1 00:00:11,136 --> 00:00:13,012 So, this one might be the storm of the day, bro. 2 00:00:13,013 --> 00:00:15,015 This is gonna be a strong tornado, dude. 3 00:00:15,140 --> 00:00:16,433 This is gonna be a strong tornado. 4 00:00:22,940 --> 00:00:25,399 This is really, really freaking bad here. 5 00:00:52,052 --> 00:00:53,887 Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. 6 00:00:57,724 --> 00:00:58,725 Hello? 7 00:01:07,734 --> 00:01:09,736 I'm not really sure where this thing's like, 8 00:01:09,861 --> 00:01:11,572 where is this thing trying to drop? 9 00:01:22,916 --> 00:01:23,959 How's it looking on radar? 10 00:01:24,084 --> 00:01:25,711 Yeah, it looks great on radar. 11 00:01:35,095 --> 00:01:38,599 It's got like a boundary like, ingested into it. 12 00:01:38,724 --> 00:01:41,101 Just beautiful, beautiful supercell. 13 00:01:42,936 --> 00:01:44,896 And look at that radar. This thing looks amazing. 14 00:01:46,523 --> 00:01:47,774 My name is Freddy McKinney, 15 00:01:47,899 --> 00:01:49,650 and I'm a storm chaser. 16 00:01:49,651 --> 00:01:51,193 I'm just fascinated by weather. 17 00:01:51,194 --> 00:01:53,279 Ever since I was a little kid-- thunderstorms, 18 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:56,658 tornadoes, really all kinds of natural disasters 19 00:01:56,783 --> 00:01:57,825 and weather events. 20 00:01:57,826 --> 00:01:59,620 This thing's looking pretty impressive here. 21 00:02:01,038 --> 00:02:03,457 Switched off of it there for a second, but it's got a nice 22 00:02:03,582 --> 00:02:07,543 mesocycle, and It looks like just to the west of Clear Lake, 23 00:02:07,544 --> 00:02:09,337 South Dakota right now. 24 00:02:09,338 --> 00:02:11,464 I work with the National Weather Service. 25 00:02:11,465 --> 00:02:15,051 As a certified weather spotter, they get live reports from me. 26 00:02:15,052 --> 00:02:17,178 They usually tune into my livestreams. 27 00:02:17,179 --> 00:02:20,973 It's my responsibility to let as many people know that 28 00:02:20,974 --> 00:02:23,309 there's a violent tornado headed their way. 29 00:02:23,310 --> 00:02:25,144 The ability to get that information out 30 00:02:25,145 --> 00:02:26,146 is what saves lives. 31 00:02:28,482 --> 00:02:31,818 It looks like the severe storm threat for today gonna be just 32 00:02:31,943 --> 00:02:33,903 south of North Dakota, so that's the good news. 33 00:02:33,904 --> 00:02:36,072 The bad news is South Dakota getting in on this 34 00:02:36,073 --> 00:02:39,618 and the potential for some tornadic development as well. 35 00:02:41,578 --> 00:02:44,373 We're late to the supercell thunderstorm. 36 00:02:44,498 --> 00:02:46,708 We're late to it, but we are closing in. 37 00:02:46,833 --> 00:02:50,503 You can see our location right here, and the supercell's just 38 00:02:50,504 --> 00:02:52,214 to our southwest right now. 39 00:02:54,216 --> 00:02:55,884 I wonder, this thing might drop. 40 00:02:57,302 --> 00:02:59,888 I'm chasing with my best friend, Eli. 41 00:03:01,348 --> 00:03:02,891 Moving in for the close-range intercept. 42 00:03:04,184 --> 00:03:07,186 The great thing about Eli is, is he trusts me. 43 00:03:07,187 --> 00:03:08,729 It's tough to find people that trust me 44 00:03:08,730 --> 00:03:10,190 because I am a bit of a maniac. 45 00:03:12,901 --> 00:03:14,944 - Hey, that's weird. - Huh? 46 00:03:14,945 --> 00:03:16,613 - What is that? - I have no clue. 47 00:03:17,698 --> 00:03:18,948 Is it rotating? 48 00:03:18,949 --> 00:03:20,032 'Cause I can't really look at it. 49 00:03:20,033 --> 00:03:21,201 Very close. It is. 50 00:03:21,326 --> 00:03:22,953 It might be a funnel then if it's-- 51 00:03:24,329 --> 00:03:25,706 it looks like one. 52 00:03:25,831 --> 00:03:28,291 If that thing is spinning hard, that's a funnel. 53 00:03:29,376 --> 00:03:30,377 We gotta cook. 54 00:03:41,430 --> 00:03:42,597 All right, what's up, guys? 55 00:03:42,723 --> 00:03:46,142 Today, I'm accompanied by Lauren and Caleb. 56 00:03:46,143 --> 00:03:47,102 Whoo. 57 00:03:47,227 --> 00:03:49,145 Caleb was on the chase yesterday, and now we're 58 00:03:49,146 --> 00:03:51,273 accompanied by his wife, Lauren. - Hey. 59 00:03:51,398 --> 00:03:54,609 And I'm friends with both of them, so it's just, like, 60 00:03:54,735 --> 00:03:55,985 extra fun for me today. 61 00:03:55,986 --> 00:03:58,613 So I'm pumped to have them with, 62 00:03:58,739 --> 00:04:01,575 and yeah. - Whoo-hoo! 63 00:04:01,700 --> 00:04:05,620 - Let's see them 'nados. - Let's see them 'nados dangle. 64 00:04:06,747 --> 00:04:08,248 OK, anyways. 65 00:04:08,373 --> 00:04:09,291 My name is Tanner Charles. 66 00:04:09,416 --> 00:04:12,126 I've been chasing for 15 years, 67 00:04:12,127 --> 00:04:16,798 and I am really blessed with what I get to do. 68 00:04:16,923 --> 00:04:20,801 My plan for the day is to get there and document whatever 69 00:04:20,802 --> 00:04:22,678 storm may form in the area. 70 00:04:22,679 --> 00:04:24,639 That's the mission, and be a helping hand 71 00:04:24,765 --> 00:04:25,766 to anyone who needs help. 72 00:04:28,769 --> 00:04:29,770 Come on. 73 00:04:32,773 --> 00:04:34,356 You drive like a grandma, Tanner. 74 00:04:34,357 --> 00:04:36,818 - Oh, I know. - You gotta floor it. 75 00:04:36,943 --> 00:04:38,611 As we were sitting there in the vehicle just 76 00:04:38,612 --> 00:04:41,947 looking at all the models, there appeared to be two targets-- 77 00:04:41,948 --> 00:04:44,493 one in Minnesota and one in South Dakota. 78 00:04:44,618 --> 00:04:47,496 We decided to head towards South Dakota. 79 00:04:47,621 --> 00:04:50,331 All right, Lauren, you're gonna handle on stream. 80 00:04:50,332 --> 00:04:51,500 - Ready? - All right, here we go. 81 00:04:53,460 --> 00:04:54,461 That way. 82 00:04:57,839 --> 00:04:59,715 - There. - Whoo! 83 00:04:59,716 --> 00:05:01,050 - There we are. - Nice cone. 84 00:05:01,051 --> 00:05:02,343 I'm hoping to get closer. 85 00:05:02,344 --> 00:05:03,637 All right, let's get closer. 86 00:05:05,388 --> 00:05:08,349 Right in front of Freddy, God, that's OK. 87 00:05:08,350 --> 00:05:09,643 We're gonna get right next to it. 88 00:05:12,813 --> 00:05:15,397 We got one. Oh, yeah, rapid rotation. 89 00:05:15,398 --> 00:05:16,398 Tornado trying to drop. 90 00:05:16,399 --> 00:05:17,400 This tornado horn. 91 00:05:19,236 --> 00:05:21,237 Look at the rapid rotation on the right side. 92 00:05:21,238 --> 00:05:22,489 Tornado trying to drop right now. 93 00:05:24,825 --> 00:05:26,326 If you're watching the stream, 94 00:05:28,620 --> 00:05:31,247 we're gonna try to get really close to this tornado. 95 00:05:31,248 --> 00:05:33,040 I don't know if it's gonna drop or not, but we have 96 00:05:33,041 --> 00:05:36,085 this road here, and this is gonna be our opportunity 97 00:05:36,086 --> 00:05:38,338 to get extremely close if it does drop. 98 00:05:40,257 --> 00:05:42,716 This is approaching Clear Lake. 99 00:05:42,717 --> 00:05:45,053 If you know anybody or you live in Clear Lake, Iowa, you gotta 100 00:05:45,178 --> 00:05:47,429 take cover, man. You gotta take cover. 101 00:05:47,430 --> 00:05:49,182 This is really, really freaking bad here. 102 00:05:49,307 --> 00:05:51,393 - South Dakota, right? - Did I say North Dakota? 103 00:05:51,518 --> 00:05:53,352 - You said Iowa. - I said Iowa? 104 00:05:53,353 --> 00:05:56,189 - You said Iowa. - South Dakota, not Iowa. 105 00:05:58,358 --> 00:05:59,734 Wow. It's getting big. 106 00:06:01,194 --> 00:06:02,237 It's getting big. 107 00:06:02,362 --> 00:06:04,613 This thing might put down an absolute just beauty. 108 00:06:04,614 --> 00:06:07,117 We're moving in for that close range intercept here. 109 00:06:27,220 --> 00:06:28,971 We're starting to think this is gonna be the one. 110 00:06:31,182 --> 00:06:34,894 Yeah, my name's Randy Hicks, and I'm a tornado chaser. 111 00:06:34,895 --> 00:06:36,938 I've been chasing storms for 33 years. 112 00:06:37,063 --> 00:06:38,231 I mean, I do it 'cause I love it. 113 00:06:38,356 --> 00:06:40,149 It's-- it's my whole life. 114 00:06:40,150 --> 00:06:42,444 You gotta have guts, you gotta have courage, 115 00:06:42,569 --> 00:06:44,570 and you gotta be willing to take chances. 116 00:06:44,571 --> 00:06:46,406 My chase partner, Bryant, is in the car. 117 00:06:46,531 --> 00:06:47,532 He's on the radar. 118 00:07:43,630 --> 00:07:45,714 Some of the younger chasers don't have a clue. 119 00:07:45,715 --> 00:07:47,842 They just get a mile from it, start screaming, and then run 120 00:07:47,968 --> 00:07:49,677 an 80 mile an hour as fast a way as they can. 121 00:07:49,678 --> 00:07:52,138 They go into a complete panic mode. 122 00:07:52,263 --> 00:07:54,723 And once panic sets in, fear sets in. 123 00:07:54,724 --> 00:07:57,184 Once fear sets in, then right behind that's, stupid decisions, 124 00:07:57,185 --> 00:07:58,603 which can cost you your life. 125 00:08:25,547 --> 00:08:27,506 Fortunately for the Clear Lake tornado, it was 126 00:08:27,507 --> 00:08:30,510 in open fields, crops, stocks. 127 00:08:30,635 --> 00:08:32,512 Not a lot of properties were getting hit. 128 00:08:32,637 --> 00:08:34,346 If it was hitting structures, of course, it would be doing 129 00:08:34,347 --> 00:08:35,348 extreme damage. 130 00:09:58,139 --> 00:10:01,183 I think it's moving southeast, so that would put it coming 131 00:10:01,184 --> 00:10:03,937 directly at me. - Oh, cool. 132 00:10:06,106 --> 00:10:08,316 Yeah, it's coming right at us. 133 00:10:08,441 --> 00:10:09,484 Debris in the air. 134 00:10:12,195 --> 00:10:13,196 It's coming at us. 135 00:10:14,614 --> 00:10:15,824 We gotta move. 136 00:10:15,949 --> 00:10:18,493 Almost under the tornado cyclone. 137 00:10:46,312 --> 00:10:49,023 I wanted to make sure that I was the closest chaser 138 00:10:49,149 --> 00:10:50,649 to that tornado. 139 00:10:50,650 --> 00:10:54,069 Nobody could outdo me and, yeah, 140 00:10:54,070 --> 00:10:55,238 maybe got a little too close. 141 00:11:13,423 --> 00:11:15,924 Wow, dude, look at that, dude. 142 00:11:15,925 --> 00:11:18,720 You can see how it's starting to like, wither away. 143 00:11:18,845 --> 00:11:20,512 Be careful when it's roping. 144 00:11:20,513 --> 00:11:21,514 It might do weird things, 145 00:11:21,639 --> 00:11:24,726 but now there's a shot. There's a shot. 146 00:11:26,394 --> 00:11:28,854 It's roping out, so we might as well just take this good shot 147 00:11:28,855 --> 00:11:29,856 that we have here. 148 00:11:32,692 --> 00:11:33,860 What a beautiful tornado! 149 00:11:34,986 --> 00:11:38,113 We didn't hit any structures or anything, but that is a-- 150 00:11:38,114 --> 00:11:39,657 it's gorgeous, man. 151 00:11:41,075 --> 00:11:42,744 - Wanna get out? - Gorgeous tornado! 152 00:11:42,869 --> 00:11:44,412 We can hop out for a second. 153 00:11:44,537 --> 00:11:45,788 We can hop out for a second here. 154 00:11:49,167 --> 00:11:50,543 It's just insane, bro. 155 00:11:51,544 --> 00:11:53,588 Frickin' insane. Hey! 156 00:11:55,673 --> 00:11:57,884 Freddy, come here. Here's Brandon. 157 00:12:00,595 --> 00:12:01,763 - Let's go! - Wow! 158 00:12:02,889 --> 00:12:04,723 Take a selfie? 159 00:12:04,724 --> 00:12:06,141 Oh, where's the tornado? Freddy! 160 00:12:06,142 --> 00:12:07,809 Yeah, hold on. 161 00:12:07,810 --> 00:12:10,437 - Freddy! - What's up, guys? 162 00:12:10,438 --> 00:12:11,773 Oh, toward a new one. 163 00:12:11,898 --> 00:12:13,942 Yeah, I just wanna make sure I didn't, like, hit anybody 164 00:12:14,067 --> 00:12:15,401 at all. - Yeah, well, that's fair. 165 00:12:15,526 --> 00:12:16,569 Selfies with it, but-- 166 00:12:16,694 --> 00:12:18,904 I guess since Brandon's coming back this way. 167 00:12:18,905 --> 00:12:20,239 Yeah, watch you guys. 168 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:22,283 - Brandon! - Corey's coming this way. 169 00:12:22,408 --> 00:12:26,620 - Bran, get on this side. - Was that your first tornado? 170 00:12:26,621 --> 00:12:29,082 First tornado, guys! 171 00:12:29,207 --> 00:12:30,290 Let's go, bro! 172 00:12:30,291 --> 00:12:31,417 Heck, yeah. Here's Corey. 173 00:12:31,542 --> 00:12:33,001 We gotta probably get out-- 174 00:12:33,002 --> 00:12:34,462 probably get out east out ahead of it. 175 00:12:39,092 --> 00:12:40,468 I guess we gotta get east probably, right? 176 00:12:40,593 --> 00:12:42,302 Yeah, we probably gotta go. 177 00:12:42,303 --> 00:12:43,804 Yeah, we gotta get on that, so. 178 00:12:43,805 --> 00:12:45,139 All right, back we go. 179 00:12:50,270 --> 00:12:52,647 Ow. 180 00:12:52,772 --> 00:12:54,940 All right, we gotta flip back around. 181 00:12:54,941 --> 00:12:56,401 I hope that tornado was not... 182 00:12:58,194 --> 00:13:01,655 it looked like a pretty mean tornado, if I do say so myself. 183 00:13:01,656 --> 00:13:04,450 So, let's hope that did not hit any structures or anything. 184 00:13:04,575 --> 00:13:07,787 So, yeah. You know, like, there are... 185 00:13:08,871 --> 00:13:10,164 structures and stuff out here. 186 00:13:10,290 --> 00:13:12,124 All right, yeah, new wall cloud. 187 00:13:12,125 --> 00:13:13,126 Yep. 188 00:13:14,168 --> 00:13:15,169 What is happening? 189 00:13:16,212 --> 00:13:17,337 We have a tornado to the right. 190 00:13:17,338 --> 00:13:18,423 Yep. 191 00:13:56,586 --> 00:14:00,088 My name is Will, and I'm a full-time storm chaser. 192 00:14:00,089 --> 00:14:01,757 I'm chasing with one of my best friends 193 00:14:01,758 --> 00:14:02,800 in the whole world, Jack. 194 00:14:02,925 --> 00:14:05,928 He flew all the way from the UK to chase with me. 195 00:14:06,054 --> 00:14:07,971 He's never seen a tornado. 196 00:14:07,972 --> 00:14:10,099 I'm one of the younger chasers. 197 00:14:10,224 --> 00:14:13,602 And so, you know, everything is a competition, 198 00:14:13,603 --> 00:14:15,771 especially with all these other content creators out there. 199 00:14:15,772 --> 00:14:17,773 You have Freddy and Tanner. 200 00:14:17,774 --> 00:14:20,985 I love them to death, but I have to see-- I have to see 201 00:14:21,110 --> 00:14:23,112 the thing, and I have to see it better than them. 202 00:14:23,237 --> 00:14:24,781 I have to have the best shot. 203 00:14:24,906 --> 00:14:26,491 I have to be able to encounter that story. 204 00:14:26,616 --> 00:14:27,949 I have to show them that, 205 00:14:27,950 --> 00:14:30,953 like, you know, I'm not just a little kid. 206 00:14:46,260 --> 00:14:48,805 Holy [bleep], that thing is shooting up from nowhere. 207 00:14:48,930 --> 00:14:49,972 Yep, yep. 208 00:14:50,098 --> 00:14:51,641 It's gonna go! That's it! 209 00:14:52,809 --> 00:14:56,479 Oh, big funnel. Oh, perfect timing, by us. 210 00:14:58,147 --> 00:15:00,357 This one-- this one might be the storm of the day, bro. 211 00:15:00,358 --> 00:15:01,401 This might be it. 212 00:15:03,444 --> 00:15:05,029 Look at it! 213 00:15:05,154 --> 00:15:06,030 Oh, my gosh! 214 00:15:06,155 --> 00:15:07,656 Dude, this is gonna be strong. 215 00:15:07,657 --> 00:15:09,366 I know. OK, it's moving south. 216 00:15:09,367 --> 00:15:10,368 Be careful. 217 00:15:10,493 --> 00:15:11,661 Yeah, dude, we're gonna just get in it. 218 00:15:11,786 --> 00:15:13,495 We're just gonna get in it, bro. 219 00:15:13,496 --> 00:15:15,873 OK, go, don't get too close, though. 220 00:15:15,998 --> 00:15:17,707 Just watch it. Oh, my gosh, look right here! 221 00:15:17,708 --> 00:15:19,000 Look right here! 222 00:15:19,001 --> 00:15:20,502 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 223 00:15:20,503 --> 00:15:22,045 Go, go, go, go, go, go, go. 224 00:15:22,046 --> 00:15:23,380 Can we get out? Can we get out? 225 00:15:23,381 --> 00:15:25,383 You guys have five seconds. 226 00:15:25,508 --> 00:15:28,553 Oh, my gosh! Right here! 227 00:15:28,678 --> 00:15:32,181 Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh! 228 00:15:32,306 --> 00:15:33,182 Look at it! It's huge! 229 00:15:33,307 --> 00:15:34,350 It's huge! 230 00:16:05,089 --> 00:16:07,966 As we're really, really close to these vortices, 231 00:16:07,967 --> 00:16:11,053 suddenly that boundary surges in front of us. 232 00:16:11,179 --> 00:16:14,098 And if this tornado makes even a tiny little deviation, 233 00:16:14,223 --> 00:16:16,058 this could kill me. This could kill us. 234 00:16:17,268 --> 00:16:18,603 Get in. Get in. 235 00:17:00,811 --> 00:17:01,978 Connor! 236 00:17:01,979 --> 00:17:04,147 Let's go, baby! Let's go! 237 00:17:04,148 --> 00:17:06,107 Let's go, baby! Look at this thing! 238 00:17:06,108 --> 00:17:07,777 It was the next generation of storm chasing 239 00:17:07,902 --> 00:17:09,487 with the live streaming. 240 00:17:09,612 --> 00:17:11,446 There's definitely a competitive edge. 241 00:17:11,447 --> 00:17:14,783 The best shot of a tornado is right up on it, just like where 242 00:17:14,784 --> 00:17:16,284 you can witness its true power. 243 00:17:16,285 --> 00:17:17,620 Let's go! 244 00:17:17,745 --> 00:17:20,665 Come on! Yo! 245 00:17:20,790 --> 00:17:22,499 Whoo! Oh, my God! 246 00:17:22,500 --> 00:17:24,627 It's getting violent! It's getting violent! 247 00:17:28,798 --> 00:17:31,759 We are about a mile away from it right now, about a mile. 248 00:17:33,135 --> 00:17:34,386 I am Brandon Copic. 249 00:17:34,387 --> 00:17:36,472 I am a full-time storm chaser. 250 00:17:38,391 --> 00:17:40,434 I work with a major news organization. 251 00:17:41,435 --> 00:17:42,436 Here it comes. 252 00:17:46,399 --> 00:17:49,901 The reports get relayed to the National Weather Service, 253 00:17:49,902 --> 00:17:52,822 who issues the tornado warnings, upgrades the warnings 254 00:17:52,947 --> 00:17:54,532 to emergencies and such. 255 00:18:01,372 --> 00:18:03,916 But inherently, what we do does save lives. 256 00:18:04,917 --> 00:18:06,419 What a freaking tube! 257 00:18:14,719 --> 00:18:17,262 I've been a storm chaser for 30 years now. 258 00:18:17,263 --> 00:18:19,180 It's definitely a lifelong passion. 259 00:18:19,181 --> 00:18:21,266 I grew up a science nerd 260 00:18:21,267 --> 00:18:25,395 and I became obsessed with weather at the age of five. 261 00:18:25,396 --> 00:18:28,189 We are here in the Dominator in full-blown tornado 262 00:18:28,190 --> 00:18:29,774 intercept mode. 263 00:18:29,775 --> 00:18:32,737 We built the Dominators to get inside of the tornado 264 00:18:32,862 --> 00:18:35,615 and measure data that other people cannot safely collect. 265 00:18:36,782 --> 00:18:38,367 The hardest part is always showing up 266 00:18:38,492 --> 00:18:40,411 to every storm on time. 267 00:18:40,536 --> 00:18:41,579 Whoo! 268 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:44,081 Oh, my God! 269 00:18:45,166 --> 00:18:47,626 There you go! I see it now! 270 00:18:47,627 --> 00:18:50,755 We were a little bit far out and had to drive and close 271 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:53,132 pretty quickly to get in position for an intercept. 272 00:18:54,717 --> 00:18:55,717 Let's get it! Go up! 273 00:18:55,718 --> 00:18:56,761 Go, go, go, go! You got it! 274 00:18:56,886 --> 00:18:57,887 We got a lot of east. 275 00:18:59,889 --> 00:19:00,890 Look at that thing go! 276 00:19:02,224 --> 00:19:05,603 The Dominator III isn't a fast-moving vehicle, per se, 277 00:19:05,728 --> 00:19:08,480 even though with the turbo in there, the vehicle 278 00:19:08,481 --> 00:19:09,731 is a lot heavier. 279 00:19:09,732 --> 00:19:12,234 It's up like 13,000, 14,000 pounds, 280 00:19:12,360 --> 00:19:15,487 and it's a little bit hard to be as mobile as we'd like. 281 00:19:15,488 --> 00:19:17,990 This storm is gonna be capable of all hazards. 282 00:19:19,241 --> 00:19:20,910 I did have to put the pedal to the metal there 283 00:19:21,035 --> 00:19:22,285 for a little bit. 284 00:19:22,286 --> 00:19:24,789 We can get it! We just have to keep going! 285 00:19:24,914 --> 00:19:26,666 I wasn't missing this intercept for anything. 286 00:19:41,097 --> 00:19:43,140 We got ourselves a violent tornado on the ground 287 00:19:43,265 --> 00:19:47,269 approaching Gary, South Dakota, right on the Minnesota border. 288 00:19:47,395 --> 00:19:49,814 Right on the Minnesota border here, guys. 289 00:19:49,939 --> 00:19:52,857 My concern is, is if this thing moves into Gary, 290 00:19:52,858 --> 00:19:56,194 it's gonna be a very bad kind of tornado that... 291 00:19:56,195 --> 00:19:58,572 is capable of destroying entire towns. 292 00:20:05,287 --> 00:20:06,288 Oh, my gosh. Look up. 293 00:20:06,414 --> 00:20:08,165 Eli, look up. Look up at it. 294 00:20:11,585 --> 00:20:12,627 Look at the tube overhead. 295 00:20:12,628 --> 00:20:13,629 Yeah, I got it. 296 00:20:20,094 --> 00:20:21,095 That is surreal. 297 00:20:22,930 --> 00:20:25,683 This is the most insane tornado I've ever seen. 298 00:20:25,808 --> 00:20:29,894 The way it behaved, its erratic movement, 299 00:20:29,895 --> 00:20:32,355 the shape, the longevity. 300 00:20:32,356 --> 00:20:33,858 It just went through multiple 301 00:20:33,983 --> 00:20:35,525 different phases throughout its life. 302 00:20:35,526 --> 00:20:36,944 Let me zoom you in on this motion. 303 00:20:38,946 --> 00:20:40,614 It's absolutely surreal, dude. 304 00:20:42,366 --> 00:20:43,908 - This thing is so cool. - It is. 305 00:20:43,909 --> 00:20:45,368 This thing is so cool. 306 00:20:45,369 --> 00:20:47,829 This is one of the cooler tornadoes, dude. 307 00:20:47,830 --> 00:20:49,915 Look at the inner vortices. Look at the inner vortex. 308 00:20:52,126 --> 00:20:56,088 It has like this inner tube inside... 309 00:20:56,881 --> 00:20:58,339 of the outer tube. 310 00:20:58,340 --> 00:21:00,717 It's like a tornado within the tornado. 311 00:21:00,718 --> 00:21:02,678 And you see it dancing in there. 312 00:21:02,803 --> 00:21:05,263 There's little vortices orbiting around, 313 00:21:05,264 --> 00:21:07,349 like it's fluid. It's alive. 314 00:21:07,475 --> 00:21:10,018 Dude, what is going on? 315 00:21:10,019 --> 00:21:11,853 [bleep] Wanna get a better shot. 316 00:21:11,854 --> 00:21:14,773 - There's so many chasers. - I know. 317 00:21:14,774 --> 00:21:18,568 It's crazy that it's late June in South Dakota and we have 318 00:21:18,569 --> 00:21:20,070 this many storm chasers out here. 319 00:21:20,196 --> 00:21:21,197 This is nuts. 320 00:21:26,035 --> 00:21:28,536 - Yo, what up? - Whoo! 321 00:21:28,537 --> 00:21:29,747 Yeah! 322 00:21:29,872 --> 00:21:31,749 Whoo! Look, there's Freddy. 323 00:21:33,751 --> 00:21:35,084 Yo, inside, inside, inside. 324 00:21:39,715 --> 00:21:40,716 Look at the vortices. 325 00:21:43,552 --> 00:21:45,346 - [bleep] Oh, my God, look at it. - Oh, keep filming. 326 00:21:47,264 --> 00:21:48,765 - OK - I'll film out the window again. 327 00:21:51,936 --> 00:21:53,812 Breathe, breathe through the nose. 328 00:21:53,813 --> 00:21:54,814 Breathe through the nose. 329 00:21:56,232 --> 00:21:57,775 It almost feels like it's alive. 330 00:21:57,900 --> 00:21:59,610 Like it feels like there's a monster in front of you 331 00:21:59,735 --> 00:22:02,112 and you're trying as hard as you can to document 332 00:22:02,238 --> 00:22:04,615 this monster while not getting eaten. 333 00:22:04,740 --> 00:22:06,075 It's the best tornado ever. 334 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,076 This is the best tornado I've ever seen. 335 00:22:08,077 --> 00:22:09,078 Holy [bleep]. 336 00:22:10,496 --> 00:22:12,957 Oh my God! 337 00:22:13,082 --> 00:22:15,458 That is a joke! That is a joke! 338 00:22:15,459 --> 00:22:17,418 What is that? [bleep] 339 00:22:17,419 --> 00:22:18,963 What the hell? 340 00:22:19,088 --> 00:22:21,130 - What the hell? - Oh, my God! 341 00:22:21,131 --> 00:22:23,842 - Oh, my God! - What is this? 342 00:22:33,477 --> 00:22:35,604 Dude, this is genuinely the coolest thing 343 00:22:35,729 --> 00:22:37,439 I've ever seen. 344 00:22:37,565 --> 00:22:40,275 Dude, honestly, 345 00:22:40,276 --> 00:22:42,778 this might be turning into a tornado of the year, bro. 346 00:22:54,498 --> 00:22:57,960 The wind speed in tornadoes of this magnitude often exceed 347 00:22:58,085 --> 00:23:00,129 160 miles per hour, 348 00:23:00,254 --> 00:23:03,173 and can reach that 200-mile-per-hour threshold. 349 00:23:03,299 --> 00:23:06,718 This is an upper-echelon tornado, and you only get 350 00:23:06,719 --> 00:23:08,137 a couple of these a year. 351 00:23:10,723 --> 00:23:14,851 This is when tornado takes this hard left turn, 352 00:23:14,852 --> 00:23:18,730 and it's now heading straight for the road 353 00:23:18,731 --> 00:23:22,317 that I'm on, and so are my friends. 354 00:23:22,318 --> 00:23:26,321 - Oh my gosh, dude. - Oh, my God 355 00:23:26,322 --> 00:23:27,615 Let's get across. Go, go, go, go, go! 356 00:23:30,034 --> 00:23:31,035 Come on. We can get it. 357 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:32,578 We can get-- we need the closest shot. 358 00:23:34,330 --> 00:23:36,707 - I just like-- this thing is an EF5, you know. - Yeah. 359 00:24:11,367 --> 00:24:13,535 We're just in time getting into the Gary tornado. 360 00:24:22,211 --> 00:24:24,213 It looked like the perfect tornado intercept, 361 00:24:24,338 --> 00:24:27,215 just to get inside of the tornado and measure that 362 00:24:27,216 --> 00:24:29,134 hard-to-achieve surface wind data. 363 00:24:41,563 --> 00:24:44,732 The Dominator is built to withstand winds of up to EF4 364 00:24:44,733 --> 00:24:46,110 intensity, but it's not 365 00:24:46,235 --> 00:24:48,404 a guaranteed survival in these tornadoes. 366 00:25:26,734 --> 00:25:28,152 Here go the poles. Here go the poles. 367 00:25:31,822 --> 00:25:34,658 I'm just trying to thread the needle. 368 00:25:34,783 --> 00:25:38,162 I'm trying to get as close as I can get to this tornado while 369 00:25:38,287 --> 00:25:40,330 not getting killed by it. 370 00:25:45,794 --> 00:25:47,170 I'm trying to get my close-range intercept 371 00:25:47,171 --> 00:25:48,421 of this thing. 372 00:25:48,422 --> 00:25:51,007 And the Dominator is sitting 373 00:25:51,008 --> 00:25:53,135 in the middle of the road, blocking it. 374 00:26:09,693 --> 00:26:12,029 We do have big blind spots on the Dominator, 375 00:26:12,154 --> 00:26:13,280 especially off to the side. 376 00:26:15,949 --> 00:26:18,702 I cannot believe that in front of one of the craziest 377 00:26:18,827 --> 00:26:21,621 tornadoes both of us had ever seen, that my idol, 378 00:26:21,622 --> 00:26:23,247 Reed Timmer, and the Dominator 379 00:26:23,248 --> 00:26:24,582 crashed into me. 380 00:26:24,583 --> 00:26:26,918 My car is going to do a little bit worse off 381 00:26:26,919 --> 00:26:29,588 the Dominator, considering, you know, it's an armored tank. 382 00:26:33,133 --> 00:26:35,635 I think any time you try to pass behind the Dominator 383 00:26:35,636 --> 00:26:37,595 with its reverse lights on, 384 00:26:37,596 --> 00:26:39,555 you know, that's what can happen. 385 00:26:39,556 --> 00:26:41,517 If you get in the bear's cage, you might get bit. 386 00:26:56,657 --> 00:27:00,159 Whoo! 387 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:03,412 Suddenly, I saw the road open up, and I saw an opportunity 388 00:27:03,413 --> 00:27:05,249 to intercept this tornado. 389 00:27:05,374 --> 00:27:08,459 We have an anemometer on top of the Dominator that measures 390 00:27:08,460 --> 00:27:11,170 the real time wind speed inside of a tornado 391 00:27:11,171 --> 00:27:12,338 and the pressure fall. 392 00:27:55,257 --> 00:27:56,633 Nobody's trying to come back at us. 393 00:27:57,801 --> 00:27:58,969 - Yeah. - Here's Brandon. 394 00:28:00,053 --> 00:28:01,096 Damn it. 395 00:28:18,155 --> 00:28:20,907 I get east out ahead of the tornado, 396 00:28:20,908 --> 00:28:23,034 and everybody else remains west. 397 00:28:23,035 --> 00:28:26,705 I am virtually by myself on the side of the tornado 398 00:28:26,830 --> 00:28:28,707 that you typically don't wanna be on. 399 00:28:32,419 --> 00:28:35,338 At that point, the tornado's crossing the road. 400 00:28:35,339 --> 00:28:37,507 My friends are worried about me, whether or not I'm about 401 00:28:37,633 --> 00:28:38,842 to get hit by this tornado. 402 00:28:47,851 --> 00:28:51,562 This tornado was violent, and the raw power seeing it in 403 00:28:51,563 --> 00:28:56,526 my roof camera, I just see this white flash back and forth, 404 00:28:56,652 --> 00:28:59,363 and I realize that it's my Starlink. 405 00:28:59,488 --> 00:29:00,822 The mounts are breaking. 406 00:29:18,131 --> 00:29:19,132 All right. 407 00:29:22,344 --> 00:29:24,053 - You on the drone? - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 408 00:29:24,054 --> 00:29:26,640 - On the drone, boys! - That's crazy, dude. 409 00:29:30,686 --> 00:29:31,687 She's fighting the wind. 410 00:29:33,313 --> 00:29:34,897 That's when you can see it. 411 00:29:34,898 --> 00:29:36,733 It's slowly creeping towards a house. 412 00:29:38,986 --> 00:29:41,738 Wow, this is-- this is bad. And I just start praying. 413 00:29:56,962 --> 00:29:58,630 This is a violent tornado. 414 00:29:58,755 --> 00:30:02,591 This is the kind of tornado that easily kills somebody. 415 00:30:02,592 --> 00:30:05,469 And it's heading straight for these homes. 416 00:30:05,470 --> 00:30:08,514 This is the strongest tornado I've ever seen in my life, bro. 417 00:30:08,515 --> 00:30:11,267 [bleep] Isn't this headed towards Gary? 418 00:30:11,268 --> 00:30:12,519 - Yes. - Oh, no! 419 00:30:13,979 --> 00:30:15,647 It's really close. Keep going, keep going! 420 00:30:19,359 --> 00:30:20,651 This doesn't look real! 421 00:30:20,652 --> 00:30:21,777 This is the greatest tornado 422 00:30:21,778 --> 00:30:22,946 footage I've ever shot in my life! 423 00:30:24,031 --> 00:30:25,823 Brake, brake, brake, brake, brake! 424 00:30:25,824 --> 00:30:27,616 I almost-- 425 00:30:27,617 --> 00:30:29,995 Sorry, man. So sorry. 426 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:32,038 Oh, my God, thank God. 427 00:30:32,039 --> 00:30:33,165 Eyes on the road. 428 00:31:54,913 --> 00:31:56,248 Oh, it's right next to the house. 429 00:31:57,916 --> 00:32:00,209 - I don't like this. - No, the house is good. 430 00:32:00,210 --> 00:32:01,961 - The house is totally good. - All right, good. 431 00:32:01,962 --> 00:32:02,963 The house looks good to me. 432 00:33:10,489 --> 00:33:13,949 When you watch a tornado miss three, four houses along 433 00:33:13,950 --> 00:33:16,912 a highway, I'm thinking, this is the perfect tornado. 434 00:33:17,037 --> 00:33:19,539 It's not hitting anything. It hits trees. 435 00:33:19,664 --> 00:33:21,333 It hits earth. It doesn't hit people. 436 00:33:27,631 --> 00:33:30,299 I would say in this moment, it's sort of a thing 437 00:33:30,300 --> 00:33:33,886 where I'm no longer a storm chaser, I'm a human. 438 00:33:33,887 --> 00:33:36,222 And I really feel like there's, like, golf balls 439 00:33:36,223 --> 00:33:37,224 in your throat. 440 00:33:39,392 --> 00:33:41,061 - Holy smokes, dude. - It just missed that house, too. 441 00:33:42,562 --> 00:33:43,980 This is a violent tornado. 442 00:33:45,023 --> 00:33:48,609 At 200 miles per hour, the kind of damage that's done 443 00:33:48,610 --> 00:33:49,736 is catastrophic. 444 00:33:49,861 --> 00:33:52,780 A house would be completely leveled. 445 00:33:52,781 --> 00:33:53,949 Nothing left. 446 00:33:54,074 --> 00:33:56,535 It'll be swept clean from its foundation. 447 00:34:07,546 --> 00:34:09,172 I'm watching it tear these trees. 448 00:34:10,423 --> 00:34:12,425 Gosh, I really hope there's not a house there. 449 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:15,594 This isn't a pretty tornado anymore. 450 00:34:15,595 --> 00:34:17,179 It's a destructive tornado. 451 00:34:17,180 --> 00:34:20,599 It may not be hitting houses yet, but it poses 452 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:21,851 danger to lives. 453 00:34:55,802 --> 00:34:56,845 He hit it. 454 00:34:59,472 --> 00:35:01,808 I started seeing debris, and this did not look like 455 00:35:01,933 --> 00:35:03,351 debris from a barn structure. 456 00:35:03,476 --> 00:35:05,186 This looked like a whole entire house. 457 00:35:20,493 --> 00:35:21,494 You just saw... 458 00:35:22,579 --> 00:35:25,414 essentially death happen in front of you, and now you have 459 00:35:25,415 --> 00:35:27,374 to make the decision to bring yourself 460 00:35:27,375 --> 00:35:28,835 and people that you love 461 00:35:29,836 --> 00:35:30,837 towards it. 462 00:36:06,956 --> 00:36:07,957 OK. 463 00:36:58,049 --> 00:36:59,050 Here, this is sturdy. 464 00:37:35,253 --> 00:37:37,422 At that moment, I hear a scream. 465 00:37:40,216 --> 00:37:44,262 I then notice the family crawling out of the house, 466 00:37:44,387 --> 00:37:46,723 and I realized, OK, everybody's alive. 467 00:37:47,724 --> 00:37:49,267 You know, nobody-- nobody's dead. 468 00:37:49,392 --> 00:37:50,393 And I think... 469 00:37:51,478 --> 00:37:53,438 if someone was dead, I don't know what I would have done. 470 00:38:06,409 --> 00:38:08,660 All right, guys, so there was one injury. 471 00:38:08,661 --> 00:38:10,747 It was just an ankle injury, but he's OK. 472 00:38:13,958 --> 00:38:16,251 Everybody in this house was OK. 473 00:38:16,252 --> 00:38:18,253 Big ol' props to the storm chasers. 474 00:38:18,254 --> 00:38:20,673 Big ol' props to everybody who showed up here. 475 00:38:22,842 --> 00:38:23,967 Big ol' props. 476 00:38:23,968 --> 00:38:27,096 Thank you to everybody who showed up at this house 477 00:38:27,222 --> 00:38:28,890 and started pulling people out of rubble. 478 00:38:31,601 --> 00:38:35,605 Everybody is accounted for, only a minor ankle injury. 479 00:38:41,903 --> 00:38:43,863 Powerful, powerful tornado. 480 00:38:51,412 --> 00:38:55,374 Finally, the tornado, it starts to rope out. 481 00:38:55,375 --> 00:38:57,961 That funnel starts to constrict and... 482 00:38:59,128 --> 00:39:02,881 it takes a left turn away from the town of Gary. 483 00:39:02,882 --> 00:39:04,550 And inside, I just-- 484 00:39:04,551 --> 00:39:06,135 a huge sigh of relief 485 00:39:06,261 --> 00:39:09,555 as I know that this tornado is nearing its end 486 00:39:09,556 --> 00:39:12,517 and the town of Gary is gonna be OK. 487 00:39:34,414 --> 00:39:35,415 Nice work. 488 00:39:36,749 --> 00:39:39,669 I get even more excited after all these years, these days. 489 00:39:39,794 --> 00:39:41,587 So the excitement doesn't go away. 490 00:39:41,588 --> 00:39:44,548 The passion only gets more intense with age, and that's 491 00:39:44,549 --> 00:39:46,718 why we have no choice but to continue to chase. 492 00:39:48,636 --> 00:39:51,388 We're gonna wrap up the stream here, but guys, we're done 493 00:39:51,389 --> 00:39:52,807 with the chase here, um, 494 00:39:54,309 --> 00:39:56,852 that was one of the most insane, just, tornado chases 495 00:39:56,853 --> 00:39:59,605 of all time, so just absolutely insane. 496 00:39:59,606 --> 00:40:02,399 Uh, hopefully we help, you know, just warn some people 497 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:04,443 out there, you know, help the warning process, 498 00:40:04,444 --> 00:40:06,945 help save some lives, you know, potentially, and uh... 499 00:40:08,281 --> 00:40:10,949 ...yeah, it was just a crazy day. 500 00:40:10,950 --> 00:40:12,911 Hopefully everybody's OK. 501 00:40:13,036 --> 00:40:14,412 Just crazy, man. Just crazy. 502 00:40:14,537 --> 00:40:16,539 So anyway, take care, everybody. 503 00:40:19,500 --> 00:40:20,501 Whoa. 504 00:40:25,340 --> 00:40:27,383 What a crazy chase. 505 00:40:27,508 --> 00:40:31,220 Today was literally career, like a career chase. 506 00:40:31,346 --> 00:40:32,347 I... 507 00:40:34,182 --> 00:40:38,269 yeah, one of the most incredible chases I've ever been on, 508 00:40:38,394 --> 00:40:39,562 like in my 15 years. 509 00:40:41,022 --> 00:40:42,481 But yeah, this is definitely 510 00:40:42,482 --> 00:40:44,400 one for the record books. I have never... 511 00:40:46,110 --> 00:40:47,111 Whoa. 512 00:40:48,655 --> 00:40:52,324 Oh, my gosh. What a crazy day. 513 00:40:52,325 --> 00:40:54,327 I'm so blessed I get to do this. 514 00:40:55,328 --> 00:40:56,746 - Peace. - Peace out, everybody. 515 00:40:58,331 --> 00:41:00,291 Oh, my God. Thank God. 516 00:41:00,416 --> 00:41:02,918 It's a day where Mother Nature and life, 517 00:41:02,919 --> 00:41:05,421 it really tests if you're serious. 518 00:41:07,090 --> 00:41:10,300 You know, I went into it wanting to prove myself 519 00:41:10,301 --> 00:41:13,262 and wanting to do the perfect thing, but there's no such 520 00:41:13,388 --> 00:41:15,263 thing as the perfect thing. 521 00:41:15,264 --> 00:41:18,643 You can just do what you think in your heart is the best thing 522 00:41:18,768 --> 00:41:22,354 to do and that the day was done correctly. 523 00:41:22,355 --> 00:41:24,649 It's not perfect, and there will never be 524 00:41:24,774 --> 00:41:28,778 a perfect day, but we did the best thing we could.