Lone Tree tornado May 15, 1998

[Cellmate412162]

At first this tornado appears to be a landspout, and then it becomes what I think is a violent F4 tornado. The strange thing is that landspouts normally don't get that strong.

[1misanthropist]

Wow, right time, right palce for footage !!! Way to go. Great footage of how quickly it took out the power lines, and croosed the street.

[Dragonwarrior137]

EF3 tornado.

[TheFauntasy]

I HATE THIS TORNADO!! IT TOOK OUT OUR FREAKIN THEATURE! >:(

[AJTwister97]

most tornadoes form from the cloud down, but a select few, like this one and the salt lake city tornado, form from the ground up. its rare, but it happens

[dragonridley]

@AJTwister97

I don't think this is the case here. Some tornadoes form with relatively low humidity underneath the parent storm and therefore the condensation funnel may be very small or even absent, making them invisible until they reach the ground and start lifting dust and debris.

[AJTwister97]

@dragonridley

thnx. i 4 got 2 take tht factor in mind

[TheUnsungArtist]

Ahhh man, I remember this! haha it was fun!

[vfIskullangel]

I just spawned right in front!

[DTRAVELZ]

:56 crossing the power lines.. Nice footage of the birth of this thing. 5 stars

[xxxRCT3FREAKxxx]

0:57

[jenniwithani09]

like.. what do you do if that tornado just changes direction and comes straight towards you? like you're dead. period

[ktigerwright]

I grew up near here and my friend lost her house in this one. Crazy footage!

[bubblegumcandyidiots]

I LIVE IN LT TOO!

[crushergirl32]

i live in lone tree!

[LeninfromUSSR]

@crushergirl32 so do it!

[torn80s]

That is definetly a strong tornado. I don't know if it's because of the quality of this video, but it looks like it's anticyclonic. Only thing is the trees seem to suggest it's cyclonic by the way the wind is moving the trees. Maybe it's just an optical illusion caused by the rapid rotation of the tornado.

[torwxHawks]

Your eyes are being fooled. The tornado is indeed cyclonic, although it can be difficult to determine sometimes because the swirling motions can be optically evasive.

[dragonridley]

It looks cyclonic to me.

Though I think there is an optical illusion in some videos that makes them look anticyclonic. Part of it might have to do with a lack of depth perception

[torn80s]

@dragonridley It's definetly cyclonic, the day I looked at this video it wasn't as clear, but as I watched it today it defenitly shows to be cyclonic. I had a feeling there was some kind of illusion going on, because like I said in my old comment, the winds were suggesting it to be cyclonic with the way the grass and trees were being moved by the wind.

[TheFadeaway505]

Dam I didnt know tornadoes can move that fast

[habbadou]

I googled this storm, it was rated an F3. Who knows if that was at its most mature stage or at a weaker level when it hit property.

[dragonridley]

I've heard F4

[braneden]

yep F3

[TheMainTornadoChaser]

darn it! i was hoping is said lone tree colorado! awesome video!

[dglinsma]

So this is after the tornado had already gone through Washington?

[braneden]

yes

[icecold40oz]

wth...how do people almost drive threw these things...anyways c the car or suv at 1.07 of the video? lol

[jaminjim132]

f3 maybe?

[braneden]

yes f3

[dragonridley]

Noy, F4

[ladysele]

:-O

[themusic2494]

wow nice footage that was cool how it just went over that road...it was moving pretty fast

[penpen125]

that was so very dangerous

[penpen125]

that was so amazing!

[DjPyro2010]

woah, was this in the northern or southern hemisphere cause its rotating clockwise

[DjPyro2010]

or not

[fuckinghotbitchs]

nice

[Sargas07]

That was an incredible fast tornado!

[KGC1234567890]

i saw that go passed me house

[juliankleineberg]

yea i remmber that day really good my aptment got swaped up in that i lived in washington bad day!!

[GodOfBikeStunt]

realy impersive!

[supadluxx]

check out the car that appears right before it crosses the road.

wish that was me!

[Theguyof93]

I remember seeing this in a movie

[skylarthompson]

nice vid good job

[DropASharp]

00:18-00:20 That looks like the one that hit Hesston, KS on 3-13-1990.

P.S. Any tornado would form that quickly if there was enough loose dirt. Nonetheless, a truly amazing video.

[ilovecadmar]

awesome footage of the twister forming...probably one of the best vids i've seen so far.

niceness.

[Meowgasmic]

Thank you for posting this!

I used to live in Lone Tree, so I remember this tornado barely missing the town!

[Moorhoen]

Wow never saw a tornado moving this fast! Thanks for the vid!

[riceowlboy]

Excellent video--thanks! No stupid rock music, no slow-motion, no zooming in and out--perfect! Tornadoes hardly need embellishment...

[amazingsierra]

Wow, that's the fastest tornado formation I've ever seen!

[CoryellCountyWeather]

Was this an F-4 or F-5 tornado?

[braneden]

It was an F-3. Miss my house by a little less than a 1/4 Mile.

[braneden]

I will say It missed my house

[ddjurisic]

how on earth did you know where it's gonna form to point your camera exactly towards the right direction??! was that a guess?? kudos to you for an astounding video anyway!

[alerga]

Scary.

[CComets1]

I would be flipping out if i saw this!

[TornadoesNMusic]

AWESOME! Not scary awesome!

[ktty6015]

That was weird at the beginning because instead of starting at top to bottom, it started the opposite, which is bottom to top. Strange ain't it?

[wakenbake005]

fords on the road

[elganthomas]

1:07, where the hell did that car come from!!!!

[Bralor]

lol u can see it before hand its like he thought "o ill just let that lovely tornado by....there we go" *drives on causally*

[loopy1980]

haha, in true redneck fashion "ma, look at dem der tornada ova there"

[Bralor]

lmao

[xlucy478]

Jesus the tornado like came from nowhere. My hair would be sandin on end if I was there right now. Oh my god!!!!!

[braneden]

it was f3

[lateintheday2007]

Wild! Pretty darn good job for 1998!

I was on the edge of my seat as I waited for it to hit the power lines. Then, BOOM! You can see the electricity lines snap!

[FIRESTORM848]

wow amaising footage! surely that wasnt a car appearing from the tornado at 1:07?!

[metalhippie589]

What rating did this tornado get?

[MVPbaseball52]

f2 most likey im not sure

[CyrusNixes]

That thing went from nothing to probably F-1 or F-2 strength in about 6 seconds! If your house had been at the touchdown point, it would have probably been like a bomb exploding

[braneden]

are you a local or just a storm chaser?

[polishchaser1]

No. I'm not a storm chaser but I wish to be. Unfortunatelly here, in Poland where I live(temporaryly in UK) tornadoes are very rare.

[braneden]

omg I cant believe your from poland. and to think I missed the thing. thats amazing. well thanks again for posting. the tornado destroyed many neighboring farms and it was caught on camera by our local news helicoptor as well. I never thought I would ever see a video from your perspective

[RAINEnLANE]

the beauty of youtube

[LeninfromUSSR]

@polishchaser1 what road was this on, i live in lone tree but i was like 3 then.

[kcaulkins6]

@polishchaser1 yeah but what about september 15 of 2008

[braneden]

thanks so much for posting. That tornado missed our farm by about a 1/2 mile on Taft. It looks like that is going over 22 and towards the end would have been close to our farm. wow. I was gone that day so never saw it.

[Jamiesyme999]

thats nutty....... a very wiered tornado but som many are strong inflow on the left side(relative to video) so fast almosty seems disconnected at the top to the storm but the vids grainy sooo who knows amazing tornado though hope it had a minimal impact

[Hellrising75]

that tornado has to be on crack

[colingibby]

i live in lone tree iowa i remember watching this tornado out of my window

[iaskywarn025]

Great Footage!:-)

[handbanana999]

saturn

[directorinthechair]

Wow i got the footage aswell

Can we be friends coz i really look forward to u accept me as a friend and i will give u a little welcome video

[TheHoagie]

Wow, these tornados never cease to amaze me. I never saw one that developed from the ground.

[JonnyE]

It only appears that way, however it doesn't show the descending funnel. The funnel descends, and when the circulation touches the ground and begins picking up debris is when the funnel cloud becomes a tornado.