1:57:04 the candle factory became the center of attention by this tornado when workers from what I heard were told to stay at the factory when the alarms sounded. Many of em wanted to go home to get to somewhere safe and sturdy, but was threatened by managers that they would be fired if they left. And then when the tornado hit, 8 or 10 coworkers lost their lives as the building collapsed after swaying left and right by the tornado's winds ... First the lightning lit up the sky, and then it got quiet in between where no sounds or chirps of animals and insects making noises, and then the wind gusts picked up and the power flickered and went out as the tornado is hitting the candle factory. And then it tracked directly through the heart of Mayfield afterwards, increasing in intensity and strength between Mayfield and Benton... The candle factory was a shocking and nightmarish sight ... 1:59:18 that lightning strike was unbelievably too close as Nathan exits I-69 on 58 towards 121 ... 2:00:43 the candle factory is about to get hit by the tornado 🌪️ , and then the power goes out at 2:01:53 after Nathan runs the red light near the Shell gas station and the tornado enters the city of Mayfield at 2:02:10 causing EF4 to near EF5 damage then directly towards downtown destroying everything in its path ... And then Nathan turns onto 121 at 2:02:54 to outrun an escape the tornado in time E or NE of its path which is at 1 mile wide ... Nathan and then the police officer a little while later run for their lives escaping as fast as they could away from the tornado that's a mile or less behind them speeding 60 mph right on top of them, while the police officer and Nathan speed 80 to 90 or 100 mph on the back road 🛣️ ... 2:05:10 the tornado enters downtown Mayfield at peak intensity destroying the church, courthouse, theatre, and historic buildings and then at 2:05:55 it exits Mayfield towards the town of Benton and rest was history.. Note: the tornado itself (being the second one after the first dissipated from the same parent supercell thunderstorm ⛈️) travelled on the ground for a whopping nearly 200 miles while this long lived supercell thunderstorm traveled across 4 states in couple more hours from its lifetime to the end ... 2:08:34 I hope that police officer had escaped the tornado to somewhere safer and was okay as he was panicking and running for his life ... You can imagine the fear both Nathan and the police officer had as they were outrunning the tornado 🌪️

I did my chemo treatments in Mayfield I know Mayfield well, Everytime you got further into Mayfield my blood pressure was sky high lol if you'd taken Broadway instead of that left you'd been well in the shit lol

Well good news is I69 is finished now so if you ever have to drive through I69 you'll hit it in union city and take it all the way to Mayfield or lone oak, still has a purchase parkway exit in ky

You can barely see the funnel but you can see the cloud floating that's weird

good job friend!

impressive! liked shared subscribed

BOLT!

Iowa may have suddenly become his favorite state after so many years of nothing and now the last 2 years😂

insane vid nathan,

Holy smokes!

❤ Greenfield

Extremely close? Clickbait at it’s finest.

wow that was amazing! it didnt get too much but that was right next to u wow

Always amazes me at the lack of thunder in many tornadic storms.

Is this the same storm they said was moving upwards of 90mph?? That's the craziest thing I ever heard !! A quarter mile wide with 150+ winds inside rollen up at 90+ mph ?!?! What tf do you do ?!?! Better have a storm shelter within feet !! Or your done !! Can't out run it !! Underground!! That's the only way !!

what a day you had, lots of excitement.. great stream job.. be safe..

Wow

11:39 This tornado swallowed too much dust and died right after.

The year is wrong. :) Great video bud and amazing chase

Hello

The focal point of your video is how many times you can say "holy s..t" There needs to be more regulations placed on storm chasers.

Thank God your parents and there house were spared. Had to have been scary situation

Wait I didn’t know Barry was from IL! I lived in Gurnee for 23 years and almost a year in Peoria! IL storms do NOT play😅

Holy WOW what a trip! That lightning throughout the whole storm was GLORIOUS. Watching you chase and having being chased was incredible and I think your circumstances would have been much more dire if you kept on going instead of turning around. Being a weather geek myself, I studied this tornado and I wish healing for all those affected. I am glad you made it out safe!!

I'm wondering what's in the background talking about a bitty....what's a bitty?

I ride a bike everywhere I would hate to get caught in something like this that would truly blow

I work at titan tire in union city woodland mills is right behind titan tire where the tornado recycled three times before hitting F4 verosity

This is off of great River Rd... Good fishing... Ponds down here

Twister scene out of nowhere 😂

the 18 minute Mark is insane

These storms only get worse or better for storm chasers they are out saving lives or for helpin fireman and cops go to homes to find the living that could be under items of there homes.Thank you for what you are doing . make a difrence at 1 life or 3 lives.

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Tornado near by, truck on it's side, debris on the sides of the road, and the idiot drivers on the road decide to rubberneck and go really slow forcing you to also go really slow.

Buildings made of sticks and stones aren't going to make the grade anymore. The future is grim if we DON'T begin to build underground. Everything underground with bombproof structures above ground. But the budget won't allow it!

Great video. Liked it and subscribed. Question though, at the 0:57 mark, what is the british voice saying? 100 bitties? There is also weird things being said randomly throughout the video. Its on top of the radio communications. Sounds british?

Another one preliminary rated EF3. Ask anyone outside of America to draw a tornado and they'd draw Lincoln Waverley.

Incredible footage 🌪️ Well they've rated Minden EF3, as well as giving a preliminary EF3 to the prior cycle from McClelland to Minden. These were fierce wedges.

One spotter joined by a hundred other spotters, all looking to put their videos online for a few $$.

Remember Minden, Iowa......hopefully its still there!

Amazing !! Massive Tornado !! Praying for all that was affected by this tornado 🙏🏻

Has this tornado been categorized yet?

What is the difference between a tornado and a land spout?

Amazing footage, Nathan. Wow.

I'm from Waverly but move to Phoenix Az.

Absolutely insane

We get out share of tornados here in Illinois to.

Good video! Chasers. I live in the area. But was unharmed from this storm