1 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:10,300 This is a very serious situation. 2 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:12,160 This is now a confirmed tornado warning. 3 00:00:14,580 --> 00:00:15,880 Seek shelter immediately. 4 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:17,960 This is a real live tornado. 5 00:00:25,220 --> 00:00:26,540 One more go on. 6 00:01:11,559 --> 00:01:13,320 Today is going to be extremely windy. 7 00:01:13,660 --> 00:01:16,180 I wasn't planning on doing this, but I'm just going to start videoing 8 00:01:16,180 --> 00:01:17,180 everything, I think. 9 00:01:17,940 --> 00:01:20,580 My name is Blake Brown, and I live in Amarillo, Texas. 10 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:29,800 So in Amarillo, we have a lot of different versions of weather. But 11 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:34,620 March, it changed people's mindset in the way that how they need to treat 12 00:01:34,620 --> 00:01:38,980 weather. The house is literally shaking, so I'm trying to get all my gear 13 00:01:38,980 --> 00:01:41,250 loaded. It was already gusting to 70. 14 00:01:41,450 --> 00:01:46,270 I knew it was going to be probably one of the wildest, like, windy weather days 15 00:01:46,270 --> 00:01:47,950 we've ever had in the Texas Panhandle. 16 00:01:48,370 --> 00:01:51,670 Would you want to begin with Fox 35 meteorologist Brooks Garner? 17 00:01:51,970 --> 00:01:55,930 Danielle, good morning. My name is Brooks Garner. I'm a meteorologist in 18 00:01:55,930 --> 00:01:57,530 Orlando, Florida, at Fox 35. 19 00:01:57,930 --> 00:02:03,630 March of 2025, by far, was the most extreme month of weather I've ever seen 20 00:02:03,630 --> 00:02:04,408 my career. 21 00:02:04,410 --> 00:02:09,770 We are in it through the weekend with over 150 million Americans in that 22 00:02:09,770 --> 00:02:11,670 zone for strong to severe storm. 23 00:02:11,930 --> 00:02:14,890 You've probably heard of the phrase El Nino and maybe La Nina. 24 00:02:16,270 --> 00:02:21,150 Well, in this case, we've been in La Nina, where it's been unusually cold off 25 00:02:21,150 --> 00:02:26,270 Ecuador. And what that's done is push the jet stream really far north for much 26 00:02:26,270 --> 00:02:26,948 of the winter. 27 00:02:26,950 --> 00:02:31,330 And now as we get deeper into this month of March, that jet stream is being 28 00:02:31,330 --> 00:02:33,650 forced southward into all of that hot air. 29 00:02:36,460 --> 00:02:40,780 That is the match to the gasoline, the powder keg that is the atmosphere, 30 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:42,720 producing this widespread severe weather. 31 00:02:51,460 --> 00:02:52,960 It's a little windy today. 32 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:58,260 It's the beginning of the wind season across much of the southern tier. 33 00:02:59,340 --> 00:03:04,500 They can easily gust over 70 miles per hour, and when it's been extremely dry 34 00:03:04,500 --> 00:03:10,770 it has here, It can kick up dust, known as haboobs. That's an Arabic word to 35 00:03:10,770 --> 00:03:13,530 describe literally a blast of sand or dust. 36 00:03:14,150 --> 00:03:15,810 And it can be blinding. 37 00:03:17,910 --> 00:03:19,950 And it can also cause deadly accidents. 38 00:03:38,670 --> 00:03:42,230 Hey, everyone. I am currently in Amarillo, Texas right now. 39 00:03:43,630 --> 00:03:44,630 Sign's tearing apart. 40 00:03:45,850 --> 00:03:48,150 I had to back up. I was parked right there. 41 00:03:48,570 --> 00:03:50,850 Matter of time, that thing's flying across the road. 42 00:03:51,830 --> 00:03:54,610 I find a spot to pull over because the wind is getting worse. 43 00:03:55,990 --> 00:04:01,170 Oh, my God. 44 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,500 So the winds are picking up dramatically. 45 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:15,480 I know that the highway is not a safe spot. 46 00:04:16,820 --> 00:04:17,820 We need to back up. 47 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:21,360 Oh my God. 48 00:04:23,700 --> 00:04:25,980 I don't know what's going on, but they need to shut this down. 49 00:04:27,980 --> 00:04:28,980 There it goes. 50 00:04:42,190 --> 00:04:46,150 The visibility is almost zero in a lot of locations around Amarillo. So if you 51 00:04:46,150 --> 00:04:48,310 don't have to drive, do not drive. 52 00:04:49,350 --> 00:04:50,450 Not a good idea. 53 00:04:58,350 --> 00:05:02,350 At this moment, Amarillo is a no -drive zone. 54 00:05:03,490 --> 00:05:07,030 The dust is making the situation way dangerous. 55 00:05:08,010 --> 00:05:10,630 You already have pileups, wrecks happening everywhere. 56 00:05:12,750 --> 00:05:17,410 Just looking at the devastation, it felt like there was a lot of fatalities. 57 00:05:23,710 --> 00:05:27,630 At this point in time, our computer models are saying this is just the 58 00:05:27,630 --> 00:05:34,550 beginning. The La Nina -infused jet stream producing huge storm 59 00:05:34,550 --> 00:05:40,010 systems is minutes away from producing multiple tornadoes across Missouri and 60 00:05:40,010 --> 00:05:41,010 Arkansas. 61 00:05:47,660 --> 00:05:48,660 that action. 62 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:50,600 Wow. 63 00:05:50,940 --> 00:05:53,800 Several tornadoes and a couple intense tornadoes. 64 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:55,200 Likely. 65 00:05:55,620 --> 00:05:57,040 Got a little waiting game. 66 00:05:57,380 --> 00:06:02,220 I'm extreme meteorologist Reed Timmer and I'm a storm chaser. We intercept 67 00:06:02,220 --> 00:06:04,940 tornadoes with our armored vehicles, the Dominators. 68 00:06:05,220 --> 00:06:08,200 I think we'll just hang here and let this develop. 69 00:06:08,620 --> 00:06:11,940 It definitely feels volatile out here with the dry over moist pattern. 70 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:16,600 We got a storm now that's up to 31 ,000 feet down near Harrison, Arkansas. 71 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:20,520 And we're going to be chasing all night tonight. We're going to be chasing these 72 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:21,520 east. 73 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:27,140 Get a little bit closer to these storms, let me say. 74 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:28,600 Let's do it. 75 00:06:28,900 --> 00:06:30,940 I'm chasing with other storm chasers. 76 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:35,600 Our goal is to live stream these tornadoes to warn people on the path of 77 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:37,020 storms as they're happening. 78 00:06:37,260 --> 00:06:41,160 If we get a tornado that touches down, we want to live stream it so that people 79 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:43,520 know the dangerous storm is heading toward their location. 80 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:46,860 Not crazy velocity yet, but. 81 00:06:47,740 --> 00:06:49,340 Got big inflow into it. 82 00:06:50,580 --> 00:06:53,640 So that's the storm right there. There's Randy going that way. 83 00:06:53,940 --> 00:06:55,280 And then we've got to go up here. 84 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:59,160 Yeah, we've got better moisture, everybody, right along the Arkansas 85 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:00,160 border right now. 86 00:07:03,860 --> 00:07:07,500 Oh, look at that one going nuts right now. Oh, boy. It's happening. 87 00:07:09,180 --> 00:07:10,920 South Brexit. Getting started. 88 00:07:22,890 --> 00:07:25,170 They're expecting it to intensify, I think. 89 00:07:26,350 --> 00:07:27,950 It looks intense. 90 00:07:28,170 --> 00:07:29,530 It looks almost imminent to me. 91 00:07:30,710 --> 00:07:37,490 Hold on, night mode happening here, guys. So hope you enjoy 92 00:07:37,490 --> 00:07:41,290 this night mode here. A lot of these Dixie Alley chases happen in the middle 93 00:07:41,290 --> 00:07:42,290 the night. 94 00:07:47,830 --> 00:07:48,850 Severe warrens. 95 00:07:49,110 --> 00:07:50,370 Severe warrens just went. 96 00:07:50,750 --> 00:07:52,110 Just now? In our storms. 97 00:07:58,090 --> 00:08:02,770 Two supercell storms that have some pretty strong rotation already, and the 98 00:08:02,770 --> 00:08:04,990 dangerous portion of this outbreak is about to begin. 99 00:08:13,190 --> 00:08:14,450 Oh, big walkout. 100 00:08:14,690 --> 00:08:15,690 Danger. 101 00:08:16,890 --> 00:08:18,290 Things are wrapping up here, folks. 102 00:08:21,270 --> 00:08:24,710 Targeting a tornado in the middle of the night. It's very hard to predict and 103 00:08:24,710 --> 00:08:26,130 also very dangerous to chase. 104 00:08:55,300 --> 00:08:56,480 Directly to our south, I think. 105 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,760 I can hear it. There it is. It might be coming at us. I hear it. 106 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:03,100 I hear a tornado right now. 107 00:09:04,260 --> 00:09:09,580 Oh, it's here. Look at that. Yes, it's happening, you guys. There it is. Did 108 00:09:09,580 --> 00:09:10,620 freaking see that? 109 00:09:11,260 --> 00:09:12,660 There it is. It's on the ground. There it is. 110 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:14,840 It's a tornado. 111 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:21,060 This is a very violent, destructive tornado heading right toward our 112 00:09:25,290 --> 00:09:26,730 It's a coner. Coner! 113 00:09:27,170 --> 00:09:29,650 Coner! Forming right on top of us. It is. 114 00:09:30,550 --> 00:09:31,550 Debris! Yep. 115 00:09:31,990 --> 00:09:32,949 Debris blind! 116 00:09:32,950 --> 00:09:33,950 Yep, this is it. 117 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:08,020 It is heartbreaking to see a town with a damaged path right through the heart. 118 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:40,600 Incredible chief. 119 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:42,340 Oh, thanks. 120 00:10:43,180 --> 00:10:48,980 We may leave this storm and then head back south towards the higher risk area. 121 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:51,000 Hopefully everybody's okay out there. 122 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:54,800 With an emergency statement, get underground. 123 00:11:11,470 --> 00:11:15,230 Tornado outbreak is in progress across multiple states. 124 00:11:15,570 --> 00:11:18,250 And that same weather system is coming into Florida. 125 00:11:18,550 --> 00:11:22,190 I'm based in Orlando, Florida. It's where I work at Fox 35. 126 00:11:23,610 --> 00:11:28,330 That morning, I'm thinking, uh -oh, this is going to be a very busy morning of 127 00:11:28,330 --> 00:11:29,330 tracking and storms. 128 00:11:29,510 --> 00:11:33,110 This is a very, very significant situation. 129 00:11:33,470 --> 00:11:37,730 The first thing I'm noticing is there's a really high level of humidity. 130 00:11:38,350 --> 00:11:42,370 I'm also observing an upper -level system in the south that will be 131 00:11:42,370 --> 00:11:47,450 through Florida later this morning, and in doing so, producing wind shear, which 132 00:11:47,450 --> 00:11:48,490 can produce tornadoes. 133 00:11:52,890 --> 00:11:57,350 At this point, we're on alert. Stop it right there. Stop, stop, stop, and pull 134 00:11:57,350 --> 00:12:00,990 it out. Do you see that area where the rain? See that? That could be it, guys. 135 00:12:01,150 --> 00:12:03,790 We could be looking at a tornado on camera. 136 00:12:04,370 --> 00:12:06,450 And suddenly, I see the tornado. 137 00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:09,440 And it's heading for where people live. 138 00:12:12,380 --> 00:12:15,980 It's going to be over Longwood Lake Mary Road right now. 139 00:12:17,900 --> 00:12:23,640 And at this point, it's reaching EF2 strength with winds over 120 miles per 140 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:24,640 hour. 141 00:12:26,660 --> 00:12:28,680 And it is getting even stronger. 142 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:38,600 And it's just minutes away from hitting the Fox 35 studios. 143 00:12:38,860 --> 00:12:39,860 Well, I'm standing. 144 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:50,780 That could be it, guys. We could be looking at a tornado on camera. Okay, 145 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:51,439 there's debris. 146 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:52,440 We've got debris on. 147 00:12:52,540 --> 00:12:53,680 Okay, take shelter. 148 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:56,480 Everybody in the Fox 35 building, get to your safe space. 149 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:58,080 Seek shelter immediately. 150 00:12:58,360 --> 00:12:59,720 Get under your desks, guys. 151 00:13:06,510 --> 00:13:07,610 That could be it, guys. 152 00:13:07,990 --> 00:13:13,570 The tornado is rapidly making an approach, but it's hidden behind a sheet 153 00:13:13,570 --> 00:13:14,710 blinding rain. 154 00:13:18,310 --> 00:13:19,530 It's fight or flight. 155 00:13:20,910 --> 00:13:22,130 Seek shelter immediately. 156 00:13:22,390 --> 00:13:24,990 Get under your desks, guys. Anchors under the desks. 157 00:13:27,230 --> 00:13:31,470 I was really scared. I was managing my fear. I'm a family man. I've got three 158 00:13:31,470 --> 00:13:35,370 kids and a wife at home at this moment, and I'm worrying about their safety. 159 00:13:35,890 --> 00:13:37,290 Get below shelter. 160 00:13:48,210 --> 00:13:50,930 I've been doing this for a very long time. That's the first time a tornado 161 00:13:50,930 --> 00:13:54,590 hit me while I'm doing the weather. This is the real deal. 162 00:13:54,970 --> 00:13:58,430 And I'm hoping at this moment that people are heeding the warning that 163 00:13:58,430 --> 00:13:59,570 getting to their safe spot. 164 00:14:04,380 --> 00:14:05,380 Holy moly. 165 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:07,700 My name is Amy Sweezy. 166 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:12,180 In Seminole County, we've had a lot of storms over the years. 167 00:14:13,260 --> 00:14:17,380 I think there's always the fear that someone can be hurt in a tornado because 168 00:14:17,380 --> 00:14:18,380 I've seen it. 169 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:29,000 I'm looking at the trees bend. 170 00:14:33,870 --> 00:14:38,230 I'm hearing the sound, the loud, loud, distinct sound. 171 00:14:41,230 --> 00:14:43,790 I feel scared in that moment. 172 00:14:44,330 --> 00:14:48,750 You know, things are starting to get really loud. The wind is getting very 173 00:14:48,750 --> 00:14:49,750 noisy. 174 00:14:56,970 --> 00:15:03,720 So at that point, I'm thinking in the back of my brain, Holy cow. 175 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:05,600 I am witnessing a tornado. 176 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:11,140 Oh my God. 177 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:12,860 The roof just fit down. 178 00:15:16,620 --> 00:15:23,060 As I'm hearing the wind and seeing the power, I'm thinking, 179 00:15:23,340 --> 00:15:27,620 wow, I can't believe that this is happening to me. I can't believe this is 180 00:15:27,620 --> 00:15:30,600 house. And I'm looking at the stuff in the front yard. 181 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:35,580 And then I'm thinking, where is this storm going? 182 00:15:43,140 --> 00:15:47,260 Across this one evening, multiple tornadoes are breaking out. 183 00:15:48,860 --> 00:15:53,060 This is happening across the United States, from Florida all the way to 184 00:15:53,060 --> 00:15:58,040 Missouri. And it's all related to the same system, as there's a battle between 185 00:15:58,040 --> 00:15:59,260 winter and spring. 186 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:06,320 My name is Taff Gators. 187 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:12,320 My dad and I are driving to Kokomo, Indiana. That was our destination to put 188 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:13,320 a powerlifting competition. 189 00:16:13,500 --> 00:16:17,740 We knew it was looking pretty bad, and that's why we pulled off on Tirola to 190 00:16:17,740 --> 00:16:18,740 kind of let it pass us. 191 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:25,880 Oh, my God. 192 00:16:26,260 --> 00:16:27,300 Goddamn tornado. Whoa. 193 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:32,480 Is this coming? 194 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:34,120 Oh, it's here. 195 00:16:35,420 --> 00:16:36,420 It's here. 196 00:16:38,980 --> 00:16:39,980 Look at all that debris. 197 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:46,020 Oh my God. 198 00:16:47,020 --> 00:16:53,420 We are in a... The 199 00:16:53,420 --> 00:16:56,740 emotions in that video are absolutely raw. 200 00:16:57,140 --> 00:17:00,480 A little bit of anxiety, I guess, because you don't know what's going to 201 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:05,900 And then that's when you... Starts seeing the light flicker. 202 00:17:39,739 --> 00:17:46,560 Once it had passed and I had a time for my brain to just do it over, 203 00:17:46,700 --> 00:17:52,460 that's when I realized, okay, we could very easily not be here right now. And 204 00:17:52,460 --> 00:17:54,700 then that's when it started to digest a little bit. 205 00:17:55,640 --> 00:18:00,900 It'd be bad for both of us to not be here, but I think it'd be even worse for 206 00:18:00,900 --> 00:18:02,080 him not to be here and me to survive. 207 00:18:02,780 --> 00:18:03,780 I wouldn't want that. 208 00:18:06,510 --> 00:18:10,390 Let's talk about the business side of the thing. Now that we here at Fox 35 209 00:18:10,390 --> 00:18:13,690 safe, we've gotten through this tornado, we've got to talk about folks in the 210 00:18:13,690 --> 00:18:18,510 path of this. In Florida, our Fox 35 storm tracker radar is watching the 211 00:18:18,510 --> 00:18:23,930 warnings in real time in utter disbelief because similar conditions are 212 00:18:23,930 --> 00:18:25,650 unfolding across the southern tier. 213 00:18:28,150 --> 00:18:34,010 All of a sudden, Arkansas is becoming an absolute powder keg for a tornado 214 00:18:34,010 --> 00:18:35,010 outbreak. 215 00:18:40,780 --> 00:18:44,060 My name is Tacey Humphreys, and I was born and raised in Ashfield, Arkansas. 216 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:47,500 I grew up on a farm. 217 00:18:50,360 --> 00:18:54,020 I got my horse Blondie when I was 14 years old. 218 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:03,500 That day, it was very windy, like insane wind. Even my sister decided not to 219 00:19:03,500 --> 00:19:05,280 ride that day, which is very unlike her. 220 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:11,820 This is the storm. This is what I'm chasing. 221 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:18,340 My name is Brian Imfinger. I am a storm chaser from Arkansas. 222 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:33,600 So when the storm started to form, I am keeping an eye on radar. 223 00:19:42,380 --> 00:19:46,300 All of a sudden, my mom tells me to get in the basement. She's like, we need to 224 00:19:46,300 --> 00:19:47,300 go. This is serious. 225 00:19:53,700 --> 00:19:54,700 Holy cow. 226 00:19:56,500 --> 00:19:57,500 That's big. 227 00:19:59,920 --> 00:20:00,920 Oh, my God. 228 00:20:01,340 --> 00:20:02,340 Oh, my God. 229 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:14,420 The wind started really picking up, and I noticed my dad coming down into the 230 00:20:14,420 --> 00:20:18,240 basement, and that was just not like him. And there was a panic in his voice 231 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:20,760 that sent chills down my body. 232 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:26,500 Look at the debris. 233 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:29,200 Big enough. 234 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:31,200 Oh, my God. 235 00:20:32,780 --> 00:20:33,820 Holy crap. 236 00:20:34,420 --> 00:20:38,260 I was looking at my sister, and she was screaming and crying. 237 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:50,360 i hold my sister's hand and we take a moment of prayer that's it 238 00:20:50,360 --> 00:20:53,680 oh my god 239 00:20:53,680 --> 00:21:07,040 oh 240 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:11,980 my god look at the debris 241 00:21:13,710 --> 00:21:19,910 So as the tornado was going over, I could hear the boards in my floor creak, 242 00:21:19,910 --> 00:21:22,670 they were like almost pulling up. 243 00:21:22,950 --> 00:21:27,230 And then I could hear stuff hitting the side of my house. My ears are popping, 244 00:21:27,330 --> 00:21:31,230 and I can just hear the loud wing whipping around us. 245 00:21:48,460 --> 00:21:52,100 I'm Brian Impinger. I am a professional storm chaser. I start going and doing 246 00:21:52,100 --> 00:21:53,100 the search and rescue. 247 00:21:53,580 --> 00:21:54,580 Anyone in here? 248 00:21:55,820 --> 00:21:56,820 Oh, I heard somebody. 249 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:04,040 So our house was completely totaled. 250 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:11,580 And I looked up at the barn in a flash, and it was 251 00:22:11,580 --> 00:22:12,860 basically gone. 252 00:22:14,120 --> 00:22:16,700 And that's when the fear really started creeping in. 253 00:22:18,429 --> 00:22:22,550 because we're worried about the horses, and especially my horse, Blondie. 254 00:22:29,150 --> 00:22:32,550 At that point, I started flying the drone around. Is there a home here 255 00:22:32,550 --> 00:22:35,390 damaged or destroyed that I need to tell these police to go check on? 256 00:22:42,230 --> 00:22:45,530 And the first one I saw laying there was Blondie. 257 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:51,440 And she was trapped underneath a concrete trough. 258 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:54,780 And she was very, very still. 259 00:22:57,360 --> 00:23:02,680 And so I went down to, like, put my hand on her and see if she was still there. 260 00:23:05,660 --> 00:23:07,240 And I couldn't feel her breathing. 261 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:11,620 My heart immediately dropped. 262 00:23:15,660 --> 00:23:19,420 You could tell the body language on the people in that area that this was a 263 00:23:19,420 --> 00:23:20,440 horrible situation. 264 00:23:26,700 --> 00:23:28,820 I just couldn't believe it. 265 00:23:29,180 --> 00:23:33,580 She has been with me through so many things. I wasn't anywhere ready to say 266 00:23:33,580 --> 00:23:34,580 goodbye to her. 267 00:23:43,020 --> 00:23:45,400 And so I was just absolutely distraught. 268 00:23:47,580 --> 00:23:54,460 A group of men lifted this thousand pound concrete trough 269 00:23:54,460 --> 00:23:55,460 off of her. 270 00:24:08,260 --> 00:24:14,230 And then all of a sudden, Blondie was... up and parked and looking around at 271 00:24:14,230 --> 00:24:15,230 everything. 272 00:24:17,410 --> 00:24:22,710 I just couldn't believe it. She walked beautifully, and so I was like, there's 273 00:24:22,710 --> 00:24:24,190 no way. How is he okay? 274 00:24:29,790 --> 00:24:31,610 I was just happy we were all safe. 275 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:49,580 In what is now a relentless multi -state tornado outbreak, caused by low 276 00:24:49,580 --> 00:24:53,000 pressure systems and cold fronts coming in from the west as there's a battle 277 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:54,620 between winter and spring. 278 00:24:55,020 --> 00:24:58,860 This is now an extremely dangerous situation. 279 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:03,620 And the same evening, the same storm system continues its devastating trek 280 00:25:03,620 --> 00:25:04,620 northeast. 281 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:10,860 Tornado sirens are going off. 282 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:19,000 Yep, there's the hole right side. 283 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:22,320 Oh my God, that's fast. 284 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:24,680 There's the right edge. 285 00:25:25,260 --> 00:25:26,560 My name is Jerome Jose. 286 00:25:27,340 --> 00:25:31,480 I live in Oakville, Missouri, which is approximately two and a half miles away 287 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:32,480 from Arnold. 288 00:25:39,360 --> 00:25:40,760 Yep, yep. 289 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:45,300 The evening, I started out with a basic weather advisory. 290 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:51,100 I would say living in Missouri for approximately 13 years at this point, I 291 00:25:51,100 --> 00:25:54,180 really didn't pay the amount of respect I should have. 292 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:58,380 After receiving so many warnings and nothing happening, they're just 293 00:25:58,380 --> 00:26:00,280 exaggerating it. It's fine. 294 00:26:00,540 --> 00:26:01,540 We don't have to worry about this. 295 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:03,180 I didn't know what was coming. 296 00:26:07,980 --> 00:26:12,860 So that night we're in a bar, and that tornado warning then turned into an 297 00:26:12,860 --> 00:26:13,980 emergency notification. 298 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:22,900 As it comes closer, you hear it. 299 00:26:31,980 --> 00:26:36,500 I did not know I was being filmed. I didn't even hear the lady. 300 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:37,900 I couldn't hear anything. 301 00:26:40,060 --> 00:26:43,400 I felt being pushed and pulled at the same exact time. 302 00:26:46,360 --> 00:26:48,880 This is extraordinarily dangerous in this series. 303 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,980 That's probably one of the dumbest things I've ever done. 304 00:27:02,580 --> 00:27:05,380 I can't stop a tornado. 305 00:27:06,360 --> 00:27:08,280 I can't hope to control it. 306 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:10,240 I just have to survive it. 307 00:27:20,540 --> 00:27:21,940 And I struggled. 308 00:27:22,380 --> 00:27:25,620 for about two and a half minutes trying to get these doors closed again 309 00:27:25,620 --> 00:27:33,440 these 310 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:39,140 tornadoes are animals these are beef you really have to give them the respect 311 00:27:39,140 --> 00:27:40,140 that they deserve 312 00:27:50,060 --> 00:27:53,480 I am observing these conditions using the National Weather Service. 313 00:27:54,220 --> 00:27:58,020 Our job is to warn where it's going and what it's likely packing. 314 00:28:01,020 --> 00:28:06,260 Just 16 hours after Arnold, Missouri, was hit, a powerful low -pressure system 315 00:28:06,260 --> 00:28:10,980 is fueling the power for even more dangerous extreme conditions. 316 00:28:45,700 --> 00:28:50,700 My name is Terry Giles, and I live in Kerrville, Texas. 317 00:28:51,100 --> 00:28:56,120 When we do get rainstorms, sometimes it gets pretty 318 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:58,300 bad. 319 00:28:59,460 --> 00:29:06,120 All of a sudden, coming 320 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:09,300 through the wood, you could hear it. 321 00:29:09,690 --> 00:29:12,710 It scared me because I thought it was a tornado. It was a roar. 322 00:29:13,310 --> 00:29:15,530 But it wound up being hail. 323 00:29:18,590 --> 00:29:24,650 It was 324 00:29:24,650 --> 00:29:30,750 such a strong wind that was pushing it. 325 00:29:31,930 --> 00:29:35,690 I've never seen anything come in that forceful. 326 00:29:44,300 --> 00:29:45,660 It hadn't busted through this one. 327 00:29:46,300 --> 00:29:49,600 It busted through the top, but it hadn't busted... What? 328 00:29:52,060 --> 00:29:53,060 Not yet. 329 00:29:54,420 --> 00:29:56,000 Well, that's just practice. 330 00:29:56,860 --> 00:30:01,080 It was coming in like missiles. It was just crazy. 331 00:30:03,860 --> 00:30:04,860 Listen to this. 332 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:11,660 It was... 333 00:30:12,270 --> 00:30:15,470 a god -awful sound like I'd never heard before. 334 00:30:15,750 --> 00:30:22,670 I was scared to go outside and see how much damage had actually been done. 335 00:30:33,450 --> 00:30:36,030 So far, it looks like it hasn't busted the windshield. 336 00:30:37,130 --> 00:30:39,470 It beat the hell out of everything, though. 337 00:30:42,030 --> 00:30:44,950 I can't remember the last time I've seen hail like this. 338 00:30:45,770 --> 00:30:46,770 Not good. 339 00:30:50,170 --> 00:30:53,550 If anyone would have been caught out in something like that, it would kill them. 340 00:31:01,330 --> 00:31:02,510 Here it comes again. 341 00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:31,700 This is mom and I right now on the side of the road. 342 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:35,820 My car is completely busted up. 343 00:31:36,380 --> 00:31:42,860 My mom and I were at a cheer competition in Galveston, driving back from that. 344 00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:47,940 And all of a sudden, the first hail hit my windshield. 345 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:50,040 I've got water coming in. 346 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:52,120 This is my windshield. 347 00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:55,440 The road, there's an accident. 348 00:31:55,660 --> 00:31:57,600 We've got black everywhere. 349 00:32:01,900 --> 00:32:04,600 Being in the heart of that storm was terrifying. 350 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:13,340 The hailstones were probably the size of a baseball. 351 00:32:13,700 --> 00:32:15,560 They were quite large. 352 00:32:16,340 --> 00:32:23,140 This is my car on the side of the road. 353 00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:25,400 Beat to hell. 354 00:32:33,260 --> 00:32:36,320 My brother came out to rescue us. 355 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:49,080 No one in Kerrville, I believe, has ever seen hail this size. 356 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:51,920 Sunroof busted in. 357 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:58,040 This was a freak storm. 358 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:02,020 I mean, it was so out of the ordinary. 359 00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:16,020 It was just terrible. I mean, a lot of people were hurt. A lot of people were 360 00:33:16,020 --> 00:33:20,560 injured. I just, I'm so thankful that I was in my car. 361 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:23,440 It absolutely was very terrifying. 362 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:41,640 Bro, that's a wall cloud for sure. Look at it. 363 00:33:42,020 --> 00:33:46,780 During the month of March, the U .S. is particularly susceptible to a large hail 364 00:33:46,780 --> 00:33:49,780 event. And it's moving, dude. Look, look. 365 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:53,840 That's it, bro. Yeah, that's a tornado right there. But there's still a high 366 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:55,540 chance of a major tornado outbreak. 367 00:33:56,320 --> 00:34:01,080 There's upper -level energy riding the boundary between the cold polar air to 368 00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:04,080 the north and the warm subtropical air to the south. 369 00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:08,020 Everything is perfect for rotation in the sky as air lifts. 370 00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:09,840 and violent tornadoes to defend. 371 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:28,040 My name is Dijon Lane and I live in Tallatown, Mississippi. 372 00:34:28,500 --> 00:34:30,780 In Tallatown, we don't get a lot of storms. 373 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:33,139 I have never experienced a tornado. 374 00:34:49,250 --> 00:34:53,250 When the trees went to swinging, I knew it was real. 375 00:34:59,390 --> 00:35:01,310 Man! That's a tornado. 376 00:35:01,630 --> 00:35:02,630 My God! 377 00:35:03,170 --> 00:35:04,510 Oh, man! 378 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:09,340 Man, my car go on fire. 379 00:35:10,740 --> 00:35:15,440 It was clothes everywhere. 380 00:35:15,780 --> 00:35:17,000 It was debris everywhere. 381 00:35:18,140 --> 00:35:19,720 Man, man, man, man. 382 00:35:39,660 --> 00:35:40,660 over the next several days. 383 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:45,460 Multiple tornadoes are breaking out, resulting from the same weather system. 384 00:35:59,860 --> 00:36:05,060 This is a force of nature that can't be controlled, and it's continuing its 385 00:36:05,060 --> 00:36:08,220 damaging trek, bringing devastation along its way. 386 00:36:30,860 --> 00:36:31,718 That's a tornado. 387 00:36:31,720 --> 00:36:33,100 Oh, man. 388 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:34,500 Oh, no. Oh, no. 389 00:36:35,340 --> 00:36:40,500 Literally in about five seconds, it looked like the world was turned upside 390 00:36:40,500 --> 00:36:41,500 down. 391 00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:44,140 Oh, Lord Jesus, man. 392 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:46,180 Mama, God damn it. 393 00:36:47,060 --> 00:36:48,700 Oh, my God, man. 394 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:53,020 I never saw anything of that nature, of that caliber. 395 00:36:55,100 --> 00:36:56,400 Wow, man. 396 00:36:57,500 --> 00:36:58,900 What's going to come out? 397 00:37:08,580 --> 00:37:13,880 I was very lucky. I was very fortunate. 398 00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:19,820 If it was to re -happen again, I'd be ducking instead of recording. 399 00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:48,820 I'll never forget March of 2025. 400 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:53,360 This is by far the most active March I've ever seen in my career and most 401 00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:54,360 have ever seen in their lives. 402 00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:03,500 March of 2025 was the number one for tornadoes in U .S. history. 403 00:38:06,220 --> 00:38:10,320 You've got to go back to the 1930s, the Dust Bowl, to find the frequency and 404 00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:11,980 intensity of dust storms that we observe. 405 00:38:12,970 --> 00:38:17,850 A lot of people are surprised to learn that the water temperature off of 406 00:38:17,850 --> 00:38:22,990 affects our weather here in the U .S. It can lead to droughts and heat waves, 407 00:38:23,130 --> 00:38:25,690 and it can also impact the hurricane season. 408 00:38:27,050 --> 00:38:32,310 That can cause a weather whiplash, and that's why March featured so much 409 00:38:32,310 --> 00:38:33,310 madness. 410 00:38:34,590 --> 00:38:37,410 I don't know when the next time I'm ever going to see Amarillo like that. 411 00:38:37,570 --> 00:38:38,810 Hopefully I never have to. 412 00:38:39,630 --> 00:38:40,630 It was horrible. 413 00:38:41,820 --> 00:38:45,620 Seeing what I've seen, kind of like the trauma level of that, of just witnessing 414 00:38:45,620 --> 00:38:49,140 everything that I witnessed, I don't think I'm ever going to be able to get 415 00:38:49,140 --> 00:38:50,760 out of my brain. It's going to be there forever. 416 00:38:54,580 --> 00:39:01,000 Based on my experience, I am very 417 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:06,860 observant of weather, more observant, and I pay a lot of respect to any 418 00:39:06,860 --> 00:39:08,460 advisories and any notification. 419 00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:16,400 You don't really understand and truly respect these warnings until you're 420 00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:17,400 with something like this. 421 00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:21,680 Okay, now who broke into the house? 422 00:39:23,060 --> 00:39:24,720 I found where they got in. 423 00:39:28,860 --> 00:39:31,360 Our house, it was a mess. 424 00:39:33,340 --> 00:39:36,900 And so it made me absolutely terrified of tornadoes now. 425 00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:43,180 I used to like storms. I used to like the thunder and the rain. But my storm 426 00:39:43,180 --> 00:39:45,520 anxiety now is through the roof. 427 00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:50,540 It makes me very nervous. It also makes my horses very nervous now. They do not 428 00:39:50,540 --> 00:39:52,420 like wind or rain anymore. 429 00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:21,120 So when she stood up completely fine, that's when the shock just took over. 430 00:40:25,820 --> 00:40:28,040 I don't know what could have happened medically. 431 00:40:29,540 --> 00:40:33,580 We've been puzzled about it since it happened. I don't know if she was 432 00:40:33,580 --> 00:40:36,160 unconscious. She was in shock. 433 00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:38,520 It's miraculous. 434 00:40:39,530 --> 00:40:44,050 And so the only thing I can think is that God really did place a hand of 435 00:40:44,050 --> 00:40:45,310 protection over her that night. 436 00:40:48,490 --> 00:40:53,450 Right now, Blondie is fat and happy, and she's enjoying her days in the field, 437 00:40:53,550 --> 00:40:55,890 and she just looks beautiful. 438 00:40:56,130 --> 00:41:01,010 She's slicked off into her summer coat, and she's shining, and she loves all the 439 00:41:01,010 --> 00:41:04,190 attention she's been getting that night. 440 00:41:07,230 --> 00:41:11,350 Honestly, the only way I can refer to it is the scariest night of my life. 441 00:41:13,610 --> 00:41:17,930 But it's made me become more grateful for the experience to get to do what I 442 00:41:17,930 --> 00:41:20,930 love because it can be over quick.