MASSIVE MILE WIDE TORNADO Heading for Oklahoma City Metro !!!

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  • Опубликовано: 6 авг 2015
  • Incredible mile wide tornado causes EF3 damage near Oklahoma City and incredible close footage of a stationary tornado near New Castle. for licensing contact hankschyma@yahoo.com
    MAY 6, 2015 TORNADO OUTBREAK STORY:
    At 1:25 PM a tornado watch was issued and by 2:50 PM, a small isolated thunderstorm was already producing several funnel clouds 60 miles southwest of Oklahoma City.
    Powerful positive lightning activity was increasing near a classic merry-go-round base and a tight tornado briefly twisted to the ground. The storm was intensifying and the broader picture revealed a loaded gun scenario with Oklahoma City in its cross heirs.
    RFD SURGE : SUPERCELL GETTING STRONGER AND STRONGER
    The tornado cyclone circumference was expanding and funnels were writhing inside its curtains like a cage full of snakes
    The RFD or Rear Flank Downdraft is a key mechanism in the formation of tornadoes in supercells and may include intense wind, rain and hail surging from the backside of the storm.
    When storm chasers see strong wind and rain recirculating back into a developing tornado, they know it means trouble.
    In this video a classic scenario of a powerful rear flank downdraft obscures an intensifying tornado in seconds. Unfortunately many people drive through RFD walls of rain only to meet their demise on the other side.
    Strong RFD's can blow out windows and overturn vehicles. Large tornadoes can and often do change direction so driving through a powerful, blinding Rear flank Downdraft is a highly dangerous gamble even for veteran storm chasers.
    MILE WIDE EF3
    A mile wide tornado causing EF3 damage struck Bridge Creek Oklahoma, a small suburb less than 15 miles from heavily populated Norman.
    Another unrated tornado developed near New Castle Oklahoma and remained stationary for several minutes before quickly dissipating, then the parent storm moved into Norman. The police were shut down streets and interstates while the city prepared for the worst.
    NORMAN TRAFFIC
    A confirmed EF1 tornado damaged west Norman. This storm would drop a couple more weak tornadoes in the Oklahoma City Metro area before transitioning into a high precipitation mess causing flooding. The Bridge Creek EF3 tornado tracked over 10 miles before stalling prior to entering a heavily populated area. Oklahoma City Metro dodged another bullet and could exhale in relief... but not for long... A new tornadic supercell would fire to the southwest and train over the previous storms path. It would enter Oklahoma City after dark and drop a destructive EF3 tornado injuring 12 people.

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  • @steggles8391
    @steggles8391 8 лет назад +3939

    "Don't ever drive into an RFD. Ever."
    "Now we're gonna attempt to drive through this RFD for you guys."
    XD

  • @biancaok3745
    @biancaok3745 6 лет назад +2436

    being near a tornado looks so apocolyptic

    • @meowmeow4752
      @meowmeow4752 5 лет назад +15

      bianca ok and fake

    • @mrduke5058
      @mrduke5058 5 лет назад +13

      Sure does.

    • @allen123636
      @allen123636 5 лет назад +68

      @@meowmeow4752 how?

    • @meowmeow4752
      @meowmeow4752 5 лет назад +26

      it just looks fake
      i cant imagine it

    • @allen123636
      @allen123636 5 лет назад +102

      @@meowmeow4752 well come here and see it for yourself.

  • @ryanfranz6715
    @ryanfranz6715 3 года назад +354

    “Driving through an RFD is basically the worst idea ever.”
    “Here, we’ll drive through an RFD to see what’s inside”

    • @RazorStormInc
      @RazorStormInc 2 года назад +36

      Storm chasers in a nutshell...

    • @moonlight_wolfiez2667
      @moonlight_wolfiez2667 2 года назад +2

      @@RazorStormInc AHHAHHHAHGAYTDAGRSFE

    • @ProdEssJay
      @ProdEssJay 2 года назад +33

      You know what RFD stands for? Really Fucking Dangerous

    • @AK-jdi
      @AK-jdi 2 года назад

      @@ProdEssJay 😂😂🤣🤣🤣👍

    • @KiyruGojiEdits02
      @KiyruGojiEdits02 Год назад

      yes

  • @leewood8097
    @leewood8097 3 года назад +655

    Meeting hank would be cool but at the same time I wouldn't want to see him in my town.
    "Oh look its Pecos hank the storm chaser! Wait SHIT THATS HANK THE STORM CHASER-"

  • @skatepunk4ever129
    @skatepunk4ever129 6 лет назад +1415

    If I ever wanna watch cool weather videos. I go to Pecos hank

    • @MaverickDarko17
      @MaverickDarko17 4 года назад +10

      Yup same

    • @sheemie_222
      @sheemie_222 4 года назад +8

      SAME

    • @lisaa932
      @lisaa932 4 года назад +11

      I got a tornado warning OMG 😱😫

    • @mitt...
      @mitt... 4 года назад +6

      Lisa Agoodie where?

    • @a.ddrriiaann
      @a.ddrriiaann 4 года назад +6

      And that’s on period luv😗‼️😭

  • @Vrieskeh
    @Vrieskeh 8 лет назад +3728

    Dude you're the best tornado chaser i've seen! HD footage, no hysterical screaming and awesome commentary. Keep it up

    • @lassoatrain
      @lassoatrain 8 лет назад +28

      +Ian de Vries haha that's a crack up , but you might not have seen the early show, you cant help but like the guy even if his video's sucked which of course they don't there great but you cant help but like pecos after seeing the early show it was the classic tornado video of all time and I don't think I could ever forget it.

    • @finnegan6464
      @finnegan6464 5 лет назад +53

      *AHEM* reed timmer *AHEM*

    • @tifluvsu80
      @tifluvsu80 5 лет назад +9

      Just Ian rip storm chaser because one got killed by a tornado

    • @The_Blackfur
      @The_Blackfur 5 лет назад +3

      Bravory

    • @nickp3315
      @nickp3315 4 года назад +2

      lasso atrain “the early show”? What’s that’s?

  • @thiccdaddycuckerburg277
    @thiccdaddycuckerburg277 3 года назад +300

    God could you imagine the panic in Moore when they heard mile wide tornado that soon again

    • @jeviltheotherdevil3027
      @jeviltheotherdevil3027 3 года назад +10

      I'd play "Gracious Adiago" for my soon to be final moments until my demise.....

    • @alexmason2659
      @alexmason2659 3 года назад +8

      @stormspotter124 I was living there but I was chasing this tornado just like the may 20th that took my house and yes I was worried myself but I was worried on May 20th but still did my job

    • @jonathanbecker8935
      @jonathanbecker8935 3 года назад +10

      Yup, no doubt. But for it to finally come AFTER DARK is the worst part! Being in the dark with that mile wide tornado must've been terrifying for anyone who didn't have a tornado shelter. Especially keeping in mind the damage the May 2013 one caused. Ugh...

    • @brandonfleming7118
      @brandonfleming7118 2 года назад +5

      "you goooootta be shittin me"

  • @tlafleur8433
    @tlafleur8433 3 года назад +205

    Be careful, Hank, you're not invincible. Wishing you safety, my friend.

    • @roxylalondes
      @roxylalondes 2 года назад +2

      Forreal idk if you'll see these comments but be safe.

    • @michaelthompson9548
      @michaelthompson9548 2 года назад

      @@dressy421 are you a 2 year old?

    • @Whateverhasbeenmynameforyears
      @Whateverhasbeenmynameforyears 2 года назад +1

      His more modern videos seem to be safer positioning. He seems to be in less problematic spots but also it has been an off time for tornados the last couple years so hopefully that is not the reason. :)

    • @alexanderklychkov6716
      @alexanderklychkov6716 Год назад +1

      Mother of tornado at the same time: "Be careful my little twisters. Avoid Pecos Hank's trajectory if it possible"

    • @T4ore.
      @T4ore. Месяц назад

      @@alexanderklychkov6716 Traje- Trarj- Trajectory

  • @iainclark8695
    @iainclark8695 8 лет назад +326

    That's some exceptional footage. May Pecos Hank's reverse gear always run true.

    • @PecosHank
      @PecosHank  8 лет назад +44

      Iain Clark haha! Cheers Lain!

  • @backyardfootballleaguebyfl3392
    @backyardfootballleaguebyfl3392 7 лет назад +889

    "Why can't you just go northeast like you're supposed to" 😂😂😂😂

    • @kellypenrod2979
      @kellypenrod2979 5 лет назад +57

      Because, I'm a tornado and I just do what I do!
      Mostly looking for a trailer park.
      THEY ARE FUN!!

    • @duckenjoyer3663
      @duckenjoyer3663 4 года назад +10

      damm

    • @RoseGold1224
      @RoseGold1224 4 года назад +1

      Timestamp

    • @XaveFerre
      @XaveFerre 4 года назад +2

      Because he has big ass balls

    • @roazu8731
      @roazu8731 4 года назад +10

      I’m so glad it didn’t. If it had I would have lost everything. There were lots of neighborhoods to the northeast

  • @RTED__ERROR
    @RTED__ERROR 4 года назад +204

    6:16 jesus, it formed outta no where. Literally didnt see that coming. If that isnt straight out of a nightmare then idk what is. True horror.

    • @eri-chan7627
      @eri-chan7627 3 года назад +3

      True lol

    • @jonathanbecker8935
      @jonathanbecker8935 3 года назад +11

      High speed driving in reverse is a true art form. Nerves of steel.

    • @mizapaloma8217
      @mizapaloma8217 2 года назад +4

      Oh my god and at first I thought it was gunna stay split!! That’s horrifying

  • @andyorbit604
    @andyorbit604 2 года назад +85

    Hank: “cant you just go northeast like youre supposed to”
    🌪: LOL no

  • @stevenreed6716
    @stevenreed6716 6 лет назад +750

    The Tornado appears to be humming a Scarry dark melody.

    • @brandonwilson4281
      @brandonwilson4281 4 года назад +8

      B

    • @korpakukac
      @korpakukac 4 года назад +61

      @John Halstead how is any of that relevant

    • @what2822
      @what2822 4 года назад +48

      Steven Reed Correct. Tornadoes hum a melody depending on their mode. This is about the same as humans listening to music while working out. It’s all to get the adrenaline going

    • @chocolatepudding1241
      @chocolatepudding1241 4 года назад +23

      A tornado destroyed like half my dad’s neighborhood when he was young and he said it sounded like a freight train

    • @acccolade
      @acccolade 4 года назад +5

      But noooowwwwww iiiiittttttssssss tttiiiiiiimmmmmmeeeee tooooooi saaaaaayyyyyy gooooodddbbbyyyyeeeee goooooodbyeeeeeee gooooooooooooooooooooodbyeeeeeeeee

  • @dracothedrangonful
    @dracothedrangonful 7 лет назад +174

    6:22 Tornado was like "Peek-a-boo. I see you!" and turns around and comes after you.

    • @jaorodriguez100
      @jaorodriguez100 7 лет назад +2

      dracothedrangonful Lol
      true

    • @Krymson_rain
      @Krymson_rain 7 лет назад

      dracothedrangonful it was

    • @mypfpisyourdad422
      @mypfpisyourdad422 3 года назад

      Omg that rhyms!

    • @mypfpisyourdad422
      @mypfpisyourdad422 3 года назад +1

      "Peek a boo."
      "I see you!"
      *turns around and comes for you *

    • @soahehehe
      @soahehehe 3 года назад +1

      heres a fact a amog us imposter is like this "Peek-a-boo I"M GOING TO GET YOU :)

  • @Kirithian_OW
    @Kirithian_OW 3 года назад +30

    7:33
    Hank: Talk to me storm.
    Storm: *_how about no._*

  • @keepsake327
    @keepsake327 4 года назад +56

    "I should've stopped right there..." *Keeps driving*

  • @hannah-he3po
    @hannah-he3po 5 лет назад +321

    My sister was in this tornado. She was at a camp in Oklahoma and I was in Texas as soon as they got there a tornado watch was issued then a tornado warning. My dad was there and all of her friends and her friends dads everyone survived it almost hit there camp but missed it. They are so lucky and I am so happy to still have my dad and my sister ❤️

    • @aimerceec1905
      @aimerceec1905 3 года назад +15

      Glad they lived

    • @michaelr113
      @michaelr113 3 года назад +6

      Lady Luck loves you

    • @zay_idk
      @zay_idk 3 года назад

      ^o^ im happy for u

    • @BryanGeisler
      @BryanGeisler 3 года назад

      oml

    • @onedollasnake
      @onedollasnake 3 года назад +1

      I think we drove thru a tornado last summer it pretty much got really windy looking and terrible visibility for a little while nothing happned tho

  • @tomwilliams5854
    @tomwilliams5854 7 лет назад +1127

    Grew up on Okla-Tex border [ Red river ]. I've seen a number of tornados, some closer than others. As a tornado and severe storm video junkie, I have to say Pecos Hank, your vids are as good as they get. You know what I mean when I say, may your vehicle never fail you when you need it the most!

    • @PecosHank
      @PecosHank  7 лет назад +194

      Right on Tom!

    • @ksuma715
      @ksuma715 7 лет назад +15

      +Pecos Hank what vehicle do you use?? regular unmodified vehicle? or something like TIV?

    • @Krymson_rain
      @Krymson_rain 7 лет назад +9

      Pecos Hank whats the stronges tornado

    • @SoulShines4U
      @SoulShines4U 7 лет назад +42

      Pecos Hank Some chasers seem to have quirky personalities. I guess chasing violent weather you might be different from the average person. But who wants average? You have great instincts, a steady hand, and some of the best dialogue of any videos. Couple that with your concern for animals, and your love of gas station food and it's little wonder why you are the man

    • @fuzzymikaelson5077
      @fuzzymikaelson5077 7 лет назад +6

      A F5 tornado and it has winds over 300 mph

  • @davesilverman3325
    @davesilverman3325 3 года назад +46

    It's around 5:30 on August 9th here in Raleigh, North Carolina and I'm watching " Massive Mile Wide Tornado Bares Down On Oklahoma City" and me and my dog, Bella (a small American Staffordshire Terrier) are hanging out in our motor home. The sky outside is almost black and the wind is whipping the trees around. You, Hank are talking about going over a little hill to get a better look at the EF3 funnel cloud out in front of you and you start backing up and saying, "comon car, go! Go"!
    Lightning is flashing all around us. No sooner then a brilliant flash appears, a huge thunder clap booms only a second, maybe two later. The rain is hitting the roof of the RV like projectiles! There are sirens all around us. We're right between two fire stations and someone's house may have been hit. As I write this it's turning into a mix of quarter sized hail and rain and Bella is now under the dinnet table quivering like her little toe is in a light socket. That's normal for her in a wether event. Poor dog can't stand this.
    The rain is blowing sideways now and a thick sheet of water is running down my windows, distorting the view. Bella is drooling all over my bare foot. More fantastic lightning strikes close together and the thunder is so loud that i can feel it in my chest. It sounds like we're bouncing around inside of a timpani with an extremely animated percussionist giving it all he's got!
    It's the perfect time to watch storm chasing videos and my dog could give a shit but I feel like I'm in some sort of weird interactive theater and it couldn't be better. The storm came out of nowhere, just as I started watching this video and all this made it seem like we were right there! It's been awesome! Thanks for the amazing experience.

    • @MH3GL
      @MH3GL Год назад +1

      What are some of the titles of the books you have written?

  • @GatorNick
    @GatorNick 4 года назад +92

    "Like a cage full of snakes." Damn that's a good line

  • @rpm773
    @rpm773 8 лет назад +790

    You have a real skill with not only capturing great footage, but putting it together into a great story. Keep up the good work!

  • @heatherstub
    @heatherstub 7 лет назад +385

    I simply love that fact that you include the aftermath information especially when it involves more weather like this, because it's too easy for us to think that once the main event is over, that's it. But as you indicated, it wasn't it, and sometimes, more weather follows, especially when it's hot enough to produce anymore tornadoes and HP Supercells. Great job on providing that information for us, and it certainly gives me more to pray for. It's kinda like that song says "It ain't over 'til it's over."

    • @PecosHank
      @PecosHank  7 лет назад +86

      I love that you watch and comment on my videos Heather :D

    • @heatherstub
      @heatherstub 7 лет назад +22

      Thank you so much. I love watching, (ur listening). I know one thing. There are some things I'm glad I can't see and some things I wish I could. It's all good, though, because I look forward to the One Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, whom I will see all in due time. Does He appear in those storms? I sometimes think He does.

    • @clementeric5363
      @clementeric5363 3 года назад +2

      Heather, How are you doing today ? 🌹

    • @PeaceIsYeshua
      @PeaceIsYeshua 2 года назад +4

      @@heatherstub
      Amen, Heather!! A glorious eternity with Jesus awaits us! God bless you! 🙏🏻

    • @heatherstub
      @heatherstub 4 месяца назад

      Well, first off, I hope you didn't think I was ignoring your comment. I just came across it. Secondly, thank you for asking! I'm doing very well and truly blessed! It's good to be alive. @@clementeric5363

  • @irlGlitches
    @irlGlitches 4 года назад +31

    Tornadoes aren't supposed to be relaxing, but damn this channel sure is. 10/10

  • @d-block8803
    @d-block8803 4 года назад +48

    I love how you show radar and describe what different structures of the storm means. People don't realize how dangerous RFD: REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFTS ARE!!! ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE WRAPPING BACK INTO A TORNADO ADDING FUEL TOO THE FIRE...

  • @alextothehbro
    @alextothehbro 8 лет назад +283

    3:33, siren sound in the background, sounds like someone fired up Dorothy. I THINK WE'RE GOINN' INNNN!!

    • @phaedraremington6247
      @phaedraremington6247 7 лет назад +19

      sexxaylexi I know this was a year ago but I always appreciate a good "Twister" quote. My brother and I reference it more than most!

    • @Isolated-_--hv8ej
      @Isolated-_--hv8ej 6 лет назад +3

      sexxaylexi twister renfrence

    • @mcfunworld7110
      @mcfunworld7110 6 лет назад +2

      I JUST NOTICED THAT!

    • @gamergobble649
      @gamergobble649 5 лет назад

      sexxaylexi ok???

    • @a.b.2897
      @a.b.2897 5 лет назад +3

      Bruh I swear it is Dorothy

  • @jesusneversinned5985
    @jesusneversinned5985 6 лет назад +273

    When you're trying to figure out if that's music playing or if it's the Roar of the tornado and then you slowly figure out it's music

    • @samuel3807
      @samuel3807 4 года назад +14

      yeah but it gives the footage so much
      i'm curious how the raw footage sounds like

    • @steverudder3321
      @steverudder3321 4 года назад +4

      @@samuel3807 me too! I've never seen one in person...yet!🌪

    • @HahaBitch-ku1kz
      @HahaBitch-ku1kz 3 года назад +1

      @@steverudder3321 same but my country is safe it was very windy yesterday and i was hoping for a tornado at school

    • @livyoung7904
      @livyoung7904 3 года назад +4

      HOPING for a tornado?! Jeez my least favorite saeson is spring because i live in Oklahoma and we get about 100 tornadoes each year!

    • @HahaBitch-ku1kz
      @HahaBitch-ku1kz 3 года назад +1

      @@livyoung7904 its just who i am lmao

  • @AudreyMacaw
    @AudreyMacaw 4 года назад +61

    I love the way you care for the animals, from snakes to turtles to stinkbugs. You are truly a loving person, as well as the best storm chaser on RUclips.

  • @abbymichelle9821
    @abbymichelle9821 4 года назад +65

    6:17 put it in reverse terry

    • @clementeric5363
      @clementeric5363 3 года назад

      God will guild and protect us all from the tribulations. Hope you are doing okay? ❤️🌹🥰 I’m Eric, live in Texas

  • @shadowikr2457
    @shadowikr2457 8 лет назад +654

    "back up back up"
    *spongebob* BACKING UPPPPPPPP

    • @jaorodriguez100
      @jaorodriguez100 7 лет назад +1

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    • @erdemkara4143
      @erdemkara4143 6 лет назад +35

      Its Funny That The Episode Includes a Tornado.

    • @Cap-wc2td
      @Cap-wc2td 6 лет назад +1

      erdem kara YEA IT DOES DONET IT LOLOOLOOOOO

    • @skidsftw8074
      @skidsftw8074 6 лет назад +6

      shadowikr floors it it through a building

    • @TheDr502
      @TheDr502 5 лет назад +6

      BACKING UP...! Backing up...! Backing up.... Backing up... backing up.

  • @sethtriggs
    @sethtriggs 8 лет назад +62

    This is an amazing video. I also love how you showed and explained the rain-wrapped tornado phenomenon (and the blinding RFD). This is one of the reasons for the high fatality count in Joplin 2011.

    • @GodzillaQueen101
      @GodzillaQueen101 5 лет назад +9

      That and the hospital getting wrecked didn't help matters.

  • @southerngirlsrock2799
    @southerngirlsrock2799 4 года назад +20

    This gentleman has nerves of steel! And knows what he is doing! I pray for his safety thru his storm chasing career and beyond.

  • @averiedoran3946
    @averiedoran3946 4 года назад +19

    6:25 I was sitting there like
    "Are you *really* going to sit that close to it?"

  • @bencorwin
    @bencorwin 8 лет назад +122

    Dude, you are one hell of a videographer. Great job.

    • @PecosHank
      @PecosHank  8 лет назад +11

      +Ben Corwin Thanks Ben!

    • @bencorwin
      @bencorwin 8 лет назад +3

      What's your setup if you don't mind me asking?

    • @PecosHank
      @PecosHank  8 лет назад +5

      +Ben Corwin Nikons... Not at all.. D7100, D7000, d300.

    • @bencorwin
      @bencorwin 8 лет назад +4

      +Pecos Hank Thanks!

    • @ClassicRocker61
      @ClassicRocker61 3 года назад

      @@PecosHank hi

  • @XxCatcocanutxX
    @XxCatcocanutxX 8 лет назад +252

    You would make a great Documenterer.

    • @swayjaayy5495
      @swayjaayy5495 5 лет назад +23

      simplyyayshia would? He IS a documenter

    • @st4rdr0p35
      @st4rdr0p35 4 года назад +1

      he should be a PROFESSIONAL documenter. yknow, with his own show or smth

    • @kevlarburrito6693
      @kevlarburrito6693 4 года назад +10

      Documentarian is the job title for those wondering

    • @miniena7774
      @miniena7774 4 года назад

      Kevlar Burrito
      Thank you. Much obliged.

    • @acumenfinito
      @acumenfinito 4 года назад +1

      I would say he is already a professional documentary maker... He has way more views than most of them out there.

  • @phoenixashes1371
    @phoenixashes1371 3 года назад +16

    Living in OKC I can say what a beautiful video. Whenever they say dry line it is time to be weather aware. Val and Amy are great storm chasers locally but this video is on another level. Especially liked the part where you knew the exact second to start backing up, quickly.

  • @derpdawg420
    @derpdawg420 4 года назад +19

    Hank is such a good stormchaser. He was born to do this.

  • @mrcutfish
    @mrcutfish 8 лет назад +69

    I like the music in the back ground, sounds like 1940's horror movie mood music.

  • @eyeOOsee
    @eyeOOsee 8 лет назад +338

    You really do make THE BEST videos!!! Thankyou for sharing!!

  • @talesfromthetoiletseat8295
    @talesfromthetoiletseat8295 4 года назад +13

    “I need to be cool”
    You are already there man! Love your videos

  • @youknowwhatun-bizzaresyour5368
    @youknowwhatun-bizzaresyour5368 3 года назад +21

    Hank should do some audio books cause he’s really good at narration

  • @weatherguy8380
    @weatherguy8380 6 лет назад +171

    Man, the Bridge Creek/Moore Oklahoma area can never catch a break. Every year that area seems to get hit with a huge tornado. Whether the 1999 Supertornado or that 2013 El Reno monster, there is no end.

    • @asantehardin1035
      @asantehardin1035 5 лет назад +35

      Living in it is even worse lol. I call it the Bermuda triangle of Oklahoma.

    • @josephfreisinger1488
      @josephfreisinger1488 3 года назад +2

      I actually remember that that was a crazy in Oklahoma

    • @se777en73120
      @se777en73120 3 года назад +19

      The May 20, 2013 tornado went through Moore. The May 31, 2013 tornado went through El Reno. Both F5’s.

    • @snuffedtorch3683
      @snuffedtorch3683 3 года назад +17

      @@se777en73120 *Technically* El Reno was EF3 because of the damage. I'm not a fan of it. I like the old F scale. But, yes, El Reno should've definitely been upgraded to EF5.

    • @thonatim5321
      @thonatim5321 3 года назад +1

      Except 2018 when ZERO EF4 or EF5s were formed in the USA.

  • @jimcramer5125
    @jimcramer5125 8 лет назад +81

    Another classic video from one of my favorite chasers. It is as if there is a producer, director, sound engineer and camera man. The Pink Floyd-like "A Saucerful of Secrets" is perfect background music for this eerie scenario. Thoroughly enjoyable. My wife Phillene even likes this one and she is extremely picky.

    • @PecosHank
      @PecosHank  8 лет назад +13

      +Jim Cramer Glad you're aware of the sound engineering... Lotta fun doing that! Cheers to you both!

    • @arkansashogg7835
      @arkansashogg7835 8 лет назад +3

      +Pecos Hank love your tornado videos....there the best

    • @BNburrito
      @BNburrito 8 лет назад +2

      +Pecos Hank your one of my favorite chasers out there man keep up the work

    • @stevenreed3483
      @stevenreed3483 8 лет назад +2

      +Pecos Hank Hey Hank great Video I love your Videos. Wish I were in shoes. I have herd over in the states you have storm chasing Holidays. I have herd that is about a thousand dollars fore a week is this right? Keep up the amazing work and Keep Safe God bless from England.

  • @PraiseTheFSMonster
    @PraiseTheFSMonster 4 года назад +14

    "Why can't you just go northeast like you're supposed to?" I like how he's arguing with the tornado.

  • @Dahn.Baern.
    @Dahn.Baern. Год назад +8

    Hank’s calm demeanor & linguistic creativity make him one of the best storm chasers alive today. Much love brother keep the amazing videos coming. Your content is a lot of fun for me and my 8 year old to watch together. She loves your stuff and she laughs at your commentary a lot🎉❤

  • @craigcurlee6428
    @craigcurlee6428 8 лет назад +57

    Hank, your videos always make me go into a "Stop Blinking Dried Out Eyeballs" stage! Great work as usual and thanks for sharing!

    • @meowmeow4752
      @meowmeow4752 5 лет назад

      Dont get hasty there

    • @meowmeow4752
      @meowmeow4752 5 лет назад

      He’d be a million dollars short, remember

  • @Aidancordell
    @Aidancordell 5 лет назад +128

    4:13 there is a giant butt coming out of the sky

  • @caitlinshelley5484
    @caitlinshelley5484 4 года назад +10

    I love how there’s eerie music on in the background

  • @Ukeepthelies8471
    @Ukeepthelies8471 5 лет назад +12

    Sometimes, there is an eerie hum from the tornado and it's winds movements, and from the out flows moving past trees, poles, and posts. It is eerie.

    • @macaryl95
      @macaryl95 3 года назад +1

      4:46 Is creepy and reminds me of Earthbound.

    • @clementeric5363
      @clementeric5363 3 года назад

      Lori God will guild and protect us all from the tribulations. Hope you are doing okay? ❤️🌹🥰 I’m Eric, live in Texas

  • @skateboy159
    @skateboy159 8 лет назад +72

    your videos are sooo addicting!

    • @icroasdell
      @icroasdell 8 лет назад +3

      IKR I WATCH THEM EVERY SINGLE NIGJT TILL LIKE 1:00 (only on the weekends tho 😛)

    • @skateboy159
      @skateboy159 8 лет назад +4

      Iris Croasdell ik i watched all his videos like 5+ times and never gets old

    • @icroasdell
      @icroasdell 8 лет назад +3

      SAME!!!!

    • @WildSnakes
      @WildSnakes 8 лет назад +2

      +skateboy159 Thanks dude. SK8 & Destroy!

    • @mrduke5058
      @mrduke5058 5 лет назад +2

      I first discovered Hank earlier this year and all I did for almost all day every day was watch his videos. I'm still on the hunt for a video that I've been looking for for months. It has him zoomed in on a tornado miles away over a big tree line, (he's really far away from the tree line), and you can hear the distant tornado sirens.

  • @TheNiteNinja19
    @TheNiteNinja19 8 лет назад +14

    Documentary-grade videos, these are very enjoyable to watch, excellent work. I'm an over the road truck driver, I wish I had the equipment then that I do now because in 2011, I was in many of those storms, including the Joplin Finger of God tornado. My collueges claim I should put "Storm Chaser Unit" on the side of my rig. I've often asked my dispatcher if I get paid extra. Regardless it's very dangerous. I've had trailers bounce on the road from the drafts, hooked up on one side, debris getting caught under. Even had my truck bodywork destroyed in Indianapolis late 2011. After all that is when I got my equipment. And now the tornado trend is on a downward curve.
    Rambling aside, keep up the good work, and have fun!

  • @laurenlance8960
    @laurenlance8960 4 года назад +3

    I like the fact that you don't express your excitement or fear with a million expletives like most storm chasing videos. It's much more interesting because I can hear the sounds of the storm and you explain what is happening also.

    • @clementeric5363
      @clementeric5363 3 года назад

      Lauren God will guild and protect us all from the tribulations. Hope you are doing okay? ❤️🌹🥰 I’m Eric, live in Texas

  • @lissashoop9717
    @lissashoop9717 3 года назад +8

    Y'all are so brave to get that close. Thank you for sharing. That is a very scary tornado. Never saw anything like it and the sound of it is creepy.😲

    • @clementeric5363
      @clementeric5363 3 года назад

      Lissa God will guild and protect us all from the tribulations. Hope you are doing okay? ❤️🌹🥰 I’m Eric, live in Texas

  • @dev0saur
    @dev0saur 8 лет назад +207

    Your videos are so fascinating! Is it bad to say I want to be a storm chaser?

    • @Kreliz7
      @Kreliz7 8 лет назад +27

      No, I have the same feelings man :p

    • @PecosHank
      @PecosHank  8 лет назад +50

      Devosaurus Rex Naw, It's not bad. Thanks Rex.

    • @a.b.2897
      @a.b.2897 7 лет назад +9

      i want to be one

    • @emmaadams5547
      @emmaadams5547 7 лет назад +9

      No man. I wanna be one too .-.

    • @commondirtbagz7130
      @commondirtbagz7130 7 лет назад +2

      Devosaurus Rex why would it be bad?

  • @HurricaneHomer9
    @HurricaneHomer9 6 лет назад +50

    8:30 Eerie, amazing nighttime footage. The sirens make it creepier.

    • @Pliskin2894
      @Pliskin2894 2 года назад +1

      Or at 6:14 to 7:30, aside from the dude talking and the wind, it's just creepy silence, just seems eerie.

    • @missdbd.
      @missdbd. 2 года назад +1

      I'd be shitting pants hearing those sirens 🤣 "scuse me yall where's the nearest safety?" I'm from SE England so we don't get them over here, if we do they almost never touch down.

  • @LewannaRathbun
    @LewannaRathbun 4 года назад +8

    Your use of music during this video (and others) so works and is what makes you my absolute favorite storm chaser.

    • @clementeric5363
      @clementeric5363 3 года назад

      Hello Lewanna, God will guild and protect us all from the tribulations. Hope you are doing okay? ❤️🌹🥰 I’m Eric, live in Texas

  • @jakefontenot2815
    @jakefontenot2815 2 года назад +4

    Love all your videos Hank. I live in south Louisiana so don't have many tornados here and I never seen one live, but I'm a bit of a junkie when it comes to tornado and lightning videos. Your calm demeanor and educational story telling commentary makes your videos unique and a pleasure to watch. Just one thing I wish I could be there to experience it live. It has to be amazingly awesome. May God always protect you and you fellow chasers. Please keep up the awesome work.

  • @Seek-God-First
    @Seek-God-First 6 лет назад +22

    Dear man, after viewing your videos no doubt God is with you. Love your up close view of nature, it's power and force and your descriptive narration. Amazing stuff !

  • @FastNCurious88
    @FastNCurious88 7 лет назад +10

    This is the best tornado channel on RUclips PERIOD. I am absolutely in love with you.

  • @kay-se5uv
    @kay-se5uv 4 года назад +5

    This should be shown to every school studying tornadoes. The only thing I would lay back on, is maybe the curse words. Keep up the great work!

  • @canadianaviator4723
    @canadianaviator4723 2 года назад +1

    The way you present the information in your videos is incredible, it truly feels like I'm watching a documentary. I keep coming back to watch time and time again, keep it up!

  • @fireypooptaco9904
    @fireypooptaco9904 8 лет назад +14

    These tornado videos just seem to amaze me,
    they are just so cool.

  • @tnewanz
    @tnewanz 4 года назад +4

    Really the best on all levels of video production for one guy: camera, narration, science, music, and heart. Very talented guy.

  • @karlstrayer6218
    @karlstrayer6218 4 года назад +1

    The f1 in west Norman hit my house. We lost all our fences, some of the windows on the south side of the house, some shingles, and a tree. Both our neighbors had similar damage and both of their trampolines were ripped to pieces and thrown into our house. Fences and tree carnage were floating down our completely flooded street. Not one trampoline, basketball hoop, or fence survived in my neighborhood for about a half mile stretch. Reed Timmer recorded wind speeds of 130 miles per hour back when he lived two minutes south of me. Craziest day of my life.

  • @spryfolII
    @spryfolII 5 лет назад +2

    Your videos are some of the best on RUclips. The narration is so good, one doesn't have to visually see whats occuring. The Storm Chaser is essential, and I'm telling you, it takes BASS BALLS to do. Much respect!

  • @lastgendempsey6737
    @lastgendempsey6737 7 лет назад +3

    Got chills at roughly 2:12

  • @katozrippla1497
    @katozrippla1497 6 лет назад +95

    "Don't ever drive into an RFD.."
    Does that mean I can roller skate into one? XD

    • @mysry1001
      @mysry1001 6 лет назад +3

      KatozRippla that's even worse! You'd get blown off your feet even quicker than if you walked through one because there's less traction on a rollerskate's wheels than the soles of most shoes

    • @karisavage3022
      @karisavage3022 5 лет назад +3

      Yes

    • @karisavage3022
      @karisavage3022 5 лет назад +13

      Caroline Johnson it was a joke no need to be serious...

    • @charlieharjo5268
      @charlieharjo5268 4 года назад +2

      @@karisavage3022 tornado's are no joke lady, people actually die, people lose everything in a few minutes, their homes destroyed, their lives ripped apart, i've witnessed the aftermath of an EF-5 strength tornado & saw people dead inside cars, crumpled up like a coke can, i've seen cats & dogs with their leashes wrapped around their broken bodies, i've seen kids & men & women broken in half & smashed to death by their own houses... It is no joke.

    • @DoctorBrodski
      @DoctorBrodski 4 года назад +7

      @@charlieharjo5268 So the notion of rollerskating through the backdraught of a tornado was all serious?

  • @starre36midnight36
    @starre36midnight36 2 года назад +2

    I love watching Pecos for his determination for not only capturing storms, but also saving or rescuing Species of animals in his path as well! He is cool as a cucumber while capturing beauitful photos of tornados! I come for the tornadoes and leave with knowledge about animals! SM

  • @nataliedowning4563
    @nataliedowning4563 5 лет назад +18

    Hey, that area between Moore and Norman is when it hit my house. Im usually out spotting but that day I had just gotten home from work so barely had time to get in the shelter. Hadn't seen any footage from that day. (I prefer to chase instead of being a sitting duck ha)

    • @alexmason2659
      @alexmason2659 3 года назад +1

      Same I was chasing the 20th Tornado when it took my house in Moore then 11 days later when my GF took our Daughter to her family's house in the City I went to El Reno to Chase that monster

    • @nataliedowning4563
      @nataliedowning4563 3 года назад +1

      @@alexmason2659 So sorry it took your house!! I'm glad you all were okay though.

    • @alexmason2659
      @alexmason2659 3 года назад

      @@nataliedowning4563 same for you guys us Oklahomans gotta stick together I was chasing that El Reno one that killed those storm Chasers and a day before May 20th on May 19th that EF4 in the lake Thunderbird area took my cousins house as well so it wasn't a good month or good spring for us at all

  • @SuddenUpdraft
    @SuddenUpdraft 8 лет назад +12

    As always great video.
    Also, I saved a turtle in Golden Gate Park yesterday. Its shell was 10" long. You inspired me.

    • @clementeric5363
      @clementeric5363 3 года назад +1

      Susanne God will guild and protect us all from the tribulations. Hope you are doing okay? ❤️🌹🥰 I’m Eric, live in Texas

  • @DrZiggyzoo1
    @DrZiggyzoo1 5 лет назад +6

    I can't wait for the 2019 season to start. Hopefully you have more luck than you did in 2018! I'm always looking forward to your videos. They're the most informative, nicely edited, and has zero yelling.

  • @ursaursae9848
    @ursaursae9848 5 лет назад +1

    I remember watching this when it was first posted from the relative safety of my home in Ohio. About a year ago, we moved to Lawton, OK. This will be our first spring in tornado alley and it both terrifies and excites me that this was filmed in pretty much my backyard. I hope I get to see you speak one day now that we’re so close Texas though! All time favorite storm chaser. I hope this next spring is an action packed (yet safe) spring for you and I can’t wait to see you’re coming up posts!

  • @keiradavis7606
    @keiradavis7606 2 года назад

    Pecos your videos have helped me find some tornados, for example yesterday (for all my other IA peeps). Dad was watching a massive tornado pass us and I saw another mesocyclone behind him. He didn't realize it, even tho I yelled at him to get inside. He ran inside shortly after, when he finally saw it. Thanks for teaching me!

  • @jamesstewart2291
    @jamesstewart2291 8 лет назад +39

    Dude you videos are great! You deserve way more subs! But anyways keep up the great work!

  • @Bootmahoy88
    @Bootmahoy88 3 года назад +3

    7:21...so beautiful!

  • @meghanh2511
    @meghanh2511 2 года назад +2

    I love your videos! You and 2 other tornado chasing youtubers are the only ones I enjoy watching, but you're definitely number 1!

  • @alexanderschestag3247
    @alexanderschestag3247 5 лет назад +1

    The music around 5:00 is haunting! Fits very well into the scenario. Another great video.

  • @shimmyshimmy6724
    @shimmyshimmy6724 3 года назад +3

    6:52 that panicked voice tho that was super close

  • @lizard3348
    @lizard3348 3 года назад +22

    Watching this durning a tornado warning NOT JOKING LMAO

    • @dpflack1744
      @dpflack1744 3 года назад +1

      I agree with you 💯 percent tornado 🌪 is not a joke it could injured 🤕 and they can kill people to. Right.

    • @FINSuojeluskunta
      @FINSuojeluskunta 3 года назад +1

      We used to get them alllll the time in eastern Colorado Springs. Eventually we just got numb because most were just extremely short or weak ones that triggered the automated weather alert.

  • @91rattoyota
    @91rattoyota 3 года назад +1

    I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I love your videos Pecos! I can watch them time and time again, and it’s still like I’m watching them all for the first time. So photogenic and the commentary is just as good. Keep up the awesome work you do my fellow storm enthusiast 😬

  • @RangaRussian
    @RangaRussian 3 года назад +1

    Not gonna lie, I'm binging this channel like crazy! I'm from Australia and we don't get tornado's like this. Absolutely fascinating!

  • @TehGlitchGuide
    @TehGlitchGuide 8 лет назад +102

    the sound on the background?
    6:28 is it the tornado? does a tornado make such a roaring sound?

    • @steggles8391
      @steggles8391 8 лет назад +62

      +Liquicitizen Joey Yes. Most people who have been near a Tornado claim that the sound is akin to the sound a freight train makes.

    • @TehGlitchGuide
      @TehGlitchGuide 8 лет назад +10

      Damn scary tho

    • @thewienerdogvlog5367
      @thewienerdogvlog5367 6 лет назад +20

      Yep. They sound like trains. If you are in a cellar NO NOT cover your ears. You will go deaf.

    • @voldo18
      @voldo18 5 лет назад +5

      TheWienerDogVlog You speak a unspoken truth sir

    • @jordan484
      @jordan484 5 лет назад +5

      Yes My grandma went though a EF3 and she said it sounded like a freight train and roaring noise

  • @andreasoilander5407
    @andreasoilander5407 8 лет назад +6

    This video was awesome. Your videos are the best I have seen on tornadoes so far, and I specially appreciate that you add radar images and maps, and so much information. The images you capture are very impressive. I have watched so many of your videos today, sick at home with a fever, that I think I'm bound to have dreams about tornadoes tonight (lol! I hope so!). Thanks for sharing all this material.

  • @capkarr
    @capkarr 4 года назад

    DUDE! Good job illustrating and explaining the RFD. Weather peeps struggle with explaining stuff so we can understand them. YOU do it well. NOW I finally understand and see what an RFD looks like. Finally....

  • @kayehartfield9892
    @kayehartfield9892 4 года назад +1

    Thank you Pecos Hank this video gives me a good idea what to look for and what a supercell might look like. I live in Texas, Rowlett specifically, and I know what one sounds like, but this video gives good visuals. And thanks for being calm and professional. Your camera work is great!

  • @mitchkostic2802
    @mitchkostic2802 8 лет назад +38

    I just discovered your videos and I'm hooked keep up the good work

    • @PecosHank
      @PecosHank  8 лет назад +5

      mitch kostic Glad you found em Mitch. Cheers from Texas.

    • @taylorbrown7025
      @taylorbrown7025 8 лет назад

      Pecos Hank hi mate rember me im ten on the 12th of August keep the good work

    • @mitchkostic2802
      @mitchkostic2802 8 лет назад +1

      In Australia we don't get tornadoes so to see what they can do and how big they can get is pretty amazing

  • @peytonious4739
    @peytonious4739 8 лет назад +23

    ACE IS THE PLACE WHERE HELPFUL HARDWARE GOES! ( 8:05 on your left a ace truck drives by, lel.)

    • @Krymson_rain
      @Krymson_rain 7 лет назад

      Peytonzvideoz there is one

    • @Krymson_rain
      @Krymson_rain 7 лет назад

      Peyt

    • @greatestever184
      @greatestever184 7 лет назад +6

      Peytonzvideoz they gonna need ACE hardware after that thing blows through.

    • @619xnomo
      @619xnomo 3 года назад

      @Greatest Ever No shit.

  • @ripwednesdayadams
    @ripwednesdayadams 10 месяцев назад

    It’s amazing how you capture tornados forming like this.

  • @mindypadilla8055
    @mindypadilla8055 2 года назад

    Just found this channel, and all I can say is new subscriber. Your camera skills, and commentary are top notch. Excellent material, take care and stay as safe as possible.

  • @jeremyv4636
    @jeremyv4636 5 лет назад +4

    MAAAAAAANNNNnnnnn, when you started backin' up I swear I heard that big mother literally GROWLING at you!

  • @ufukinwotm8434
    @ufukinwotm8434 7 лет назад +24

    3:32 IS THAT DOROTHY I CAN HERE!?!?

  • @karenweber8203
    @karenweber8203 2 года назад

    Your voice, sensibilities, and your looks all lend themselves to the drama of a tornado.

  • @juliamihajlovich
    @juliamihajlovich 5 лет назад +1

    I bet you did really well in writing class. Your creative descriptions of the storm are awesome!

    • @clementeric5363
      @clementeric5363 3 года назад

      Julia God will guild and protect us all from the tribulations. Hope you are doing okay? ❤️🌹🥰 I’m Eric, live in Texas

  • @C.I.A_Agent_Number176
    @C.I.A_Agent_Number176 8 лет назад +5

    Amazing! Missed your tornado videos!

  • @fayebrown9463
    @fayebrown9463 4 года назад +4

    Thank you for the experiences you share with us. Be careful out there. We don't need another tragedy, like the "El Reno" one, that took the lives of well-known storm chasers.
    My experience with tornadoes has been brief. I was in a hospital in Topeka, Kansas, when, in the middle of the night, all of the patients were taken into the basement of that hospital. I can still remember the fear as I sat there on the floor of a hallway in that basement. Being from California, I had never experienced a tornado before, along with seeing, the days before, "Tornado Watch" bulletins on the TV. Fortunately, the hospital was not hit, but I had heard stories about a previous time when Topeka, Kansas was not so lucky. Decades later, I experienced a TORNADO WARNING in CALIFORNIA. I am an itinerant speech/language pathologist, who usually travelled to more than one school during the work day. On one day, I left one school and I was heading towards another school. It was really strange, because I was on a road, and to my left the sky was black, and to my right the sky was blue. I had never seen such a contrast, as that, in the skies before. Then I got to Hwy. 4, and I turned to the right, heading towards my next school site. The sky behind me was black and the sky in front of me was blue. I had NO IDEA what was following me (and later, I joked about bringing the bad weather with me). I was in my room with a preschooler, who had been brought to the school to see me for therapy, when I saw a "stream" of students going past my door. They were all heading for the cafeteria, because a tornado was seen coming towards the school. The preschool child and I joined them. School was just about to be dismissed, but the principal and secretary were in the office calling all of the parents to tell them to stay away. (This is a little country school, ten miles from the nearest town, so parents frequently take their children to and from this school, even though bus service is available to all students.) We were sitting in that cafeteria waiting a long time for the warning to be lifted. That was an extremely unusual thing to have happen in California. I recalled that Topeka, Kansas, experience as I sat there waiting for us to be out of danger. (Btw, we were not hit by it.)

  • @chloehennessey6813
    @chloehennessey6813 4 года назад

    Hank is my favorite chaser and favorite channel to watch tornados. His music is always great- the information he gives is always succinct, to the point. No yelling or Bally-hoo. ILy Hank!

  • @brucemoore3871
    @brucemoore3871 2 года назад

    You have the best coverage and are a real professional with a dry sense of humor I enjoy.

  • @MrBackin5ive
    @MrBackin5ive 3 года назад +11

    "Ah, you merely adopted the RFD,
    But I was born in it...Molded by it!"

    • @tricky7153
      @tricky7153 3 года назад +1

      I merely adopted the dark by then it was nothing to me BUT BLINDED The shadows betray you because they belong to me

  • @vaskylark
    @vaskylark 3 года назад +3

    This is the most amazing footage I've ever seen. Guy has a lot of guts that's for sure.

  • @nickmckellips970
    @nickmckellips970 Год назад

    Watching this video gives me chills, I lived in Newcastle during the Moore 2013 tornado the destruction that tornado left behind took months to pick up and years to rebuild

  • @timmytacoburrito
    @timmytacoburrito 3 года назад

    I got tense watching the part where you were stalking the tornado, I rarely ever get tense over things like this. But this was honestly something different. This was as real as if I was there with you. I've been binge watching your vids for about 3 days now, and you're one of the most professional storm chasers I have ever seen!