codfishsnowman Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 1. Joplin Mo. Jeff P and the blond girl 5/22/11 2.Oklahoma City...Reed T. 5/99 3. Tuscaloosa Al...various ones 4-27-11 IMO nothing beats the Jeff P video for the Joplin twister. From before it came down to when they were chasing it or almost being chased by it...truly it looked like the end of the world was upon that city. I am not sure if any science fiction movie made today could be scarier imo. The OK City twister in early May of 1999 also kind of looks like the end of the world but kind of pales in comparison to the Joplin one at least on video imo. Curious to see what the experts on here all think. I had a close encounter with a tornado on 6-1 and as far as I am concerned I am all set for the up close and personal thank you very much. I never saw it bc I was hiding in the basement but it was that close ( quater mile or less as the crow flies). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye05 Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 There are a few tornado videos out there that have literally scared me while I watched them. Parkersburg IA: Graduation party restaurant video Joplin MO: Gas Station cooler video. Joplin MO: jaime1251 inside house video Joplin MO: nuhurizon inside house video Wilber NE: Jim Bishop building collapse video Moore OK: front window "inside tornado" video Caruthersville MO: This one, which nobody seems to know about But by far the scariest tornado footage for me was watching Tuscaloosa getting leveled live on abc3340. Knowing you are watching people die live is not a good feeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfishsnowman Posted April 16, 2012 Author Share Posted April 16, 2012 There are a few tornado videos out there that have literally scared me while I watched them. Parkersburg IA: Graduation party restaurant video Joplin MO: Gas Station cooler video. Joplin MO: jaime1251 inside house video Joplin MO: nuhurizon inside house video Wilber NE: Jim Bishop building collapse video Moore OK: front window "inside tornado" video Caruthersville MO: This one, which nobody seems to know about But by far the scariest tornado footage for me was watching Tuscaloosa getting leveled live on abc3340. Knowing you are watching people die live is not a good feeling. wow...good grief Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Folks should post the videos that they're citing, don't ya think? I think the Joplin gas station cooler video wins-- at least among the ones I've seen. That is some scary sh*t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Caruthersville MO: This one, which nobody seems to know about By the way-- wow, awesome find. Really awesome. To anyone else reading this, skip to 5:00. The really cool stuff happens between then and 6:00. P.S. The stupid, mega-trite text on the screen is really annoying. There's got to be a cleaner version of this footage somewhere-- without the advertising crap ruining it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Joplin MO: Gas Station cooler video. Joplin MO: jaime1251 inside house video Joplin MO: nuhurizon inside house video Gas station: jaime: Note Lot of cussing on this one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcc Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 This one for me. What is so amazing is how fast it closes on him. I wonder how many people saw it coming and decided to watch it for a minute, only to realize too late to get to shelter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozart Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Fritch, TX ought to get at least an honorable mention. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2cFXBWqjKE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 This one gave me nightmares when I was a kid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye05 Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Inside outer edge of Moore tornado Inside Phil Campbell as it is hit. If you didn't like the Joplin Gas station video, you won't like this one. This is Parkersburg, and this video bothered me for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye05 Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Fritch, TX ought to get at least an honorable mention. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2cFXBWqjKE Classic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Fritch, TX ought to get at least an honorable mention. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2cFXBWqjKE Omg! Completely agreed!! I am so glad you posted this. I had seen in years ago on VHS and would occasionally look for it on YouTube. I could never find it. I'm so glad it's online. It is simply spectacular. The dude was filming inside the damn thing. You really can't top this. The small tree in the foreground is a terrific detail. Somehow, it stays rooted, and you can just see how violent that wind is. I'm always conservative with wind estimates, but it has to be way over 100 mph at that location. (I use mph when talking about tornadoes because I know that's how y'all do it.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Inside outer edge of Moore tornado Inside Phil Campbell as it is hit. If you didn't like the Joplin Gas station video, you won't like this one. This is Parkersburg, and this video bothered me for a while. Wow-- all amazing. Thanks for sharing these! Re: the last one... At the very end, it sounds like they're OK-- just understandably freaked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Some real treasures in this thread-- the kind of clips you just fantasizing about capturing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Some amazing videos. i would find it impossible to live in tornado prone areas. They have haunted me since I was a lad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sickman Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 An oldie but a goodie... still one of my favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 An oldie but a goodie... still one of my favorites. Agreed. This one is definitely on my Top 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthlight Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 This one is great beginning around 7:00...the whole thing is great -- but it's crazy to watch and listen to after 7:00. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatwad Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I remember seeing this on the Weather channel, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vinbr8yn3FQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disc Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Watching a bouncing tanker come at you after the train has derailed is just a slight bit scary. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azV5bC2br-Q&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 1. Joplin Mo. Jeff P and the blond girl 5/22/11 That's his wife, btw. Something tells me that something similar to the the 3rd video (East Limestone) is what people in MO, Southern IL and IN saw coming on March 18th, 1925... Oh and how did I leave this one out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Wow great videos on here. Just amazing how mother natures wins out hands by her power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 jaime: Out of all the incredible videos that came out of the Joplin event this one is the most incredible to me. If you turn the volume up to a level which represents what it really sounded like as if you were there it makes this video extremely intimidating. I can't understand how they couldn't know something extremely powerful was heading at them. The sound of the increasing roar and the sky to the west turning pitch black still wasn't enough to get them to take cover. It took trees snapping in their own yard to finally get them to finally go inside. When you see videos like this it's no wonder so many people were killed that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 When you see videos like this it's no wonder so many people were killed that day. I wouldn't say that. According to the local newspaper last June, 54% that died had actually sought shelter in their homes. The area doesn't have basements because it's costly due to the high water table and rocky soil. A few were actually killed in their basement when debris fell in on them. 32% were killed in non-residential areas such as the hospital, churches and the big box stores. 14% were in vehicles or outdoors. Considering some homes were pretty much leveled with no exterior or interior walls, many that were inside their homes ended up outside or on a slab. I would have expected the death toll to be much higher than it was. Everyone here takes severe weather seriously now, that wasn't the case before the tornado though when everyone believed they were in a protective bubble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxFreak11 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 For me..watching the Joplin Tornado videos offer the most terror you could possbily want on video. The beer cooler video is tops. You can feel and hear the terror of everyone in there in the dark. I've seen that video at least 20 times and it still creeps me out everytime I watch it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EquusStorm Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Aww yeah, I love these threads. They always give me a chance to find new video I haven't seen yet. I'm an avid watcher of tornado videos ya know. And already I'm seeing stuff I didn't know existed. Because HOLY F###. The rare Caruthersville video with those shelter ads is ATONISHING. I have never seen that video, nor heard of its existance! How terrifying. Frankly most of the videos I would have listed have already been put forth. The Fritch TX video from 1992, the outer edge OKC video, the Gull Lake tornado, the very well-known Andover tornado video from near the AFB, and the train-derailing tornado video are among my tops as well. And there are so many terrifying videos from April 27th that I won't even bother discussing it... every single video of any of the stronger tornadoes that day is frightening. The ones from Phil Campbell and Tanner especially are riveting, and you know people are dying and homes are being swept away at EF4/EF5 level during them. Tuscaloosa and Philadelphia were also terrifying. Likewise, the videos from the outbreak in late May of last year from OK are also frightening. Included in that outbreak is perhaps the most terrifying of all, the Joplin tornado: the videos from inside and around that beast of a tornado are heart-breaking. I'm going to shorten the YT links so that the embeds don't break the page because I have several videos to bring up; you folks can choose whether or not to click them because you've likely seen them already. If you want me to directly embed these in this post, I will. I am probably gonna come and edit this post anyway when I remember more. These are just a few of my favorites. Basehunters video of Joplin tornado, capturing its RAPID widening, and its immediate aftermath moments after devastating the city http://y2u.be/XT7CtF5ljxY Inside the Kirksville, MO tornado http://y2u.be/foQt5VknRj4 Almost ANY video from the undisputed king of drill-bits, the Elie, MB F5 from 2007 http://y2u.be/32L5OtnIPGk http://y2u.be/3ScKKYV8u6E Exceptionally close to a developing tornado in MN in 2003 http://y2u.be/qYp_pBZ3GwU In tornado shelter, Mt Hope AL 4/27/11 as EF-5 passes overhead; heartbreaking http://y2u.be/DwPAzCOlVck Downtown Nashville compilation from Apr 16 1998, same day as the 'Forgotten F5' http://y2u.be/59m5zpEKNjk Allison, TX tornado 1995, one of multiple very tense videos from near the beast http://y2u.be/djk418z9cm4 Dash cam video of Pampa tornado 1995, very famous video of incredible upward motion and flying debris http://y2u.be/qDcb1HVQr44 Hugo, MN tornado in 2008, very close home video from outer edge http://y2u.be/iAIfKMSFtwk Chase video of massive Hallam, NE tornado in 2004 http://y2u.be/2U8nIA-a63Q Driving into Parkersburg (2008) just moments after EF-5 struck http://y2u.be/TLx7Xe6_cxo Very close to 2003 Lawrence, KS tornado from neighborhood http://y2u.be/61iZd_TbfVk Incredible Manitoba tornado from 2007, massive multiple vortices http://y2u.be/eDK-EJPM_e4 Minutes after the tornado in Tuscaloosa http://y2u.be/x1maz1OAYE4 http://y2u.be/8bXmOy3NO-c The forgotten April 15 2011 Tuscaloosa tornado http://y2u.be/lppXOzUU6p8 Famous videos from Cedar Park TX, 1997, same event as Jarrell tornado http://y2u.be/Q4GxtO8QlMA http://y2u.be/09COikvb9O Rice, TX tornado http://y2u.be/93cRP4k1dOY And, very recently, these gems from the outbreaks in the last few weeks: April 3 event in TX http://y2u.be/ORWJmMRObUY http://y2u.be/UzpuNmhvqN4 April 14th (by far the best videos captured during the outbreak, that I am aware of) http://y2u.be/S_QRG-TsfBc http://y2u.be/bKwbyybUmmc Very close Polish tornado from a house http://y2u.be/shREKK6nTy0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugaree Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 From 4-16-11 Wilson, NC tornado Those aren't leaves! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Poor quality but still... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg ralls Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 That Caruthersville tornado was scary as just about anything I've seen. Man, did the person shooting the video even survive? Insane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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