The Big Tornadoes - Part 1

[wwejheaton]

that music is creepy

[BARNARDburner29]

biggest tornado and all they can think of is terrible tuesday....

[Iasamei]

what is the name of that tune at the very beginning of the video? ive been trying to find the soundtrack of this very documentary for years now

[jomac012]

that guy is lucky, that was the stupidist thing he could have ever done, the wedge of the underpass will only strengthen winds. I think the fact that he was smat enough to lay flat saved him. Either way, glad to hear he made it

[LetsDoIt4Johnny1]

Jordan, IA!

[KanadaVCK]

dude with his arm cut off at 7:50 D:

[CombatSportFan]

"There were tornado warnings all afternoon, and we were heading to the mall." Thirty years later and people STILL think this way. It's the same reason we hear "we had no warning" over and over even though some outbreaks are foretold up to a week beforehand.

[Aerosmith704]

thumbs up the qualite and the music and the voice scare the shit out of me more than the tornadoes.

[leandar]

When I was young, the local educational channel would show this film occasionally. When my folks were home with me, I could watch this easily but if I was alone, it would completely freak me out. lol I'm glad I got over that part. :)

[ShadowAlex]

hey, I have this on Video Tape.

[rone100theone]

hi friend. you would have good Spanish or Portuguese in documentaries about tornado? perhaps with subtitles?

tornado rampage for example the discovery channel

hug

[ColonelAngus75]

@rone100theone

Sorry, all the documentaries I have are in English only.

[louky264]

this video is as old as me. what is that old guy doing hiding from a tornado under a freeway overpass? well this seems to have been made even before the andover, ks incident in 1991 that fueled the misconception that highway overpasses provide shelter from tornadoes. well this was soundly debunked at the cost of several lives in OKC back on that terrible day in 1999. hey the storm radar technology is a lot better in 2010 than it was in the 1970s or 80s and even the 90s.

[leandar]

@louky264 It was. If I recall, it's this film that actually started that myth. I think you can tell the man was just desperate for some kind of shelter from the tornado and that's all that came to mind. Then the Andover film didn't help matters at all.

[ashkyla]

Seriously, who goes out shopping when there's a tornado warning? A watch, I could see people being out and about a bit, but when the actual warning is on and the sirens are going...that is totally nuts.

[Josh3B]

At about 6:29, I'm pretty sure that's footage of the Xenia tornado from 1974.

[easygoingguy72]

My house was three houses away from the edge of the Tornado. I was out of town at the time and drove back that night. I could of filmed it because the windows facing the Tornado were not broken. The windows on the other side of the house not facing the Tornado were broken. Three houses down everything was flattened.

[StraightouttaHouston]

i took a piss in front of a tornado and it is suckin off my piss. a tornado full of piss.

[hammerogod]

I left WF about a week before that Tornado hit ... I returned to help friends clean up 2 days after the disaster ... when I got to the SW part of town and saw the damage I was unable to make sense of what I was seeing ... block after block after block of nothing but bare slabs where homes used to be ... I did not see anything comparable until I saw Bridge Creek OK in 1999 ... I grew up in N.Texas and S. Okla and Tornados simply scare the shit out of me ... I have seen 10 now.

[Sooner121]

Never hide under an underpass it craetes a wind tunnel effect

[Lethani]

at an u-train station its ok cause there is a tunnel system

[JasondeLEpee]

@Sooner121

True, but if a tornado is almost on top of you, hiding in a ditch doesn't sound like a good option either.

[ratqueef]

thanks for the video

[roz59]

Gosh I have goose bumps even now. My experience with this was: It was aprox 5 blocks from my duplex...my neighbor was a fireman/friend...we ran out to leave, looked up, and because of the size of the tornado, and the fact we had many large trees on our street, it looked like a dark green cloud...before we made it to the car, my neighbor notice the debri in the cloud, so we ran back in, and got under a mattress.

[d3nv3rm8n]

did ur house get hit

[roz59]

No it didn't...lots of wind though...my dad's house got hit...he & my sister were in it but not hurt...was a freaking miracle that no more died than did (45). My dad, and partner both worked at KTRN Radio, the only station that stayed on that night. It was so quiet that night after the storm...so many did not have electricity...was really erie. I was about to go to a laundrymat right where the tornado went through. Many friends lost their homes though...I knew many in Faith Village.

[d3nv3rm8n]

wow i cant imagine wat that was like i live in alabama and most of the time all we get is cloud rotation

[roz59]

I was in W Falls when it happened. My dad and sister were in it, but made it through. <3

[vfIskullangel]

I have this video tape, I bought it back in 1995, great stuff still today and its been a great help growing up and understanding how tornados work.

[DaisyMoth]

I wish they gave warning about showing the victims. So they showed this in SCHOOLS? Very interesting tho.

[ColonelAngus75]

They showed it in my health class when I was in 7th grade and again in the 8th grade, which was back in 1989-90.

[DaisyMoth]

Did anyone freak out when they showed the de limbed body's?

[ColonelAngus75]

I don't remember anyone freaking out.  If you're referring to the guy at the end that looks like he had his arm chopped off, that isn't real. That was part of a practice drill for emergency responders and it's probably a guy wearing some kind of prosthesis or it may even be a dummy. It does look pretty realistic though in the video.

[Josh3B]

@DaisyMoth Pretty sure those are just the drills- not real bodies or victims.

[Vetterra]

Its called Terrible Tuwesday I saw this video in school yesterday lmao

[TheRabbit409]

my ex girlfriend has the same video, the name wasnt changed on the video to "the big tornadoes" in the video she had. The words "terrible tuesday" whirled around the screen and came up on the screen, thought you would like to know.

[Kfamilyutube]

how many tornadoe videos do you make

[ColonelAngus75]

I didn't make any of them, I just capture the ones that I've bought or recorded off TV and upload them.

[boracho505]

holy shittttttt!!!!!!!

[KillerTornado15]

It happen exactly 30 years ago today.

[0xxkingmanxx0]

nature fascinates me more and more

[shanlbc]

I lived through it. I was 9 years old. It was very traumatic. I lived very close to all of the places in the video.

[Crocfan20]

I had this on a VHS when I was a kid...it also included a special about the '74 Super Outbreak,sadly my VCR chewed the tape.Thanks for pposting this.

[yusukimawini]

Man that sucks. I had one too, but I sold it. Now I regret it watching this video.

[ColonelAngus75]

Are you purposely trying to be a dick?

[cbehr91]

Yes.

[thomas242007]

use to all those tornado sirens here in oklahoma, this would scare the hell out of you if you lived somewhere like california that doesnt get tornadoes as often if at all

[rebelsmiley11]

i live in wichita falls its actually like a city holiday to remember it

[maccKaron]

I can destroy these monsters...

and want to make my discovering in practice...

[Kwerner88]

I think I once saw a tornado in june, it was horrafiing. I had fith desees so I did not go to school.

[pud219]

Might as well call this GTA Tornado edition if they are going to show limbs torn off on TV.lol 5 stars

[FlamingMick5]

i saw a funnal cloud near our school 67 later half of the school was damaged i was like hoylfuck i it was an f5 tornado i look for it but it was no where i thought it probly ended

[wxman1989]

Speaking as a meteorology major... the reason that the sky turns green during a tornado is due to the sunlight refracting off the hailstones in the clouds which produces a greenish tint to the clouds.

[dylan962300]

i was in first grade when the april 3rd '74 twisters hit and i ws at school.

never been scard more in my life

[my80s456]

Classic Footage!

[thahgen]

iam stronger than a tornado

[TheGrimReaper333]

sydneyXda you would never be seen again, you'd probably be in a "billion" pieces.

[SidneyXda]

if someone was tied to a pole and a powerful category 5 tornado went through them ..will they be ripped into little pieces? or just badly broken up ..like bones broken, etc

[camwizardoz]

u dont call a tornado category 5, it called either F5 or EF5. just letting you know

[spongebeatles]

*gets scared* mommy!!!!!!!!

[imcooh]

i had a tornato at my school scariest thing in my life!

[spongebeatles]

wat

do

you

mean?

[Alanb1980]

I remember watching this in elementary school back in the 80's.

[spongebeatles]

interesting.

[ranchhand63]

P_ut 5 stars if you watch this

[ranchhand63]

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Thanks for rating!

[ranchhand63]

Any way if they hate this viedo why do they look it up? It dosent make sence!

[ranchhand63]

All the people below who dose not have a green thumb are dumb fucks. Keep puting viedos like this on you tube!

[KillerTornado15]

it is not that bad oh and by the way you spelled Dumb wrong.

[nitro139]

the music sucks it is fucking dum

[Kirara955]

its actully really neat i liek watching tornado things but im not a nerd

[jbunnylover333]

wow, biggest armpit blowing shit I ever seen.

it is a good thing I live in north carolina where that fuck does not comes to me. Though we have quite a few tornado warnings. and when I was in elementary school, their was a big dust devil that blew rocks and leavs and piced up my freind. cool ride and wind, little injuries though I was too big for that hair dryer anyways.

[verylow98]

coolllllllllllllllllllllllllll­llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll­llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll­lllllllllllllllllllllllll (not really)

[emmanuel4god]

hated it

[spongebob12365]

wow so that's what a arm with no upper parrt looks like

[HNOKC]

They showed this in Elementary School and it scared the crap out of me.

[nemi2211]

strašná piča ten týpek

[MyStars72]

Whoa!! Badass video!! I have this on a 2 VHS set!! I thought I'd never see it anywhere else. Thanks for posting this!!

[demongirl1234]

om gi cant belive this its so creepy and im so freaked out ps dont say duh at the end plz

[lonelyboy03]

Guys and gals, do NOT go under an overpass. Go to a ditch, cover your head and lie flat.

[MesocycloneEvo]

An overpass will act like a funnel, the debris will funnel in multiplying the amount of dibris.

[tuotierugif]

Plus the wind actually picks up speed under an overpass, increasing the risk of being sucked away in the storm or injured by flying debris. Seriously, tyronosaur's advice is good -- lie flat in a ditch, facing downward, cover your head, and proceed to simultaneously pray and shit yourself. Better yet, stay indoors during a tornado warning.

[HummingbirdLass]

I hear what you guys are saying but...I have had a huge tornado run up the ditch on me. There I was in the ditch and I looked up an there it was right behind me. It just happened to lift before it got to me. I have never understood this advice.

[tl54]

overpass do not hide under one in tornado

it is deadley think may 3 1999

[hornzovortiz4]

Dude, Ive lived in Texas all my life (im 21)

and I dont even have a typical Texas accent, nor does my fam and freinds!!

[debsledge]

:23-:27 is scary! great vid

[OMGitsRiLEYx3]

Wow, I love tornadoes. I had a report in science due and I could choose which weather system I wanted to research on, and I chose tornadoes. So, ya, newsmusci05, I know for a fact you could be wrong. Don't be a smart alec and say, "DUH!" at the end of your explanation. Scientists have no idea as to what really causes the sky to turn green. For all we know, Ajmtornado could be right.

Nice video by the way. :]

[tyRONasaur]

I am not certain, but I always believed that the green color was caused by light refracting through the hail. At least, that was the explanation that I was told. I am fascinated by Tornadoes too. I watched this one from the 5th floor of the General Hospital, where I worked. That Tornado was the biggest I have ever seen ever.

[lovemehatemeLOLZ]

ahhh i hate texas acents!

[bart123levo]

racists just kidding

[tall32guy]

I love em! I love Southern accents. :)

[lovemehatemeLOLZ]

yes its true we have over 60 of them in england each year but not bad!

[Ajmtornado]

No one knows why exactly the sky turns green however, an explanation I can give is that thick, thunderstorm clouds, with their water vapor, rain and hail, scatter sunlight in such a way as to give the clouds a blue hue. When the sun is low in the sky, such as before sunset when most severe storms occur, the reddening light of the sun when shining through Earth's atmosphere makes the bluish cloud tint turn green.

Alex Melendez, K5AJM

[newsmuisc05]

the sky turns green because the atmosphere is unstable  duh

[geonerd]

LOL! Care to explain what physical principle is at work there, Chumley?

Duh!

[Gebora]

sometimes i see the sky become yellow, its pretty cool

[freakwilliams]

what is the name of the music in this video?

[mistihiya33]

The sky looks dark green just before the funnel hits the ground.

[bedwards05]

that's an old saying that if the sky starts turning green, get your ass in cover... and i can justify this i have seen this happen before... it does turn green...

[mistihiya33]

me too i was small and in Edmonton Alberta watching it from across the city and there was still debris and things all over in the sky, I couldn't stop watching even though I was afraid, frozen in fear.

[MICROTRIAC]

the girl that lost her legs lived across the

street from me @5110 parklane!!

i had to lie to her dad and say i saw the

corvette they had and they were ok,

i remember hope was my thought at the time

so sad,my friend rusty lost his future wife

we found her at the steak house across from the mall.he id'd her from the ring he bought

her at sikes center mall!!i left in 1984

used to sing for damien now work for kenny chesney in nashville,bobby/lynn saunders parents live in byers

[stormspinner1]

My brother left Wichita Falls that day, he missed it by one hour - he was being reassigned to Hawaii.

*Storm* in Texas

[Magss009]

great music

this is cool!

[Jamiesyme999]

overpasses are so bad to be in ...its a wind tunnel hes lucky there wasnt very mutch debris to cut him up

[diggerdaz64]

im going to be a tornado chaser

[craaazzzzeeeeeeee0]

i wanna do th@ too

[mapex082688]

i have also been dreaming of being a tornado chaser.

[xrocinante1]

I've yet to see any video footage of the 5 that hit Huntsville,AL. in 1974, probably because they all hit after dark. I still have some pics of Madison square mall; there was NOTHING left.

[xrocinante1]

Mistake...it was known as Parkway city mall back then.

[justintime2990]

i own this on vhs man i got this video like 10 years ago haven't seen it in ages

[romerofan123]

James Montgomery looks like Drew Carey.

[justintime2990]

man i haven't seen this video in ages good video and mad old been like 10 years for me

[mad2O11]

This music reminds me of like the wizard of oz.

[romerofan123]

1:23-1:28 is actually the Great Bend, KS Tornado of 8/30/1974. Anticyclonic has a video of it.

[onehitta1]

That music freaks me outlol

[leandar]

Yeah, me too! Glad I'm not the only one! LOL

[CabriniMobster]

hiding over the overpass is a popular misconception

[Jmasta90210]

mabey you should of used raning blood

[deadpool2099]

hiding in the bank vault hahah I wonder if she took some cash in the confusion. WHats 12,000$ to the bloody First and Federal hahaha!!!

[deadpool2099]

I think I have this on my dvd TORNADO CLASSICS, Im not sure which volume.

[wcuram2001]

I was in this tornado when I was a year old my mom and my sister was at the mall watching a movie and half the mall was ripped apart they had a vw bug that was in the parking lot still standing there but there were campers all flipped over. One of the stories I grew up with and will never forget

[jjm239]

How the hell did they survive holding onto a SCAFFOLDING and a TREE!? Even the vault was pretty dangerous to duck in, concrete with steel or not.

[Typeuserhere]

When the voice in the beggining began, it scared the crap out of me

[Messy705]

it did me to lol

[Blaze00rain]

i think i remember this thing..wasnt it on pbs like 10 years ago?

[MissMnoe]

Old video damn..

[eliteo14]

music sucks

[finally555]

hahah the music.

[drummnstormchasnguy]

it seems that this is more of a documentary than a video he put together.. so i'm sure he had no control over the music

[helpgirl]

The music is all wrong for this kind of video

[qsiut]

Awsome Man An creepy!! Thanks for Posting This!! Your My Hero!! Hypitheticaly Speaking Because I am a boy!!??

[ChevroletDude333]

my aunt lived there in witchita falls the time that tornado hit and it totaled her house.

[qazwsxcdexswzaq]

no

[mladyfatima]

i wish we would have atornado sometime in june!!!!!

lol lol lol lol!!!!!!!

[ggillisp]

I grew up in Wichita Falls and was a boy when this monster hit. I live in southern California now but always remember how much it effected me. As our climate warms, I'm afraid a lot more of us will have to endure such madness. This particular tornado was so devastating because it took out pretty much everything. It destroyed our mall, many of the major schools, not to mention all the homes and lives it took. I remember our lives not being "normal" for many years afterwards.

[christiesmithm]

That monster killed my grandmother in her car, and tried to kill me, my brother, and father. We were in a ditch on southwest pkwy and hughes.

[ggillisp]

I'm terribly sorry Christie. It was quit the nightmare.

[Bigbootyloius]

when was this tornado made it looks like a 90's video or late 80's i dunno

[ColonelAngus75]

It was made in 1984.

[richakr]

The overpass guy was a decon at my church and a friend of my father's. I remeber the first time i saw this video in school after I moved to Oklahoma about to fall aslepp because I had heard enough about growing up there but woke up when i saw him. Last I remember that bank vault was still out there in the early 90s.

[bigwilly711]

Why did he have to say "Black " wide mouthed monsters. Its racial man racial. HAHAHAHA.

[Rhemasonador]

I remember this day. I was an Army ER paramedic stationed in Lawton, OK. I remember being emotionally traumatized since I´m originally a yankee and not used to this sort of weather.

[DanieloAlexandro]

its scared to watch but thank you for the clip, it learn very much about tornados. its sad the kids in germany dont learn about in school because we get small tornados also in germany since 2 years

[fosho420]

So thats the bastard that started the overpass myth. He's got a lot of people killed because of that. What a shame.

[ColonelAngus75]

While he technically started it, I think that the infamous Kansas turnpike video spread that myth to far more people than this guy ever did.

[tall32guy]

It's almost comforting in a way, to see that tornados have never changed, since they first started (when the first rains started I guess?), since that way it's always a sure thing what to do to be safe. ;-)

[Zoomer30]

Bank vault is the best place to go, they are desgined to survive a nulclear strike.

[IluvClassicNick]

ahh!The infamous Xenia Tornado.

[JaxieBoy]

A favorite teacher and wanna-be musician of mine was born there!

[unak78]

Nowadays a tornado comes and you try to hide in the vault and, oops, its on a timer!

[darrinrasberry]

Infamous overpass is Midwestern Pkwy under Henry S. Grace Freeway, the Armory was rebuilt. The entire area around that intersection was entirely empty save for a clinic until a few years ago.