NOW IN PAPERBACK! tornadostore.net Follow us on Facebook and Twitter! www.facebook.com @reedtimmerTVN May 4, 2007 - A beautiful yet violent tornado grinds away in the Ellis County, Oklahoma countryside. This same storm eventually split and formed what became the Greensburg, KS EF-5 tornado. Find out the rest of the story in INTO THE STORM. Reed Timmer, a star of the top rated Storm Chasers Television series on the Discovery Channel, is one of the most successful and most extreme storm chasers in the world. His is a job that requires science and bravado, knowledge and instinct just to survive, never mind excel. It’s a job some people would kill for. But most prefer to let Timmer take the risks while they watch from the safety of their own homes. Now, in Into the Storm, he takes readers inside the terrifying and awe-inspiring world of big weather. Into the Storm is Timmer’s dramatic account of his extraordinary profession. Featuring stories of the three-hundred-plus extreme tornadoes, hurricanes, or blizzards that Timmer has watched ring-side over the last decade—storms that include the killer F5 tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma, in May 1999; the unprecedented, devastating storm surge of Hurricane Katrina; and the little-studied but enormously powerful storm systems in places like Canada and Argentina. As a Ph.D. candidate in meteorology, Timmer is after more than just an adrenaline rush—his stories feature fascinating insights into the science of storms, and how the …
Footage and pictures I took of Greensburg, Kansas as we drove through on July 5th, 2007 after the devastating F5 tornado that destroyed 95% of the town on May 4th, 2007. I also included 2 images I took of Greensburg when we drove through July 6th, 2004 which advertised the world’s largest hand dug well.
Never-before-seen footage of the devastating EF5 tornado that tore through Greensburg, KS on May 4, 2007 - Part 2 of the Greensburg series. This rare video is from the perspective of storm chasers first on the scene of the damage, as they help tornado victims and aid law enforcement in the rescue effort. Footage courtesy of TornadoLive.com
Here is a shortened version of the video of the Ellis Co, OK tornado shot by tornadovideos.net storm chasers Reed Timmer and Ken Cole. This tornado occurred with the same storm system as the Greensburg, KS F5, but earlier in the day in northwest OK. Check out tornadovideos.net for more insane tornaod footage, breaking news, and our live GPS tracker
TornadoVideos.net storm chasers captured this video of a large 1/4-1/2 mile wide tornado in Stafford County, KS on May 5, 2007. They closed within a few hundred yards of the tornado as it passed in front of them…thankfully missing a house. This tornado was EXTREMELY violent. The contrast was adjusted to how the tornado appeared in reality.
Please vote for our Ellis Co, OK tornado footage for “Best Eyewitness Video”, for the 2007 Youtube awards at youtube.com Our video can be found in the “Eyewitness Video” section, and features trees being lofted into the air by a violent tornado in northwest Oklahoma on May 4, 2007. Check out TornadoVideos.net for more insane tornado footage, DVDs for sale, and our live GPS tracker!
In June, 2007 Elie Manitoba, is hit with an F5 tornado - it was the strongest tornado to ever touch down in Canada. Wind speeds reached over 400 kms/hr. While a category F0 will see minor damage and has a relative frequency of nearly 40% a category F5 will cause severe damage, hurling objects such as automobiles through the air like missles and has a relative frequency of less than 0.1%. Miraculously, in the Elie tornado, no one was killed. Pictures set to Eli’s Coming - Three Dog Night…
June 22, 2007 This is a video of the F5 tornado that hit Elie, Manitoba on date shown above. From Wikipedia: On June 22, 2007, an F5 tornado struck the town of Elie, Manitoba, 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of Winnipeg. While several houses were leveled, no one was injured or killed by the tornado. The tornado touched down north of the Trans-Canada Highway around 6:30 pm CDT (2330 UTC) and slowly moved southeast where it picked up a tractor-trailer before it headed south and severely damaged …
TornadoVideos.net storm chasers Reed Timmer and Dave Holder captured this huge, violent wedge tornado in southwest Manitoba on June 23, 2007. We were blasted by mud and flying corn stalks as the tornado crossed the road less than 200 yards away! Check out TornadoVideos.net for more insane tornado video.
TornadoVideos.net storm chasers Reed Timmer and Joel Taylor shot this INSANE video of a violent tornado from within 50 yards!!! We had to back up at the last second, and my cell phone fell out on the road and was taken away by the tornado!!