Joplin Tornado Close Encounter

Terrible experience in Joplin, thoughts are with everybody in the city. Chasing storms north of the city, we were caught off guard passing through town as the storm and tornado intensified rapidly. Passed 1/8 of a mile and 30-45 seconds behind us traveling across Range Line. Sobering and tragic day.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Joplin
• tornado
• Missouri
• May
• 22
• 2011
• 5/22/2011
• EF5
• F5
• Supercell
• devastation
• destruction
• deadly
• twister
• violen

[Tehguy248]

Anyone else see Lowe's power go out at 0:42?

[honeyflash1]

Tornadoes are very fascinating. We are in "awe" over something that is sooooo deadly. "I feel sick..." that's the feeling you get when somethings so awesome can kill...when there's nothing you can do.

[americajn768]

Omg I'd drive past everyone if there was a tornado that big. Went through tornadoes but not as big as this one

[Hellscope1]

Lol @ the people still in the KFC drive through at 0:29

[chikinmommy]

@panda28666 u r a fucktard. i bet u would have shit yourself if u were there that day. the ones that talk big and bad are the real pussies when it comes down to it. i was there with my fiance and our 2 little girls, huddled in our bathroom. we lived 2 blks N of st johns. we were later told if our trees would have fallen any differently the 3 houses on my end of blk would have been gone. the trees saved my family of 4 and the neighbors family of 4.

[chikinmommy]

@rig48 no

[chikinmommy]

@asagara34 lowes and kfc were bit damaged NOT destroyed...home depot on the other hand.....

[ccamp77]

pause at 0:59. holy shit!!! epic lightning strike!

[bigchad007]

Wow man. EPIC footage!! Scarey shit right there.. wow!

[Delrubin]

ppl driving threw kfc still haha

[SmoshiYashi]

Doesn't that guy sound like the honey badger voice