@sofruity3 Yes, they are capable of assuming the hue of the Earth they are passing over. For instance (and this really happened), if a tornado passing through a nursery of Geraniums, the bottom portion of the tornado will turn pink for a spell.
@sofruity3 The Andover tornado did. According to National Geographic's "CYCLONE!" that was the tornado that blew away the geranium nursery (the one cbehr91 is referring to). If you look at some of the videos you can the tornado is tinged pink.
@Josh3B No, it's not just you. I find the music very annoying too, but you can't beat all this great footage. A lot of times I watch this video with the sound turned off.
@cbehr91 Indeed- this special has a LOT of great footage. I'm hoping that someone will do a better documentary on the Tri-State tornado. Granted, no photos or film exist of it, since it was 1925 (and people just didn't care about such things), but some great attention paid to that monster would be awesome- and maybe a nice computer simulation of it.
@Josh3B I seem to remember a computer simulation was done on a Weather Channel documentary from the mid 90s, either "The Enemy Wind" or "Target: Tornado" (I can't remember which but it's one of those two). Unfortunately VHS copies of them are scarce on sites like eBay. My library used to have them but they no longer have VHS tapes (go figure).
@cbehr91 Here- I'll link it as a video response. It's a pretty poor simulation, but here's the weather channel segment on it. I found it the other night just looking for stuff on the Tri-stater.
@cbehr91 There was a History Channel program about it back in the 90s called "Wrath of God: Tornado Alley", I think. That may not be the exact title; I was like seven or eight at the time. It was a fairly good program though. I've tried, unsuccessfully, to find it on here before...
Just went and checked; yeah, that's the title. It's available on Amazon at least.
I did a cause & effect essay on the Tri State Tornado. So much destruction with so little documented information! It's really a shame, because if its happened once it will happen again... and nowadays it'll do even more damage even with the advanced warning.
@princesssugarplumz Not entirely sure something quite like this could happen again, as it is at least possible that the same factors that were a part of the dust bowl could have been a part of the reason this thing was so shrouded in dirt and dust. Also not sure that with the way we can track and spot tornadoes now, as well as public awareness, that even a tornado like the tri-stater wouldn't cause as much death. Destruction? Oh yeah. Just not the fatalities.
@Josh3B I concur. The producers don't need this aggravating noise. I would much rather hear the actual sound of the ferocity of the tornado....much more impressive and awesome than this grating soundtrack.
@MALP1231 Just so you know, most of the movie film footage is silent, but the few pieces of video tape footage would have sound accompanied with them.
I think it's funny how they say Jan 16th there havn't been any tornadoes that have occured and that the color is from the ground. lol Depends on the light avaliable and which side you are on.
Just want to set the record straight on the "Lindsborg" tornado which starts around 4:01. This is the same tornado of Sep 25, 1973 but the video is taken in Salina, KS about 40 min after it passed north of Lindsborg (which was not affected. I took pics of the tornado from our farm about 5 miles NW of Lindsborg (15 miles SW of Salina). It leveled a farm 1/2 mile south of us. This same storm went on to heavily damage Clay Center, KS and did not dissipate until it reached the Nebraska border.
The tornado that touched down in Nebraska, did that one set the new record for the speed of a tornado? I've heard the fastest wind speed was 318 but I've also heard of 325. Also don't forget the devastating tornado that hit Greensburg. That EF5+ that left that town in ruins...
No, the 2.5 miler in Nebraska was an F4, whose peak winds were probably 250 mph (remember this is the old F-scale). Actually the highest wind ever recorded in a tornado was 301 mph in the Bridge Creek, Oklahoma tornado of May 3, 1999. 318 mph has never ever been officially recorded.
The reason why the Greensburg tornado was very devastating was because it was 1.7 miles wide and moved very slow, often sitting over a house or structure for 10 to 15 minutes, grinding it away.
I have it on vhs.. I watch it 4rm time to time.. this one is more intresting then fury on the plains and explains more about what tornadoes do and how they function alot better
About how far away (estimate) was the cameraperson when he or she filmed the Seymour, Texas tornado? I'm asking because if someone knows the estimated distance, the approximate size of the tornado can be determined based on this factor. Seeing it once again, it still looks incredibly huge. I see what appears to be telephone wires in the foreground and a road that goes all the way to the horizon. The tornado appears to be on the horizon where the road is very thin, which is why it appears...
...to be very large. Although the size can be exaggerated, as thegirl44 said, and I don't doubt it, this one still seems very big. Maybe I'm seeing things. Perhaps that's not a road way down there on the horizon. But, if it's not, what is it? And, how far away is the horizon in this video? Perhaps I'm overestimating the distance and it may be closer than it appears to be. I don't know. Regardless of its distance and size, it's still a very cool tornado...and video for that matter.
I see telephone poles, but I don't see any wires, and the footage is poor enough that i don't think anything can really be discerned on the horizon. The distance of the cameraman is also difficult to assess because we don't know how much zoom he was using, but one can get an idea be watching how slowly the tornado seems to move. While tornadoes can be almost stationary or can travel almost 100 mph, there are some clues that this one is at least.........
...traveling at moderate speed but appears to be moving more slowly because of its size. I'd venture a guess at between 0.5-1.0 miles wide at the base. It's definitley a beast!
Hmmm...1/2 to a mile wide. I guess that seems about right. Too bad "Tornadoes: The Entity" came out before the widest ever tornado was caught on tape. I think, if I remember correctly, the widest tornado on record...forgot where...was reported to be 2 1/2 miles wide! I wonder if they'll release a sequel, maybe "Tornadoes: The Sequel" or something and include the new widest tornado in it? That'd be fun to watch, especially with eerie music.
The widest tornado ever recorded was 2 and a half miles wide. It occurred on May 22, 2004 near Hallam, Nebraska. It touched down at night so what little video footage there is is very poor quality.
And don't count on a sequel. It'd be nice (I'd rather have a new Tornado Video Classics if you'd ask me).
Plus the producers decided to enhance the color of the film for some reason (not sure why). In the original the clouds are black and the sky is yellow (back lit by the obscured sun). And the fastest tornado recorded moved closer to 70 M.P.H.
I believe the tornado was about 1/2 mile wide. I do not know how far away the photographer was but I would say about several miles. Despite it's impressive appearance it was only rated F2 because it struck in a very rural area, only damaging trees and telephone poles.
Tornadoes can be all sorts of different sizes. From about 30 yards to 2 and a half miles. There are many different variables that determine the size of the funnel like windspeed, airflow, and the speed of parent storm cloud.
I know, but what I'm saying is the size in which certain tornadoes appear in this video. My biggest concern was the Seymour, TX tornado, which looked like an enormous giant because it appears to be shot from several miles away. The Ash Valley, KS tornado in the video is another one, but the Seymour twister looks a lot bigger, seeing it again. I'm not debating here. I'm just saying that the video depicts the tornado as very large to the distance and size of it.
It's very hard to guage the size of a tonado when you are seeing it with your own eyes, Dac.
even when you have an object of known size and distance in your direct line of vision most people still exhaggerate the size of a funnel without even realizing that they're doing it.
How wide are some of these tornadoes? Some of them appear very wide and very tall as they seem to be shot from many miles away and they still look big. The Seymour, Texas tornado is one of them, but also the Ash Valley, Kansas tornado is another.
Oops! You could argue that it didn't go 100% across all three states and that it went across part of Missouri, all of Illinois, and part of Indiana and that would equal two whole states. But their mileage is still wrong.
OKC 1999 tornado was the deadliest!!
britainmalbangkok 2 months ago
Wait, TVC came out AFTER this movie. if anything, TVC ripped this
AJTwister97 4 months ago
Seems like twisters are attracted to trailer parks the way wasps are attracted sweet liquids, almost as if the can pick up the "scent"
ilovetogofast88 5 months ago
@SuperPhineasandferbf there is a video of the andover tornado turning pink, and no, it is not a video glitch
AJTwister97 7 months ago
The blue tornado was the scariest.
Katsumerisfun 8 months ago
the one from ash valley looks like giant spinning dog turd
gatewood99 8 months ago
the tri-state tornado was 219 miles not 293! haha o well still awesome vid!
xxmlhedxx 11 months ago
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'm so afraid of those things but at the same time it's nature. nature could be beautiful and destructive at the same time.
MissKilaStarlet 1 year ago
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MissKilaStarlet 1 year ago
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@MissKilaStarlet excuse me, i meant destructive*
MissKilaStarlet 1 year ago
this movie has so many glitches
AJTwister97 1 year ago
whose idea was it to put that REALLY annoying music in the background?
Eztoez 1 year ago
I love the music x
kimmal60 1 year ago 2
he says tornados comes in different shapes, sizes and colours. Does that mean that a tornado can become pink?
sofruity3 1 year ago
@sofruity3 Yes, they are capable of assuming the hue of the Earth they are passing over. For instance (and this really happened), if a tornado passing through a nursery of Geraniums, the bottom portion of the tornado will turn pink for a spell.
cbehr91 1 year ago 8
@cbehr91 oh ok thanks
sofruity3 1 year ago
@cbehr91 like what happened with the andover tornado
AJTwister97 1 year ago
@cbehr91 damm straight...a twister once went through a sewage plant,and it turned piss yellow!!
bobo007xx 9 months ago
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CelticDragon0 4 months ago in playlist Weather Documentaries
@sofruity3 The Andover tornado did. According to National Geographic's "CYCLONE!" that was the tornado that blew away the geranium nursery (the one cbehr91 is referring to). If you look at some of the videos you can the tornado is tinged pink.
RagingMoon1987 4 months ago
I like the version of the VHS that I have that has NO commentary. I like just the music better.
pokemonbreeder18 1 year ago
1:28 LOL stubby mile-wide marching mountains of gale-force wind. Sounds like some of the obese midwestern preacher types.
JerFhilm 1 year ago
if there was such thing, what kind of a twister would have 400mph winds?
tracemaster100 1 year ago
FYI
Don't listen to the guy below me he's wrong
ferrarimike23 1 year ago
Just FYI, there have been 7 tornado reports on 16 January. That stat is outdated.
LetsDoIt4Johnny1 1 year ago
thank you for posting these videos! i havent seen this since i was a kid!
shawnaxleigh 1 year ago
tornados are awsome there are so fasanating yet destructive there awsom.
GLOBE22213 1 year ago
Just me? Or is the music on this documentary kind of distracting?
Josh3B 1 year ago
@Josh3B No, it's not just you. I find the music very annoying too, but you can't beat all this great footage. A lot of times I watch this video with the sound turned off.
cbehr91 1 year ago
@cbehr91 Indeed- this special has a LOT of great footage. I'm hoping that someone will do a better documentary on the Tri-State tornado. Granted, no photos or film exist of it, since it was 1925 (and people just didn't care about such things), but some great attention paid to that monster would be awesome- and maybe a nice computer simulation of it.
Josh3B 1 year ago
@Josh3B I seem to remember a computer simulation was done on a Weather Channel documentary from the mid 90s, either "The Enemy Wind" or "Target: Tornado" (I can't remember which but it's one of those two). Unfortunately VHS copies of them are scarce on sites like eBay. My library used to have them but they no longer have VHS tapes (go figure).
cbehr91 1 year ago
@cbehr91 Here- I'll link it as a video response. It's a pretty poor simulation, but here's the weather channel segment on it. I found it the other night just looking for stuff on the Tri-stater.
Josh3B 1 year ago
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LetsDoIt4Johnny1 1 year ago
@cbehr91 There was a History Channel program about it back in the 90s called "Wrath of God: Tornado Alley", I think. That may not be the exact title; I was like seven or eight at the time. It was a fairly good program though. I've tried, unsuccessfully, to find it on here before...
Just went and checked; yeah, that's the title. It's available on Amazon at least.
LetsDoIt4Johnny1 1 year ago
@Josh3B
I did a cause & effect essay on the Tri State Tornado. So much destruction with so little documented information! It's really a shame, because if its happened once it will happen again... and nowadays it'll do even more damage even with the advanced warning.
princesssugarplumz 1 year ago
@princesssugarplumz Not entirely sure something quite like this could happen again, as it is at least possible that the same factors that were a part of the dust bowl could have been a part of the reason this thing was so shrouded in dirt and dust. Also not sure that with the way we can track and spot tornadoes now, as well as public awareness, that even a tornado like the tri-stater wouldn't cause as much death. Destruction? Oh yeah. Just not the fatalities.
Josh3B 1 year ago
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crocerla 1 year ago
@cbehr91 idk...some of the music in this film is ok....it starts to get annoying at 7:18 up until the end of the video
crocerla 1 year ago
@Josh3B I concur. The producers don't need this aggravating noise. I would much rather hear the actual sound of the ferocity of the tornado....much more impressive and awesome than this grating soundtrack.
MALP1231 1 year ago
@MALP1231 Just so you know, most of the movie film footage is silent, but the few pieces of video tape footage would have sound accompanied with them.
cbehr91 1 year ago
6:54 looks evil!!!
laura20022004 1 year ago
wow :D beautiful tornadoes
laura20022004 1 year ago
I think it's funny how they say Jan 16th there havn't been any tornadoes that have occured and that the color is from the ground. lol Depends on the light avaliable and which side you are on.
ksff286 2 years ago
Is the footage that starts at 10:25 still the Wichita, Kansas tornado?
ColonelAngus75 2 years ago
I'm not entirely sure. I've been wondering that myself.
cbehr91 2 years ago
@cbehr91 Judging by the way it looks and shape, It would either be Sayler Park, Ohio 4/3/1974, or Grand Rapids, Michigan?
mattkobel90 1 year ago
Just out of curiosity, is the comment about there never having been a tornado recorded on 16 January still true? Too lazy to jfgi.
LetsDoIt4Johnny1 2 years ago
No, I believe one was seen in the US on January 16, 1993 (the year this VHS came out interestingly enough).
MeanGene79 2 years ago
irado irmão,queria que tivesse no nordeste do brasil
brunodml 2 years ago
Just want to set the record straight on the "Lindsborg" tornado which starts around 4:01. This is the same tornado of Sep 25, 1973 but the video is taken in Salina, KS about 40 min after it passed north of Lindsborg (which was not affected. I took pics of the tornado from our farm about 5 miles NW of Lindsborg (15 miles SW of Salina). It leveled a farm 1/2 mile south of us. This same storm went on to heavily damage Clay Center, KS and did not dissipate until it reached the Nebraska border.
gnswede 2 years ago
The tornado that touched down in Nebraska, did that one set the new record for the speed of a tornado? I've heard the fastest wind speed was 318 but I've also heard of 325. Also don't forget the devastating tornado that hit Greensburg. That EF5+ that left that town in ruins...
mysticwryter 2 years ago
No, the 2.5 miler in Nebraska was an F4, whose peak winds were probably 250 mph (remember this is the old F-scale). Actually the highest wind ever recorded in a tornado was 301 mph in the Bridge Creek, Oklahoma tornado of May 3, 1999. 318 mph has never ever been officially recorded.
The reason why the Greensburg tornado was very devastating was because it was 1.7 miles wide and moved very slow, often sitting over a house or structure for 10 to 15 minutes, grinding it away.
cbehr91 2 years ago
Have you seen Twister: Fury of the Plains? It shows basically all the same exact tornadoes that they show in this one.
666jewkid 2 years ago
Yes, I have it on home video. It doesn't contain that much older footage. It was made to be Tornado Video Classics for T.V.
cbehr91 2 years ago
I have seen Twister: Fury On The Plains and I WANT it!
ilovetogofast88 2 years ago
I have it on vhs.. I watch it 4rm time to time.. this one is more intresting then fury on the plains and explains more about what tornadoes do and how they function alot better
666jewkid 2 years ago
I got my copy on eBay. I'd imagine that you could find one there, also.
cbehr91 2 years ago
Thank you
ilovetogofast88 2 years ago
I was also devastating because the winds were estimated an over 200mph, that would be in the range of an EF5
dragonridley 2 years ago
yeah that was a scary tornado... by best friend was there the day that happened... luckily she wasn't hurt!
abcminkmink 2 years ago
Every day of the year except January 16th?
Really?
broncoj20 2 years ago
Jan 16th is my b-day. Lucky me I guess
LeeAnne2001 2 years ago
LeeAnne2001; Lucky? I think not. Everyone else gets a tornado for their B-day and you are left out. I be really mad.
Jackle61 2 years ago
nope not mad at all. Beautiful to watch but as scary as hell to live through.
LeeAnne2001 2 years ago
leeanne imma buy you a tornado for your next b.day:)
ruler1978 2 years ago
sure :-D it would be the most unique gift yet
LeeAnne2001 2 years ago
About how far away (estimate) was the cameraperson when he or she filmed the Seymour, Texas tornado? I'm asking because if someone knows the estimated distance, the approximate size of the tornado can be determined based on this factor. Seeing it once again, it still looks incredibly huge. I see what appears to be telephone wires in the foreground and a road that goes all the way to the horizon. The tornado appears to be on the horizon where the road is very thin, which is why it appears...
Dac719 2 years ago
...to be very large. Although the size can be exaggerated, as thegirl44 said, and I don't doubt it, this one still seems very big. Maybe I'm seeing things. Perhaps that's not a road way down there on the horizon. But, if it's not, what is it? And, how far away is the horizon in this video? Perhaps I'm overestimating the distance and it may be closer than it appears to be. I don't know. Regardless of its distance and size, it's still a very cool tornado...and video for that matter.
Dac719 2 years ago
I see telephone poles, but I don't see any wires, and the footage is poor enough that i don't think anything can really be discerned on the horizon. The distance of the cameraman is also difficult to assess because we don't know how much zoom he was using, but one can get an idea be watching how slowly the tornado seems to move. While tornadoes can be almost stationary or can travel almost 100 mph, there are some clues that this one is at least.........
GeetarAdam 2 years ago
...traveling at moderate speed but appears to be moving more slowly because of its size. I'd venture a guess at between 0.5-1.0 miles wide at the base. It's definitley a beast!
GeetarAdam 2 years ago
Hmmm...1/2 to a mile wide. I guess that seems about right. Too bad "Tornadoes: The Entity" came out before the widest ever tornado was caught on tape. I think, if I remember correctly, the widest tornado on record...forgot where...was reported to be 2 1/2 miles wide! I wonder if they'll release a sequel, maybe "Tornadoes: The Sequel" or something and include the new widest tornado in it? That'd be fun to watch, especially with eerie music.
Dac719 2 years ago
The widest tornado ever recorded was 2 and a half miles wide. It occurred on May 22, 2004 near Hallam, Nebraska. It touched down at night so what little video footage there is is very poor quality.
And don't count on a sequel. It'd be nice (I'd rather have a new Tornado Video Classics if you'd ask me).
cbehr91 2 years ago
Plus the producers decided to enhance the color of the film for some reason (not sure why). In the original the clouds are black and the sky is yellow (back lit by the obscured sun). And the fastest tornado recorded moved closer to 70 M.P.H.
cbehr91 2 years ago
I believe the tornado was about 1/2 mile wide. I do not know how far away the photographer was but I would say about several miles. Despite it's impressive appearance it was only rated F2 because it struck in a very rural area, only damaging trees and telephone poles.
cbehr91 2 years ago
the title of the music?
Smacco90 2 years ago
does anybody know the tornado from 10:25 to 10:53?
Gemini86618 2 years ago
I think it might have been Oshkosh, WI from circa 1974? Not 100% sure though.
MeanGene79 2 years ago
293 miles...crossing THREE states (Missouri/Illinois/Indiana)
dmitch86 2 years ago 6
@dmitch86 I remember that
Dusty696969 5 months ago
I meant "...very large due to the distance and size of it."
Dac719 3 years ago
That's all? They look bigger than that in the video. I thought they were huge mile wide giants, especially the Seymour, Texas twister.
Dac719 3 years ago
Tornadoes can be all sorts of different sizes. From about 30 yards to 2 and a half miles. There are many different variables that determine the size of the funnel like windspeed, airflow, and the speed of parent storm cloud.
cbehr91 3 years ago
I know, but what I'm saying is the size in which certain tornadoes appear in this video. My biggest concern was the Seymour, TX tornado, which looked like an enormous giant because it appears to be shot from several miles away. The Ash Valley, KS tornado in the video is another one, but the Seymour twister looks a lot bigger, seeing it again. I'm not debating here. I'm just saying that the video depicts the tornado as very large to the distance and size of it.
Dac719 3 years ago
It's very hard to guage the size of a tonado when you are seeing it with your own eyes, Dac.
even when you have an object of known size and distance in your direct line of vision most people still exhaggerate the size of a funnel without even realizing that they're doing it.
thegirl44 2 years ago
How wide are some of these tornadoes? Some of them appear very wide and very tall as they seem to be shot from many miles away and they still look big. The Seymour, Texas tornado is one of them, but also the Ash Valley, Kansas tornado is another.
Dac719 3 years ago
the comment below myn thats goo goo music
scousecei 3 years ago
Anyone able to identify the music that plays during the Salina / Ash Valley etc. tornadoes? This is a pretty nice soundtrack.
Asterra2 3 years ago
Who the hell is Mr. Garrison?
cbehr91 3 years ago
Best if you didn't know
ilovetogofast88 2 years ago
the version I have hs no commentary
pokemonbreeder18 3 years ago
m'kay.
cbehr91 3 years ago
I like the very loud thunderclap when the Lindsborg (Salina), KS tornado first appears. Very cool!
Dac719 3 years ago
Another error in the narration is that the Tri-State twister went 219 miles through three states, not 293 miles through two states.
ColonelAngus75 3 years ago
Oops! You could argue that it didn't go 100% across all three states and that it went across part of Missouri, all of Illinois, and part of Indiana and that would equal two whole states. But their mileage is still wrong.
cbehr91 3 years ago
hol...ly sh*t
boarder1219 3 years ago
08:55 - 10:24 is Union City tornado
polishchaser1 3 years ago
Nah, that subtitle is correct (for once).
cbehr91 3 years ago
TERRIFIC!!!! Thanks for this.
ilovetogofast88 3 years ago
Very nice of you to put this up. I havent seen it sence i was young and i really liked it so thank you.
plurge123 3 years ago