We just moved from near Joe Bald Mkt in Kimberling City to the West Coast and used to go to Ahoy's (now destroyed) just behind the Kimberling Inn and many places in Branson, etc. We're happy to hear of so few injuries - sadly, the people of Joplin were not so fourtunate last year.
@NAWROCKI65 Thank you for your kind words about this movie. I was just in Kim City the day before this thing hit. I'm glad it didn't hit where you live.
Excellent work, marsradio! I'm sharing this to my network on Facebook. Our house is less than 1000 feet from Snapps Funeral Home that got hit. We are incredibly blessed. Others, not so much. We pray for Branson!
Great info and commentary !! I lived lakefront in Branson West about a half mile north of where the tornado crossed the lake near Indian Point... Was outside on my back deck at around 1am and could hear it roaring as it passed by in the dark...
@GrahamCrackerPhotos Thank you for your kind words. Glad that it didn't get any closer to you. No matter which way you look at this whole event, we are very fortunate!
@kjchandler4 Thank you. Yes, I am blown away that the local media has shown this on the air. I had no idea when I made this movie that it would garner so much interest. I'm glad it has been so helpful in illustrating what happened. Thank you for watching.
@SoGoGal Wow...you really do like this place :) Thanks for coming. Next time you come down you'll be amazed at how much progress has already been made. About the only places that are totaled are JR's Motor Inn, Blue Bayou and that shopping center where Mazzios is/was.
@SoGoGal We may be a little down, but we're not out! A LOT has been repaired in this past week and a half. In another month, I'm sure almost everything will be back open - except for maybe Blue Bayou and JR Inn - they are probably total losses. So, don't change those plans...Branson is OPEN for business, and we look forward to seeing you!
Your video was mentioned on KY3 news in Springfield tonite. Amazing graphics and narration. We normally view these disasters in fragments and it was, however tragic, fascinating to view the entirety of what happened. Photo inserts and poignant narration emphasized the tragic toll as well to area residents and business owners. I took cover the same nite as the Buffalo, MO tornado passed within a mile of my home and my mother was a survivor of the Joplin tornado last May. Thanks for this.
Thankfully, this happened in February, which is kind of the "off season" for Branson. If it had occurred later in the spring and Branson was full of tourists there probably would have been scores of tourists either injured or killed.
@Ozarker44 Thanks for the pronunciation help...oops! :) My boat is at that storage. It was just fine, but my storage unit's doors were peeled off of their tracks. Manager told me that one guy's boat was shoved out of his unit and then wheeled across and slammed into the next row of units. Seems like the further into the storage facility you went (north), the worse the damage was. So, it depends where your unit was. Call Dave or Trish and they'll let you know. Hope all is okay.
Yes, the market should reopen before too long. Fortunately, we were lucky in many ways. Most tornadoes that do make it through here seem to be weakened by the terrain. Welcome to Branson! :)
@RamaRendezvoo All of these lakes are impounded rivers which were created as a result of flood control needs in this area. They help bolster our tourism economy, and we are thankful for them!
It was too dark to actually see it, but you could see the power transformers blowing up. Then the power went out, and lucky that we made it too walk-in.
Haha you should have seen my front yard! I live off of T-Highway, on the exact rode that the tornado went down. My grandpa's trailer was completely destroyed and our house had some damage, the tornado was litterally 100 feet from us. Scariest thing I've ever gone through, especially since I was super sick
Just so you know, it's pronounced Kiz-zee Mills. Still, great coverage on the track, guess it's now time to see if my storage unit on Mt. Branson is still intact or gone completely.
You are very welcome, Cyndee. Please enjoy your visit to our wonderful town. Tornadoes are so incredibly rare here due to the terrain. This was a fluke. Hope you and your family have a good time, and thank you for visiting Branson!
Cyndee P Those are good shows! You guys will love them. Don't forget to visit The Landing and see the water/fire/music show. Plenty of great dining there, and the best Mexican food on the planet (in my humble opinion) is there at Cantina Laredo. Enjoy and God Bless!
We LOVE Mexican food, so will check that out for sure! Thanks!! Also, we've always like the landing every time we've gone and will make sure to go again and walk the streets enjoying the awesome atmosphere. again, thanks.
how many miles did it travel? i live in hollister at College of the Ozarks and none of us knew the amount of damage Branson received until the next morning.
I don't determine the ratings of tornadoes. The EF2 rating was assigned by the National Weather Service survey crew who inspected the damage caused by this tornado. I'm simply reporting their finding.
When this happened it was a few weeks before an elementary school field trip. It was what you call an AR field trip. I was young and very into tornadoes. The fun thing was that this field trip was Ride the Ducks. On the way down I saw damage and almost leaping out of my seat in excitement. XD When we got there I asked the person on duty how much damage the got. only one "Duck" got a bit of damage. now I don't believe him since it went right by it
+travlingirl productions I'm so glad this didn't happen during your field trip. We are so lucky that this happened in the middle of the night. I think the person who told you about the damage was correct. To the best of my knowledge, the tornado barely missed the Ducks parking lot. Another thing to consider is that this tornado was moving really, really fast...like around 70 miles per hour. So, because of this swift forward motion, most of the damage occurred on the side of the rotating funnel that was rotating in the same direction as the funnel was moving. On the opposite side, the effects of the rotation winds were reduced (cancelled out some) by the forward lateral speed of the funnel. So, you had a huge contrast between lots of damage and virtually no damage in a very small area. [I hope that makes sense]. Thank you for watching :)
I know, right! If this thing happened in the middle of the afternoon (especially during tourist season over here), then there would have been serious injuries or fatalities due to those rocks. They were on the roof of a grocery store which was right next to a Walmart. Can you imagine rocks flying around a crowded Walmart parking lot on a Sunday afternoon? It wouldn't have been a good thing!
You failed to mention it destroyed Rustic acres resort and a lot of Powersite Missouri and a Farm at the very end .Did a good job on this but you could have been more thorough where it hit .A lot of damage around Kissee Mills too!
It actually started just to the north (left) of the point they are showing here at 0:49 sec. At the single boat slip in the cove.I was on the phone with the person that lives there when it hit. He said there goes the dock and then we lost power to our area.
Oh...you're local. And you guys got more wind as it was stronger toward Forsyth. Doppler Radar was clocking some wind gusts at around 100 mph above Forsyth. Hopefully none of those gusts were transported to the ground!
marsradio yep I was born and raised right here. That day when we realized the storm was getting really bad I looked at my wife and told her I was going to run two streets over and pick up our son cuz he lived in a trailer. As I opened the door and pushed open the screen door I was yanked out of the house and the door was slammed shut behind me by the wind. I landed about 10 to 12 feet out in my yard next to my car. Long story short I made it to get my son and we got back to the house safely. It was the only time I've ever felt nervous during a storm. When the tornado made landfall in powersite it hit two houses that sat on the bluff above the lake. They both looked like bombs had went off inside & the only thing left standing was the front walls.
@oldlefty66 Thank you...it's funny...the Weather Channel was broadcasting live from the Wal-Mart parking lot when I went there to shoot the Taco Bell / TCBY footage.
@bigbocapedro Yep, Lake Taneycomo (looks) like a River, but it's a 'man-made Lake' - Army Corps of Engineers among others were involved in all that between 50-60 years ago, creating the Dam, etc... but then again, I saw a guy that saw Bigfoot once!
the tornado went up stormy point road and crossed over heading towards branson 4 homes were destroyed lucky 2 of them were still under construction and no one was living in them
i live in branson and i live in a hotel on 76 strip next to ride the ducks at 3:04 it went behind me lucky it didnt hit head on...i was outside on the balcony and saw where about it was up around andy williams all you could see was pitch black then lots of huge flashing green lights made my ears pop
Got a question!! How close did this tornado get to Beaver Creek Marina in Kissee Mills. I live in Kissee Mills just 3 minutes north of it. Also just of note I had a small EF0 tornado go through the front of my yard this April of 2018!
This video is quite inaccurate. This Tornado was officially rated as an EF4 pretty much on its whole entire journey. Also there was much more noticeable and worse damage done them what you described. But still very interesting and fascinating video. :)
Can you please cite your source for your claim that the 2012 Branson Tornado was an EF4? I am a National Weather Service-trained spotter who is actively involved in local/regional Skywarn activities. In all of my dealings with the aftermath of this tornado, I never once saw anything published or even implied that rated this tornado an EF4. Can you please provide links with facts published by the National Weather Service with findings that this event was an EF4?
I didn't live here when it happens but I now do I live rite down the road from jubalee were my fiances mom worked luckily she had the day off but it blew out the windows were she was staying jubalee is still being worked on they hope to reopen this fall
Yep. Confirmed EF 1 tornado to our east along the Taney and Ozark County line on April 30, 2019. Details: www.weather.gov/sgf/2019_April_30_TornadoOutbreak
@@marsradio do you half a type in a code or something Oh and also I was in one a tornado last night in Forrest City Arkansas the nursing home in Monet was destroyed
@@Skitch11TheFarmer I don't remember needing a code. I just downloaded the kmz file from the NWS and then opened it in Google Earth. And yeah the tornadoes were horrible last night. Glad you're okay!
OK for one that lake isn't a lake, but a river. Seriously lakes arent long and skinny? who named it a lake. 2nd Highway 76... Does that run in circles, or do you name every highway 76?
We just moved from near Joe Bald Mkt in Kimberling City to the West Coast and used to go to Ahoy's (now destroyed) just behind the Kimberling Inn and many places in Branson, etc. We're happy to hear of so few injuries - sadly, the people of Joplin were not so fourtunate last year.
@NAWROCKI65 Thank you for your kind words about this movie. I was just in Kim City the day before this thing hit. I'm glad it didn't hit where you live.
Excellent work, marsradio! I'm sharing this to my network on Facebook. Our house is less than 1000 feet from Snapps Funeral Home that got hit. We are incredibly blessed. Others, not so much. We pray for Branson!
thank you very much for watching and for the nice words.
Wow. Thank you for making this. We live in Branson West down DD Hwy. That thing got very close to us. This helped us realize just how close.
I live in Kimberling City somewhat close to Kimberling City Inn.......Thank you for a great illustration!!!!!!!
Outstanding presentation. Your clear narration really brought it together. Thank you for your work.
According to the National Weather Service in Springfield, it traveled 22 miles. CofO is an awesome campus. So glad you guys were safe there.
Great info and commentary !! I lived lakefront in Branson West about a half mile north of where the tornado crossed the lake near Indian Point... Was outside on my back deck at around 1am and could hear it roaring as it passed by in the dark...
@GrahamCrackerPhotos Thank you for your kind words. Glad that it didn't get any closer to you. No matter which way you look at this whole event, we are very fortunate!
@Fuzzytrouble You're welcome...thank you for watching and for the kind words.
@kjchandler4 Thank you. Yes, I am blown away that the local media has shown this on the air. I had no idea when I made this movie that it would garner so much interest. I'm glad it has been so helpful in illustrating what happened. Thank you for watching.
@SoGoGal Wow...you really do like this place :) Thanks for coming. Next time you come down you'll be amazed at how much progress has already been made. About the only places that are totaled are JR's Motor Inn, Blue Bayou and that shopping center where Mazzios is/was.
I like to revisit this video because I wasn't living in branson at the time, I however was born and raised here, I was 12 at the time of the incident
We had literally just moved a year before this. We lived down by the Dick Clark theater, just a further down the road. Holy crap.
Excellent video !! Missed me here in Branson West by 2 miles.
@SoGoGal We may be a little down, but we're not out! A LOT has been repaired in this past week and a half. In another month, I'm sure almost everything will be back open - except for maybe Blue Bayou and JR Inn - they are probably total losses. So, don't change those plans...Branson is OPEN for business, and we look forward to seeing you!
Your video was mentioned on KY3 news in Springfield tonite. Amazing graphics and narration. We normally view these disasters in fragments and it was, however tragic, fascinating to view the entirety of what happened. Photo inserts and poignant narration emphasized the tragic toll as well to area residents and business owners. I took cover the same nite as the Buffalo, MO tornado passed within a mile of my home and my mother was a survivor of the Joplin tornado last May. Thanks for this.
Thankfully, this happened in February, which is kind of the "off season" for Branson. If it had occurred later in the spring and Branson was full of tourists there probably would have been scores of tourists either injured or killed.
@JohnDubya Thank you for the kind words, and thanks for sharing this video. Glad your home was spared.
@Ozarker44 Thanks for the pronunciation help...oops! :) My boat is at that storage. It was just fine, but my storage unit's doors were peeled off of their tracks. Manager told me that one guy's boat was shoved out of his unit and then wheeled across and slammed into the next row of units. Seems like the further into the storage facility you went (north), the worse the damage was. So, it depends where your unit was. Call Dave or Trish and they'll let you know. Hope all is okay.
Boy, you sure got that right!!! Even if it happened same date but in the middle of the day there would have been casualties.
Yes, the market should reopen before too long. Fortunately, we were lucky in many ways. Most tornadoes that do make it through here seem to be weakened by the terrain. Welcome to Branson! :)
Great video, for us here in Oregon to see how bad this was. Thank you for making it.
@RamaRendezvoo That's a BUMMER about Ahoy's!!! I loved boating up there from State Park, docking and having dinner. They made the best fish and chips.
Mmm fish and chips. (Im british)
@RamaRendezvoo All of these lakes are impounded rivers which were created as a result of flood control needs in this area. They help bolster our tourism economy, and we are thankful for them!
It was too dark to actually see it, but you could see the power transformers blowing up. Then the power went out, and lucky that we made it too walk-in.
Haha you should have seen my front yard! I live off of T-Highway, on the exact rode that the tornado went down. My grandpa's trailer was completely destroyed and our house had some damage, the tornado was litterally 100 feet from us. Scariest thing I've ever gone through, especially since I was super sick
@barnesrealty thank you...glad you enjoyed it.
@propdoctor21564 Glad it missed you!!! Missed my home by 1/4th mile. Had power back in 2 hours. Absolute miracle it happened when it did!
Very nice. Great work with the graphics and the landmarks.
@jimwolg You are correct...those are fairly new housing developments...within the past 7 years or less. Thank you for watching!
Great job on the video. Eat your heart out Weather Channel! Thanks for posting.
Just so you know, it's pronounced Kiz-zee Mills. Still, great coverage on the track, guess it's now time to see if my storage unit on Mt. Branson is still intact or gone completely.
@tonicsnow Thanks very much. Glad it helped illustrate.
Great job on the video. Crazy how it kept going and going. I seen it first hand. Pretty intense.
@marsradio you are very welcome...thank you for watching!
Glad you guys were safe. That must have really be scary to be so close.
Great job on the Video! Well done!!!
That was a long lasting tornado
Thank you for this! Very interesting. Heading to Branson for a mini vacation soon and prayerfully hope no tornadoes will greet us, on our visit.
You are very welcome, Cyndee. Please enjoy your visit to our wonderful town. Tornadoes are so incredibly rare here due to the terrain. This was a fluke. Hope you and your family have a good time, and thank you for visiting Branson!
Thank you! I know we will have a blast. We are going to Dixie Stampede, and Sight and Sound to see Jonah...plus do some looking and eating. :D
Cyndee P Those are good shows! You guys will love them. Don't forget to visit The Landing and see the water/fire/music show. Plenty of great dining there, and the best Mexican food on the planet (in my humble opinion) is there at Cantina Laredo. Enjoy and God Bless!
We LOVE Mexican food, so will check that out for sure! Thanks!! Also, we've always like the landing every time we've gone and will make sure to go again and walk the streets enjoying the awesome atmosphere. again, thanks.
GREAT Job!
thanks and yeah it is, though some were hoping for new buildings on campus afterwards ;)
@Toews55 Thank you very much for watching and for your comments on this movie. I appreciate your kind words.
WOW! That must have been scary when your ears popped. That's when you knew you were close, I bet.
how many miles did it travel? i live in hollister at College of the Ozarks and none of us knew the amount of damage Branson received until the next morning.
How could you tell it was a EF 2? The damage it caused seemed like Ef 4 damage. But anyways thank. you for the amazing video
I don't determine the ratings of tornadoes. The EF2 rating was assigned by the National Weather Service survey crew who inspected the damage caused by this tornado. I'm simply reporting their finding.
If it was an EF 4 the buildings it hit would have been leveled to the ground
Saw it. In the video, all of the rocks on the ground are in that parking lot. They blew off of the roof on Jubilee Foods.
When this happened it was a few weeks before an elementary school field trip. It was what you call an AR field trip. I was young and very into tornadoes. The fun thing was that this field trip was Ride the Ducks. On the way down I saw damage and almost leaping out of my seat in excitement. XD When we got there I asked the person on duty how much damage the got. only one "Duck" got a bit of damage. now I don't believe him since it went right by it
+travlingirl productions I'm so glad this didn't happen during your field trip. We are so lucky that this happened in the middle of the night. I think the person who told you about the damage was correct. To the best of my knowledge, the tornado barely missed the Ducks parking lot. Another thing to consider is that this tornado was moving really, really fast...like around 70 miles per hour. So, because of this swift forward motion, most of the damage occurred on the side of the rotating funnel that was rotating in the same direction as the funnel was moving. On the opposite side, the effects of the rotation winds were reduced (cancelled out some) by the forward lateral speed of the funnel. So, you had a huge contrast between lots of damage and virtually no damage in a very small area. [I hope that makes sense]. Thank you for watching :)
Thanks!
Fantastic work.
@DallasRockNRoll You are welcome. Thank you for watching.
I have family that lives about 30 to 35 miles from Branson..
DEM ROCKS AT DAT GROCERY STORE THO!!! Wow!
I know, right! If this thing happened in the middle of the afternoon (especially during tourist season over here), then there would have been serious injuries or fatalities due to those rocks. They were on the roof of a grocery store which was right next to a Walmart. Can you imagine rocks flying around a crowded Walmart parking lot on a Sunday afternoon? It wouldn't have been a good thing!
@cyatesxyz Thank you very much! :)
You failed to mention it destroyed Rustic acres resort and a lot of Powersite Missouri and a Farm at the very end .Did a good job on this but you could have been more thorough where it hit .A lot of damage around Kissee Mills too!
It actually started just to the north (left) of the point they are showing here at 0:49 sec. At the single boat slip in the cove.I was on the phone with the person that lives there when it hit. He said there goes the dock and then we lost power to our area.
Thank you for sharing your memory of this event. I'm glad you and your friend were not hurt.
I lived in Missouri during that time and I still do live in Branson and that tornad was horrible
I live almost directly above the powersite dam and it was quite a wicked storm.
Oh...you're local. And you guys got more wind as it was stronger toward Forsyth. Doppler Radar was clocking some wind gusts at around 100 mph above Forsyth. Hopefully none of those gusts were transported to the ground!
marsradio yep I was born and raised right here.
That day when we realized the storm was getting really bad I looked at my wife and told her I was going to run two streets over and pick up our son cuz he lived in a trailer. As I opened the door and pushed open the screen door I was yanked out of the house and the door was slammed shut behind me by the wind. I landed about 10 to 12 feet out in my yard next to my car. Long story short I made it to get my son and we got back to the house safely. It was the only time I've ever felt nervous during a storm.
When the tornado made landfall in powersite it hit two houses that sat on the bluff above the lake. They both looked like bombs had went off inside & the only thing left standing was the front walls.
WOW! So glad you guys are okay!
did you actually see the tornado happening?
@missourimedic Thank you!
@ViktorBitorro69 WOW!!! Were you awake and did you see/hear it??? Glad you're ok.
very nicely done video
thank you!
@oldlefty66 Thank you...it's funny...the Weather Channel was broadcasting live from the Wal-Mart parking lot when I went there to shoot the Taco Bell / TCBY footage.
U should do the West Plains Mo F4
Terrain doesn’t weaken tornadoes.
@bigbocapedro Yep, Lake Taneycomo (looks) like a River, but it's a 'man-made Lake' - Army Corps of Engineers among others were involved in all that between 50-60 years ago, creating the Dam, etc... but then again, I saw a guy that saw Bigfoot once!
Remember that year
My friend and I came down in April of that year. Seeing the damage was awful.
the tornado went up stormy point road and crossed over heading towards branson 4 homes were destroyed lucky 2 of them were still under construction and no one was living in them
@silver2002ta thank you!
i live in branson and i live in a hotel on 76 strip next to ride the ducks at 3:04 it went behind me lucky it didnt hit head on...i was outside on the balcony and saw where about it was up around andy williams all you could see was pitch black then lots of huge flashing green lights made my ears pop
@haevenorhell Thanks for the compliment.
you need to go to sunset cove off lake road 32 a mess thanks for video
Got a question!! How close did this tornado get to Beaver Creek Marina in Kissee Mills. I live in Kissee Mills just 3 minutes north of it. Also just of note I had a small EF0 tornado go through the front of my yard this April of 2018!
It was about 1.2 mile from that marina. Message me with your email, and I'll send you a screenshot from Google Earth.
mowilderness@gmail.com Thank you!
This video is quite inaccurate. This Tornado was officially rated as an EF4 pretty much on its whole entire journey. Also there was much more noticeable and worse damage done them what you described. But still very interesting and fascinating video. :)
Can you please cite your source for your claim that the 2012 Branson Tornado was an EF4?
I am a National Weather Service-trained spotter who is actively involved in local/regional Skywarn activities. In all of my dealings with the aftermath of this tornado, I never once saw anything published or even implied that rated this tornado an EF4. Can you please provide links with facts published by the National Weather Service with findings that this event was an EF4?
I didn't live here when it happens but I now do I live rite down the road from jubalee were my fiances mom worked luckily she had the day off but it blew out the windows were she was staying jubalee is still being worked on they hope to reopen this fall
Another one today
Yep. Confirmed EF 1 tornado to our east along the Taney and Ozark County line on April 30, 2019. Details: www.weather.gov/sgf/2019_April_30_TornadoOutbreak
Terrain makes it stronger
i was apart of this nader
This was not 9 years ago
How many times did you say slam in that lol
Just enough to make you say a rude comment
How did you do the tornado path
The National Weather Service published the path as a KML or KMZ mapping file. I thein imported it into Google Earth.
@@marsradio do you half a type in a code or something
Oh and also I was in one a tornado last night in Forrest City Arkansas the nursing home in Monet was destroyed
@@Skitch11TheFarmer I don't remember needing a code. I just downloaded the kmz file from the NWS and then opened it in Google Earth. And yeah the tornadoes were horrible last night. Glad you're okay!
@@marsradio oh and also ride the ducks was hit hard during the this tornado and you didn’t put it in the video
The Branson tornado was EF4.
Yes it was
Please cite source.
Please cite your source.
Some people say it was EF2, some people say it was EF4. The whole nods were 180MPH so therefore, it's an EF4.
So the National Weather Service is wrong because "some people say it was an EF4"? How is that scientifically accurate?
OK for one that lake isn't a lake, but a river. Seriously lakes arent long and skinny? who named it a lake.
2nd Highway 76... Does that run in circles, or do you name every highway 76?
Ha ha :)