This video is shot from Andover KS, this is not when it was traveling across McConnell AFB. I know, I was at the bottom of the funnel cloud...and this shot after it left McConnell.
This video was taken by Earl Evans at the Terradyne Country Club in Andover, KS. He is facing southwest and tracking the storm southeast. At 28 seconds into the video he is filming homes at the intersection of Glendevon Road and Glendevon Way with the tornado behind them. These homes are still there to this day, though many of them have new siding and colors. The neighborhood has since been built up around theses houses.
What would the aftermath be like if this tornado hit las vegas nevada? I guess that woud be the end of sin city, and the sinners sanctuary as they call it"
For me, some of the night footage of the Greensburg Kansas EF-5 Tornado is very frightening, as well as that dark 8mm footage of the Ash Valley/Great Bend tornado of I think 1974.
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this is nothing compared to the tri state tornado, i saw that tornado ripping houses up, it had an f4 rating, but there is no footage because no one was stupide enough to get close enough to a tornado moving at 70-80 mph.
really ?? you were alive and remember 1925 ?? and what footage ?? how many cameras were there 83 years ago ?? pile your bullshit somewhere else, you have no idea how stupid you made yourself look.
He's not talking about the wind speed. He's talking about the fact that it was moving across the ground at 80 mph. One of the fastest moving tornadoes ever recorded.
The Tri State tornado was not officially rated because the Fujita scale didn't exist however numerous studies have confirmed it easily qualified as a F5 and was perhaps the most intense tornado we have ever documented. Classic F5 damage occurred along much of the track including demolished brick buildings, bolted down houses swept clean from the foundation with no visible debris nearby, debarked trees and large missiles that weighed over a ton thrown several hundred feet.
However that takes nothing away from the catastrophic damage this intense F5 caused. It packed 260-270MPH winds. I lived in Kansas at the time and saw this sucker. It was just tragic. So many people died needlessly because the sirens failed at the Golden Spur Mobile home park despite the efforts of a brave police officer to warn the residents. I've seen four F5 tornadoes in my life: Hesston, Gossel, Andover (all in Kansas) and Parkersburg Iowa. Just incredible power.
there was a girl named emily ive argued alot with my father and oine day my dad came home pissed because he lost his job and he stabbed me in the neck then threw me in a well now im trying to haunt him but i cant find him so im hoping u can help me find him post this onto 10 videos or ill be waiting at the edge of your bed waiting until u go to sleep...a kid thought this was dumb but the next day his parents found there son dead in the bathtub with the neck slit open drowned..
what is scary is this tornado probably wasn't even the strongest tornado of the april 26 1991 outbreak. a frighteningly huge and violent tornado tracked 75 miles through northern oklahoma but stayed in open country and didn't hit much so was only given an F4 rating. OU meteorologists recorded 288 mph winds later in the life of that tornado using a doppler on wheels.
That is an F5. A Rare Vilonet Tornado that's common in Kanasas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and North Texas but extremly rare in Elsewere. In Arkansas (Where I live) the last F5 Tornado struck in the 1920's. That's been more than 80 years ago. That Tornado was not that destructive because it only hit a small ruarl area.
I think 1050HZ means that F5's are most "commonly" found (though rare overall) in the states mentioned...in the Great Plains. And F5's have at times hit other states where such phenomenon are rare, such as Michigan, Wisconsin, PA, Tenn, Minn, etc.-but F4's have more frequently hit several other states at various times during history.
I live in Minnesota and the tornadoes we get don't usually effect the Metropolitan areas like where I live but we do get some tornadoes every now and then.
The last F5 I remember hitting Illinois was the Plainfield twister of 1990. This one literally destroyed Plainfield and some of the surrounding communities.
I know this twister was in 1991 in Andover, KS. I was making reference to an F5 in the state of IL which pretty much leveled Plainfield (especially the high school).
I remember very vividly the day this tornado struck my hometown - in fact, I actually watched it pass within a mile of my house. I heard it coming before I saw it, and needless to see, it was a pretty freaky sight. Thankfully, tornaodes of this magnitude are pretty rare in Kansas.
well.. yes. but if you are low, such as lying in a ditch, the wind won't be able to life you, but it's not strong enough to tear you apart. i've heard of babies being picked up by twisters and thrown only to land in trees with nothing but bruises. like i mentioned, the debris is the #1 killer in tornadoes.
I would still shit my pants if a tornado destroyed my home and Im in a closet or tha bathroom. Then again I live in Miami/Florida and if one did strike, it would be no stronger than a f0 or f1 lol.
I'm in MIA too! I read that a small tornado (F1-if that) hit downtown MIA in 1997 (I moved here in late '06), but seemed to not cause much damage..not like Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
does anyone remember a video called Tornado! The Entity? It had about a 10min segment right at the begining dedicated to this tornado and it had some crazy music going and... it was really cool... thats all i have to say :)
That thing was hungry!
pk1225 9 months ago
My grandparents were in this. And so was my dad, and they all lived. The end. :)
monkey28769 9 months ago
This video is shot from Andover KS, this is not when it was traveling across McConnell AFB. I know, I was at the bottom of the funnel cloud...and this shot after it left McConnell.
Shilohii65 1 year ago
Pure wickedness!
stomp919 1 year ago
They replayed this particular shot ad nauseum in the Wichita market. I lived in central Kansas at the time, and received Wichita area TV stations.
CapPicard 1 year ago
Holy Shit
mikebrown1156 1 year ago
This video was taken by Earl Evans at the Terradyne Country Club in Andover, KS. He is facing southwest and tracking the storm southeast. At 28 seconds into the video he is filming homes at the intersection of Glendevon Road and Glendevon Way with the tornado behind them. These homes are still there to this day, though many of them have new siding and colors. The neighborhood has since been built up around theses houses.
OhLookItsJonBoy 1 year ago
Just in case anyone is interested. This video was shot by Earl Evans.
insaneiaq 1 year ago
What would the aftermath be like if this tornado hit las vegas nevada? I guess that woud be the end of sin city, and the sinners sanctuary as they call it"
smoothoperator1986 2 years ago
This perhaps makes my top 3 scariest tornados filmed on camera.
That motion of this thing is nasty.
The Moore f5 and the Pampa tornado of 1995 are perhaps the only scarier looking tornados I've ever seen on film.
Dazarooni 2 years ago
For me, some of the night footage of the Greensburg Kansas EF-5 Tornado is very frightening, as well as that dark 8mm footage of the Ash Valley/Great Bend tornado of I think 1974.
clash7samurai 2 years ago
wut?? oh craps. that settles it, im going to russia
Allosaursrule1st 2 years ago
tornadoes are monstorous and creepy things, thats why im gonna live in utah!
Allosaursrule1st 2 years ago
Buddy, there was a twister that went through Salt Lake City. I believe you can find vids of it here.......as well an article at wiki.
PaulG85 2 years ago 3
those houses look like the ones at the end of twister, so many similarities between this and twister
stewiegriffin045 2 years ago
Yeah; I'm willing to bet that Chricton based, at least the F4 and the F5 at the end, off of this storm.
SirMick84 2 years ago
0:26 Holy mother of fuck!
Copper20 3 years ago 2
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this is nothing compared to the tri state tornado, i saw that tornado ripping houses up, it had an f4 rating, but there is no footage because no one was stupide enough to get close enough to a tornado moving at 70-80 mph.
KingHaines5 3 years ago
really ?? you were alive and remember 1925 ?? and what footage ?? how many cameras were there 83 years ago ?? pile your bullshit somewhere else, you have no idea how stupid you made yourself look.
ProfessorIgor 3 years ago 2
80 mph? lol i think this one here had wind speed over 300 mph and killed like 50 people
Ebolacrash 2 years ago
He's not talking about the wind speed. He's talking about the fact that it was moving across the ground at 80 mph. One of the fastest moving tornadoes ever recorded.
ItsMeForAllYouKnow 2 years ago
That was f4, but this is an f5 tornado, so this is bigger
ATLluver77 2 years ago
The Tri State tornado was not officially rated because the Fujita scale didn't exist however numerous studies have confirmed it easily qualified as a F5 and was perhaps the most intense tornado we have ever documented. Classic F5 damage occurred along much of the track including demolished brick buildings, bolted down houses swept clean from the foundation with no visible debris nearby, debarked trees and large missiles that weighed over a ton thrown several hundred feet.
mongoose704 2 years ago
However that takes nothing away from the catastrophic damage this intense F5 caused. It packed 260-270MPH winds. I lived in Kansas at the time and saw this sucker. It was just tragic. So many people died needlessly because the sirens failed at the Golden Spur Mobile home park despite the efforts of a brave police officer to warn the residents. I've seen four F5 tornadoes in my life: Hesston, Gossel, Andover (all in Kansas) and Parkersburg Iowa. Just incredible power.
mongoose704 2 years ago
Yeah... My dad saw this all from his work.
Insane F5 twister.
bxediger 3 years ago
I really hope no one is in those houses.
dfox88 3 years ago
WOW!! INTENSE vid; FIVE stars!!
txstoryteller 3 years ago
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there was a girl named emily ive argued alot with my father and oine day my dad came home pissed because he lost his job and he stabbed me in the neck then threw me in a well now im trying to haunt him but i cant find him so im hoping u can help me find him post this onto 10 videos or ill be waiting at the edge of your bed waiting until u go to sleep...a kid thought this was dumb but the next day his parents found there son dead in the bathtub with the neck slit open drowned..
kevitoe954 3 years ago
Go post your bullshit somewhere else kid.
soccerdude7330 3 years ago
Imagine being in one of those houses, looking out of the window and seeing that thing coming at you.... oh dear....
Very intense looking tornado.
Dazarooni 3 years ago
i'd suck to be in one of those houses
yovoho11 3 years ago
what is scary is this tornado probably wasn't even the strongest tornado of the april 26 1991 outbreak. a frighteningly huge and violent tornado tracked 75 miles through northern oklahoma but stayed in open country and didn't hit much so was only given an F4 rating. OU meteorologists recorded 288 mph winds later in the life of that tornado using a doppler on wheels.
scissortail114 3 years ago
Hard to believe it was almost 17 years ago when this happened. I still remember it like it was yesterday even though I was 5 years old at the time.
Turbofanjetmech 3 years ago
You live in ICT huh?
bxediger 3 years ago
Wow Truly something from hell.
alankendrick 3 years ago
the legendary andover kansas killer
X360H911 3 years ago
u got some big balls who ever flimed this, i wuld've ran crying and screaming dude
DaProdigy343 4 years ago
geez
craaazzzzeeeeeeee0 4 years ago
Man, imagine going out in your backyard and seeing this coming for you. I'd shit my pants
crunkeyjimmy5427 4 years ago 6
i know right
craaazzzzeeeeeeee0 4 years ago
No, That Tornado is very destructive.
amindofaracist 4 years ago
the Mc'conell AFB footage was filmed 20 minutes before the tornado hit andover, so im not sure, it moved pretty fast.
MesocycloneEvo 4 years ago
Oh my god its so huge!
Noraschool9 4 years ago
this is a f3 or maybe a f4
metfan500 4 years ago
actully dumbass, it was F-5, size doesn't equal strength.
phamilto 4 years ago
Yeah, dumbass.
QuadTornado 4 years ago
yeah it does, the category is only given after NWS determines it's strength or how much
damage is done.
spruance420 4 years ago
No, it was an F5.
QuadTornado 4 years ago 2
That is an F5. A Rare Vilonet Tornado that's common in Kanasas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and North Texas but extremly rare in Elsewere. In Arkansas (Where I live) the last F5 Tornado struck in the 1920's. That's been more than 80 years ago. That Tornado was not that destructive because it only hit a small ruarl area.
1050HzSineWaveTone 4 years ago
no f5 is common, thankfully they're extremely rare events.
ProfessorIgor 4 years ago 3
I think 1050HZ means that F5's are most "commonly" found (though rare overall) in the states mentioned...in the Great Plains. And F5's have at times hit other states where such phenomenon are rare, such as Michigan, Wisconsin, PA, Tenn, Minn, etc.-but F4's have more frequently hit several other states at various times during history.
huggyface 4 years ago
I live in Minnesota and the tornadoes we get don't usually effect the Metropolitan areas like where I live but we do get some tornadoes every now and then.
Flamingopink86 3 years ago
The Fujita Scale did not exist in the 1920s, and since the tornado was not very destructive, it wouldn't even receive a possible F5 rating.
mbatl0907 4 years ago
The last F5 I remember hitting Illinois was the Plainfield twister of 1990. This one literally destroyed Plainfield and some of the surrounding communities.
PrinzII 2 years ago
This tornado was in Kansas in 1991, Not Illinois in 1990.
dragonridley 2 years ago
I know this twister was in 1991 in Andover, KS. I was making reference to an F5 in the state of IL which pretty much leveled Plainfield (especially the high school).
PrinzII 2 years ago
That was a day that won't be forgotten
Heyde1979 4 years ago
oh my gosh there was a car in 00:38
baconlara94 4 years ago
I remember very vividly the day this tornado struck my hometown - in fact, I actually watched it pass within a mile of my house. I heard it coming before I saw it, and needless to see, it was a pretty freaky sight. Thankfully, tornaodes of this magnitude are pretty rare in Kansas.
JoMarieM 4 years ago
thats not a tornado.its a freaking killer :p...and your stupid to hide in a closet or bathroom (unless ur in a bathtub. go find a dang ditch >:(
kansaspballer 4 years ago
I don't trust bathrooms or closets that much. I would just get in a ditch, basement, or get in the car and flee if it was far away.
danll5 4 years ago
smart
kansaspballplayer 4 years ago
But don't try to flee from your house if the twister is close though.
danll5 4 years ago
lol yea...ooooohhhhhhhh a tornado is a foot away from our house and im in the shower...i no!ill run in the ditch!
kansaspballplayer 4 years ago
Well I would go anyware that is really safe with no windows only if I had no choise. A ditch seems safest by far though so you have credit.
danll5 4 years ago
well at least its positive not a negative
kansaspballer 4 years ago
True.
danll5 4 years ago
yep.
kansaspballer 4 years ago
Also, I hear an F5 can tear anything in its way.
danll5 4 years ago
true true
STEF54 4 years ago
Why does everyone hide in a closet or a bathroom during a twister if it can easily tear you limb from limb from a closet or bathroom?
danll5 4 years ago
actually the wind doesn't really do anything. the pressure from the tornado can be felt, but it's the debris that does the damage.
MiddleFingerSaysHi 4 years ago
A tornado can pick you up though right?
danll5 4 years ago
well.. yes. but if you are low, such as lying in a ditch, the wind won't be able to life you, but it's not strong enough to tear you apart. i've heard of babies being picked up by twisters and thrown only to land in trees with nothing but bruises. like i mentioned, the debris is the #1 killer in tornadoes.
MiddleFingerSaysHi 4 years ago
I would still shit my pants if a tornado destroyed my home and Im in a closet or tha bathroom. Then again I live in Miami/Florida and if one did strike, it would be no stronger than a f0 or f1 lol.
danll5 4 years ago
I'm in MIA too! I read that a small tornado (F1-if that) hit downtown MIA in 1997 (I moved here in late '06), but seemed to not cause much damage..not like Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
huggyface 4 years ago
Oh yea. And then throw you a mile.
Generation2Mako 4 years ago
Of corse. Didn't I say I would shit?
danll5 4 years ago
Yeah, lol. Like that's not gonna a be a problem !
adm924s 4 years ago
well how does debris fly... it doesnt just magicly fly up into the tornado
mamamia1661 4 years ago
you got that clip from tornado video classics.
BryanBeatsYouAll 5 years ago
TVC rocks! Have it ALL! ;-)
huggyface 4 years ago
amen to that!
BryanBeatsYouAll 4 years ago
Yeah, this twister was an ass-kicker to say the least.
Anticyclonic 5 years ago
holy shit.
showstopp3r13 5 years ago
that thing is huge
skylarthompson 5 years ago
wow that thing is huge
skylarthompson 5 years ago
does anyone remember a video called Tornado! The Entity? It had about a 10min segment right at the begining dedicated to this tornado and it had some crazy music going and... it was really cool... thats all i have to say :)
TroySundt 5 years ago