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.
By Russell McLendonThu, May 21 2009 at 8:30 AM EST
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(Photo: Vicnt/iStockphoto) 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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Miya
10/30/2011 10:14 AM
i never had a tornado before but I like waching the videos.
alexis
01/17/2011 17:43 PM
iv never seen a tornado befor and i never whant one to happen and i live were there are tornados and thers been about 1,380 of them here and i just moved there creapy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hunter
06/05/2010 12:12 PM
tornado number 10 is fake and is not a real one because who would run inside a tornado someone mental like him but who likes hurricanes if you do commet about them k now make sure you look at number 10 fake fake by;hunter
nate
06/05/2010 12:09 PM
i have been in a tornado befor and its really cool but really scary its like someone standing right next to 100000 king crobras
joe
06/05/2010 12:06 PM
number 10 is not a tornado its like a
tornado picture on a wall its not a dustdevil either wow
Pogo
06/01/2010 14:32 PM
I've always wanted to be a tornado hunter ever since I was 5 and I was in one. I was so amazed!!!
tierra hunt
05/18/2010 14:21 PM
I love crazy stuff like that
Bob
05/09/2010 14:05 PM
AAAHHH!
wayne simpson
12/30/2009 15:48 PM
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
savannah
10/09/2009 11:10 AM
10! is not a tornadoe or it would of dun more damange cause yesterday i watched Twister
Hunter Smith
06/30/2009 12:50 PM
I was in a giant twister and i broke my leg!
Padmanav K Mali,Jharsuguda,Orissa,India
06/20/2009 11:05 AM
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.
tamitng
06/15/2009 08:20 AM
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.
gumgum101
06/09/2009 12:00 PM
this was wicked but did the guy who ran into the tornado die? that was awesome though
Anonymous
05/23/2009 21:39 PM
The wind isn't even blowing near them. If that guy had run into a real tornado he'd be dead.
Cheryl Wright
05/22/2009 10:40 AM
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
Anonymous
05/21/2009 15:45 PM
It's a dust devil.
Kansas storm spotter
06/12/2009 04:31 AM
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
Anonymous
05/21/2009 17:24 PM
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.
David Lombardo
05/21/2009 14:57 PM
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
Jim Rules
05/21/2009 14:38 PM
so what, good videos. I"m not going to click through 5 pages to see them all.
Marriete
05/21/2009 11:54 AM
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.
Kayla Wayne
05/21/2009 10:36 AM
It's like a tornado ballet almost.
Dorothy
05/21/2009 10:11 AM
Where's the Tin Man? Has anyone seen my little dog?
J-dawg
05/21/2009 10:11 AM
those are some scary tornado videos, wow
sarah marshall
05/21/2009 10:04 AM
#5 is soooo scary! i don't think i like tornadoes
Sean Roberts
05/21/2009 10:00 AM
Feel like my hair has been blown around by those videos. Frightening, but impressive!
Cameron Sanders
05/21/2009 09:59 AM
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.
nate
05/21/2009 09:57 AM
dang nature, you scary!
Damian Smith
05/21/2009 09:54 AM
Thanks for compiling this. You can never have too many tornado videos.
