Yes Cathleen. LOTS more footage from this day.

@@PecosHank Yay!

Nice

@@PecosHank Thanks Boss!

Omg that was a spooky 👻 looking storm

Reed is screaming while intercepting, and Pecos is in the bear's cage and calm as anything. My chase partner is definitely the latter and I'm definitely the former - wonder how long into this season 'til they pitch me out of the car for being obnoxious lmao.

I need to ride with him set for I always wanted to see a tornado 🌪️

@@cs77smith67 Right? I feel like I could bust out for half the season and on my last day in the US, get to see a beast like this and I'd be set for life.

@@NixyRumancek wish I could get into it

@ CS77 Smith COME TO KANSAS WHERE I LIVE AND YOULL SEE PLENTY:). I’ve been in more than i want to admit lol

Second that! Appreciate the ride-along feel on this one, though, gave me chills.

I agree, tho I also KNOW Hank does not have a death wish, and is more careful than he may sound sometimes. It takes insiration and intuition to Storm Chase successfully and Hank has both in excess. He should sell some of these energies to other chasers so they can get close and survive without needing to change their underwear as often. Or maybe, lecture in the off seasons so new and even veteran Chasers can expand their knowledge a bit, and stay safe while up close. Certainly the choice to push through the RFD was wise in the long run, and saved a ton of hail damage. Just how could Hank know a second tornado was birthing behind him? Oops, Siblings and Satellites are truly dangerous and demand 360 focus from every chaser [as El Reno taught us painfully.] SO glad Hank has those dashcams in the Windbreaker so he can see as wide as possible.

@@Baldevi I really like the idea of hank giving a lecture in the next off-season! We get to see all his amazing footage, but the decision making processes and techniques he uses are mostly unknown to non-chasers like myself.

Agreed!

I don't know if i would have been all in on that one if i was riding shotgun! My corn hole would have been puckered up tighter than a snare drum! BTW- how much you charge to ride shotgun Pecos Hank? I can be the Robin to your tornado Batman!...

Agreed, seeing the wind spin him around like that is a troubling feeling. To close to death even for the fans. Keep it safe man we all here love you.

@ChillLetsPlays Agreed, and I'm sure his loved ones feel the same. Some are getting far far too close, and racing a tornado? I can understand core punching for the experienced, but man. It reminds me of some stories from experienced pilots, getting too comfortable and going below their minimums. Funnily enough oftentimes regarding weather (IFR). Other time just the physical capabilities of their plane. Stick to your minimums!

What XyrianHD said!

@@annabobanaasmr8411 get your God damn aviation terminology out of this sacred tornado video

How did you "always" respect him? Oh you've know him your whole life. OK that makes sense. Never mind. Cary on

great advice!

Or away!

@@tokufire8989 Don't count on that. Better to be safe and get out of its path. Nature does some freaky shit.

@@tokufire8989 possible, but as mentioned above, don’t bank on it. I’d get out of its way

Hnnnghh

For real it’s amazing

Don't kid yourself, Hank doesn't. He knows he's in constant danger doing this and could die at any time from the tornado taking a wrong turn. He's talked about it a lot on his channel before. In order to be a storm chaser, especially one who gets up close to tornadoes and films them, you have to accept that risk. You can minimize risk as much as possible, but you can never eliminate it. There is never a "safe spot" when a tornado is on the ground nearby. And even with live radar there's a very slight delay, and the resolution might not be good enough to warn of the position of some hail cores or another developing tornado. Even a seasoned meteorologist and storm chaser can only use their best guesswork when finding a safe path close to a tornado while avoiding hail. Some storm chasers just don't even try to avoid hail. When you're chasing tornadoes, you're going into the most violent place in the entire storm system. All the rotational energy of an entire mesocyclone, focused to a single funnel. Not to mention the hail cores, outflow, inflow, straight-line winds, lightning, debris, and torrential rain. If the tornado is rain-wrapped, and/or it's night, it's even worse. Anyway, my point is, anyone needs to be humble when it comes to storms. Know your limitations, minimize the risk as much as possible and accept the risk you can't minimize, and don't fool yourself into thinking you can call any spot around a tornado "safe". That's one of the things I like about Hank, he's like, specifically NOT one of those people who ever thinks they're safe or lets their guard down. He's always questioning his own decisions, you can hear him on camera sometimes say stuff like "Oh crap, oh no, what have I done" and stuff like that. Not a bad thing, just shows he's one of the humble storm chasers and not one of the ones that thinks they can predict the future or be "safe" near a tornado.

Although it's clear he's an experienced storm chaser, this man is really calm in dangerous situations. I would've lost my cool at some point.

South East is usually safe but tornadoes are unpredictable... El Reno 2013 proves that. Rest in peace Tim, Paul, and Carl ❤

Here before this comment blows up

Here it comes

This looks like it was out of a movie!, Awesome work Hank!

@@ranethlim8405 Hope you’re not still waiting for this comment to blow up. Now you can say you were here before the comment bombed? Haha.

I had no idea you watched Hank, that's really cool!

Thankfully, it was only sucking up farm dirt.

@Don't Read My Profile Photo I won't; it's irrelevant and doesn't even interest me.

@Don't Read My Profile Photo Too late....

@Don't Read My Profile Photo gay

And the funny thing is that all of the tornadoes on the title card are picking up dust.

I know, I'm so excited!

Well it is May, peak storm season

@@fldsmdfrfromcloudywithacha7954 More sad, it means there's a lot of empty dusty fields out in farm country.

funny thing is there were only about 150 tornados in May, half of the usual amount (280-300). It was actually a very slow month, he just got the most exciting ones

I agree. Larger text would be appreciated also.

at first i was like wth is this guy talking about, but now i see it and i agree

He reminded me of my late husband whom storm chased what lightning storms were in the area, he'd lived in a tornado location and it was his excitement about extremes in weather. Pecos Hank is my favorite storm chaser and his photography is absolutely my favorite as well!

And for helping further our knowledge on the tornadoes. Thank you Pecos Hank!

no

Exactly what I thought, as I believe there was three instantaneously. I’ll have to go back and look.

I was wondering if those were power flashes, or static electricity generated by all the dust being blown around.

@@Ben_Kimber I mean, that could be.. I’m making assumptions and am certainly no expert lol

Tornadoes are so much bigger than I think many people comprehend.

@@andystewart4474 I'm also no expert. I have a basic to intermediate understanding of tornadoes, but I'm far from being qualified to engage in high-level discussions about them. Most of what I learned about tornadoes, I learned from this channel, and from a "Geography: Weather & Climate" course I took in university last year.

I was like I bet he's recording this one when I saw it live as it happened seeing it form on TexasStormChasers channel.. looks like he sure did lol

@@Isaac-wf7sf does he only chase in the Texas/Oklahoma area?

@@barbaroacosta5335 Nope I believe he also chases in the dixie alley area some. Not certain on this one but pretty sure.

True

@@barbaroacosta5335 He chases as far as Nebraska and Eastern Colorado to Texas and sometimes goes up north or a little west from what I've seen, though those places seem to be his main area!

lol yeah, like at first I was like "okay, it's a bit spooky to have to drive past it but if he guns it he'll be past it in no time." Especially early on when he said he was shaking I was like "yeah you're pretty damn close but you're also a seasoned storm chaser so what's the issue?" Boy was I wrong about that lol. The further we got into the video the more I realized why it was so scary.

@@user-p7up8l4k What is his stance on tornadoes? Does he like them?

@@user-p7up8l4k Science is more believable than the fairytales you're writing here. Go back to school buddy and learn what actually causes weather like this. 👍

@@hinachan70 for real

@@statelypenguin of course, however through is love for this weather he has helped provide a ton of very relevant research that is helping to formulate the predicability of tornadoes and how to mitigate damage. His music + persona is a major factor in his KZfaq fame (his instrumental music is amazing), however his input into meteorological science is incredibly worthwhile and I personally hope he continues!

That'd be the dream

Wewd you really though? 😋

I would also love to

Build him an absolute tank for chasing and he might consider

You might 💩 your pants tho, so bring an extra pair😅🤣😉

That's right I'm doing the same thing Joe I'm just looking at KZfaq then BAM!! Pecos hank posts and I IMMEDIATELY have to watch it right away

same here! perfect timing eh

He knew!

nah, it's because the Tornado carried him out to Mexico xD

@@Toxik_official 3rd world filter

Yeah that's excactly what I was thinking It almost looks surreal

@@User45834 im not muslim but thank you

@@User45834 Christ is the Way, the Truth and the Life.

Same!

HE FINALLY HIT 1 MILL

I've been here since 200 - 300k

Watch it while your locale is cleaning up from a tornado and derecho event, with more storms on the way >.> at 1am. I didn't need sleep tonight XD

@@NixyRumancek stay safe!

Hang loose Steve!

@@PecosHank I especially love the scary pounding drums music.

timestanp?

@@Jacksonn985 I'm guessing they're meaning the area right above the ground at 3:20 to the left of the tornado itself. Looks to be feeding right into the beast

@@Jacksonn985 Try 3:16 or so. I think it's hard to tell just because it's so dusty.

Are u sure the commentary isn’t influencing you

@@picklep9812 it is also a giant ass nado within a 20 mile proximity yeEEE

@Don't Read My Profile Photo bro don’t comment this on a comment like this.

@@tifluvsu80 freaking bots man

@@TripedalTroductions i remember when those kinds of accounts would lead to something actually rewarding… sigh bots are so annoying

There are evil spirits in them, with their evil energyes , that are destructable. Nothing more in them . Pwy.

@@kopronko It's nature. It is neither evil or good. It just is.

@@xXJMatherXx don't be daft.

@@kopronko I’ve heard this but nobody has ever explained, how would one know?

@@xXJMatherXx If you don't know about the something's evilness , it doesn't mean, that because of your blind uneducation it does not exist.

I woodmt say "THE" most. But pretty good

@@gxlorp you've not watched too many of his videos then! Show me better footage then?

There’s that moment just after 2:45 where you get his decision making process. “It’s going to be strong. Do we do it [attempt to drive past]? No, we’re not going to do it. We’re not going to do it . . . [slight pause] . . . We’re going to do it.” He’s not deciding to take a risk. He’s deciding which risk to take. Go forward, go back, or stay in place. With the secondary tornado forming behind him, going forward was probably the best decision.

@@MarcosElMalo2 Stresses me out watching, because even though I know he's ok, it's like geez...any option has risk here. Amazing footage, I could never be this close to a tornado myself.

I live in Southern Ontario too, just a little away from the Detroit border. I heard they got one, didn't know we were under the gun. Supposedly we're about to get hammered in my area with the second big storm in a row.

Same! So far just the one tornado in Uxbridge; Ottawa was hit by the derecho, just like the rest of SW Ontario. I got lucky and was 4km away from where it hit in my city - literally one of those "it rained on one side of the street but not the other" scenarios. I knew what it was on radar and was chasing when it came through. For sure thought everything would be wrecked by time I got home. Other chasers sending me their footage was pretty grim. Those transformer towers near Ottawa that got crumpled were eerily reminiscent of Great Plains tornado footage I've seen, definitely surprised only one tornado came from that storm.

@@NixyRumancek my brother and his wife and kids live in Ottawa and I couldn’t believe the pictures I was seeing! I saw footage of something that looked like a tornado someone filmed from their apartment building in Ottawa, but maybe it was a funnel cloud that didn’t touch down. My town was South of the storm. We got blasted with wind and rain for maybe 10 minutes, but nothing NEAR as bad as other cities had it.. am I right in understanding that Derechos are a fairly rare phenomenon in Canada?

@@MusizKanuck I've not seen any videos from Ottawa but I'm still trying to catch up on my Twitter feed from that day - sounds terrifying! NTP concluded their evals for Ottawa and said it was a downburst with winds reaching 190km/h. They're finishing up their analysis in Ottawa. They still have ground/drone surveys in Rawdon, QC and London, ON. I'm surprised only one tornado came from this. I saw several scuds (false funnels) that day, and the damage certainly looked tornadic in nature. Lucky you weren't in the thick of it. They're definitely rare in Canada. Canada's last string of significant derechos would've been in the late 1990s - I remember one from 1999. NOAA survey on it says the storm did a number through Thunder Bay and northern Ontario before heading into Quebec.

London Ontario here! Tons of damage here, downed 60+ year old massive trees, several of which landed on houses. Damage looked possibly indicative of a tornado in an area of the city I toured. Waiting to hear professional confirmation though.

Some of my most scariest dreams were tornadoes i couldnt get away from.. but im in awe of there height and beauty. One of my hobbies is to chase tornadoes if i had time and extra money. The excitement it brings is indescribable.

What's "werid" about it? Does your anxiety enjoy "butt stuff"?

Or maybe your anxiety is nonbinary gender queef.

@@mohamedAli-kj6fb same. I have this reoccurring nightmare in which there's a tornado in my backyard but I can't get the basement door closed. They are freaky but awesome.

I got incredibly close, just as cloase as he gets in this video (literally chased) by an F3-F4 last month and I'm now equally fascinated

There's a lot more video from this event. When I have time I'll do the entire story for ya. Cheers Derek!

Isn't he great? He hits the trifecta of getting excellent footage, providing educational content, and staying calm under pressure. (There's another storm chaser whose videos I can't watch because he's always yelling at other members of his team.)

Yeah same there was a tornado when I was- 4 it shook me out my skull but yet I watch videos of it 😭

that's how you know he's made for this job!! the ability to stay completely calm in this is.. definitely a skill i dont have LOL

I was thinking same thing. best year ever for tornados it seems.