what happened in this tornado? i would like to know the story i feel so bad for the people who were in it bless them all. this looked like a complete nightmare
If you survived this storm you have total luck and should thank God big time! There was no escpaing this tornado. It was 1 1/2 miles wide, A wedge tornado(Which means that it is wider than it is high). And It had winds up to 200 mph! Also it was 9:0pm at night so it was a monster that nobody could see! There is no way you could have outran this one! God Bless all of those who died and survived!
or Create a video response If you survived this storm you have total luck and should thank God big time! There was no escpaing this tornado. It was 1 1/2 miles wide, A wedge tornado(Which means that it is wider than it is high). And It had winds up to 200 mph! Also it was 9:0pm at night so it was a monster that nobody could see! There is no way you could have outran this one! God Bless all of those who died and survived!
Just surfing and found this. And I saw 27 people voted down? They are idiots. This is new footage to me, and I live in Wichita, east of Greensburg. It was a terrible night for those poor people who suffered a tragic loss. Thanks to storm chasers who put their lives on the line at times, we get up to the minute info on dangerous storms. Not as many people would have survived without them.
i remember watching the weather channel late and they said that there was a tornado warning in kansas and there was this little letters (which mean a town) and it said greensburg and greensburg was under a tornado warning, and the next day i was watching the news and they said that a major tornado hit greensburg kansas i was like damn...
@bull864 I hate to tell you but I read that these two guys died chasing the tornado that formed to the Northeast of Greensburg right after this one went through it. In fact, their website no longer exists.
@williepayt01 Never mind. Though this was a different video. Was talking to some idiot making random dumbass comments. He's a fuckin idiot. To annoy me he continues to reply after being told to fuck off. Then his replies are unrelated. What were you referring to??? One of the members dying? That's what I read. Then I checked the website and it was a free domain name.
on that Night - I was coming up I-35 northbound from Wichita to K.C. pulling a set of Triple - Trailers - Semi - and it was all I could do to stay on the road - Lightining was really badd too. Really Windy - south of Eldorado that night - Truckers on the CB had said it wiped out the entire town !
You have four tornadoes on the ground at the same time. You are chasing said tornadoes AT NIGHT. You don't have balls of steel. You have balls of diamond.
Wow. Takes serious balls to drive straight for an EF 5 in the pitch black. You are living my dream! I am saving my pennies to spend a season storm chasing!!
Night tornadoes would be just horrible. Not being able to see where it is until there is a flash of lightning =/ Gah thats scary!! My heart goes out to the people whom lives affected and lost that day =(
I didn't know about the tornado and a week later I was traveling through at night looking for a hotel. Got pulled over by a state trooper, and I was like "where are all the hotels in Greensburg????" he told me about the tornado. I felt like such an ass!
I cracked up at the part where he says "What an idiot!". Nobody that chases down a tornado powerful enough to level and entire town can ever call ANYONE an idiot! Hahaha!
i was in this tornado,,im from greensburg and it was horrible...i screamed the whole entire time.....it was......unbelievable......and afterwords..that was even worse because our town was gone..just gone.....i live in haviland now but everytime i go there everything comes back
@mandkins I KNOW! I was in a Kansas outbreak of tornadoes i was scared! Luckily, it was a funnel cloud when it was north of my home i was holding myrabbit scared to death!
These boy's are so exstaic for all the death and mayhem...they love themselves....couple of creep's who are .....all big time...Make a buck off all us ..BOY"S
I was caught in an f4 tornado. I was so lucky that when we were on the road, i had a blanket an my ps3 to break my fall when I flew out the window and into barbed wires, my ps3 was PERFECTLY FINE!!!!!
hey cubby this was the most powerful twister ever recorded since humans had the technology to do so. you should do your research snd listen to the experts!
I don't live in Greensburg, but I live in Kansas and have saw many tornadoes. This one by far from the looks of the video and devastation looks to be one of the Top 10 Kansas Twisters in State history. I went through Greensburg about a month ago, and they have really come along and rebuilt with the town. One of the most ecofriendly towns in the world now. Everything is green.
I don't live in Greensburg but still remember when that happened. I couldn't do anything but cry when I saw pictures of the devastation. GOD Bless the residents of Greensburg.
I live in Kansas and no doubt this was a very devastating tornado. I am no engineer or meteorlogist but have been fascinated with tornado damage since May 4, 2003. When I look at the damage in Greensburg I can tell that the tornado was at least an EF4. It was the high school that pushed it into the EF5 category. No problem at all either this tornado was probably one of the most widespread/catastrophic tornadoes in US history but not quite as strong as some.
Actually the Greensburg tornado happened on May 4, 2007. I said I got fascinated with tornado damage in 2003.
Size has nothing to do with a tornadoes intensity. The EF5 level damage was minimal at best and even a famous structural engineer agreed with me on that. He said borderline EF4/EF5. It was not as strong as the Hesston, Kansas tornado in 1990 or Andover, Kansas in 1991. People like you need to go educate yourself on tornadoes.
Na filmiku słychać tylko i wyłącznie jak chłopaki są podnieceni tornado,szkoda tylko,ze z takiej jakości filmiku nie można się razem z nimi przeżywać...
Dude, maybe the video is a little bit dark but this storm all but erased Greensburg. One big mile wide path....less than a minute or two and the town was gone? Sounds pretty EF5 to me....
It was at one point 1.9miles wide and 1.7 miles wide in Greensburg. Stormchaser told me it took 5-10 minutes to get through town. Borderline EF4/EF5 damage at its most intense in my opinion. Yeah typically F5/EF5 tornadoes are really large but some have been as narrow as 100yds wide. The Parkersburg, Iowa EF5 tornado was around 1/2 to 3/4mile wide and it took about a minute to get through that town. It was just as erased. It was 1.2 miles wide at one point but only doing EF2/EF3 damage.
I didn't mean to be so 'direct' but i had the misfortune of being in G'burg that day. I am bovine veterinarian and we were on call that day. I work outside; I never saw it, it just happened to us. One minute we were eating, the next minute sirens two minutes later, we were banged up. it was upon us. Where I was there was about 2 minutes of in excess of 140 winds, sustained. I just didn't see how it could be said 'no ef4 evidence'. No big deal and i appreciate your tenacity. peace
I saw footage of that storm after it happened, that white core was a monster. And thinks to a storm chaser as well as others, more lifes were saved because they told were it was heading. that storm could have been worse if no one took warning.
My God,i cant imagine what it must have been to go through this thing.I was caught in an f-2 in middle school on a school bus,and it was the most horryfing thing ive witnessed.
i used to live in Greensburg, but after that tornado ive had to move to colorado with my grandparents. trust me... it felt like i was standing a foot away from a train going full speed. it was bad.
just looking at the graphs of thet outbrake is just frightning .i have studdied all the data thay had collected i like to chase and report to noaa but i would have to seay that day would probly make me change my mind
@Sooner121 just looking at the graphs of thet outbrake is just frightning .i have studdied all the data thay had collected i like to chase and report to noaa but i would have to seay that day would probly make me change my mind heres just one link of the damage paths and associated f scale reedings
I'm a chaser too, and flew in from Arizona the DAY AFTER Greensburg. We did happen to go thru there en route to chases about 4 or 5 times this season though in 2009. What made me comment, is did you guys ever figure out who it was that drove past you... then poked along while closing in on that monster?? If it was a chaser...he/she outta be skinned alive for pulling a stunt like that. Trying to hog in for the best footage...so they could sell it first, no doubt. Maybe it was a local, though?
When it comes to fatalities the 1999 Chickasha/Moore/Midwest City tornado was definately worse. HOWEVER, this one was larger when it comes to width as this one was around 2 miles across at it's peak. The '99 tornado never got over a mile wide.
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I think the tornado would have been a lot worse if it happened during daylight hours. It might have been better to hit at night since it lost a lot of the daytime heating.
Just watched a show about this tornado last night on Storm Stories. The entire town was literally wiped out. Incredibly sad. What's even sadder is that they didn't receive the publicity that say New Orleans received simply because the people in Greensburg weren't cussing and yelling at the news cameras and demanding free debit cards.
Thanks for sharing this vid though. What time was this? Was it nighttime or was it just this dark because of the tornado?
Ignorant? This entire community was literally blown to pieces and had to wait 2 weeks before FEMA truly started to help. The only celebrity who came to their rescue was Leo Dicaprio ONLY AFTER they decided to rebuild as a "green" town. And if I can recall, half the midwest was also under 10-15 feet of water last year, and just a year later there's no mention of it at all in the media. There certainly was no telethon held for them or celebrities monitoring the progress of the rebuilding process.
i live only 45 minutes from Greensburg. It was horrible what happened there and us as Kansans pulled together and helped eachother. The town is still being rebuilt. They still had a mash unit for a hospital when i went through there at the end of last month.
Katrina was the largest natural disaster in the history of US. If you have not been there, and I am not saying you haven't, the effects of Katrina can not be fully understood from news media. Six months after the storm, when relief teams were allowed in, the city of New Orleans and its suburbs literally resembled a third world country, and this is from someone who was in a third world country one month before the storm. This is not meant to be harsh, just offering a little perspective. Thanks.
@juelz6187 i was about 30 miles from greensburg when it hit i was at church camp and ou pastorwas so scared cuz he lives in maxwell a.k.a. about 20 miles from greensburg! we were all so scared!
@juelz6187 wow you are incredibly ignorant you know that? They received more publicity cause the entire town was under water and people were trapped with no food and no water on top of houses and high ground and it took days for help to reach them. Elderly men and women died because they were not able to get proper medical care. An entire penitentiary had by to be evacuated and guarded out on a high over pass and thats not jail inmates thats people serving 15years to people serving life.
@juelz6187 There were hundreds and hundreds of bodys floating around all over the city the death toll of Katrina has been recorded as 1,836 dont believe me look it up. Katrina caused 81 billion dollars in property damage. That is why Katrina and New Orleans got more publicity it wasnt just a town it was and entire coast line and a major American city with so much history that was completely flooded. It's a shame cause the United States Government knew about the problems with the levees and chose
@juelz6187 to do nothing about it another case of not wanting to pony up the cash for something that needs to be done to save lives and that goes along with funding tornado research. I'm not saying Greensburg wasn't a tragedy all deaths that mother nature causes is because there needs to be more support and more money to help these people have to endure hurricane and tornado season. Katrina made world news because over 1800 people lost there lives that is the most in a single event since 9/11
@juelz6187 You know how many people died from all tornado's in 2004 35 people the entire season. Over 1800 people died in Katrina ill say it again and most of the deaths were in New Orleans. Really the numbers say all that needs to be said.
@highflya9290 In the wake of a disaster people can behave in 2 ways. They either act like children and demand that everyone else do something to "fix it" or they come together and say "what can we do to help ourselves, and we'll cherish any help we may happen to get". Those that act in the most inappropriate ways are always the ones who get their faces plastered on TV screens. There were lots of heroes and tragedies as a result of Katrina. Sadly those who acted childish received more attention.
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Is it really necessary to sound excited and clap??? Do these ppl have any idea how many people lost their lives and everything else in this??? Please have a bit of respect regardless of your thrills.
Check the title of the video before you accuse someone of applauding a tragedy. It was called "Dream Turned Nightmare" and listen at 5:00 when Tim offers a prayer for those in its path, rightly calling it a killer tornado once they felt a glancing blow of its power. This is the only video I've seen of it and is a very important piece of footage of a historic natural disaster.
By the way - great video to the people who shot it. The closest I ever came to a tornado that size was 11 miles and that was Plainfield, IL on August 28, 1990. I didn't see the tornado but the green sky and pink specs of insulation gave it away...as did the CBS2 helicopter a little later. I'm looking for anyone who remembers (or knows anyone who does) the March 3, 1966 F5 in Jackson, MS. The descriptions and few pieces of film I've seen are INCREDIBLE. Rest in piece Ted Fujita :-) you are missed
This was good stuff don't get me wrong and I am sure Sean Wilson and his fellow chasers know and understand everything I said in my comments below. Indeed God Bless everyone who had to deal with that monster. The death toll (which it is a tragedy when ANY person is killed) was remarkably low. This should have killed at least as many as Udall in 1955, and had a similar toll to the Topeka, KS event of 1966 (June 8) -- the event Joe R. Eagleman used to help debunk the "Southwest Corner" myth!
One thing for everyone: hearing people say "It's an F-Anything" while the tornado is still on the ground automaticallly raises warning flags! The only way I could yell "It's an F5!" is if I stood there watching or recording a tornado of any size really (Big doesn't mean anything) level a home I know was well-constructed and anchored to the foundation, had all large doors closed (like garage), and had all debris swept away. Those are the primary criteria for the old F5. EF Scale is different.
As a general rule, in case you didn't know, jail birds tend to be ignorant and illiterate. By the way idiot, i'm not wasting my breath because i'm typing. For crying out loud, your grammar and comprehension seem to be lacking as well. A whole new generation of morons are the future of this country and you are part of them. It's sad.
dont make fun of my freakin life! that was one of my bros and they didnt tell me i was still on! im pissed off... so why dont you back away u dirty little piece of retarded crap. shut up get the heck out of my freakin business. ur probably one of those deep freak crapy ppl who has their pants down to their freakin bony thighs. my bro was trying to lookup stuff for his freakin project. hes only in 6th freakin grade... so shut up u piece of crap!
Wait,at 1:25 he says f-5. There was another EF-5 b4 the greensburg tornado?
kdolo100 1 month ago
what happened in this tornado? i would like to know the story i feel so bad for the people who were in it bless them all. this looked like a complete nightmare
darkkiler99 3 months ago
If you survived this storm you have total luck and should thank God big time! There was no escpaing this tornado. It was 1 1/2 miles wide, A wedge tornado(Which means that it is wider than it is high). And It had winds up to 200 mph! Also it was 9:0pm at night so it was a monster that nobody could see! There is no way you could have outran this one! God Bless all of those who died and survived!
xXSmores23Xx 5 months ago
or Create a video response If you survived this storm you have total luck and should thank God big time! There was no escpaing this tornado. It was 1 1/2 miles wide, A wedge tornado(Which means that it is wider than it is high). And It had winds up to 200 mph! Also it was 9:0pm at night so it was a monster that nobody could see! There is no way you could have outran this one! God Bless all of those who died and survived!
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Just surfing and found this. And I saw 27 people voted down? They are idiots. This is new footage to me, and I live in Wichita, east of Greensburg. It was a terrible night for those poor people who suffered a tragic loss. Thanks to storm chasers who put their lives on the line at times, we get up to the minute info on dangerous storms. Not as many people would have survived without them.
ksmomma74 6 months ago
i remember watching the weather channel late and they said that there was a tornado warning in kansas and there was this little letters (which mean a town) and it said greensburg and greensburg was under a tornado warning, and the next day i was watching the news and they said that a major tornado hit greensburg kansas i was like damn...
TheUltimatePhillyFan 6 months ago
That was a weird morning, after this.
IWannaBeOscarMike 6 months ago
god's finger
godzillawashere 7 months ago
I got chills
buuuuck1 8 months ago
@buuuuck1 NO HOMO
bungieroxx98 7 months ago
and to think that i was drinking jucie while this was happning
poor people
mrsupersonicsayin 8 months ago
Wow, this is the first time I'd seen all this footage of that tornado. Incredible.
zeuschild1 9 months ago
4:48 now thats scary
AndrewJ254 9 months ago
"Spooky" video. Thanks for posting.
rodneykm 9 months ago
I've always wanted to go on a chase with experts. THESE GUYS are who I want to go with!!
bull864 9 months ago
@bull864 I hate to tell you but I read that these two guys died chasing the tornado that formed to the Northeast of Greensburg right after this one went through it. In fact, their website no longer exists.
williepayt01 9 months ago
@williepayt01
Look when the video was filmed, then look when it was uploaded.
Xboxlivemgear 9 months ago
@Xboxlivemgear Look at who filmed it, then look at who uploaded it.
williepayt01 9 months ago
@Xboxlivemgear What does that shit have to do with anything??? Look at who filmed it, then look at the uploader's name.
williepayt01 9 months ago
@williepayt01 Never mind. Though this was a different video. Was talking to some idiot making random dumbass comments. He's a fuckin idiot. To annoy me he continues to reply after being told to fuck off. Then his replies are unrelated. What were you referring to??? One of the members dying? That's what I read. Then I checked the website and it was a free domain name.
williepayt01 9 months ago
@williepayt01 You serious?
bull864 9 months ago
@bull864 Unfortunately.
williepayt01 9 months ago
2:37 is the movie "Twister"'s... Thunder of god quote from the reverend guy.
SonicHedgehog21 9 months ago
@SonicHedgehog21 Defender of God, but nice catch
WillyBMarlin 9 months ago
on that Night - I was coming up I-35 northbound from Wichita to K.C. pulling a set of Triple - Trailers - Semi - and it was all I could do to stay on the road - Lightining was really badd too. Really Windy - south of Eldorado that night - Truckers on the CB had said it wiped out the entire town !
JetRanger0007 9 months ago
IF I COOD DIE ANY WAY...IT WOOD B ON THAT RIDE!!!
TANNERGRN 10 months ago
Can't see crap!!! Look at the debris? Can't see crap!!! What debris?
masonrono 10 months ago
You have four tornadoes on the ground at the same time. You are chasing said tornadoes AT NIGHT. You don't have balls of steel. You have balls of diamond.
Jemalacane 10 months ago
I have to poop
ProXECHOx 10 months ago
wow brave guys
crazyconnie06 11 months ago
2:16 That's what she said. :)
gibsonlespaul2 11 months ago
OMG! Just watching this scares me! LOL You guys ARE brave!
lenamay521 11 months ago
if your eyes are good enoughj, at 2:37, you can just see how big it is.
xXEquestrianStarXx 11 months ago
You should get a video camera with night vision, would of made this video 10000 times better.
iRawrLiekAMonster 1 year ago
at 0:29 wow its a tornado!!!!!!!!!
mr0loki0jr 1 year ago
its getting bigger Tim!!!
mr0loki0jr 1 year ago
@mr0loki0jr yeah i live around this area and tim was a police officer who lost his life that night...
suckymylucky 1 year ago
@suckymylucky sorry dude I didn't mean it hat way sorry...
mr0loki0jr 1 year ago
Wow. Takes serious balls to drive straight for an EF 5 in the pitch black. You are living my dream! I am saving my pennies to spend a season storm chasing!!
gaffergrip 1 year ago
at 4:48 amazing!
Brefrzr12keykt 1 year ago
no se olviden de rescatar a Dorita!!! xD
mercosur99 1 year ago
I live about 10-50 miles from Greensburg. I am in the town Independence right next to it.
ryanboy555 1 year ago
Wasn't the radar signature almost identical to the 1999 oklahoma city f5?
SupremeAmerican 1 year ago
i cant see a thang
TheMonet9 1 year ago
5.40 Looked eerily like the1999 OK city Moore/Bridge creek F5 twister at full tilt!
vrednie 1 year ago
wow that a big one
TheStanup 1 year ago
Dang
materstare210 1 year ago
Think it was 2.4 miles wide during its peak. That measurement at the base as well, the actual body was much larger.
RSXYYY 1 year ago
This is probably THEE best footage of that tornado. You can see it so clearly when it was at it's most intense.
SUNYOneontaStrmChsrs 1 year ago
Night tornadoes would be just horrible. Not being able to see where it is until there is a flash of lightning =/ Gah thats scary!! My heart goes out to the people whom lives affected and lost that day =(
wind206535 1 year ago
try to pause it at 7:54. my god...
tornadoguitarclutz 1 year ago
the amount of balls you have chasing this thing at night are unbelievable.
phatman300 1 year ago
I remember this. it got my dads shed and wiped out he tractors and combines. We are in St John. only of half of the country of it.
Pink14urox 1 year ago
We just had a tornado around the Toledo, Ohio area...Millbury, Ohio looks like a war zone 5 people died...it's really sad.
82Nikkis 1 year ago
4:48! HOLY S***!!
Luigiforbrawl765 1 year ago
@Luigiforbrawl765 U ain't kidding...wow what a monster!!!
82Nikkis 1 year ago
I didn't know about the tornado and a week later I was traveling through at night looking for a hotel. Got pulled over by a state trooper, and I was like "where are all the hotels in Greensburg????" he told me about the tornado. I felt like such an ass!
missyandtom 1 year ago
I wonder if night-vision would have helped any? Pretty scary though!!
megbirt 1 year ago
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TheTourlous 1 year ago
the power!
WBMproductions77 1 year ago
I cracked up at the part where he says "What an idiot!". Nobody that chases down a tornado powerful enough to level and entire town can ever call ANYONE an idiot! Hahaha!
Thrillcekr 1 year ago
i was in this tornado,,im from greensburg and it was horrible...i screamed the whole entire time.....it was......unbelievable......and afterwords..that was even worse because our town was gone..just gone.....i live in haviland now but everytime i go there everything comes back
mandkins 1 year ago 12
@mandkins I'm so sorry...
Fuzileer 1 year ago
@mandkins I KNOW! I was in a Kansas outbreak of tornadoes i was scared! Luckily, it was a funnel cloud when it was north of my home i was holding myrabbit scared to death!
lochadkat 8 months ago
Yup when theres a tornado theres fuckin cow there
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MrCollman1 1 year ago
Guys this crazy!!
jcisL69 1 year ago
Look at how black it is, thats really scary!!!
jcisL69 1 year ago
These boy's are so exstaic for all the death and mayhem...they love themselves....couple of creep's who are .....all big time...Make a buck off all us ..BOY"S
trianglepoints 1 year ago
I was caught in an f4 tornado. I was so lucky that when we were on the road, i had a blanket an my ps3 to break my fall when I flew out the window and into barbed wires, my ps3 was PERFECTLY FINE!!!!!
thedeadbed 1 year ago
I grew up near Greensburg. This video is chilling, to say the least.
ohiomom67 1 year ago
Wow check out that multiple vortex 1:28 - 1:46.
At nearly 2 miles wide this was truly one of the biggest ever.
nickthestick26 1 year ago
There's nothing more scary than a tornado at night time. Gives me chills just thinking about it. Especially one THAT powerful!
GnarlyCharlie2000 1 year ago
hey cubby this was the most powerful twister ever recorded since humans had the technology to do so. you should do your research snd listen to the experts!
ghostcar82 1 year ago
that is scary!
SpaceDJ3 1 year ago
I just drove thru greensburg mar 8th and you can still see the aftermath of destruction. Ouch!
kherbert2 1 year ago
i just watched in on dicovery channel..you guys are amazing to do this
reelcrazyboat 1 year ago
incredbile. its so incredible.
this is a monster and was on evening.
when i think, did many people have saw tv and then came this monster, thats be scared.
i hope the best for the people and for the town.
greez cluberaner93
cluberaner93 1 year ago 6
I don't live in Greensburg, but I live in Kansas and have saw many tornadoes. This one by far from the looks of the video and devastation looks to be one of the Top 10 Kansas Twisters in State history. I went through Greensburg about a month ago, and they have really come along and rebuilt with the town. One of the most ecofriendly towns in the world now. Everything is green.
joshhonas 1 year ago
i went through Greensberg weeks after it hit, im just glad there coming along w/ rebuilding.
tornadogirlTatianaR 1 year ago
TWO PERCENT of the buildings were left standing in that city.
MrAmericanAce 1 year ago
what time of day was it?
blackstarbeneath 1 year ago
niight.... about 8 i remember it
micahspeaks 1 year ago
I don't live in Greensburg but still remember when that happened. I couldn't do anything but cry when I saw pictures of the devastation. GOD Bless the residents of Greensburg.
terun1978 1 year ago 2
I remember that night I live in Larned Kansas a few counties away and i couldn't take myself away from the tv
musicrulez27 2 years ago
I live in Kansas and no doubt this was a very devastating tornado. I am no engineer or meteorlogist but have been fascinated with tornado damage since May 4, 2003. When I look at the damage in Greensburg I can tell that the tornado was at least an EF4. It was the high school that pushed it into the EF5 category. No problem at all either this tornado was probably one of the most widespread/catastrophic tornadoes in US history but not quite as strong as some.
cubby091398 2 years ago 2
you wrote the biggest pile of crap there, it is an ef5 tornado, probably one of the largest ever recorded, also it happened in 2006 not 2003
joeyboi87 1 year ago
Actually the Greensburg tornado happened on May 4, 2007. I said I got fascinated with tornado damage in 2003.
Size has nothing to do with a tornadoes intensity. The EF5 level damage was minimal at best and even a famous structural engineer agreed with me on that. He said borderline EF4/EF5. It was not as strong as the Hesston, Kansas tornado in 1990 or Andover, Kansas in 1991. People like you need to go educate yourself on tornadoes.
cubby091398 1 year ago
well unlike you, I am actually a meteorology student.
joeyboi87 1 year ago
Well then I am sure you know the scale is based on damage and not size.
cubby091398 1 year ago
im actually a meteorologist/stormchaser!
tornadogirlTatianaR 1 year ago
Na filmiku słychać tylko i wyłącznie jak chłopaki są podnieceni tornado,szkoda tylko,ze z takiej jakości filmiku nie można się razem z nimi przeżywać...
Alexia171183 2 years ago
Indeed a very bad tornado but I dont see anything that shows EF5 level damage in Greensburg.
cubby091398 2 years ago
Dude, maybe the video is a little bit dark but this storm all but erased Greensburg. One big mile wide path....less than a minute or two and the town was gone? Sounds pretty EF5 to me....
youlldietrying 2 years ago
It was at one point 1.9miles wide and 1.7 miles wide in Greensburg. Stormchaser told me it took 5-10 minutes to get through town. Borderline EF4/EF5 damage at its most intense in my opinion. Yeah typically F5/EF5 tornadoes are really large but some have been as narrow as 100yds wide. The Parkersburg, Iowa EF5 tornado was around 1/2 to 3/4mile wide and it took about a minute to get through that town. It was just as erased. It was 1.2 miles wide at one point but only doing EF2/EF3 damage.
cubby091398 2 years ago
I didn't mean to be so 'direct' but i had the misfortune of being in G'burg that day. I am bovine veterinarian and we were on call that day. I work outside; I never saw it, it just happened to us. One minute we were eating, the next minute sirens two minutes later, we were banged up. it was upon us. Where I was there was about 2 minutes of in excess of 140 winds, sustained. I just didn't see how it could be said 'no ef4 evidence'. No big deal and i appreciate your tenacity. peace
youlldietrying 2 years ago
These guys are out of their mind.
CicadaKillerMan 2 years ago
this is y i hate livin in kansas ive been in 5 tornados
pvtarmygrl 2 years ago
god dam 4 f5 tornados
numbersarebadnina 2 years ago
that wood b scaryer more than shit but i can barely c them
numbersarebadnina 2 years ago
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Michael65698 2 years ago
that is what i want to see sometime, although i really wouldn't like to be that close and not that close to one of those though.
StormChaser101AB 2 years ago
You brave souls! Were west of a swashing dryline in Pampa that day. Could see the robust cloud formations E and NE. Quite a tragic evening.
TommyJoebowers1tycoo 2 years ago 2
to go after that monster in the DARK.....what can I say? You guys have balls of steel.
ianat841 2 years ago 40
these guys may have balls of steel... but Chuck Norris has the balls the size of Jupiter
wonder if they could beat that
ps3beatswii 2 years ago
I saw footage of that storm after it happened, that white core was a monster. And thinks to a storm chaser as well as others, more lifes were saved because they told were it was heading. that storm could have been worse if no one took warning.
iNomTorndados 2 years ago 2
I live 100 miles north in Hays. I remember this night well. I was glued to the TV the whole time. Were you headed south or north on 183?
factorone 2 years ago
My God,i cant imagine what it must have been to go through this thing.I was caught in an f-2 in middle school on a school bus,and it was the most horryfing thing ive witnessed.
christph31 2 years ago 5
i used to live in Greensburg, but after that tornado ive had to move to colorado with my grandparents. trust me... it felt like i was standing a foot away from a train going full speed. it was bad.
Maximus5842 2 years ago
The May 3rd 1999 tornado that hit Oklahoma city was stringer then this twister the oklahoma city one had winds of 318mph
Sooner121 2 years ago 2
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dragonridley 2 years ago
just looking at the graphs of thet outbrake is just frightning .i have studdied all the data thay had collected i like to chase and report to noaa but i would have to seay that day would probly make me change my mind
wizzkidelectronics 1 year ago
@Sooner121 just looking at the graphs of thet outbrake is just frightning .i have studdied all the data thay had collected i like to chase and report to noaa but i would have to seay that day would probly make me change my mind heres just one link of the damage paths and associated f scale reedings
wizzkidelectronics 1 year ago
I was watching the radar online of this monster before and during when it hit this town. The radar was scary looking.
interstategar 2 years ago 2
thats huge
MasterRPGr 2 years ago
We never figured out who these people were. They ended up way behind us after their last appearance in our video.
seanwilson7 2 years ago 5
@seanwilson7 how many tornadoes have u chased in ur life?
gtyhujii 10 months ago
I'm a chaser too, and flew in from Arizona the DAY AFTER Greensburg. We did happen to go thru there en route to chases about 4 or 5 times this season though in 2009. What made me comment, is did you guys ever figure out who it was that drove past you... then poked along while closing in on that monster?? If it was a chaser...he/she outta be skinned alive for pulling a stunt like that. Trying to hog in for the best footage...so they could sell it first, no doubt. Maybe it was a local, though?
naderchaser 2 years ago
I think the one in moore O.K. 1999 was worse than this one. i read it was a little bigger and it had stronger winds.
TheWaynelds 2 years ago
When it comes to fatalities the 1999 Chickasha/Moore/Midwest City tornado was definately worse. HOWEVER, this one was larger when it comes to width as this one was around 2 miles across at it's peak. The '99 tornado never got over a mile wide.
t80tank20 2 years ago 2
Even on the old Scale, the version put into use only goes up to F5. There would be no way of determining F6 damage.
dragonridley 2 years ago
acually the old scale went to F12
scootweather 2 years ago
There was a theoretical scale that did go up to F12, but when it was put into effect only went up to F5.
dragonridley 2 years ago 2
Not there isn't EF5 damage is complete destruction and the category includes all winds over 200 mph.
dragonridley 2 years ago
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I think the tornado would have been a lot worse if it happened during daylight hours. It might have been better to hit at night since it lost a lot of the daytime heating.
TheWaynelds 2 years ago
Worse than what? That is the worst it could have been. Daytime heating didn't matter.
mcgeeb1215 2 years ago
Yeah it is the worst tornado... but I garuantee that their can be even worse ones....
JamminJenn420 2 years ago
Just watched a show about this tornado last night on Storm Stories. The entire town was literally wiped out. Incredibly sad. What's even sadder is that they didn't receive the publicity that say New Orleans received simply because the people in Greensburg weren't cussing and yelling at the news cameras and demanding free debit cards.
Thanks for sharing this vid though. What time was this? Was it nighttime or was it just this dark because of the tornado?
juelz6187 2 years ago 29
It was a little after 9:00pm when the tornado first touched down.
seanwilson7 2 years ago
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That was an ignorant comment..those people New Orleans were sitting on 10 to 15 feet of water.
DJKoncise 2 years ago
Ignorant? This entire community was literally blown to pieces and had to wait 2 weeks before FEMA truly started to help. The only celebrity who came to their rescue was Leo Dicaprio ONLY AFTER they decided to rebuild as a "green" town. And if I can recall, half the midwest was also under 10-15 feet of water last year, and just a year later there's no mention of it at all in the media. There certainly was no telethon held for them or celebrities monitoring the progress of the rebuilding process.
juelz6187 2 years ago 10
i live only 45 minutes from Greensburg. It was horrible what happened there and us as Kansans pulled together and helped eachother. The town is still being rebuilt. They still had a mash unit for a hospital when i went through there at the end of last month.
melissaklebs 2 years ago
Katrina was the largest natural disaster in the history of US. If you have not been there, and I am not saying you haven't, the effects of Katrina can not be fully understood from news media. Six months after the storm, when relief teams were allowed in, the city of New Orleans and its suburbs literally resembled a third world country, and this is from someone who was in a third world country one month before the storm. This is not meant to be harsh, just offering a little perspective. Thanks.
alansnephew 1 year ago
@juelz6187 i was about 30 miles from greensburg when it hit i was at church camp and ou pastorwas so scared cuz he lives in maxwell a.k.a. about 20 miles from greensburg! we were all so scared!
awestruck678 1 year ago
@juelz6187 wow you are incredibly ignorant you know that? They received more publicity cause the entire town was under water and people were trapped with no food and no water on top of houses and high ground and it took days for help to reach them. Elderly men and women died because they were not able to get proper medical care. An entire penitentiary had by to be evacuated and guarded out on a high over pass and thats not jail inmates thats people serving 15years to people serving life.
highflya9290 1 year ago
@juelz6187 There were hundreds and hundreds of bodys floating around all over the city the death toll of Katrina has been recorded as 1,836 dont believe me look it up. Katrina caused 81 billion dollars in property damage. That is why Katrina and New Orleans got more publicity it wasnt just a town it was and entire coast line and a major American city with so much history that was completely flooded. It's a shame cause the United States Government knew about the problems with the levees and chose
highflya9290 1 year ago
@juelz6187 to do nothing about it another case of not wanting to pony up the cash for something that needs to be done to save lives and that goes along with funding tornado research. I'm not saying Greensburg wasn't a tragedy all deaths that mother nature causes is because there needs to be more support and more money to help these people have to endure hurricane and tornado season. Katrina made world news because over 1800 people lost there lives that is the most in a single event since 9/11
highflya9290 1 year ago
@juelz6187 You know how many people died from all tornado's in 2004 35 people the entire season. Over 1800 people died in Katrina ill say it again and most of the deaths were in New Orleans. Really the numbers say all that needs to be said.
highflya9290 1 year ago
@highflya9290 In the wake of a disaster people can behave in 2 ways. They either act like children and demand that everyone else do something to "fix it" or they come together and say "what can we do to help ourselves, and we'll cherish any help we may happen to get". Those that act in the most inappropriate ways are always the ones who get their faces plastered on TV screens. There were lots of heroes and tragedies as a result of Katrina. Sadly those who acted childish received more attention.
juelz6187 1 year ago
Wow, that's fantastic! thanks for sharing!
Procrastination321 2 years ago
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That looked like an EF-6
Tornadospiner 2 years ago
2 things: 1 there is no EF6 category
2: you can't judge strength from size.
dragonridley 2 years ago 3
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Is it really necessary to sound excited and clap??? Do these ppl have any idea how many people lost their lives and everything else in this??? Please have a bit of respect regardless of your thrills.
sdammen83 2 years ago
We started out excited but as the tornado grew and as it approached Greensburg it turned in to a very somber and depressing event.
seanwilson7 2 years ago 5
@seanwilson7 If only he would have watched the rest of the video without jumping to the conclusions <.<
wind206535 1 year ago
Check the title of the video before you accuse someone of applauding a tragedy. It was called "Dream Turned Nightmare" and listen at 5:00 when Tim offers a prayer for those in its path, rightly calling it a killer tornado once they felt a glancing blow of its power. This is the only video I've seen of it and is a very important piece of footage of a historic natural disaster.
Mister315Fatboy 2 years ago 3
Eeeeei and those cows at the end?
what happened there ???!!!!
pauloeduardo93 2 years ago
it sounds like this tornado is very very powerful0.0
kendallhofmann 2 years ago
I get it...they slowed the video down...duh!
kevinsmommy06 2 years ago
did the sound cut out for anyone else?
kevinsmommy06 2 years ago
Bigest tornado i hhave ever seen in my life
stornchaser21 2 years ago
Too bad this wa shot at night because I couldn't see anything but the video is still awsome.
EdwardVBarber 2 years ago
I can definiterly understand the adrenaline rush but chasing tornadoes AT NIGHT is completely insane.
UtahMike41 2 years ago
the national guard measured the damage path at 1.7 miles wide at the largest point, unbelievably massive!
68dz302 2 years ago 4
holy shit!! 1.7 miles wide?! that's insane!! dude i wish i coulda been there too! lol
TheYToFFendeR 2 years ago
One tornado in Nebraska was 2.5 miles wide.
dragonridley 2 years ago
awesome
krhett902 2 years ago
I love how close reed timmer is able to get to these storms. He is the coolest storm chaser ever
michigan1777 2 years ago
That is so true! Coolest AND loudest! Haha But still,Reed,YOU ROCK!
TornadoStudy 2 years ago
that looks like my house after my sister and her husband Frank come over from Florida with their six kids- THANKS A LOT FRANK!!!
tuddyfruity4 2 years ago 5
By the way - great video to the people who shot it. The closest I ever came to a tornado that size was 11 miles and that was Plainfield, IL on August 28, 1990. I didn't see the tornado but the green sky and pink specs of insulation gave it away...as did the CBS2 helicopter a little later. I'm looking for anyone who remembers (or knows anyone who does) the March 3, 1966 F5 in Jackson, MS. The descriptions and few pieces of film I've seen are INCREDIBLE. Rest in piece Ted Fujita :-) you are missed
ChristopherSaindon 2 years ago
This was good stuff don't get me wrong and I am sure Sean Wilson and his fellow chasers know and understand everything I said in my comments below. Indeed God Bless everyone who had to deal with that monster. The death toll (which it is a tragedy when ANY person is killed) was remarkably low. This should have killed at least as many as Udall in 1955, and had a similar toll to the Topeka, KS event of 1966 (June 8) -- the event Joe R. Eagleman used to help debunk the "Southwest Corner" myth!
ChristopherSaindon 2 years ago
One thing for everyone: hearing people say "It's an F-Anything" while the tornado is still on the ground automaticallly raises warning flags! The only way I could yell "It's an F5!" is if I stood there watching or recording a tornado of any size really (Big doesn't mean anything) level a home I know was well-constructed and anchored to the foundation, had all large doors closed (like garage), and had all debris swept away. Those are the primary criteria for the old F5. EF Scale is different.
ChristopherSaindon 2 years ago
put it on fvcking night vision
Fredarelame67 2 years ago
it may not be the strongest tornado on record but this is the biggest i've seen and the fact it hit at night makes it much worse.
bull864 2 years ago
As a general rule, in case you didn't know, jail birds tend to be ignorant and illiterate. By the way idiot, i'm not wasting my breath because i'm typing. For crying out loud, your grammar and comprehension seem to be lacking as well. A whole new generation of morons are the future of this country and you are part of them. It's sad.
fishguru73 2 years ago 2
Man that is scary driving when you can barely see anything especially during a tornado. You guys are sure brave.
Siren1000T1 2 years ago 2
BRAVE?!??!? Those guys are insane!!!
mystro1971 2 years ago 8
Any Storm Chaser can be. ;)
Siren1000T1 2 years ago
Tornadoes suck and hurricanes blow!!
truckintim87 2 years ago 6
1:31
Holy crap.
xxSanadaxx 2 years ago
=\ At least he used capitalization and punctuated, even if he spelled it wrong. It could've been...
'dud im righting an repot on thes trndo, thnks 4 helpng'
xxSanadaxx 2 years ago 2
STOP at
5:40
stevenwg19 2 years ago
Just think if this was in the middle of the day how many great photos there would be
It would probably be good for science if this was in the middle of the day
stevenwg19 2 years ago
dont make fun of my freakin life! that was one of my bros and they didnt tell me i was still on! im pissed off... so why dont you back away u dirty little piece of retarded crap. shut up get the heck out of my freakin business. ur probably one of those deep freak crapy ppl who has their pants down to their freakin bony thighs. my bro was trying to lookup stuff for his freakin project. hes only in 6th freakin grade... so shut up u piece of crap!
jenniegirl216393 2 years ago
Dude I'm righting a report on this tornado thanks for helping!
jenniegirl216393 2 years ago 2