A scary tornado moving across the flat countryside, but one of the best photogenic examples out there.

@slenderbenji

Жыл бұрын

It did flatten Fairdale so..

It's very awkward to call a tornado a thing of beauty, however in this video I can't help but to admire the true might of mother nature. Incredible footage !

It was incredible how stable the structure of the tornado stayed. So many of the large, violent tornadoes are erratically structured fluctuating in size with sub-vortices twisting around everywhere (which is also cool to look at.) Great footage

What are the chances that a massive tornado happens to touch down in your area and the fact that you happen to live in wide open, unobstructed rural farmland allowing you to watch it pass by from a distance far enough to not be threatened by it. And even if it changed course and decided to barrel right your direction you'd still have plenty of time to get out of it's way. I mean this is the perfect spot!

Tornadoes are oddly beautiful.

How can something so incredibly beautiful be so destructive?!?!? I’ve been through quite a few. The feeling of terror is off the charts.

Just for scale, the farm in the foreground is exactly halfway to the center of the tornado. The Twister is 1.6 miles away and the farm is 3/4ths of a mile away.

The best video of this monster by far. Steady camera, calm, no talking, perfect setting. Unfortunately areas were getting hit around this time, so that dims the mood. The zoom in showed the violent motion, plus the width

A great piece of footage! I hope that the people you called listened to you and were safe.

Absolutely incredible footage! I held my breathe the whole time. I am glad to see that it missed you. Beautiful country footage!

@jakeh3144

Жыл бұрын

You held your breath for 5 mins? Holy shit!

Bro has the most perfect spot to film this monster tornado, hope all the people affected are ok now

Life saving tip: if a tornado looks like it’s not moving, it’s coming towards u

@VenIGuess

Жыл бұрын

Life-saving tip: Don't go outside when there is a tornado. And if you're outside, just get away from it in general and seek shelter instead of staying outside. Optionally, keep low to the ground (not to sure about the last one, but I think it helps keep your ground).

the fact that one of the most impressive tornadoes every filmed is on a channel with 90 subs speaks to how amazing weather actually is. anyone can participate!

I was actually near Rochelle when I was 6, we were going to one of my relatives houses there, and then the tornado warning started alerting us on the TV, then we stayed in the basement for about 45-50 minutes. It was a scary experience for me

Nice video, looks like you lucked out. What a beautiful countryside.

I know you were glad to see that thing go on by! Hope your friends and loved ones were all ok. That was a bad tornado! I don't know why youtube just now started allowing me to see anything other than the most popular tornado vids, but I have seen a bunch lately, that I never saw before!

Amazing footage. Seven years later I was praying it would miss that home.

Excellent video! ^_^ If I recall correctly, this is the same tornado that Clem Schultz captured on video, destroyed his house & neighborhood, & took the lives of his wife & next-door neighbor.

it was a EF4 tornado! quite rare to see amazing camera work by the way!

@SleepyTom2165

Жыл бұрын

Just 1 mph shy of an EF5 according to the NWS

@drxm.

Жыл бұрын

@@SleepyTom2165 jeez you know its rated on damage not wind speed?

@VenIGuess

Жыл бұрын

@Drxm It depends, I think. I'm pretty sure that they do both damage and wind speeds. Though that could have been the older way of rating tornadoes.

@SleepyTom2165

Жыл бұрын

@@drxm. My comment was referencing the assigned windspeed. It was an EF4 at 200 MPH. EF5's start at 201 mph. The EF scale uses both damage indicators AND windspeed. Tornados have been rated less due to debris doing the damage for instance. For this tornado, the damage was severe enough to warrant a 200 mph rating, so... maybe that clears up some questions you may have had about my comment or the rather confusing EF scale you might have had.

@drxm.

Жыл бұрын

@@SleepyTom2165 I think it leans more towards damage instead as its a better way of rating intensity

Wow! That is some amazing footage. I'm glad that you guys are okay!

I LIKE THE LANDSCAPE. VERY CLEAN. COULD BE A MOVIE SET.

Stunned ng video and beautiful property.

Great footage. Nice pond. I would love to have a pond like that stocked with largemouth.

Awesome footage! You can hear the zoom motor.👍

This twister was moving at 60mph , the camera operator did alright!

@rawfoodwriter

Жыл бұрын

No way. Had to be slower. Much slower

@littlefox717

Жыл бұрын

@@rawfoodwriter this tornado travelled 30.14 miles in 41 minutes. Assuming it’s speed remained around the same the entire time it was on the ground it was going roughly 44 mph.

What a terrifying and beautiful site of nature on display here. Hopefully people were okay! I am a tornado freak but I understand how deadly they can be. A mysterious wonder

Good lord the size of that thing..great video!

Nice video - thank you for sharing. Your house looks like a peaceful location (minus the tornado)

Great video of a monster killer tornado. Out of curiosity, is that a bass pond you have in your yard? Congratulations on the video & not getting impacted by that monster.

Incredible. Thanks for sharing.

What a shot. Great camera work. Scary to know it was just several hundred yards away and that tornado looks severe.

This is a nice tornado video.

Nice video! I drove through there a week later. There was still debris laying by the road. I remember seeing the top 2 ft of a power pole with some things still attached laying by the road where there were no poles around. Can’t believe anything would have enough power to snap the end off like that unless it hit something else and then blew over there.

Whoever filmed this tornado' great footage!

I remember this tornado because it skipped my town, Woodstock, IL. I just remember the weather reports saying to tornado spotted in your area, seek cover NOW!! Very scary!!

The algorithm has chosen you my friend.

i remember this tornado and day so vividly. was off of school and it happened on my moms birthday.

Good work. Nice of the tornado to pass by at a safe distance for you to film 🤓

Thanks for uploading this! Thats a huge one! Glad that nothing happend to you and your home. Hope it didnt cause much damage though..

@GravyHucker

5 жыл бұрын

It killed multiple people and did over $20 million in damage. Jeez man....

@vernerjalava8304

5 жыл бұрын

@@GravyHucker lol only 2 was killed

@shelbythomas

3 жыл бұрын

@@vernerjalava8304 You're a horrible person. Probably.

@delilahgillis5287

3 жыл бұрын

ANY LOSS OF LIFE IS BAD NO MATTER IF HUMAN OR ANIMALS

@bristowboy20

Жыл бұрын

@@GravyHucker boohoo

The motion is insane! I’m thinking about EF4+

I love how you can see the power go from on to off and keep switching

Wow amazing!! Beautiful landscape! God bless America 🇺🇸!

It's scary that this tornado occurred on my birthday and in the same state that I was born in and now I feel uncomfortable when seeing that beast going over my state

Borderline EF5 in November too and crazily photogenic wow what a sight

This is good footage man thanks for not screaming and talking the whole video good job

There's a lot of great window-scuzz footage in this video

Remember that storm well, the hail left two dents in my old truck. Two women were killed northeast in Fairdale.

@feoltmanns7624

3 ай бұрын

My husband’s car got dinged up pretty bad by the hail from that storm 😬. We had just moved from McHenry county to DeKalb so half of our garage was filled with boxes to be unpacked.

It’s odd that such a strong tornado is so beautiful. In most videos of tornadoes this strength they’re just messy blobs. Borderline ef5 and it’s this beautiful. Not many ef5s are this pretty.

Thumbs up. Beuatiful area there.

Wowza!

That is what you call a classic tornado, especially with that type of scenery

I mean like oh my goodness, just incredible.

that is such a perfect tornado

Great footage

What a Monster Great Filming

A beast of a tornado! Looks over a mile wide! Crazy footage! Surreal!?

Beautiful yard.

Crazy how awesome but terrifying a tornado looks

Wow your property is GORGEOUS

That is a monster

Wow. ..even at that distance the inflow into that monster had to be incredible

sounds like a lot of wind but the trees aren't moving. Beautiful video though

Nice🙂👍

scary as hell, im maybe half hour away from where this happened, not even that

@feoltmanns7624

3 ай бұрын

Same

That’s a POWERFUL twister, does anyone know what this tornado as rated? Thanks.

@zackmccool7177

Жыл бұрын

The tornado was rated as an EF4. Pretty big!

Beautiful

Thank God we dont get these terrifying beasts in Australia, God bless America and stay safe everyone.💖✝🙏🏻✝

Wow thats beautiful and terrifying.

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Looks like it's moving real slow but it's not. She's covering a lotta ground

This is excellent camera work for a backyard amateur. Good variation of distances and zooms. What a beautiful twister.

@dsmackk5

Жыл бұрын

What an inaccurate comment lol

That looks alot like the Tuscaloosa tornado

You can just barely hear its roar in the background

oh wow, that sure is pretty when its that far away

That is so beautiful but just knowing what they do is very scary

I remember witnessing this on our way home to Wisconsin after working in Illinois all week. Watched it form and move across Rochelle and then the highway way. I have never seen the sky so black after it had passed

Thank God it missed Mayflowers.

😢😢😢😢😢😢

God, it was huge!

This is a nice one. However, Clems video is Creepy. The sound of the wind coming is scary, very scary!

@P_RO_

Жыл бұрын

Clem Schulz. Very famous video. Sent his wife to their basement for her safety, but the brick chimney fell on her and killed her. Clem was healing from a leg injury and couldn't move. He was interviewed maybe 4-5 years ago and was alive and OK at that time.

Did this hit the railroad park?

@delilahgillis5287

Жыл бұрын

NO

I'AM GOING TO MAKE THIS MY WALLPAPER FOR MY PHONE.

Wow! Incredible footage!

Zoom in, zoom out, zoom in zoom out zoom in zoom out zoom in zoom out.................................

@hkguitar1984

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, and yet the focus was out 90% the entire time.................................

@jeanhutchinson6198

3 жыл бұрын

That was driving me nuts too.

@Og-Judy

3 жыл бұрын

Rookie camera operator 😬

There's a huge alien spaceship right in the middle of it; saw it in a Tom Cruise movie once. You'll be aight, tho.

Incredible footage.

It sure did a number on grubsteakers restuarant glad that they rebuilt and reopened

WOW1

wow! good job filming and u have a lovely home. God bless Rochelle and the surrounding areas during this difficult time of putting their lives back together! have faith in God ya'll. that tornado was massive !

@Notch8GEGaming

5 жыл бұрын

Even with how bad it was...people were probably lucky that day. It just clipped Rochelle, it didn't hit the heart of the city. Rochelle is only 10,000 people, but it has a major railroad terminal there and a major railroad tourist attraction that is quite busy, especially that time of year. It was bad, but it could've been even worse when I look back on it.

@DavidSmith-uj9hq

Жыл бұрын

Fuck you God created this tornado

Sounds like Verizon wireless.

This video was shot right in my old classmates back yard

WOW, good job calling your neighbor's!! I watch so many videos n people say, oh it looks like it's gonna hit Harold's house, n then do nothing.. Finally someone did something!! Great footage and good guy!! 😘

I believe it hit Ashton to

This tornado hear was 1 mph off from and ef5

@MrTankx

Жыл бұрын

According to the rating of the tirnado

4:50 "I think it's time to get inside"... after it's long past you..... ???

Great video,be safe

Omg...big funnel

Tornado Awesome Ok Ugh

That's a scary situation awesome video Read Timmer would appreciate that footage

Wow! It's like the power of God is in that tornado. Good gracious how you stood there so calmly recording that beast. I call you BOS. Lol. Glad you and your family were safe. Happy New Year!🧚‍♂️