Hammon, OK Tornado 3-8-10

[wichitastorms]

Andy is such a great chaser!

[taniahuot]

this seems like the twister movie, right?

[CaptKundalini]

Windsheild wipers have no pity. If you hit the wrong button, they'll tell you.

"dumbguy-dumbguy-dumbguy-dumbg­uy-dumbguy"

Otherwise, a great video.

[phuoc114]

2012

[theplanet1985]

i like these dudes way better than those homo's on t.v.

[WildPegasus1991]

I would be shittin myself!!!

[bradh29]

awesome vid, but I'm wondering what kinda truck are you guys in?? Sounds like a BEAST!! And this damn youtube keeps going to german, so it took me 30 mins to finally post this, 20 just to get signed in, and 10 to find the vid again..geeze

[bookworm1960]

Great video, keep up the good work

[natemio]

jesus fucking christ you're close, if that bitch changed direction you'd be dead

[eabolin7]

and birthday is on march 8th my bday is famous yay 03/03/98

[nobodykh]

im guessing u guys and girls r having a blast on this day april 24 2010 bcause i have been watching the weather channel and there are tornado watches and warnings all over the screen right now in the midwest and southeast

[testprfile]

freckin badass good thing u didnt die

[alix0657]

Two things storm chasers should never say on video:

(1) "Listen to the roar" (too often the viewer can't hear anything but a hiss)

(2) "LARGE TORNADO ON THE GROUND" (no one says this on this video and thank goodness).

I really like this video, though!

[IMBLACK08PS3]

only white do dis.....

[aaronhasfailedus]

Texas longhorn what are you talking about\??? The f-ing tornado is right there .

[LittleMissAlice1991]

true i guess but wherent u scared even a little i mean u were like right there how were u sure that it would turn and come after you Oo;; well jsut saying cuz u no it would accually be aiming for u like chaseing u but i think u understand where im coming from lol XD sorry im pretty weird

[anonymousstormchaser]

Well if a storm chaser knows what hes doing and he knows to an extent what the atmosphere is doing, its pretty much safe.

[LittleMissAlice1991]

very cool and interresting video but excuse my langues ur fucking nuts OO thats too damn close and dangerouse omg id crap myself if i was in the truck with u guys lol but i love the video very good ^^

[FindTheTornado]

Just wanted to say thanks for all the positive and some negative feedback, please enjoy the longer version of this video as well, thanks again for your time to comment and rate...

Andy Gabrielson

[Preacher60]

That is the best tornado video on the net. Great camera work, you guys stayed calm. TVN could use some of your skills. I chase cyclones in Australia. Everytime I tell TVN they need to work on their camera skills they say 'you don't know how intense it is' I do actually. My footage has been used by major networks and Australian Broadcast Commision paid royalty for 22 mintues of my footage. Excellent work guys.

[emt40ish]

Awesome vid........that was ALMOST as close as Kory and Kenny got :P

[AeroStorm911]

awesome video!

[cattleprods911]

what are they driving? Look around 0:58, is that a metal grate of some sort (for a hood) and is that a tin man on the dash?

[seeatornadodotcom]

yes thats a tin man lol also the grate is a hail cage for the windshield .

[TORN526]

pRAISE YodHeyWavHey!!!!

[teardrop405]

WHAT TIME DID THIS HAPPEN?

[mkl62]

The first major tornado of 2010; bigger than the Huntsville, Alabama tornado on Jan. 21.

[StormChaserNick]

unbelievable footage!!! keep up the good work guys!!!

[StormChaserNick]

nice!!!!

[TheCheyennegirl]

i live there and we drove right by it

[lochnessmustang]

"Listen to the roar"?

Would love to if you could hear it over the chatter.

This could have been a fantastic video if the photographer had followed some basic videography rules. If you cant use a tripod, there are great windshield mounts, and if you cant contain your excitement, try mounting a microphone to the outside of the vehicle.

[ShaggyBuffalo]

I was just thinking that some photogrametry could have been done

had in been on a pod. But then you have the RFD rain/wind.

Nice footage and hunt though.

[TexasLonghorn07]

Sorry, where's your footage of this tornado where you were so close to a strong tornado, yet still somehow managed to follow all of these "basic videography rules?"

[ExtremeSpinner99]

Greate capture on  video ! I am from Romania and and I saw at the news this strong tornado.

[don808hawaii]

good video, I saw this video on the morning news here in Hawaii. My sister lives in Hammon, thankfully, they'r okay...

[stevenkimball]

great video andy

[PiotrTV139]

Very good video.

[ontarioweather]

nice video and catch!

[wannabetvchef]

Dude, turn your windshield wipers off. Otherwise, great vid! Well, except for the folks whose house got trashed they probably didn't enjoy it very much.

[djholmes86]

@wannabetvchef if he turned his windshield wipers off, you wouldn't be able to see through the rain. but i do agree, should have moved camera through a window or something

[TheCheyennegirl]

thanks everbody

[TheCheyennegirl]

thanks everbody i live in hammon oklahoma by the way

[eyewall41]

I assume those people ended up being alright? I heard in the video "It's search and rescue time". From what I understand from official reports there were no serious injuries.

[melisapimp]

@eyewall41, yes Mike & Gabrielle got out & helped The family out of the rubble.

Sent from MyU2B

[tornadoalley1]

Awsome clip! They played it alot on weather channel !

[momotous]

Amazing video, but prefer to see it out in a field.... Hope everyone was ok.

[wxdroid]

wow - thats amazing

[HypnoSurf22]

Great vid. I'm just bumbed that work prevents me from being online with you guys during the chases.

[eric44ups]

Good video. Glad no one got hurt by this one.

[FindTheTornado]

Thanks to everyone who has commented and shared a nice thing, I was comfortable with where I was, but more importantly everyone in Hammon, OK was ok after the tornado... I shot video from far and close, it's the whole chasing experience, thanks for sharing it with me!

[mesocyclogenesis]

Yeah, great shot... but you should not be that close to this tornado. The last thing the chase community needs is a 2x4 through someone's skull. You're not in an armored car, you're not invincible, and you will find backlash in the chaser community for getting so close to an event like this.

[ILsvrwxtorchsr]

The same way Tornado Tim Baker received backlash for his Kirksville encounter... oh.... wait a min....

[DrylineMedia]

Incredible shot Andy! I bet that is going to be your shot of the year for 2010! Crazy stuff!

[FindTheTornado]

Thanks David, I appreciate the kind words!

[lambj1560]

That was so great to see and so I am so glad I got to see it

[ozthunder]

What else can you say, awesome !!!!!!!!!!

[kiwisilva123]

Incredible

[mindylein2005]

Holy shit!