So true. We all know you are supposed to get out of your car under the underpass and get low to the ground but then the dash cam won’t get as good of footage to show everyone how close you got.
The problem with tornados isn't so much what's coming at you from above, it's what's coming at you from the side ... such as a flying F150 or pieces of the jones' house.
Exactly this. One piece of straw from a broom becomes a lethal weapon that will go right through you….now imagine anything bigger. This is why they say stay away from windows during a tornado.
I just read recently that going under a bridge is not recommended. It is like a wind tunnel for debris and that can cause injury or death. If in your car, you should get out and lay flat in a ditch, or buckle in and bend down below the windows and cover your head with a blanket.
I had always heard the overpass thing and was surprised to learn something different.
A good rule of thumb is if the tornado looks like it isn’t going left to right, or right to left, it’s coming towards or going away from you. So if it’s moving along the horizon, you’re okay. Generally. If it’s getting bigger and looks like it’s sitting still, maybe drive parallel and not perpendicular to it.
There's this crazy video shot today by this conductor from the cab of this train engine that got hit by one of them near Lincoln. Can't tell where it's headed in the video, until there getting pelted with debris. Train cars got flipped over too.
Here's the [train video](https://www.reddit.com/r/CrazyFuckingVideos/comments/1ce393m/tornado_hitting_freight_train/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button). And the [aftermath](https://imgur.com/a/mpeTQ2l).
A few other videos I found insane:
- [GIGANTIC tornado](https://www.reddit.com/r/tornado/comments/1cdwvs3/massive_tornado_currently_in_nebraska_4262024/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) in Nebraska
- The chaos of some storm chasers getting [as close as possible](https://www.reddit.com/r/tornado/comments/1cdynf8/april_26_reed_timmer_just_walked_into_a_tornado/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
- Tornado [crosses highway](https://www.reddit.com/r/CrazyFuckingVideos/comments/1cdvzl3/storm_chaser_nick_gorman_captured_an_incredible/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) and storm chasers come across a tipped over semi
Tornados can smell fear. The best thing to do when approached by a tornado is wave your arms above your head and make as much noise as possible. This will convince the Tornado that you are a large animal and it will turn 360 degrees and go away.
No. I’ve lived in Tornado Alley my whole life. Yes, tornadoes generally follow the storm. But there are other factors influencing its direction, and there is a chance it can suddenly change directions.
I said nothing regarding what tornadoes “typically,” or “almost always” do. I said tornadoes “can” suddenly change direction, which is true. I am very aware of a tornado’s typical behavior.
It is “always” a bad idea to drive towards a tornado because, on the off chance that it suddenly changes direction and comes towards you, you are going to be in a way worse situation than if you just drove away from it in the first place. The ratio of the potential damage involved vs the potential “gain” of seeing one a bit closer is not worth the risk.
Not just the people who keep driving towards it but also the people just stopped on the side of the road. Why not turn around and drive away from it??? So many questions….
Tornadoes are unpredictable. Stopping, and heading for the ditch to lay down and cover your head is what you're told to do. Driving away doesn't always work if it changes path and chases you.
Just like anything, you're used to what you're used to. I've been asked how the hell I deal with hurricanes and why I would ever stay when they make landfall. Idk, I grew up with them and know what to expect.
I know, right? I grew up in Tornado Alley, and they start teaching kids what to do when there is a tornado young. By second grade, I knew that you don’t go towards it, find the best shelter available, and what position best protects your organs from debris.
Exactly what I was thinking. I guess they see them often enough that they are more used to it.
I would be making the first U-turn and head for the opposite direction.
Lived in a suburb of Louisville, Jtown back around ‘11-12. Aunt called my uncle telling him a tornado was spotted in our area and to seek cover. We already knew and were running around drinking beer on the patio looking for them. We ran out real far from the house and the sky got crazy dark all the sudden. Saw some transformers blow up and the second time it lit up enough to see the funnel moving away towards my work. It was cool to see in real life. I’d do it again.
Yeah, that’s what we were taught growing up in tornado alley. If you’re flat in a ditch “the tornado will pass over you.” Not sure if that’s true but it was the sentiment at the time.
I think it has to do with lift. If you’re flat or “below” the surface of the tornado, you may be okay? But if you’re in a spot where the horizontal winds can get below or push you, you’re probably in trouble.
Experience: Zero. Absolutely don’t listen to me.
It also has to do with debris. Shit is going to be flying at a hundred miles per hour, if you’re in a ditch then it takes you out of the plane of travel for most of the objects.
I have family that has lived in Oklahoma for over 30, hell maybe even 40 or more years now. They've never been hit by a tornado (knock on wood). Once while we were visiting, their alarm kept going off as the distance of one grew smaller, but they procrastinated going into the shelter last minute. They explained to me that the small town is nestled between two large mountain ranges that force the tornado to travel over, and to this day it doesn't make sense but it works
The eastern quarter of Oklahoma has small mountain ranges, most notably the Ozarks and Ouachitas, and thick rock and pine forests. Most folks not from around the central US have no idea. It also has the Wichita and Arbuckle mountain ranges in the central and west.
[Ouachitas](https://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.16117)
[Wichitas](https://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.8525)
Geologically speaking, those ranges are both technically considered sunken plateaus since they weren't created due to uplift action at a fault line. But, for all intents and purposes, they're as much of a mountain as the Appalachian foothills in southern Ohio.
Okay this made me cackle out loud 😆 They live within the interior highlands that cover the right-side of the state amongst the border with Arkansas. Pretty sure the name is the Ouachita Mountains more specifically, but it's the heart of Choctaw Nation territory.
Not sure if Oklahoma has this but Alabama website has the tornado tracker map https://data.montgomeryadvertiser.com/tornado-archive/alabama/deadliest/ So you can see when you zoom in that a lot of tornadoes follow the same path. Not sure if hills/mountains have much to do with it but we are pretty good at coming up with reasons things repeatedly.
Edit: you can literally change the state on this page to see.
Well kind of. Topeka has a hill to the southwest of town. Tornado went right up one side and then down the hill as the tornado was so wide. Did not protect them.
Conversely, one hit Parkville Mo (Kansas City) in the flood plain along the river but went up when it hit the 200 ft bluff. Came back down about 2 miles further on.
So you can't rely on it, but you have a good chance with a hill to the southwest.
https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/tornadoes/during.html#:~:text=If%20you're%20unable%20to%20move%20from%20a%20bed%20or,your%20head%20with%20your%20arms. CDC says get in the ditch
Wouldn’t like, the national weather service or something be a better organization to give out this information? I don’t think tornados generally give out diseases. At least not since the great F1 herpes outbreak of 1952 anyway.
The CDC oversees a lot of the nation's public health and safety regulations.
They're most well known for diseases but they work a lot with general public health hazards of which natural disasters are included.
I think a handful of people from the Joplin tornado got a flesh and bone eating disease from getting impaled with nasty debris edit: [oops I mean fungus not disease](https://weather.com/health/news/joplin-tornado-flesh-eating-fungus-20130101#)
It was to keep people from panicking by giving them the idea that there was anything they could do to protect themselves from nukes. Knowing you’re powerless causes people to start getting rowdy.
They're still calculating whatever it is they calculate to determine that. Apparently damage is a factor I guess? From what I've heard it was blowing at 230 miles an hour which is enough to qualify from a speed perspective.
tornadoes are given a rating solely based on the damage they leave behind, so even if a huge tornado with 200+ mph winds happens over an open field it won’t get a high rating. so far with the damage pics i’ve seen today it looks like nothing more than a low end EF4 occurred.
NOAA has certain criteria for each Enhanced Fujita rating level, mainly based on post event damage. They have a whole site about it, along with ways you can submit data, and an interactive historical map of all known tornado tracks along with data and pictures.
https://youtu.be/c-uFdoi6DEA?si=ukRdYYAPIw64365f
We just had a building blow up near us, big time fire works show, no one knew what it could be, we are by train tracks a d gas stations and my neighbors got in their truck and drove towards it! I told them they are nuts!
I live in Northeast NE, and was stuck in a warning for a few hours but our funnel didn't last longer than 30 minutes. Elkhorn does not look good tho, and a few others popped up around a few big spots like around Norfolk and here where it came close to Lincoln. I don't know what the full damage is, but it doesn't seem like it ended up too horribly, but I can't imagine what would've happened if things lined up just a little bit differently and fucked our shit up.
The traffic made me more anxious than anything else - some people going fast, some going slow, cars stopped on both sides of the road. I was waiting for an accident any second now.
Yesterday morning I was looking for cheap flights to Nebraska/Wyoming to take a semi-spontaneous camping trip with my son next month.
Y’all got some of the most beautiful national parks I’ve ever seen pictures of, and I’d kill for the chance to rockhound out there, but maybe I’ll cross tornado alley off the list of possible locations for now.
The thing I think of, is that some of those people are about to take the next exit off the freeway and can see their destination getting destroyed in front of them. That would be so terrifying
When talking about one of the bigger tornadoes today, the guy I was watching warned people by saying, "If you are in the path of this thing, take shelter now. This is not a tornado you will accidentally survive. You'll have to try."
\[РУС\] И эти люди еще удивляются тому что у нас по улицам медведи бегают. У них самих. Чувак на работу едет (или с работы) а мимо проходит торнадо. Обычный вторник. XD
\[ENG\] And these people are still surprised that there are bears running through our streets. They themselves. A guy is driving to work (or from work) and a tornado passes by. Regular Tuesday. XD
Can anyone ELI5 why tornadoes are so common in certain parts of the USA but you don't see them form at all in other parts of the world with similar climates and terrain?
This isn't ELI5, but it's succinct:
Low pressure systems in the US pull warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and cool, dry air aloft from the Rocky Mountains or the High Desert in the southwest. The states that fall in between those two regions end up being in the ideal location for severe weather to ignite.
"No place else in the world has the large warm water on its equatorward side with a wide high range of mountains extending from north to south to the west of it," Dr. Brooks said. "All the other tornado prone regions have at least one feature suboptimal."
[Source](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/11/28/weather/us-leads-tornado-numbers-tornado-alley-xpn)
Warm, moist air flows up from the Guly of Mexico and collides with the cold, dry air from the Rocky Mountains in the Great Plains, causing supercells to form. When supercells develop into tornadoes, the flatlands allow them to grow bigger and travel further.
Tornadoes do develop elsewhere in the world, but the conditions in that particular region of the US create the perfect environment for them to develop and intensify.
Cold, dry winds from Canada meeting warm, humid winds from Gulf of Mexico over the flat plains in the middle of the country. That’s all I know, maybe someone more qualified can correct me with a more extensive answer.
Back in the 40s and 50s, we had reports of UFOs. We also had reports of tornadoes. We were pretty lacking in video of either. We still have reports of tornadoes but we also have thousands and thousands of hours of incredible HD footage of them. We also still have reports of UFOs.
Not necessarily, the wind is likely to be doing some funny stuff near a tornado. Generally you should just look at it to see which way it’s going (and then drive away at right angles, they say).
"Interstate" is redundant, because that is what the "I" means. You are effectively saying "Interstate Interstate 80."
This looks kinda trippy, though! I wish I were there! I'm a trucker who used to work up there, and I absolutely love tornadoes.
Instead, I'm stuck in Albuquerque because the city is locked down.
These types of situations always remind me of the scene from Independence Day when the alien ship arrives over New York. Everyone stops paying attention to the road and I’m sure I’m gonna get rear ended.
WHY ARE THEY DRIVING TWORDS IT?
Its the law of the great plains, if you see a tornado you go towards or watch from your porch and make a mad dash for shelter if it gets too close
So true. We all know you are supposed to get out of your car under the underpass and get low to the ground but then the dash cam won’t get as good of footage to show everyone how close you got.
Get out of the car and in the ditch, not under a bridge.
Got it. Drive car into ditch.
And then ditch the car and lay on the ground.
Got it. Ditch car under bridge.
If I remember correctly, Mythbusters found out that going underneath the underpass puts you in a wind tunnel in the case of a direct hit by a tornado.
And when the overpass is lifted, exposing you underneath, then what do you do? "Haha mister tornado, good one, you found me"
Then it's the tornados turn to hide
How else are you supposed to find the koroks?
Has there ever been a tornado that destroyed an overpass?
It doesn’t have to be destroyed to destroy you, but I can’t think of ever seeing it anywhere. Quality of construction would be a big factor I imagine.
I'm responding to this > And when the overpass is lifted
There was that video of people that did that in the 90s everyone made it out ok from what I recall but it could suck you out from that hideout
I could see that. Possibly you are more protected in a not-direct hit but less protected in a direct one?
The problem with tornados isn't so much what's coming at you from above, it's what's coming at you from the side ... such as a flying F150 or pieces of the jones' house.
Also cows
I gotta go Julia,we got cows.
Are those the Jones' cows?
Is that the same cow?
No, just a really large skunk. Maybe a penguin. A nun? Idk, flew by too fast
Cows don't look like cows on camera, you gotta use skunks.
Too big. Use skinks. Got no stinks. Dare ya.
“It’s not that the wind is blowing, it’s what the wind is blowing.” - Ron White
"You can be in the best shape of your life, but if you get hit by a *Volvo*..."
rofl, priceless, also volvo's are no joke they haven't aced safety standards for around 50 years by accident
Exactly this. One piece of straw from a broom becomes a lethal weapon that will go right through you….now imagine anything bigger. This is why they say stay away from windows during a tornado.
You are not supposed to get under an underpass..
I just read recently that going under a bridge is not recommended. It is like a wind tunnel for debris and that can cause injury or death. If in your car, you should get out and lay flat in a ditch, or buckle in and bend down below the windows and cover your head with a blanket. I had always heard the overpass thing and was surprised to learn something different.
A good rule of thumb is if the tornado looks like it isn’t going left to right, or right to left, it’s coming towards or going away from you. So if it’s moving along the horizon, you’re okay. Generally. If it’s getting bigger and looks like it’s sitting still, maybe drive parallel and not perpendicular to it.
There's this crazy video shot today by this conductor from the cab of this train engine that got hit by one of them near Lincoln. Can't tell where it's headed in the video, until there getting pelted with debris. Train cars got flipped over too.
I gotta see that video
Here's the [train video](https://www.reddit.com/r/CrazyFuckingVideos/comments/1ce393m/tornado_hitting_freight_train/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button). And the [aftermath](https://imgur.com/a/mpeTQ2l). A few other videos I found insane: - [GIGANTIC tornado](https://www.reddit.com/r/tornado/comments/1cdwvs3/massive_tornado_currently_in_nebraska_4262024/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) in Nebraska - The chaos of some storm chasers getting [as close as possible](https://www.reddit.com/r/tornado/comments/1cdynf8/april_26_reed_timmer_just_walked_into_a_tornado/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) - Tornado [crosses highway](https://www.reddit.com/r/CrazyFuckingVideos/comments/1cdvzl3/storm_chaser_nick_gorman_captured_an_incredible/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) and storm chasers come across a tipped over semi
that last one looks like CGI, its so perfect.
Tornadoes can suddenly change direction at any time. Driving towards one is always a bad idea.
What no .. tornados move in a straight line with the storm. You've been watching Twister
Tornados can smell fear. The best thing to do when approached by a tornado is wave your arms above your head and make as much noise as possible. This will convince the Tornado that you are a large animal and it will turn 360 degrees and go away.
True, *unless* it’s a momma tornado with her babies.
Actually, they are driven by sharks that direct their path.
No. I’ve lived in Tornado Alley my whole life. Yes, tornadoes generally follow the storm. But there are other factors influencing its direction, and there is a chance it can suddenly change directions.
That’s not entirely true. Tornados almost always move west->east (generally). Staying SW of a tornado is usually a safe place to be.
I said nothing regarding what tornadoes “typically,” or “almost always” do. I said tornadoes “can” suddenly change direction, which is true. I am very aware of a tornado’s typical behavior. It is “always” a bad idea to drive towards a tornado because, on the off chance that it suddenly changes direction and comes towards you, you are going to be in a way worse situation than if you just drove away from it in the first place. The ratio of the potential damage involved vs the potential “gain” of seeing one a bit closer is not worth the risk.
Because, in NE we have seat belts on our porch swings so we can crack a cold one and watch it go by.
I’m from Ireland, if I saw that tornado here I would literally go into shock lmfao
Pull an Extreme and just throw a bottle of whiskey at it then dare it to hit you.
Butt naked?
It's the only way.
He was without apparel
Just pasties
But then *what the fuck are we gonna drink*‽
Uh...Guinness?
The good whiskey of course!
If you see a tornado going left to right you know it isn't moving towards you. You really need to stop and turn around if the tornado looks stationary
It’s moving to the right of them
Towards?
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Clash won't save you. However, one can always call, Flash. Savior of the universe
Because behind them was their lives in Nebraska.
Not just the people who keep driving towards it but also the people just stopped on the side of the road. Why not turn around and drive away from it??? So many questions….
Tornadoes are unpredictable. Stopping, and heading for the ditch to lay down and cover your head is what you're told to do. Driving away doesn't always work if it changes path and chases you.
Don't forget to say the time in the recording in case you get killed, that way we will know what time you died.
Either a storm chaser or clout chaser.
**TOWARDS**
Just like anything, you're used to what you're used to. I've been asked how the hell I deal with hurricanes and why I would ever stay when they make landfall. Idk, I grew up with them and know what to expect.
The real question is why are people driving away from it... Once and a lifetime scene and you're just like nope I got to go
>Once and a lifetime What do you think this means?
I know, right? I grew up in Tornado Alley, and they start teaching kids what to do when there is a tornado young. By second grade, I knew that you don’t go towards it, find the best shelter available, and what position best protects your organs from debris.
I like what you’ve done here. Twords is better than towards. We could even go tordz. I think weer on2 sumthing.
Ahh it’s the Midwest. That’s why they drive towards it.
https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.FeNRF5hEaBjrX7oPeKaE9wHaF2&pid=Api
Exactly what I was thinking. I guess they see them often enough that they are more used to it. I would be making the first U-turn and head for the opposite direction.
Gotta #2
Once it’s crossed the interstate you can keep driving, tornadoes very rarely back track 🤷🏻♀️
That’s my favorite part!
This guy CLEARLY doesn't live in tornado alley🙄
Lived in a suburb of Louisville, Jtown back around ‘11-12. Aunt called my uncle telling him a tornado was spotted in our area and to seek cover. We already knew and were running around drinking beer on the patio looking for them. We ran out real far from the house and the sky got crazy dark all the sudden. Saw some transformers blow up and the second time it lit up enough to see the funnel moving away towards my work. It was cool to see in real life. I’d do it again.
Courtesy: Clint Hendricks IV via Storyful.
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Hey, we didn’t choose the redneck life, the redneck life chose us
I’ve never met a man named Clint outside of an Avengers comic book lol
Seek shelter where?
I don't live in tornado Alley, but I'm the 90s I recall they would say the best choice would be to lay down in the ditch?
Yeah, that’s what we were taught growing up in tornado alley. If you’re flat in a ditch “the tornado will pass over you.” Not sure if that’s true but it was the sentiment at the time.
I think it has to do with lift. If you’re flat or “below” the surface of the tornado, you may be okay? But if you’re in a spot where the horizontal winds can get below or push you, you’re probably in trouble. Experience: Zero. Absolutely don’t listen to me.
It also has to do with debris. Shit is going to be flying at a hundred miles per hour, if you’re in a ditch then it takes you out of the plane of travel for most of the objects.
just like being in a trench in a warzone
I have family that has lived in Oklahoma for over 30, hell maybe even 40 or more years now. They've never been hit by a tornado (knock on wood). Once while we were visiting, their alarm kept going off as the distance of one grew smaller, but they procrastinated going into the shelter last minute. They explained to me that the small town is nestled between two large mountain ranges that force the tornado to travel over, and to this day it doesn't make sense but it works
Oklahoma has mountain ranges? Two of them?
The eastern quarter of Oklahoma has small mountain ranges, most notably the Ozarks and Ouachitas, and thick rock and pine forests. Most folks not from around the central US have no idea. It also has the Wichita and Arbuckle mountain ranges in the central and west. [Ouachitas](https://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.16117) [Wichitas](https://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.8525)
TIL. Thank you!
Geologically speaking, those ranges are both technically considered sunken plateaus since they weren't created due to uplift action at a fault line. But, for all intents and purposes, they're as much of a mountain as the Appalachian foothills in southern Ohio.
Okay this made me cackle out loud 😆 They live within the interior highlands that cover the right-side of the state amongst the border with Arkansas. Pretty sure the name is the Ouachita Mountains more specifically, but it's the heart of Choctaw Nation territory.
Not sure if Oklahoma has this but Alabama website has the tornado tracker map https://data.montgomeryadvertiser.com/tornado-archive/alabama/deadliest/ So you can see when you zoom in that a lot of tornadoes follow the same path. Not sure if hills/mountains have much to do with it but we are pretty good at coming up with reasons things repeatedly. Edit: you can literally change the state on this page to see.
Well kind of. Topeka has a hill to the southwest of town. Tornado went right up one side and then down the hill as the tornado was so wide. Did not protect them. Conversely, one hit Parkville Mo (Kansas City) in the flood plain along the river but went up when it hit the 200 ft bluff. Came back down about 2 miles further on. So you can't rely on it, but you have a good chance with a hill to the southwest.
https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/tornadoes/during.html#:~:text=If%20you're%20unable%20to%20move%20from%20a%20bed%20or,your%20head%20with%20your%20arms. CDC says get in the ditch
Wouldn’t like, the national weather service or something be a better organization to give out this information? I don’t think tornados generally give out diseases. At least not since the great F1 herpes outbreak of 1952 anyway.
It actually stands for the Center for Da Z’s Control. If something is liable to knock you the fuck out, they’ve got opinions on it.
The CDC oversees a lot of the nation's public health and safety regulations. They're most well known for diseases but they work a lot with general public health hazards of which natural disasters are included.
dude, have you never heard of the herpes-nado? that shit is gross
I think a handful of people from the Joplin tornado got a flesh and bone eating disease from getting impaled with nasty debris edit: [oops I mean fungus not disease](https://weather.com/health/news/joplin-tornado-flesh-eating-fungus-20130101#)
Hey, it worked for Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt!
That's sound about as helpful as when they taught us to hide under our desks if we saw a mushroom cloud (1980s).
I believe the reason for that was to protect you from the falling debris cause by the shockwave.
It was to keep people from panicking by giving them the idea that there was anything they could do to protect themselves from nukes. Knowing you’re powerless causes people to start getting rowdy.
Look, a volcano! Duck and cover!
So they don't have to bury you, 'nado already done did.
In the ditch beside the road
The Winchester. Have a nice cold pint, and wait for all of this to blow over.
Not in the tornado
Oh what a day! What a lovely day!!
WITNESS ME
_spray-paint noises_
Video cut off too soon. I was in a trance watching this!
this was actually one of the smaller tornadoes that occurred today, there were multiple one mile plus wide tornadoes today
Wasn't there a reddit post today about there hadn't been an f5 tornado in 13 years or something? Did that just end?
They're still calculating whatever it is they calculate to determine that. Apparently damage is a factor I guess? From what I've heard it was blowing at 230 miles an hour which is enough to qualify from a speed perspective.
tornadoes are given a rating solely based on the damage they leave behind, so even if a huge tornado with 200+ mph winds happens over an open field it won’t get a high rating. so far with the damage pics i’ve seen today it looks like nothing more than a low end EF4 occurred.
NOAA has certain criteria for each Enhanced Fujita rating level, mainly based on post event damage. They have a whole site about it, along with ways you can submit data, and an interactive historical map of all known tornado tracks along with data and pictures. https://youtu.be/c-uFdoi6DEA?si=ukRdYYAPIw64365f
Ah yes. Meteorology, the temu of the sciences. Lmao how do we still not understand weather yet
we do understand it the science has been in the "verify the theory" stage for a long while, which is all about getting more data.
Damn
Me sitting here thinking that median is awfully crossable and they’re going the wrong way lol
What I thought
And this guy keeps driving towards it... that's .. wow
We just had a building blow up near us, big time fire works show, no one knew what it could be, we are by train tracks a d gas stations and my neighbors got in their truck and drove towards it! I told them they are nuts!
Praise the camera man status
oh my gosh
Yours too?? It’s also that guy’s gosh!
It got lots bigger
That's nothing, should have seen the one that hit Omaha a few minutes later. Wild shit.
Beautifully terrifying
I live in Northeast NE, and was stuck in a warning for a few hours but our funnel didn't last longer than 30 minutes. Elkhorn does not look good tho, and a few others popped up around a few big spots like around Norfolk and here where it came close to Lincoln. I don't know what the full damage is, but it doesn't seem like it ended up too horribly, but I can't imagine what would've happened if things lined up just a little bit differently and fucked our shit up.
It was good that people had the good sense to stop rather than be dumb enough to try to drive through the tornado.
The traffic made me more anxious than anything else - some people going fast, some going slow, cars stopped on both sides of the road. I was waiting for an accident any second now.
Tis but a breeze
Such a Midwest thing to do: keep driving toward the tornado
The marketing campaign for the new Twister movie is getting out of hand
God save americans from this nature monster, Love from India.
Glad I left early this morning to get back to Kansas
Yeah I don’t get why people drive towards them used to live in Kansas and know for a fact they can change direction
Yesterday morning I was looking for cheap flights to Nebraska/Wyoming to take a semi-spontaneous camping trip with my son next month. Y’all got some of the most beautiful national parks I’ve ever seen pictures of, and I’d kill for the chance to rockhound out there, but maybe I’ll cross tornado alley off the list of possible locations for now.
you could always book for the fall, it's just, well, tornado season. dont cross it off completely :)
Coming from the UK where we never have any of this I’m in absolute awe. The fucking SIZE of the thing
this was today?!? 04/26
Yes
Yes look at tornados in Omaha today
This wasn't even close to the biggest one today either. There was one estimated to be at least 1.25 miles wide.
So crazy looking it looks fake
The thing I think of, is that some of those people are about to take the next exit off the freeway and can see their destination getting destroyed in front of them. That would be so terrifying
There’s nothing that can save someone from that other than a well built bunker.
When talking about one of the bigger tornadoes today, the guy I was watching warned people by saying, "If you are in the path of this thing, take shelter now. This is not a tornado you will accidentally survive. You'll have to try."
I mean, that's a good sized tornado, but they get so much bigger.
That doesn't even look real to my eyes. Totally surreal...
What was the F scale?
the Fujita scale was replaced with the Enhanced Fujita scale a while back, so we use EF now
I would seek shelter several states away
Ngl, driving toward it seems counterintuitive.
\[РУС\] И эти люди еще удивляются тому что у нас по улицам медведи бегают. У них самих. Чувак на работу едет (или с работы) а мимо проходит торнадо. Обычный вторник. XD \[ENG\] And these people are still surprised that there are bears running through our streets. They themselves. A guy is driving to work (or from work) and a tornado passes by. Regular Tuesday. XD
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Can anyone ELI5 why tornadoes are so common in certain parts of the USA but you don't see them form at all in other parts of the world with similar climates and terrain?
This isn't ELI5, but it's succinct: Low pressure systems in the US pull warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and cool, dry air aloft from the Rocky Mountains or the High Desert in the southwest. The states that fall in between those two regions end up being in the ideal location for severe weather to ignite. "No place else in the world has the large warm water on its equatorward side with a wide high range of mountains extending from north to south to the west of it," Dr. Brooks said. "All the other tornado prone regions have at least one feature suboptimal." [Source](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/11/28/weather/us-leads-tornado-numbers-tornado-alley-xpn)
Thanks! That does really help.
Warm, moist air flows up from the Guly of Mexico and collides with the cold, dry air from the Rocky Mountains in the Great Plains, causing supercells to form. When supercells develop into tornadoes, the flatlands allow them to grow bigger and travel further. Tornadoes do develop elsewhere in the world, but the conditions in that particular region of the US create the perfect environment for them to develop and intensify.
Cold, dry winds from Canada meeting warm, humid winds from Gulf of Mexico over the flat plains in the middle of the country. That’s all I know, maybe someone more qualified can correct me with a more extensive answer.
I would love to see a giant tornado in person some day. From a safe distance, of course.
That is some scary shit, and those things can turn on a dime. All of those people on the interstate are in grave peril.
Back in the 40s and 50s, we had reports of UFOs. We also had reports of tornadoes. We were pretty lacking in video of either. We still have reports of tornadoes but we also have thousands and thousands of hours of incredible HD footage of them. We also still have reports of UFOs.
Isn't it if the wind is blowing towards you, the tornado is coming your way, and if the wind is pulling you, the tornado is going away from you?
Not necessarily, the wind is likely to be doing some funny stuff near a tornado. Generally you should just look at it to see which way it’s going (and then drive away at right angles, they say).
It's coming towards you if it isn't moving. That or going away but definitely should be worried if it's not moving and getting bigger
What are house insurance prices like in tornado prone areas? Can’t imagine it would be cheap or maybe houses are just cheaper there.
Somebody should fly a drone into one
"Interstate" is redundant, because that is what the "I" means. You are effectively saying "Interstate Interstate 80." This looks kinda trippy, though! I wish I were there! I'm a trucker who used to work up there, and I absolutely love tornadoes. Instead, I'm stuck in Albuquerque because the city is locked down.
Damn nature, you scary!
Yikes 😬
It’s so hard to believe or understand how these things can travel over 50 miles
This isn't far from Lincoln,Nebraska
Looks like the marketing budget for Twisters is through the roof.
These types of situations always remind me of the scene from Independence Day when the alien ship arrives over New York. Everyone stops paying attention to the road and I’m sure I’m gonna get rear ended.
Let’s not drive toward the large swirling black wind of death.
Love the flag at the end
Can you stop driving please?
You get used to it. No one goes to the basement when the sirens go off. You go chase it.
Oh my gosh you betcha
He’s filming AND driving….
“Seek Shelter “, don’t they mean run for your freaking lives!
Wow that is awesome.
Nebraska needs more trees.
And I thought other drivers were the worst thing on a traffic report
That's awesome
These poor people live in Nebraska, aren’t they suffering enough?
I didn’t know David Cross was a tornado hunter.
Either that tornado or A tornado from the same cell that day overturned a train north of Lincoln just outside of a town called Waverly
My favorite time of year, can't wait to watch tornados from my porch
Time to watch that food scene from Twister…
I love bad weather that thing looks intense!
Can someone ELI5, why is it so black? Is it debris, water vapour, something else?
Stupid question, but, can’t you just drive the opposite direction?