MONSTER TORNADO UP CLOSE Aurora, Nebraska, June 17, 2009

[CaptnHampton22]

how would hail help to kill a tornado? is that true? why would that be? (actually interested)

[honkytonkblood]

@CaptnHampton22 The strong rotation of the tornado tends to grab the downdraft (rain and hail) and wrap it around the tornado (hook echo). This can cut off the warm moist inflow and suffocate the current updraft, or tornado. thanx and Hope this helps

[Jackatash]

and btw did you relise this was really a f4 tornado

[Jackatash]

did you see there was another funnel

[canadianmangojuice]

god this is one of my worst nightmares

[DrumExpert101]

im watching this while i have a tornado warning.

[Spottedleaf347]

Here come the storm chasers. :)

[Jellyman211]

@BladeOfDeath4 You're not allowed to say that word...remember?

[crozs3dge]

r u calm?

[Helicopterpilot16]

WOW you can really see the condensation vortex inside of it, (partially) at 4:40!

I really need to do this! Any kind of vortex interests me. Weather its from the inflow of a storm, or coming off a wing!

[bennyinme]

Awesome job. Would love to have seen it in person

[kingkarre]

that is pretty frickin awesome!!! Tornadoes amaze me.

[xxaydaydayxx]

MASSIVE!

[BloodyAces4]

OMG! That is a monsterous tornado

[ZOLTAR2011]

Storm big good storm

[joeadame2]

Damn that shit is fukin scary

[Davemeister22]

Incredible tornado capture! I hope to see a tornado touch down, but not that close and I wouldn't want people to get hurt (Unfortunately, as I'm sure you know it doesn't often turn out that way).

[joetheking78]

Major tornado orgasm?

[wesleyvale1]

How can thi sonly be an F2 it looks massive!!

[VideographyOfStorms]

Amazing narration and footage!!!

[debra195942]

Is this the tornado which took out the IAMS plant roof I bet!!

[lemonheads100]

NOW THIS IS WHY I LOVE CALIFORNIA (LOL BESIDES THE EARTHQUAKES) BUT THATS NOT TO OFTEN.

[LonleyDeath1423]

You my friend, have balls of thunder.

[78Coraline]

Hey, isnt that the tornado where a dude is Way to close to the tornado??

[ChaseThatTornado67]

Cool! i wish i could be there to film that

[themiz661]

i was in north platte nebraska about 4 hours away from aurora we had a tornado warning but i think it was in hershey or in southerland

[themiz661]

@ :48 it looks like theres another tornado coming down

[thewhorulesall]

nice i think that tornados are so pretty... well until they come after me then they arent so pretty i gues

[mdpocoroba]

Yo Hank - you need to take the Double Rainbow guy out here one of these days... just ignore him when he asks, "What does this mean?" LOL Take care!

[SamGallagher12]

Great video!

[maitrekenshin93]

this thing is GIANT!

[ConChaz100]

GREAT FOOTAGE! Man that looks like it would have done more damage to that building LUCKY LUCKY Thanks for posting that you did a awesome job. I do not think I could follow one I am a chicken.... Thanks again..

[BurnoutRacer2009]

MONSTER TORNADO!!! lolol this tornado showed in discovery channel...

"IM RIGHT UNDERNEATH THIS SUCKER!"lol

[americanman2000]

wtf is RFD

[1800JAYDE]

Rear-Flank downdraft

[americanman2000]

what is "Rear-Flank downdraft"??

[2009stormchaser]

@americanman2000 RFD is a region of dry air wrapping around the back of a mesocyclone in a supercell thunderstorm. lol

[americanman2000]

@2009stormchaser what is a mesocyclone?

[vestenamer]

good ole nebraska black dirt, scary day i remember this i was living in kearney at the time listening to radio about it

[2000Dennisk]

4:12 destrois house oh man oh man oh man

[delacifo]

Dude I was in front of you at that time...I was trying to see if people were hurt

[honkytonkblood]

Now i feel like a complete ass. Cheers! :) see you in a couple months

[AirPlaneToddler11]

@delacifo really

[StormChaserNathan]

This is one amazing capture!

At least I was at home to see this massive supercell on radar! I wish I was there though!

[stealer96ps3]

dat dont look like no EF2

[dragonridley]

You can't judge by size

[CrosbyisHot87]

This tornado was heading torward my house I was a little nervous but Aurora is very lucky that it didnt hit the town!!!

[armada7400]

lol, why is it unbeleivable?

how about whats you location? what hwy are you on? what time of day is it?

[honkytonkblood]

Most people were able to find that information in the "more info." window on this page. Lol (Your grammer)

[hatchetman29]

Great narration - that was amazing. Thanks too for being calm, professional and informative. Usually folks are screaming profanities or saying Jesus Lord Sweet Baby Jesus repeatedly.

[DoubleDutchBust]

MONSTER TORNADO UPE i g h t

WAYTOCLOSETOB C E AWecWarn

[makeupbywendy]

Well said!

Rock on

[naderchaser]

Very nice video dude...but you repeat everything twice. I was on this thing from it's inception. I too am amazed that it didn't rate a EF-3 rating for part of it's life.

[honkytonkblood]

i dont know what your talking about, i dont know what your talking about

[dragonridley]

EF2? It seems I overestimated this tornado. I had guessed EF3.

[honkytonkblood]

EF ratings are damage ratings. If a tornado with 250 mph winds only grazes a house and knocks down a fence and some shingles, it gets an EF-0

[dragonridley]

I realize that. But I saw pictures of the damage and overestimated it based on that.

[xxDEATHKILLERxx]

@honkytonkblood I thought EF stood for the wind speed, the higher the wind speed the higher the EF is

[dragonridley]

@xxDEATHKILLERxx

Yes, a tornado with a higher wind speed will usually by rated higher. But those winds are estimated from damage. Direct wind measurements are not incorporated. In fact one wind measurement recorded winds at the low end of EF3 in this tornado, but it was still rated EF2.

[yamahonkawazuki]

@honkytonkblood yup seen a mile wide one hit absolutely nothing but fields.

[hellhound4490]

Nice , Bro

[loveacat25]

Thanks for bringing this video to all of us to see how these things are. What a site, hope no one got hurt. I''ve never seen anything like this in my lifetime!

[henryallen42069]

Awesome video. You did a great job!

My sister was 10 miles away!

Keep up the good work!

Boyden

The Henry Allen Project

[sorrowsmiles13]

Unbelievable footage! Thanks for sharing!

[dtaylor1971]

Word...Put me down for next year.

[BillyTheKid299]

this video is amazing! I hope we get something like this up here in canada so I can chase it!

[MommieDawn]

As scared as tornadoes (and bad weather in general) scares the holy crap outta me....your vids are awesome as always Hank! Miss ya!

[devronika]

That is amazing. i hope you had a change of pants or two. Exciting!

[honkytonkblood]

Actually, only brought one pair of undies and pants the entire 4 day trip. Thought it was just gonna be a 1-day there-n-backer.

95 degree heat... slept in the car... fast food. By day 4 i was Peeeeee-yoooouuuu.

Hi to Z!

[normalinda]

Hank, this video is awesome! Just Awesome! Thanks for posting!

[honkytonkblood]

Oops, accidently removed someone's nice comment... Anyway, Thanx Norma. Look for the prequel of this event to be posted in a couple days... just as yummy.

xoxox

-h

[coronationvintage]

Wow..can't imagine how thrilling and scary it must be to be that close to something as awesome as this!! Great footage...you really have some __lls!

[honkytonkblood]

Hey D, Don't imagine, ride along! When's the next Coronation Vintage Show?

[sunmote]

cool vid, ex-lizard prince

[honkytonkblood]

thanks Robbie K

[sunmote]

no no! i'm the NEW lizard prince! Robbie would be Mike

[honkytonkblood]

dude, I'm so jealous! being Morrison is a BLAST!

[guerabelga]

Mr. Hank Schyma,

You are an amazing stormchaser!!!

Weather Channel, Vortex, National Geographic and Warren Faidley should have you on their team!!!

[honkytonkblood]

hang in there Em, we'll get you one next year. Thanks for all your help navigating and shooting on the previous trips.

Getcha some bammers!

[ocodn]

Awesome! I didn't know you were a storm chaser Hank.

[everettt]

GREAT JOB Hahnkypoo! Call me next time I'll go I'll go!

[zenfilm]

Incredible tornado... great video...thanks

[The101177]

I also survived the 1980 Grand Island tornados,there were seven of them ,I believe,all coming from different directions!!! My town didn't dodge the bullet that time,five deaths,and horrible distruction!!! First time I'd ever heard that frightning train sound effect.

[The101177]

I was in my basement when this was happening and didn't see anything,so thanks for the video!!!

[honkytonkblood]

That's gotta be a horribly, scary feeling! Glad to hear you dodged this bullet. Could have gotten bad. I shot 2 more tornadoes prior to this... posting soon. thanks THE101! Glad you and your town survived.

[moviemagg]

Great video dude! Wish I had been there.

[WhiteLadyEowyn]

This is the same tornado that they kept showing the footage of on the Weather Channel. I believe the car in front of the pack as you approach the business with the flashers and blinkers is the one taking the video that has been seen everywhere else. He was just a bit TOO close.

[anonymousstormchaser]

amazing. lol the tornado warning goes off and your like i kno theres a tornado. amazing video glad i subscribed