Birth of the El Reno, OK megawedge, the widest tornado in recorded history

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 15 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 252

  • @dawnguard6472
    @dawnguard6472 3 года назад +623

    I live in the UK but I have this one committed to memory. RIP Twistex team.

    • @blackalhomsi9928
      @blackalhomsi9928 2 года назад +7

      I see tornado videos and i see El reno is the faster

    • @fredtaylor9792
      @fredtaylor9792 8 месяцев назад +24

      I live 5 miles from where this is filmed. I've been watching every video of this tornado since I moved here a few years ago. The Twistex Memorial is very nice and people leave trinkets, coins and other stuff there. I'll drop something off at the Twistex Memorial for you!

    • @Dragonous._.waterfalls
      @Dragonous._.waterfalls 7 месяцев назад +2

      Same

    • @VariaIV
      @VariaIV 4 месяца назад +4

      @@fredtaylor9792 I was born in 1998 and have always had an extreme fascination with tornadoes. Me and my mom used to, and still watch anything relating to storm chasing. Twistex teams tragedy was such a heartbreaker
      For us 😞

  • @TheQuackinator
    @TheQuackinator 3 года назад +345

    I've watched many tornado videos over the past several years and the El Reno tornado for me still easily takes the cake for scariest tornado for so many reasons

    • @ReedTimmerWx
      @ReedTimmerWx  3 года назад +54

      And the tornado a few days prior near Bennington KS was even more scary IMO

    • @WhiteDeath-ef2xt
      @WhiteDeath-ef2xt 8 месяцев назад +2

      ​@ReedTimmerWx Yo we need dominator 4 to beat the tiv2

    • @AgentBacon916
      @AgentBacon916 4 месяца назад

      look up tri state tornado

    • @Gupiter_IDK
      @Gupiter_IDK 4 месяца назад +1

      I love watching videos of lovecraftian horrors, that our own planet is capable of.

    • @dylan3908
      @dylan3908 4 месяца назад

      Mine was the tri state tornado twenty nineteen twenty five

  • @Waggendaily
    @Waggendaily 11 месяцев назад +80

    The multivortex pattern on this beast is just plain unsettling. The footage from the news crew that had a lot of them rotating around the main vortex like some kind of macabre dance was terrifying.

  • @roids37
    @roids37 5 месяцев назад +31

    RIP Tim, Paul and Carl. You are missed in a dire way. We love you guys, fly high! TWISTEX forever

  • @spiralisticm6237
    @spiralisticm6237 6 месяцев назад +91

    That dead man walking type multi vortex in the beginning

  • @IndigoRoses7
    @IndigoRoses7 Год назад +109

    this storm was totally unpredictable. At its peak, 2.6 MILES wide. That's 0.3 miles larger than the width of Manhattan. If anyone here is looking for good storm chasing footage of the El Reno tornado, look up storm chaser Dan Robinson's video. That man barely escaped the outer edge of that storm ..had he slowed his car down running from it I don't think Dan would be with us today. Rest in Peace to the Twistex team, and everyone who lost their lives that day.

    • @commiehunter733
      @commiehunter733 5 месяцев назад +5

      Plus 300mph winds

    • @Vireho4
      @Vireho4 3 месяца назад

      @@commiehunter733 multi-vortex winds though much different from a single main vortex

    • @PlyrMava.
      @PlyrMava. 3 месяца назад +2

      It's a joke that tornado isn't rated as EF5.

    • @norabarnes9235
      @norabarnes9235 2 месяца назад

      So like the Twisters movie in real life.

    • @ShaquilleOatmeal842
      @ShaquilleOatmeal842 2 месяца назад

      Thank uuu :3 ima go search up that guy 🏃‍♀️

  • @garrettfornea1088
    @garrettfornea1088 Год назад +53

    Tornado definitely had the dead man walking aspect

  • @WickedMoto
    @WickedMoto 3 года назад +117

    Well that escalated quickly

    • @slump2p
      @slump2p Год назад +18

      it doubled in size over like 30 seconds and changed directions suddenly like 4 times during its lifespan

  • @angelafaithestep5700
    @angelafaithestep5700 3 года назад +37

    Such a tragic storm with the loss of the Twistex team. The wife and mother lost so much because of that storm.

  • @nancym9993
    @nancym9993 3 года назад +45

    I lived in Oklahoma for 8 years! And I’ve seen my share of Tornadoes 🌪
    Definitely scary at times and at others, you just get used to it. The key IMO was always knowing the real difference between “A alert or warning”. I could look outside and know we had a good chance of a funnel getting ready to form.
    I believe when we were all sending our pictures in,that one of mine was a photo taken by my daughter in the passenger seat rushing to get to shelters in Broken Arrow.
    That was definitely the biggest I’ve ever seen face to face!
    Awesome video!

    • @Kiwio_1
      @Kiwio_1 2 года назад +1

      We’re you actually in it 😰

    • @nancym9993
      @nancym9993 2 года назад +1

      @@Kiwio_1
      This Specific One? If So,It’s Been Awhile Since I Posted This.I’ll Look At The Video & Year It Took Place. I’m Unsure Atm. I’ve Been In A Few.It’s Really Common In The Midwest & West As Everyone Knows.

    • @WickedRichie
      @WickedRichie Год назад +1

      @@nancym9993 this was the 2013 El Reno tornado. Widest in history. If you were you'd know!

  • @mitchelljohnleslie1696
    @mitchelljohnleslie1696 3 года назад +40

    R.I.P. TWISTEX

  • @carlg4544
    @carlg4544 5 месяцев назад +56

    It's hard to imagine that the subvortices were whipping around at 200mph. That's insane

    • @WatermelonRRVR-09
      @WatermelonRRVR-09 4 месяца назад +4

      It was 300mph I know because I was 9 when it happened

  • @ashtongothika
    @ashtongothika 4 месяца назад +5

    I’ve never seen a tornado so strong that it doesn’t know what to do with itself.

  • @allisonangier1631
    @allisonangier1631 6 месяцев назад +8

    The sheer VIOLENCE of this thing. Amazing footage, no wonder Reed is famous.

  • @OrlandoAponte
    @OrlandoAponte 5 месяцев назад +11

    To me, there's always been something god-like about this tornado. It seems less like a freak act of nature and more like an intentional display of power by a supernatural entity.

  • @Deputybull
    @Deputybull 3 года назад +26

    i remember when watched the video where you chased this monster, i thought this gave a good example of what mother nature can do

  • @cathyt144
    @cathyt144 2 года назад +14

    Other cars speeding by trying to outrun this devil wind.
    Dude: " I will wait awhile" aint windy enough yet for me!"

  • @ge0desic880
    @ge0desic880 5 месяцев назад +2

    Still some of my favourite tornado footage ever.. the genesis of this monster is just mesmerising

  • @BassBashin
    @BassBashin Год назад +7

    I lived only 30 miles from this at the time very crazy afternoon. But we knew for days this storm was gonna be a big one. Even hit in the predicted spot. Just made a very bad turn to the south at the most deadly moment R.I.P. Twistex

  • @dalethelander3781
    @dalethelander3781 3 года назад +50

    Back when you had the "armored" Dominators. I remember you rendering first aid to Mike Bettes.

  • @leesanders8824
    @leesanders8824 6 месяцев назад +4

    That is nuts.... It's like it's fighting itself to get to the ground

  • @MorethanThaTip
    @MorethanThaTip 3 года назад +3

    Awe inspiring, the turbulent and explosive velocities of basic earthly components combining, from miles over head to scouring the earth below

  • @Sawdog12362
    @Sawdog12362 6 месяцев назад +5

    The El Reno tornado is the biggest scariest strongest tornado I’ve ever seen out of every video I’ve seen of tornadoes

  • @Steve14603
    @Steve14603 3 года назад +21

    It was a very interesting tornado.

  • @brian70Cuda
    @brian70Cuda 3 года назад +13

    Back in the days of TVN:) Love it Reed and thank you!

  • @NezukoKamado-nb1tx
    @NezukoKamado-nb1tx Год назад +2

    Holy cow that's scary how fast it goes sometimes i forget it can that's crazy hope the wedge didn't hurt anybody or yourselves keep going love you guys keep it up

  • @stephencampbell2735
    @stephencampbell2735 6 месяцев назад +5

    I can't believe that's in real time...

  • @destructivesparkytchannel3491
    @destructivesparkytchannel3491 Год назад +2

    I remember that one well I live in Yukon,OK and we could see it clearly as we were getting into the cellar. It was HUGE and mean looking!

  • @DPugh
    @DPugh 6 месяцев назад +4

    Those things spin up so fast guys.

  • @thechampion9525
    @thechampion9525 3 года назад +4

    That mega tornado was so violent 😳

  • @gmgcubing2073
    @gmgcubing2073 2 года назад +8

    If he's this close to one of the vortexes, I think he's under that giant one.

    • @NyanCatHerder
      @NyanCatHerder Год назад +5

      A lot of storm chasers were actually caught inside of this tornado's windfield. In general, chasers try to maintain a distance of 1-2 miles from a tornado that's moving away from them, which works pretty well when the tornado *isn't* 2.7 miles wide. At that immense width, the El Reno tornado caught a lot of very experienced people by surprise, which is how it took the life of Tim and Paul Samaras. It was a grey swan event, something known to be possible but also known to be highly unlikely, and wasn't easy to plan for ahead of time.

    • @tfk_001
      @tfk_001 Год назад +6

      ​@@NyanCatHerder2.6 miles but good points. It was the fact that it suddenly widened, strengthened, changed direction, and sped up all at once which is just worse case scenario

  • @kassiethomas1312
    @kassiethomas1312 6 месяцев назад +2

    I like that the camera falls as it fully forms.

  • @dillyboyq
    @dillyboyq Год назад +2

    Look at those vortices dancing around each other, beautifully terrifying

  • @katelyn_7509
    @katelyn_7509 2 года назад +8

    this was such a scary day for everyone here, my best friend’s home was completely leveled, and many teens my age have severe panic attacks at the mere sound of rain and thunder, shit was crazy

    • @jordanbowen784
      @jordanbowen784 2 года назад +2

      PTSD from that is very real.

    • @32Inchtallchicken
      @32Inchtallchicken Год назад

      That's a lie no home was leveld it was in mostly fields and wasn't strong enough to lvl homes it's not a ef5 and a ef3

    • @Brad-ut1ro
      @Brad-ut1ro Год назад +1

      @@32Inchtallchicken”wasn’t strong enough to level homes?”
      R u sure ur talkin about the right tornado?

    • @32Inchtallchicken
      @32Inchtallchicken Год назад

      @@Brad-ut1ro Yes it did not level homes

    • @johngoguen361
      @johngoguen361 Год назад

      @@Brad-ut1ro your wrong about that yes it didn't hit many structures because there wasn't any to be hit, but it had more power than you think I seen pictures of straw in tar road and it scoured roads of tar to dirt I don't agree with the f3 rateing because they had no buildings to rate it plus the vidio of the Australian Daniel shows more realistic conditions

  • @sowelu66
    @sowelu66 2 года назад +6

    I know this is the biggest tornado on record. I've seen films and shorts and documentaries. The damage to property, the lives lost. Incalculable.
    But, I've always wondered if it's possible there were secondary funnels inside.

    • @Cloudx0x
      @Cloudx0x 2 года назад +2

      Well, there were satellite tornados inside of the tornado. The satellite is what killed Twistex.

  • @mr.anthonygonzales
    @mr.anthonygonzales Год назад +4

    You can see the satellite tornados that show how big it actually was
    Basically decoy tornado in the middle and invisible vortex around it

  • @Kyle-gb9dq
    @Kyle-gb9dq 2 месяца назад

    Awesome footage. RIP 🙏 🪦 to Team TwistX and the other gentleman who lost their lives' that day 😢

  • @Forguefamily
    @Forguefamily 3 месяца назад +1

    I remember that day, it kept switching directions so we never really new if it would hit us or not, our storm shelter flooded too so we didn’t have anywhere to go the times it did try and head our way, thankfully it didn’t, but some weren’t so lucky. RIP

  • @poisomivy13
    @poisomivy13 3 месяца назад +1

    That looks like a devil's dance the way they rotate and touch down and back up it's amazing to see

  • @pastorrichardvalentine
    @pastorrichardvalentine 3 месяца назад

    Never Stop Chasing Beautiful Reed

  • @kikirone
    @kikirone 3 месяца назад +2

    مرة مر اعصار امامي وانا افتح النافدة
    قمة فالرعب
    مرعب جدنننننننننننن
    نحن لانملك ادنى قوة امام قوة الله

  • @nothingiguess6969
    @nothingiguess6969 6 месяцев назад +3

    Good god, those extra vortexes are insane to witness. Just spawning, disappearing, and spawning again so quickly. Vicious.
    Edit: I edited this 3 times cause I’m an idiot.

  • @mrkennethmccormick
    @mrkennethmccormick Год назад +4

    My anxiety while watching el Reno form: 📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈
    But srsly rest in peace to those who lost their lives :(

  • @shannonp7338
    @shannonp7338 6 месяцев назад +2

    Can't believe it's been almost 11 years

  • @derekdavis6508
    @derekdavis6508 6 месяцев назад +1

    That wide I imagine the damage would be even wider due to the strength, I know you can get close and still feel that inflow.

  • @CH3CH2OCH2CH3net
    @CH3CH2OCH2CH3net 6 месяцев назад +1

    The very second this tornado touches down, it becomes multiple-vortex -- and then *expands* !

  • @dw-fe2ww
    @dw-fe2ww 2 месяца назад

    If you look really carefully you can see Margaret Hamilton flying around the tornado on a broomstick. She's also riding a bicycle at times.❤

  • @alabamajenny8751
    @alabamajenny8751 2 года назад +4

    What was it that caused this one to be such a devastating storm? It is crazy how sometimes the NWS SPC can outline areas for long range, devastating tornadoes and it my or may not materialize. Was it just the “perfect mix of conditions” for such a deadly tornado that day?
    It goes without saying, an unexpected southerly turn, given the loss of the team of chasers trapped in this storm. May they never be forgotten. But what else can we learn from this mega Wedge?
    *Never stop chasing!
    Edited for spelling

  • @jakester01
    @jakester01 9 месяцев назад +1

    My "favorite" EF3 tornado of all time.

  • @Cokercole
    @Cokercole Год назад +5

    My god , just looking at those vortices I could tell that was going to be a mother of all monster's. I certainly wouldn't stick around for that one...... no way in hell.
    RIP for all those that perished. 😳

  • @bradrandolph9631
    @bradrandolph9631 3 года назад +2

    This thing was violent the second it touched down!!!

  • @annelunsford4361
    @annelunsford4361 2 года назад +1

    Goodness that thing is enormous

  • @1998232v6
    @1998232v6 5 месяцев назад +2

    Is there any actual footage of this thing when it was at its max width or was it completely rain wrapped at that point?

    • @bellaswan1459
      @bellaswan1459 14 дней назад

      There's plenty the whole wall cloud was the tornado

  • @kyeduren5233
    @kyeduren5233 2 месяца назад

    El Reno Tornado seemed like a family of multiple vortices arguing over who gets to the use bathroom first in the morning

  • @lucillerose-davis7666
    @lucillerose-davis7666 4 месяца назад +1

    Those vortices 😰

  • @MrWatchyourtoes
    @MrWatchyourtoes 2 месяца назад

    That monster came down with almost a purpose, terrifying.

  • @leobardochavez3367
    @leobardochavez3367 3 года назад +19

    The first thing that came to mind when i saw images of this tornado was "it has legs"

  • @frankdrebbon8170
    @frankdrebbon8170 3 года назад +6

    almost every tornado that starts multi-vortex goes wedge

    • @ReedTimmerWx
      @ReedTimmerWx  3 года назад +7

      Likely because they need to be of sufficiently large spatial scale to grow and may already be a wedge as they form

  • @Warsaw_Pact
    @Warsaw_Pact 9 месяцев назад +1

    In 10 seconds of life it was already a wedge, and in 10 seconds it went from a mile to 2.6 miles wide

  • @urban_cultivator4202
    @urban_cultivator4202 2 месяца назад

    Man they were lucky being that close to that mess of a tornado, that thing was popping arms and legs down everywhere.

  • @janst.charles5469
    @janst.charles5469 3 года назад +1

    Thats beautifully horrifying

  • @petkay1984
    @petkay1984 3 года назад +1

    ...so fascinating...😯👍

  • @johngoguen361
    @johngoguen361 Год назад +1

    When all ingredients are perfect you get the most deadly tornado of all time

  • @DelrickVickers
    @DelrickVickers 2 месяца назад

    The dead man walking was insane with this storm

  • @neptuntv5373
    @neptuntv5373 Год назад +1

    Wow that speed of wind?!

  • @davejr1670
    @davejr1670 Год назад

    What happened to the set of dominators, I know that Reed had them all up and working when he had Tornado Chasers streaming, but what happened?

  • @___Yep___
    @___Yep___ 2 месяца назад

    This and the joplin tornado still haunts my dreams

  • @skyeboogie703
    @skyeboogie703 Год назад +12

    Looks like the "dead man walking "in the beginning 😮

    • @goldenbro439
      @goldenbro439 3 месяца назад

      ikr, that was the first thing I thought of

  • @Windsor_Colorado_EF3
    @Windsor_Colorado_EF3 9 месяцев назад +1

    Quick question
    Can tornados form without starting as a EF0?

    • @TheRaptureIsComingJesusChrist
      @TheRaptureIsComingJesusChrist 8 месяцев назад +1

      Yes The Bridge Creek Moore 1999 F5 started as a F2 [EF2]

    • @thelemonlimeninja2144
      @thelemonlimeninja2144 Месяц назад

      Pretty sure Joplin started as an ef-3 or 4. It’s quite literally dropped out of the sky as a wedge in a span of seconds

  • @Ghost915.
    @Ghost915. 2 месяца назад

    The funny thing is that i was born in 2013, and if i remember, i heard on the news about this tornado and how powerful it is. I dont think i was in the area when the tornado hit

  • @Mr.Capybara768
    @Mr.Capybara768 20 дней назад

    I do not know if you guys noticed this but, At the beginning there was a dead man walking multi vortex.

  • @Witchypoo5576
    @Witchypoo5576 3 месяца назад +1

    That was a very bad day in Oklahoma

  • @RedMate-
    @RedMate- 2 месяца назад

    Tbh this is how the tornadoes look in my dreams

  • @jettmthebluedragon
    @jettmthebluedragon 3 года назад +16

    The tornado that will be remembered for all the wrong reasons 😑one largest tornado ever and took the lives of not one not two but 3 highly respected storm chasers 😑✊ Carl young Paul and Tim samaris I can’t believe it has almost Ben a almost a decade since this incident😐 2021-2013= 8 years press F to pay respects 😑✊

  • @Wofdragons
    @Wofdragons 2 месяца назад

    idk why i watched this i am absolutely TERRIFYED of tornadoes.

  • @AngieHayFamilyAdventures
    @AngieHayFamilyAdventures 3 года назад +1

    Wow that's wild

  • @Im.Just.Felix.
    @Im.Just.Felix. 2 месяца назад +1

    Thats the dead man walking tornado i think lol

  • @Metalkura333
    @Metalkura333 3 года назад +1

    Birth of the largest monster ever made by Mother nature 😱😱😱😱

  • @dianemwood
    @dianemwood Год назад +1

    What year was this?

  • @Rawnervzz
    @Rawnervzz Год назад +1

    I wish there was a shot ot this storm under those vortices at the beginning but haven't found one that close till after it planted

  • @AggressiveGround-wh7vx
    @AggressiveGround-wh7vx 7 месяцев назад

    i wonder what happened if the twistex did survive??
    reed give me a question

  • @aviationgaming1564
    @aviationgaming1564 Год назад +1

    It grew fast

  • @CullenRTerry
    @CullenRTerry 6 месяцев назад +5

    Well, at the start you could see two tornadoes connected, looking like legs. That’s called a dead man walking tornado.

    • @goldenbro439
      @goldenbro439 3 месяца назад

      @@CullenRTerry yup, that was the first thing I thought of when I saw it

  • @_Shake_i
    @_Shake_i 5 месяцев назад +1

    11 years and never seen it have the dead man walking what the heck😢

  • @riceislife1368
    @riceislife1368 2 года назад +1

    LOL The tornadoes touching the ground and going back in the clouds

  • @shyreniacarter9553
    @shyreniacarter9553 Год назад +1

    Wow 😮

  • @maiki5962
    @maiki5962 Год назад

    OOH!!! LET'S GET ON THAT RIDE!!!

  • @Femboy_Engineer
    @Femboy_Engineer 2 месяца назад

    Look at that Dead Man Walking multivortex 😮

  • @bearworldwide101
    @bearworldwide101 Месяц назад

    Thats literally a subvortex with little subvorticies within the subvortex of the main torando.

  • @raynafdaeri8934
    @raynafdaeri8934 Год назад

    Was that the dead man walking ???

    • @ItsMeFreemanCooper
      @ItsMeFreemanCooper 6 месяцев назад

      Yep. As referenced by a documentary talking about the Native American legend.

  • @DiloAkyol-z7b
    @DiloAkyol-z7b Месяц назад

    The start of the giant beast monster that is ready to destroy

  • @Greenchilieboss
    @Greenchilieboss 7 месяцев назад +1

    Deadliest man waking

  • @jordanbowen784
    @jordanbowen784 2 года назад +1

    Despite this, I wish it was still 2013.

  • @jadefox5285
    @jadefox5285 2 года назад

    This wasnt a dead man walking, that was dead men runnin.

  • @Baconpqf-oficial
    @Baconpqf-oficial 5 дней назад

    Rip Cars 1900-2013

  • @mine-cb1et
    @mine-cb1et 3 месяца назад

    Forget "dead man walking" this thing was dead man running

  • @Hard-coreparkour
    @Hard-coreparkour 3 месяца назад

    Can I go chasing with you you I love tornadoes and especially the dominator three

  • @Brazilkelb
    @Brazilkelb Год назад

    Bro recorded 5 tornados in 30 seconds

    • @cristletower
      @cristletower Год назад +1

      No it's called a multi-vortex tornado. The vortices are all part of the main circulation.

    • @Brazilkelb
      @Brazilkelb Год назад

      ​@@cristletoweroh ok thank you

  • @P.e.m.a.
    @P.e.m.a. 2 года назад

    Is this an example of a deadman walking tornado?

    • @ItsMeFreemanCooper
      @ItsMeFreemanCooper 6 месяцев назад

      You better believe it. Just like the Native American legend that describes it.

  • @michellestartley1899
    @michellestartley1899 3 месяца назад

    All tornados are scary, for me anyway, but this one was ins