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Tornadoes were tearing up the midwest. This guy: Still got to work the fields. (continues to roll through on his tractor)

Hello Nathan

Before roughly 43:00 of your otherwise superb and historic footage, you sat in the same position behind some type of wide structure that largely masked what was happening under the meso and wall cloud. Was this an oversight or did you intend to do so? I faced a similar quandary south of the 5/4/07 Greensburg, KS, tornado and I still kick myself we didn't move further north, while we had ample time.

good job friend

Coastal NC gets some intense afternoon and evening, once or twice a summer a real boomer 3 or 4 in the morning all multicellular thunderstorms. Lightning and thunder looks and sounds like bombs. Those are like April showers compared to this. That's a Lightning show for sure. Wonder if the star is gonna show? Ha saw it first behind building.

I got to see this, the western edge of this storm this video focuses on, move right over my home in Kearney, and it was one of the most incredible experiences of my life. I've been really into following storm chasers this year, and had been learning a lot the past two months. Being able to recognize and point out so many things to my mother as we stood on her driveway as it came in was incredible. Clouds were racing every direction. The neon blues. The rapidly shifting direction of wind gusts. The rotation that went right over the top of her house. The tree damage in town... and just the unmatched beauty compared to anything I've seen in my life. I've been in some crazy storms before... 2008 three F1/F2 tornadoes hit Kearney, F2 touching down a block north of my home, taking out an apartment complex. Many cars flipped, and a motorcycle embedded into a car. That was an incredible experience, as I raced into town after watching it come in, just a mass of black... right after I saw a local storm chasers I recognized race into town, I panicked and raced after them to get to shelter right before it hit. I didn't even know an episode of storm chasers had been shot there until this year, with Reed, Tim and others reaching where I had been watching it right after I ran for my life. A few years earlier, I got caught out in a field with five inch hail. That was like bombs being dropped around me. Dirt from the impacts obscuring my vision and getting in my mouth... But both those experiences didn't compare to the storm in this video. I wasn't terrified, just in awe of the absolute majestic beauty in front of me. All these layers of clouds moving in various directions with such perfect visibility. It was incredible. This video almost does it justice, great captures, but nothing can really compare to seeing and feeling it in real life. I wouldn't want to be out in anything more scary than that though, just leave that to the professionals!

Mother nature is freaking awesome and you captured this beautifully! Music was spot on as well!

That was amazing! Thank you!

That was incredible.

wow. just wow.

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That was absolutely breathtaking! I had tears in my eyes watching that and kicking myself for missing what looks to be a very awesome stream. Thank you Nathan for all that you do, for sharing your love of storm chasing. I do have to say, this might rank up there with Structure of the DECADE, because.. OH MY GOODNESS!

1:57:04 the candle factory became the center of attention by this tornado when workers from what I heard were told to stay at the factory when the alarms sounded. Many of em wanted to go home to get to somewhere safe and sturdy, but was threatened by managers that they would be fired if they left. And then when the tornado hit, 8 or 10 coworkers lost their lives as the building collapsed after swaying left and right by the tornado's winds ... First the lightning lit up the sky, and then it got quiet in between where no sounds or chirps of animals and insects making noises, and then the wind gusts picked up and the power flickered and went out as the tornado is hitting the candle factory. And then it tracked directly through the heart of Mayfield afterwards, increasing in intensity and strength between Mayfield and Benton... The candle factory was a shocking and nightmarish sight ... 1:59:18 that lightning strike was unbelievably too close as Nathan exits I-69 on 58 towards 121 ... 2:00:43 the candle factory is about to get hit by the tornado 🌪️ , and then the power goes out at 2:01:53 after Nathan runs the red light near the Shell gas station and the tornado enters the city of Mayfield at 2:02:10 causing EF4 to near EF5 damage then directly towards downtown destroying everything in its path ... And then Nathan turns onto 121 at 2:02:54 to outrun an escape the tornado in time E or NE of its path which is at 1 mile wide ... Nathan and then the police officer a little while later run for their lives escaping as fast as they could away from the tornado that's a mile or less behind them speeding 60 mph right on top of them, while the police officer and Nathan speed 80 to 90 or 100 mph on the back road 🛣️ ... 2:05:10 the tornado enters downtown Mayfield at peak intensity destroying the church, courthouse, theatre, and historic buildings and then at 2:05:55 it exits Mayfield towards the town of Benton and rest was history.. Note: the tornado itself (being the second one after the first dissipated from the same parent supercell thunderstorm ⛈️) travelled on the ground for a whopping nearly 200 miles while this long lived supercell thunderstorm traveled across 4 states in couple more hours from its lifetime to the end ... 2:08:34 I hope that police officer had escaped the tornado to somewhere safer and was okay as he was panicking and running for his life ... You can imagine the fear both Nathan and the police officer had as they were outrunning the tornado 🌪️

I did my chemo treatments in Mayfield I know Mayfield well, Everytime you got further into Mayfield my blood pressure was sky high lol if you'd taken Broadway instead of that left you'd been well in the shit lol

Well good news is I69 is finished now so if you ever have to drive through I69 you'll hit it in union city and take it all the way to Mayfield or lone oak, still has a purchase parkway exit in ky

You can barely see the funnel but you can see the cloud floating that's weird

good job friend!

impressive! liked shared subscribed

BOLT!

Iowa may have suddenly become his favorite state after so many years of nothing and now the last 2 years😂

insane vid nathan,

Holy smokes!

❤ Greenfield

Extremely close? Clickbait at it’s finest.

wow that was amazing! it didnt get too much but that was right next to u wow

Always amazes me at the lack of thunder in many tornadic storms.

Is this the same storm they said was moving upwards of 90mph?? That's the craziest thing I ever heard !! A quarter mile wide with 150+ winds inside rollen up at 90+ mph ?!?! What tf do you do ?!?! Better have a storm shelter within feet !! Or your done !! Can't out run it !! Underground!! That's the only way !!

what a day you had, lots of excitement.. great stream job.. be safe..

Wow

11:39 This tornado swallowed too much dust and died right after.

The year is wrong. :) Great video bud and amazing chase

Hello

The focal point of your video is how many times you can say "holy s..t" There needs to be more regulations placed on storm chasers.

Thank God your parents and there house were spared. Had to have been scary situation

Wait I didn’t know Barry was from IL! I lived in Gurnee for 23 years and almost a year in Peoria! IL storms do NOT play😅

Holy WOW what a trip! That lightning throughout the whole storm was GLORIOUS. Watching you chase and having being chased was incredible and I think your circumstances would have been much more dire if you kept on going instead of turning around. Being a weather geek myself, I studied this tornado and I wish healing for all those affected. I am glad you made it out safe!!

I'm wondering what's in the background talking about a bitty....what's a bitty?

I ride a bike everywhere I would hate to get caught in something like this that would truly blow

I work at titan tire in union city woodland mills is right behind titan tire where the tornado recycled three times before hitting F4 verosity

This is off of great River Rd... Good fishing... Ponds down here