OVER 2 MILES WIDE - The Bassfield-Soso EF4 Tornado
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- On Easter Sunday 2020, one of the most prolific tornado outbreaks ever recorded would devastate the Southeastern United States, producing tornadoes that left behind a swath of damage from Texas all the way to Maryland. Several of these tornadoes would shatter records and leave everything in their path unrecognizable. This is their story..
The April 12th, 2020 tornado outbreak is mostly known for the monster EF4 tornado that devastated several rural towns in Mississippi including Soso and Bassfield. The tornado is one of the most violent tornadoes to occur since the 2013 Moore Oklahoma EF5 and achieved a peak width of 2.25 miles making it the widest in Mississippi state history and third widest overall behind only the Hallam Nebraska F4 and 2013 El Reno EF3.
My deepest condolences go to the people affected by the recent Rolling Forks, Mississippi tornado.
EF Scale explanation:
EF0 Light Damage (65-85mph)
EF1 Moderate Damage (86-110mph)
EF2 Considerable Damage (111-135mph)
EF3 Severe Damage (136-165mph)
EF4 Devastating Damage (166-200mph)
EF5 Incredible Damage (201mph+)
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Mississippi is far too often overlooked when it comes to these violent monsters. What's worse is they often roll in after dark and that to me is the most horrifying. I am thankful that the Appalachian mountains protects us here in western SC from much of the strongest tornadoes. Rolling fork and all of Mississippi are in my thoughts and prayers.
There have been monsters recorded in MS history, 1840 Natchez, even though not rated during that time, it was reported 400 yds wide and 300+ deaths. "116 boats were tossed onto land" .
The 1908 Purvis, MS tornado estimated F4 based on photos, 100 mile track and 90+ deaths (African Americans weren't included in death toll).
1966 Candlestick Park F5 (Jackson, MS) 200 mile broken track. 900 yds wide and 60 deaths.
1987 Glade MS F4 (SE of Laurel)
And the 2011 Philadelphia, Ms EF5 that had ground scouring 2 feet deep!
Rolling fork was terrible. I do not see a easy possible recovery there.
@@js35701
Don't forget the F5 that took Tupelo off the map back in 36'. I believe It was responsible for at least 200 deaths, but I could be wrong. All I know is that my mother remembered hearing her grandmother talk about it, when she was a little girl. My mother grew up in northeast MS during the 60s and 70s, so she has a few tornado stories of her own.
Mountains do not stop tornadoes that is a myth
this tornado ruined my life man. me and my family rushed to the bathroom because it was one of our safest rooms in our house. the moment the tornado came, nobody said anything but all i could hear was the horrific howl of the wind, and i remember without thinking just getting up and the door swung open because the wind broke our windows and pulled it open. i poked my head out a bit and all i saw was death. shortly after it was gone, we left the room and everything in the house was fine but when we walked out side the house across from us and next to us on the left were completely gone. one of the most scariest moments of my life and i’m still in therapy because of it. i was diagnosed with ptsd a few days later and i never wanna experience anything like that ever again. none of us were hurt but anytime i see a bad storm starting i have panic attacks and i feel like im back in the bathroom on that day. weirdly none of my other family were that messed up over the tornado but i was traumatized
God bless, it's a miracle you're all (physically) okay given the circumstances. Praying your therapy goes well, I'm sorry for your traumatic experience
what year was your graduation
I don't think I could handle that. I'm pretty sure I was traumatized (not PTSD levels of trauma though) by tornadoes... And I have never even seen one in person. Just the thought that multiple of them form in adjacent areas with dang near every storm where I live left me terrified growing up because we don't have even a basement, let alone a shelter. If a strong tornado hit us at any point we would've just died, and I seemed to have been the only one who knew or maybe the only one who cared. We never kept track of radar and never got ready to run. Everyone always acted like everything was fine every storm meanwhile I could always tell intuitively which ones were forming tornadoes, and knowing that they were left me terrified. Now I have an anxiety disorder and I blame it on that.
@pothly
Take it easy Dude, Shit happen
@@christophermoltisanti7019 Wow, they can not be traumatized by just choosing to take it easy? If only they thought of that!
It was a hard day to be not too far from that monster, watching the radar on TV, and realizing there was nothing that could be done for those people.
Oh…. Uhh…….. ok..
@@voiceofreason7567 bro what kinda goofy ahh name
I live near Tupelo Ms I watched the tornado touch down from my porch pick back up touchdown again in tupelo and devastate the coopertire plant and then the one in amory a week prior then the same one that hit tupelo also hit Pontotoc
The soso/bassfield EF4 is probably the #1 tornado (maybe besides mayfield) since Moore 2013, that was most definitely an EF5, just lacking appropriate damage ratings. Definitely a terrifying tornado.
There’s definitely argument that Mayfield could be the #2 as well- homes are just not well built
I would argue Rochelle def should have been upgraded. Over 2 dozen different DI points rated at 200mph.
Yes, the new EF scale goes too far in considering how well built a structure is built. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think it is so uncaring and rude to point out how an area has structures, including homes that were not well built and that is why a tornado got a lower rating. These businesses and homes are damaged or gone . The owners don't need to hear how badly it was built. it makes their suffering even more.
@@TheRivrPrncess Yes, you would think the new scale would be MORE advanced in its ability to distinguish wind speeds despite the quality of infrastructure.
@@AF99499 200 MPH is still EF-4. EF-5 starts at 201 MPH.
I was born and raised in MS, and always said a lot of people aren’t aware of its history of violent, long track tornadoes. Unfortunately, after this week, they are.
Mississippi is especially vulnerable to these kinds of tornadoes, we usually see one or two of them every year or two.
@@CeltonHenderson You’re from there? Cool.
@@5roundsrapid263 central Florida, I’ve studied a lot about the severe weather that occurs in Mississippi though and chased there a few times.
@@CeltonHenderson , I am in central Florida myself and about to go into assisting in the aftermath situations of assisting both Tornado and hurricanes victims with the use of the families recently purchased RV and expensive equipment. My family had in past years went to Haiti even to assist with earthquake situations. With you being in central Florida also, would you like to travel with us to Mississippi, southern states and assist in helping others also? With you being in central Florida, it would be easy to provide transportation two and from these aftermath locations. We will be providing hot meals to the victims, electricity both with a very high powered solar , wind generator that can be manually charged generator for victims to charge their electronics or use the ones we provide to reach out to their families and friends and we are providing a secondary generator in addition with both emergency supplies and medical and wifi also clothing and other things. The few team members such as yourself if you would like to consider would have their own beds obviously to during and from these natural disaster locations. Our RV also has a shower within for the team members who we invite to join as part of the team. Mississippi, Louisiana,Georgia, and of course Florida will be our main states for tornado and hurricane responses to. I am sure other states will be considered on a later date based on a few things being worked out. Our team who opts to join would leave out of central Florida returning back after we assist in these disasters. If interested please provide a email to reach you at below and we will reach out to you in a couple days. I am not sure what part of central Florida you reside in but I rest assure it can not be far from the home base of the emergency RV .
@@5roundsrapid263 ... With you being from Mississippi, I pray that your friends and family remain safe if they still reside there today. With the climate change occuring it seems like more dangerous natural disasters are happening more and more often than anyone would like to see or hear about. God bless you and your family , stay safe!
I happened to be just barely lucky enough to live on a hill just several tens of meters away from this monster’s path. Hearing it pass by my house was nightmarish, seeing the damage that it wrought down the hill immediately after it was even worse. They’re a terrifyingly beautiful force of nature, but good god I can’t help getting anxious anytime I hear about a potential tornado warning now.
I’ve been waiting for a video like this on this event to come out. It’s one of my favorites to look back at and I don’t think it gets talked about as much as it should.
This is the first I’m hearing about it !
It was overshadowed by other tornadic events and the pandemic.
This reply has nothing to do with your comment, but I did have to say that I love your pfp. Calvin and Hobbes is one of my favorites lol.
Bc there’s no video and hardly even any images. Nighttime tornadoes have more of each
I've been through that tiny town Soso many times on the way to a fishing hole. Great memories with my grandfather, the wonderful, and welcoming people who resided there. This time of year marks a stark reminder of the Easter Sunday terror
Ok..
That's such a good pun omg
@nateg978 Listen Sir, Shit happen
I feel that using the term "strengthened" when entering cities is a bit misleading, the main reason why "intensity" seems to pick up right as it's going into towns is because it likely never weakened to begin with, it's just the surveyors have little info to go on since they cant see the destruction done.. just my guess
otherwise it seems strange that tornados tend to strengthen very often before entering cities.
I agree 100% myself. I actually just left a comment about exactly this. I didn't see your comment beforehand
Good point, but as one counterpoint, perhaps as a devil's advocate, a good damage indicator often used for rural areas is scouring.
Some tornados such as Jarrell, TX '97 and Philadelphia, MS '11 were so abysmally strong that they literally ripped the ground apart below them. Jarrell scoured 18in deep worth of dirt from fields while peeling over 500ft of pavement from rural roads; Philly dug a 2ft trench into rural topsoil yanking out mature trees intact by the roots in the process. If that's not EF5, Idk what is.
Most tornados simply don't do that when they travel over rural ground. They still scour, but only extreme scouring usually warrants an EF5 rating.
Idk how you'd use that as a DI, you'd need to know so much about the soil and eveything. But when 2 feet of the soil is just gone? Yeah that kinda HAS to be an EF5 right? Like a 0-4 inches of ground scouring may be possible from one exact strength, just depends on what the ground is and how strong it is but 2 feet?? wow.....
@@Mega-rw8mt yeah I don't get how some people don't consider Jarrell or Philly to have been abysmally strong.
But you're correct that the NWS surveyors won't use scouring alone as a DI. You'd need to know a lot about the soil quality and whether environmental factors had made it more loose at the time the tornado passed through.
Good job on video. My wife and I rode it out in a bathtub and no roof . All the trusses and most of the top plate was gone in the first 20 seconds. We live on Seminary Williamsburg Road . It was definitely violent. Thankful to survive that adventure. I didn't want hear a freight train it sounded like several powerful jet engines and the thrust was in our bathroom. Between 2 minutes and twenty seconds to 2 minutes 40 seconds of unbelievable violence. Holding on to that little bar you hang a wash cloth on in a fiberglass tub/ shower . I was getting pummeled by all kinds of things and all you can do is take it and not give up . Mother nature is calling the shots and you are along for the ride.
So very.glad u and your family are.still here
God Bless
This is one of the most vividly terrifying description of this I think I've ever heard. It sounds just like my nightmare 🥴
So thankful you and yours are okay. ❤️
I was in it on tower rd in seminary it was definitely violent
Man that day was crazy. I was at my dad's in Seminary for Easter dinner, but I lived on Cold Springs right after you pass Craft Road. Luckily I didn't have any damage, but my friend lives at the opposite end right before you get to your road. He lost everything.
Hey, some constructive criticism: the background music is set a little bit high in my opinion. Reducing that volume by 10 to 15% while keeping your vocals at the same level would lessen the effect of overwhelming your narration.
That aside, great job. I really like your videos, and you do a great job narrating. I subscribed a while ago, and always enjoy when you put a new video out. Keep it up!
Thanks man I appreciate you letting me know, I'll keep that in mind for the next one.
@@CeltonHenderson Right on. Looking forward to the next one :) Take care!
Music is also super loud on modern tvs, while the voice is lowered. D: So anything adding music for effect is ruined on a tv.
I lived about 1/2 mile from the EF-3 that hit SE Chattanooga this same day. We lost power Easter Evening about 11pm and We didn’t know the Tornado had hit until the next morning when my Sister texted from KY asking if we were ok. This was the first moment when I realized something had happened. We drove around to see the “storm damage” only to realize very quickly that this was a major tornado that went through. It changed this area forever. It looked like a different place, a war zone. Where this tornado hit was a very populated area so the fact that more people didn’t die was truly a miracle. The tornado was 3/4 mile wide so the destruction was unbelievable.
My father and his family went through the tornado in that area. His sister lost her home, it crumbled like dropped lego, and the trees look like they’re cut in half. It was beautiful once, and after it was a hideous area. Luckily, although the trees are still reminders of the past, people have cleared the area and revived it.
@@michelleh5240Sadly in Chattanooga nobody survived
I live close to Seneca. That whole day was wet and chilly. I went to bed early because I knew I would be awake early to watch the weather. The difference in the temperature and humidity when I got up and went outside at 2 am was shocking and unnerving.
The storms had weakened a bit but the aforementioned Seneca storm dropped out of nowhere and I saw the debris ball right on top of the city. It hit a major manufacturing plant and the fatality was a security guard inside.
I shutter to think what would’ve happened if the storm hit at peak heating with full occupancy. We aren’t prepared or equipped for these types of situations in SC.
Fortunately, it lifted quickly before reaching me but we still had lots of tree damage around here.
The thing about living here in Mississippi is we did not have tornado sirens until after the 2011 outbreak. Well over 90% of the homes do not have basements or any underground shelters due to the high water table and the sand/clay soil, which makes basements collapse and flood. Our homes, the further south you go, are built to withstand hurricane winds, with anchor bolts in foundations, hurricane brackets on studs and roof. Any home in entire state built after 2006 is required to have these items. I have seen more tornadoes since I moved here in 2002 than I did 30 years in tornado alley, with 4 landing less than 1/4 mile from my house, one EF0 was 500 yards from my house. It is well known down here that we get massive large tornadoes we call grinders down here.
The EF scale is a joke.
Tornado: **Completely removes everything but the concrete slab under the house**
NWS: Best I can give is EF-4. And I’m taking a *BIG* risk…
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@@asuuki2048probably not constructive well enough to give anything higher
Mayfield should’ve been EF5.
The fact that the el Reno tornado is only an ef3 is ridiculous
I remember this day like it was yesterday. Because in north central Florida (where I live) was hit by a lot of tornadoes. At first, I thought they were isolated to just where I was but it turned out to be a full on outbreak.
The Florida damage was the least severe 😴😴😴
@@voiceofreason7567 still a tornado though
@@voiceofreason7567you aren’t funny mate
@@fiorettiduseigneurcapybara2492 good because I was stating a fact. Go cry.
@@voiceofreason7567 you are a troll lmao irdc
They couldn't even get the whole tornado in frame of the camera 😱
I noticed that too!
Probably the best video I’ve seen for the Bassfield EF4 Bravo Celton
thank you!
You’re severely underrated. I’ve been listening to other tornado commentators and they just seem to repeat the same facts on the story like a robot. Lists of repeated lines that get super boring. Way too much focus on the emotion of the storm rather than the facts.
You’re straight to the point, your editing looks very well done, and the way you covered the outbreak was very comprehensible. Keep up the awesome work.
I used to live in Alabama, very close to the Mississippi border. MS was maybe a ten min drive up the road from my home. However, we lived on the Gulf Coast, (Mobile County), where we were often watched/warned, but only got small, shory lived tornadoes, not the monsters that tend to hit further north in Alabama as well as Mississippi.
The shocking number of tornadoes in that area is seriously a reason I'd think twice or three times before living in the Birmingham area, or in the Delta area of Mississippi.
But when the weather is beautiful, it's just amazing! I'm back up north now, but every now & again I'll look at the sky and think it looks "Alabama blue." 💙
I love these documentaries about the horrifying storms in question. I also love the ambience music in the background, it really sets the tone
Great video guys. I remember sheltering in Monroe in a closet with the kids. It interrupted lunch. We didn’t realize the outbreak was that big till now.
I was called into work at FGH in nearby Hattiesburg, MS to take care of incoming patients. I was just finishing up Easter dinner with my family, when I got called in. It was definitely one of the most difficult nights of my career.
The most difficult nights are the most important, and the most appreciated. Thank you for helping those in need. ❤
My parents purchased a house not too long ago, that was involved in the tornado in Seneca, SC. While the house was repaired, there is still a lot of tree damage and landscape damage in the acreage behind the house. It looked as if the torado just narrowly grazed the house and wrecked havoc right behind it!
These videos are getting so good Clenton ! Keep up the amazing work
That tornado was right next to my house, I began praying that day and so did my brothers. We don't know how, but that tornado went right over our house after we finished the prayer. I'm blessed to still be alive to this day to tell myself story
I lived not far from soso in the neighboring county, used to volunteer for one of the fire departments and helped with search and rescue in mossvill that night, communication was terrible. S.O. lost track on all the reports and chaos over the radios, it messed up her computers so she was stuck with pen and paper. Keep in mind, ONE dispatcher for the whole county with nothing but a handheld left to fall back on. Soso fd was leveled. I thought we'd get forgotten again, but thank you for covering this! That monsters scar is still around.
I like the structure of your videos with the split screen path/images/radar. Also the narration and background music. First rate 👍🏻👏🏻
For context on the EF4 Estill/Nixville, SC tornado, this was the first EF4/F4 tornado in the Charleston, SC WFO area of responsibility in SC ever recorded (and only 3 EF4 in the entire KCHS WFO area of responsibility which includes several counties in SE GA) .
Also the same supercell would generate 9 tornadoes on land starting in SE GA and into SC, including the Moncks Corner EF3. the embedded supercell within the QLCS would further produce 3 more TVS's offshore including another violent looking couplet. Never seen anything like it in Lower SC and the fact this all occurred between 4am and 10am in the morning made it so highly unusual and violent for what should have been a diurnal minimum.
Say what you want. But that end bit is rubbish of an excuse. The entire house was leveled with like one or two 2x4's remaining. Saying "the way the nails were done are indicative of faulty construction is such a lame excuse. Firstly I worked construction since I was 11 years old. Primarily helping pick up tools and clean the sight until I could actually legally work but in the years I did work nowhere were we told that all buildings must be built to withstand an EF5 tornado. In fact I have never heard of that being the case. In fact most houses are generally built to withstand prolonged EF3 winds as those are more common than EF4's and happen more often. Another thing to note. That picture of the once was house in question used for the rating didn't look to have any flaws to me, it had the anchor bolts, and it had the cleets. That's proper building right there indicating that the frame was built laying down and the nails went from the bottom of the plate into a stud regardless if it was an end piece or just a 16" center. Saying "it was a high EF4" is a cop out, call it what it really is and be done with it. The winds and damages reached EF5 for a very brief moment but was unable to be sustained. The excuse of "houses being built poorly" only works if the house was brand new and had alot of cut corners. But if the house is a bit older say about 15 years old but you can see clearly that 90% of how it was built was well within code standard then you cannot say that the 10% minority matters. You can nitpick the issue of "proper building" all day long but the fact of rhe matter is that houses are never built perfectly to code, some corners will get cut intentionally or otherwise. Maybe to many nails are used and it weakens the structure, or maybe not enough and it's bot reinforced enough, maybe too much clue was used on the pipes and maybe not enough? Or how about we criticize the quality of the lumber? Maybe the lumber wasn't grade A lumber and thus had weaker structural support capabilities? See how ridiculous I can make it?
Instead of trying to over analyze the nitty gritty and excuse all little possible aspects. Maybe just take into account what actually matters? Was there anchors bolts? Yes! Were there enough as per directed by building codes? Yes! Are the anchor bolts bent/damaged/worn out in any potential fashion? Yes/no! Is there ground scoring and what's the content of the soil involved? Are trees blown down/debarked/delimbed?
Tldr: it was an EF5 and nitpicking a house that was mostly and certainly built properly isn't going to change that. A house thats exposed to an EF2 for long enough will eventually collapse as with any rating, building quality be damned.
I helped with the cleanup of the F4 Hallam tornado, and observed a well-built log structured home had been swept clean to it’s foundation with absolutely no structural remnants left anywhere in sight; whereas it’s neighboring houses next door, while devastated, had some of their structure left intact and on site. Based on that I wonder if log structures may be on an increased damage scale in violent tornadoes and therefore probably not good benchmarks.
Depends on the construction quality or the structure may have been impacted by a subvortex.
I imagine there are nuances. The home was reported as well built. In Nebraska, homes are required to withstand hurricane force winds. Not only are the studs in a typical wood structure anchored to the foundations, the roofs are strapped to the walls as well. It could have been an illegal structure though. Interesting thought about a sub vortex. The neighboring houses were less than 50 feet away. I suppose a sub vortex could squeeze in there. Anyway, my experience is only with one structure-a trivially small sampling. But I would not be comfortable in a log-built home during a tornado now, I know that much.
I’m in Louisville, two hours north of Bassfield. I came through SOSO in 2022. I started seeing damage and I said it had to be two miles wide. Actually I didn’t know just guessing until I saw the first video on it . That area is prone for tornadoes.
I grew up an hour west of Bassfield. That part of MS has more tornado warnings every year than most parts of the Plains!
@@5roundsrapid263 I have family in Prentiss . You are correct.
I lived between Seminary/Collins. Completely wiped our small community. We rode it out in my Mawmaw’s bathroom. Absolutely insane/terrifying experience but only fueled my interest in these storms.
A lot of us who become interested in weather have that one memory that sparked the fascination, sounds like this was yours. Thanks for sharing.
Luv ur vids bro...just wish they were longer...i could watch them for hours
Great video Celton!
Thanks Jungle Jay!
Great video!!! Thanks for making it!🎉
Love these types of videos. Keep it up. Also, have you gotten any luck with chasing this year?
I’ve captured quite a few sprites so far but not much severe weather has happened in Florida so far. I have an extended trip to the plains planed from mid April through all of May to capture the best for you guys. I’ll be be sure to post anything worthy that I see.
I spied the scar left behind on Google Earth. It's just barely visible from space, up to 1500km above the Earth's surface. That put into perspective how massive this tornado was.
I'm still convinced that the El Reno Tornado was a complete wallcloud drop to the ground.This one came very close too, but didn't quite make it.
NO WAY, Sir
The tree damage from the Bassfield tornado is particularly unbelievable. A whole grove of large healthy pines reduced to bare, debarked toothpicks and piles of woodchips.
I wouldnt be surprised if the tornado had EF5 winds at that point.
It most likely did.
I live in southeast LA, about 2 hours to the southwest of the areas effected in south MS.. So I remember these tornados well.. MS has a pretty bad history with tornados, I still remember the stories my mother use to tell me about the storms she experienced while growing up in MS.. I'm so glad the community where most of our family live in Biggersville, MS now have public storm shelters..
By the way, thank you so much for making this video!!
They've made it hard to be an Ef5. I think that tornado classifications need to be revised
Yes, the damage indicators need to be lowered and some removed. Too many tornadoes have been rated EF4 that clearly were of higher strength.
In the end, does it make a difference what the tornado is rated? Are people supposed to feel more honored because their homes and the lives of their loved ones were lost to an EF4 rather than an EF4?
Tornado stopped down the road from my house, I was 9 now I'm 13, I knew I probably would had died, but knowing what I know now that was a miracle I didnt
7:35 The tornado that hit Chatsworth, Ga was only 1/2 mile from my house. Most of our county is farmland and woods and mostly sparse populations. However, the tornado intensified right as it crossed over GA Hwy 286 and directly hit a trailer park, killing the 8 people. One of the victims had a twin sister and had actually covered her sister up by lying on her to save her life, while losing her own. Covid was rampant but everyone that could help was out helping that next morning. From cutting trees, and capturing livestock that had escaped when fences were damage to cooking meals for families and first responders, Murray county came together in an instant to help. I was listening to WRCBTV out of Chattanooga, Tn and the last thing Paul Barys said before the power went out was that the threat was over. Then I heard the roar and it went black.
Thank you for sharing and God bless!
I remember the boiling temperatures for most of the summer in 2020, I wasn’t in the area but for over a month it was 102 degrees in some parts. It always felt like any minute a tornado was just going to form near you and that was it.
As a native of the Southeast, the PDA Tornado Watches really stick with you in a different way. It's stressful.
each time i watch a tornado video i'm always glad that i live in the area of texas that *isn't* in tornado alley.
Same!
It's crazy that a tornado can get over 2 miles wide and not be graded an EF-5. I feel like the rating system takes away from the severity of tornadoes such as these. Another well known 2 plus mile tornado was an EF-3. I feel as if size needs to be a factor in these storms.
A wedge tornado hit northwestern Arkansas. It was over a mile wide and tracked 30 miles. What was it’s rating? Ef2. And just barely. A tornado hit Tuscaloosa Alabama in 2011 and did much stronger damage with a very small width compared to the 1 mile Arkansas tornado. Size doesn’t matter. a small one can pack a punch.
@@13_cmi Even better, Canada's only F5/EF5 was very thin, with a maximum width of 150 yards, and was still caught on video picking up a whole house and throwing it.
@@SrRageALot what about bent anchor bolts? Those usually happen in an EF-5? But the trees only had EF-4 damage? Makes no sense.
@@StevenSagerIsSuperEpic I grew up close to this town, and used to do construction. Like the video said, most houses just aren’t built that well. Very few are even anchored.
@@5roundsrapid263 But you don't go so far in determining damage. This tornado bent anchor bolts and swept the home clean off it's foundation. That is EF-5 damage. It is not fair, appropriate or kind to so severely criticize how well built a structure. This home was lived in by people who lost that home. That should temper the damage indicators. There are too many of them.
This outbreak was horrifying.We survived the one that hit Murray County,Georgia.Our community still hasn't fully recovered from it
I live in Seminary Ms. I remember my dad taking the ham out of the oven right when WDAM and the weather radio announced the Tornado Emergency. At the time, I was living on the opposite end of Cold Springs Rd in Collins that was hiy. My best friend lives on the end that was hit, and had his brick home completely leveled. I left my dad's because I heard the storm went through Cold Springs and I wanted to check on my house. Mine was fine, but then I drove less than a mile down the road and started seeing trees down in the road. I walked down the road to make it to his house and when I got to where I was supposed to be I couldn't even tell where his home used to be. Luckily, his son and fiance were at Easter dinner with her parents, but all his hunting dogs (10 of them) except one where gone.
Definitely an underrated outbreak
Leveled millions of trees? Or thousands?
Truly, I enjoy these types of videos.. Thoroughly.
Outbreak of tornadoes meaning more than one is so terrifying 🙏
I remember this like it was yesterday. I watched the local weather channel, WJTV, as they reported a tornado emergency down south. I prayed for everyone to move away or take shelter. So sad.
I was in Seneca on this day, me and my roommate took shelter in our bathroom in a second story apartment. When that freight train passed we walked out onto our balcony and there was a 200+lbs park bench lying there with its concrete foundations still attached. Maybe the scariest thing I have ever witnessed.
Its scary as shit to know that, 1: you can't fight it if you're in the path and others can't help but watch when they're miles away from the storm, and 2: the fact that it intensified when it hit the homes- deliberately leveling buildings with people inside- my best wishes go out to everyone who was effected and who could be effected in the future of these storms, as well as wishing to keep myself, friends and families safe, due to me living in Oklahoma
Rowling Forks? Lol
Great video though. Super scary and mysterious tornado. Glad to see Ethan here too. That dude is a treasure
The thing that astounds me the most, is why people are even living in these tornado prone areas? Its beyond comprehension
If you knew how big tornado Alley is you'd see how it'd be ridiculous to make it all "death valley"
@@Three3Nill Pretty sure I didnt say anything about Death Valley.......
People need to quit complaining about the ratings that scientists give to tornados they know what their doing their experienced and trained how to do their jobs
I was in North Alabama at the time and still am, it was complete and udder hell that afternoon and into the night. The sirens went off every 10 minutes pretty much, I watched the entire system rip through middle Alabama and Georgia and some got close to where I live
does anyone know the source for tha graphic at 4:55 that says "A violent tornado with peak winds of 170 to 205mph is likely ongoing"?
Looks like its from the SPC. Its from Mesoscale Discussion #360 issued at 04:20 PM.
www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/2020/md0360.html
My friend lived in Maryland and when we heard this happend we all freaked out but it turned out our friends had a vacation in the bahamas that week.thats what I call was perfect timing
This one was super close to home. I was just a mile outside of the big one. And you could see it and hear it.
Imagine if the bass field tornado hit bass field directly at peak intensity
I live in Chatsworth in ga. That tornado destroyed people's homes, trees, and a lot of other things. My family is terrified every time it storms
That was a bad morning here in Seneca. Many homes damaged or destroyed, and true, only one fatality. A auto parts facility, BorgWarner was destroyed, but quickly rebuilt. Luckily the factory was not in full operation because of Covid, or there would have been many more fatalities besides the one from the gatehouse at the entrance. Three years later most all homes are repaired or rebuilt, but the deforestation will be a constant reminder of that April morning in 2020. NWS said EF 3, half mile wide, tracked for sixteen and a quarter miles. To be a nighttime tornado, we were very lucky.
Its really weird how these tornadoes briefly increase to F4 intensity when going over towns. Almost like they were that intensity the entire time there was just no strong structures to judge them as that strong in those gaps.
I was born in LA (Louisiana) and I recently had a tornado hit near my home in Convent, we were lucky it didn't head towards my home, this was this year and im traumatized how the wind slammed on my house and how the rain was so strong it felt like a bee sting. i don't remember the ranking, but of how strict the EF scale id say A EF-0 or EF-1
After seeing the damage from the Bassfield tornado firsthand, I never want to see an EF5. Asphalt was ripped up from the road in spots, man. Been in the power industry for nearly 20 years and never seen anything like it.
All these years later there is still remnants of the EF3 that hit Seneca SC, I live near there.
why are most of these huge tornadoes rain wrapped like el reno or this?
I’d love to see one on the Murfreesboro, TN April 10th 2009 EF4!
Living in England it is impossible to grasp the scale and power of Mother nature vacuum cleaning.
The may 1970 lubbock texas tornado was going to be rated an f6. Even though there was nothing past an f5. I think it is due to the amount of destruction it caused.
I drove through the damage at Soso for work and it was endless. The only thing I noticed left standing was the liquor store which I thought was kind of providence.
I'm so sick hearing "engineers noted some structural defects so they gave it a high-end EF4 rating."
Nah... they just don't want to give any tornado that EF5 rating.
The Seneca EF3 picked a 15’x20’ sign off of the borg Warner plant and carried it 26 miles all the way to liberty South Carolina. Just a fun fact.
8:02 the first tornado of this supercell passed my house by barely a mile I think you could hear it
Wow, I can't imagine what that would have been like.
@@CeltonHenderson it was not a bad tornado just a ef1 but scary none the less
Ever since I closely studied and understood the EF rating, I wondered why it hasn't been removed already.
Instead of rating a cause of force - measurable wind speeds - it rates the conseques thereof.
It's actually ridiculous. And I've stated that for years.
I love these videos of tornados but will you be doing the one we just had the other day with nasty storms.
Shouldnt we develop a separate scale, based on tree damage, for rural and suburban areas, where structure integrity vastly varies. At least tree structural integrity is somewhat consistent, and trees are virtually everywhere across the globe, not just rural america.
Lots of factors contribute to tree damage as well including tree disease or poor soil conditions/ even lightning strike damage
I remember this well, at the time I was in a hospital literally dying from an kidney infection, I remember watching the weather channel as it was happening. I didn't live in any of the states that had that any of the tornados but i found it ironic that a tornado would happen on a holidy.
Devastating tornado, would not be surprised had this tornado not had winds in excess off 200mph, tracked over so many rural areas and relatively little if any well bolted foundations, they need to change the rating system to account for every bit of damage, including that to trees
Cool video! I like the graphics, well done.
Could you do a video of the April 1st tornado outbreak in New Jersey? Would love to see that.
The tornado emergency in Tennessee came just after midnight. We must have had at least 5 warnings that day. I've never seen anything like it.
Awesome documentary! Never knew too much about this monster. Question though: Where do you find those maps?
Can you give a specific description of the map your talking about? I can tell you how I did it if you can specify which one it is.
@@CeltonHenderson The tornado track map.
@@weathermanofthenorth1547 I’m using google maps with KMZ files of the tornado tracks overlayed on them and using an editing technique to create the tracking effects.
Could I request you doing the Maryland F4 from 2002? It was quite a shock and I can't find anything deeper on it...
I would love to see one on the Phil Campbell hackleburg EF5. Great documentaries though!
Damn, those southern States sure do go through some serious adversity. They must be a strong hearted people.
Very well done video. Great job!
There's something about my birthday that tornados like born April 27th, crazy kinda glad I live up north.
Oh my goodness, these tornadoes are just horrible, especially when these outbreaks happen at night
I lived 30 mins from there when it happened. We had sirens all night. Im no expert but I saw the damage first hand and it should have been classified as a EF5.
Great video
I cannot believe this is over three years ago. Truly a tragic event.
crazy huh?
@@CeltonHenderson: Really is!
That EF5s have reached 300+ mph is hard to even fathom...
Fantastic graphics!
There were 3 training supercells that tracked across Upstate SC during that outbreak, I had never seen anything like it around these parts.