LARGEST TORNADO EVER!!! From Birth to Death (w/ Radar & Commentary) 5-31-13
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- Опубликовано: 5 июн 2013
- At 2.6 Miles wide, this is the largest Tornado ever recorded. Touchdown was near El Reno Oklahoma on 5-31-13. This tornado was very deceptive to many due to its appearance and size. The bulk of what you are seeing at 2:50 is a large wedge tornado. When the base lifts and flattens at around 3:05 it gave the "tornado" a mesocyclone appearance and when it started dropping large sub-vorticies many chasers lost sight of the big picture. At around 6:02, the tornado is taking up almost the entire frame, however the huge sub-vorticies to the lower right appear to be the only point of ground rotation. What many thought were several tornadoes was in fact just 1. At time code 6:30, this is a separate, smaller anticyclonic tornado.
DECEIVING IN APPEARANCE:
This 2.6 mile wide tornado received an EF3 rating... There is an intermediate circulation between a mesocyclone and a tornado called a "tornado cyclone." Often the lines between these features are blurry. When this tornado first touched down it took on a classic wedge shape, but then the bottom truncated or flattened out and the wedge transitioned to a tornado cyclone. Under the tornado cyclone if you look closer you'll see a brief smaller tornado or two touch down.. these are suction vortices. Underneath this flat truncated tornado cyclone, almost invisible winds are causing damage on a the scale of a weak tornado. Therefore, the entire area underneath the tornado cyclone is by definition a tornado. The majority of this tornado was only causing EF1 damage, however the highly powerful suction vortices packed winds well over that required to cause EF5 damage... except these most powerful winds never hit any structures to cause the damage or indicators to warrant giving this tornado an EF5. The thing to realize is that tornadoes by definition are not always condensed with clearly visible borders. When I was retreating the circulating winds were blowing the lighter back of my car out from under me. Other storm chasers got rolled, others took direct hits.
CORRECTION: The SPC does not give Tornado warnings.
To License contact hankschyma@yahoo.com
EXPLANATION....
We are all aware of the risks chasing tornadoes. The surprising thing to us was that none of us had been killed yet, and even more surprising was that when it finally happened it happened to Tim Samaras, his son Paul and Carl Young.
Earlier that day the Storm Prediction Center gave the public a "Loaded Gun" warning for Oklahoma City and surrounding area. Unfortunately this also tells everyone in OKC where there's an excellent chance of seeing a destructive tornado. The streets and back roads were packed with cars and trucks, half evacuating, half racing in. People were hollering, cursing, crashing into each other, panicking, and blocking passage. Horns, sirens, thunder and the gushing sound of a tornado barreling down. At first the storm was moving relatively slow in an Easterly direction. 2 or 3 miles to the South was the Canadian River where most of the backroads / escape routes ended. Straight ahead were several easterly roads heading to OKC. When the tornado materialized i was driving next to it with several other chasers about 25 mph as it inched closer and closer. When it was close enough i hit the gas planning to outrun it. The tornado's radius was growing, accelerating and getting closer.... I could only go so fast due to the traffic in front of me and the tornado was gaining ground. I slammed on the breaks flipped the car around, blasted west and had to drive closer to an EF-5 than i ever want to again... looking at my maps i could see the chasers might be outrun. Then the tornado made a hard left turn to the Northeast and grew to 2.6 miles wide in diameter.
If i had to speculate I'd say something random happened to Tim. Somebody ran him off the road or crashed into his vehicle... or some kind of vehicle failure... Tire blow out or windshield gave way... He knew tornadoes tendency to deviate. We may never know, but i'm convinced something else went wrong. Regardless, They died doing what they loved doing and if it happens to me... if i start choking on a peanut while running from a tornado know this... it was worth every second. I love chasing tornadoes and i love cracker jack. My condolences to Tim, Paul and Carl's family and all the other victims of this day. I was looking forward to Tim's lightning research.
-h
MUSIC:
Clips from a few Southern Backtones songs were used namely...
"Monster show"
"Lanugo"
"Little Ghost"
And a clip from Two Star Symphony "Something She Said"
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I have no idea why I watch these videos when I can't go sleep
Same 😂
OMG I watch them when I can't sleep as well!
Same here strange that
Maybe I'm morbid 😂
It's exactly the same for me
Guys, If a tornado isn't moving and looks like it's stationary, its either moving away from you, or *towards you*
Edit: Yes, it can be stationary.
PheonixOfPillowzYT great observation
Better yeet on out of there either way o-o
10,000 subs with no videos challenge. Or it pulled a u turn
You’re right on that one I would stay in there for a sec to see if it will get bigger or smaller so I know if it was coming towards me or not
yus, yeetus jeezus outta their way-
This guy chased one of the biggest monsters ever but was able to stop and relieve the townsfolk.
Pecos Hank is a legend
He also helps animals get to safety, in one his videos before the storm even started he helped a snake get a drink
PH is a man of character
He really is
By far one of the best chasers in our lifetimes! I will always prefer his calm collected demeanor over others who scream every 5 seconds
More like random tweaker
Dear Pecos Hank,
I know you arent reading this, but I still want to say this. Just yesterday, this video turned 10 years old, this video is a freaking decade old. Anyways, at the time you uploaded this 10 years ago, I was just a 6 year old watching youtube on our tv. My mom was busy working on supper and I was just bored waiting. I saw the thumbnail and I was like "Wtf is that spinny cloud doing?", So I clicked on it. The video was only about 10 hours old, so the El Reno tornado had only happened just a few days prior. This video lit something inside me, I still to this day don't know what, but this single video that I am commenting on changed my entire life. I learned that same day what a tornado was, what they did, what they looked like, what they caused people to do, etc. For the past 10 years I have been very close to everything having to do with weather. When I was like 7-10 I was recording storms with my 3DS constantly lol. Sadly I live in northwestern Ohio, so I havent seen a single tornado my entire life. Even then, this video changed the course of my entire life. I will be graduating this year and will be going into Meteorology in college. Thank you for creating this timeless masterpiece, I am happy, sad, and amazed with the fact that this video turned 10 years old jusy a few hours ago. Thank you for changing my life Hank. I hope god can just put the thankfulness that I have in your heart. I am surprised it has already been ten years. I also want to remind you of the loss of the Twisted team that day, we thank you for your service in the community. But even then, have a good 10 year video anniversary. Thank you, for everything.
Sincerely Carter.
Wow dude
wow
He didnt read it :(
He didn't read it sadly, but wow, A DECADE! You put a lot of effort into this comment... so you deserve the like.
Bro this comment hit HARD
Moral of the story: don't live in Oklahoma
Or texas, or Kansas, or Arkansas, or Alabama, or Nebraska, or Ohio, or Indiana, or Mississipii or Missouri or Georgia or etc..
Tornadoes aren't an Oklahoma exclusive, and that includes EF 3-5 class tornadoes.
@@KaiserMattTygore927 tornado is everywhere in america???
Srry for bad english
@@pankajrawat8171 mostly in the center not by the oceans.
Don’t live in tornado alley that’s for sure. Coming from someone who grew up 30 min from Moore lol
@@KaiserMattTygore927 can agree with the kansas part lol
"People are gonna die today. Maybe me."
His balls alone keep him on the ground.
DB!
AbsoluteAcehole I think Corna saw this video
Bruh i would be shitting rn if i was in his position
The sad thing is he didn't even know how right he was...a great storm chaser was lost that day. Rest in peace Tim Samaras...
@@CreativeStudios97 fax
You rarely see someone chasing a storm that cares for wildlife. I am a conservationist who researches wildlife and their reactions to dangerous weather. Good to see people caring about more than just the info they are going for
To be fair, the info those people are gathering will go on to save lives by improving prediction technology for tornadoes.
I couldn't imagine what our wildlife has to deal with.
I imagine most of them care for wildlife, they have an appreciation for weather I don't see why they wouldn't care about animals too. They just don't film it in their tornado videos like hank.
That sounds like fascinating work! We need more conservationists, thank you for serving the planet.
I find that those in the pursuit of knowledge are also more typically than not also in the pursuit of kindness. Since the critters can't, thank you for what you do
anyone here in 2024?
Mer
Yes
Si
Yep. Joplin, Missouri resident here
Yea
Not gonna lie i'm honestly afraid of how dark the sky is from the tornado
The trees scare me
Sameeeeeee
@@sebastianbruel373 That tree more scary then the tornado that thing is long gone the tree is still here!
True
Anime lover try living in oklahoma like me my dude, shit gets real fucking scary sometimes.
The tornado freaks you out, but his voice calms you down.
It's a perfect balance.
You watch this channel too?! Dude you’re literally everywhere it’s amazing
I hope you’re stayin safe tho
OH. Y GOSH HERE UA RE AGAIN
Unless your special like meh cus then this shiz still panics you despite the calming voice T-T
Truee, but the first part where he picked the snake up gave me anxiety. 😂😭
Here too bruh
10 year anniversary of El Reno passed us all a while ago. I just can’t believe storms have energy to produce killer clouds like this. Goes to show you why you can never count out tornadoes…
I was there that day I can remember it very well I was in my neighbor's storm cellar with my grandma grandpa mom and dad with the neighbor's as well my little brother was barely even half a year old and my little sister was on the way it was the worst nightmare I've ever been a part of and I hope no tornado as strong as El Reno hits a populated area. I am glad to have been in Oklahoma to see the horrors that the 2013 Moore and El Reno tornados did and I'm glad that even though my uncle took a direct hit from the Moore tornado that he's still here today
I made a song dedicated to this tragedy on my channel
3:00 The bird getting sucked into the tornado while flying is just crazy.
Jeez just noticed that’s crazy
:(
Poor bird
The blackness of that sky makes the Tornado more ominous and scary.
Hello Abe Lincoln lol
Thx Abe very cool
The images don't do this ominousness justice strangely. The most frightened I've ever been was looking up at a tornado sky as I drove toward it. To be fair, I had no clue that I was, there was heavy rain that came suddenly and it was hard to see on the roads let alone any sky formations (also we have a lot of trees). I was driving home from my partner's house and considering we get bad thunderstorms all the time and rare tornados I thought it would pass soon. Suddenly, the dark clouds roiling above me went a strange gray greenish-purple color... I have no other way to describe it other than the sky appeared like it wanted to vomit. For some reason I don't feel like cameras capture the color well, I wonder why that is, but the other people I know who have seen a tornado sky usually know what I'm talking about. Luckily, I listened to instinct (vomit colored sky is pretty bone-chilling), I took an exit and pulled away just as the emergency alert went on. My car was bombarded by bits of hail and rain and wind, which was deafening. The alert told me I had been driving toward a tornado, although I could barely hear it (my phone was also blowing up by concerned relatives, also inaudible under the deafening sounds). Later, I found out that had I continued I would have been picked up by the tornado which had traveled along then crossed the highway I was moving across. Fortunately, the roads had been clear that day and not many people were out and about, so no one had been injured. Had I not chosen to turn around that might have been a different headline. Still freaks me out to this day.
Rip
Yea
My kinda guy, saving animals while chasing a tornado
Hes a good Guy thats why
Ah yes i think i met him before 🤔
Lol
He is a good man
I was gonna say something similar lol
The snapper freaking out more than usual when you picked it up really sold it for me. Animals know when it's about to be bad
Not to spoil the mood but the snapping turtle was freaking out because of the way he was being held. You’re not supposed to hold snapping turtles like that cause their tail is directly linked to their spine so Hank was causing permanent spinal damage to the poor thing 😢
@@Mahootwell no not permanent spine damage. It’s just uncomfortable
@@Mahoot I was thinking the same thing, that's not how you lift a turtle. 😅 It was probably angry because he was hurting it. Not permanent damage necessarily, but the way it was wriggling it could def have been hurt long term.
...? Snappers do that quite often when threatened in general.
props to him for helping that woman, letting her know where the storm was and that she was fine, even making sure to tell her that the phone was ringing - meaning that he was able to connect the call.
Yes, the poor woman was having a panic attack. I love how the dog knew where to go, as animals do...he's saying, 'Let's get into the house, mom!!'
@@eliannevdlinden6047 I was in rural metro Nashville in February ( ? ) '08 when multiple storms came through. That was Major League scary. Being outside in it..... Not me.
Only cared about herself
@@johnmarshall4399 No. Knock it off and listen. She was scared for her husband and her house. She was pointing out to Hank that she was babysitting her grandkids at their house but that her husband was at home in their house by the airport and she didn't know the path of the storm. Trust me, if you're facing a storm with wind speeds of 200+, you're going to be very scared for your life, the lives of your family and friends and the destruction of your home. Perfectly normal.
He seemed super annoyed with her rather than caring. He was more worried about the turtle than the human life.
R.I.P Tim Samaras: Severe Weather Engineer and his crew lost their lives to this tornado 💔
rest easy, men
Gregory Loach I was so sad I used to watch him on Discovery channel he was the only one on that show that was actually serious about tornadoes
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A wife lost her husband and son that day😔😔
RIP he died doing what he loved his last words where “Where going to die” 😔
tornado chasers conversation:
man 1: wowwww that’s a beauty
man 2: hahaa, for real
man 1: ...
man 2: ...
man 1: yo that shits getting pretty close isnt it
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2:08 has got to be the most some of the most ominous clouds I've ever seen. Beautiful and terrifying all at once
Ten years later and I'm 20 years old coming back to this video and still finding it incredible. Thank you for teaching younger me the strength and beauty of tornadoes!!
When I was 10 I had the hardly any access to tornado videos only storm stories on the weather channel really I'm glad you got to see some cool stuff starting as a baby
I'm scared that 2020 is gonna find this video and get ideas.
SHUT UPPP
Dude..SAME.
hahahaha
@NohaxJustStqvez No? Tornado season goes well into fall. There have been outbreaks in oktober/november/december. Tornado season 'pauses' for the souther plains most of july, august, september but thats when Canadian prairies and high plains get the action, something to do with the jetstream, if jet stream moves back lower again its OK/TX/Dixie turn again
I’m ready to like die
"HEY , lets go hunt Tornados!"
"OKAY but lets play with the snake first"
Me tho😂
\o/
Reeeee
Most common thing to do, right?😂
մղʂէօրրმჩlε u mean snek?
Despite it being an EF5 tornado, it was classified as an EF3 due to the fact it didn't do much damage. A similar situation was with Typhoon Tip, the largest Hurricane/Typhoon/Cyclone.
I thought hurricanes were given categories based of they're wind speed,tornadoes are given an EF rating based on the damage it does.
El Reno had wind speeds over 200 miles an hour however since it didnt have the opportunity to do much damage it was given an EF 3 rating,in my opinion it definitely should have been 5
@@davidhamilton6883 100% wind speeds should also be a factor and the sizelet’s say the estimated winds were over 200 miles per hour and it caused ef3 damage at 1 mile wide it should be classified as an ef4 or 5 el Reno being the largest tornado ever recorded it should be an automatic ef5
That's something I find annoying, it shouldn't be based off of damage but rather the speed, size, etc.
@@kermit9866 that’s the odd part of this tornado. It varied so much in its damage depending on the vortices’ locations and where you were in the tornado. In some parts of it, it was only f1 damage, while in other it probably could have broken records if it had gotten the chance. It was completely random in size, speed, direction, and power, and your life was determined by a flip of the coin.
4:46 breaks my heart ❤ 😢
Whoever she is I hope she and her family got out of this colossal storm safe.
let’s hope not
@@gggamingcat3102 no one asked + no father.
@@gggamingcat3102wtf is wrong with you
@@gggamingcat3102 bro got ratiod on youtube
@@gggamingcat3102 bros done he ain't coming back, you've peaked.
Just realizing it's not necessarily the tornado that scares me it's the clouds around it. It's unnatural to see something so vast be this close to earth. It really makes you understand how small you are in the scheme of things
bruh id be pretty scared of a fucking tornado
@@peelomilo Well, yes, but some look more frightening than others. This one? Absolutely terrifying. The tiny little rope tornado I once saw touch down in a field that just as quickly disappeared? Interesting, but not scary.
@Dutch Van Der Linde If there's a tornado, there's probably lightning too, so you can see it, but only in flashes. However, that may be even more terrifying.
Not to mention it blacks out the horizon…..just literally darkness, death and destruction
@@IzzyKawaiichi imagine it's night time and there's a tornado and lightning, it will be like the jumpscares in the movies
While too many chasers won't even stop to lend aid at a destroyed home, Hank stops his chase to help animals cross the road. This is just one reason I follow Hank.
most chasers are watching the storm while also staying safe they don’t really have time to stop if they’re chasing something this big they move way to fast. you could stop for four seconds and it’d be right behind you. it sucks but that’s why most people head away from the storm not towards it i could see stoping for a person but an animal is gonna be so scared and confused they probably won’t end up listening and continue running. i am shocked he stopped tho
I’m very tender hearted I’m with you man
The only issue is that the person grabbed the turtle by the tail
Same. He's always awesome, even to 'creepy' creatures like Spiders and snakes.
@@alipetuniashow if he didn't he would've gotten bit
That bit with the womans dog displaying that struggle between remaining by her masters side and survival instinct was very compelling. Almost broke seeing the poor girl walk away and look back every time 😭
Your compassion for all the creatures you encounter is truly heartwarming
Snapping turtle: “not that side you fool! To the other!”
Lol
lmao
07jmclark Bih
Fly you fools..!
when was there a snapping turtle?
Tornadoes: **exist**
Traffic: *Are you challenging me?*
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@@okhwjiwboboyo1587 yes I see this as a reasonable opinion
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Trafic: Nope, im done
okhwjiw Boboyo
Very insightful, you truly are a man of great knowledge.
Two Letters lol
Can’t believe this video is already 10 years old! Time flies😢
2:50 It's like the whole mesocyclone turned into a tornado
That dog was like LET'S GET GOING HUMAN!!!
Hooman**
wonder if she survived
Lmfao
LeeLee8686 most definitely the tornado didn’t come back that way
@@basstion4146 That's not necessarily true, some are unpredictable and can turn back in your direction
It's crazy how something as simple as the color of the clouds/sky make the scene look that much more scary
Shigeru Miyamoto!? What are you doing here!?
yeah you got likes now get lost
@@notagarbage6728 Ok boomer
Weird Pulok yeah boomer, this is the future old man
@@notagarbage6728 bro, why are you mad you got anger issues?
Drove past a storm my first year of trucking. Got through it and out the other side just as the tornado warnings started being broadcast. I pulled over, it was beautiful the entire side of the storm was lit up. The sky was calm and deep red from the sunset and then just above this town in the distance sat the blackest cloud i have ever seen, the entire town was rain wrapped it looked like a black smudge had descended on the town. It was one of the most beautiful and awe inspiring moments in my life. Never saw the tornado but after seeing a light shower turn into this beast of a black storm and basically wipe every trace of the town from view (small tornado, didn't kill anyone or do much damage just had high winds and a LOT of rain.)
A “Multiple Vortex Tornado” is characterized by violent rotating columns of air (subvortecies) revolving around, inside of, or even as *part* of a “main” vortex (aka the tornado itself). These subvortecies can be thought of as mini tornadoes rotating around the main tornado and can even be more intense than the tornado itself. They are wild and unpredictable- not to mention more difficult to spot than the main vortex (or “main” tornado).
The El Reno Tornado is an extreme example of a multiple vortex tornado
Many of the storm chaser deaths (including the severe injuries inflicted on Mike Bettes and his crew when their car was thrown 200 yards) were caused when their vehicles were suddenly struck by these subvortecies
Holy shit the tornado literally roared like a monster, that’s scary as fuck.
Ikr
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“People are gonna die today, and it might be me.”
😥😭😭RIP Twistex team.
@weronika Several chasers died. The tornado was very unpredictable and lashed out with smaller, violent vortexes that whipped out and killed them when they had no way of escaping and didn't realize it until too late.
@Weronika a lot of chasers died
even Tim Samaras 😭
@Pablo Sosa You try walking into one of those "idiot spin weather clouds" we'll see how long you last
@Pablo Sosa r/wooooooosh
You and Swegle Studios enable my Tornado obsession, so thanks for that. They're just the most fascinating and terrifying natural disasters and move in such an uncanny life-life manner
I Never understood Storm chasing until pecos Hank popped up on my feed. It’s more than an adrenaline high, it’s a chase for the feeling of total awe in the face of nature. It’s balancing on the tightrope between life threatening danger and child like wonder
Many storm chaser are also first responders or researchers
The real question is what happened to the snapping turtle?
McKreamer he became renekton
McKreamer he found a ninja mouse and 3 other turtles and grew uo to be a storm chaser
lol thats funny
McKreamer yes!
...the turtle is fine ..as it maintained a constant speed of 3.75 mph across he field and actually got to ok city b4 the storm.......
He seemed so calm when he said “I might die today”
He felt calm when the biggest tornado ever touched the ground
Fred G THIG LIFE
He reminds me of an ISTP
Gotta be calm, when you panic you make mistakes.. in a situation such as that you just gotta push through it and you can panic when you’re safe. Idk, it’s hard to explain the feeling of calmness in a situation such as that, you just kinda forget to panic I guess is the way to describe it.. you can feel the fear in your chest, but it’s like it hasn’t reached your mind yet
Calm when he helped that woman, too. It was entirely clear in her voice after he calmly told her everything was fine that his calm really helped her take it down a few levels from nearly hyperventilating to, still panicked, but a bit less so.
Seeing a mass of cloud moving that fast is truly terrifying
Please forgive my ignorance, does anybody know how many vortices were around the el reno tornado?
Ps Hank we love you up here in Huntsville tx 💙
@Urania Tornadoes have been my biggest fear But also something that I am now getting into the parts of a super cell and every thing that comes with it.
I've always noticed the little things that didn't look harmful. After Tim Samaras died ( God bless him and the other victims),,,anyway I couldn't believe that they were killed by a vortices...and I now want to figure out if in EF 5 rated Tornadoes probably have the potential of the one that happened in EL Reno?
@@vickiwilson2185 I have a very healthy respect for storms. I don't get as scared as I used to but to see THAT thing would have me peeing myself!!
We had a derecho in Iowa in 2020. I'm in Cedar Rapids, where the winds speed at the airport hit 140 mph at one point! That stuff was weird and scary enough! In one hour, we sustained billions of dollars in damage, lost power for eight days and lost 60% of our city's tree canopy. And it was all straight line winds!
"People are gunna die, it might be me."
talking to panicked lady: "Everything's fineeee"
Well, the first comment was made while he was trying to get out of the path, while the second was made after he'd managed to get around behind the storm.
:v
That panicked lady was actually my aunt
what happened ?
@@Willybean08 is her husband alright
7 years later and I’m watching this at 3:23 AM during quarantine
wow thats a really long time i must say ...
@@JulieC.870 4:00 ?? didn't get you
4:07 for me
Mood
thats me
Dude 10 years ago and the quality of this video still shows it’s timeless. You are far too underrated, should be a crime
This dudes nuts are made of the strongest carbon steel forged by vikings
I’m a girl.
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JCoffTopic more like Damascus Steel forged byChuck Norris
XD
@Hello There ok boomer
HAHAHA THIS JUST MADE MY DAY
Me: I love rain and dark clouds even more than the sun
Also me: Ok this type of weather is not what I meant
*Hurricane Katrina wants to know your location*
I mean I kinda like that too but as long as there isn’t thunder or lightning.
this is the weather i love and when i lived in Borneo and Singapore id wait all year long for monsoon or storms
I was in a rain storm once with my family and I didn't know it was a tornado until it hit my cousins neighbors house.... they are scary af
Sameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Already 10 years since this happened, still thinking about those who were affected by this tornado.
i love how he always treats the little ones all cute and excited but then these big ones are like the devil and it's very entertaining and quite fitting
“people are gonna die today, could possibly be me” this guy is a badass
@@boreal8631 you just answered it lol
If you read the description, 3 of his friends actually did die here. Really fucking dangerous to be playing with a force of nature like this.
@@boreal8631 Ik your brain cells can put together why that's badass
@@boreal8631 bro
@@boreal8631 I bet your fun to hang out with
I feel so bad for that woman. She sounded so worried about her husband and grandkids. Prayers to them
these are the type of comments that yt needs. If they did die then rest in peace and may God watch over them
F for a prayer
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Your missing the dog lmao
@@AmyMatte Luckily they did not die. 8 people in total passed away, all of whom were killed while driving, and 4 of whom were storm chasers.
One thing that scares me about this tornado is that i cant see it, it is so unfathomably wide that on camera it looks like a normal cloud, and i can see that fact leading to many deaths and injuries.
It has been 10 years since the El Reno tornado touched down and destroyed the rural areas. However, many people yet have little knowledge about the tornado so I've written the whole context below.
Context: During the early evening of Friday, May 31, 2013, a very large and powerful tornado occurred over rural areas of Central Oklahoma, near a city called El Reno (Hence the tornado named after the city). This rain-wrapped, multiple-vortex tornado was the widest tornado ever recorded and was part of a larger weather system that produced dozens of tornadoes over the preceding days. It was at least 2.6 miles wide (4.2 km), much bigger than St. Louis, Tupeol, and the Tri-State (IN/MO/IL). A few storm chasers were in the tornado's path and got stuck in it. Most of them made it alive but were injured, however with Samaras and his son, they were barely driving away from the tornado. Despite the tornado being an EF3, there was one of the 4 sub-vortexes that caught the car and killed Tim Samaras, his son, and another person. There was a total of 9 deaths but hundreds were injured.
2:17 this is where courage the dog and his family live
God damn you’re right 😂😂😂
Maybe that’s why the show ended
@@sciddles7473 omg yess 😂
I was just going to say the same thing 😂 looks like it’d really be the same home.
Too nice lol. These are normal around here. Basically farmers have their houses surrounded by their farmland
My storm chaser friend, Tim Samaras, died in this tornado. Tornadoes are awesome, but they can destroy any life in its way. RIP Tim Samaras. What a great video showing the HD quality of this monstrous beast. Sorry to all the victims for this tragic happening. :(
Leia L. Hill I was hit by this tornado my shelter was half way ripped out of the ground
Leia L. Hill Sorry for your loss :(
Tim was an amazing man from what my report say
Your friend had balls of steel, Leia, to be a chaser. I wish you the best.
Leia L. Hill sorry to hear that life is very dangerous
This is one of the first of Hank's videos that I saw and it is still is among his best. The lurid green color of the clouds as the tornado forms makes my blood go cold
Yes. I was living in Illinois and my family and I were near a city hit by a small tornado. There was a weird stillness and then the sky turned an odd shade of green. To this day if I ever see a sky turning green or a technicolor orange I feel suddenly very anxious.
Wow. It has been 10 years since this happened. A whole decade.
man was straight going on side quest during all this
Lmao..🤣🤣🤣
Hahaaha
Tell me about the side quest
I mean...you got a point
When you have to complete the side quest because the humble lady will give you the strongest weapon in the game for some reason so you can defeat the god tornado boss
"That's an ugly,ugly tornado"
Tornado: *Im gonna make you eat those words*
Mother Nature is a bitch
Lol
@@katylepetsos7512 no
Tornado: suck it up, buttercup
As it sucks up the words
Its so insane to me that I've been following you so long that I remember when this was posted and yet still watch it every time it crosses my feed
10 years today…
The turtle was like "I gotta cross I gotta cross"
*person grabs him*
"HEY HEY HEY!!! IM TRYING TO CROSS LEAVE MEH ALONE"
Why did the turtle cross the road ?
To get a way from a tornado
Haha. If unable to cross the road in time, maybe it can just fold up into its shell like the TIV.
No the turtle was more like this
IM GONNA CROSS THE ROAD SO I DON'T DIE
*Person grabs turtle*
YOU SOME OF A BUTT LET ME GO I DON'T
WANT TO DIE I WANT MY MOMMY! BOI IM GOING TO PINCH YOU!!
James Keeter most likely XD
or maybe the turtle said "HEY, I'M WALKIN' HERE!"
The size and rotation even at the start was so intense, just seeing the motion in the clouds above the storm, just unreal how much power this thing had.
Oho, you should've how the Joplin tornado began.
It was sped up. Watch afterwards.
I apologize for the dumb question (I live in an area that gets no tornadoes) but is there anywhere to learn how to look out for signs a tornado will be severe? If it ever happens i'd rather not be caught offguard
怪夢獏 there really isn’t an exact way to see how intense a tornado will be because tornados can increase in intensity and decrease at any time but, if you want tips on seeing if a tornado is there, then here: if you look at a reflectivity radar usually on apps (the ones with colors like green, yellow, red) and see a hook shape on the end of the storm then that is strong rotation or a tornado but, hooks don’t always appear. There’s another radar, the velocity radar. It detects winds (red meaning away from the radar, green meaning into the radar) and what to look for are the blue spots which indicate strong rotation or tornados. But the best thing to do is look at the weather channels or listen to radios, if there’s a warning please seek shelter, please DO NOT wait to hear or see a tornado, when there’s a warning it usually means a funnel cloud or a tornado has been spotted.
TL;DR: Tornado intensity can’t really be predicted. look at app radars for hook shapes or velocity radars for blues spots for tornados. To be safe look at weather networks and get to shelter every time there’s a tornado warning.
Hope this helps :)
Just imagine what would have happened if it actually hit Oklahoma city
Omg, when you stopped to help that woman who was scared out of her mind! Thank you for your humanity! God bless!
I came here to see storm chasing but the way you saved the animals was a pleasant bonus. Thank you for being such a kind human. You're bravery with this enormous tornado is amazing
Tornados are like my biggest fear, this is terrifying to me.
Norah Gilbert In 2nd and 3rd grade, I was obsessed with natural disasters, especially tornadoes and hurricanes. I would get scared when it got dark outside.
Norah Gilbert my biggest fer is huncan
Norah Gilbert same
Isabella Perez man I lived thew the cat 4 hurricane Matthew and a cat 4 there are scary but you have a better chance to survive a hurricane because of the warning tornados you have 0 warning
ofcourse natural disasters are our primal fear because its our instinct, this is terrifying x10 than watching horror movies
2 miles wide?!! That’s insane. That could literally wipe my city off the map easily
Two and a half actually. The size of central park in Manhattan.
Two miles is wide but if you think about it if it goes 20 miles it wiped forty miles of property out
Bob Bob I know, it’s crazy to think about
@@worldofdoom995 2.6*
i just sat here for five minutes trying to comprehend how big that is. i’d say i have good spatial awareness but trying to see a tornado that big in my mind is like trying to understand how much a billion is
I remember watching the news about this tornado when it happened. I had never realized until that day just how large some tornados can become under perfect circumstances.
I came here from another El Reno video where a commenter left a statement about the most terrifying footage she’s seen was shot by Pecos Hank and it did not disappoint. Absolutely terrifying
I drove in that area exactly 5 years after this happened, you can still see the damages to some trees in the area. RIP for those who perished.
WQQKIE
I drove the through about a month after. Dear god the destruction.
How many people passed away?
Baby Mewmew
Dunno. I think it might have been like 20-30? I don’t really remember that part.
Not really
Baby Mewmew 9. 4-5 were storm chasers. It mostly went through rural areas, thank Christ.
It has officially been 8 years since this disaster has occurred. May all the people who died from this tornado rest in peace.
4 people
Actually 8 my bad
🙏🏻
Thank God it didn't hit a populated area. That would have been very bad.
@@okeydokey2337 if it went for downtown El Rino… I’m pretty sure it would have gotten the EF5 it deserved… and wiped El Rino off the map… pretty much another Greenburg event
Love how your not only curious and excited about the weather..but also you are curious,caring,and excited about the wildlife in the regions you're in!! 😁👍👍
10 years since this monster occured
i love how he treats animals, he’s not shy but he’s gentle
Okay then marry him
@@vimal174 What’s your problem pal?
@@islamisthetruth5582 what's your problem dude?
@@vimal174 You being a jerk.
@@islamisthetruth5582 stop it jerks
I love how you are so calm in situations like these! Other people would be freaking out and not know what to do, but you know exactly what to do!
For real. I would probally die of heart attack. I can't do that stuff.
good idea
xXRowdy18Xx
ie being stupid
They should know what to do unless they chose to ignore the safety protocols then that's their fault
Once you've seen so many tornadoes you probably get used to it.
What’s even crazier about the El Reno disaster, is that most of the tornado was invisible due to it being rainwrapped. All people saw was the about half a mile wide of condensation funnels. The tornadic winds were the murderous part, and was about 2.6 miles large. Most people think that the funnel is the tornado itself, when tornadoes are a combination of funnels and the tornadic winds.
10 years ago today, this monster of a tornado touched down and claimed the lives of 4 stormchasers, including the twistex team.
The El Reno tornado should always serve as a reminder to stormchasers to chase with caution.
Pecos Hank: *calls the tornado ugly*
Tornado: *grows to EF5*
So in other words the tornado was insulted
The Tornado apparently heard him?!
It was an EF3 though
@@sheesjamalansari2300 it was downgraded to an ef3 since it didn't cause much damage. If it went over El Reno u bet ur ass it would stay an ef5
@Scrap Baby Pesos Hank: Calls it ugly again
Tornado: grows to EF1000
This was one of the worst days of my life. My mom was trying to navigate me to safety from Ohio while I was stuck on city streets in OKC. I saw a tornado go by my car window while navigating through traffic speeding the wrong direction in my lane. Oh, and who could forget the two scared cats frantically looking for a hiding place under my brake pedal.
Holy shit 😭😭😭
Glad your okay!
POV: This is ugleeee
Are the cats good tho?
I would’ve cussed about 1000 times, punched the dashboard and cried 😂
I've seen a lot of videos on tornadoes but this one was so original, with it's closeup perspective on the human (and animal) side of these natural disasters. I also enjoyed the rather literary commentary. This was one of the tornado clips I've ever watched.
24:43 Do you not see that Allāh drives clouds? Then He brings them together; then He makes them into a mass, and you see the rain emerge from within it. And He sends down from the sky, mountains [of clouds] within which is hail, and He strikes with it whom He wills and averts it from whom He wills. The flash of its lightning almost takes away the eyesight.
Anyone else here during quarantine?
That tornado was so big it didn’t even look like a tornado.
Irate Puffin Im so tiered of quarentine i kinda wish that it would hit P.A
Yeah its like a cyclone
Yes.
Dang coronavirus
I remember this day
As this is unfolding, Tim Samaras, his son and their friend, are experiencing their last moments, on this plane of existence. Haunting and surreal.
Especially when Hank said that people were gonna die that day, it made it even more surreal.
And also very real.
Those three have a good vantage point now to watch tornados. One was crushed in the vehicle and two flew out of the vehicle and found between a mile and almost two miles away, if memory serves.
Who is Tim Samaras?
That's heart wrenching to think about.
It’s crazy that this colossal tornado occurred 10 years ago
Imagine being in a non-moving traffic while El Reno is heading towards you
The scariest part about this storm was that it was headed directly toward a highway during rush hour traffic, and didn’t maintain itself and went a different direction. If it had passed over the highway, it could’ve been almost, if not, even more deadly as the Tri-State Tornado.
Very true. Especially considering the weather news anchors told everyone to "GO SOUTH" Which would have put them on a collision course with this monster. Unfortunately, and I hate to say this but, it could have been much, much worse.
Now imagine if this monster decided to go straight through oklahoma city
Hi or hello or Konnichiwa
Wasn't el Reno the worst recorded tornado in history?
@@headshotfaze9371 it was the widest, but it was no where near the worst with only 9 kills I believe? The deadliest was the Tri state tornado, which killed over 600 people
Being in a supercell is one of the most biblical things you can ever experience, day turns to night, all color dissapears, and the rain feels like being hit by rocks
Seeing a supercell in person gives you a different perspective on the power of nature. It's like staring at a nuclear bomb.
Ikr
I play Clash Royale
Retard In Oklahoma seeing a supercell is almost an everyday occurrence in spring and summer, good thing tornadoes only pop out around May.
@Christopher Bateman Well for the last few years we haven't had too many threatening ones until this years storm season which was a pretty good indicator of the RETURN of violent storm cells.
I had nightmares about this tornado when I was about to sleep.This tornado was about to kill me
it astounds me that this is authentic footage of the tornado, with no speeding up of said footage or CGI. the clouds are moving SO GODDAMN FAST that i was *conviced* it was CGI until i looked a little closer. scary indeed
I remember being in school when this tornado was hitting, it was one of the scariest experiences of my life
I remember hearing about the 2011 outbreak the day I got out of school. Several EF5s and a multitude of EF4s including known ones like Tuscaloosa and Smithfield. it was unlike anything Ive ever heard or seen happen.
Yikes, I can only imagine the fear that would bring me. Glad that you’re safe!
Omg
God bless that u are alive
Aww, poor tiny you
What grade were you in?
This guy witnessed the biggest tornado ever recorded on earth
holy crap
Wilhem Young I witnessed it too! (On tv that is!) Lol
Christopher Bateman wow
Oh is this the one at Moore?
Jackson Satisfaction no, this is the one at El Reno. Moore was on May 20, 2013z
Harrows Dawn oh ok! Makes more sense!
Anyone else catch that bird sitting on the ground around the 3 minute mark? He’s at the bottom right standing before the “P”. He tries to take off, and before he can get to the other side of the screen… WHOOSH… bye-bye birdie. 😮
What were you guys doing this day 10 years ago, and how did you find out about El Reno?
Playing with snakes and chasing tornados you live dangerously
@Ron Happold who's dead?
Bull snakes are cool.
Ron Happold he is?
Caturn en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Samaras
Redwingsfan I don’t think that’s the same guy. Guy you linked was apart of the famous storm chaser teams.
I swear to god, when this happened I was sleeping before going to work at my night shift job, and I was dreaming I was In Oklahoma watching a tornado and then I said “wait this is really happening”. I woke up and turned on the news and I’ll be damned. It’s still one of the craziest coincidences that’s ever happened to me.
idk what it is, but your pfp activates my fight or flight response.
WOW!!!😲😲😲
God damn that’s scary
I had something similar but when the pope died
@@juanquan2667 rude much
Holy shit, the footage you got of this monster when it is just forming is unreal. 2:10 in, that massive mesocyclone just spinning like crazy, wow. It is so amazing seeing everything looking like the footage is fast forwarded, yet it is clearly in real time. I can't believe how close you got to that bad boy.
This is crazy because this tornado outbreak in may for Oklahoma was only 21 days before I was born
As someone who’s never seen a tornado, away from a video of course, I cannot even imagine the scale of a two mile wide tornado
I remember my big tornado experience. I don't remember much of it considering I was a little kid when it happened. But it was huge! The sky was black cars were lying everywhere destroyed. My older sister wouldn't stop screaming. My baby sister slept through the whole thing and we had our cat in the back of the car in a cat carrier for whatever reason. She wouldn't stop meowing. It was crazy I hope you never do see one.
@@Ertto54 last 2 sentences made me laugh 😂
@@helpmeget1ksubs.please284 yeah I couldn't think of a way to put it without it sounding funny XD
@@Ertto54 cat was meowing probably trying to warn u guys. Animals can sense tornados and hurricanes and things like that
@@river9866 interesting
God bless this man helping animals and people 🙌🙌🙏🙏
God bless you too Olivia :)
God Bless You Too Pecos!?
Dan the Camper I already said that you're meant to bless me now >:/
Bless You To Ash.
I'm also blessing "Darude-Sandstorm"