Kansas City Tornado Outbreak, Storm Chaser Ben Alonzo May 4, 2003; Huge Tornado

[88mphsss]

I live in Independence, I don't remember this!!!

[GhostWolf76]

I remember this day very well. An F3 passed close enough to our house to dump a ton of debris from houses in our yard, and close enough to my grandmother' retirement home that it tore a tree up by its roots and flung it across the parking lot. Trees and buildings that were damaged over by Carriage Hill Estates still showed the scars as of January 2011.

[missrockyourworld4]

i remember that day... I waz freaking out i live in wyndotte i waz freaking out n i had lill kidz with me at that time

[JustRebar913]

i remember this, not too far from where i used to live. went to peirson park and watched.

[PuddingnShortbuses]

wow i remember this! we were in a truck heading southbound when it touched down.

[HereWasNicole]

A truly horrific time. Kansas City does NOT need another day like this.

[The2014jacks]

@HereWasNicole right now it could happen exactly now we have a tornado watch

[dickens2566]

good looking out for us i do sit at home and track the storm and if it hit home ikonw what too do thank you

[gtasupergamerdude]

wtfh there r ppl going to it

[InspiredMuse74]

This gave me chills. I remember this day so well.

[niselat]

This one started

forming about 50ft behind my car. It literally chased me 30 miles and

ended up passing about 1/2 mile behind my house. I lived near Metro North mall

Irony: One if the buildings destroyed was my insurance agent's office

[MissWWE20]

Remember this day very well. I was'nt hit by any of this but rember seeing how the sky looked. Nothing like liveing in Missouri Eh? lol

[lilwaybemylife]

that tornado hit my house

[GOODY61]

I wondered when the people on the interstate was going to wake up and stop.

[jdirk2]

great looking stovepipe!

[TheColorPaul]

oh my gosh. i remember this one. I was a kindergartener during this time. i was in Omaha and this was the day before my birthday. it was a Sunday. man iwas soooo scared. Now im an 8th grader and these things dont scare me, Hah!

[JA101K]

Oh...damn. I remember this one. Definite damage.

[kornhead6555]

Lol im scared of tornadoes but i cant stop watching the videos for them!!!!

[LuvsTstormTapes]

Awesome shots of this huge tornado from exactly 7 years ago today, 5/4/03... BTW..BTW..you might find this interesting...exactly 25 years earlier to the day of your tornado videoings here, 5/4/78..there were killer tornadoes in Clearwater FLA... and I was only 200 miles to the ENE..I did audiotape the loud thunder((severe Tstorms)) from inside the car while on I-95...still have the tape today!

[LuigiLaker]

Well, half of it anyways..but this is in Mizzou..

[elitesack]

@LuigiLaker

Wyandotte county is on the Kansas side. It is Kansas City, KS. There are two KC's one on each side of the state line, they each have their own city limits. When the twister crossed the river into Missouri it hit up by Parkville.

[t80tank20]

We chased this day as well. Saw the killer F3 tornado near Crestline in Cherokee County, that later tracked into SW MO

[TanyaLorree]

I was 20 when this happened. I had just moved from Oklahoma and was just about to start painting my living room (literally just got paint on the roller and held it against the wall!) when the sirens went off in Richmond MO!

[kelsey053]

i was like 9 when this outbreak happen it was so scary

[linkinparkteen]

I was five at the time of this outbreak. o.O"

[izzyanddennyfan]

if I were those people driving..i would be like ''OHHHH SHITT" lol

[basenjilover]

id stop watch then make a uie and drive like hell the other way

[andyroo89]

Oh man I remember that tornado outbreak I was 13 at the time man some scary shit.

[XtremeWeirdo]

Thanks for this. There aren't enough severe weather videos, for Kansas City.

[ghj997]

kanas city dorthy toto are you in muchkin land just follow the yellow brick road

[LuigiLaker]

That's the state of Kansas you idiot, Kansas CITY is in Missouri.

[basenjilover]

there is a kansas city kansas and a kansas city mo

[Hixlol]

I remeber that day, i was 10, i had a baseball game in Basheor, it was so awesome lol i love severe weather

[Jamiesyme999]

all those people driving into it, only a matter of time before a strong tornado plows through a backed up highway

[stormspinner1]

Five stars: wow, that would be scary. But: doing what chasers do best: warning, saving lives. Well done.

*StormSpinner1* in Texas

[pyromaster1993]

you need to get more videos dude lol can you do that lol

[Bwildcat2010B]

i remember that tornado i live in billngs missouri and it just tour our place up.

[JBIRD1996]

awesome i saw a cloud like that and i dont know if its a funnel cloud or not.its on my video-ONE HELL OF A STORM.

[unionfilms7]

this dude knows what hes doing ive seen him speak before like two years ago. can you tell me if your done developing nexrad software? hows your career? congrats on your management gig........ i remember the kc tornado event... one question though what is the beep after you talk on the radio? your the best severe weather forecaster thanks for the radar pictures-brian

[7121895]

cool man..

5/5

[clandarkside]

cool video and website dude can you answer my email? i emailed you a question