yard, so I stayed home to clear branches. My company had a crew that was working at the University of Alabama, and they left 20 minutes before it hit and the tornado basically chased them up the 159/20 all the way to Birmingham. Now, if you follow that path past Fultondale to Centerpoint ... it was in a direct line for my house, where my wife and I were in our basement watching the storm approach on the TV. Knowing it was coming straight at us. Wild day. We did however got hit a few months later in the January 2012 tornado that came through Centerpoint. That one came with 500 feet of my house.
the scars are still very visible in pleasant grove when you drive through in 2023. it hit like 9 blocks from where my (then 88) year old great grandmother lived alone, and the damage several blocks over was gut wrenching and otherworldly. newly built neighborhoods and things only accentuate the scarring
It went through my city Ringgold ga, completely destroyed my moms house and killed a bunch of people in the neighborhood (Cherokee valley) I’d love to see the path of that storm. same day as this one if possible. ❤️❤️
I drove back home in 2016. Was my first time back since before the 2011 tornado. As I got close to town (driving through Holt). I felt completely lost. I didn’t realize that Holt was completely destroyed.
You should do the La Plata, Maryland EF4 of april 28,2002. I could only find map data from December ‘02 on google earth pro but unfortunately half of the towns map cuts off and its only shows a partial track of the damage but it can be seen , the nws does have an article about it somewhere
I was 5 when it happened. We lived with my grandma then, and we drove up there to see the damage. I don't remember much, just alot of "Oh my god's and "wow's". Nature is a crazy force. Roll Tide yall!
This is amazing work! More storm chasers and meteorologists should see your data. It could help add another data point in determining tornado intensity on the Enhanced Fujita Scale (EF).
Wow.. you were thanking us for 100 subscribers and now 2 years later you’re at 160k. You deserve every bit you make such amazing n insightful content. Keep it up! 🔥🙏🏽
You meant 170k
@@evanredmon3877 No they meant 193k
No, no I think you meant 257k now!
You mean 257k
I’ve lived in Tuscaloosa all my life and it’s really surreal reliving all the rebuilding from this storm. I’m gonna go to that piece of asphalt tomorrow
Is the little strip of asphalt still there?
I was in Tarrent Cty. Walking distance from the airport When it hit. It felt like our house was being ran over by a train
@@dustinsterling3248 yep!
14:23-14:50
I appreciate what you said about remembrance on this piece of asphalt.
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Thank you for taking the time to make this video. It’s one of the best I’ve seen that highlights the before, immediate aftermath and abandonment along the storm path.
Super weird to see the roadway just kinda rot all around it before they redeveloped the surrounding area. It must've intentionally been left there because they put sod down everywhere but that one little spot.
"The chipotle remains!" I laughed out loud 🤣🤣
When was it?
@@guywilliams5687 start at 12:30
The “hamburger place” was a Hardee’s.
The chipotle is an unstoppable force not even a F-5 tornado can't even destroy it
I heard something like that probably from Moore or something. The town was destroyed. But hey at least the chic fil a is fine. That might’ve happened again in Jonesboro.
I was 18 when this happened, and when we were able to drive through town, I literally had no idea where I was and seriously felt lost. It was heartbreaking. I actually moved to ttown in august of 2011. I love seeing the comparisons of the town before, during, and after! Even though I work, drive to, and see these places everyday, I was intently watching every minute of this video. Thank you!
I was there too. Hate I missed you! Yeah to stand somewhere you knew so well and an hour later you had know clue where you were or which way to go.
Did you move from Mississippi? I know some Rainwaters. Rare name
While watching this video I wondered if people call Tuscaloosa “T-Town.” Thanks for stealing Tulsa’s nickname!
Great videos. I appreciate the work you put into these. You have a calming voice and you’re very detailed!
Thanks so much!
I agree completely.
This is kind of off-topic, but I was trying to figure out why his voiceover is so easy on the ear. In addition to the agreeable timbre, intonation, and pace, he uses no filler words. He’s talking off the cuff but no uhs or ums. He’s either trained, really bright and doesn’t need fillers, or a lucky bastard. :) either way, I’m going to watch more of his stuff.
@@SyntagmaStation I agree. It’s so soothing on the brain. Just a concise perspective.
@@SwegleStudios of course! You could put a video out every day & I’d watch every time. Have a great day!
I want to be a meteorologist when I get older and I am more than greatful to subscribe keep it up man. Never give up
To this day there are vast areas of forest missing between Tuscaloosa and Birmingham - it looks like western Kansas instead of the south. I know a lot of the trees were harvested and cleared after being destroyed by the tornado (to prevent bug infestations likely) but a lot of it was just scrubbed away, and there is still red dirt where once was thick underbrush. The views from Hannah Creek Rd are surreal!
i make the drive from birmingham to tuscaloosa every other week for work and i know exactly what you mean. it’s a very clear reminder of what happened.
Thanks for making this video. I was born and raised in Birmingham. I moved to Dallas Texas in 1980. I still have relatives in B'ham. I followed all the news coverage on this. I have always wanted to see the storm path from T town to B'ham. You nailed it. Awesome work.
i was 10 years old on april 27th, 2011. this was one of the scariest days of my young life. i live in bham. we could see the top of the funnel cloud rotating from my house!! i remember james spann telling us to tell our principals to talk to him. all my time not spent cowering in our townhome’s tiny bathroom i was glued to the tv. my elderly great-gma lived out in pleasant grove alone a few blocks from where it hit, and i remember the anxiety i felt then. had recurring nightmares for a while after that, and tornado watches/warnings still make me incredibly antsy 12 years later
I'm so glad you keep uploading don't stop!!
Thanks! More videos coming soon
@@SwegleStudios Maybe you could do the Greensburg EF-5 next if you're fine with that.
This just a really good video. (Very pleasing narration style, for what it’s worth. Bit of natural talent there, IMO.) I haven’t seen anyone depict or explain it this way before, for any tornado, especially with timeline imaging. Really creative approach to describe the impact and recovery. Kudos.
20:22 throughly engrossing! The asphalt patch\alley, the back in the day abandoned fuel mart, all brought to life. I'm a resident of the great lakes but this draws me in so its like "my" home! OUTSTANDING ❤❤
One year later you now hover over 1.8k subscribers! Good job my man! Great video.
This sure was a scary time for us Tuscaloosa residents. Thanks for showing the before, during, and after of this tornado!
I was in Tuscaloosa very shortly after this happened and the damage was just insane to see in person (I live too far north for this kind of tornadic activity, so it was really shocking, too). Great videos. Subbed.
This is truly a unique perspective of a tornado’s path and the massive damage that it had caused. You are a great narrator and I really appreciate your attention to detail. I subscribed. Great stuff! 👍👍
Watching dec 2024...i was like #300 of your subs. Now you're at almost 300k GREAT JOB, man. Keep up the amazing work & you'll just keep growing! ❤
That little bit of slab you refer to is the remainder of a road that brought you to a place called hokkaido. It was a sushi/hibachi place that was beloved by all students when I was in Tuscaloosa from 09-12. Sad to see just that tiny little patch of asphalt remain.
just wanted to say a big thank you! to u for highlighting terrible natural disasters! i love the way you have reported & way u have brought to everyone's attention
Great video. Thank you for making it! I was at my folks’ place in suburban Birmingham that day, covered the damage for my radio show from 15th Street in Tuscaloosa (talked to the manager at that Chipotle you pointed out and some other folks whose businesses were destroyed; it was awful to look at). I flew home to Los Angeles three days later and I saw this path from the plane as it flew over. My jaw just dropped looking at it.
I hope soon you will do a video on the March 2018 EF-3 tornado that hit Jacksonville, AL
I just saw you videos today. A lot of them are close to home. I won't forget this day. The way the day felt that morning i just knew something was different. I wasn't expecting what I watched that day.
I really love your channel and content, and am happy to see your growth, you have 13.4k subs today!
You do have a great naration style, very authentic, and you're curious, showing that you are sharing your first view of these Tornado tracks live with us as it were. Keep going, I like your ideas a lot, and that you're offering something really different, and simple not flashy or sensationalist. Great work.
@Swegle Studios, I really appreciate your unique approach to storm deconstruction
using Google Earth/Maps.
I didn't realize this video was made in 2021 until 13:18 haha... It's really nice that someone picked on this, I was searching exactly for a video like this about the Tuscaloosa tornado...
So sad watching these images.... I couldn't imagine what I'd do if my house were to be completely destroyed by a tornado... I think many people moved somewhere else to have a "new start" in a new place, without having to deal with the constant reminder of that tragedy of a day back in 2011.
Thank you for making this video; it certainly left me with a sense of nostalgia and sadness I must say.
I will fortunately never (knock on wood) have to deal with something like that as I live in EU, although I am certainly fascinated by these incredible wonders of nature.
I really enjoyed watching this it was great how you go from this back to once it was. Great job.
After al this time you finally dropped this video damn
Give him time geez
I grew up in Hueytown. A lot of my classmates lived in Concord and Pleasant Grove. Many stayed in those communities and lost their homes, a couple lost their lives. I’ve seen several videos that focus on the damage in Tuscaloosa but none, except this on that covered the rest of the damage
Love the vids, please keep them coming!
Thanks!
We were in an apartment right behind that chipotle. About 1/8 of a mile behind it. My wife (girlfriend at the time) is still terrified of weather now due to the tornado.
Fun fact, very close to that McDonalds (which was completely wiped off the map) was a pharmacy. It was mostly destroyed, but a lot of their stock somehow remained. Literally just hours after the storm passed, there were people rummaging through that pharmacy looking for pills.
I just binge watch all your videos :) thanks for the time you have put in those! I would love if you could do more some time :) like the Greensburg tornado. The Google map view of this one is crazy.. yeah, you hear the town was 95% destroyed, but seeing it on this perspective is shocking! Thanks for your work, new subscriber here! 👌🏻
Great video my friend. the satellite imagery of the scar is absolutely amazing
Here’s one for you: on April 3, 1974 (I was in 4th grade at the time), an EF-4 struck the town of Xenia, Ohio and did massive damage. I lived in the neighboring town of Beavercreek. It flew over us and touched down in Xenia.I believe it was the worst ever on record at that time. Too bad we didn’t have Google Earth back then, the images would have been comparable with Joplin. Xenia got hit again with another tornado in the late 1990’s although not as severe. Beavercreek got hit 2 years ago this coming Memorial Day, I would love to see you do a commentary on that one. Love your videos!
You are correct in that Xenia was part of the Super Outbreak of 1974, the worst in U.S. history, however, Xenia was a verified EF 5 tornado, one of several that day which is simply incredible considering how rare EF 5 tornados are.
@@Dallas1722 oh was it? My bad. I can totally believe it though after driving through Xenia with my parents and seeing the disaster area firsthand. It totally looked like a war zone.
I used to work with a guy who lived near Xenia in 1974. He’d actually stopped and gotten food at a McDonald’s there just before the tornado hit. He left Xenia just in time; the McDonald’s was destroyed.
This was a horrible event that effected many people across many municipalities. I hope that the communities effected by this horrific storm have bounced back to a once-felt sense of normality which was similar to what was felt before this disaster.
I love the mention of the remnants of a road at 13:37! Really gives a very "moment-by-moment" look into how much these powerful storms change what was once a common landmark into an insignificant-looking splotch of asphalt.
So weird, I just watched the outbreak video a few hours ago and then looked and go "aw he didn't make the video on tuscaloosa tornado yet" I just started watching ur vids the other day, intrigued because never thought of looking at tornado destruction on google earth (I love google earth lol) Also . I love maps. And weather. anyways and now an hour later you post the video? Spooky lol
I love all those things too! Thanks for watching!
@@SwegleStudios Yo are you good? You built a fairly large following of people. We're all eager if you're still able/interested in making videos. I'm just a bit confused because you haven't posted in a while.
@@SwegleStudios ye you haven’t posted in awhile wazzup
I was in the area about a year or so after the tornado. When we were driving down one of the local highways, my sister told me to "look at this" We drive right through the forested area where it was still EF5. It looked like the land had been cleared for power lines. Just a couple of hundred yard wide path cut through the forest in both directions as far as you could see. I was completely shocked. The amount of focus to the destruction defies belief.
Fun fact about forest lake (I live in Tuscaloosa and have been for the past 23 years) they say there’s still unfortunate souls that have not been recovered in that lake. Probably why they never had those house rebuilt by it. Oh yeah and the owner of that abandoned quik mart refuses to sell it to state that’s why it’s still there and abandoned to this day
These are absolutely so interesting!!! I can't say enough how much I love them. You should do one on the El Reno Tornado, May 31st 2013.
I really liked your analysis. I’m from Melbourne Australia and have a bit of a fascination with Moore, Tuscaloosa and Joplin (tornadoes in general), but hadn’t seen anything like this. Another subscriber! Thanks.
I am from Aus NSW
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@@Hypercane2025 Don’t forget to have a look at the amazing footage out of Andover. I know it probably won’t make for a great satellite tracking vid, but most amazing vid’s I’ve ever seen…and seen most! Be interest to see the urban track maybe.
@@Trippin366 ok :)
The "Ghost Lots" are creepy. I drove through Wichita Falls, TX 35 years after the 79 F4 and evidence of damage was still there, including these ghost lots with bare foundations.
I currently attend Mississippi State for broadcast meteorology. This tornado has always interested me. I recently got hired at Tuscaloosa's WVUA23 as a weekend meteorologist. When I'm in town tomorrow, I will make sure to go and look for that piece of asphalt that you honed in on just off of McFarland. Its insane how much a weather event can change the course of a town.
When you showed concord at the 20 min & 26 seconds mark the house at the bottom right with the red roof is where me and my wife and my kids were who were in the bathroom. It is amazing how close we were always thought if only I would have just put my phone on record and put it in the window I would have had an insane video of it. When we walked out we thought we were hit by the tornado because trees were down everywhere and debris was like all stacked up in the road. You couldn't see anything so we thought we were hit but they ended up using our front yard as a place where they were bringing the wounded because the ambulance got stuck in our yard. That day I will never forget and I will never look at tornadoes the same. My kids are absolutely petrified of any storm still to this day. And yes James Spann is the man!!
Great video! I was in the Joplin Tornado. Congrats on 1K subscribers in three months!!!
Wow, this was so well done and very telling in the devastation. Thank you for the hard work.
I live 90 miles north of here. I found a check in my drive way from Tuscaloosa. The same tornado hit near me in Webster chapel.
Can you do a video on the 2.25 mile wide EF4 that hit south MS on easter sunday 2020?
Can you do the June 1 2011 tornado in Springfield MA?
This is something that has fascinated me about tornadoes over the years, and I appreciate your efforts to go back and showcase some of these paths! Not sure how far back you can go back, but my mother was living in western PA during the 1985 outbreak and I was wondering if you could look back on some of those tracks. Wheatland was hit by an F5, Kane and Albion were each hit by an F4, and there was a very wide F4 that tracked through the central PA forests
I spent the 1st 12 years of my life in Kane. The one in the 80s killed a couple people. 2 people were found in a tree about a mile from where they lived. There was another one that ran through Kane in I think 2004 that ended up knocking down the giant train bridge just past Mt Jewett.
Glad im not the only one amazed by tornados...lol. very cool videos bro. Definitely subscribing
When you were looking around on 15th Street, the large buildings in the background are Druid City Hospital. There is a glass waiting area down the center of the brick building facing 15th Street. Imagine the people in those waiting rooms! The Chipotle building is actually new. The abandoned gas station was empty because of structural concerns. It has recently been released to the owners. The step father of a former co-worker was killed in the Holt area. He was on the phone with him when the Tornado hit. My friend rushed over, having to go on foot for blocks. He found his step father, and they got him to the hospital, but he later passed from internal injuries. I was at work at WM in Brent AL that morning, when the EF3 went through Eoline. We experienced very strong winds, and had a cell tower right next door, broken in half. Our sliding doors in front were also blown in. I believe that there was one fatality in Eoline. I see that you are now up to over 200K subs! Great! Thank you for posting!
can you do the tornado path and destruction for the pilger nebraska EF4 Tornadoes on june 16 2014? and do the stanton tornado EF4 Near pilger and the wakefield EF4 Near pilger and wakefield u might have to do some research of the twin tornadoes thanks!
who liked my comment if its the uploader plz do the video thanks!
I would LOVE it if you’d do this for the Hackleburg/Phil Campbell tornado!
I agreeeeeee
Totally agreeee! Tuscaloosa got alot of media coverage, dont get me wrong, it was horrible! but Hackelburg/Phil Campbell was an EF5 and complete devastation of small comunauties :( i feel like people tend to forget :(
It's weird you can see other tornadoe paths while looking at that one. I grew up close to there and it gets hit all the time. Nice job.
I moved away from the area three months prior to this tornado. My house was located about two miles south of where the tornado finally dissipated.
The area around Birmingham is very hilly.
Great Video :) I am definetly a fan. Have you seen the damange from the Greensburg, KA tornado in 2007? I use to look on google earth after tornadoes too. Have you considered looking into hurricane/typhoon aftermath too?
If you mean Kansas it’s KS bro 😂😂
Could you please do one of these for Phil Campbell - hackleburg tornado please? It was the worst tornado that happened that day. Also it seemed the birmingham tornado was like over a mile wide by time it reached birmingham! Do you know how wide it was?
Mile and a half. With the mesocyclone and wall cloud pulled down like it was the damage path was close to 3 miles wide according to WBRC6
@@chvfd687 oh wow that's crazy!! Thank you for telling me! I knew it would be big but wow!
That next to the Hackleburg tornado had to be about the scariest tornado I've ever seen.
26:28 maybe in a couple of years we celebrate 1000 subscribers... I guess you passed that quite a lot^^ keep up your great work
Hey, I found your channel just by chance, and this is the second video of yours I've watched now. You do some excellent work!
I really got into all that you were describing, and what I found interesting, are the little stories you tell of certain places along the path of the tornado. It's like you make it a bit more personal and we're not just looking at someone's house, or a store or a building. I like how you keep things in perspective too. The path of the tornado, any tornado actually, is called a SCAR. On this video, the Tornado Scar was very evident. Anyway, great work, I've have now subscribed and look forward to watching more of your videos. Any chance you may a do a video on the April 2011 outbreak here in North Carolina? Thanks!
Would love to see you examine the point where the two tornadoes crossed paths in Moore, OK> There is a small plot of land that was hit by both.
Wow, I was a student at the University and although I always knew of the tornado and could seem remnants from its past driving through town in some spots- I never knew I actually lived along the path. I lived on 13th street off of McFarland next to those new apartments you see go up after the event. Really puts things into perspective and reminds you to take a deep breathe and remember those impacted
Well...I just watched all your videos 😂😂 really is amazing seeing the before & after shots. The street view is unreal yet, a tad unnerving haha. Keep up the awesome work, really enjoyed it!
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Caught this tornado storm chasing, it was so wide, caught up with it Fultondale, and it ended maybe 3 miles east of their. It was a bad one. The crazy thing about April 27, not one storm turned, they stayed on the same path
At 9:13 you pass right over what was my house….the dead end street just south of the small lake. You just can’t imagine how many huge old growth trees there were in that area.
These are really interesting, glad to see a new video from you. You have a new subscriber in me, and I suspect you'll have many more :).
Thanks! Currently working on more!
now THIS is my kind of nerding out. geography+weather
I noticed this was your last one in a while. Are you done with these? If not, I'd love to see one on the Quad-State Tornado from Friday, although it would probably take a while to cover all ~250 miles lol. Regardless, I love your videos!
Love the videos man thanks for sharing
Absolutely insane to see that gas station at around 15:00. I'm not native to Alabama but I went to grad school in Tuscaloosa in 2020. I always wondered what had happened with that dinky old gas station that stayed like that. I always wondered why that stretch of road was so much worse than other parts of town. Looking now at the path of something I had never even considered to connect to my personal experiences is absolutely mind boggling. It's incredible to see those effects. Hell, there's a Whataburger just up the road now and I went there damn near every week I was in school. I always wondered why that area felt so haunted.
Seeing all this damage, I'm actually surprised not a lot more people have died.
Also, it's sad too so much empty space left by the houses that were destroyed even after many years.
Can you do the Iowa derecho from August 2020?
You should first start a patreon, then incorporate some corresponding videos of the actual tornado as it effects specific areas you are digitally analyzing. That’s what I’d do if I want so lazy. Love watching your videos. Great job.
12:20 that’s actually a hospital. DCH Regional Medical Center. The tornado was so close that windows were blown out and debris damaged the walls.
I’m a Tuscaloosa native, I was 16 when the tornado hit. I currently still live in the city. If anyone has any questions I can try to answer them.
Never EVER want to see that type of day again. My house was hit by the Hackleburg tornado as it passed through Limestone County. We had people in Limestone County that were running from one house to another to take shelter that were picked up and killed on Rosie Road. We had blue jeans falling from the sky in Tanner, which were picked up from the plant in Hackleburg, which I believe was 70 miles away. Many of us watched things like boards, windows and other things crash down from the sky as the tornado was at its closest point. The sirens were constantly going off that day, and then when the big power towers were hit by the tornado that went through, we had no sirens. So many stories that day. If I had more time and talent, I'd love to put together a book of survivor stories.
4:37 you get my subscription. This level of data presentation with no drama; (background staccato music) effects, is what makes my time on TH-cam worth it. Thanks and you sound fairly Young, you know our military could benefit from your abilities. But doing this is really cool. We all need more like you, and like 80% less "wanna'bes".
Man! I can’t believe all those brick buildings are wiped away…I wouldve hid in them thinking I’d safe. Wow!
I love the amount of depth you put into your videos. I know this is quite a recent tornado, and there might not be much on it compared to other tornadoes, but could you please cover the Newnan EF4 that hit in March?
My house is one house away from Prude Mill Pond @18:32. That was a wild evening/few months of recovery.
That morning we had some major straight-line winds come through above Birmingham. They blew over a big oak tree in my front yard, so I stayed home to clear branches. My company had a crew that was working at the University of Alabama, and they left 20 minutes before it hit and the tornado basically chased them up the 159/20 all the way to Birmingham.
Now, if you follow that path past Fultondale to Centerpoint ... it was in a direct line for my house, where my wife and I were in our basement watching the storm approach on the TV. Knowing it was coming straight at us.
Wild day.
We did however got hit a few months later in the January 2012 tornado that came through Centerpoint. That one came with 500 feet of my house.
How do I get the timeline you use to see the before and after the tornado damage I have the app but I don’t have a timeline
22:30 What are those "things?"
@Supper's Ready in 2112 train cars
Why is this so interesting? The history, the fatalities? Morbid curiosity?
the scars are still very visible in pleasant grove when you drive through in 2023. it hit like 9 blocks from where my (then 88) year old great grandmother lived alone, and the damage several blocks over was gut wrenching and otherworldly. newly built neighborhoods and things only accentuate the scarring
It went through my city Ringgold ga, completely destroyed my moms house and killed a bunch of people in the neighborhood (Cherokee valley) I’d love to see the path of that storm. same day as this one if possible. ❤️❤️
can you do the Phil Campbell tornado
I drove back home in 2016. Was my first time back since before the 2011 tornado. As I got close to town (driving through Holt). I felt completely lost. I didn’t realize that Holt was completely destroyed.
You should do the La Plata, Maryland EF4 of april 28,2002. I could only find map data from December ‘02 on google earth pro but unfortunately half of the towns map cuts off and its only shows a partial track of the damage but it can be seen , the nws does have an article about it somewhere
Just curious where is University Mall?
You're the Bob Ross of Tornado Damage Assessment
Can you do a video on the Sand Springs , Oklahoma 2015 EF2
I think this is the same tornado that came through Ohatchee , Wellington area, must of cranked back up.
NOAAs Survey data on Google Earth do you have a link? and how to use it
La Plata Maryland EF4 had a pretty substantial damage path from google earth
I really, really, really REALLLLY want you to do the May 1999 Moore tornado track. Subscribed and waiting.
Birmingham is quite hilly. The Appalachian Mountain chain begins at Red Mountain in Birmingham.
I was 5 when it happened. We lived with my grandma then, and we drove up there to see the damage. I don't remember much, just alot of "Oh my god's and "wow's".
Nature is a crazy force. Roll Tide yall!
Can you do the aftermath of the Greensburg Kansas tornado?
Props for pressing on from 100 subs!!
Can you do a video on the tornado that hit JSU?
This is amazing work! More storm chasers and meteorologists should see your data. It could help add another data point in determining tornado intensity on the Enhanced Fujita Scale (EF).