Rare video of a monster tornado near Whitedeer, TX: 05-29-01
Never-before-seen video of a massive tornado near Whitedeer, Texas on May 29, 2001, shot by tornadovideos.net storm chaser Joel Taylor. Video from EXTREME close range as the violent twister chases them down the road. extremetornadotours.com — now booking for 2009!
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It is possible for it to happen, though I don’t think to many would be wedges.
Actually, the largest tornado in the USA was the Hallam (Lincoln area) Nebraska tornado, which was 2 1/2 miles wide. Rated F-4, it was probably F-5 for a portion of it’s life. But it stayed primarily in open fields where there was nothing to damage, hence ratings couldn’t be done. The little town of Hallam, pop. less than 500, was only grazed by the edge of this monster. Still, it did F-4 damage there. This was in 2004. I believe it was May 22nd or May 24th. One of those two.
In 2007, the nocturnal monster EF-5 tornado that absolutely decimated Greensburg, Kansas was upwards of 2 1/2 miles wide it’s said. This would tie it with the aforementioned Hallam, Nebraska tornado of 2004 as the USA’s largest tornado ever.
What I and a lot of other hard-core tornado chasers and students of tornadoes have pondered many times is, since weather records have only been kept for @ 200 yrs. in the USA…was there ever an even LARGER tornado that took place prior to record keeping?
man i soo wish i was them!
when you will you dont want.
that would scare the heelllllll out of me
thats a fat one nice music lol
that had to be a EF5
dude didnt u see the deer it was pretty much going to get right into the storm
it was at 32 that it happened just look at the right and it will be a deer
You can’t judge by size, and there were no F5 tornadoes in 2001. Judging from the fact that it didn’t take the grain elevator it probably wasn’t that strong.
Actually, the Greensburg tornado was in the area of 1.5 miles wide.
Dragonridley, what are you basing your assessment that Greensburg was “only” a mile and a half wide? Anything that I’ve ever read has said at least two….and some have it at 2.2 miles wide.
I think someone ought to get ahold of Mike Umshied at the Dodge City NWS, and ask him. He’s the one who put out the earliest warning on Greensburg….saving many lives. If Mike isn’t around, ask Fritz Krause. Those guys will know the real deal on this horrific, but monumental event.
I’m not sure where I read it but I think it was in the range of 1.5 to 1.7 miles wide. Though I have heard estimates vary widely on other tornadoes. Taking that into account I have only ever heard of three tornadoes that had size estimates over 2 miles; there was the Hallam tornado, one of similar size in the Carolinas, and one in Central PA, though I’ve heard varying estimates for that one as well.
I was 6 miles south of Pampa on family ranch and was east of this tornado’s location by about 10 miles. As it headed my way, I got a spectacular view up into the vault. No words to describe such an
Ominous yet grandeur scene. Rotation revealed at all levels of atmosphere that day. We sat there, shielding lightning strikes like a couple of idiots! Watching the show.
4:54 kk’k!
the car comes running kkk
yeah hes like oooohhhhhh shit!!!!!!!!
the radio alert from 0:54 to 1:03 scares me to death
Oh… GIANT.. Oh its bigger… HOLY *pause* *changes pants* ok… AHHH
o korwa=o Fuck !
awesome footage
Great Tornado;D
holly crap. you need to stop saying f*ck in your vids.
I love it when you guys have music going on while the tornadoes destructive force is going on. Hahaha perfect thing to set the mood.
omg…COOL