I lived in Demopolis in my younger years. Seeing the tow boat grounded on the shore line brings back memories of being on the Black Warrior River. That is the way they hold in place for another tow boat to pass or wait for their turn in the lock or wait for a tornado to move through. Great footage from the drone, I like that you guys are going high tech. I'm sure the weather guys are enjoying the views you can provide. Great work.
amazing footage, I tend to think that drones will help us understand twisters even more. Can anyone tell me though what I'm seeing at 2:38? It starts at the upper part of the twister, then disapears, then travels across the mid section, and exits. Is that how debris usually travels?
I live in the path that’s predicted to go through NC. My house doesn’t have any interior bathrooms or closets except for one which has our hot water heater in it. Very nervous on what I should do!
@@glenwaldrop8166 so they seem to drop at around the same area mostly? Almost like it draws them there like a magnet or something.. Is it an area where the conditions come together ideally for tornadoes often?
@@IngieKittyx it's something to do with the elevation drop, the river and the overall weather fronts in the area. We're right where the gulf moist air meets the cool air from the north and west, this particular area is where the elevation drops ~350 ft right into a river basin, there is a ton of heat right at the river basin and it's just a path with less geographical blocks, the storm coming in has that elevation drop which should kind of create a lower pressure area. This is all just my theory but it's been pretty reliable. Storms come over that ridge and either strengthen dramatically or die. Pretty sure the ridge and the river are both sizable factors. It's funny how storms will be coming through in the dry months, when we need rain quite badly, they'll just stop right in the same area and fizzle out. 99% sure the elevation changes and heat from the river are affecting the clouds at whatever elevation they're at. It's kind of a reach but the pattern is obvious as hell. I've got family on both sides of the river and during a drought the ones on the west side are always better off (the storms almost always come from the west).
Great footage. I used to fly drones around the lock and dam when I lived in Demopolis. Never saw a tornado though. Fortunately, it looks like this one only touched down briefly inside the unpopulated wildlife management area.
Drones are really the only way to "chase" in Dixie Alley... there's just too many trees to try and get ground shots like you can on the Plains. These are really amazing drone videos (on your LSM channel) and folks should take a look at all of them from the Outbreak 3-17-21. Only question I have on this one is... was this an actual tornado at some point, or just a rapidly rotating wall cloud? I can't really see where it touched down. Either way, I love this video!
This would certainly be one way of dealing with hilly terrain or heavily wooded areas when it comes to chasing storms. Get close but keep a reasonably safe distance and put up the drone. While this method isn't going to allow one to track a tornado due to the limited range of drones, it will at least allow people to get decent visuals on what would otherwise be unseen tornadoes. I expect this will start to catch on.
@@IngieKittyx The storm is moving pretty fast, and the wind speed in the entire surrounding area is at least that fast. With supercell conditions there’s likely some turbulence. But the drone looks far enough out not to be affected by intense buffeting from the storm itself.
Wow, you caught a UFO or a Foo Fighter as the WW2 pilots called them. Watch @ 2:40 and again @ 2:43 about drone height a shining object moving from left to right in front of tornado then into it briefly then see it leave it just to the right of it. Thought it might be debris, but debris usually doesn't move in a straight line. It's moving very fast. Weird thing as well, your camera has a blip just before it appears.
@@leaf2180 Wrong, first a Drone would not be able to fly into the tornado and then exit in a straight flight out ahead of it against the winds coming into it. Second, debris does not fly faster than the winds itself. This is moving faster than the parent funnel cloud is rotating, impossible.
@@deanchamblin2160 i mean it could easily be a drone a little further up than the one recording this footage. Tornadoes form at the back of storms, meaning it could've just flown into an area where the sun was peeking through. Same thing could be said about the debris, a scrap of metal doesn't need direct sunlight to shine like that, these things are getting flipped and twisted and thrown all around the tornado, so even though it looks like it went right through the tornado in a straight line, it more than likely was just getting spun around, first showing the flat side, where you first see it, then the edge of the piece, where it disappeared, and then back flat again where you see it shine on the right side of the tornado.
Like bunch of demons creeping along ripping as they go....till a born again Christian says PEACE BE STILL! YOU WILL NOT TOUCH MY CITY OR MY COUNTY OR MY STATE!!! In jesus name!!!
God answers all prayers for miracles so always ask for one every single time you pray at the end of The Lords Prayer say Lords JESUS I need a miracle please please ? Ask for whatever you want and say I make this prayer in the name of JESUS amen.
I lived in Demopolis in my younger years. Seeing the tow boat grounded on the shore line brings back memories of being on the Black Warrior River. That is the way they hold in place for another tow boat to pass or wait for their turn in the lock or wait for a tornado to move through. Great footage from the drone, I like that you guys are going high tech. I'm sure the weather guys are enjoying the views you can provide. Great work.
We was doing tow work. We had to take some barges up to rattlesnake
Wow they’ve really upgraded Dorothy’s little sensors from Twister
Thought the same.
We've come a long way.. & thank God 4 that!
Y’all worked your tails off for that footage. Good job, guys!
God Bless y’all. I’m saying prayers for everyone in Alabama. I’m so sorry that this happened. So devastating 😢😢😢
Multiple homes were destroyed this day, but luckily noone was killed.🌪
I HOPE I DO IT MIGHT TONIGHT
@@bryannaleigh1154 yeah screw noone I’m glad they’re dead!
Multiple vortex tornado touching down and lifting over and over. Really cool footage.
Kinda like El Reno in a way... UGLY!!! (but beautiful video footage)
@@martimasters7704 I live in Alabama. The good thing: this is a very sparsely populated area where this video is being taken.
@@tacticalmattfoley Thanks for letting me know. Alabama has such beautiful forests. It's the Michigan of the deep south :)
This is the craziest I've ever seen. So many trying to form at the same time today. Please be safe
amazing footage, I tend to think that drones will help us understand twisters even more. Can anyone tell me though what I'm seeing at 2:38? It starts at the upper part of the twister, then disapears, then travels across the mid section, and exits. Is that how debris usually travels?
wow. great footage.
Oh my...feel so sorry for those in the path of this!!
Yeah
Same
we’re getting through it 😅😅
@Tristan Arnold 😢❤️🙏🏻
I read in another comment that someone said it'ma a pretty sparsely populated area.. Hopefully nobody got hurt!
Stay Safe Everyone...
I live in the path that’s predicted to go through NC. My house doesn’t have any interior bathrooms or closets except for one which has our hot water heater in it. Very nervous on what I should do!
If it keeps a track towards your house I would probably leave if you can to a clear area...
Neighbors or family have a basement? There are designated storm shelters in every community. (A hospital near me has a basement cafeteria.)
leave now while you can pack valuables up don't wait until your getting a warning
Run away if you can
If there's a tornado shelter nearby in your area, go to it and make sure you have some essential needs (food, water, etc) with you just in case.
Amazing, so cool to see a tornado from this kind of vantage point.
Demopolis has beautiful scenery but that's a scary tornado overhead!
Not that uncommon.
That's been a pretty frequent path since around 2013 or so.
@@glenwaldrop8166 so they seem to drop at around the same area mostly? Almost like it draws them there like a magnet or something..
Is it an area where the conditions come together ideally for tornadoes often?
@@IngieKittyx it's something to do with the elevation drop, the river and the overall weather fronts in the area.
We're right where the gulf moist air meets the cool air from the north and west, this particular area is where the elevation drops ~350 ft right into a river basin, there is a ton of heat right at the river basin and it's just a path with less geographical blocks, the storm coming in has that elevation drop which should kind of create a lower pressure area.
This is all just my theory but it's been pretty reliable. Storms come over that ridge and either strengthen dramatically or die. Pretty sure the ridge and the river are both sizable factors. It's funny how storms will be coming through in the dry months, when we need rain quite badly, they'll just stop right in the same area and fizzle out.
99% sure the elevation changes and heat from the river are affecting the clouds at whatever elevation they're at. It's kind of a reach but the pattern is obvious as hell. I've got family on both sides of the river and during a drought the ones on the west side are always better off (the storms almost always come from the west).
I really hope Pecos hank got film of this
How is the drone not getting blown around by the winds?
Is this in Alabama
Yes
Nice catch
It's magnificent to be able to see the structure like that! Absolutely awesome job
Wow-zers! That looked like a Hydra of tornado funnels! Wild to see that giant mass moving so fast.
I'm blessed my baby girl is safe😭
Crazy footage. How did the drone stay so level with winds and what not??
Absolutely mesmerizing - great shots of that rotation concentration and dissipation
I used to live next to that boat launch where the drone took off. I woke to tornado sirens in southeast AL the day these storms ripped through
Great view! Hoping to see lots more drone shots of tornadoes!
at 1:54 you can see the waves created by the swirling winds moving down the river toward the camera. awesome!
Truly amazing footage.
Beautiful
Holy gods. Thank you so much for your coverage.
Great footage. I used to fly drones around the lock and dam when I lived in Demopolis. Never saw a tornado though. Fortunately, it looks like this one only touched down briefly inside the unpopulated wildlife management area.
Drones are getting excellent weather videos. Keep up the good work. Thanks for Sharing.
What drone and camera? (asked fellow drone guy)
That's a nader in Bama. it didn't look like it fully dropped down.
hope you got part 107 to sell pics faa is cracking down on that stuff
Wow, that one reminds me a lot of El Reno! Great footage.
That drone shot, is bad ass!
Amazing Footage
Which drone? Outstanding job 👍🏼🇺🇸👍🏼
Drones are really the only way to "chase" in Dixie Alley... there's just too many trees to try and get ground shots like you can on the Plains. These are really amazing drone videos (on your LSM channel) and folks should take a look at all of them from the Outbreak 3-17-21. Only question I have on this one is... was this an actual tornado at some point, or just a rapidly rotating wall cloud? I can't really see where it touched down. Either way, I love this video!
I live in demopolis and It actually did touch down.
Did anyone else see the UFO at 2:38? Lol
Yes I saw it, lol 😅
Is that ball lightning? ⚡
Unique footage. Very powerful and awe inspiring.
That was scary thanks for the view
CraZy. Good job LSM
That was a multi-vortex tornado. If it was a wedge, the whole condensation funnel would be on the ground visually.
Looks like it turned into a wedge at the end of the video💔
It maybe a wedge or just cloud tops from moisture
What kind of drone ?
Is this 2 tornados?
Wow...awesome video 👏👏
Best part about drones is there's no annoying commentary stating the obvious. Yes we know its a dangerous tornado. Are there any other kind?
This is great !
Pray for dem in CLANTON AL and Demopolis AL
This would certainly be one way of dealing with hilly terrain or heavily wooded areas when it comes to chasing storms. Get close but keep a reasonably safe distance and put up the drone. While this method isn't going to allow one to track a tornado due to the limited range of drones, it will at least allow people to get decent visuals on what would otherwise be unseen tornadoes. I expect this will start to catch on.
What a shot! Thanks for sharing.
Looks like my state is the new tornado alley from 2011 to current times
Amazing footage.
We have to know, who's drone are you using? I would think it would be a higher end unit that can handle those surrounding winds.
Are they still that strong so far away from the supercell?
@@IngieKittyx The storm is moving pretty fast, and the wind speed in the entire surrounding area is at least that fast. With supercell conditions there’s likely some turbulence. But the drone looks far enough out not to be affected by intense buffeting from the storm itself.
Wow, one of those storms where the meso just parks its ass on the ground and drags it.
It has been real in Alabama today for sure
So seemed to be mostly non-photogenic HP supercells today? I guess on the bright side there have been no reported fatalities so far.
That's almost right over my house. Just some wind foreal
Great video
Great shot.
It’s like a wall cloud within a wall cloud
What a story.👍
YA KNOW WHAT RIVER THIS IS ??
It is either the Tombigbee river or the Warrior River. They intersect in Demopolis.
excellent
The wall cloud wanted to drop with the tornado.
Wow!
WOW
Finger of God
Wow, you caught a UFO or a Foo Fighter as the WW2 pilots called them. Watch @ 2:40 and again @ 2:43 about drone height a shining object moving from left to right in front of tornado then into it briefly then see it leave it just to the right of it. Thought it might be debris, but debris usually doesn't move in a straight line. It's moving very fast. Weird thing as well, your camera has a blip just before it appears.
It is not a UFO 🙄 it is indeed just debris. That or another drone.
@@leaf2180 Wrong, first a Drone would not be able to fly into the tornado and then exit in a straight flight out ahead of it against the winds coming into it. Second, debris does not fly faster than the winds itself. This is moving faster than the parent funnel cloud is rotating, impossible.
@@leaf2180 Try watching on a big monitor screen.
@@deanchamblin2160 i mean it could easily be a drone a little further up than the one recording this footage. Tornadoes form at the back of storms, meaning it could've just flown into an area where the sun was peeking through. Same thing could be said about the debris, a scrap of metal doesn't need direct sunlight to shine like that, these things are getting flipped and twisted and thrown all around the tornado, so even though it looks like it went right through the tornado in a straight line, it more than likely was just getting spun around, first showing the flat side, where you first see it, then the edge of the piece, where it disappeared, and then back flat again where you see it shine on the right side of the tornado.
OHHHHHH HECK JUST CHILLL IT WASNT A UFO
Nice video
Surprised you could fly with the winds up there
Wow, that's a monster
That is not a tornado.
I live in Alabama 🥺🥺🥺🥺
amazing
2:36 UFO
It's Debris.
I was afraid you were getting to close....boop there goes your drone in to the vortex...
Oh my goodness
Now that's some excellent drone footage there!! ;) And all of you get to stay safe.
I read in another comment that someone said it is a pretty sparsely populated area..
Hopefully nobody was harmed.
Nice video. Scary to watch. Wouldn't want to be there...
Wow
You know what this "crazy tornado " video needs???
A crazy tornado.........or any tornado really. Spinning clouds.........meh.
Its not your footage but somebody take it
i hope the carp survived.
Multi vortex
That whole section is rotatin p.s. I want a weather spotting drone! Save so much gas chasin storms.
Like bunch of demons creeping along ripping as they go....till a born again Christian says PEACE BE STILL! YOU WILL NOT TOUCH MY CITY OR MY COUNTY OR MY STATE!!! In jesus name!!!
sheesh
😙👍
Def not a very strong tornado, no debris flying around. No limbs, trees etc.
Thankfully it never touched the ground
It's awful how a Tornado changes landscapes,lives and life itself.
God answers all prayers for miracles so always ask for one every single time you pray at the end of The Lords Prayer say Lords JESUS I need a miracle please please ? Ask for whatever you want and say I make this prayer in the name of JESUS amen.
I didn't see any tornado
Signs are increasing! Lord Jesus Christ is coming soon 🙏🏼❤️🕊REPENT, believe in the Gospel, Be Born Again
Actually it's just the start of storm season
@@scottanderson2796 God created the heaven and earth and also hell 🔥 to those who don't believe.
@@strongbelieveroftheholybible what a loving god 😅
@@hayleyyn God is love ❤️ John 3:16 but God is also righteous judge to the wicked.
Amen, the signs are all around us. Love in Christ
Amazing footage