Tornado Video Classics - Volume One

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  • Famous VHS collection of tornado footage from before 1993, including coverage of early storm chasers from the 1970s and 1980s, basic tornadic understandings, the TOTO project under NOAA, the 1957 Dallas tornado, and many more.
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  • @michaelwiley5889
    @michaelwiley5889 7 ปีที่แล้ว +200

    love the old vhs footage. just looks so much more eerie and ominous than the crystal clear vids of today

    • @crimsontide1980
      @crimsontide1980 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I definitely feel some of these tornadoes look much more threatening than some of the more recent ones

    • @thelanguageofthebirds
      @thelanguageofthebirds 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@crimsontide1980 me too, almost with an occultic or supernatural overtones although it’s a natural weather phenomenon. I can imagine native or indigenous tribes would have a lore and mythology for these events

    • @kevinparker5557
      @kevinparker5557 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Listen to the sirens, eerie as hell

    • @cohengamertv6548
      @cohengamertv6548 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@thelanguageofthebirdsthey do have

    • @MillennialMonk
      @MillennialMonk 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@cohengamertv6548 yeah the natives talked about the dead man walking where the vortexes inside the twister look like legs walking over the land

  • @RAldrich526
    @RAldrich526 3 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    I had this VHS as part of a school project I did on tornadoes. I was WAY too excited to stumble across this.

    • @paradoxstudios6639
      @paradoxstudios6639 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Kids don't care about these things anymore.

    • @dannygray4898
      @dannygray4898 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@paradoxstudios6639 The internet has made it easy for anyone to watch tornado films. But, back in the 70s 80s and 90s, it wasn't so easy, so vids like this were cherished. Like storm chasing itself, the internet has made it far easier. Back in the 80s, even the very best chasers were lucky to see 1 tornado in 10 chases.

    • @paradoxstudios6639
      @paradoxstudios6639 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@dannygray4898 That wasn't the point I made, what I meant was it's sad today kids don't really appreciate programs like this anymore, science, history, and chasing storms, the attention span of kids today is so short it's unreal.

    • @dannygray4898
      @dannygray4898 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@paradoxstudios6639 I understand. My point was that today's kids have no interest, because it's so easy for them to see everything now. When we were young, it Wasn't. I agree with ya 100%.

    • @Rambonii
      @Rambonii ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Era a lost generation that grew up wishing this would happen once so we could say we saw

  • @atf7923
    @atf7923 4 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    I swear the sirens are creepier than the tornadoes

    • @seanpellegrino2989
      @seanpellegrino2989 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      There are particularly eerie ones in Wisconsin, they alternate between several notes as the siren spins in circle, and it sounds creepy as hell.

    • @anarchistatheist1917
      @anarchistatheist1917 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      It's possibly similar to the blitz in britain during world war two. Knowing there are bombers above you but not knowing where the bombs will fall.

    • @DanielleFlack
      @DanielleFlack 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@anarchistatheist1917 hey 👋 there have you ever seen a tornado 🌪 before I saw a funnel cloud spinning near my house 🏠 back in October 8 2021 but the tornado didn't touch the ground

    • @nutsackmania
      @nutsackmania 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Well they were built for civil defense so it should be a little scary

    • @artemis8396
      @artemis8396 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@anarchistatheist1917i think they were air raid sirens. They're very effective so there wasn't a need to really change them.

  • @rsfarris86
    @rsfarris86 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    OMGGGGG I made my mom order this for me when I was a little kid in the early 90s, I was absolutely obsessed with tornadoes. Watching this is giving me MAJOR déjà vu!!!

    • @40GamesAG
      @40GamesAG 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Probably would’ve gotten this too as a kid, I wanted to be a storm chaser until I actually ended up surviving a tornado. Nothing changes your mind faster than that! Even so I’m still very fascinated in them. However if I die without seeing another one I’m 100% cool with that.

    • @Tiredofbeingaplaya
      @Tiredofbeingaplaya 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I had em as a kid then too

    • @dustinarmstrong7398
      @dustinarmstrong7398 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@40GamesAG up. . .Mc Maudie

    • @andrewwatkins4852
      @andrewwatkins4852 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’m on the same boat seen my first tornado in 2017 it was a ef3 wedge damage path can still be seen on google maps

  • @esco5593
    @esco5593 6 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Holy crap, I used to have all 3 VHS tapes of the Tornado Video Classics series. Probably watched all 3 at least 50 times as a kid

    • @josem.castorena4853
      @josem.castorena4853 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me 2 seems like only yesterday.

    • @dpflack1744
      @dpflack1744 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@josem.castorena4853 hey 👋 there Dude
      My uncle passed away last Saturday evening rip 🪦 my uncle 😢😭😭

  • @tennisguyky
    @tennisguyky 5 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    I love these old tornado videos. People seemed a lot more collected and less frenetic and less distracting.

    • @plateshutoverlock
      @plateshutoverlock 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      The hype is the product of an increasingly overstimulated and neurotic society.

    • @T.Sullivan
      @T.Sullivan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@plateshutoverlock definitely. Human psychology is amazing

    • @scotabot7826
      @scotabot7826 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes, how I wish we as a society could go back to that!!!!

    • @thesimslover82884
      @thesimslover82884 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      People react differently to different situations. Some people scream, some people freeze, some people run.

    • @DanielleFlack
      @DanielleFlack 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@T.Sullivanhey there have you ever seen a tornado 🌪 in person I’m just woundering ok 👌

  • @tennisguyky
    @tennisguyky 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    The Warner Robbins 1953 tornado looks absolutely ferocious. Insane motion.

    • @andrewwatkins4852
      @andrewwatkins4852 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I can confirm this as a ga born I seen the Warner Robins tornado damage path and it looks completely different today than it did in 1953 it was my first time seeing the tornado video when I was little

  • @lotusbandicoot
    @lotusbandicoot ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Alright, but the sheer hue of yellow and the multiple vintage sirens (along with whatever that deeper sound is) in that second clip at 0:13 already had me terrified. Can't wait to see what else there is in this whole collection

    • @choppalungon
      @choppalungon ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sirens are Thunderbolt 1000T if you're curious, and that was the Grand Island tornado.

    • @lotusbandicoot
      @lotusbandicoot ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@choppalungon Alright, I thought so. Thunderbolts are one of the most chilling sirens out there. Also it seems like that audio was dubbed in, since it sounds pretty suburban but looks like it's just out by a field. Regardless, it's super creepy

  • @paulrippy7821
    @paulrippy7821 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I was born and raised in Missouri. Seen a lot of these things. I STILL am fascinated each year.

    • @thediehardarkansasrazorbak7288
      @thediehardarkansasrazorbak7288 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      As a native of Arkansas I feel the same way....As long as nobody dies

    • @sylviabear1511
      @sylviabear1511 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@thediehardarkansasrazorbak7288 koi no no no

    • @DanielleFlack
      @DanielleFlack 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@thediehardarkansasrazorbak7288hello 👋 I saw a funniest cloud spinning near my house 🏠 on October 8 2021 but the tornado 🌪 didn't touched the ground it lifted back up to the clouds

  • @treytonzoss1853
    @treytonzoss1853 6 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    "Faster? No-yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah, lots faster, lots faster!" The most classic line in the movie xD

    • @randallulrich
      @randallulrich 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That line was worthy of the T-Rex chase in "Jurassic Park".

    • @d.dementedengineerc99isurf26
      @d.dementedengineerc99isurf26 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      In proper Southern, you'd best simply say *"GUN IT!"*

    • @scotabot7826
      @scotabot7826 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes, and they could have easily outrun that tornado if they had really wanted to. Fact!!

  • @BarryMacockinner-nt4cp
    @BarryMacockinner-nt4cp 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I've been looking for this, forever.
    I had the whole set when I was a kid, and I remember watching them literally everyday on repeat. I would get home from school, and just watch these. It made me remember my dream of doing exactly what I've always wanted to do. Chase storms, be a meteorologist.
    Seeing this just about out a tear to my eye lol

  • @thelanguageofthebirds
    @thelanguageofthebirds 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Some of the older tornado films are truly terrifying in a macabre and haunting way

  • @nathanielpfeiffer3530
    @nathanielpfeiffer3530 5 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    0:52 “You got this on camcorder?” “Yeah”
    Love that 90s lingo

    • @hayleyscomet3447
      @hayleyscomet3447 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I miss it tbh.

    • @imhooks
      @imhooks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@hayleyscomet3447 I miss the 90s just about every day. Such a great time.

    • @hayleyscomet3447
      @hayleyscomet3447 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@imhooks Agreed.

    • @collinsnider4179
      @collinsnider4179 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I want my 90s back!

    • @dpflack1744
      @dpflack1744 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hayleyscomet3447 I have a question for you have you ever seen a tornado in person I'm just wondering ok

  • @JustMKollum
    @JustMKollum 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Ah, this brings me back! I LOVED this series on VHS when I was a kid studying meteorology, I actually took notes because these documentaries were so informative!

  • @astrozach7778
    @astrozach7778 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This is like being reunited with an old friend, I used to watch this VHS all the time. How cool.

  • @chainlightning58
    @chainlightning58 9 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    I used to borrow these Tornado Video Classics videos from the library all the time as a kid. The old movie/camcorder footage seems even more eerie today. Thanks for posting this!

    • @andrew7637
      @andrew7637 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      the home camcorder and the creepy narrator added to the creepy factor

    • @anarchistatheist1917
      @anarchistatheist1917 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Andrew Rast the narrator is Dave Ross who narrated the videos twister fury on the plains and twister the fury continues.

    • @slystonedtuna4741
      @slystonedtuna4741 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I got my from the library too

    • @argentinaball2492
      @argentinaball2492 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey

    • @DanielleFlack
      @DanielleFlack 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@slystonedtuna4741 I just subscribed to your TH-cam channel OK 👍 👌 🙆🏻‍♂️ Sr
      Have you ever seen a tornado 🌪 in person before I'm just wondering OK 👍 👌 🙆🏿‍♀️ Sr

  • @betterthanmost9549
    @betterthanmost9549 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The section on multiple vortex tornadoes is amazing. Such great footage.

    • @DanielleFlack
      @DanielleFlack หลายเดือนก่อน

      Have. You ever seen a tornado 🌪 in person before I'm just wondering OK 👍 👌 🙆🏻‍♂️

  • @MisplacedTexan
    @MisplacedTexan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I’m from Dallas. Love the 1950’s video of my city, but at a time that makes it totally unrecognizable to me, even as the narrator calls out areas I drive in often. So cool!

    • @j.fhernandez3457
      @j.fhernandez3457 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I too am from Dallas! I know about the twister of '57.

    • @DanielleFlack
      @DanielleFlack 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@j.fhernandez3457hey 👋there have. You ever seen A ef5 tornado 🌪 before I’m just woundering ok 👌 sr it’s 3:18pm right. Now in my state I’m from Dayton Ohio usa 🇺🇸

  • @Gene601
    @Gene601 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I love that these old VHS tapes have been uploaded to TH-cam. Thank you.

  • @jimihendrix731
    @jimihendrix731 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I had this on vhs and watched it all the time as a kid. Hella psyched to find it on youtube.

  • @twinkiefoo
    @twinkiefoo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Thank you so much for posting this! My mom bought the 3 tape boxed set for me out of a magazine in the early 90s and I watched the videos repeatedly as a child. It's so precious to be able to watch it again.

    • @latinguy67
      @latinguy67 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      you have a cool mom to get you such cool docos.

    • @supachaloopa3611
      @supachaloopa3611 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah, all I ever got was video games, a trampoline and a horse. Life is so unfair....

    • @tammysims8716
      @tammysims8716 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@supachaloopa3611 Yes, but did you get a flying magic carpet? If not, I wouldn't brag.

    • @supachaloopa3611
      @supachaloopa3611 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@tammysims8716 I got a yoga mat that only flew backwards. So... you know, I kinda lived the dream.

    • @astrozach7778
      @astrozach7778 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I used to have a bunch of tornado VHS tapes when I was a kid in the 90s as well. I would watch them for hours. This is a real nostalgia trip. If I recall correctly, one of them didn’t even have audio from the footage and just played music.

  • @conspiraciesarejustgreatst2059
    @conspiraciesarejustgreatst2059 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    @ 4:02 + look at how violently that car was thrown by the tornado. because of the speed, It looked like it was just a canvas car cover. Plus the sound of the wind being sucked under the overpass sent a chill down my spine

  • @DanRoss11
    @DanRoss11 8 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    This is awesome. Seems like more recent tornado documentaries are much less informative, and focused more on the human drama rather than the science. I'd love to see a new documentary as informative as this one depicting the history and progress of tornado science up to the present day. Anymore they always rapid fire quick cut shots of tornado video and you can't even get a chance to really watch it. I suppose that's done for "dramatic effect", as if the most violent windstorms on the planet aren't dramatic enough to begin with!

    • @Robotic_Crafter
      @Robotic_Crafter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Completely agree

    • @hawrnball
      @hawrnball 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And lots of Reed Timmer screaming. Ugh.

    • @eronackerman565
      @eronackerman565 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah the slower pacing of these videos is so much better. I think it has a more powerful emotional effect too!

    • @gravynegrodick
      @gravynegrodick 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well this was clearly before the selfie generation, where everybody absolutely HAS to be the center of attention

    • @muinappa942
      @muinappa942 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "OH MY GOSH! ITS A TORNADO" Thanks for stating that REED as if we thought it was an EF 0 hurricane

  • @alexlubbers1589
    @alexlubbers1589 8 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    i like these old classics because the people shooting them act so casual, its easy to imagine them as if its sunny and a light breeze sipping beers and sodas, not like nowadays where everyone is like" OMG A TORNADO WOW LOOK AT THAT!!!!!!!! "versus " hey look its a tornado, where's it goin?

    • @FireDevel
      @FireDevel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Alex Lubbers
      I totoally agree with you on that one.

    • @alexlubbers1589
      @alexlubbers1589 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      ikr if i eversee a tornado in the distance i would not scream, id tell my family there's a tornado and make us some popcorn and soda to watch the show. then take cover if the tornado get's too close.

    • @4J25
      @4J25 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Alex Lubbers It's probably because they think if they act crazy and unruly their video will end up being more popular.
      Now, if I did ever see one, I would be going crazy, as tornadoes are one of my favorite weather phenomena.

    • @alexlubbers1589
      @alexlubbers1589 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      me too

    • @alexlubbers1589
      @alexlubbers1589 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ill have a look! Sounds interesting!

  • @michealkelly9441
    @michealkelly9441 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    VHS were so cool. Pop one in and grab some popcorn, learn about the world around you

  • @SH00T_TH3PUMP
    @SH00T_TH3PUMP 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    0:13 that's awesome footage!

  • @t.r.4496
    @t.r.4496 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The 50s Dallas Texas tornado music is still better than some music I hear put with recent tornadoes.

  • @traviseastwood
    @traviseastwood 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Tornadoes looked more frightening back then for some reason

    • @sierratrilogy
      @sierratrilogy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The footage wasnt overedited. Just the raw footage. Nowadays, lighting, pixelation, and sound make a lot of vids not worth watching...

    • @kamifade
      @kamifade 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Maybe because of the audio quality and the slight yellow to it

    • @8beef4u
      @8beef4u 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They appeared more black, plus the fact that it's film and not digital images

  • @brookie1141
    @brookie1141 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    70 80 90 are best because of
    #1 video quality
    #2 crazy footage
    #3 commentary

    • @summeronio9751
      @summeronio9751 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This music tho it's very wizard of oz flyinmonkeys type shit

    • @ISLAVERDE29
      @ISLAVERDE29 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      #4 camera guys not trying to get killed like they're on jackass

    • @patriotenfield3276
      @patriotenfield3276 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      #5;the era is bronze

  • @SilverThunder710
    @SilverThunder710 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I've heard that tornadoes sound like waterfalls over plains, jets over forests, and trains over cities. I can confirm, being hit by a small one once, that the truly dominant sounds are the rain and warning sirens.

    • @davidhildebrand8894
      @davidhildebrand8894 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The best 100% on point sound I compare them to is a Boeing 727-200 with all three engines with full thrust reversers on.

  • @danadoozer9990
    @danadoozer9990 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I've got an interesting observation...these old videos often show the destruction of buildings and houses, and the videos of today don't really show that much at all. I've watched 100s of tornado vids, and they show tornadoes getting close to structures, but seldom show the actual damage. I thought maybe it was to be tactful and not show people's property and or lives being obliterated, but they aren't shy about showing the damage after the storm. Kind of perplexing, and I wonder if anyone else has noticed this?

    • @nutsackmania
      @nutsackmania 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This is an interesting observation. It maybe that early on a lot of the available film was taken by people in or around the path (living in an area with structures) and the stuff now is mostly chased across fields.

    • @DanielleFlack
      @DanielleFlack 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@nutsackmania hey 👋 there have. You ever seen a tornado 🌪 in person before I'm just wondering
      OK 👍 👌 🙆🏻‍♂️ Sr I. Saw A funnel cloud spinning near my house 🏠 but. The tornado didn't touch the ground OK Sr

  • @jouezmoi
    @jouezmoi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I bought this collection back in 1997-1998. All three videos and the huge book.

  • @treytonzoss1853
    @treytonzoss1853 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    The music is so nostalgic to me..!

    • @RAldrich526
      @RAldrich526 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The water spout theme is so relaxing!

    • @RAldrich526
      @RAldrich526 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      27:40

  • @Chives5150
    @Chives5150 7 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    That Gull Lake video will always be one of my favorites. Drunk guys going "Get away from the windows!".

    • @FN_FAL_4_ever
      @FN_FAL_4_ever 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Chives5150
      And then there was Jimmy Two Times, he got that name because he would say the same thing twice such as “I’M 10 FEET FROM IT, I’M 10 FROM IT!!”

    • @Tyrunner0097
      @Tyrunner0097 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Nick Howley And the one guy still saved his beer!

    • @RAWNERVZ
      @RAWNERVZ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I thought the same thing.
      How many ninety's videos have some dick with a beer in hand , running from the windows carefully not to spill any keystone light

    • @danlc95
      @danlc95 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RAWNERVZ - Ha! Too many..

  • @RT-qd8yl
    @RT-qd8yl ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I am SO glad this is preserved.

  • @BKofficer23
    @BKofficer23 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Oh I was listening to thunderbolt federal siren videos and wondering where I first heard those types of sirens... on those tornado videos I used to watch as a kid. Never thought I would find this video again. I took a shot in the dark and typed in "old tornado videos" and here it is, exactly what I was looking for! Thanks for bringing me back!

    • @Radiogirl1931
      @Radiogirl1931 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Were those Federal sirens in the very beginning?

    • @BKofficer23
      @BKofficer23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Radiogirl1931 There was a combination of different sirens. I don't really know any of them except the thunderbolt because it sounds so awesome and dreadful.

    • @d.dementedengineerc99isurf26
      @d.dementedengineerc99isurf26 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      FS Thunderbolt 1000 T is one of my favorites...

    • @PN20____
      @PN20____ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@BKofficer23 in the first clip of the video I'm pretty sure there was an ACA Hurricane 130 also sounding off

    • @Consolidation1282
      @Consolidation1282 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@PN20____ It's not a ACA Hurricane 130 you were talking about, It's actually a Federal Signal Model 2T. The windup isn't too fast and doesn't have any rotation like a Hurricane does, That video was shot in Grand Island, Nebraska and there is a few threads on the ARS forums that discuss that video in particular and one even has a link to a recording of the same Model 2T but in a different video, I hope this helps.

  • @mpaxton8991
    @mpaxton8991 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Hearing the sirens is about as scary as seeing a tornado!

    • @andrewwatkins4852
      @andrewwatkins4852 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Ya think that was terrifying you should hear the sirens in Dougherty county we just got an update on our sirens

  • @deemuts419
    @deemuts419 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I never knew how close that movie twister was to the actual way that they understood tornadoes..... That is so awesome tip my hat to the storm chasers of all kinds.....

  • @blogbat
    @blogbat 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I bought this video on VHS way back in the day when we used to get a lot more tornadoes than we do today. Classic slow mo "Geeeet unnnnder theeee girrrrrders".

  • @anarchistatheist1917
    @anarchistatheist1917 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My dad was born in 1953 after the Warner Robbins georgia tornado happened. While my mom was born in 1957 less then a week after the Dallas Texas tornado happened. I was born approximately 1.5 months after the Barneveld Wisconsin F5 Tornado occured shortly after midnight on June 8th 1984.

  • @brooke2442
    @brooke2442 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Love these vintage science documentaries. Just hearing the music themes used and even the voice over sound gives major nostalgia vibes. Also reminds me of the Dharma initiative videos from LOST. Thanks for the upload. Also disclaimer do not trust the science or even safety warnings. DO NOT HIDE UNDER AN UNDERPASS!! Please check out updated science and safety warnings!!

  • @Poyekhali919
    @Poyekhali919 9 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    This video was one of the big reasons I became interested in studying tornadoes and severe weather. It was definitely one of most informative and well-made tornado documentaries of its time, and, best of all, presents everything in a way that isn't scary or sensationalized. It also covers several topics that even modern tornado docs don't mention much, such as how multiple vortices form and how early tornado research led to the creation of Doppler radar.
    I like how, of all the tornado films and videos included, the video in the title sequence is of a tornado over Lake Norman in North Carolina (where I'm from!). "Ah, that's bad news right there."

    • @praisebetevin2082
      @praisebetevin2082 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Poyekhali919 Missourian here, sounds just about right. To us seeing a tornado on our porch is just an excuse to crack open a beer and enjoy the show.

    • @Accostrophe
      @Accostrophe 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Poyekhali919 I had no idea that first tornado in this video was on lake norman. I lived in and grew up in Huntersville, and watched this video all the time. Do you have any more information about that lake norman tornado? Was it part of an outbreak? Perhaps the the 84 outbreak in NC? Speaking of that outbreak, I live in greenville nc now and apparently a large F4 tornado hit greenville nc during that outbreak and killed 16 people. I had no idea, amazing.

    • @Poyekhali919
      @Poyekhali919 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Accostrophe When I first got Tornado Video Classics on VHS (back in ye olden days), it came with a nice guide that had information about every tornado in the video. The Lake Norman video on the title screen was taken on March 7, 1992. This was one of two weak tornadoes in the Lake Norman area that afternoon; it was on the ground intermittently between Denver and Cornelius, and did just F1 damage, mostly to trees. No other tornadoes were reported in North Carolina that day.
      The March 28, 1984 tornado outbreak mostly affected the eastern part of the state (there were 14 tornadoes in NC in that one). Did you know that the Greenville tornado (which first touched down near LaGrange in Lenoir County) is still the second deadliest single tornado in North Carolina history?

    • @Accostrophe
      @Accostrophe 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Poyekhali919 Thank you so much for the info on that Lake Norman tornado! Also, I knew the Greenville tornado was bad but I had no idea it was that bad! If it was the second deadliest tornado in NC history, what is the first?

    • @Poyekhali919
      @Poyekhali919 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Accostrophe You're welcome! :-)
      The deadliest NC tornado was all the way back on February 19, 1884. A major tornado outbreak hit several states in the Southern U.S., including North Carolina. The worst tornado of the outbreak in NC struck several small communities south and east of Rockingham, and killed at least 23 people (and probably more - it's hard to tell about something that far in the past, but some estimates put the final death toll at 30 to 40). Other killer tornadoes touched down in the area from Concord to central Johnston County; Wake County had at least two tornadoes, one near Cary (which was a tiny town at the time), and another at present-day Wake Crossroads, SW of Rolesville.

  • @PhotoStormMediaOfficial
    @PhotoStormMediaOfficial ปีที่แล้ว +12

    You know these are old when they measure the length of video recordings in FEET instead of minutes and hours

    • @DanielleFlack
      @DanielleFlack 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey 👋 there have you ever seen a tornado 🌪 in person before I'm just wondering OK 👍 👌 🙆‍♀️ I saw a funnel cloud spinning near my house 🏠 on October 8 2021 but the tornado didn't touch the ground thank God no damages reported

  • @adamgh0
    @adamgh0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I would love to travel back in time to tell these guys that in 2020, everybody will have a camcorder in their pocket.

    • @TornadoAlert829
      @TornadoAlert829 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Also tell them about the pandemic

    • @cursedcancersurvivor
      @cursedcancersurvivor 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Tell them congress can no longer define "woman".

    • @DanielleFlack
      @DanielleFlack 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@cursedcancersurvivorhave you ever seen a tornado 🌪 in person before I'm just wondering 🤔 💭 OK 👍 👌 🙆‍♂️ merry early Christmas 🎄 and a happy new year 🎉

    • @DanielleFlack
      @DanielleFlack 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@TornadoAlert829I just subscribed to your TH-cam channel OK 👍 👌 🙆‍♂️ Sr

    • @TornadoAlert829
      @TornadoAlert829 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DanielleFlack ok thank you?

  • @ncredbird3998
    @ncredbird3998 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very cute to the amount of damage or how far cars of the 70's had been thrown in the tornado, with then being made of heavy metal verses the plexy and plastic of today.
    I've always been amazed at how much the safety tips for people have changed from just the 70's time to now. we went told much in school back then except to get under a desk or go to the hallways and choice or head while facing the walls. it certainly makes me grateful to those chasers and weatheroligist that have changed how we stay as safe as possible and wrong to build new building materials in hopes of keeping our homes and businesses safe as possible.

  • @yuginherkshacounty
    @yuginherkshacounty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    6:47 the tornado wind sounds was taken at Warner Robins Georgia AFB in 1953

  • @LilybethII
    @LilybethII 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love the old documentaries. Nowadays you get a 10 minutes of a tornado footage and 50 minutes of drama.

  • @caravanderhorst169
    @caravanderhorst169 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank you SO MUCH for posting this. I obsessed over this as a kid and got this from the library every chance I could.

  • @theman6429
    @theman6429 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I had this VHS when I was a kid, WOW brings back so many memories

  • @GevoGenesis92
    @GevoGenesis92 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    It's weird seeing Dallas without hardly any building.

  • @luvmydogs8389
    @luvmydogs8389 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Oh thank you for bringing this video back; I thought that it was removed due to copyright reasons. Now I can watch it again.

    • @another_german
      @another_german 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same man, was in the mood to rewatch it and couldn’t find it. Happy to see I’m not the only one!

  • @bloodofredmoon
    @bloodofredmoon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Man: "Oh my goodness"
    Kid: "What is that?!"
    Man: "That's a cloud"
    Me: LMAO!

    • @Zelkiiro
      @Zelkiiro 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He's not wrong... ;3

    • @RAldrich526
      @RAldrich526 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Later... “I THINK that’s a funnel cloud!”

    • @Gene601
      @Gene601 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Edmonton, July 31, 1987

  • @deezelfairy
    @deezelfairy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Anyone else find these older, lower quality videos somehow make it more terrifying? .

  • @ActualCouchPotato
    @ActualCouchPotato 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Never been a better collection. In all my years, this reigns Supreme!
    I grew up madly obsessed with these forces of nature and all it took was being in one (the Tuscaloosa) to never want to see another. Now if I could stop watching these videos...I dunno

    • @dpflack1744
      @dpflack1744 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey there how are you doing right now I’m just going to be a bud lol

    • @d.dementedengineerc99isurf26
      @d.dementedengineerc99isurf26 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I hear you! Had an EF2 just three miles SE of me in October of 2019, and the 2011 Joplin abomination directly North. But they fascinate me!

  • @robstrunk817
    @robstrunk817 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    When this video was made the Andover tornado was still the definitive tornado. Look how far we've come since then!

    • @cecilhammerton8167
      @cecilhammerton8167 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The Andover tornado and Xenia tornado along with the Bridge-Creek tornado are the tops of my list. The Tri-State tornado of 1925 is up there too but there isn't a huge amount of information about that one.

  • @timothyhammers6199
    @timothyhammers6199 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had the vhs set and converted it to dvd so i can still watch them. DVD versions are available at some city libraries but i've never found any for sale so i made my own. Just in time too. My then wife decided to put a large speaker -magnet down on top of the steel storage box where i stored my old vhs's in my shed, Caused all my old vhs's to be weirdly distorted.

  • @eschdaddy
    @eschdaddy ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Still got the companion books for these. The first real tornado videos!

  • @paco2012av
    @paco2012av 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I still have this VHS tape since it first came out!!

    • @utguy381
      @utguy381 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Same here

  • @X-Gen-001
    @X-Gen-001 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wow, awesome classic footage. We don't have tornadoes in Australia.. we do but they're so rare and short lived by comparison we don't and they aren't a concern. Our burden's mainly fires and floods. We find tornadoes fascinating and I'd love to visit the U.S and see one. However, seeing the destruction and tragic loss of life these things cause reminds me that although they're an awesome spectacle of nature's power, they're also devastating and terrible for people and property. April seems to be a bad time for tornadoes, stay safe.

  • @thelanguageofthebirds
    @thelanguageofthebirds 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I’m elated finding this to see so many other fellow tornado enthusiasts here ! I didn’t have this as a child but I loved tornadoes and still find them fascinating today as an adult

  • @travistrantham1254
    @travistrantham1254 8 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I had the vhs version of this.. :)

    • @hyperkid321
      @hyperkid321 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      man i watched that as a kid millions of times. Ususally borrowing it from the library.

    • @nosolu325
      @nosolu325 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      hyperkid321 literally exact same reason I searched for this online. God bless the internet. lots of nostalgia

  • @TheNekoMimiGamer
    @TheNekoMimiGamer 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Thank you so much for uploading this and its two sequel videos.
    I have not been able to watch them in so long because no one makes video tape players anymore

  • @cathygodfrey3399
    @cathygodfrey3399 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    The first siren is incredibly bone-chilling to me..

    • @Radiogirl1931
      @Radiogirl1931 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

    • @Radiogirl1931
      @Radiogirl1931 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That low rolling bass beneath it

    • @danlc95
      @danlc95 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The sound of storms in my youth.
      That sound would strike absolute terror in us kids back then.

    • @starlingbaez6681
      @starlingbaez6681 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's the sound of a thunderbolt 1000T they are the most famous siren ever

  • @hurricaneomega
    @hurricaneomega 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I got a VHS like this for Christmas when I was a kid. I don't remember it having a voiceover though. It had the clip of the TV crew hiding under the overpass that made people think that was a good idea.

  • @slystonedtuna4741
    @slystonedtuna4741 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I used to watch these three tapes all the time

  • @Nickster2176
    @Nickster2176 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks for having this available! I had Volumes I through III on VHS.

  • @DVR01
    @DVR01 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I saw dust devil tornadoes when my dad, my sister, and I were driving from the Grand Canyon.

  • @MrTee-hw7mp
    @MrTee-hw7mp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember growing up, seeing that “underneath the girders” video a thousands times featured in every tornado video. I wonder how many people that video got killed.

    • @nes_osterone6217
      @nes_osterone6217 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Probably not as many as our government has during Covid

  • @chass5438
    @chass5438 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was in Andover a year after that tornado and you could easily still tell where the damage was. The trees were stripped, which will never have been saved.

  • @dmeemd7787
    @dmeemd7787 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The footage starting at 1:14:06 is just incredible incredible footage! As are some of the shots in the few couple minutes prior --- this was a really really good documentary! Hell it's better than a lot of stuff out now to a point and helps appreciate what are the science in general came from and continued from, etc. Really awesome!!

  • @tyboviys8039
    @tyboviys8039 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Ahhh the best footage

  • @natelamp443
    @natelamp443 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I used to rent these video's when I went to van Antwerp middle school library in Niskayuna NY both this and the volume 2 tornado video classics these are so cool

  • @A_chocolate_bar_review_channel
    @A_chocolate_bar_review_channel 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am still in awe of weather and storms today but the VHS tapes I watched as a kid in the 90's filled my head with wonder and curiosity.
    The video of the underpass in Kansas is one of those videos that have become iconic.

  • @alexandersupertramp7353
    @alexandersupertramp7353 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    First time viewer here. Thank you so much for putting this video together. Absolutely fascinating to see and learn about these. Especially love the old footage. Great video

  • @madg620
    @madg620 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just what I've always wanted “tornado classics", thanks TH-cam

  • @afridgetoofar1818
    @afridgetoofar1818 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Tornadoes look creepier on a grainy VHS tape than filmed in HD on a modern camera.

    • @anarchistatheist1917
      @anarchistatheist1917 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Images of tornadoes recorded on motion picture film like the Dallas 1957 tornado are even more grainy.

  • @stormchaseremma
    @stormchaseremma ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you so much for uploading this video! Growing up, my parents had this VHS tape and would watch it countlessly throughout my childhood. I remember this so vividly, it brings back so many memories. Thank you.

    • @astrozach7778
      @astrozach7778 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same here, I even remember the music during the water spout section lol. What a nostalgia trip.

  • @supertornadogun1690
    @supertornadogun1690 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    this music i will never forget

  • @JesseBGlass
    @JesseBGlass ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Some one needs to give last guy a measuring tape. I don't think he knows how far 10 feet is.

  • @latinguy67
    @latinguy67 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This style of documentary is so much better than the ones Nova and TWC produce. These are more about the facts about tornadoes and the science that backs them up. Sadly we know there are injuries and tragically, death. And the ones of late seem to focus on the drama and less on the science.

    • @TheMouseAvenger
      @TheMouseAvenger ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well, maybe, but I very much like BOTH styles of tornado programs. :-)

  • @KiteFlyingVespa
    @KiteFlyingVespa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    "Oh what a classic!" 1:05:35 I remember (fondly) this particular segment from a NatGeo feature on tornadoes that came out around this time when I was a kid. And I think Howie Bluestein has little tornadoes on his T-shirt?

    • @csbartonorgan83
      @csbartonorgan83 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That NatGeo feature you're thinking of was called "Cyclone" if I remember correctly. Watched the tape so much that I broke it 👍😁

    • @kdolo100
      @kdolo100 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@csbartonorgan83 Cyclone, you're correct.

  • @morgangrey4020
    @morgangrey4020 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    i live in Centerville Ga right next to warner robins.....my mom and dad both saw that tornado in 1953 which killed 19 people.....they said they were scared half to death because they were on a small 2 lane road (247 for those that know) coming back from macon.

  • @andie_pants
    @andie_pants 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember being a tween in the early 90s, little nerd me standing there in The Nature Company, completely entranced by videos like these on the TV in the videotape section toward the back.

  • @dtmstormphotography
    @dtmstormphotography 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I Can't Wait to Storm Chase!!

  • @dextroamphetamemes
    @dextroamphetamemes ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Even thirty years ago, people had enough of a morbid fascination of natural disasters to make a VHS tape compilation, like a proto-TH-cam.

  • @Theverythingkid2910
    @Theverythingkid2910 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love VHS footage of tornadoes, and the sirens make it really eerie

  • @mindlessgonzo
    @mindlessgonzo 9 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    oh god, it's the same guy from Twister Nature's Fury and Twister: Fury On The Plains, and i mean this on both announcer, producer, writer and archive help.

  • @siksic6192
    @siksic6192 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Holy crap. I saw this video in high school science class 25 years ago. Thanks for the upload

  • @ThatIndianaPlanespotter
    @ThatIndianaPlanespotter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    0:35 by far the scariest clip ive ever seen
    1:25 dont even know what he said

    • @mchaelburdett6410
      @mchaelburdett6410 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      1:25 he said " my car" or "my god"

    • @jagerreal
      @jagerreal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What was that tornado? I want a diffent angle

    • @TornadoHound
      @TornadoHound ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@jagerreal Andover, KS F5, 1991.

  • @spaghettibender7607
    @spaghettibender7607 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Imagine this narrator reading a bed time story....lol

    • @GevoGenesis92
      @GevoGenesis92 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or a ghost story.👻

    • @jillianolson5829
      @jillianolson5829 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      From EVERY boring projector film you had to watch in school lol

  • @chrissinatra1217
    @chrissinatra1217 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Wow i have these on a vhs somewhere. I used to watch this like crazy as a little kid. “Get them kids in a basement. Get em in that closet”. Lmao. I been lookin for this video. Ive been quoting this for years!!!!!

    • @whitelion1111
      @whitelion1111 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      and one time my dad said "you idiots go to the toilet" while we had a tornado warning, the tornado warning was too late, this was in 1991, sometimes and even now tornado warning sirens go off too late in Oklahoma

  • @dontcallmeshirley5786
    @dontcallmeshirley5786 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks for uploading this up YorkVid.

    • @dpflack1744
      @dpflack1744 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love ❤️ tornadoes 🌪 video I hope 🤞 you have a great 👍 day lol 😂

  • @heatherstub
    @heatherstub 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I am so glad this is up here! Thank you so much. Heather

  • @armordragon4242
    @armordragon4242 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wish more of these video classics would be made today. There's been so much amazing footage since the time these were released that it's a shame that no one has made more of these documentaries.

  • @cobrasvt347
    @cobrasvt347 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That’s hilarious. The hook echo is 20 times visibly more prevalent on a 1060s radar than in modern times.

  • @RyanWaite101
    @RyanWaite101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    LOVE the guy at the end! "It's sort of a gustnado of sorts..."
    ... If a gustnado was a monster EF4 Tornado haha

  • @hayleyscomet3447
    @hayleyscomet3447 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Didn't even know they got 15 minute warnings all the way back in the 50s. Wow.

  • @Soturi92
    @Soturi92 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I remember watching this on VHS when I was little!

  • @Robotic_Crafter
    @Robotic_Crafter 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've searched for these videos for so long. Im almost 17 and live neaf Denton, TX. I've always been fascinated by tornadoes. I haven't seen these videos since i was 6. I'd like to see the one where it includes how to build your own tornado out of dry ice.

    • @TXs14
      @TXs14 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      For real me too I just found them last night. This was the tape that got me into tornados so long ago in the 1990s.

  • @Gene601
    @Gene601 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The first tornado on film was actually in Cuba around 1933.

    • @ISLAVERDE29
      @ISLAVERDE29 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That wasn't known at the time this was made. It's aknowledged in part 3

    • @DanielleFlack
      @DanielleFlack 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@ISLAVERDE29hey 👋 there have you seen a tornado 🌪 in person before I'm just wondering 🤔 💭 OK 👍 👌 🙆‍♀️ Sr