My mom lost her house in Cullman, AL and, just hours later, my dad lost his house in Athens, AL. That was a horrific day for me. My husband and I loaded up our pets and started towards my mom's house right after they were hit, her home was still safer than the double wide trailer that we were renting at the time and, we knew that more tornadoes were expected. We had heard the first one come through while standing on our front deck. It should have taken us 15 minutes to drive to my mom's house but, it ended up taking 2 hours to find a clear road to get there. Once we arrived at mom's house, I received a text from my dad that said, "House is gone, we're alive." I lost my $hit at that moment, I had been running off of pure adrenaline up until that exact point. I thank God that my family was spared, although my bonus mom broke her leg while trying to get out of what was left of their home. Sadly, my dad was robbed twice during the rebuild of his home. The first instance, they went in after the plumbing and wiring was installed. The second instance, they tried to steal the central air unit and their truck sunk in the newly laid sod, thank God. They ran and left their truck, claiming that it had been stolen. He was a convicted felon that was currently on probation, not surprisingly.
God bless you and your family I’m so sorry to hear all that went on, I live in Marion County (Winfield,Guin) so most of what came thru us hit y’all next and it was BAD all day and night just thankful to have made it thru 🙏God bless
I am so sorry too here that, these things can be beautiful dancing thru a wheat field. They can also be dragons in the dark. I was in the Marines at the time of the Jarrel EF5 that just removed that town from the face of the Earth. I was part of dog recovery team, we were looking for bodies, I can tell you this no one we found was in one piece they had been torn to pieces, a man and his wife had been sucked from their basement thru a hole the size of a tire. I still have nightmares and cold sweats as I watch that thing just sitting and spinning. People a mile away reported bloody rain I mean how do you respond to that? This is most of the time not reported do to the shock, I think they people that go on chase tours, and hobby chasing gets people killed. God bless you and yours.
I was in South Huntsville. We weren’t directly hit, but our water heater exploded when the power went out. We had two small kids and didn’t have enough money for a hotel, but we had no water. We stayed in Nashville on cots at my uncle’s church because all relatives in Birmingham were sheltering other people. I accidentally set my hair on fire taking out my contacts by candle light, lol
This supercell was absolutely insane. It was responsible for producing the Philadelphia, MS EF5, this tornado(Cordova, AL EF4), the Rainsville, AL EF5 and the Ringgold GA EF4
That is the kind of career that I doubt few storms throughout history have ever been able to put on their résumé. At least two of those are easy candidates for being in the top ten strongest or most violent tornados ever.
Those horizontal vortices are some of the most sinister looking tentacles ever. The updraft is so hungry for more air that the tornado is spitting out mini funnels.
I've always considered the Hackleburg / Phil Campbell tornado to be the most terrifying tornado. This one is definitely a second. At times with its shape it almost seemed unreal. Then the dual rotations as well. I never knew we almost had a set of twins before this video.
Hackleburg was terrifying because you couldn’t see it. Tuscaloosa was terrifying because it seemed to have personality as it drilled into the dirt. This one was terrifying because of the sheer size and strength like a wall of death. Every killer on this day had it’s own creepy characteristics. You name a tornado and any of the tornadoes on this day could beat it in a fight. If I ever see a tornado anywhere near as powerful as these I know I’ll have a bad day coming.
I couldn’t come up with anything to describe this one other than chubby. It’s just overall scary looking. That whachamacallit cloud on top with a tornado coming out is terrifying. The ef4 in Iowa this year was similar. Creepy.
Great footage compilation! No matter what anyone says, when that big meso was on the ground crossing the road, that was a TORNADO, not just a meso on the ground. Look at that motion behind and in front of it. It was doing at least EF1 damage around the edges, no matter how big the actual condensation funnel was. Thanks for this.
Rotation, not motion. A tornado rotates. Water has motion. Two totally different things, yet for some odd reason people like using the word motion to describe the Rotation of a tornado 🌪. Everyone does it, even storm chasers. SMH, it baffles me why they like using motion, when Rotation is the correct verbiage. I think people like the emotional feeling of the word MOTION.
Over 200 tornadoes touched down during this Super Outbreak of 2011 . More 300 people died with thousands injured . Fifteen violent tornadoes occured with dozens of EF 2 and EF3 rated tornadoes . This outbreak proved that extremely deadly tornado outbreaks can and do still take place in the modern era of advanced technology and earlier warnings .
The eerie thing about the tornadoes on that day was that they seemed to strengthen as they entered highly-populated areas and then weaken just to recycle before approaching the next town or city.
Just because tornados were rated EF4 and EF5 does not mean that they were wedges. There have been plenty of Cone, Stove pipe and Drill bit tornados rated EF4 and EF5.
7:32 this is a great example why women tend to live longer than men. However, amazing video. Without men being "exceptionally brave", we would lack a lot of amazing video.
@@spiderfox1988I didn't know not to until a couple months ago. We don't get tornados here very often, the first serious one in a century was last year. Growing up, I heard all the time that you should seek shelter under an overpass in movies and shows and just people repeating what they've seen. And in some of the newer ones, there is a little spot behind a steel wall that is safe to climb in and hide. Some also have built in shelters because of the myth. But who knows which ones these are, so it's only safe to gamble with when you don't have any other option.
8:03-16:01 They appear to be on the Cordova-Gorgas Rd. (Walker County Rt. 61) overpass of I-22, looking west and then north; roughly the same angle and possibly a little closer than the view Tim Coleman and Brian Peters had as they were narrating the tornado's approach to Cordova live on ABC 33/40.
16:00 Remember, kids, that's a *tornado on the ground.* There's plenty of motion around it and there's at least one horizontal vortex spawning off it (16:45), a hallmark of violent tornadoes. That thing looked like death and the people filming it were very, very lucky it didn't hang a right turn at the speed it was going.
@@The-GreenHornetMaybe so but most storm chasers, hell a lot of field researchers, use the term motion to refer to both rotational and vector motion. With big tornadoes it all looks linear even if it's not, and photogrammetry of it is still a good way of estimating wind speeds.
The southern tornado belt is no joke I believe it's more powerful than tornado Alley that goes up from Texas to Kansas, I live just an hour away from Tuscaloosa that tornado hit in April of 2011 I lived in carbon Hill between carbon Hill and the surrounding areas we got those effects from the tuskaloosa storm Alabama don't play around when it comes to tornadoes and devastating storms may God watch over and protect everyone I made those who lost their lives rest in peace
I agree with you on the southern tornado belt is more frequent than tornado alley from Texas to Nebraska generally speaking. You have more humidity down there so much more huge violent 🌪 tornadoes. Although Moore Oklahoma has had some monster tornadoes... 1999 Bridge Creek was the fastest wind speed ever recorded @ 318 mph at one point, big F5.
Tornadoes in the southeast are certainly more dangerous, sometimes for reasons that have less to do with the tornadoes and more to do with the differences in geography.
Yeah, the southern belt is more densely populated than the plains, and let's not forget all the mountains and hills. Those things can sneak up on you real quickly in the south, especially in a state like MS that is so densely forested. That is a big reason why Dixie is chasing. It requires some level of experience and, honestly, good driving skills. You're going to be carving through so many twisting and turning roads that you cannot take your eyes off those roads for one second.
An interesting structure is captured toward the end of this composition: a plate or halo like structure. Not really a wall cloud. Cannot recall having seen similar.
I ve seen so many warnings about sheltering from a tornado underneath overpasses.. If its an overpass or the divided hwy median 18" ditch , Ill take my chances under the overpass between the girders any day of the week , twice on Sunday. If its between the two.
Hi. FYI, there were two violent tornadoes that struck Oklahoma in 2010 & the spring of 2011 that proved your instincts wrong. In both cases, the tornadoes struck a highway overpass where people were taking cover. Despite the fact that they took cover behind iron beams, several were killed & a number of them were either decapitated, lost limbs, or were impaled by debris. Furthermore, several people who had parked under the overpass were killed when their vehicle was thrown hundreds of feet. Why? Well, the area under the bridge squeezed tornadic winds & debris, much like when one partially blocks a garden hose with their finger. Because the winds & debris had less room under the bridge, it accelerated the winds & debris as it filled the space between the ground, the concrete on either side of the highway, and the bridge overhead. Why do people still hide in overpasses when a tornado approaches? Unfortunately, there was a video from the famous April 26, 1991 tornado outbreak in Kansas (which included the Andover F-5) that showed a family & other people taking cover up under the bridge as a tornado paralleled the highway & approached them. The video then skipped to after the tornado passed, with everyone crying but unharmed. Unfortunately, the video - used quite often in documentaries - did not show the fact that the tornado actually veered a bit farther from the highway before it reached the bridge, and it actually crossed the road that goes over the highway a few hundred feet away from the bridge. So, the people in the video did not survive because they took cover under the bridge, they survived unhurt because the tornado did not hit the bridge. So...what to do? Well, the best answer is don't get caught in those sorts of situations if at all possible. Realistically, meteorologists at the SPC have gotten quite good with predicting ahead of time the day & area where tornadoes are possible or likely. Also, the NWS has become quite good with issuing severe thunderstorm/tornado watches & warnings with enough time for people to take action. Furthermore, the NWS & local media do a fantastic job of tracking tornadoes & predicting where they are likely to travel after they have touched down. So, if people in states where tornadoes occur pay attention to the forecast every day, and monitor conditions/watches/warnings on days where dangerous weather is likely, there is no reason for anyone to be caught out on the road when a tornado puts them in grave danger. The safest way to ride out severe weather, including tornadoes, is to stay off the roads & highways.
I wish I could show a snap shot of the F5 in Rainsville AL, that killed many people but bodies were recovered in a town miles away!!! Hit a Huddle House..all those glass windows and no survivors!!! Bad thing was they had a freezer… no one thought of that…only thing left standing..😢😢😢
This tornado is one of the most forgotten violent ones. Not only that its the longest tracked tornado of the outbreak if you count the phil campbell tornado being 2 tornadoes which is confirmed by radar
@@scarpfish You'd be surprised... TornadoTalk has done some excellent research on the Hackleburg tornado and has confirmed through thorough analysis that the EF5's track was not 132 miles long, but 103. The Second Tornado touched down near Huntland, TN where it dealt EF3-level damage.
What a beast!! Did anyone notice the series of "black dots" that appeared and disappeared in the sky around 30:32? There's another one at 30:59 and 31:17. Is it debris?
I was in Tuscaloosa that day and that is definitely a story but it's WILD seeing some of these clips where you see damage from the morning event with a huge EF4 bearing down on you.
What's with all the profanity these days? I sometimes cuss briefly when startled or outraged (and it can be bad), but to talk like that all the time sounds ignorant and uncouth.
@@billtomson5791 It's just a way some people flow with their words. Instead of um's or ah's, in a way. When I'm with friends, we cuss throughout our conversations. I filmed a tornado approaching me a few years ago, it ended up hitting the building I took shelter in. Ef-1. I cussed approximately 30 times in a 2 minute video.
Honestly every time I look at that thing,I always wonder how Tuscaloosa was bigger,because that was 4/5ths of a mile and Tuscaloosa was 1 1/2. And honestly,to me,that thing should've been rated a fucking EF5.
@@heatherstub 200 mph is a F4. The EF rating system classifies higher ratings for lower wind speeds. Example: A EF rating of a EF 5 is 200 mph, when in the past F rating system 200 mph would be a F4, not a 5.
Because most people in states such as Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, etc do not have a lot of money, so they can't afford to keep purchasing the latest & greatest technology. They tend to keep what they've purchased (..the same applies to vehicles, homes, etc..).
I wonder if that couple at around 8 minute mark that yelled to their kids to get in the bath tub, if they made it out ok? Anyone know if they are still alive and well?
So many satellites around one of them the 3d or 4th one . Peace out "stay safe this spring in tornado ally . Gadsden Alabama they were all around us on that horrible day . but we were very luck nothing but light debris falling everywhere
after being a virtual storm chaser for a long time... just realized i know more about Reform...Sipsey...Arab...Phil Campbell...than i do about the next town over from me...which would be Ft. Worth, TX...lol
Unfortunately, a lot of people who were staying 'weather aware' were seriously injured or killed anyway. This was due to the fact that many structures in "Dixie Alley" are not very sturdy (eg mobile homes, manufactured homes, trailers..), and/or they are not built according to code. Furthermore, most homes & businesses do not have a basement, and many folks cannot afford an above ground or below ground storm shelter. And, to make things worse, a significant number of tornadoes that hit populated areas were very strong/violent & caused EF-3, EF-4 and/or EF-5 level damage, so even if folks took cover, their homes were seriously damaged/destroyed. Last, unlike traditional "Tornado Alley", the states where this Super Outbreak occurred have a hilly terrain & a lot of large, mature trees. So, because these tornadoes that day were travelling along the ground at 60 to 70pmh, people who were not paying attention to the ongoing weather situation would not have seen & heard the tornado approaching them until it was too late.
25:00. What a horrendous annoyance. Imagine having to live with something that produces those sounds when IT opens ITS mouth. It would be more than enough to drive someone into being jealous of the residents of the local cemetery. Good Lordy. The beast goes ROOOAAAAARRRRR and I'm not talking about the tornado.
So what you are actually seeing is a very low wall cloud with the tornado embedded in it. The cloud bases on this day were extremely low which contributed to the rapid development and intensification of these tornadoes. The Arab and Birmingham tornadoes also had extremely low wall cloud bases.
bro at 16:45 that is called a sub vortices, or multiple vortex. tornadoes outside the main tornadoes are called satellites.. You should learn a little bit more about this type of phenomenon, before you start trying to film them.. You would be more help to society instead by helping with search and rescue.
@patmo131 Maybe they have never had someone show them from the scriptures how serious it is to do that. Also, they may have never had someone work with them to use other, more appropriate words to use instead of profanity. That is why it is so important to teach others God's view of profanity and how to stop using it.
SERIOUSLY I don't understand how or why the Lord makes me feel so much devastation of spirit when those tornados rip through the Southern and Midwestern parts of the country: when these white BIGOTED people have to experince this stuff. If you aren't a bigot I'm not talking about YOU. But it breaks my heart to see these videos and KNOW that people are dying; or simply being terrified at the passing of one of these storms. I only think about fathers and mothers calling to their children to "GET INSIDE". Or seeing a camera go dark and hearing the screams when they're trapped in a shelter while the tornado is ripping their homes apart WITH THEM IN IT!!!! It devastates my spirit. I've always been a compassionate guy. I mean from birth. This is the spirit that the Lord gave me. So I'm hurt when others are hurt. I didn't even begin to understand it until the Lord Jesus began to speak to me as an older teen (17 or 18) living in a shelter in NYC. I just HATE to see or witness ANYONE being harmed or hurt and not being able to DO SOMETHING to help. Right now I don't think I can watch anymore of this video. I won't be able to sleep if I do.
@nathaniellollis3868 God is trying to show you to have compassion for people and stop putting labels on them. Compassionate people simply see people suffering and don't see or care about what kind of people they are. Bigoted people should not suffer from any natural disaster just as you should not have to. They deserve compassion and empathy just as you do.
This was multiple clips and shots by many random,amateur,normal people that just happened to catch a glimpse of this beast that day. On their regular phones. That were then compiled into an entire video. These aren't professionals with professional equipment. And yes when you are in the vicinity of a tornado there's alot of wind noise.
My mom lost her house in Cullman, AL and, just hours later, my dad lost his house in Athens, AL. That was a horrific day for me. My husband and I loaded up our pets and started towards my mom's house right after they were hit, her home was still safer than the double wide trailer that we were renting at the time and, we knew that more tornadoes were expected. We had heard the first one come through while standing on our front deck. It should have taken us 15 minutes to drive to my mom's house but, it ended up taking 2 hours to find a clear road to get there. Once we arrived at mom's house, I received a text from my dad that said, "House is gone, we're alive." I lost my $hit at that moment, I had been running off of pure adrenaline up until that exact point. I thank God that my family was spared, although my bonus mom broke her leg while trying to get out of what was left of their home.
Sadly, my dad was robbed twice during the rebuild of his home. The first instance, they went in after the plumbing and wiring was installed. The second instance, they tried to steal the central air unit and their truck sunk in the newly laid sod, thank God. They ran and left their truck, claiming that it had been stolen. He was a convicted felon that was currently on probation, not surprisingly.
Probably one of Obama's finest.
@@williammurray8060 probably a son of some1 that look just like obama
God bless you and your family I’m so sorry to hear all that went on, I live in Marion County (Winfield,Guin) so most of what came thru us hit y’all next and it was BAD all day and night just thankful to have made it thru 🙏God bless
I am so sorry too here that, these things can be beautiful dancing thru a wheat field. They can also be dragons in the dark. I was in the Marines at the time of the Jarrel EF5 that just removed that town from the face of the Earth. I was part of dog recovery team, we were looking for bodies, I can tell you this no one we found was in one piece they had been torn to pieces, a man and his wife had been sucked from their basement thru a hole the size of a tire. I still have nightmares and cold sweats as I watch that thing just sitting and spinning. People a mile away reported bloody rain I mean how do you respond to that? This is most of the time not reported do to the shock, I think they people that go on chase tours, and hobby chasing gets people killed. God bless you and yours.
I was in South Huntsville. We weren’t directly hit, but our water heater exploded when the power went out. We had two small kids and didn’t have enough money for a hotel, but we had no water. We stayed in Nashville on cots at my uncle’s church because all relatives in Birmingham were sheltering other people. I accidentally set my hair on fire taking out my contacts by candle light, lol
25:40 "Hell nah, I ain't f***ing with that sh**!" Purer words have never been spoken.
25:23 Hmmm... Maybe I'm hearing tings, but it sound's like an N word was thrown out there.
@@CurrentRapCurrents, sounds like it to me, too. Just ghetto type speak. Nothing with malicious intent.
@@johndeeregreen4592 Not ghetto type speak... More like redneck type speak.
This supercell was absolutely insane. It was responsible for producing the Philadelphia, MS EF5, this tornado(Cordova, AL EF4), the Rainsville, AL EF5 and the Ringgold GA EF4
That is the kind of career that I doubt few storms throughout history have ever been able to put on their résumé. At least two of those are easy candidates for being in the top ten strongest or most violent tornados ever.
Ultimate show off storm....😳
Those horizontal vortices are some of the most sinister looking tentacles ever. The updraft is so hungry for more air that the tornado is spitting out mini funnels.
I call it the Reaper's Sickle, because if you are seeing that it means the tornado is really powerful (as well the Dead Man walking thing).
Just four minutes into it and I'm astonished by the footage. Thanks for sharing.
I've always considered the Hackleburg / Phil Campbell tornado to be the most terrifying tornado. This one is definitely a second. At times with its shape it almost seemed unreal. Then the dual rotations as well. I never knew we almost had a set of twins before this video.
You would consider the Smithville tornado as a number 1 if you saw the damage it left
@@MrVietDonger-y9l the Philadelphia, MS from the same outbreak as well.
Very similar ground scouring and trench digging.
Hackleburg was terrifying because you couldn’t see it. Tuscaloosa was terrifying because it seemed to have personality as it drilled into the dirt. This one was terrifying because of the sheer size and strength like a wall of death. Every killer on this day had it’s own creepy characteristics. You name a tornado and any of the tornadoes on this day could beat it in a fight. If I ever see a tornado anywhere near as powerful as these I know I’ll have a bad day coming.
I couldn’t come up with anything to describe this one other than chubby. It’s just overall scary looking. That whachamacallit cloud on top with a tornado coming out is terrifying. The ef4 in Iowa this year was similar. Creepy.
@@13_cmi
The wall cloud is what you were thinking of, that is formed before the funnel cloud drops from it.
Great footage compilation! No matter what anyone says, when that big meso was on the ground crossing the road, that was a TORNADO, not just a meso on the ground. Look at that motion behind and in front of it. It was doing at least EF1 damage around the edges, no matter how big the actual condensation funnel was. Thanks for this.
Rotation, not motion.
A tornado rotates.
Water has motion.
Two totally different things, yet for some odd reason people like using the word motion to describe the Rotation of a tornado 🌪.
Everyone does it, even storm chasers.
SMH, it baffles me why they like using motion, when Rotation is the correct verbiage.
I think people like the emotional feeling of the word MOTION.
@@The-GreenHornetmotion is movement…. Hope this helps
The Cordova tornado that hit in the afternoon came right over my house. I live in Parrish. My Mother and cousin saw it.
Over 200 tornadoes touched down during this Super Outbreak of 2011 . More 300 people died with thousands injured . Fifteen violent tornadoes occured with dozens of EF 2 and EF3 rated tornadoes . This outbreak proved that extremely deadly tornado outbreaks can and do still take place in the modern era of advanced technology and earlier warnings .
There were 4 EF5 tornadoes in that outbreak as well.
@@Sj430 Tuscaloosa should've been.
@@ILoveOldTWC nah but the Houston-New Wren should have.
Or since there has not been an EF5 since HAARP changed ownership in 2014, it proves there was some hardcore weather engineering going on until then
@@Sj430Throw in original El Reno and the horrific Joplin later on and 2011 was a hellava year....
The eerie thing about the tornadoes on that day was that they seemed to strengthen as they entered highly-populated areas and then weaken just to recycle before approaching the next town or city.
This supercell tracked from Philadelphia, MS to Virginia producing two EF5s and two EF4s…
That's insane
At times this supercell was moving at nearly 80 mph and was responsible for 81 of the 324 deaths from the outbreak.
That means all were wedges!
Just because tornados were rated EF4 and EF5 does not mean that they were wedges. There have been plenty of Cone, Stove pipe and Drill bit tornados rated EF4 and EF5.
For example, the F5 Cincinnati/Sayler Park tornado during the 1974 Super Outbreak was a drill bit tornado.
7:32 this is a great example why women tend to live longer than men. However, amazing video. Without men being "exceptionally brave", we would lack a lot of amazing video.
"THURR IT IZ, BRIAN!" 😂😂😂 idk why but that cracked me up when he said that shit
While pointing at it like no one else could see where it was. LMAO
(hail slams into vehicle) "I think we're beginning to get hail."
I love tornados yet still respect them
Never seek shelter under an overpass .
True because of wind increase like a tunnel but in rare cases I think a strong enough tornado 🌪️ could blow away the overpass bridge 🌉
Ever!
I don’t get why people do it when it’s well known that your not supposed to. 🤦🏼♀️
@spiderfox1488 because real life isn't a RUclips video and fear will make you do things in the moment that are irrational.
@@spiderfox1988I didn't know not to until a couple months ago. We don't get tornados here very often, the first serious one in a century was last year. Growing up, I heard all the time that you should seek shelter under an overpass in movies and shows and just people repeating what they've seen. And in some of the newer ones, there is a little spot behind a steel wall that is safe to climb in and hide. Some also have built in shelters because of the myth. But who knows which ones these are, so it's only safe to gamble with when you don't have any other option.
Amazing and terrifying power. Sad that some fluffy little clouds can be so down right angry.
why oh why wont people film in landscape????
8:03-16:01 They appear to be on the Cordova-Gorgas Rd. (Walker County Rt. 61) overpass of I-22, looking west and then north; roughly the same angle and possibly a little closer than the view Tim Coleman and Brian Peters had as they were narrating the tornado's approach to Cordova live on ABC 33/40.
16:00 Remember, kids, that's a *tornado on the ground.* There's plenty of motion around it and there's at least one horizontal vortex spawning off it (16:45), a hallmark of violent tornadoes. That thing looked like death and the people filming it were very, very lucky it didn't hang a right turn at the speed it was going.
Rotation, not motion.
Tornadoes 🌪 rotate, water has motion. Two totally different things.
Everyone loves using motion, but that is incorrect verbiage.
@@The-GreenHornetMaybe so but most storm chasers, hell a lot of field researchers, use the term motion to refer to both rotational and vector motion. With big tornadoes it all looks linear even if it's not, and photogrammetry of it is still a good way of estimating wind speeds.
The southern tornado belt is no joke I believe it's more powerful than tornado Alley that goes up from Texas to Kansas, I live just an hour away from Tuscaloosa that tornado hit in April of 2011 I lived in carbon Hill between carbon Hill and the surrounding areas we got those effects from the tuskaloosa storm Alabama don't play around when it comes to tornadoes and devastating storms may God watch over and protect everyone I made those who lost their lives rest in peace
I agree with you on the southern tornado belt is more frequent than tornado alley from Texas to Nebraska generally speaking.
You have more humidity down there so much more huge violent 🌪 tornadoes.
Although Moore Oklahoma has had some monster tornadoes... 1999 Bridge Creek was the fastest wind speed ever recorded @ 318 mph at one point, big F5.
Tornadoes in the southeast are certainly more dangerous, sometimes for reasons that have less to do with the tornadoes and more to do with the differences in geography.
Yeah, the southern belt is more densely populated than the plains, and let's not forget all the mountains and hills. Those things can sneak up on you real quickly in the south, especially in a state like MS that is so densely forested. That is a big reason why Dixie is chasing. It requires some level of experience and, honestly, good driving skills. You're going to be carving through so many twisting and turning roads that you cannot take your eyes off those roads for one second.
17:02
A clear wedge Tornado with horizontal vortices, indicating violent strength
Recorder: "Wanna go chase it?"
Crazy footage nice job
Good catch. Really Good Catch!!!
Neat horizontal vortex action with this tornado
What a beautiful Picture - the Barn in the middle of that open green field with the Tornado in the background. (end of Video)
An interesting structure is captured toward the end of this composition: a plate or halo like structure. Not really a wall cloud. Cannot recall having seen similar.
It would be nice if any of these people could actually hold the camera steady
To be fair those old iPhones and flip phones had no image stabilization whatsoever, so this is what you'd end up with 🤷🏻♀️
@@KaileyB616 Plus, they were scared.
I ve seen so many warnings about sheltering from a tornado underneath overpasses.. If its an overpass or the divided hwy median 18" ditch , Ill take my chances under the overpass between the girders any day of the week , twice on Sunday. If its between the two.
Hi. FYI, there were two violent tornadoes that struck Oklahoma in 2010 & the spring of 2011 that proved your instincts wrong. In both cases, the tornadoes struck a highway overpass where people were taking cover. Despite the fact that they took cover behind iron beams, several were killed & a number of them were either decapitated, lost limbs, or were impaled by debris. Furthermore, several people who had parked under the overpass were killed when their vehicle was thrown hundreds of feet.
Why? Well, the area under the bridge squeezed tornadic winds & debris, much like when one partially blocks a garden hose with their finger. Because the winds & debris had less room under the bridge, it accelerated the winds & debris as it filled the space between the ground, the concrete on either side of the highway, and the bridge overhead.
Why do people still hide in overpasses when a tornado approaches? Unfortunately, there was a video from the famous April 26, 1991 tornado outbreak in Kansas (which included the Andover F-5) that showed a family & other people taking cover up under the bridge as a tornado paralleled the highway & approached them. The video then skipped to after the tornado passed, with everyone crying but unharmed. Unfortunately, the video - used quite often in documentaries - did not show the fact that the tornado actually veered a bit farther from the highway before it reached the bridge, and it actually crossed the road that goes over the highway a few hundred feet away from the bridge. So, the people in the video did not survive because they took cover under the bridge, they survived unhurt because the tornado did not hit the bridge.
So...what to do? Well, the best answer is don't get caught in those sorts of situations if at all possible. Realistically, meteorologists at the SPC have gotten quite good with predicting ahead of time the day & area where tornadoes are possible or likely. Also, the NWS has become quite good with issuing severe thunderstorm/tornado watches & warnings with enough time for people to take action. Furthermore, the NWS & local media do a fantastic job of tracking tornadoes & predicting where they are likely to travel after they have touched down. So, if people in states where tornadoes occur pay attention to the forecast every day, and monitor conditions/watches/warnings on days where dangerous weather is likely, there is no reason for anyone to be caught out on the road when a tornado puts them in grave danger. The safest way to ride out severe weather, including tornadoes, is to stay off the roads & highways.
I wish I could show a snap shot of the F5 in Rainsville AL, that killed many people but bodies were recovered in a town miles away!!! Hit a Huddle House..all those glass windows and no survivors!!! Bad thing was they had a freezer… no one thought of that…only thing left standing..😢😢😢
This tornado is one of the most forgotten violent ones. Not only that its the longest tracked tornado of the outbreak if you count the phil campbell tornado being 2 tornadoes which is confirmed by radar
Umm no. If it were two tornadoes they'd list it that way in the records.
@@scarpfish You'd be surprised...
TornadoTalk has done some excellent research on the Hackleburg tornado and has confirmed through thorough analysis that the EF5's track was not 132 miles long, but 103. The Second Tornado touched down near Huntland, TN where it dealt EF3-level damage.
Insane video 😳
What a beast!! Did anyone notice the series of "black dots" that appeared and disappeared in the sky around 30:32? There's another one at 30:59 and 31:17. Is it debris?
I was in Tuscaloosa that day and that is definitely a story but it's WILD seeing some of these clips where you see damage from the morning event with a huge EF4 bearing down on you.
That is an evil looking tornado.
Home videos are the best
we need a special type of tornado category when it looks like a parallelogram (for example this and rolling fork)
This was a very powerful tornado 🌪️
Which tornado is this at 16:00 ?
How big did that one get? Wow!
It's terrifying to see that many instances of people outside filming while having no clue ad to where the tornado is at.
at 25.46. i believe i would be praying instead of cussing every word.
I would've cussed way more than that.
Right
Nope, I would have said a prayer and resorted the colorful language, too.
What's with all the profanity these days? I sometimes cuss briefly when startled or outraged (and it can be bad), but to talk like that all the time sounds ignorant and uncouth.
@@billtomson5791 It's just a way some people flow with their words. Instead of um's or ah's, in a way. When I'm with friends, we cuss throughout our conversations. I filmed a tornado approaching me a few years ago, it ended up hitting the building I took shelter in. Ef-1. I cussed approximately 30 times in a 2 minute video.
time & location (geographical) stamps would be awesome. i regularly reference google maps when tracking paths.
Most but not all of NE Mississippi just dodged the bullitt then. We bought an above ground shelter after that day
Wow! You could tell how violent that tornado was 😢
Honestly every time I look at that thing,I always wonder how Tuscaloosa was bigger,because that was 4/5ths of a mile and Tuscaloosa was 1 1/2. And honestly,to me,that thing should've been rated a fucking EF5.
Wasn't it clocked at 190 MPH? If it were 200 MPH or higher, it would have been an EF5.
@@heatherstub yeah. But I also mean the Cordova EF4. Just on sheer damage alone,some of these should've been EF5
@@heatherstub 200 mph is a F4.
The EF rating system classifies higher ratings for lower wind speeds.
Example: A EF rating of a EF 5 is 200 mph, when in the past F rating system 200 mph would be a F4, not a 5.
That's right. In the old Fujita Scale, an F5 started at 267 MPH. @@The-GreenHornet
Why does everyone have cameras like it's still the 90's?
I'm guessing because some of them were filming with shitty flip phones or one of the first models of iPhones
Because most people in states such as Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, etc do not have a lot of money, so they can't afford to keep purchasing the latest & greatest technology. They tend to keep what they've purchased (..the same applies to vehicles, homes, etc..).
Since when did I see this bc I’m in blountsville
Also which tornado is this?
look at the title
Brian and James are very excited!😂 dorks!😂
I wonder if that couple at around 8 minute mark that yelled to their kids to get in the bath tub, if they made it out ok? Anyone know if they are still alive and well?
Mamia🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
16:56 too bad he didn't have image stabilization ☠️
I'd be shaking, too.
Sure looks like a large, multi-vortex/wedge tornado!
Lord have mercy!!!! Head for the basement!!!
25:15 when you realize that place was fed before the tornado. 😂
17:20 he says your safe here to somone, he should have just said dont get closer
That's a monster
So many satellites around one of them the 3d or 4th one . Peace out "stay safe this spring in tornado ally . Gadsden Alabama they were all around us on that horrible day . but we were very luck nothing but light debris falling everywhere
"Satellites?" Do you mean those random black dots that appeared and disappeared at 30:32? I can't figure out what they are. Debris maybe?
@19:25 "there it is, Bryan!" 😂
after being a virtual storm chaser for a long time...
just realized i know more about Reform...Sipsey...Arab...Phil Campbell...than i do about the next town over from me...which would be Ft. Worth, TX...lol
Nice shot but have to say a little less tape and a little more chase in the future
THERE IT IS BRIAN !!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😅
Dorks!
38:30 May Seem like Not Nelli 😮❤1à😅😊😊 by
Currents in the ocean cause water nadors but no one goes to the bottom to observe this freak event . Do you believe me. I hope not
Man that thing looks like a nuclear bomb
that was a huge tornado
It’s easy to understand why over 300 people died that day when you watch this video so many ignorant people.
Unfortunately, a lot of people who were staying 'weather aware' were seriously injured or killed anyway. This was due to the fact that many structures in "Dixie Alley" are not very sturdy (eg mobile homes, manufactured homes, trailers..), and/or they are not built according to code.
Furthermore, most homes & businesses do not have a basement, and many folks cannot afford an above ground or below ground storm shelter. And, to make things worse, a significant number of tornadoes that hit populated areas were very strong/violent & caused EF-3, EF-4 and/or EF-5 level damage, so even if folks took cover, their homes were seriously damaged/destroyed.
Last, unlike traditional "Tornado Alley", the states where this Super Outbreak occurred have a hilly terrain & a lot of large, mature trees. So, because these tornadoes that day were travelling along the ground at 60 to 70pmh, people who were not paying attention to the ongoing weather situation would not have seen & heard the tornado approaching them until it was too late.
22:10 dead man walking
You must be a high I just see a blob😂
You had one shot of a life time and you screwed it up with the shaking.🤦♂️
25:22 you said nigga
no he said its a dang bigun
Yeah, he did. 😆
Good lord that wind is obnoxious sounding
25.46
25:00. What a horrendous annoyance. Imagine having to live with something that produces those sounds when IT opens ITS mouth. It would be more than enough to drive someone into being jealous of the residents of the local cemetery. Good Lordy. The beast goes ROOOAAAAARRRRR and I'm not talking about the tornado.
I like most of your videos but dude some of these clips are annoying and show nothing
16:33 no way that entire thing is a tornado 🌪️? 😱
Yep, that be missive nater.
So what you are actually seeing is a very low wall cloud with the tornado embedded in it. The cloud bases on this day were extremely low which contributed to the rapid development and intensification of these tornadoes. The Arab and Birmingham tornadoes also had extremely low wall cloud bases.
the actual funnel is inside of the condensation (which makes is look solid) the tors that day were 1.5 miles wide at times
hey bro filming at 12:00 if you shake like this filming tornados, you probably shouldn't be filming tornados.. Just my observation.
Hopefully that ambulance wasn't need too much....
"You know your a Redneck when"... you scream cuss 🤬 at your kids when there's a tornado......your going to chase a tornado for $2.35 worfa gass
Please don't stand in the middle of the road.
Tomado seasoning
That’s an F6
no it wasnt.
That's a picture of the Arab one
bro at 16:45 that is called a sub vortices, or multiple vortex. tornadoes outside the main tornadoes are called satellites.. You should learn a little bit more about this type of phenomenon, before you start trying to film them.. You would be more help to society instead by helping with search and rescue.
If you can't comment without sounding like smarta$$ know-it-all you probably shouldn't comment...
25:23 Hmmm... Maybe I'm hearing tings, but it sound's like an N word was thrown out there.
maybe.... coincidentially........
nah i hear it too
Dead Men Walking 108:19.
It hit the Waffle House!
Instead of continually taking the Lord’s name in vain, these people should be praying to Him.
@patmo131 Maybe they have never had someone show them from the scriptures how serious it is to do that. Also, they may have never had someone work with them to use other, more appropriate words to use instead of profanity. That is why it is so important to teach others God's view of profanity and how to stop using it.
First guy, great no screaming and instead you let mother nature talk
Get a wind sock or get your device out of the wind, annoying.
SERIOUSLY I don't understand how or why the Lord makes me feel so much devastation of spirit when those tornados rip through the Southern and Midwestern parts of the country: when these white BIGOTED people have to experince this stuff. If you aren't a bigot I'm not talking about YOU. But it breaks my heart to see these videos and KNOW that people are dying; or simply being terrified at the passing of one of these storms. I only think about fathers and mothers calling to their children to "GET INSIDE". Or seeing a camera go dark and hearing the screams when they're trapped in a shelter while the tornado is ripping their homes apart WITH THEM IN IT!!!! It devastates my spirit. I've always been a compassionate guy. I mean from birth. This is the spirit that the Lord gave me. So I'm hurt when others are hurt. I didn't even begin to understand it until the Lord Jesus began to speak to me as an older teen (17 or 18) living in a shelter in NYC. I just HATE to see or witness ANYONE being harmed or hurt and not being able to DO SOMETHING to help. Right now I don't think I can watch anymore of this video. I won't be able to sleep if I do.
@nathaniellollis3868 God is trying to show you to have compassion for people and stop putting labels on them. Compassionate people simply see people suffering and don't see or care about what kind of people they are. Bigoted people should not suffer from any natural disaster just as you should not have to. They deserve compassion and empathy just as you do.
I don't know if God gave you that type of spirit. Sounds more to me like the spirit of the enemy gave it to you for you to feel that way.
Amateur vid...wind noise, extremely shaky...couldn't watch!
This was multiple clips and shots by many random,amateur,normal people that just happened to catch a glimpse of this beast that day. On their regular phones. That were then compiled into an entire video. These aren't professionals with professional equipment. And yes when you are in the vicinity of a tornado there's alot of wind noise.
@@taraturnerwilliams7617omeone said. There sa tornado!
Some one else said wich one? Theres 6o two of them!!😢
Mabe you could have defeated the tornado if you had been there??😅