KEOTA, IOWA WEDGE TORNADO - March 31, 2023
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- čas přidán 31. 03. 2023
- #Tornado touched down near #Keota, #Iowa in the southeastern part of the state and quickly grew large, eventually becoming a scary wedge shaped tornado. This tornado was rated EF-4 by the National Weather Service.
Steady camera and no annoying commentary. Love it.
The windshield wipers were driving me nuts...
That's because the driver bailed twice. Probably because he didn't want to pee in his pants.
Omggggg I know! In another video I watched, some woman kept going on about how much she loved the giant tornado. I was like…excuse me, ma’am? Someone’s house is about to be obliterated. 🙄
@@Kurt77777you realise intercepting tornadoes is dangerous because of various factors like RFD, right?
The only annoying commentary usually comes in the comments, about annoying commentary.
I feel so bad for these farmers....I can't even imagine losing your home PLUS your livelihood PLUS your personal items PLUS all your animals: heartbreaking.
😢 so unimaginable
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… the livestock. Heartbreaking. I would think that that the owner(s) would have to go out and shoot some w/ non-recoverable injuries.
Bit they live in Tornado Alley where this has been occuring for hundreds of years. What could possibly go wrong?
Iowa❤
Absolutely some of the best quality tornado footage. It's amazing how from just the right distance it looks so calm, peaceful, and like its so slow moving. But as it gets closer you realize the opposite is true.
Top tier quality for sure
That comes to many People in the Future or to many Places ,then the Nature lose his Stability and that makes it Visible what so with the Time comes .
In the Next Time can there come a Tornado with that Class F5 or F6 or so a F 7 Storm.
That comes Quickly harder and that it so comes that makes the Damage in the Nature here Visible .
That is here with the Begin ,then it is Visible that this with the Climate Problem works how a Avalanche.
That comes more Quickly and with more and more Speed or the Problems and the Chaos.
It was taking dead aim at him. Then when he starts driving out of the way, it follows him.
You said it perfectly. I agree.
Right, looks slow moving but in reality it’s hurtling along at 65 mph
I've watched a lot of tornado videos and this was really really well done. So many times people get in the way by trying to narrate the story instead of just letting the picture tell the story. It's much more powerful. Well done.
Yes, or yell "It's a freaking Tornado 🌪️!!!!" Just constant jabbering.
Amazing footage. This is an instant classic in the world of stable, calm, and unbroken tornado footage. Congrats on a well-executed chase!
Your footage is best I have ever seen. TY.
Agree!! Huge tornado! You were making me nervous! So close!
Thank you for remaining calm and not screaming your head off like Reed timmer. 👍
Top notch footage instant classic agree with peter 100% stay safe out there.
Right? Put a little spooky music to it and it's as good as Pecos Hank (just without the rattlesnakes)
Second only to Pecos Hank. And he is a well-known tornado chase celebrity.
That was extraordinary "playing chicken". I truly did not expect you to stay in place for that outbuilding to disappear into the advancing rotation. And then to see all of its disintegrated pieces whirling around. I was like whoa! Not only is this an awesome video of its own, but it is the very first video from this outbreak that is filmed in 2160p.
Somebody wrote earlier "instant classic". This is truly amazing. You were so fortunate to be positioned where you could make a quick getaway. And even then for a few moments, I was like, "Oh oh, can he get away from this?" And as others here in the commentary have noted before me, the video is silent of commentary, stable, calm and unbroken. Only the sounds of nature can be heard as the roar gets closer and closer. A new benchmark of tornado imaging. A tour de force of chasing footage by which all other tornado chase footage, going forward should be measured. Even Pecos Hank!
well said!
@@LawnBunny777 i got the tenth thumbs up to "well Said"!!!
Hank is very good. I've learned a lot from him.👍
It's incredibly unsettling how calm that is... you know what I mean? No rain, no lightning... it's just there.
I thought the same thing. So very powerful within itself, and yet still be able to be so close and just watch...mesmerizing and eerily dreadful at the same time. 💔🙏🏻
The rain might have been on the backside of the video.
@@teleguy5699 Oh yeah, I didn't even think of that.
guy filming is probably in the clear slot, the rain usually wraps around the storm from the rear (northwest), as evidenced by the tornado barreling straight at him haha
@@1chrisanderson That's what I was thinking; I figured he was shooting to the W-SW, which would put him in poop city in just a few minutes.
I could not look away. I was soooo hoping it wouldn’t take out that huge farm / ranch complex - and then it swallowed it up. I imagine all the livestock that were likely ‘sheltered’ in there - a total loss. So very sad for these people to lose EVERYTHING.
Also thank you for not continuously commenting and allowing this to just play out in all its terrifying power.
Ugh…I was hoping it was going to turn away from that farm. I can’t imagine the devastating loss.
The way that house just disappears into the circulation....absolutely insane.
and heartbreaking to think some folks may have been inside too. 💔🤯🙏🏻
It was a farm and barn but may be a home there too
Beautiful work, no panic no shouting, very well done.
I have been in a tornado. Panic, shouting, screaming and crying are entirely normal reactions.
This guy would make a good airline pilot. Totally calm and in control.
You can sense he had a bit of an "oh crap" moment when he realized just how close the tornado was getting though.
I was incredibly disturbed that the tornado ate 2 large farms with houses and they didn’t say one word….that’s too “clinical” for me. They didn’t have to scream or shout, but to say _nothing?!?_ No thanks, no excuse for that.
@@MrTruckerf screaming literally just makes everything worse, I don’t think they should be normalized
I have lived in north central Iowa my whole life and have seen a lot of tornadoes (the '76 Jordan tornado was the worst). This one is truly a sight to see! If you are able to get close enough for audio, the sound is absolutely terrifying! It makes you realize the extent of power that sucker has (like a massive freight train coming at you)! I drove along beside a tornado once going in the opposite direction, after it swiped my wipers, side mirror, and hub cap I decided to hit the gas pedal!! Thanks for your mutual love of storms/tornadoes. Extreme weather is a reality and every year gets crazier! : } *** interesting info about the Jordan tornado as reported by the NWS "The tornado destroyed virtually every house and business building in the community, but all residents survived. The tornado was accompanied by an F-3 anticyclonic tornado two miles to the southeast. One unusual aspect of the F5 cyclonic tornado and F3 anticyclone tornado was the simultaneous right turn made by each.[7] Dr. Ted Fujita, the originator of the Fujita tornado intensity scale, said the tornado which hit Jordan was one of the most intense and destructive he had ever studied"
@@oldskolacura9798 If you are referring to the Jordan IA tornado, yes it's one that surely stands out for those of us growing up during the 70's in Iowa. To this day I have not seen the severity of destruction that tornado caused. I clearly remember seeing what Jordan looked like after that, not only did the tornado damage everything in its path, it disintegrated it into dust! There was NOTHING left of that town, it was never to be again either. My Sunday school teacher lived in Jordan and by God's good grace saved her and her family . The basement stairs they hid behind was snatched up by the tornado but they remained suffering no harm.
Either that one or the Parkersburg tornado were the most destructive.
Pictures of both towns afterward are very similar.
This tornado looks like it could have been multivortex. A number of these wedge-shaped twisters have multiple vortices. 🌪🌪🌪
@@patriciahayes2664 It was. You can tell by the "bouncing" movement the tornado has while moving. It indicated erratic multi-vortex behavior. Also a sign that whatever lies ahead will be destroyed.
This tornado looked really wild, the white band that circled it, the sub vortexes shooting out the sides, and it kept morphing and almost breathing like its a living being. Great footage.
I know right. It sure looked like it was morphing and breathing.
I was expecting...Satan's head...to come popping out any second.
Details that are lost when people move the camera around constantly.
The most stunning, 4K video of photogenic, violent tornado I've ever seen.
What beautiful terrible beast of a storm. Stay safe. Thank you for everything you do.
such great quality, no screaming, no obnoxious talking or debating during the chase. Just straight forward footage of mother nature at her finest. Thank you sir for your service!
What a miracle of perfect timing for you. Daylight and a rain-free vortex. Really this is what most people imagine when they think of tornados. And props to the stable video skills.
@Shem Netto your god is awfully wordy
Nice video. Thank you for not nervously trying to keep reframing, with the camera incessantly zooming in and out and panning all over the place. Nice and steady, even if the wipers do interrupt now and then. All good there.
I actually love the sound of these wipers. So calming. Which are these?
Awesome video. That the vortex only grows in size, but doesn't move to the left or right only means that it is coming straight at you. Cut it a little close there!
Yes, kept watching those power lines on each side. Never moved til extremely close, then, good god, started moving to left, the way HE was going! Nail biter, kept hollering “go back, go back”! Probably yelled louder than ol Screamin’ Reed, that’s loud!
Thank you for not hollering & screaming through the entire thing. Very professional & excellent photography. Was actually watchable. Prayers to all affected by this horrible event.
Outstanding footage! Hopefully those residents had tornado shelters🙏🏿
Almost all the farmhouses around here have basements.
We have basements in Iowa but unfortunately no tornado shelters. The storm hit when I was at work. We have rooms with out windows. So I will go there.
Tornado fan from Australia here.
Superb footage of this beautiful tornado. Amazing 😍.
This is absolutely amazing for a person who lives in the hills of KY now.
I was across the street in 1974 and watched one of the worst tornados in Ohio tear the whole town to bits.
I do believe it was an f5.
It had cars mobile homes trees and scared me so bad I couldn't move .
I was 6 years old.
My mother had my sister in her arms and I was beside her looking out the window and it tore up stuff 50 feet across the road there.
Still remember the feeling!!!
1974 Xenia, Ohio tornado. Leveled the town. My stepdad and his stepfather took their vacation days off from Diamond Tool & Die in Dayton to volunteer for cleanup assistance. It was pretty horrific.
Xenia 😞
A friend of mine was there for that and literally said hell with it and moved to California as soon as he was old enough. That was a life-changing storm for many...
@@denverdubois5835 Earthquakes are a lot less terrifying than tornadoes.
Is that the same one that went through Fort Knox and Louisville I was in army basic training
@@donaldwhite1928 On that date, in April, 1974, It was a violent tornado outbreak! There were 30 F4/F5 tornados with a total of 148 confirmed in that month starting on the 3rd of April going into the early morning of April 4th. I watched it from the seventh floor window of an office building in downtown Louisville as it traveled north eastward bypassing downtown.
I thought you weren't allowed to film a tornado without screaming over and over at the top of your lungs "THERE'S A HUGE TORNADO ON THE GOUND!! THERE'S A HUGE TORNADO ON THE GROUND!!
Great coverage 👍❤️🌪️
Agreed!
Oh man incredible footage. 9:25 that’s as textbook as you can get it
Perfect chase position, great framing … no jerking motions with the camera. Epic footage of that wedge. Well done!
This is one of the best tornado videos I have ever seen. I used to live in southern Minnesota and saw the sky like this, but never a funnel on the ground growing in size and intensity. This actually scared me. Excellent job. Thank you---and thank God you were OK.
I live in Michigan. I can’t even imagine what this would be like to see let alone live thru. Amazing and terrifying at the same time. These poor farmers. Prayers for everyone affected.
Guess our salted roads and rusty cars don’t seem so bad huh?
Michigan gets tornadoes too.
@@charmc4152not very often nor very big. This one is a monster!
@@toddprater14y
The Flint Beecher tornado is still a major historical event.
Wow, amazing footage! Thank You for risking your life to help others get to safely to shelters. Without people like you out there keeping an eye on these storms the would be more loss of life. It's amazing how mother nature can be so beautiful but so destructive at the same time. I'm so grateful for people like you that are out there chasing these monster tornadoes to get warnings out to our family. I live in Kansas and the minute I hear a tornado siren the hair on the back of my neck stands up! How do you remain so calm during the footage? I don't know if I could. Thoughts and prayers go out to those affected by those storms yesterday. Be safe! Keep up the great videos! Much Love from our family to your family 💞
Very good job of filming the storm, nice steady camera, didn't make me dizzy watching. Also no annoying screaming and yelling sweating like most other chasers. Thank you for letting us enjoy this tornado outbreak and doing a fantastic job!! Have a good safe season of chasing these magnificent storms!! 👍👍👍👍
That's close to a 4 I'm guessing . Great video work. The clouds swirling around it makes it look even more scary
Unbelievable recording being done here. This is a how to make a tornado video without the commentary. You are giving the audience a ring side view of mother nature's beauty.
I thought we had some wild weather in the Sierra Foothill’s a couple of days ago. This is absolutely insane. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you there.
Yeah I know, right? Here in Los Angeles we freak out with a couple inches of rain.
Here in the Midwest this is just any other day lol. Were generally unphased by tornados here for the most part.
Flat eyes to frog? Where's the frog ?
@@Ant-ux9whThat’s the problem. We get so used to them until suddenly they hit us and our whole perspective changes.
I could watch the regular speed footage on repeat for hours. Amazing. Glad you’re safe.
Amazing footage. The BEST I've seen. Stable, calm, unbroken tornado footage without commentary, allowing us to see the terrifying power and force of nature. You gave us a well-executed storm chase. Thanks and stay safe !
I have been caught in 2 tornadoes and I can tell you for a fact they do not sound like a train or a lion roaring. It's different. It's like sand being whipped around in a bottle on a majestic scale. It's literally the sound of debris that the wind has picked up. I cant describe it. It's horrifying and its a sound you never forget.
Incredible footage. I’m glad you’re safe.
What an incredible meteorological setup this was.
Great capture! Thanks for posting this. Subbed.
Looks like the entire base cloud touched down there at the end. Early on, there were some wicked sub-vorts doing their hellish dance around the forming wedge. It must be some extreme rush to watch this happen and then see your escape is through a massive inflow. Glad you’re safe. 👍
You're right! It's definitely unbelievable!
You being parked & allowing us to just watch this form is amazing, Ty!
It's unreal for it to be 1 dangerous tornado, then it growing so large & watching all of those twisters inside it reaching out destroying things, then getting sucked back in, gaining more energy & expanding back out to destroy again, this vid sure gives me a better understanding as to how these tornadoes can leave behind such a wide & long path of destruction 🤔
It's like 20 tornadoes in 1😳😲
This is some next level wizard of OZ. It’s terrifying how that black cloud sucks everything in it’s path. I am fascinated by the whole video, thanks for risking your life to show us
All I could think was the cow flying around in that movie is not far fetched.
@@teleguy5699 i llive within 30 miles of where this all happened its not the first time ive seen them personally the movie twister that you refer to is more real than most people can imagine
@@chrislong9202 Be safe. Best wishes for a speedy recovery for all the people out there.
Incredibly close, calm, focused “no screaming” footage!
After getting off from under the kitchen table, I looked out to what looked like winter, it was hail. Twice with in the hour it suddenly sounded like a train rolling over my house. Pray for those effected. 🙏
Thank you to these guys, the storm chasers. Those eyes on the ground are crucial to weather and news crews to warn others in the tornado's path.
Thank you. No music, no screaming comments!
Awesome, fantastic catch, no annoying yelling… Hope these poor ppl were ok
Be SAFE! THANK you for your time & work! So very Sorry for all their loss
This footage is unbelievable good. Absolutely amazing!
Most amazing video footage of a long track tornado I've ever seen! Excellent vantage point 👍
God that updraft....! Those incredible high instability AND shear tornados with crisp rapidly spinning collar clouds and ghost trains and shot out in in open fields are some of the most intense displays of nature's power that this planet has to offer. Especially when captured as perfectly as this. Jaw-dropping. This one's In the canon of great tornado captures for sure.
Wow.. amazing bit of footage, so steady and quiet, thank you for sharing that. Makes it even more eerie and awe-inspiring, terrifying .. and those poor animals and anyone in its path. Geez.
You made very good positions choices at the right time! Well done!
I Live in Illinois. I got to see a funnel cloud and as soon as it started moving over our house, the wind picked up and then the sirens went off for the second time ! it is really something different when you see one in person.
Incredible,our thoughts go out to everyone affected 🇬🇧
Terrifying. My thoughts are with everyone affected. Once you've been in the presence or the aftermath of a tornado, only then do you know the devastation. ☹️
SOOOO VERY TRUE.
Thank you for not screaming throughout this beautiful video - what a great vantage point to capture this beast!
Glad u liked it!
By far the best storm video I have seen.
Great camera work. The tornado was filmed from a distance as it moved closer. No chopped and spliced video.
and no annoying commentary.
5 star video.
Great footage 👍🏼
Praying for everyone effected yesterday by these tornadoes .
Your audio is so calm that one can hear Reed screaming from another state.
High quality video there. One of, if not, the best tornado videos I’ve seen in a long time.
Oh this is a good quality pretty professionally done tornado video. At least you kept it quiet mostly.....good indications where you were and really a great video and you stayed safe....great job!
Absolutely INCREDIBLE FOOTAGE! I can’t even begin to imagine the courage it took to stay so long before moving at the end. WOW! Godspeed!
8:30 - 8:41 I cant believe how close you were omg. Watching from behind my screen my heart rate increased a ton I cant imagine actually being there
This is one for the ages, man. One of the best tornado videos ever, full stop. Amazing.
That debris tail on the ground is insane
Our thoughts are with those affected by these crazy storms, but geeze Louise, there's something beautiful about tornadoes. Their sheer size, the noise and the unrelenting power of nature. Destroying everything in their path and yet they seem to choose, almost methodically, what they consume and what they don't.
We are all of us so insignificant and powerless against these incredible storms.
Stay safe, everyone.
I know this is video of what has already happened but I can’t help pray for the Lord to rebuke it as I watch😢
My prayers are for Iowa, Mississippi & Arkansas during this most traumatic time🙏🏽
Awe inspiring tornado, great footage, felt like it was coming straight for me!
What a crazy, perfect, view of this monster!!! Thanks for sharing!
This video confirms theory I heard that if tornado seems stationary, then it means it's moving towards you.
Great footage! My prayers go out to everyone affected by this storm.
8:25 I literally got chills. Look at the poor house in front of that monster! 😬
What a monster 🌪️
God be with those affected 😢
Honey, you came way too close to that. Thank you so very much for all of your hard work and for helping save lives. You don't know how I appreciate you guys.
First time seeing your channel. I can see this tornado widen & can only pray for victims. Stay safe, I've watched it looks like it's coming at you😢 👍🏼 & sub🙌🏽
P. S. It did come at you
Good to see you back! Tragic for the farmers and just terrifying to see. The howl is otherworldly.
One of the best videos. I greatly appreciate sitting still and just watching it develop in real time.
Amazing footage! Hope that those farming families are ok.
Terrifying! Born in Iowa here. I live somewhere else now though. My thoughts go out to those affected by this violent monster.
Superbly captured sequence of the ferocity, and at the same time, totally captivating views of what nature can provide.
This is one of the better Tornado intercept videos I have seen, mainly due to where you placed your commentary and the silence during most of the video to give your viewers who have not seen a Tornado an understanding of how they form, what they sound like and especially how they move.
I've been in several Tornadoes, the worst when caught outside while golfing, when one developed out of clear skies that clouded up rapidly. By the time my Dad and I heard thunder, it was too late to find shelter, and I heard the sound as the cliche goes of a dozen freight train engines miles from train tracks.
I ran for shelter, but did not make it, and was caught in zero visibility, pelted by twigs churned up by the funnel, which was fortunately small and had not yet passed over buildings yet. My dad saw me enveloped in dust as he remained by the first tee, then as the funnel passed I went to the clubhouse, then noticed an 80 foot tall pine tree, the course's largest, knocked to the ground at its base.
I was fortunate not to have run in that direction.
My arms had scratches from the twigs, but nothing hit my head. The astonished clubhouse owners were stunned to see that the Tornado had stripped a number of shingles, trashed the first six holes of the golf course with debris on the greens, and lifted the roofs off of two outbuildings.
My Dad and I, with a gentle rain falling and the thunder all but gone, resumed playing twenty minutes after the Tornado hit but we could not putt on most of the greens.
We were complaining before the Tornado that the course was too crowded, after the Tornado, we were the only ones on the course.
Other Tornadoes we had been in, more than fifteen years earlier in the mid 60's, did serious damage to our landscaping in Tinley Park, IL and destroyed my brother's grammar school, but happened at night so no children were hurt.
We moved to California to escape such weather, but of course had to deal with quakes, the worst being the '89 World Series quake and the '94 Northridge quake.
This is so amazing, terrifying and mesmerizing all at the same time.
I find tornados mesmerizing. I have seen 3 in my life. All were at the smallest rating of F1. But fascinating to see. 2 were very up close as they passed in the field behind my house and one in between mine and my neighbors. I stood on the front porch and watch it churn up the soy beans in the field then whirl between the houses as it picked up their swingset and tossed it into the power lines killing the electricity. And just as quickly it was across the street in the next field tossing beans around.
Ive seen every vid done on these today and this one was BY FAR the best.. thank you for what you do! Stay safe!
Most awesome up close video of a tornado I have seen! I am petrified of tornados after living in Oklahoma but fascinated too. I hope no one was hurt. Property can always be replaced.
From 1:15-3:35 you can literally watch this this double in size. Honestly sort of memorizing.
Another great visual of how a tornado that does not appear to be moving is coming straight at you. Great capture of the farm getting sent to oblivion, glad you escaped. The tornadoes in this outbreak are big and very fast.
Incredible! All the best to those impacted - see you out there Stas!
-MD
Never have seen above the funnels of tornadoes before, to see how wide the entire thing is. Sort of like the iceberg, we only see the tip below the clouds . Great footage, though it looked like it took an unexpected turn directly into your escape route. I'd have nightmares after that for sure!
My heart just breaks foe those poor farmers. Farming is a very hard life and to lose everything in seconds is just devastating. I’m so great full for all you storm chasers who are on the ground spotting and alerting communities. Without your dedication many more would lose their life’s. However, ya’ll are crazy, I live where get get tornadoes and there’s no way I’d ever want to be that close.
@Shem Netto Shem, I am a woman of GREAT FAITH. The foundation of my house and life is my Father In heaven. I agree with you 100% that many not most do not have an understanding of what’s taking place in this day and age. However, that doesn’t mean that when adversity strikes I can not have empathy or care for those who have suffered. God’s word tells us that even those who have faith and believe will suffer. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. May God’s will be done and your life be filled with His abundant blessings
absolutely petrified of tornadoes as a kid but have never seen one personally. now i know why my fear was justified. this is fantastic videography. thanks for sharing this.
Prayers for all those people who have lost so much 😞🙏🏻❤️
WOW ! Prayers for all affected !
March came in like a lion, went out like a T-Rex.
This is one of the best high quality videos I've ever seen of a tornado. Well done! I feel so bad for those farmers and ranchers out there. I hope they're all okay.
Un-real, thank you so much for a Master Class of just letting us watch undisturbed other than praying for that town and it's residents.
Wow! Great work. Incredible footage. You got a little too close there huh?
Incredible! Thank you and good luck this season
6:00 it's getting closer and bigger wow thanks for taking the time to film and upload this beast footage
Incredible footage. Must be scary as hell being that close. I’d be puckered up for sure.
Reedit. Take notes. This is how a 🌪️ video is supposed to be done. Screaming and hollering asking the viewers do you 👀 the 🌪️. This is a 🏆 video. B SAFE