Top 10 tornado videos

Tornado videos can be as powerful as tornadoes themselves, so MNN rounded up some of the wildest funnels ever caught on film. Here's our top 10 tornado video countdown -- and we saved the best for last.

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Tornadoes are one of the planet's most photogenic natural disasters, and with zealous storm chasers hunting them each spring and summer, they're well-documented on YouTube. But as this year's U.S. twister season hits its peak, we decided to sift through all that funnel footage and round up the 10 videos that best convey these storms' — and storm chasers' — intensity.
 

 

 
10) Veteran storm chaser Jim Reed tailed this tornado across Kansas in May 2008 along with very patient intern Robin Lorenson. The funnel is impressive, but the most memorable part comes at the 3:58-minute mark, when Reed inexplicably jogs off into the tornado to end the clip.
 
 

 
9) If tornadoes could make promotional videos about themselves, they'd look like this. With a sunset peeking through the clouds and shimmering background music, this scene is more idyllic than intimidating. Storm chaser Roger Hill does offer a compelling case study for the delicate beauty of tornadoes, but if the next eight videos are any indication, this is the exception rather than the rule.
 


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tornadeos

i really interrested in tornadoes and im only 13 years old and i was born with tornadoes in my brain learning bout them and watching videos bout them and one day i am going to be a tornadoe hunter cause i lived around with some much tornadoes with me and i was in a tornadoe and it was right above my head but one thing i got fascinated with it and once you look in a tornadoe there is a another tornado inside of it helping it swirl and everything cause there is tornedoes like that but i didnt.... More



duh!

you would die if you were in a tornado



10's a ripoff

10! is not a tornadoe or it would of dun more damange cause yesterday i watched Twister



That was wicked!

I was in a giant twister and i broke my leg!



Furious job

In disaater context most people stay safe with miles distance.But in this context man who capture the natures fury is hardhearted.Those who capture this type of event for us are jwells for our society.I like to draw kind intention that they may use safty materials as well as should take necessary pre preparation.



Tornado

If I were only younger...I'd be chasing them too. I think they are beautiful and awesome. Something to be respected and feared as well. My warning sign that one is near is when the hair on my neck bristles. You can feel the electricity in the air. Makes my blood rush...I love it.



awesome

this was wicked but did the guy who ran into the tornado die? that was awesome though



#10 is a fake or not a tornado

The wind isn't even blowing near them. If that guy had run into a real tornado he'd be dead.



all of them

My husband and I just sat on our couch watching all these videos last night...shouting at the computer screen as if the people filming could hear us...."get out of there! what are you doing?! don't run INTO the tornado!" haha. They were all great though...especially the one where the guy sets up the camera and then the tornado comes right over the camera



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#10 is NOT a tornado

It's a dust devil.



Not a dust Devil

Perhaps you missed the shots of the funnel making ground contact? Not a feature of a dust devil. While a dust devil kicks up a lot of dirt, they don't suck it up into a funnel



Nuts?

If you think that's not a tornado you are nuts. Where do you live, anyway -- mr. anonymous? It is firmly attached to the front wall of a really major thunderhead. It is full of dirt because it is sucking up a dry field. It is a big, dangerous tornado of the classic serpentine shape.



warning signs

I've never seen a tornado but my brother in Nebraska sent me this note:

Signs that a tornado is on the way:

* Green clouds. Green clouds mean a tornado is developing.

* Scud. Scud are low-hanging clouds in a storm. If you see scud, the best thing to do is to put your feet together, crouch, grab your ankles, and sob uncontrollably.

* Tornado Siren. If you hear a tornado siren, especially one that seems to be emanating from inside your car as you drive along a deserted.... More



Put these tornados on one page!

so what, good videos. I"m not going to click through 5 pages to see them all.



Wow

Wow that is the way to go.

FR
www.whos-watching.se.tc



Wow

These are so much bigger than the tornado that chased me down the Henry Hudson Highway in the river valleys heading up to Lake George. I couldn't imagine seeing these monsters in the rear view mirror coming at me down the highway. Tornadoes are a little different here in the NorthEast.



# 9 !

So beautiful it doesn't even look real!!!! Wow!



Awesome!

My favorite is #9 - what a beautiful tornado!



#9 is GORGEOUS

It's like a tornado ballet almost.



Oh my!!!!

Where's the Tin Man? Has anyone seen my little dog?



woow

those are some scary tornado videos, wow



tornadoes

#5 is soooo scary! i don't think i like tornadoes



Re: Top 10 tornado videos

Feel like my hair has been blown around by those videos. Frightening, but impressive!



tornado videos

I LOVE watching tornado videos. I don't think I would like being in their place, but I love watching them. So beautiful and they can happen so quickly.



wow

dang nature, you scary!



Re: Top 10 tornado videos

Thanks for compiling this. You can never have too many tornado videos.

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