This is one of the most terrifying nado’s to hit planet earth. The way it was able to obtain the EF5 strength for most of its long lifetime and the many different devilish appearances it took on really proves this point. As always, amazing work Rainy :)
A monstrous wedge traveling at 60+ mph riding along one of the outflow boundaries left behind by previous storms. I cannot even imagine what that must've been like up close. The thing with a tornado like this is you don't always see a growing funnel. What you basically see is a large mass of destruction and chaos growing deceptively fast while its roar becomes more deafening with each passing second. Next thing you know, you're at the mercy of a 60+ mph freight train with EF5-level winds, easily near or above 300 mph on the edge of the tornado where its rotational winds align with the twister's movement. This is where the worst damage is performed.
I'm actually really like the videos where the people are talking in the background. It really sorta gives an extra perspective to the situation from the people living in that moment
The most terrifying fact of this tornado is that it even killed people in underground shelters. There was quite literally no where safe. Even the fact that there is basically no super close up footage is quite haunting.
Excellent coverage of my 'favorite' tornado. Smithville was more intense and Joplin affected more people, but this was huge, long-tracked, and strong along it's whole insanely long path. In most of these clips note how strong the wind field was and how loud it was at the filming distances even a mile or more away. In a few clips you'll see twin high-voltage transmission towers. These lines were fed by the Brown's Ferry nuclear plant which narrowly avoided a tornado earlier in the day, but which left grid power off in large parts of Alabama so that many never had any warnings of tornadoes until they struck. @5:31 This shows why chasing Dixie tornadoes is tough and dangerous with all the heavily wooded areas limiting visibility.. @12:42 Josh Taylor's footage is the closest anyone got recording this monster.The small ridge just beyond the trees shielded just enough wind to let him escape unharmed. He wisely left the camera in a window and took shelter as it passed. @16:21 Only in Dixie would you ever hear anyone say "If it swings around we're done". I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. @29:15 You can see in everyone's eyes them wondering if they're going to survive even in the shelter. It was that strong. @54:52 Another camera set up in the window as the family took shelter in their bathroom. He joined them there when you hear him say "Oh s@%+". @1:21:22 These houses are just a few years old replacing ones destroyed there by a previous tornado. May we never see a monster like this one ever again.
Exactly! This is why I really *REALLY* wish we had DOWs on all 4 of the EF5s that occurred that day. Especially for the Hackleburg and Smithville Tornadoes.
@@kjford587 Smithville, I have little doubt winds well above 300 mph were present in the strongest quadrant of the twister. It was a fairly large tornado at 0.75 miles wide, but it behaved like a twister of much smaller size. Tornadoes are incredibly chaotic, so it's hard to tell, but the damage is unquestionable.
Hello, a while ago I made a post showing photos of this tornado in chronological order. But I was informed by you that the first "Hamilton tornado" video was actually smithiville. Is this really true?
I will say as a resident of Cullman Alabama I can attest to the violence of these tornadoes that day we had an idea but we didn't have a clue on how this day would end ..tragic to say the least we had 3 EF-5s, 4 EF-4s all in one day one state and the EF-3s were nothing to sneeze about!!!
Great footage!! I saw a good-sized wedge tornado in Iowa. I was a youngen (12) - I saw it out the back car window about 30 miles out of Desmoines. F5s are frightening to me
The april 2011 outbreak was and still is a horrendous tornado outbreak ever seemd like the whole country was surrounded by tornados and then the following month would be the Joplin EF5 another devastating tornado
That 130+ mile path is erroneous. Even the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit stops the damage path at around the 105-mile mark (which is still ridiculously long), but the UAH analysis found an ~18 mile gap between the end of the Hackleburg event and the beginning of the Huntland event. Furthermore, radar data confirmed that the original circulation had occluded and that a new circulation had formed before entering Huntland, TN.
@ while Joplin was freakishly big, it was also a product of worst case scenario with hitting a major downtown area. HPC had 72 victims hitting mostly rural towns. I hate to compare because tragedies like these change lives forever…
This is one of the most terrifying nado’s to hit planet earth. The way it was able to obtain the EF5 strength for most of its long lifetime and the many different devilish appearances it took on really proves this point. As always, amazing work Rainy :)
And did all that F5 Damage while moving at 60+ mph
A monstrous wedge traveling at 60+ mph riding along one of the outflow boundaries left behind by previous storms. I cannot even imagine what that must've been like up close. The thing with a tornado like this is you don't always see a growing funnel. What you basically see is a large mass of destruction and chaos growing deceptively fast while its roar becomes more deafening with each passing second. Next thing you know, you're at the mercy of a 60+ mph freight train with EF5-level winds, easily near or above 300 mph on the edge of the tornado where its rotational winds align with the twister's movement. This is where the worst damage is performed.
i’ve been waiting for a refined comp of this!! there’s been so many finds lately
I'm actually really like the videos where the people are talking in the background. It really sorta gives an extra perspective to the situation from the people living in that moment
The power, size, forward speed and long life of this Tornado was unbelievable.
This is by far the most comprehensive compilation yet. Thank you for posting 📫
The most terrifying fact of this tornado is that it even killed people in underground shelters. There was quite literally no where safe. Even the fact that there is basically no super close up footage is quite haunting.
Excellent coverage of my 'favorite' tornado. Smithville was more intense and Joplin affected more people, but this was huge, long-tracked, and strong along it's whole insanely long path. In most of these clips note how strong the wind field was and how loud it was at the filming distances even a mile or more away. In a few clips you'll see twin high-voltage transmission towers. These lines were fed by the Brown's Ferry nuclear plant which narrowly avoided a tornado earlier in the day, but which left grid power off in large parts of Alabama so that many never had any warnings of tornadoes until they struck.
@5:31 This shows why chasing Dixie tornadoes is tough and dangerous with all the heavily wooded areas limiting visibility..
@12:42 Josh Taylor's footage is the closest anyone got recording this monster.The small ridge just beyond the trees shielded just enough wind to let him escape unharmed. He wisely left the camera in a window and took shelter as it passed.
@16:21 Only in Dixie would you ever hear anyone say "If it swings around we're done". I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
@29:15 You can see in everyone's eyes them wondering if they're going to survive even in the shelter. It was that strong.
@54:52 Another camera set up in the window as the family took shelter in their bathroom. He joined them there when you hear him say "Oh s@%+".
@1:21:22 These houses are just a few years old replacing ones destroyed there by a previous tornado.
May we never see a monster like this one ever again.
12:42 is just incredible video
Exactly! This is why I really *REALLY* wish we had DOWs on all 4 of the EF5s that occurred that day. Especially for the Hackleburg and Smithville Tornadoes.
@@k5elevencinc0 I think we’d all be shocked and terrified of their findings. I bet same wind speeds as May 3 1999.
@@LVM5584 Likely even higher tbh. certainly in Smithville's case at least
@@kjford587 Smithville, I have little doubt winds well above 300 mph were present in the strongest quadrant of the twister. It was a fairly large tornado at 0.75 miles wide, but it behaved like a twister of much smaller size. Tornadoes are incredibly chaotic, so it's hard to tell, but the damage is unquestionable.
This was amazing! So glad to see some new angles! But in particular, the video before it impacted Hackleburg. Video #3
I'd be glad to say that's a video i discovered! Rainy included some of my finds in here, I'm so fucking happy!
@@kevinjoyce285 Nice! This really is a landmark for me, since now we know what it looked like as it was transitioning into a wedge tornado.
@@kevinjoyce285 Posted Ray Bohac's angle of the El Reno 2013 tornado, when the vortices looked like they were walking.
@@weathermanofthenorth1547It's actually Bridgeport, sorry. Someone found this was recorded at a farm in Bryant, AL.
W video
Hello, a while ago I made a post showing photos of this tornado in chronological order.
But I was informed by you that the first "Hamilton tornado" video was actually smithiville.
Is this really true?
Will there be a Tornado TRX video on this one ??
I’m from Alabama, I’ll never forget this day 😢
At long last, he finally uploads!
I will say as a resident of Cullman Alabama I can attest to the violence of these tornadoes that day we had an idea but we didn't have a clue on how this day would end ..tragic to say the least we had 3 EF-5s, 4 EF-4s all in one day one state and the EF-3s were nothing to sneeze about!!!
Great footage!! I saw a good-sized wedge tornado in Iowa. I was a youngen (12) - I saw it out the back car window about 30 miles out of Desmoines. F5s are frightening to me
That tornado hit close to my dad’s hometown of Russellville.
New video! Let's gooooooo :D
Worth the 7 month wait 🙏
Man!!!!!!!!!!! I wish you had something this long on the Smithville MS tornado. That one had some many interesting stories to tell.
The april 2011 outbreak was and still is a horrendous tornado outbreak ever seemd like the whole country was surrounded by tornados and then the following month would be the Joplin EF5 another devastating tornado
Traveled 130+ miles and at least half of that path was at F5 Intensity. This was Moore 1999 on Steroids
That 130+ mile path is erroneous. Even the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit stops the damage path at around the 105-mile mark (which is still ridiculously long), but the UAH analysis found an ~18 mile gap between the end of the Hackleburg event and the beginning of the Huntland event. Furthermore, radar data confirmed that the original circulation had occluded and that a new circulation had formed before entering Huntland, TN.
@@Benjaminberino while you are correct, 105 miles tracking at EF4+ intensity, 1.25 mile width, and 60mph+ forward speed is absolute insanity.
@Lumbyrat Oh, no doubt! The tornado was a maxi-tornado in every sense of the word.
Nah we can’t forget Joplin Missouri, that was Moore and hackleburg combined.
@ while Joplin was freakishly big, it was also a product of worst case scenario with hitting a major downtown area. HPC had 72 victims hitting mostly rural towns. I hate to compare because tragedies like these change lives forever…
8:08 🔊
26:55 the tornado and mesocylcone looks just like Bridgcreek Moore 99
A storm of demonic proportions
''babe wake up rainysaturday just uploaded''
I cant imagine seeing this coming. Its the stuff nightmares are made of.
11:45 my goodness that roar.
Sounds like a 747 taking off
Yes finally!
1:05 Could any siren experts name that one? Thanks!
It’s a Whelen in a wail signal. One of the rotating variants.
If it's still, it's moving towards you.
Huntsville Native-nothing could have prepared us for what was going to transpire over the next 24 hours.
God blessed them with tornadoes. Awesome
Bro I was doing it 💀Whatever still cool compilation
im sure he read your mind before posting this just to intentionally upset you man
@ maybe 😂
Don't sweat it- we're all going to watch yours too. Because you posted here I now know about your channel so I will now be watching all of your vids.
@ I know