Debris flies as tornado peels off roof in San Antonio
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Strong winds were seen ripping through the roof of a military building in San Antonio, Texas, as Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) said a “brief, very weak tornado touched down on JBSA-Fort Sam Houston” on Oct. 26, 2023. #tornado #sanantonio #texas #shorts
Michael Stockdell, who recorded this video showing debris being whipped around in a parking area, told Storyful: “It was crazy to witness the birth of a tornado with debris flying around from less than 100 yards away.”
JBSA said there were no reported injuries, “but downed trees and some damage to vehicles have been reported,” as workers were recorded surveying the area.
Most people realize seeing the flying debris is a clue to seek shelter.
Dudes having the time of his life
lol yes
@@happypeople8358Merry Christmas 🎄
Only if you’re a wimp
I was thinking, wow, great footage... then I see two cars driving right into it or through it and I thought WTH ? If it can rip that roof off, it can flip or roll a car. And the flying debris ? Could go right through the car windows. Seems like such unnecessary risks. I don't get it.
Never underestimate the danger of flying debris! Even if a tornado seems relatively weak, any amount of flying debris is dangerous. get inside and get away from the windows.
No
True
That folk in the car literately just parked in the middle of a Tornado...
That truck just kept driving right into it! What is wrong with people?!
Tough choice of where to park here??? Don't want damage to the car
I KNOW lol
Reed Timmer approved lol
@@Enjoyer.762 'Proceeds to constantly scream and shout'
Some people don't take tornadoes seriously how powerful, dangerous and deadly they are.
That tornado looked to weak
@@DimensionalGD1 Even with this tornado being weak its still strong enough to send debris right threw you.
They provide great content for us to enjoy.
@@DimensionalGD1: No tornado is ever too weak to take your life.
@@dnice6120 not really ef0s aren’t taking your life even if you get a direct hit
That car was totally clueless 🤦🏽♀️. Probably just thinking, “What awful weather we’re having “
😂
The one driving? They were freaked out. They went full speed over a speed hump
@@j.kristineemmons lol
@@j.kristineemmons I saw that and lol'd. I thought the same thing.
And my guess is that this was a small to mid EF-1 because the SUV survived the direct hit with very little impact other than a dent or two from debris!!!
You know someone’s Texan when they stand outside as a tornado hits them and say “TORNADO DAMN”
Smallish tornado
@@lisaquigley-moon9583darwinian
you mean midwestern?
Sooo true, and they keep driving, "maybe today's the day."
While laughing
That expedition just driving around like nothing is happening!
hahahaha What tornado
What Expedition ? Lol clearly not a Ford
Meanwhile I'm like, "that's a nice Expedition" 🤔
That Expedition is heavy as hell too. That’s what kept it on the ground. Had it been an Escape…
Yeah wth
In defense of the one driving this vehicle straight into a tornado, he probably just thought it was really windy 🤦♀️ and to the one recording... Although the commentary was late, thanks for making it clear. 🌪
@@mamajean3055 That’s what I was thinking
For everyone just seeing this tornado: It did occur back at the end of October 26th last year (2023.) I'm San Antonio's local advanced SKYWARN storm chaser & was there tracking this tornado as it occurred. I was able to get a hold of the NWS very fast & they then issued a tornado warning at 9:15am CST. I called them the second I saw this storm attempt to produce the first time & had them on the phone. Second attempt during cycle this supercell did so, & brought on an EF0 tornado with winds peaking near 100mph making it nearly an EF1. This tornado was right down town over Fort Sam Houston & was on the ground 5 miles moving West to east before lifting. This was our first tornado since 2017 in the city. I have been a local to San Antonio for more than 18 years now & can tell you we are seeing the numbers of tornadoes increase a bit over the last few years. Back in 2021 or 2020 there was another very little known tornado at Canyon Lake very briefly. It tore up Cedar Trees & was ranked EF1. Tornadoes in San Antonio are extremely rare but not unheard of. They usually tend to occur on the East side of town. No storm makes a single move over my city without me knowing it.
Wow, thanks for the info. Your job would be quite an adventure! Stay safe out there.
@@margiesweet6362 You are welcome:)
You are living tornado areas, start doing some experiment first put table fan at ground level and obserb the rotation of fan clock wise or anti clock wise.
Second visit site Bhaskara wheels, make Bhaskar wheels and put it all around home at the ground level and little above ground level and upto rooftop this will push hot air ,tornado is form when hot and cool air mix.
If we keep city air flowing in tornado areas. We can block or fade tornado.
1000 houses must to this experiment.
Either tornado will form or tornado will get disturbance of air circulation.
We have to play with wind circulation.
Jay bharat.
f1 is just a hard wind we get at least 5 per years in NW Ohio
@@quackednomy2246 Technically it is classified as a weak tornado, however it is very much still a tornado & highly dangerous regardless.
So unbelievably dangerous. The stuff flying around can (and does) cause fatal injuries
Right, could you imagine getting hit with a 2x4, flying at you maybe 40-60 miles an hour, maybe even faster! lol
Drove right into it😮
For the life of me... I don’t understand how you can be so oblivious to a tornado around you while driving and happened to get away, then somehow managed to end up in the path
There was a tornado in Johnston Rhode Island this past summer. I drove right up to the edge of it. I recognized it as a tornado, but no one else did, and people were honking at me cause I stopped. Luckily I did stop, cause a fence came flying out of nowhere and hit the truck up ahead of me. 😅
We don't normally get tornadoes that fat south in Texas. And when we do, this is as strong as they get. From living in Amarillo to living farther south, I call these tornadoes Dirt Devils. I'm actually surprised how "strong" this one was
Well I can tell you that no one had a clue this would happen and we’re all caught off guard by it. I had just driven through that area maybe 10 minutes prior and was amazed to find out that this tornado occurred. We were under the impression that it was going to be a regular ass storm that day but the whole ass storm showed up instead.
@@justin20232 Lol... the whole ass storm... that day was indeed something else for you, I bet
@@JeannieLoreneFun fact: Harris county (Houston) actually has had more tornadoes than any other Texas county since 2000. So tornadoes like that actually are pretty common further down south in Texas, it’s just THANKFULLY, they’re mostly little guys like this one 😂 I live near Houston and we get tornado warnings all the time during bad thunderstorms, but they’re usually the small Ef0/EF1’s. My little sister just moved to Dallas after being down south her whole life and OMG, they get some scary ones there. Yup I’ll definitely take the small ones over those bigger scary ones. The small ones are scary enough, as well as some of the ferocious straight-line winds that come along w these bad storms sometimes.
That dude is just standing there recording like one of those tree branches couldn't get embedded in his skull.
Ya know as good as I do cameraman never dies
For real! Can't fix stupid
This guy is playing Russian Roulette
How? He’s the cameraman
😮
😂The cameraman never dies.
Might be interested in a tornado chaser career after recording this.
I don't think you're supposed to park underneath a tree
yeah 😅 Don't get next to a tree
It’s all good bro he switched his insurance to geco
That dude is having the time of his life until something hits him
This dude drives right into the eye of the tornado 😂😂😂😂😂
No "eye" in a tornado. There is the vortex though.
These people could say what they want brother but that's some great footage
You are the 1st person I have ever seen get that close to the center of a tornado & still stay recording it.
Oh no you should see the video I got saved they were right in the middle inside a big tornado 🌪️
You must not know who Reed Timmer is then....He has a vehicle specially made to withstand EF3+ tornadoes and he purposely drives directly into them and gets amazing video of it. His vids are on YT
@@cs77smith67Wow
@divalisafoster4242 u seem shock, u want to see it?
People be driving in their cars.Get the heck out of there.
Just looking for a parking spot
@@jenniferthomas5305😂😂😂
Shit happens fast with tornadoes. They can drop right on you, and I'd honestly rather people not panic and start driving around like maniacs.
That guy “i can die but will never miss a moving tornado 🌪️ 😂😂
Deus proteja as pessoas crianças e animais 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@@anasoares1901 wht u say dear
That building looks historic. I hope they can restore it to its former glory. Sat in San Antonio for over 100 years, only to have its roof torn off in 2024
Guy just driving around oblivious to it all.
Just imagine if a tornado was completely invisible you wouldn’t know where to run or what to do.
The flying debris makes them very visible.
@@7zatanna It is invisible at night
Who ever is in those cars seriously situational awareness people. Stop driving into a tornado and trying to park in its path. That’s how you earn Darwin awards.
They definitely should have sped up lol. Did you see them hit that big ass bump? It must have been a piece of debris. They'd likely have been fine because this is just a little guy but still, I wouldn't want to be anywhere near it.
What was the car supposed to do? Hover out of its way?
tornado......ye be please be getting out of my pathway lol
@@deathbloom27 this had to be some one from down south. Seriously it’s the only place where the sirens go off and every one runs to there porch and yards to look for it. Course I’m kinda in the south and I do that every time but in my defense I all so am with in range to dive into a basement if it gets to crazy like 2 years ago Dec 11th and then 2 years ago new years and then this years Dec 9th with my town getting major tornados and multiple at once even I was outside looking for it till the Dec 11th one that turned out a F-3 was less than a thousand yards away and started raining pieces of wood framing from houses all around me that one I ran inside cause I could t tell where it was or what was falling cause it was so crazy out. Only after did I realize what that stuff was and it was a massive tornado that was really really close but I only needed a new roof while many I knew lost all most everything with 22 in my county that night loosing there lives. But looking at what it did you realize with out a basement or hardened reinforced shelter than is interlocked with the foundation even doing everything your told to do how they say do it the reality is it didn’t matter causes there was no safe place and only thing left to even know there was a house there is the foundation and pipes coming out of the ground. The rest was feet to hundreds of miles away and there is no realistic chance of survival when they get at or above a EF-4 outside underground or reinforced concrete shelters.
they was probably too busy texting lol
You think of your friends and family,s safety and lives during an ordeal like this! Even dreaming about a tornado gives me the shivers!! A living nightmare indeed!!!
Man's power is nothing compared to the awesomeness of nature.😮
Is there more info on where this was? I lived in SA for a while, and felt pretty comfortable with the low likelihood of tornadoes. Suffice to say I'm glad to be in Portland, for now, until Cascadia and then a small tornado won't sound so bad...
I've always found these types of tornado interesting as you can't always see exactly where it is
Serious question - in just about every tornado video I've seen, there are people driving around, AND not necessarily away from its path. Why? What gives? Are some people that blasé about tornadoes?
What a great shot!! I don’t know anything about this particular storm so hopefully everyone is all right - but purely from a footage standpoint, really good!
I agree!
@@chelseafuller8412
I know!! So do i😉👍
It’s always been so interesting & crazy to me how concentrated the damage can be from tornadoes. It’s as if they go through picking & choosing which strictures to destroy. You can sometimes see a home or building that’s completely demolished & right next to it stands a perfectly intact unscathed building. It’s amazing!
This guy is happy
Look how the way tornado swirl real fast with the debris and those cars didn't even move or pick up
And power lines stayed intact as well. The lights never even flickered. lol.
😮It appears the tornado was behind the car, and as the vehicle turned the corner, it was alongside,destroying the house roof, and when the vehicle stopped, it was to the front... amazing... God and man in harmony...😅😂
This was best comment ever! Satan walking with God hahahahaha Perfect TIming!
I saw in another comment their Storm Chasers.
@@1970GenXer OK thanks
So... is the tornado god in this scenario...?
@@BRUtahn noo, they meant God was protecting the dude!
For all the people complaining about the locals still driving during a tornado.. we don't get tornadoes often, and when we do they're weak and don't last long. The meteorologists didn't warn of us anything and we don't have tornado sirens. So these people were oblivious to what was going on. Nobody was hurt and that was about all that happened.
Understood, but that person driving needs to just pull off the road and not keep on driving. This is why people are saying things. That is too dangerous to be driving in. 💯
Just flat out terrifying 😮
I can't believe that the little pyramid roof on that little tower structure survived. I kept waiting for it to get lifted up like a parasailer but it stayed intact while the rest of the house didn't do as well.
Bro me thinking it’s just a small piece of debris, then zooming in realizing it’s a TREE BEING RIPPED OF THE GROUND FLYING IN THE AIR 💀
I lived in San Antonio for 45 years and only had a very minor tornado but lots of water.
Amazing how it only ripped that one roof apart, and the others are still in tact😮😮😮😮😮
I seen that and they all built the same but that one roof, I’m like God chose this one😢😢
I live near SanAntonio and get News out of SA and Austin. Tornadoes are rare, they usually get straight line winds. As of late there have been more extreme weather events in our area.
Cameraman never dies
Yeah if you can't get in a doorway frame in time, run towards the nearest cameraman. Lol
@@punkanelliefonkbush8811 LOL your comment is underated
@@mariazuccarini6008 😁
Get that Miata outta there!!! It’s precious
Tornados are the most savage scarey things in mother nature's arsenal
I’ve been under three feet of snow for a week in Washington DC, our house was flattened by a tornado in Dayton Ohio and I was in an Earthquake in Champaign Illinois. We now live in Phoenix and I am waiting for that beach front property..
These guys stand outside and watch this like it just a rain storm omg run for shelter
Not wise
San Antonio is beautiful. I would love to revisit.
*This looks absolutely a nightmare*
If the tornado looks like it isn't moving, it's coming directly at You❗😮
😮 omg! That's freaking scary 😮😮
As someone who has lived in San Antonio for 10 years...I can say we don't see tornadoes.
People are frightened where can they go? prayers
Love this guys enthusiasm.
Tornadoes are like monsters!!
Unfortunately most of us Texans aren't used to any kind of inclement weather. We only have 2 seasons: hot and hotter. Winter is a few cool fronts a year😢
No, we have hot and construction...
Always a car creeping in the storm
The birth of a Tornado. Imagine F4 or F5 with wind speeds 250Mph to 300mph. If you get caught in the debris field you get shotgun blasted with glass,wood,metal objects. Doctors who do the Autopsy’s of Tornado victims say this is what kills you. Blunt force trauma from debris. 😢😢
True! And the sandblasting which blasts your soft tissue off to the bone.
Glad they are okay!!
It seemed to be a relatively weak tornado, EF-0 or EF-1 maybe. Still, it obviously can do some serious damage.
Wow I didnt hear of San Antonio getting a tornado! What part of town was it?
October 26th, 2023. Fort Sam Houston & surrounding neighborhood to the east took a hit. Was on the ground for 5 miles. I'm San Antonio's local advanced SKYWARN storm chaser.
@@StormChaserMaci. thank u for the info!
@@jinjin0135 No Problem:)
Yeah, I live by Leon Springs and never heard about this
Tornadoes, no matter how strong or weak, are always scary dangerous!!! Most scary part is debris, especially loose glass or large sharp objects flying like missiles or torpedoes coming right at u in a fraction of a second and not knowing when your last breath will be.
Sabemos en lo puede llegar a ser un fenómeno de estos y ellos tan tranquilos pues todavía no tiene fuerza
I’d have been literally blown away because I thought the branches flying were clusters of birds at first😅
Lucky that Tornado was small and probably an EF0 - EF1 ... but the Person in the SUV wouldn't have been so lucky being that close up if the Tornado was Stronger!!
Gives whole new meaning to BREAKING NEWS!
Аллох ута Кудратли ва Хикматли булган Зотдир...
Im surprised one happened here in town, I remember seeing one trying to develop around Ingram years ago.
Was this the actual touchdown?
No. It was already in the ground.
That’s wild. I was just in one last week in Michigan. Scariest shit ever.
Dude that dude was driving roght in it lol, damn!
"You don't know how it feels when it, misses that house and that house and comes straight for you!"
What movie was this?
Jo from Twister!
(P.s.- I'm from KC too! go Chiefs!! 🏈)
This is most definitely real!
Yes: I was the one tracking it that day. I'm San Antonio's SKYWARN storm chaser.
Fucken terrifying the way it sounds
date please
It was on my birthday lol
Oct 26th, 2023. My city.
I’m surprised it didn’t pick up or toss the folks in the SUV SUBURBAN VEHICLE!😲
That expedition had no sense of urgency.
😂 That tornado definitely is skipping class 😅
My God those pieces of metal flying in the area would go right through the human body . Being out in the open filming is just nuts ! One second and that force is on you . Buckling down in a basement, storm cellar or walk in cooler makes much more sense . Even a small object can go through the body like butter .
It wasn't a Tornado till it was on his doorstep 🤣🤣
That suv just drive by that storm!!! 😮😮😮
Praying❤
I’ve seen straw embedded into a tree from the April 4, 1974, tornadoes in Richmond, Ky. Eight people died in the county that evening. A Ky State Trooper was going south on I75 when a 2x4 came through his rear windshield just missing his head as it hit the front windshield. I’m amazed this guy in the van kept driving into the winds. Wonder what his first clue was?
Damm
I usually justify people filming tornadoes up close when there is no visible debris, but this person is absolutely nuts.
That car just drove right through the tornado o shit haa 😂
I can't believe 😮😳😳 people are driving in this!!!
Excellent job videographer - courageous!
This guy knows proper tornado safety: Stand outside, take video, and shout "tornado, damn!"
A CICLON GO THAT WAY ,CHECK WEATHER ALERT!!! ❤
I would have floored it getting out of the area...they're driving like it's Sunday!! Uh uh, too risky!
God protect us all her and in Texas in yeshua mighty name amen ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨🕊
Worked really well for 20 elementary kids on May 20, 2013 in Moore, OK... I'm sure none of them or their teachers or parents or other relatives were praying for them... 🙄
Amen 🙏 These are the last days, it's time to pray and seek God. He is the only ONE, who can calm the storms in these difficult times. 💯
This is an EF-0
no problem as long as it does not gather more strenght.
That does not look like an EF0. It looks like It can cause more damage than that. 😂
@@koryleonard8147 I have copy/pasted the EF0 damage description.
EF0:
Minor damage.
Small trees are blown down and bushes are uprooted. Shingles are ripped off roofs, windows in cars and buildings are blown out, medium to large branches snapped off of large trees, sheds are majorly damaged, and loose small items are tossed and blown away (i.e. lawn chairs, plastic tables, sports equipment, mattresses). Barns are damaged. Paper and leaves lifted off the ground.
So i think the tornado we see here fits this description.
But it look like a week tornado
Yeah relativly weak like ef0 or ef1
Scary to realize that is a weak tornado with an EF0 rating and it still is ripping roofs off. Imagine the devastation the big ones cause! 😳🫢😢
@@daniellefarrow7956Look up the Joplin Missouri tornado damage for your answer.
Good grief! This is Texas! Why was that guy standing out there during a tornado???
Real 2023
Nevermind the Expedition actually temporarily taking off for a bit and then lands.....😮😮😮😮
God bless
I love how the expedition driver is just driving around like nothing is happening
Sit tight hun. That's just god calling folks Home.