Greensburg Kansas EF-5 Tornado
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- May 4th 2007 Greensburg Kansas Tornado. Incredible footage of the EF-5 tornado up close. Sean Wilson of Blown Away Tours along with Tim Andrews video taped this monster as they were traveling down hwy 183 with debris falling all around. Get ready for this wild ride.
This tornado was so massive that it took up atleast 12 of the 16 pixels in total this video had
Imagine the el Reno 2013
Man that is scary driving when you can barely see anything especially during a tornado. You guys are sure brave.
This is my hometown, everything I knew and loved was in the middle of that monster. My mom, dad and brother rode it out in the front seat of a 78 ford truck..truck was destroyed and I honestly dont know how they lived thru it. 2 of the 12 victims were in the same block as where my parents lived :( it was such a great community, but not one of us greensburg residents are the same after that night...
Jolena Henderson good u survived.but NEVER DIG A TORNADO SHELTER,NEVER!!!
WATCH TV INSTEAD!
So very sorry 😢 and at night too
that looks like my house after my sister and her husband Frank come over from Florida with their six kids- THANKS A LOT FRANK!!!
Very well put. It's easy to watch tornado videos on here and comment, but I couldn't imagine living in one of these small Texas, Oklahoma, or Kansas towns when a big wedge barrels down on you in the dark. I guess it's just a part of life for those folks.
"Spooky" video. Thanks for posting.
I was watching the radar online of this monster before and during when it hit this town. The radar was scary looking.
There's nothing more scary than a tornado at night time. Gives me chills just thinking about it. Especially one THAT powerful!
I grew up near Greensburg. This video is chilling, to say the least.
That is One....Huge....Tornado!
@seanwilson7 how many tornadoes have u chased in ur life?
This tornado I learned destroyed 39 blocks before it died out
to go after that monster in the DARK.....what can I say? You guys have balls of steel.
An EF5 tornado is bad enough, but the eeriness of the thing barreling down the countryside at night towards a small Kansas town makes it even more horrific.
why does the sound keep going in and out?
It also had wind speeds in excess of 205mph.
It was at 1 mile going through the town of Greensburgh. Other reports had it at 1 3/4 mile in the fields outside.
@mandkins I KNOW! I was in a Kansas outbreak of tornadoes i was scared! Luckily, it was a funnel cloud when it was north of my home i was holding myrabbit scared to death!
Holy crap 2:25 thats huge......
It was wider than the town of greensburg
I live 100 miles north in Hays. I remember this night well. I was glued to the TV the whole time. Were you headed south or north on 183?
He was heading north then turned east on a dirt road.
I live in Kansas and no doubt this was a very devastating tornado. I am no engineer or meteorlogist but have been fascinated with tornado damage since May 4, 2003. When I look at the damage in Greensburg I can tell that the tornado was at least an EF4. It was the high school that pushed it into the EF5 category. No problem at all either this tornado was probably one of the most widespread/catastrophic tornadoes in US history but not quite as strong as some.
its getting bigger Tim!!!
did the sound cut out for anyone else?
We had a tornado a Few days ago in Mooresville and it was a Roaring storm.
Was Rated EF1
These guys are out of their mind.
@bull864 I hate to tell you but I read that these two guys died chasing the tornado that formed to the Northeast of Greensburg right after this one went through it. In fact, their website no longer exists.
I just drove thru greensburg mar 8th and you can still see the aftermath of destruction. Ouch!
@darkkiler99 One of the girls I ran with in college is from G-burg and she said it was the scariest night of her life. The town was nearly completely leveled, but they've since rebuilt a lot of it. There are still some bare foundations and you can definitely tell the town experienced something major, but things are looking a lot better now.
Bigest tornado i hhave ever seen in my life
@kdolo100
Technically the Greensburg was the first EF5 on the new scale, but omany other tornadoes were rated F5 on the old scale before then. Also, BradleyWWEFan is wrong. The Greensburg tornado was the only U.S. tornado to be rated EF5 in 2007.
Since the EF scale started on February 1 2007 the Greensburg tornado was indeed the first EF5.
I know of Lanny Dean. I am a spotter/mobile spotter/chaser. In my part of the world there really is no problem with people out chasing. Our highways are not choked with chasers like you would find out in the plains. Our terrain is also very hilly so you really have to drive around and position yourself correctly in order to see what's happening. A tornado could be right over the hill and you may never see it. What good is a spotter then? I've had plenty training. I will have more as well :)
2 things: 1 there is no EF6 category
2: you can't judge strength from size.
The Talented Mr Ridley inhuman know it all
Tim is going off a previous report of possible ef5 rated damage in this tornado...yes the NOAA calls it in the end. But guess what... Tim and Sean were right.
There's no F6 YET, because it hasn't happened yet.
Closest one to an F6 so far was the May 3rd, 1999 Tornado.
Give it time, and it may just happen when you least expect it.
@@WackyModder84 There is no upper limit to the ef5 category. Unless they somehow change the rating system, no tornado will ever be rated an ef6. There is literally no such thing. Tornadoes are rated based on their damage and ef5s only leave foundations, so what is more damaging than that?
@@sleuth2077, Yep...good comment.
Probably the reasoning behind the no upper limit of the cat. EF5 is because it is not really needed.
It's like the difference between being dead and deader.
I can definiterly understand the adrenaline rush but chasing tornadoes AT NIGHT is completely insane.
on that Night - I was coming up I-35 northbound from Wichita to K.C. pulling a set of Triple - Trailers - Semi - and it was all I could do to stay on the road - Lightining was really badd too. Really Windy - south of Eldorado that night - Truckers on the CB had said it wiped out the entire town !
Wow check out that multiple vortex 1:28 - 1:46.
At nearly 2 miles wide this was truly one of the biggest ever.
It was at one point 1.9miles wide and 1.7 miles wide in Greensburg. Stormchaser told me it took 5-10 minutes to get through town. Borderline EF4/EF5 damage at its most intense in my opinion. Yeah typically F5/EF5 tornadoes are really large but some have been as narrow as 100yds wide. The Parkersburg, Iowa EF5 tornado was around 1/2 to 3/4mile wide and it took about a minute to get through that town. It was just as erased. It was 1.2 miles wide at one point but only doing EF2/EF3 damage.
I know it took the Joplin tornado awhile to get thru the city of Joplin.
There was a theoretical scale that did go up to F12, but when it was put into effect only went up to F5.
My God,i cant imagine what it must have been to go through this thing.I was caught in an f-2 in middle school on a school bus,and it was the most horryfing thing ive witnessed.
OMG! Just watching this scares me! LOL You guys ARE brave!
it may not be the strongest tornado on record but this is the biggest i've seen and the fact it hit at night makes it much worse.
I think they meant 70-80 where they were. Although, the Greensburg tornado winds were around 205mph, not 320mph.
More than that - check out it's damage aftermath. Looks like town was nuked
@@fgwilli76 no, the winds were 205 mph.
@@The-GreenHornet there was an F5 that hit my town in 85... Niles, Ohio.. Wheatland, PA.. the winds were close to 300mph. Ripped up the asphalt etc. And oddly it was way smaller that this one
Even on the old Scale, the version put into use only goes up to F5. There would be no way of determining F6 damage.
Just watched a show about this tornado last night on Storm Stories. The entire town was literally wiped out. Incredibly sad. What's even sadder is that they didn't receive the publicity that say New Orleans received simply because the people in Greensburg weren't cussing and yelling at the news cameras and demanding free debit cards.
Thanks for sharing this vid though. What time was this? Was it nighttime or was it just this dark because of the tornado?
It hit at 945 pm. My family was in the middle of this monster
Was there two other vortices to the right of it or am I crazy
Lmao right after i commented they made the count in the video of four total twisters lol
@dragonridley Thanks for setting the record straight.
I think the tornado would have been a lot worse if it happened during daylight hours. It might have been better to hit at night since it lost a lot of the daytime heating.
Think it was 2.4 miles wide during its peak. That measurement at the base as well, the actual body was much larger.
5.40 Looked eerily like the1999 OK city Moore/Bridge creek F5 twister at full tilt!
@mandkins I'm so sorry...
awesome
I remember that night I live in Larned Kansas a few counties away and i couldn't take myself away from the tv
is that Tim Samaras in the background
nooooooo and if that was a joke yer ignorant
I didn't mean to be so 'direct' but i had the misfortune of being in G'burg that day. I am bovine veterinarian and we were on call that day. I work outside; I never saw it, it just happened to us. One minute we were eating, the next minute sirens two minutes later, we were banged up. it was upon us. Where I was there was about 2 minutes of in excess of 140 winds, sustained. I just didn't see how it could be said 'no ef4 evidence'. No big deal and i appreciate your tenacity. peace
that is what i want to see sometime, although i really wouldn't like to be that close and not that close to one of those though.
Pause right at 7:54 this thing was massive!
This was a monster as was the Joplin one and others of last year. Like you guys I love storms but I don't wish any harm to anyone .
When it comes to fatalities the 1999 Chickasha/Moore/Midwest City tornado was definately worse. HOWEVER, this one was larger when it comes to width as this one was around 2 miles across at it's peak. The '99 tornado never got over a mile wide.
@juelz6187 i was about 30 miles from greensburg when it hit i was at church camp and ou pastorwas so scared cuz he lives in maxwell a.k.a. about 20 miles from greensburg! we were all so scared!
That is One......Big......Tornado!!!!
@Sooner121 just looking at the graphs of thet outbrake is just frightning .i have studdied all the data thay had collected i like to chase and report to noaa but i would have to seay that day would probly make me change my mind heres just one link of the damage paths and associated f scale reedings
wow that a big one
" Look at how big it is Tim ! " lol
Alderaan: Greensburg, Kansas on Star Wars Day (May 4), 2007
Death Star: World's First EF-5 Tornado
This has got to be every chaser's worst nightmare...A rain wrapped EF5 tornado at night. I would have gotten out of there.
Btw, I live in Indiana. I actually did see some actual chasers last March 2 when we had a big tornado outbreak here. Some people I know were killed in an EF-4 that day. They didn't make the right decision and tried to ride it out in a mobile home. The entire family was killed. Mom, Dad, and 3 kids. If I have to put myself in danger to save other lives I will. Although I hope I don't have to! But I must drive around in order to get a good picture of what is happening.
incredbile. its so incredible.
this is a monster and was on evening.
when i think, did many people have saw tv and then came this monster, thats be scared.
i hope the best for the people and for the town.
greez cluberaner93
I came here to listen for the Kansas accent, in the Army at Fort Jackson, they had guys from Kansas had a neat accent. Miss the guys... 1968..
I know lol I thought about looking that up after I posted the comment, 320 seemed way too high haha.
Many of us do have some level of medical training, and we also carry equipment and medical supplies to assist as much as possible should tragedy strike. Those who don't will often still stop and volunteer to help.
I've never met a chaser who was anything other than shaken up by witnessing a tornado strike a town. Severe weather is our passion and this is how we pursue it. There are a few idiots, but most are compassionate people. We're certainly not trying to profit on the suffering of others.
@mr0loki0jr yeah i live around this area and tim was a police officer who lost his life that night...
"WHAT A TORNADO!!!!111!!!!!!!!" 0:30
I've always wanted to go on a chase with experts. THESE GUYS are who I want to go with!!
That isn't a Big Tornado. That is One Huge Tornado. This one had a diameter of 1.7 miles.
I watched a documentary about that tornado, and the tornado wasn't going to hit Greensburg, the tornado actually changed direction
I have heard that about the tornado was gonna miss the city of Greensburg but for some reason it did change the direction and went on to hit the city of Greensburg.
One tornado in Nebraska was 2.5 miles wide.
And the el Reno tornado beat that tornado. The el Reno tornado was 2.6 miles wide.
Damn that thing was almost as big as the joplin tornado.
@bull864 Unfortunately.
how scary would it be if you saw a tornado in the distance at night like this and then in the next flash of lightning the tornado was right in your face? i think i would poop my pants.
what time of day was it?
Blackstarbeneath about 9pm at night
9:45 pm
I don't think that the storm chasers knew that the mile-wide wedge tornado was going to, or already had hit the town. Also, it's really hard to judge the distance & motion of a tornado from just a few moments when it's back-lit by lightning.
true however it ended up being 1.7miles wide it sat in Greensburg and grinded on the town for around 10minutes or so almost wiping the town off the map
@joeyboi87 G-burg happened in 2007 and though it was an EF5, it was only the largest tornado in Kansas history as far as size, not as far as intense winds or destruction. Cubby is right, the Hesston and Andover-Wichita tornadoes were stronger in wind speed and damage. Ask any Kansas meteorologist. Yes, this was certainly the largest tornado, but not the strongest.
It wasn't wrapped. It just occurred under cover of darkness.
If you survived this storm you have total luck and should thank God big time! There was no escpaing this tornado. It was 1 1/2 miles wide, A wedge tornado(Which means that it is wider than it is high). And It had winds up to 200 mph! Also it was 9:0pm at night so it was a monster that nobody could see! There is no way you could have outran this one! God Bless all of those who died and survived!
the power!
I think the one in moore O.K. 1999 was worse than this one. i read it was a little bigger and it had stronger winds.
that is scary!
1:31
Holy crap.
Just think if this was in the middle of the day how many great photos there would be
It would probably be good for science if this was in the middle of the day
Dude, you have to have balls of steel to do that!! Be careful and Godspeed!! Oh, and get some good video if you can!
wow brave guys
Because theyre slowing down the footage during lightning strikes and power flashes
I get it...they slowed the video down...duh!
@PantheraAtrox 1 mile
A friend of mine I ran into years after this life changer event happened and destroyed my home and scattered all my friends and family to the four winds tight family unit community was destroyed we all lost a lot 9 died. Well anyway my friend tells me he was walking southward down on MAIN STREET second block in on the left when the tornado hit he said he woke up out in a field 1 mile north and east-ish
In muddy corn row and walked back and just started helping people. The water tower flooded the town instantly basements and people floating. Car tied like a perfect ribbon 🎀 around a tree Arial maps of our town was so unrecognizable I couldn't find friends loved ones land plots. Or anything familiar I was not there, but if I had taken my youngest brother home to Greensburg KS to live with his friend I would have.. my uncle ran to the basement and the first thing he heard was the water just getting sucked out from the pipes in the house like a jet. When that was over he went back outside and noticed he was in the eye because a tiny tornado was darting straight at him fast he barely made it to safety.
I think what the police and mostly National Guard did to local residents and property owners was very wrong. The National Guard banned entry to everyone and than looted the town stealing firearms from owners who had found theirs off their properties
I catch you sob doing that in my new home town we gonna wolverine the fko out of you. You taught us civilians well and your conduct towards pre-serving Constitutional Rights deserve a short fire-fight standoff You are a stigma on many people's past.
Watch what your doing next time just back off residents that obviously are defending their land. Or you could just kill us all than loot us. ,🖕.
FEMA you're a joke I'd have stolen your campers for your strong arm tactic on rental prices. And whoever thought they owned Greensburg and decided to go green with the town yeah you city council ect.. stupid. All of you for bankruptcy Over a socialist green fantasy. The place looks like a fake commie town with hideous building designs. Now those buildings will just fly away since you put for sails on the eaves. Fuk wizard of Oz the movie is an insult to un-suspecting viewers and people who's ever lost a child to kidnapping, to those in debt, ect.. just in case these green glass color scheme of the art museum are supposed to resemble the city of OZ. Pedos made that movie and they're rubbing their evil ways back in our faces and laughing because noone catching on to the subliminality laughing at sex cattles 8 and younger they have victimized in child sacrifice rituals at the Bohemian Grove location in N. California. For few hundred years MEMBERS securely involved with the SKULL& BONES prolific satanic cult secret society Luciferian safe zone harboring child trafficking and child spirit cooking's rituals and in the Bohemian Grove heavily protected compound is a used sacrificial alter which is a 40 ft granite stone owl at the base of it is an alter where CNN news Anderson Cooper's real mother sacrificed her only older son age 4-5? burned him alive to start the initiation for their secret society mostly involved with every corrupt egdes of our Country and The World. From Hollywood to celebrities to Presidential elects it's the Skull n Bones society that controls absolutely all of it and loves threatening Trump and trying to assassinate Trump several times and took major roles in wars and recessions child sex rings. Hip hop industry, NFL mlb, nba, Hollywood, the borders, the human trafficking,. School shooting, yep.
Actually the Greensburg tornado happened on May 4, 2007. I said I got fascinated with tornado damage in 2003.
Size has nothing to do with a tornadoes intensity. The EF5 level damage was minimal at best and even a famous structural engineer agreed with me on that. He said borderline EF4/EF5. It was not as strong as the Hesston, Kansas tornado in 1990 or Andover, Kansas in 1991. People like you need to go educate yourself on tornadoes.
Dude, maybe the video is a little bit dark but this storm all but erased Greensburg. One big mile wide path....less than a minute or two and the town was gone? Sounds pretty EF5 to me....
3:00 Wow
god dam 4 f5 tornados
@BradleyWWEFan Wow!
I would loved see this during daytime tho I mean I rather not see it at all but would be insane during day time just over a open field