Unfortunately it’s dangerous to do a U-ee on an interstate. If something like this takes you by surprise, you must pull over. This guy was probably trying to find a spot, but then the tornado went by. If the funnel is going left to right, it’s relatively safe to book it once it’s fully on the right. The coriolis effect means that if the funnel hooks left, it will slow down a bunch. In the Northern Hemisphere, that is. 😁

Agreed. Driving towards it is a questionable move. There was plenty of opportunity to pull over, and slow enough traffic to cross the median, to go the opposite direction, if needed.

Right?! I was shocked to see cars still driving!

That is true first we learn it's safe to stand under the bypass but we now know it's a dangerous place also

I hear you! Don't know why so many would take a chance. 😮

Yes!!! That's what I was thinking!!! Those people took a BIG risk just sitting there or kept driving towards it! You never know which way it will go! It can turn on a dime and head right towards you....

Exactly this right here has! “I want to die” all over it!

"Look a tornado!!!" " Quick! Let's go pet it!!"😂

Thank you! Common sense just ain’t that common

Storm chasers drive toward them!😂

@@rdbjbush He said 10-12 years ago 😒 Did YOU READ the Story🤨

@@rdbjbush That would be the years 2012 - 2014. It's ok - not everyone can do simple math anymore...sadly.

Unreal you couldn't figure out the year on your own without making a comment like you did My 6 year old grandson can do that Leave your comment like that at your door step

I don’t think that’s said enough, the lack of air shows that you really have been through that. Not directly hit but I was in the 2013 Moore tornado, only a block north of veterans park(north east side) and it sucked the air right out of you

​@about19wookiees14 Yeah, like- oddly I never thought about that. It should be completely obvious, but it never really crossed my mind. I've been dealing with some respiratory issues since covid for 3 years now & will occasionally feel my breath being taken away for a moment. It's so scary & it gives you a jolt of panic. I can't imagine being so close to one of these where that feeling would be 1,000x stronger & longer. I'm so sorry yall have been through this

@@KelahCash Thank you ❤️ And I'm sorry you've had to deal with Long Covid, I have 2 friends who are dealing with the same thing after they contracted it in March/April 2020. Sending you healing energy for your challenging days 🙏🏼

@carlabarrick8538 Absolutely ❤️ I'm so sorry your friends are going through this, too, ESPECIALLY for this long! Covid has been such an awful plague on the world. I'm so thankful you three are alive despite what hit each of your lives. Bless you, sis! ❤️🫶🏽 I'll be praying over your friends!

It's funny because I went through the same thing and it is one of my most fondest memories. I'll never forget watching the trampoline in our back yard lift up and hover for a second like a UFO and then shoot straight across a field into our neighbors power box. The fireworks!

They can turn (change direction) too!! This car coming up on it was making me very nervous!!

@@MimiMcWil bingo. And they throw debris. I had a guy impaled by a mile marker

@@kdallas3966 I’m not a religious freak or anything….. but I have respect for scriptures……. “ THE WISE SEE DANGER AHEAD AND AVOID IT………. BUT, FOOLS KEEP GOING…. AND…… GET INTO TROUBLE. “ ( PROVERBS 22:3 ) YOU’RE HITTING MY NAIL SQUARELY ON ITS HEAD BY YOUR LOGIC @ kdallas‼️ THERE IS NO AVAILABLE SCENARIO EXISTING WHERE IT HAS ME GOING INTO THE DIRECTION OF SUCH KHAOS! EVEN IF I LIVE IN THAT DIRECTION, GOING THERE WOULD MEAN CROSSING DOWN POWER LINES, GLASS SHARDS, BOARDS, SCREWS, NAILS, PIECES OF HOUSING,MOURNING SURVIVORS WANDERING AIMLESSLY IN SHOCK, RAGE, OR VARIOUS DEGREES OF DESPAIR.😮 AND MY WORSE OF ALL…… ENCOUNTERING HUMAN REMAINS,PARTS OF ANIMALS,PETS, LIVESTOCK ECT.‼️ NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO‼️‼️‼️‼️ NOT MMMMEEEEEEEEEEEE‼️‼️‼️‼️ IL GO TO A HOTEL MANY MILES IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND LET F.E.M.A. (Federal Emergency Management Agency) GET IN THERE,ALONG WITH POLICE AND FIRST RESPONDERS………… THE LAST THING THEY NEED IS A WIDE EYED GAPER DRIVING SLOWLY OVER SOMEONES FAMILY PHOTOS, LAWN CHAIRS, ….. AND INTO POSSIBLY GAS AND WATER MAIN LEAKS…. ❓❓❓❓ …… okay……. Im done ranting now 🫣 May the peace of God comfort all those effected that day……. May the “better angels” in us reach out to our neighbors in such times….. in Jesus name, AMEN😔

This is a phobia I have. I dream about tornadoes when really stressed. I can't believe this person still driving. 😟

Hi I'm a tornado, nice to meet ya😅

I used to live in Canyon...back when the University was still called West Texas State University & there was only 1 bank, traffic light & motel(1984/1987-88).....I was told the twisters wouldn't come I to Canyon as the town was built in a valley...but we could see the twisters pass by in the cattle fields...I miss the old days

Ozone, that's the smell.

Well aren’t you long-winded

So sorry for such a traumatic experience! PTSD is what you and people go through afterwards! Cherish Life!!! Take Nurturing Loving Care!!! 🙏🕊 🌄✨🌅 🕊 🙏

​@@alecalgard8177well... aren't you an empathetic one! Hoping You never encounter this or any kind of disaster... cause if you did or do... You will Never make such an ignorant uncaring comment again! 😥 😔

In Messiah Christ Yeshua's name. Amen 🕊 🙏🏻

"Sending prayers" to who/what,the same thing that created it? Religion has people stuck on tard. It's 2024,wake the eff up.

​@@righteousshadowsdojopt.3979leave her alone dude

​@@righteousshadowsdojopt.3979why does it matter were all going to be dead one day and dead means just that. live friend live

@@st-xult Jesus isn’t god he didn’t ever say that yet he came and told his followers to worship god the father alone and he teached them how to pray, worshiping a prophet with god is unacceptable god doesn’t accept your worship when you worship his creation with him, Jesus is a prophet not a god or a”son of god” in literal meaning

Exactly. One of my worst nightmares since I was a kid.

Not amazing in its path

They get much bigger than that i believe

Imagine waking up to that in the middle of the night !!🌪

I bet he was a great dad! God bless you!

Warehouse .

Oregon? Gee l didn't know Oregon got tornados,

xx

Sounds like a great dad and taught you well 👍.

I just dodged 4 tornadoes in michigan today in my semi. It is a sketchy job sometimes

We own 16 an people have no respect care less abt drivers

@@justanotherotrguy Glad you're alright. Truly, bless you and thank you.

The truck driver coming in clutch with all our dildos and degenerate treasures is doing Gods work fo sho 🫡

queenoftrucking It’s sad but true. People have absolutely no respect for what truck drivers do and go through. They sacrifice a lot to do what they do.

Well...don't worry....it is all made by the wizards......for real.....HAARP AND GEOINGENIERING PROGRAMS....wake up people 😅

Me too! I have had recurring tornado nightmares my whole life, a couple of times a year.

Who wouldn’t want to live in Oz with the world acting as it is today?

Auntie M&M Auntie M&M

😂😂 yu took the words out my mouth as I saw it I thought of Dorothy and her dog 🐕 😂😂😂

Guess what race it is?? Hmm

Not really 😂 People who live in tornado alley have been known to go outside and mow their grass during a tornado. I grew up outside Wichita, KS and I can remember watching my neighbors get up on their roof with lawn chairs and a beer and watch the storms and tornadoes pass by. I’m NOT kidding! True story!

I was thinking the same thing. Why on earth is he driving towards where the tornado is.

​@nadishak Because it had already passed over the highway he was on, so he was in no danger at all.

@@nadishak because 1) his car is faster than it 2) its still quite far away and 3) its not traveling in his direction. Use some sense people, storm chasers are a thing and they get wwaaayyyy closer to tornados than this. If it turned and started toward him he could just you know, drive away from it.

YES‼️🙌🏼

They'll stop to gawk at tornados and car crashes, but they cant check a mirror before merging

​@@AgalmicAutomataFAX

Bro, so true. I pull travel trailer cross country and the road is a savage place full of distraction

I like how the box semi decided to relocate his position on the shoulder and pull out from behind the fuel tanker

I'm not really sure stopping is such a great idea. If you know anything about tornadoes it's that they can turn on a dime in a split second. Turning around and driving away from it as fast as safely possible would be the better bet.

Wow!! Glad you were safe!!

You were protected, I'm glad you're safe. From a former trucker.

Stay safe!

weather buzzer thingy 😁

Man, you truckers see the coolest stuff out on the road --- the job seems like an adventure!

Yes, it was!! Even a tornado knows not to mess with Old Glory!!

Came to comments to say the same thing!

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Sure wouldn’t be if that tornado decided to change course 😂

You had a smart, protective Dad. The ditch and covering you up was the best option given the circumstances.

@@BaseballinHeaven oh I know. I'm very thankful that he always put our safety first. As a kid, that was so scary. My dad prepares for everything that can possibly go bad. He taught me to always have a back up plan.

Just move lol

That’s what my mother said when we outgrew our first house . We had to run to a neighbors house cuz they had a basement and we didn’t .

@@bdizzle5359 That’s how our family operated, too. We’re very proactive thinkers. God gave us a brain to use.

Omg!! 😮😮 So glad you made it!

I hope that you don’t do that again. You might not outrun it.

That happened to my brother when he lived in Arkansas for a bit.

Blessings

Instead of driving so fast towards where it was crossing.... why didn't you just stop so it would cross far in front of you?

My aunts husband is a trucker and he got picked up into a tornado, thankfully he made it out ok, but he was pretty shook up and it took him a couple months to get back to trucking

Not as much traffic/people in the midwest, so less wear and tear

@@trophyscene5015 Always helps when the highway dept is properly funded

Amen

No "Jesus" will help you. You have to take care of yourself.

@@JonniP1we all die though

Thought he was using Jesus as an exclamation at first I'm so used to hearing that, was super happy hearing it was a prayer. I pray every time I even hear sirens

@@JonniP1 🤦‍♀️🙄 when you stand before him in time. You can try to explain your comment to him. May he forgive you.

We're used to it. We have really good tracking and forewarning systems nowadays, so they don't kill as many people anymore. Most tornadoes happen in "tornado alley" which is dead center of the country which isn't all that populated (a lot of farming country). The reason they happen in the U.S. so often is we are one of the few places in the world where tropical air (Gulf of Mexico) meets arctic air (from Canada). There are no natural barriers (like mountains) to stop this from happening, so it makes the atmosphere very volatile. It's a perfect storm (pun intended). Before radar systems, you just had to hope you didn't get killed by one in the night. In the 1920's we had one of the worst tornadoes in history that wiped out whole towns and killed hundreds. Now that won't happen because everyone knows they are coming. If you live in the alley, it is wise to have an underground shelter. Most people do.

​@@JohnSmith-ys4nl it isn't that well populated? 😅 What a ridiculous statement.. There are 1000s and 1000s of people in these area's it just as well populated as any other area, There are big cities, small cities and towns or villages throughout. I live there and I've been all over the USA 100s of time's. Every state.

Thank you Matthew.❤

@@rickyclark4870 I think you missed his point. The top 10 states by population density per square mile, which means people per square mile. New Jersey - 1,267 Rhode Island - 1,062 Massachusetts 900 Connecticut 749 Maryland 638 Delaware 536 Florida 428 New York 413 Pennsylvania 289 Ohio 289 Here are the tornado alley states by population density. Illinois - 225 Texas - 119 Louisiana - 106 Missouri - 90 Minnesota - 72 Oklahoma - 60 Arkansas - 59 Iowa - 58 Colorado - 57 Kansas - 36 Nebraska - 26 South Dakota - 12 So as you can see, the person was right. Tornado Alley is far less densely populated than most states. As an area, it's far less densely populated than states to the east of Tornado Alley as well as the Western most states.

That is one of the main reasons I do not live in areas with frequent tornadoes. Same for Earthquakes.

you obviously haven't seen nothing yet then

This is absolutely beautiful. 💜

You should really dig deep because the internet has got some bangers!

Why do these things occur in these parts of the country?🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

In a long while

Not for a 18 wheeler. I used to drive and under a under pass especially for a tanker is the safest place.under a under pass huddled together. As if at a truck stop

I would think a tunnel, bridge & ditch is the safest

I thought they say to go up under the pillars?

Y’all don’t have to believe me. On May 3rd 1999 just a couple towns over from me in Bridge Creek Oklahoma, there is an overpass that crosses I44. People took shelter under the girders of this overpass. The tornado's winds sprayed Oklahoma red mud upward and inward and the outlines of where people were crouched is clearly evident as gaps in the veneer of dried mud above the embankment. It looked like something from Hiroshima. A woman was blown out from under the bridge, killed and dismembered. This tragic event is said to have a huge impact on the science behind where you are safe from a tornado and where you are not. But like I said, y’all don’t have to believe me lol. Google comes in handy sometimes though. 🙃

A ditch is not so much under an overpass. Maybe a tunnel? Who knows​@@britalaxx3899

I've always wondered why they don't build bunkers under the overpass? It would be a great tornado shelter, made of all concrete and underground

@@kerzytibok3211 Agreed, but then again the first few in would probably panic and lock out the rest. 😢

Good advice! Thank you!

@@kerzytibok3211plus you’d need to pay people to inspect and maintain them for safety and vagrants which would be astronomically expensive as you can imagine what a few bad actors can do to an unsecured closed space like drug needles, dead bodies, or booby traps. The actual cheaper option would to have them manned the majority of time like rest stops or street cleaners but ironically this profession is underpaid and unpopular so is typically filled with convicts or halfway programs in many states.

Yup

I remember you got hit with one. I actually lived in Joplin for a year in the 11th grade.

As much as I dislike the heat here in the desert, I'm grateful all we have to deal with are dust devils.

Howdy old neighbor. I lived between Carthage and Webb City for much of my childhood. Spent many a spring day or afternoon in the basement with a battery powered radio and all the electronics unplugged in the 80's.

Oh yeah you all know what that's like, very unfortunately.

Hope no one was hurt/killed

Oración por todos de inmediato,desde mi Nicaragua,en donde vivo.!

I watched that Omaha tornado from rope to over a mile wide, multi-vortex to triplet. It was a monster with a reverberating hook, looking like it was reeling in the whole storm . I wonder how far the whole hook encompassed.

Tornados can kill! Jesus saves sinners! God bless you

Prayers to you and everyone in the Midwest. You were very lucky you were spared. I've been watching The Weather Channel. I saw all the damage to houses and businesses. This is terrible. I live in Florida, which, of course, is hurricane country. God bless, and please stay safe.

5 blocks away from us destroyed everywhere in CB. Wash car destroyed on broadway.

Yes, that is true. The reason is that the winds concentrate and swirl as part of the tornado splits as goes underneath the bridge or overpass. The wind actually strengthens.

So what should you do if you are in your car on the road? I’m from earthquake country.

⁠@@Juzjonezn if it’s too late to outrun it, stop and get out of your car and get in the deepest ditch and lay down on your stomach, with your arms around your head. Hopefully the ditch isn’t flooded.

The wind really only strengthens when you have a graded pillar system. Which makes a slope up to the girders. You can get out of your car if it's just a plumb wall with a bridge to keep from hail damage and getting glass in your face.

unless if there is a gurter

Yeah it’s best just not to drive into a tornado-warned area. Most of these awesome tornado videos are taken by professional storm chasers. They’re bonkers and do NOT model ideal safe practices. But they’re also very knowledgeable about how to stay safe near these storms, if it’s unavoidable. They also get valuable scientific data and are often the fastest SAR people on site when there’s damage.

You make it sound like the tornado is still there

According to Christianity, Jesus would have been partially responsible for the tornado in the first place.

@@nonprogrediestregredi1711False, tornadoes and other natural disaster are just apart of the earth because it’s fallen. In the same way that human nature has a propensity towards sin and lawlessness. No, God does not actively prevent all forms of suffering

​@nonprogrediestregredi1711 ... I don't think you know what christianity is.... God is not the author of anything evil.... Do you know who the "Prince of the power of the air" is? That's the author of destruction.

I thought the same thing about "Jesus, be with these people."

I was thinking the same thing, at least we have time to prepare...

@@AnAmericanGirl4Surenot when it’s a Cat 5- the results are the same - you can NEVER be prepared for that kind of devastation !!!

And with earthquakes, you get no warning, unless you have a dog (They can often detect it) around and even then it's just seconds.

@@debbiet-t.3773 No but at least there is time to get the heck out of Dodge.

Don't they even have tornados in the UK? or are they just an American phenomenon?

​@@ElvenJustice yes and they're more frequent now

@@FarmerDrewthey wouldn’t be geoengineered would they?

Fuuuuuuuuck that!!! Although that's a great idea for a horror movie scene. Driving down the highway in the dark, a tornado ravaging the area and the only glimpses you see of it are from lightning strikes. Chills. Absolutely terrifying 💀

We call them SUPER TRUCKERS

Well he did happen to be there on the road that day.🤷‍♂️

@@KevinSmith-dq9tz Doesn't mean he has to keep driving right towards it. Everyone else stopped and pulled over.

Don't worry. Camera man always survives.

That thing was still so far away.

The fact that flag was still intact meant that twister was only showing 1% of its power.

I thought that too

Not @ half staff it didn't

She’ll always wave ✨🇺🇸✨

Gave proof thru the night that the flag was still there

I know, I started to comment the same thing. Definitely as not to take away from the destruction, despair, and tragedy that they cause. But just looking at how it spreads up top across the sky. Mother Nature is breathtaking, fascinating, and disastrous at the same time.

and at half staff.

I was wondering if the tornado was carrying a flag. Thanks for your prayers and attention.

Okay but… why is everyone driving TOWARDS IT?!

The thing looks horribly evil to me. Anything as dark and destructive is never beautiful in my eyes. I pray all humanity in its path are alright.

Tornado and many other warnings. That’s the problem is that people just think it won’t touchdown near them or they’ll be OK in the earthquake and then they find that they’re in the middle of it and they should’ve had better planning but they just don’t listen to warnings people never do. And I’m talking about the majority of people. I know there are some that do everything they can and listen to whatever they can to keep themselves safe, but they’re part of the minority.

Many in US don't respect hurricane warnings, they'd just sit it out and risk getting killed, injured or trapped. And for those trap, it creates an extra clusterfck situation for search & rescue assets to get them out. Like go to another town/city, stay in a hotel for 2 days maybe. Not that hard.

It would help if newscasters hadn't start calling tornado "watches" tornado WARNINGS. Up until the last ten years or so, there was always a distinct difference between the two, and people knew what it was. Knowing the difference can be life-saving.

What is the smell that you refer to

@patriciaconnorspaszek6259 I don't know how to describe it really. It's rain,metal, dirt, wood, burning, natural gas, death all kinds of stench in one massive sttench it's not a good smell at all.

Jesus! Só de ler os comentários já fico amedrontado.

I am a nurse, and noted the same thing immediately.

Added to that, the flag is at half mast. 😨

Tornado: ah, there's my exit! *Turbo blasts into the hospital*

@@shadowsoulless6227 It had some pain from the cactus it picked up a mile ago.

😳

I wouldn't say unlimited.

​@@WouldntULikeToKnow.You might if you're in it nature can build,nature can destroy, mother nature's wrath has no limits no boundaries no rules and no mercy.

@@WouldntULikeToKnow.why not say unlimited? Just asking. Can anyone honestly say what a natural storm will not do? I do not think so. They can say what one has not done up until this time. But no one can measure the limits of the power of nature. Again, only to that which they have experienced or studied.

@@gregharris7185 ​ @KNT.63 The Tornado is limited by the amount of energy being generated by the two temperature differences mixing into a vortex. A tornado isn't going to just keep going forever and never stop, it has a limit to it's power and is very much effected by it's trajectory.

É o pior lugar para se abrigar, por quê?

I'm from York Nebraska, 40 miles west of Lincoln. Just another spring day with some storms. Now that we know the relative path of them because of doppler radar, its a lot less scary. When I feel the temp drop 40+ degrees in a few minutes the hair on my neck stands up, because its the possibility of a big storm. imagine a day where its over 95F and then the temp drops to 50F in the time it takes to read this... thats Nebraska tornado weather. Its usually nice and cool for an hour os so after it passes, then the heat and humidity come back. However, I live in northern Michigan now, the land is cheaper, winters and summers are far milder, and I rarely get hailstorms. Sure I get 150 to 300 inches of snow every winter, and the wind coming off Superior can be like it is in Nebraska, but its nowhere near as harsh as Nebraska.

Being around them too much can make you complacent, until you are reminded firsthand what they can do. I'm glad you're ok.

Still rather be there than NYC. 🤭

"New York CIIITYYY?!?"

@@generaleerelativity9524 🤣 New York City serves me well for my career. But I hear you.!

Nebraska is part of Tornado Alley, so they probably are used to seeing them

He might be a professional storm chaser trying to get live information to the public or get scientific data

I'll take our south FL hurricanes 🌀 any day over this bad boy. We lost roof tiles and huge trees while huddled in the hallway but I was never scared compared to coming up against something like this. We normally have enough time to get out of the way here.

This thing was hard to track. I swear, before this one had touched down, there was one over by the Kawasaki UTV plant that didn't last for very long. But I kid you not, before this one had touched down, the sirens went off about 8 times.

stop lying

@@stellviahohenheimyou first.

Not to mention they can form and dissipate before the NWS even knows what's happening, before they can even issue a tornado warning, due to how long doppler radar scans take to update.

Wonder if that's a behavioral difference between people in Tornado Alley and Dixie Alley. Folks in Dixie Alley don't seem to take that precaution.

Tornados can kill! Jesus saves sinners! God bless you

But....shouldn't they turn around and get distance from the tornado........??????

@@fuzzydunlop7928 WTF are you even talking about? 😅

@@gregsimmons694 : Hallelujah! Praise The Lord!🙏✝️

The ones filmed on April 27th 2011, especially here in Alabama, were terrifying. Watching Tuscaloosa being torn-apart on live TV was unreal. RIP to all the souls who lost their lives that awful day.

I got hooked on tornado spotting content recently, after we nearly got caught in a tornadic system on our way home from watching the eclipse in Arkansas. I grew up in San Francisco and moved to western NC. Tornado chasers don’t come here. Tornadoes are always rain-wrapped and the terrain makes maintaining a safe line of sight impossible. The chasers who do science are fun to watch and really help to take the mystery out of these dangerous systems. It’s good to understand that one’s risk can be very much reduced by remaining weather aware, having a plan, and following the plan when the experts indicate it’s time to do so.

Not even a tornado can take that flag off.

@@gamefan6219Pink

Its a good display showing the wind wrap around the funnel.

Not only did he pray, but no cuss words. He's a strong man.

This is Father Nature not mother 😅😅😅

It was an unexpected 'Murica moment 🇺🇸

😂 Right! My video would be of me cutting across the highway and going the other way.

No Fear!

@@toshawilson9167 STG 😂😂

Obviously, people are getting more stupid every year.

It is a normal day. Everyday people are affected by nature’s furious power.

This past week in oklahoma

Im surprised he didnt pull out his kite. Yep its all fun until...

Where is the respect for nature?

"These people"? Who are you talking about? The people talking are tornado chasers, no? The people in cars on the highway - what are they supposed to do?

That is literally insane! Im from southern California and I can't even fathom what a 1.5 mile wide tornado would even look like holy shit

I live in a place where tornadoes are extremely rare. We had a f4 or 5 come thru once. It was horrible. Loss of life and everything else. How people live in The Alley is beyond me. Take care of yourself.

We got s piece of it up here in Huntsville too and didn't have power for 10 days. Cash was king so we keep cash in our tornado shelter and 2 generators. We had 2 touch down within a mile of me last night. I do not f around with tornadoes. They can turn so quick. My grandfather had to jump into a ditch once and a small one passed iver and ripped his clothes right off him. Had they not been old and ripped he would have just gone right up in it himself. I knew a family that died in their basement in a tornado once but and F5 is rare thank God

I was there as well, but lived 20 minutes south of town at the time. My family and I watched it go towards Tuscaloosa from our front lawn.

I lived down 69 South and left because I didn't think my parents house would hold up if something happened. Unfortunately for me, I went to the midtown Starbucks to ride it out and took an indirect hit. Also, your name looks familiar.@@garrettlake7970