My brother was working at the time. The building he was in crumbled to ruble, but luckily he survived to pull his coworkers out of the debris. I’m so glad he’s ok
Glad your brothers safe. It was a very devastating tornado. We have family in Trimble and went to see them and saw the damage in TN. Enroute home, we went to Mayfield (just completely destroyed) to make donations. Very sad
It reminds me of my meteorology classes i took in OU during 2013-2017. I lost a friend like that, no kidding he was dumb enough to go out after i said no to him. Poor fella got wrapped up in it.
Yuuup. I don't worry much for weather but they had a line predicting where it was going and took off driving south a good 10 miles to get away from that line. I know exactly what it feels like now when the only thing you can do safely is run as far as you can.
This is the fuck this shit I’m out kind of tornado! I have distant relatives that live in Mayfield, they texted my mom how much shit this storm caused.
Once in rural Texas I was driving at night on country roads, new to Texas. Wind was blowing very hard. I came to a small town, saw a pickup parked by the road and I asked him for directions. Then asked why it was parked there and he said tornado watch. I said "but it's night?" He said the lighting flashes would show it. Scared the hell out of me. I tornado could be a couple seconds away, drop out of the sky on you with almost no warning at night.
We keep a whether radio, that thing goes off in the middle of the night it'll wake anyone. Our city also has the sirens as well. We had a F4-5 last year, middle of the night & the devastation a single tornado can cause is mind blowing. Fortunately only 1 life was lost, (a father running to warn his daughter & her family had a heart attack & the paramedics couldn't reach him sadly.) She was to become married the next day. Still gives me chills driving through that area almost a yr later & they're still rebuilding. That tornado sat on it's path for an amazingly long time.
Here in Indiana, our cities/towns literally keep track of every single tornado that touches down every year and has a map of all the tornado paths. It shows the areas where (I assume) the atmosphere is most susceptible for a tornado to develop and touch down. That map really helps at night for those who can’t physically see the sky & notice where the clouds are spinning. There’s 3 major sections in my hometown where you do NOT want to be when the conditions are perfect for a tornado. They all get hit like clockwork. The insurance rates in those neighborhoods even reflect it
@@GingerNinja1 I live in Houston we don’t have tornado sirens. We had a couple of tornadoes yesterday but nobody knew until the next day. If a major tornado was to come through Houston, hundreds would due because there is no warning system. I pray it never happens.
I'm pretty sure that THIS is the creepiest tornado video I've EVER seen! There are several lightning flashes which don't reveal the tornado because of their location. Then all of the sudden, as if it were sneaking up on the viewer, that gigantic wedge suddenly appears like it was hiding behind that shed! What a brutal night that must've been for all these folks. Many of these people had their homes disintegrated over their heads, and then, once the tornado passed, it poured rain all over the unprotected piles of belongings and debris while they were climbing out. What a brutal experience. Prayers for all these folks who have to live with the trauma of that night they'll probably never be able to forget.
And that is why people need to take the warnings seriously and even more serious at night. It is not a joke but people keep dying to prove that. Even the most trained and experienced storm chasers have been caught up in a bad way because of unpredictable storm patterns. El Reno as the most famous if anyone remembers...There have been more. Not every tornado turns right or is alone. Plus it's nearly 2022 not 1922. What happened that night shouldn't have happened like it did and if it is true that the people were forced to keep working, whoever forced them should be blasted on the media and charged with murder like anyone else that harms others at a high profile. But money buys freedom in the US. We all know that so bezos will keep them shut up to save his market.
@@chucknorris3984 bezos wiped his hands clean awhile ago. Who knows what the situation was there. They possibly could’ve forced them to stay, or like every other human being they see an opportunity to get a lot of money
I’m born and raised in Kansas. I know that most of us when we hear the sirens go outside. But I have to say, nighttime tornadoes are different. As soon as I would have seen that tornado lit up by the lightning, I would have peed a little, and ran for cover.
@@brycekleinschmidt438 yup, we can’t hear sirens where we are because it’s too rural. We rely on our phones to alert us. It’s scary with kids. We have a 1 story home with no real protection from a tornado. Thankfully we live in Georgia and so far we have only been hit by EF-1 tornadoes but they’re becoming more frequent and getting scarier each time.
I’m somewhat of an adrenaline junky, so I’d probably stay right there and continue to record video a little bit longer (assuming it’s visible and not rain wrapped) The chances of it hitting your exact location are smaller than you’d think.
thats how wicked the lightening is too when a tornado can be spawned. i remember living down by the casino in Welch, MN when Anoka was hit by a tornado and when a small tornado cut between Redwing and Cannon Falls. the frequency of the lightening from both storms was what really got my attention. tornado weather is definitely on another level vs your typical thunder storm.
@@KRAFTPUNK they might be positive lightning strikes. I heard they cause the type of thunder heard in this video and in other videos I've watched where it's a slow-to-get-louder rumble, not an instantly loud clap and then trails off into a rumble.
I was in the Raleigh NC 1988 tornado (struck at 1AM) as a kid, the lightning was just like that to where you could see outside just like daytime because it was so constant. It was even faster than this one, to where it was just like a fast strobe light and you could see the funnel. My prayers go out to everyone affected by that storm.
I lived in between Easley and Greenville and Spartanburg South Carolina when they had a big tornado outbreak when I was a kid. (We moved alot) I'm 36 so it's hard to remember back then cause I was only like four or five but I will never forget that day.. Me and my brother was in the back of a Cutlass with my pregnant mom in the front. I tried to find info on it because like I said I was just a kid and I remember the chaos and being in the tornado hit zone but I don't remember the damage or aftermath because I was young and unfortunately I spent a big part of my life trying to block out my childhood and I think in the process I blocked out a lot of other things as well and I can't remember much of being down there (I live in Ohio now) but I do remember a devastating tornado that came through Upstate South Carolina when I was little.. The only thing that I can find is info on Wikipedia. And when I read what you put about being in North Carolina in 1988 I'm wondering if it was the same outbreak. Which to this day is one of the worst tornado outbreaks to ever hit North and South Carolina I do believe. It was either in 1988 or 1989, I can't remember .. Lol..
@@stephaniehall5095 Hey Stephanie, I’m a Hall too!! The tornado outbreak in North and South Carolina was on March 28, 1984. 14 tornadoes were reported in North Carolina, with 8 in South Carolina. The highest rating was an EF4. 44 people lost their lives in NC, with 800 injured. 15 people were killed in SC. An estimated 1,248 were injured in both states. On April 29-30, in 1924, an outbreak of at least 28 tornadoes left 114 dead and at least 1,166 injured, mostly in the Carolinas, with 76 in SC alone, 16 in Georgia, and 13 in Alabama. One, a very long lived one, an F4, traveled 105 miles. Only the terrible tornado this film showed has been a longer tracked tornado. This one tracked from Little Rock Arkansas, through western Tenn, then did its horrors in Kentucky. There have been other big outbreaks in North and South Carolina, April 16, 2011 being one of them. A total of 30 tornadoes touched down in NC, killing 24 people. May 7, 1998, 20 tornadoes touched down, one an EF4 rating. April 15, 1996-18 tornadoes touched down in NC. September 15, 1999, 17 tornadoes touched down in NC. On April 13,2020-16 tornadoes touched down.
I used to live and work in Mayfield and I can tell you it is a beautiful town full of extremely friendly people who care about each other so this is a real tragedy for me to see. My thoughts and prayers go out to all of those lovely people in Mayfield struggling right now. ✌️♥️
Man I live in Franklin TN we got pretty bad winds plus a tornado warning but man it was worse for them I’ve experienced pain but that’s much worse for them God bless your friends in Mayfield and peace be with them
@@EvoViperX8 Oh I'm so sorry you were affected too. I think any kind of storm that causes damage is terrifying. Thank you for acknowledging Mayfield and it's wonderful people! ✌️♥️
I had to go to hockey and on the way we could see trees down in Harper river and some tree bark small branches on the road but the damage I saw in Kentucky was so much worse on the news in mayfield made me go like 😵I didn’t learn until the Monday after tornado weekend that there was an EF5 but also EF3 personally I’ve not been to Kentucky so it didn’t hit me as hard but still I was still hit with what in the world
It's like when Joplin, Mo. got smashed all over again... This video made my eyes water and my skin crawl. Nothing terrifies us more than a wedge tornado at night, lit up by lightning!
Its like every other Southeastern Tornado, they seemingly always strike at night. To all affected by the storms, stay strong. No one has forgotten you.
@@rickyrichards7596 and stupidity shows daily in dark or light. No idea when you typed that nonsense, but the time of day didn't matter because it is still ignorant.
I know how they feel. I was 13 when our town was hit by an F5. It's really something that you never forget. Since then I have been terrified of tornadoes. I am a weather watcher when the word bad weather is expected.
@@carmenfeltz6464 Wow, you took a direct hit. That was a terrible outbreak. All the states around us were warned, but the lake usually protects us in Michigan. I remember we had watches though and severe thunderstorms. So sorry you had to go through that.
@@carmenfeltz6464 Bless your heart! I've only been through a couple of small tornadoes, and they were scary enough! I can't even imagine what it was like to go through an F5 tornado, let alone an outbreak! I'm relieved that you survived such a catastrophic event, thank you for sharing your story with us!
So many times there is a large increase in the frequency of lightning when a tornado is hitting. My heart goes out too everybody who lives through this and for those who lost loved ones and lost their homes, the people of Ohio are praying for you and we haven't forgotten about you.
When i was around seven i lived in kentucky with my mom for 8 years ( until i was about 16 ). She loved storms and we sat on the screened back porch and watch them. Only had one experience with a um.. whirlwind / dust devil ? ( mini-tornado ) .
As if the almost constant lightning isn’t frightening enough in the dark but then you gradually start to hear the roar of the tornado approaching. It must be heart wrenching to know that there’s nothing you can do to stop it.
Wow! Impressive! It appeared as if the tornado was either heading straight at the videographer or it would have been a VERY close call. I hope the resident & other occupants of the home were not hurt!
That is beyond scary! How were you able to remain so calm? Or was it a stationery camera? This is an 'end of the world' view, and for some, it was. Very sorry and so sad.
@@VictorAlbaa very slightly, but it’s also looking bigger, so either it was growing or moving towards them. Near the end of the video, I’d be wishing I was wearing my brown pants!
@@VictorAlbaa thankfully, it seems like it was moving that way but it was getting closer. the video stops where it does because they were likely smart enough to find shelter. they were in the calm area out in front of it while shooting this video. if it didn't hit them at all, then they got real lucky. experienced storm chasers would even recognize the danger in that position relative to the tornado and move. again, if you're staring at a tornado and it's that "quiet" then... yeah, you might be in trouble.
That video makes my anxiety go way up! I spent all my life growing up here in North Alabama. I lived through an F4 when I was 12 and it traumatized me. Now I see videos like this and get panic and anxiety. God bless these people.
It helps to watch footage of beautiful tornadoes that pass over open fields in daylight, not nighttime monsters approaching between lightning flashes like a horror movie. This is a scary tornado video, even if you didn’t know what this particular one did.
If you look at the lighting clip at 1:10 the lightning is so bright it makes the atmosphere look like it’s in the middle of the day. Absolutely incredible footage!
A good rule of thumb: if a tornado looks like it is standing still, it is coming right at you. Fortunately for these folks, this tornado seemed to be moving from somewhat in the upper left quadrant of the screen to somewhat in the lower right quadrant of the screen. The tornado was probably 8 to 10 miles away at video start and 2-4 miles away at video end. Terrifying.
EXACTLY....a great example for all to see is in this stunningly stupid video. Great footage. Terrible decision. Just about 30 minutes SSW of me in Washington Illinois is the location. Use the bush on the left.......telephone pole on the right.........and use the flag pole for center..... This tornado came directly at the camera with a little wobble the entire time. th-cam.com/video/pVanmvVNHcc/w-d-xo.html
Why does someone always have to make this comment about tornado "standing still". Like literally every tornado video on TH-cam you scroll through 10 comments and atleast a few are someone saying this same exact comment. LOL. And it's not even true
@@beansssss3847 Who the hell takes safety tips from TH-cam comments? Especially inaccurate safety tips copy pasted from millions of other apparent TH-cam armchair "safety professionals" hahaha
@@rileyxbell There are two reasons to start with a few left to mention. First, if a tornado "appears" or "looks like" (key words) to be standing still, while we know the tornado is moving, the observer most likely will become mesmerized and not grasp the approaching danger which brings me to the second reason, that being mesmerized is called "Normalcy Bias" and Patrick's rule of thumb is solid and a gentle reminder not to be the one standing in jackstraw piles called homes yelling "what happened"
I remember being stationed in Fort Knox. I’m a New Yorker we get some pretty gnarly storms here too, but I remember walking into the PX and walking out 10mins later to a funnel cloud and supercell thunderstorm maybe 75 meters out overhead. I was so damn petrified at how loud the thunder was and how frequent the lightening was striking, Kentucky has some pretty fucked up weather 100 degrees 120% humidity one minute. Cold rain and freezing with a severe thunderstorm the next.
When the temperature drops that fast, expect ferocious storms. In southern Wisconsin we recognize that as tornado weather and get somewhere we can easily shelter. Fortunately, most houses in the cold states have basements, so we can shelter underground. It pained me to learn that so many of the houses in this monster’s path had neither basements (soil type isn’t good for them) nor homeowners insurance (due to poverty).😢
@BaltimoreAreaTech most of the east coast is not hot and humid enough for tornadoes, it’s more humid than for example the west coast but not as much as Tornado alley, dixie alley, or the Ohio valley
@BaltimoreAreaTech northern Dutchess. Southern tip of the Adirondack mountains and just inside the Hudson valley. We’re basically the only part of the northeast that even gets tornadoes. We had one that was easily a f2/3 about 2 years ago. They’re all usually rain wrapped and you can never see them coming because there’s to many trees or they’re rain wrapped
@BaltimoreAreaTech yeah Baltimore and DC can be oppressive but you do get proportionally more severe weather than NY, which gets proportionately more than Boston
Oh, lord...my maternal grandparents lived in Kentucky (Mayfield, to be exact), and seeing this video brought tears to my eyes. The tornado that hit Western Kentucky destroyed the house that had covered their heads since 2001 or 2002, and my grandfather's life was one of the 95 lives that were claimed in the tornado. Luckily, my grandmother had her life spared as she was hospitalized at the time due to stomach issues. Now with my grandfather dead for over a year, my grandmother Jean (where my middle name comes from) is the only grandparent I have remaining on Earth. This past Monday was my grandfather's posthumous 89th birthday.
Anyone notice the eerie stillness at the beginning? I'll bet it was really warm too. That's the stillness people talk about, right before all hell breaks loose. This video is strange, because you can "feel" the quiet. Excellent video!
Honestly not really. To me it feels like the video begins shortly affer the stillness ended. Which is typically right around the time people think to get out a camera and start recording. Either way, it all really is overly taunting to the point it almost seems cinematic. The darkness and the flashing and the eerie stillness to sudden wind increasing in strength rapidly to all the sounds and the anticipation of it all hiding in yout home waiting to see if the devil picks your door. I mean jesus christ.......that's a big package to deal with. That's an orchestra of terror that is way too good at layering elements of dread and subjecting people to it. That is such bullshit thing for innocent people to have endure at some random time in their lives on some random night and the polar opposite of a miracle comes roaring through all of a sudden and snatches the life youve built away and spits it out in millions of pieces from the neighbors yard to another town miles away. Outrageous!
It was hot in the South that night. As soon as the storms began you could feel the temp drop a good 15 degrees, it was rather chilling, no pun intended.
The perfect title for this video. Hells coming. God bless anyone who has been through a tornado. It's absolutely horrible. I know ,I've been through our tornado here in Onalaska, Texas on April 22nd 2020. We lost two friends that horrible day. Here's the thing, it all gets better. Yes ,slowly but it does get better.
this tornado was moving at 60mph yet you can barely make it out to be moving across the landscape. The only indication of it barrelling towards you is its growing in size which is hard enough to make out in broad daylight, let alone in pitch black with only the lightening illuminating it. It seems to be moving to the right of the camera but nonetheless I hope these people were ok.
She was huge 3/4 a mile long. And at the distance they were looking about 5-10 miles it was moving diagonally towards them so it’s almost impossible to put it to comprehension that it moves at that 60 mph
I was in a small one in IL in 98-2000ish.Very scary hearing every piece of wood steel and glass creaking at the same time.We had minor damage and trees down but it was something I never want to feel again.
When I was a child I was fairly lonesome most of the time. I had a little Pomeranian named Tonado. He used to sneak up on me at night and tug on my socks.
When you've lived in tornado areas, you never forget how it feels. Just a couple of years in Wisconsin, as a 6 - 7 year old, taught me: with a couple of tornados moving around us (thank goodness) in the middle of the night--huddled near the cellar doorway, listening to weather reports and for a possible siren--it stayed with me. I have a healthy respect for all weather, even love thunderstorms, but a tornado in the middle of the night, just coming down anywhere it damn well pleases? No thank you. Now, I live in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, where it's practically unheard of. Twice, I predicted tornadoes in the past 30 years, and sure enough...My ex scoffed the first time, while we were driving to a restaurant in another town over and I looked up at that creepy, weird, almost menacing sky that we were driving away from, and said "That's a tornado sky!" We found out one did touch down, and actually hit his workplace! Granted, it didn't go far (touched down on a farm, jumped the Interstate, hit the back end of my ex's workplace--they were lucky!--up and down over a 5 mile swath--you could see the path), as it's hard to sustain the energy in the valley. However, my ex didn't scoff the next time I had that feeling! 🤭😁 God bless those who live and work where tornadoes are more common. And, those who lost their lives. The terror of a tornado is an awful feeling. 😥 I'm thinking of those who lived through this one, and those who did not. 💔
@@evilsharkey8954 it was. they were in the "calm notch" out in front of the tornado. if you're watching a tornado and it seems too damn quiet where you are... you might be in trouble. these folks got lucky.
@@MH-Tesla it’s behind the trees slightly left of center for the first half, only visible when backlit by distant lightning. The wedge is pretty clear in the center of the horizon towards the end of the video, when it’s close enough that near strikes illuminate it, as well. It’s too low to be a wall cloud, too tight to be heavy rain, and too long lasting to be a downburst. When I first saw the video, I was wondering what they were talking about until about half of it is visible by backlighting, and I wasn’t sure if I was seeing a tornado. Later on, when it looks a lot bigger (because it’s closer), it’s pretty clear it’s a fat tornado. Since it’s only visible during certain lightning strikes, you don’t see the rotation. TH-cam’s compression erases a lot of detail, too.
Yet when a tornado destroyed my home in 2016, there was no lightening. It had came a shower of rain earlier, that’s all. But the temperature dropped from 74 degrees to 62 degrees right before it hit. It was an EF3, winds of 162mph.
This is exactly how it was that night. My nephew was killed during the tornado. His family miraculously survived but with injuries. They lost everything. Their home was totally gone. They lived 3 1/2 miles down the road from us.
Here in Northern Michigan, its not flat so the radar has a hard time confirming a tornado on the ground. Usually they are referred to as micro bursts but I watched one pluck a fully grown oak tree out of the ground like a radish and wrap a billboard sign made out of metal up like a scroll. I took shelter in an Army Navy surplus store under a wrack of heavy winter coats. The roof was lifting and falling making all kinds of noise. It scared the bejesus out of me. I had a hard time getting home with trees down every where and no power to any traffic lights. The weatherman said it was not a tornado but I beg to differ. More like several tornadoes. Great video by the way. My Uncle used to stand on his porch down state and film tornados going across the farm fields while my Aunt screamed at him to get to the basement. He had a running bet as to when the barn across the road a 1/4 mile away would get hit.
I can remember driving thru northern Michigan or close to ..anyway it was right along Lake Michigan we just cross the Mackinac Bridge heading towards Wisconsin so whatever highway that is that’s the one we were on. We had to stop at a bed and breakfast because all of sudden lightning hit the lake or close too and the wind was just crazy and raining and so on! I couldn’t keep the truck straight so I pulled off to that bed and breakfast or whatever that was and waited till the storm passed. It wasn’t till the next day we learned a tornado hit that area. I never saw it but wow it was windy so I don’t know exactly how close we were but judging by the wind not to far away! Along with this video shot during the night we also were driving at night which kind of reminded me of that night! Great video stay safe …peace and metal always🤘🎸
Microbursts are different from tornados. We have microbursts in Utah and never get tornadoes (well we have had one super rare quick one in my lifetime in Utah) but we get microbursts a few times a year. Definitely different from a tornado.
@@lindseymiller8165 Depends on your area too. Meteorologist here in Michigan come up with stuff if they cannot properly label it too. We deal with lake effect that greatly changes the dynamics of weather and can intensify a storm front, especially as it draws more moisture from the lake. We have dunes and rolling hills that affect the wind and can increase the wind speeds as a front moves inland. I worked up at the News Station and witnessed their Meteorologist at work. He even admitted they had difficulty in dealing with our weather. It's a non ending education for them.
OMG! The thunder and lightening was scary even without the tornado. I’ve never seen such extreme weather before. It must have been really scary for you guys 🙁 I’m so glad we don’t get extreme weather like that in Scotland Stay safe x💕🤗🏴
These storms without the tornado are actually quite amazing and impressive. I love them. Of course without the tornado... which was some how missing in this "tornado" video as well.
Truly frightening. I had one of those beasts fly right over my apartment at night like this when I was living in Ohio. Luckily it skipped my building and hit a field to the east. The next day when headed out to work I was stunned by the sight of uprooted trees, pieces of wood and debris scattered everywhere. The most haunting sight though was treetops littered with clothing and bedding. My prayers go out to all affected.
That's terrifying. I live in Lexington Kentucky and never seen anything close to that...I love thunderstorms but after seeing this I may have to think that over.....
I love thunderstorms, but I hate windstorms. Even without tornadoes, they tear up the trees. When the temperature goes from hot and humid to chilly and windy in twenty minutes, take cover! Nothing good comes from that.
I've been through two tornadoes, that's two too many. Living in Michigan we don't get a lot of them, very rarely are they as strong as the quad state twister. The worst I saw was an EF3. I refuse to buy a home without a basement or a storm shelter. Unfortunately people in the more southerly states rarely have cellers and shelters are very expensive. My son lives in Oklahoma City, in a house built into the side of a hill, it's unconventional but safe.
I almost drove thru an F5 due to panic.I will never forget when I turned on the radio in my car and it said"This is not a warning. This is the emergency broadcasting system. Take cover NOW." I stopped and prayed and God reminded me of a person I knew close by. I stopped at their house in a full blown panic attack and waited 2 hours for 12 tornadoes to pass. I timed it from the house to the path of the tornado that crossed the freeway. I would have been smack in the middle of the F5. God saved me. I had PTSD for a few months after that!! My time wasn't up yet.
My cousin and his family in Bremen, KY lost everything. My heart broke that night watching live coverage, radars, and watching warnings pop up as the storm moved across the state. My parents live in Owensboro and were terrified.
The lightning is terrifying enough, but the tornado too.... just hope I never see anything like this. Prayers for all affected by these terrible storms.
I am from Iowa and I have never seen such intense lightning at night. It was almost as if someone put a solar filter over the lens and lifted it off every so often. The lightning was so bright that everything had normal colors during flashes. Awesome video! Thanks.
For sure, the thumbnail looked like it was shot during daylight. I thought "there's no way that was the Kentucky tornado, it struck at night". We slept through this storm but had to shut the curtains because it was too bright lol.
Very scary! But incredible video footage. It's just so crazy how it's pitch black outside, yet it looks like daylight every time the lightning strikes.
WOW, watching this really gave me the creeps. It was like a really scary movie that send's chill's down your spine. Living in Hawaii, I have NEVER expercienced a tornado or a lighting storm anything close to this. Sorry, but I am still freaked out
I live next to area that got completely devastated in KY, when we got our warning I stepped outside for a moment and everything was just dead still nothing moving or making a noise, I knew it was gonna get rough then bc everything just stopped
I’m from the Texas Panhandle and there are fewer moments more terrifying than when the power goes out, you can’t track it on TV and you know it’s out there
For all the people who are saying you can't see anything. Pause it exactly at 1:00 and you will see a tornado in between the shed and the tree. Make sure you pause it right when the lightning lights up the sky at the 1 minute mark.
That's what I was thinking. You must have had a few of those NDE. experiences with lightning. I've been caught out in a few where I was praying while trying to dig into the ground with my bare hands.
I think I have a mild case of PTSD when it comes to tornado producing storms. I was in the Nashville tornado last year and I only was I in it after watching the life flash before my eyes I was working for Nashville electric service we were contracted trimming limbs back from the power lines well me and my cousin were the only truck on call that week between 12:40 and 12:50 the tornado come through and at 1:30 we were on the interstate headed to our shop, it look like a war zone on the interstate, to get the truck gas the chainsaws lower the bucket and head to Hermitage
Town of greensburg knows what this is like all to well. I'm still convinced this was in fact an ef5. that size and power for that duration, hell of a storm. In december. Biggest tragedy since the 2011 tornado season.
when you see the amount of lightning flashes on this video and then look at the same storm filmed from the plane by a pilot, it really shows how being in one location is beautiful to watch and the other is scary as hell when on the ground... insane to have to go through that and to be breathing and ok !!! rip to all those that didnt make it !!!
Imma never forget that night too. We didn't get it as bad here in Knoxville then,but heard about the damage by tornados in Kentucky from the same storm. Scary stuff.
Tornadoes can be so entertaining to watch, they guide your eyes like no other disaster that happens on 🌎. I only wish the price for this footage hadn't costed thousands of lives.
@@sks804 from the amount of damage it's very possible thousands were affected, it's not necessarily deaths but the fact many lost their homes and businesses as well.
Well people should start taking the warnings seriously then. The loss of life did not have to be this high and never has to be either. Many injuries and deaths are from people ignoring the warnings and trying to outrun it or hide at the last second when they realize it wasn't a joke. As with many other things in life, people feel invincible until the last moments when an emergency does occur. Then they expect others to do for them. Take it however you want but some things need to be said. People need to stop being weak crybabies and realize that they are responsible for their own safety. Someone might not always be there to save your ass right away.
That is exactly what the lightening was like the night of the Dayton, Ohio tornado. You could feel the electricity in the air. My prayers are with all the storm survivors and their families.
I was working that night, I got off at 11 and the drive home was intense. Everyone told me not to leave as the hospital went into lockdown for the tornado warnings.
@@Jason-id8nc That’s scary. I hate that all these tornados hit at night when the world is dark. They are scary enough by themselves but then they come at night when no one can see what’s going on. I just hate them altogether and as soon as channel 7 mentions severe weather my anxiety goes crazy.
@@jbunk2109 yes it is, when you can’t see something like that coming at you in the dark. I can remember standing outside the hospital with my co workers and this feeling you got by standing outside before they hit. I went and seen the damage in Trotwood and Brookville the next day. I couldn’t believe the damage.
We had lightning the same way here in Georgia one night back in the late 80s or maybe early 90s. It started around 9 or 10 that night and never stopped until late the next morning. It was the same frequency as in the video.
If you listen closely at around 1:13 you can hear the high pitched whine of the electrical fields interfering with the microphone just seconds before the flash.
My brother was working at the time. The building he was in crumbled to ruble, but luckily he survived to pull his coworkers out of the debris. I’m so glad he’s ok
Thats great! Glad for him and ur family!
Glad your brothers safe. It was a very devastating tornado. We have family in Trimble and went to see them and saw the damage in TN. Enroute home, we went to Mayfield (just completely destroyed) to make donations. Very sad
That’s great
I’m glad God kept him safe
bless you and your brother dear
Ok, a tornado, in the dark, silhouetted against flashes of lightning is officially the scariest damn thing I've ever seen.
You've probably never seen a sharknado then, those are ultra scary.
It reminds me of my meteorology classes i took in OU during 2013-2017. I lost a friend like that, no kidding he was dumb enough to go out after i said no to him. Poor fella got wrapped up in it.
Yuuup. I don't worry much for weather but they had a line predicting where it was going and took off driving south a good 10 miles to get away from that line. I know exactly what it feels like now when the only thing you can do safely is run as far as you can.
This is the fuck this shit I’m out kind of tornado! I have distant relatives that live in Mayfield, they texted my mom how much shit this storm caused.
it's scary how you can only rely on the lighting flashes to know if there's a tornado.. tornadoes at night is so dangerous
Once in rural Texas I was driving at night on country roads, new to Texas. Wind was blowing very hard. I came to a small town, saw a pickup parked by the road and I asked him for directions. Then asked why it was parked there and he said tornado watch. I said "but it's night?" He said the lighting flashes would show it. Scared the hell out of me. I tornado could be a couple seconds away, drop out of the sky on you with almost no warning at night.
at least the movie twister got it right
We keep a whether radio, that thing goes off in the middle of the night it'll wake anyone. Our city also has the sirens as well. We had a F4-5 last year, middle of the night & the devastation a single tornado can cause is mind blowing. Fortunately only 1 life was lost, (a father running to warn his daughter & her family had a heart attack & the paramedics couldn't reach him sadly.) She was to become married the next day. Still gives me chills driving through that area almost a yr later & they're still rebuilding. That tornado sat on it's path for an amazingly long time.
Here in Indiana, our cities/towns literally keep track of every single tornado that touches down every year and has a map of all the tornado paths. It shows the areas where (I assume) the atmosphere is most susceptible for a tornado to develop and touch down. That map really helps at night for those who can’t physically see the sky & notice where the clouds are spinning. There’s 3 major sections in my hometown where you do NOT want to be when the conditions are perfect for a tornado. They all get hit like clockwork. The insurance rates in those neighborhoods even reflect it
@@GingerNinja1 I live in Houston we don’t have tornado sirens. We had a couple of tornadoes yesterday but nobody knew until the next day. If a major tornado was to come through Houston, hundreds would due because there is no warning system. I pray it never happens.
I'm pretty sure that THIS is the creepiest tornado video I've EVER seen! There are several lightning flashes which don't reveal the tornado because of their location. Then all of the sudden, as if it were sneaking up on the viewer, that gigantic wedge suddenly appears like it was hiding behind that shed!
What a brutal night that must've been for all these folks. Many of these people had their homes disintegrated over their heads, and then, once the tornado passed, it poured rain all over the unprotected piles of belongings and debris while they were climbing out.
What a brutal experience.
Prayers for all these folks who have to live with the trauma of that night they'll probably never be able to forget.
this is probally why so many were killed you couldnt see it
A real nightmare …
And that is why people need to take the warnings seriously and even more serious at night. It is not a joke but people keep dying to prove that. Even the most trained and experienced storm chasers have been caught up in a bad way because of unpredictable storm patterns. El Reno as the most famous if anyone remembers...There have been more. Not every tornado turns right or is alone. Plus it's nearly 2022 not 1922. What happened that night shouldn't have happened like it did and if it is true that the people were forced to keep working, whoever forced them should be blasted on the media and charged with murder like anyone else that harms others at a high profile. But money buys freedom in the US. We all know that so bezos will keep them shut up to save his market.
@@chucknorris3984 bezos wiped his hands clean awhile ago. Who knows what the situation was there. They possibly could’ve forced them to stay, or like every other human being they see an opportunity to get a lot of money
Yup.its like a classic black and white movie.Not showing much of the monster.You nailed it.its creepy.
I’m born and raised in Kansas. I know that most of us when we hear the sirens go outside. But I have to say, nighttime tornadoes are different. As soon as I would have seen that tornado lit up by the lightning, I would have peed a little, and ran for cover.
I’m from Kansas I definitely would run for cover
If you listen in the clip there's no sirens. It's too rural
Same
@@brycekleinschmidt438 yup, we can’t hear sirens where we are because it’s too rural. We rely on our phones to alert us. It’s scary with kids. We have a 1 story home with no real protection from a tornado. Thankfully we live in Georgia and so far we have only been hit by EF-1 tornadoes but they’re becoming more frequent and getting scarier each time.
I’m somewhat of an adrenaline junky, so I’d probably stay right there and continue to record video a little bit longer (assuming it’s visible and not rain wrapped) The chances of it hitting your exact location are smaller than you’d think.
That has got to be so scary...only way to see where, what and how close- is when lightning flashes in sky...absolutely terrifying.
Well you shouldn’t be anywhere near a window in this scenario! These people are quite stupid!
I was thinking the same thing!
thats how wicked the lightening is too when a tornado can be spawned. i remember living down by the casino in Welch, MN when Anoka was hit by a tornado and when a small tornado cut between Redwing and Cannon Falls. the frequency of the lightening from both storms was what really got my attention. tornado weather is definitely on another level vs your typical thunder storm.
No Shidd
Also thunder claps seem to sound different in these big tornados.
@@KRAFTPUNK they might be positive lightning strikes. I heard they cause the type of thunder heard in this video and in other videos I've watched where it's a slow-to-get-louder rumble, not an instantly loud clap and then trails off into a rumble.
@@KRAFTPUNK also the clap of her checks sounds differently as well..
@@cutratecontractor1000 cheeks
I was in the Raleigh NC 1988 tornado (struck at 1AM) as a kid, the lightning was just like that to where you could see outside just like daytime because it was so constant. It was even faster than this one, to where it was just like a fast strobe light and you could see the funnel. My prayers go out to everyone affected by that storm.
Yep I live near Newnan, GA where there was an EF-4 around midnight back in March and the lightning was nonstop, several times a second.
I hear of this tornado and never heard it described. I moved to the area 15 years ago. Good to get a visual with how it looked
On the thumbnail I thought it was daylight
I lived in between Easley and Greenville and Spartanburg South Carolina when they had a big tornado outbreak when I was a kid. (We moved alot) I'm 36 so it's hard to remember back then cause I was only like four or five but I will never forget that day.. Me and my brother was in the back of a Cutlass with my pregnant mom in the front. I tried to find info on it because like I said I was just a kid and I remember the chaos and being in the tornado hit zone but I don't remember the damage or aftermath because I was young and unfortunately I spent a big part of my life trying to block out my childhood and I think in the process I blocked out a lot of other things as well and I can't remember much of being down there (I live in Ohio now) but I do remember a devastating tornado that came through Upstate South Carolina when I was little.. The only thing that I can find is info on Wikipedia. And when I read what you put about being in North Carolina in 1988 I'm wondering if it was the same outbreak. Which to this day is one of the worst tornado outbreaks to ever hit North and South Carolina I do believe. It was either in 1988 or 1989, I can't remember .. Lol..
@@stephaniehall5095 Hey Stephanie, I’m a Hall too!! The tornado outbreak in North and South Carolina was on March 28, 1984. 14 tornadoes were reported in North Carolina, with 8 in South Carolina. The highest rating was an EF4. 44 people lost their lives in NC, with 800 injured. 15 people were killed in SC. An estimated 1,248 were injured in both states. On April 29-30, in 1924, an outbreak of at least 28 tornadoes left 114 dead and at least 1,166 injured, mostly in the Carolinas, with 76 in SC alone, 16 in Georgia, and 13 in Alabama. One, a very long lived one, an F4, traveled 105 miles. Only the terrible tornado this film showed has been a longer tracked tornado. This one tracked from Little Rock Arkansas, through western Tenn, then did its horrors in Kentucky. There have been other big outbreaks in North and South Carolina, April 16, 2011 being one of them. A total of 30 tornadoes touched down in NC, killing 24 people. May 7, 1998, 20 tornadoes touched down, one an EF4 rating. April 15, 1996-18 tornadoes touched down in NC. September 15, 1999, 17 tornadoes touched down in NC. On April 13,2020-16 tornadoes touched down.
I used to live and work in Mayfield and I can tell you it is a beautiful town full of extremely friendly people who care about each other so this is a real tragedy for me to see. My thoughts and prayers go out to all of those lovely people in Mayfield struggling right now. ✌️♥️
Man I live in Franklin TN we got pretty bad winds plus a tornado warning but man it was worse for them I’ve experienced pain but that’s much worse for them God bless your friends in Mayfield and peace be with them
@@EvoViperX8 Oh I'm so sorry you were affected too. I think any kind of storm that causes damage is terrifying. Thank you for acknowledging Mayfield and it's wonderful people! ✌️♥️
I had to go to hockey and on the way we could see trees down in Harper river and some tree bark small branches on the road but the damage I saw in Kentucky was so much worse on the news in mayfield made me go like 😵I didn’t learn until the Monday after tornado weekend that there was an EF5 but also EF3 personally I’ve not been to Kentucky so it didn’t hit me as hard but still I was still hit with what in the world
.
It's like when Joplin, Mo. got smashed all over again... This video made my eyes water and my skin crawl. Nothing terrifies us more than a wedge tornado at night, lit up by lightning!
Its like every other Southeastern Tornado, they seemingly always strike at night. To all affected by the storms, stay strong. No one has forgotten you.
Nocturnal Tornadoes. "God shows his power in the raging storms...all sinners beware."
@@rickyrichards7596 tornados strike in the Bible belt. might be praying to the wrong god.
@@rickyrichards7596 and stupidity shows daily in dark or light. No idea when you typed that nonsense, but the time of day didn't matter because it is still ignorant.
Your picture scares me
@@Userhandleidk BOO!!!
This has to be one of the scariest things mother nature produces. A tornado at night you can't even see it until it's too late!
Tornados are worst at night yes I would absolutely pee and poop my pants i would be that scared
Right, what a horror! I don't think I'd stop shaking for days!.
Это не природа, это климатическое оружие
I know how they feel. I was 13 when our town was hit by an F5. It's really something that you never forget. Since then I have been terrified of tornadoes. I am a weather watcher when the word bad weather is expected.
If you don't mind me asking, which tornado did you experience?
@@metaldiscipline3955 it was in Charles City, Iowa on May 15, 1968
@@carmenfeltz6464 Wow, you took a direct hit. That was a terrible outbreak. All the states around us were warned, but the lake usually protects us in Michigan. I remember we had watches though and severe thunderstorms. So sorry you had to go through that.
@@sigsin1 it's not anything I wish to go through again.
@@carmenfeltz6464 Bless your heart! I've only been through a couple of small tornadoes, and they were scary enough! I can't even imagine what it was like to go through an F5 tornado, let alone an outbreak! I'm relieved that you survived such a catastrophic event, thank you for sharing your story with us!
I remember storms like this hunkered in the hallway as a kid. The lightning was so constant you could see like it was day.
So many times there is a large increase in the frequency of lightning when a tornado is hitting. My heart goes out too everybody who lives through this and for those who lost loved ones and lost their homes, the people of Ohio are praying for you and we haven't forgotten about you.
Tornado at night is definitely on another level.
I can't believe how calm these people were, i would have freaked out so much...
Me too
Me too! 😱
No offense, but freaking out is the worst thing to do. Always have a plan.
D@vil feeds himself on fear... WTF up will you please
When i was around seven i lived in kentucky with my mom for 8 years ( until i was about 16 ). She loved storms and we sat on the screened back porch and watch them. Only had one experience with a um.. whirlwind / dust devil ? ( mini-tornado ) .
That is awesome footage, rest in peace to the victims and who ever you are that filmed this footage, God bless you and I hope you are ok.
As if the almost constant lightning isn’t frightening enough in the dark but then you gradually start to hear the roar of the tornado approaching.
It must be heart wrenching to know that there’s nothing you can do to stop it.
As a person who lived through 3 tornadoes, this one is the worst one that I’ve seen in awhile
And out of season too...
I'm glad you're okay
0xsynergy manufactured much?
@@0xsergy it's not uncommon to have tornados in December
I wonder why it's the 1st ever you have seen !!!!!! Do more research & you shall find your answers...Cheers
That looks like the world has come to an end, I've never experienced a tornado, I can't even begin to imagine how traumatic that must be😳
Wow! Impressive! It appeared as if the tornado was either heading straight at the videographer or it would have been a VERY close call. I hope the resident & other occupants of the home were not hurt!
Either coming towards them or getting really big!
What tornado? There wasn't one in this video. Just a thunderstorm.
That is beyond scary! How were you able to remain so calm? Or was it a stationery camera? This is an 'end of the world' view, and for some, it was. Very sorry and so sad.
This is the most terrifying tornado footage I've ever seen. The not knowing when or if it's going to hit your home.
Did you see it? All I saw was lightning.
@@MH-Tesla Pause it at 1:14-1:16, you'll see it.
@@SleepyOddish Yup. I see it now. Wish they'd stop turning the lights on and off. Lol 😆
This is the perfect case of if you don’t see the tornado moving then it’s moving toward you. Take cover
I would say it is moving from left to right
@@VictorAlbaa very slightly, but it’s also looking bigger, so either it was growing or moving towards them. Near the end of the video, I’d be wishing I was wearing my brown pants!
@@VictorAlbaa thankfully, it seems like it was moving that way but it was getting closer. the video stops where it does because they were likely smart enough to find shelter. they were in the calm area out in front of it while shooting this video. if it didn't hit them at all, then they got real lucky. experienced storm chasers would even recognize the danger in that position relative to the tornado and move. again, if you're staring at a tornado and it's that "quiet" then... yeah, you might be in trouble.
Horrible, very scary and I can't imagine going through this! My heart goes out to all who experienced this and lost your home. Omg.
Wait for judgement day 😨
@@shalee767 do you have a date? I’ll make sure I’m home from the pub.
That video makes my anxiety go way up! I spent all my life growing up here in North Alabama. I lived through an F4 when I was 12 and it traumatized me. Now I see videos like this and get panic and anxiety. God bless these people.
It helps to watch footage of beautiful tornadoes that pass over open fields in daylight, not nighttime monsters approaching between lightning flashes like a horror movie. This is a scary tornado video, even if you didn’t know what this particular one did.
You gotta suck it up. It’s just a tornado.
dont be ignorant.. she shared her experience with us and now we should be the ones being kind and lending a listening heart. @@casper191985
I started thinking I was watching a horror movie. How frightening! Praying for those who have been affected by this terrible storm.🙏
If you look at the lighting clip at 1:10 the lightning is so bright it makes the atmosphere look like it’s in the middle of the day. Absolutely incredible footage!
Oh yea that’s ridiculous on just how good looking the structure is
A good rule of thumb: if a tornado looks like it is standing still, it is coming right at you. Fortunately for these folks, this tornado seemed to be moving from somewhat in the upper left quadrant of the screen to somewhat in the lower right quadrant of the screen. The tornado was probably 8 to 10 miles away at video start and 2-4 miles away at video end. Terrifying.
EXACTLY....a great example for all to see is in this stunningly stupid video. Great footage. Terrible decision.
Just about 30 minutes SSW of me in Washington Illinois is the location.
Use the bush on the left.......telephone pole on the right.........and use the flag pole for center.....
This tornado came directly at the camera with a little wobble the entire time.
th-cam.com/video/pVanmvVNHcc/w-d-xo.html
Why does someone always have to make this comment about tornado "standing still". Like literally every tornado video on TH-cam you scroll through 10 comments and atleast a few are someone saying this same exact comment. LOL. And it's not even true
@@rileyxbell because its an important safety tip ignored all the time by amateur cameramen when they should shelter
@@beansssss3847 Who the hell takes safety tips from TH-cam comments? Especially inaccurate safety tips copy pasted from millions of other apparent TH-cam armchair "safety professionals" hahaha
@@rileyxbell There are two reasons to start with a few left to mention.
First, if a tornado "appears" or "looks like" (key words) to be standing still, while we know the tornado is moving, the observer most likely will become mesmerized and not grasp the approaching danger which brings me to the second reason, that being mesmerized is called "Normalcy Bias" and Patrick's rule of thumb is solid and a gentle reminder not to be the one standing in jackstraw piles called homes yelling "what happened"
I remember being stationed in Fort Knox. I’m a New Yorker we get some pretty gnarly storms here too, but I remember walking into the PX and walking out 10mins later to a funnel cloud and supercell thunderstorm maybe 75 meters out overhead. I was so damn petrified at how loud the thunder was and how frequent the lightening was striking, Kentucky has some pretty fucked up weather 100 degrees 120% humidity one minute. Cold rain and freezing with a severe thunderstorm the next.
When the temperature drops that fast, expect ferocious storms. In southern Wisconsin we recognize that as tornado weather and get somewhere we can easily shelter. Fortunately, most houses in the cold states have basements, so we can shelter underground. It pained me to learn that so many of the houses in this monster’s path had neither basements (soil type isn’t good for them) nor homeowners insurance (due to poverty).😢
I was near Fort Hood and a funnel trying to form over my head and in Belton touched down. That was in 2007.
@BaltimoreAreaTech most of the east coast is not hot and humid enough for tornadoes, it’s more humid than for example the west coast but not as much as Tornado alley, dixie alley, or the Ohio valley
@BaltimoreAreaTech northern Dutchess. Southern tip of the Adirondack mountains and just inside the Hudson valley. We’re basically the only part of the northeast that even gets tornadoes. We had one that was easily a f2/3 about 2 years ago. They’re all usually rain wrapped and you can never see them coming because there’s to many trees or they’re rain wrapped
@BaltimoreAreaTech yeah Baltimore and DC can be oppressive but you do get proportionally more severe weather than NY, which gets proportionately more than Boston
Fun fact: If a tornado looks like it’s not moving it is actually moving towards you.
Fun fact: You cant see a tornado at night time.
………or moving away from you.
Wow
@@Metro248 Because of the lightning you could see this one was definitely moving.
@@corpsewytchdannii really? Where? When? A video about a tornado that never actually shows up in the video?
Oh, lord...my maternal grandparents lived in Kentucky (Mayfield, to be exact), and seeing this video brought tears to my eyes. The tornado that hit Western Kentucky destroyed the house that had covered their heads since 2001 or 2002, and my grandfather's life was one of the 95 lives that were claimed in the tornado. Luckily, my grandmother had her life spared as she was hospitalized at the time due to stomach issues. Now with my grandfather dead for over a year, my grandmother Jean (where my middle name comes from) is the only grandparent I have remaining on Earth. This past Monday was my grandfather's posthumous 89th birthday.
🙏🏻❤️
How terrifying to see an EF 5 tornado bearing down on you at night through lightning flashes.
was not an ef5~
I remember a storm where day turned into night, scary stuff, seeing this causing night to look like day had to have been so much scarier.
Sorry for all that was lost ,,,stay strong Kentucky
Scary stuff, I’d freak out! Bless everyone who lived through those monster tornadoes 🌪
Anyone notice the eerie stillness at the beginning? I'll bet it was really warm too.
That's the stillness people talk about, right before all hell breaks loose. This video is strange, because you can "feel" the quiet. Excellent video!
Honestly not really. To me it feels like the video begins shortly affer the stillness ended. Which is typically right around the time people think to get out a camera and start recording.
Either way, it all really is overly taunting to the point it almost seems cinematic. The darkness and the flashing and the eerie stillness to sudden wind increasing in strength rapidly to all the sounds and the anticipation of it all hiding in yout home waiting to see if the devil picks your door. I mean jesus christ.......that's a big package to deal with. That's an orchestra of terror that is way too good at layering elements of dread and subjecting people to it. That is such bullshit thing for innocent people to have endure at some random time in their lives on some random night and the polar opposite of a miracle comes roaring through all of a sudden and snatches the life youve built away and spits it out in millions of pieces from the neighbors yard to another town miles away. Outrageous!
It was hot in the South that night. As soon as the storms began you could feel the temp drop a good 15 degrees, it was rather chilling, no pun intended.
The perfect title for this video. Hells coming. God bless anyone who has been through a tornado. It's absolutely horrible. I know ,I've been through our tornado here in Onalaska, Texas on April 22nd 2020. We lost two friends that horrible day. Here's the thing, it all gets better. Yes ,slowly but it does get better.
That's exactly how it was back in 1973 when our house got blown away with us in it. Non-stop lightning.
It's like a horror show, with only brief glimpses of the monster, but you just know something bad is happening just out of sight.
this tornado was moving at 60mph yet you can barely make it out to be moving across the landscape. The only indication of it barrelling towards you is its growing in size which is hard enough to make out in broad daylight, let alone in pitch black with only the lightening illuminating it. It seems to be moving to the right of the camera but nonetheless I hope these people were ok.
She was huge 3/4 a mile long. And at the distance they were looking about 5-10 miles it was moving diagonally towards them so it’s almost impossible to put it to comprehension that it moves at that 60 mph
😑 you'll learn one day- smdh. Simple minds....
@@jadesedelifus what
@@jadesedelifus I followed dalton/Ashby in MN. I understand the raw power of these mother fuckers.
@@Jasmine-qi8bw yea what? 😂 I live in the Midwest
I was in a small one in IL in 98-2000ish.Very scary hearing every piece of wood steel and glass creaking at the same time.We had minor damage and trees down but it was something I never want to feel again.
Me too ! ( Decatur Il. ) the sky turned Green. Touchdown about a mile away from me.
When I was a child I was fairly lonesome most of the time. I had a little Pomeranian named Tonado. He used to sneak up on me at night and tug on my socks.
I'm glad you got the help you needed.
@@markberryhill2715 me too
When you've lived in tornado areas, you never forget how it feels. Just a couple of years in Wisconsin, as a 6 - 7 year old, taught me: with a couple of tornados moving around us (thank goodness) in the middle of the night--huddled near the cellar doorway, listening to weather reports and for a possible siren--it stayed with me. I have a healthy respect for all weather, even love thunderstorms, but a tornado in the middle of the night, just coming down anywhere it damn well pleases? No thank you. Now, I live in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, where it's practically unheard of. Twice, I predicted tornadoes in the past 30 years, and sure enough...My ex scoffed the first time, while we were driving to a restaurant in another town over and I looked up at that creepy, weird, almost menacing sky that we were driving away from, and said "That's a tornado sky!" We found out one did touch down, and actually hit his workplace! Granted, it didn't go far (touched down on a farm, jumped the Interstate, hit the back end of my ex's workplace--they were lucky!--up and down over a 5 mile swath--you could see the path), as it's hard to sustain the energy in the valley. However, my ex didn't scoff the next time I had that feeling! 🤭😁
God bless those who live and work where tornadoes are more common. And, those who lost their lives. The terror of a tornado is an awful feeling. 😥 I'm thinking of those who lived through this one, and those who did not. 💔
Super eerie video. That thunder is definitely from positive lightning strikes and a potent tornadic supercell.
It looks like the tornado is playing hide-and-seek. Amazing how calm the homeowners are.
Especially since it seems to be getting closer.
@@evilsharkey8954 it was. they were in the "calm notch" out in front of the tornado. if you're watching a tornado and it seems too damn quiet where you are... you might be in trouble. these folks got lucky.
They are calm because at no point is there a tornado in this video.
@@MH-Tesla it’s behind the trees slightly left of center for the first half, only visible when backlit by distant lightning. The wedge is pretty clear in the center of the horizon towards the end of the video, when it’s close enough that near strikes illuminate it, as well. It’s too low to be a wall cloud, too tight to be heavy rain, and too long lasting to be a downburst.
When I first saw the video, I was wondering what they were talking about until about half of it is visible by backlighting, and I wasn’t sure if I was seeing a tornado. Later on, when it looks a lot bigger (because it’s closer), it’s pretty clear it’s a fat tornado. Since it’s only visible during certain lightning strikes, you don’t see the rotation. TH-cam’s compression erases a lot of detail, too.
We had a rain-wrapped tornado we couldn't see during the day, I can't imagine the horror of realizing what was across the fields from you at night
That is terrifying. Seriously award winning, best weather video I've ever seen.
That’s crazy. I hope these people were safe and okay
Yet when a tornado destroyed my home in 2016, there was no lightening. It had came a shower of rain earlier, that’s all. But the temperature dropped from 74 degrees to 62 degrees right before it hit. It was an EF3, winds of 162mph.
We lost our home years ago to fire. It is hard but God will
always help. We rebuilt, friends, family, strangers helped us along.
This is exactly how it was that night. My nephew was killed during the tornado. His family miraculously survived but with injuries. They lost everything. Their home was totally gone. They lived 3 1/2 miles down the road from us.
Are y’all peeking through the bunker hatch or something?!? This is terrifying.
Here in Northern Michigan, its not flat so the radar has a hard time confirming a tornado on the ground. Usually they are referred to as micro bursts but I watched one pluck a fully grown oak tree out of the ground like a radish and wrap a billboard sign made out of metal up like a scroll. I took shelter in an Army Navy surplus store under a wrack of heavy winter coats. The roof was lifting and falling making all kinds of noise. It scared the bejesus out of me. I had a hard time getting home with trees down every where and no power to any traffic lights. The weatherman said it was not a tornado but I beg to differ. More like several tornadoes. Great video by the way. My Uncle used to stand on his porch down state and film tornados going across the farm fields while my Aunt screamed at him to get to the basement. He had a running bet as to when the barn across the road a 1/4 mile away would get hit.
😄 Barn ever get hit?
I can remember driving thru northern Michigan or close to ..anyway it was right along Lake Michigan we just cross the Mackinac Bridge heading towards Wisconsin so whatever highway that is that’s the one we were on. We had to stop at a bed and breakfast because all of sudden lightning hit the lake or close too and the wind was just crazy and raining and so on! I couldn’t keep the truck straight so I pulled off to that bed and breakfast or whatever that was and waited till the storm passed. It wasn’t till the next day we learned a tornado hit that area. I never saw it but wow it was windy so I don’t know exactly how close we were but judging by the wind not to far away! Along with this video shot during the night we also were driving at night which kind of reminded me of that night! Great video stay safe …peace and metal always🤘🎸
Sounds exactly like my dad.
Microbursts are different from tornados. We have microbursts in Utah and never get tornadoes (well we have had one super rare quick one in my lifetime in Utah) but we get microbursts a few times a year. Definitely different from a tornado.
@@lindseymiller8165 Depends on your area too. Meteorologist here in Michigan come up with stuff if they cannot properly label it too. We deal with lake effect that greatly changes the dynamics of weather and can intensify a storm front, especially as it draws more moisture from the lake. We have dunes and rolling hills that affect the wind and can increase the wind speeds as a front moves inland. I worked up at the News Station and witnessed their Meteorologist at work. He even admitted they had difficulty in dealing with our weather. It's a non ending education for them.
OMG! The thunder and lightening was scary even without the tornado.
I’ve never seen such extreme weather before.
It must have been really scary for you guys 🙁
I’m so glad we don’t get extreme weather like that in Scotland
Stay safe x💕🤗🏴
These storms without the tornado are actually quite amazing and impressive. I love them. Of course without the tornado... which was some how missing in this "tornado" video as well.
Truly frightening. I had one of those beasts fly right over my apartment at night like this when I was living in Ohio. Luckily it skipped my building and hit a field to the east. The next day when headed out to work I was stunned by the sight of uprooted trees, pieces of wood and debris scattered everywhere. The most haunting sight though was treetops littered with clothing and bedding. My prayers go out to all affected.
That's terrifying. I live in Lexington Kentucky and never seen anything close to that...I love thunderstorms but after seeing this I may have to think that over.....
The storms are beautiful but the loss of life and destruction is not
I love thunderstorms, but I hate windstorms. Even without tornadoes, they tear up the trees. When the temperature goes from hot and humid to chilly and windy in twenty minutes, take cover! Nothing good comes from that.
Yeah same, now I'll be thinking of this everytime it storms. Also, greetings from Lexington as well ✌️
@@Bthast62 hello 👋 it seems like a lot of storms tend to miss us...I'm not sure why exactly why but after seeing this I'm definitely grateful....
I've been through two tornadoes, that's two too many. Living in Michigan we don't get a lot of them, very rarely are they as strong as the quad state twister. The worst I saw was an EF3. I refuse to buy a home without a basement or a storm shelter. Unfortunately people in the more southerly states rarely have cellers and shelters are very expensive. My son lives in Oklahoma City, in a house built into the side of a hill, it's unconventional but safe.
I slowed video speed down and it was even more scary
I almost drove thru an F5 due to panic.I will never forget when I turned on the radio in my car and it said"This is not a warning. This is the emergency broadcasting system. Take cover NOW." I stopped and prayed and God reminded me of a person I knew close by. I stopped at their house in a full blown panic attack and waited 2 hours for 12 tornadoes to pass. I timed it from the house to the path of the tornado that crossed the freeway. I would have been smack in the middle of the F5. God saved me. I had PTSD for a few months after that!! My time wasn't up yet.
My cousin and his family in Bremen, KY lost everything. My heart broke that night watching live coverage, radars, and watching warnings pop up as the storm moved across the state. My parents live in Owensboro and were terrified.
I live along the Ohio side. I may be a true Buckeye, but I do root for all of Kentucky. Prayers to all.
The lightning is terrifying enough, but the tornado too.... just hope I never see anything like this. Prayers for all affected by these terrible storms.
this Kansan salutes the steady hand on the camera. we also know a bit about midnight tornados. praying for your quick recovery...
Wow what an experience. I can't imagine what you must have felt at this point. Hope you and everyone are OK.
I am from Iowa and I have never seen such intense lightning at night. It was almost as if someone put a solar filter over the lens and lifted it off every so often. The lightning was so bright that everything had normal colors during flashes. Awesome video! Thanks.
For sure, the thumbnail looked like it was shot during daylight. I thought "there's no way that was the Kentucky tornado, it struck at night". We slept through this storm but had to shut the curtains because it was too bright lol.
Whereabouts in Iowa are you, Jerold? I'm in Marshalltown. 😁
God Bless all you people in that area !🙏🙏
Very scary! But incredible video footage. It's just so crazy how it's pitch black outside, yet it looks like daylight every time the lightning strikes.
This video is terrifying! Glad you're o.k.
Praying for those victims and have a blessed holiday
WOW, watching this really gave me the creeps. It was like a really scary movie that send's chill's down your spine. Living in Hawaii, I have NEVER expercienced a tornado or a lighting storm anything close to this. Sorry, but I am still freaked out
I live next to area that got completely devastated in KY, when we got our warning I stepped outside for a moment and everything was just dead still nothing moving or making a noise, I knew it was gonna get rough then bc everything just stopped
I’m from the Texas Panhandle and there are fewer moments more terrifying than when the power goes out, you can’t track it on TV and you know it’s out there
That's some crazy weather, I've seen anything like this, stay safe God bless you all ❣️
That was incredible! Must've been so scary though. Glad you're safe.
This person has historic video footage. That tornado was an EF5 in my books.
For all the people who are saying you can't see anything. Pause it exactly at 1:00 and you will see a tornado in between the shed and the tree. Make sure you pause it right when the lightning lights up the sky at the 1 minute mark.
Proper light show! I would have been straight under the bed after that huge crack of thunder midway through tho!! :/
That's what I was thinking. You must have had a few of those NDE. experiences with lightning. I've been caught out in a few where I was praying while trying to dig into the ground with my bare hands.
I think I have a mild case of PTSD when it comes to tornado producing storms. I was in the Nashville tornado last year and I only was I in it after watching the life flash before my eyes I was working for Nashville electric service we were contracted trimming limbs back from the power lines well me and my cousin were the only truck on call that week between 12:40 and 12:50 the tornado come through and at 1:30 we were on the interstate headed to our shop, it look like a war zone on the interstate, to get the truck gas the chainsaws lower the bucket and head to Hermitage
The sounds alone would rip my heart out of my chest. God Bless all of these people.
From tornado town coal city Illinois we are praying for everyone!
Wow. That’s a lot of energy!! Hope your’ll was safe. Jeeeeez.
That particular type of flickering lightning is telltale most of the time of a tornado being present in a cell.
It's actually just a sign of a strong supercell. A tornado being present isn't required.
So glad none of the tornadoes hit my home in Hopkinsville KY. As two tornadoes passed by my city. Hope everybody recovered from the tragic event!
Town of greensburg knows what this is like all to well. I'm still convinced this was in fact an ef5. that size and power for that duration, hell of a storm. In december. Biggest tragedy since the 2011 tornado season.
This is wicked...I hope you all are OK ..prayers for everyone that was affected by this . May God restore all to you.
put the video at 0.25 speed and you will see better
First time I use these 0.25 speed video… my god. This is absolutely crazy.
when you see the amount of lightning flashes on this video and then look at the same storm filmed from the plane by a pilot, it really shows how being in one location is beautiful to watch and the other is scary as hell when on the ground... insane to have to go through that and to be breathing and ok !!! rip to all those that didnt make it !!!
Praying for all Kentuckians affected🙏🏽
Imagine every time it’s lit up by lightning it’s closer
Like a twisted version of Doctor Who's Weeping Angels.
Lightning is like this in Pennsylvania too. Lately alot of tornado's here.
Imma never forget that night too. We didn't get it as bad here in Knoxville then,but heard about the damage by tornados in Kentucky from the same storm. Scary stuff.
When the sky turns green, that storm is going to be mean 😪
Tornadoes can be so entertaining to watch, they guide your eyes like no other disaster that happens on 🌎. I only wish the price for this footage hadn't costed thousands of lives.
Not “thousands”.
@@sks804 from the amount of damage it's very possible thousands were affected, it's not necessarily deaths but the fact many lost their homes and businesses as well.
@@sks804 there is over 150 plus stilll missing
Well people should start taking the warnings seriously then. The loss of life did not have to be this high and never has to be either. Many injuries and deaths are from people ignoring the warnings and trying to outrun it or hide at the last second when they realize it wasn't a joke. As with many other things in life, people feel invincible until the last moments when an emergency does occur. Then they expect others to do for them. Take it however you want but some things need to be said. People need to stop being weak crybabies and realize that they are responsible for their own safety. Someone might not always be there to save your ass right away.
@@NickyD Where'd you hear that??
They said everyone is accounted for.
That is exactly what the lightening was like the night of the Dayton, Ohio tornado. You could feel the electricity in the air. My prayers are with all the storm survivors and their families.
Do you mean the ones that happened a couple years ago on Memorial Day? That night was so scary. I’m just south of Dayton.
I was working that night, I got off at 11 and the drive home was intense. Everyone told me not to leave as the hospital went into lockdown for the tornado warnings.
@@Jason-id8nc That’s scary. I hate that all these tornados hit at night when the world is dark. They are scary enough by themselves but then they come at night when no one can see what’s going on. I just hate them altogether and as soon as channel 7 mentions severe weather my anxiety goes crazy.
@@jbunk2109 yes it is, when you can’t see something like that coming at you in the dark. I can remember standing outside the hospital with my co workers and this feeling you got by standing outside before they hit. I went and seen the damage in Trotwood and Brookville the next day. I couldn’t believe the damage.
@@Jason-id8nc I went to see it too and just couldn’t believe it. I could hear the Dayton sirens going off and I’m in MSBG.
We had lightning the same way here in Georgia one night back in the late 80s or maybe early 90s. It started around 9 or 10 that night and never stopped until late the next morning. It was the same frequency as in the video.
Lightning is so insanely bright. I clicked on this video after seeing the thumbnail because I was confused by it looking like a daytime video
That was terrifying. And I'm safe in my bed in Florida! I sure hope you folks are okay. Quite a video.
1:19 Good Lord that lightning 😳😳😳 I’ve never heard such an angry crack like that.
If you listen closely at around 1:13 you can hear the high pitched whine of the electrical fields interfering with the microphone just seconds before the flash.
@@chaos-kun7310 I didn't notice but I hear it now lol
This is completely terrifying, stay strong Kentucky 🙏🏼 ❤️
Thank you for sharing...prayers for all who were affected by the storm...