"A waterspout is a tornado that forms over water."
"Rotation is much weaker on that tornado warning than we had a little while ago."
"On that day a tornado touched down in the town and then proceeded to turn the corner and rip up farmland and tear the barns to shreds."
"We have a brand new tornado warning issued just west of Tampa."
"The original Fujita Scale was designed to correlate damage to tornado intensity."
"Breathtaking video captured the moment a tornado touched down in Colorado."
"This tornado became one of the most photographed in history"
"The physical ingredients for tornadoes often come together over the humid subtropical region of the state."
"The storm is trying to produce another tornado."
"For me, I'll never forget the El Reno tornado because of the other stormchasers that lost their lives."
"When a tornado touches down, it starts ripping things apart and chucking debris everywhere."
"As a storm spotter, it is important to understand the storm evolution that leads to the formation of a tornado or, in other words, tornado Genesis."
"This is essentially May 3rd all over again as far as the intensity of this tornado."
"The kind of damage from this tornado, as I talked about a little bit before, reminds me a lot of Gerald, but somehow worse."
"...just a lone supercell to fire out ahead of the main line and become a cyclic tornado producer."
"You could hear the tornado approaching. It was like a gyrating, just a turning that just got gradually more intense and louder."
"It is the only f5 to ever occur in the state of pennsylvania and the furthest east f5 to ever hit the united states."
"This is the house that's actually used in the movie when you can see it spinning around in the tornado."
"That is a strong area of rotation over Williamstown no no CC drop yet but that is strong rotation."
"It's now officially been confirmed so this now officially a confirmed tornado by weather spotters."
"But when a single F4 twister strikes a small Texas town, its bizarre behavior and surprising power threatens to destroy the entire city."
"The powerful F4 Pampa tornado tossed trucks, destroyed buildings, and threatened the lives of hundreds."
"But just one notch up the Fujita scale, an F5 twister turns into a killer."
"The Gerald tornado changed the way experts watch for twisters. They now view storm systems with low vertical wind shear as possible violent tornado producers."
"But there was no way to prepare for the deadliest tornado in US history, a brutal F5 that tore through three states, killing hundreds."
"The destruction was of mythic proportions, primarily because the killer tornado lasted for hours."
"That's off the bucket list. Saw a tornado, a real one. Debatable, but it was actually a real tornado, very small though."
"I can't imagine what it would be like to see a funnel of wind so big it reached between you and me I hope you'll never have to."
"You can walk right through a Category 5 hurricane, tornado; you're just walking on air."
"A town wiped off the map by an EF5 tornado rebuilds from scratch."
"Homes here were struck at arguably Peak intensity during the life of this tornado."
"The ground was literally shaped, the asphalt was sucked up. It takes a lot of force to be able to suck up asphalt."
"The Gerald tornado alone killed more than died all across the country during the entire tornado season last year."
"Multiple significant long-track tornadoes including this EF3 that plowed through the north side of Clarksville Tennessee, pretty epic footage here."
"One positive though I will note about parkersburg before this event is that the county had actually installed brand new tornado sirens and tested them the day before the parkersburg tornado. I think it actually really could have saved lives."
"This is a large tornado that is on the ground and remaining on the ground right in this area right here."
"The tornado is possibly one of the most flexible multi-mission aircraft in history."
"The incredible thing about the tornado was the variable geometry of that swing wing enabling a very high speed at low level while maintaining extremely good handling at low speeds."
"Hats off to the tornado, what a beautiful aircraft."
"The national weather service has now listed this as a confirmed tornado on the ground due to seeing signatures that indicate the debris is being lofted into the atmosphere at this time."
"...this is a confirmed tornado on the ground and due to the strong winds that are being indicated by the radar and the debris that's being lofted, this is a life-threatening situation."
"This one cell that so far has produced damage and has produced a tornado up in on the plateau is just the very first of the activity."
"Large and strong tornado is on the ground, seek shelter immediately."
"This is a particularly dangerous situation. It is a rare situation. This is a large and strong tornado that is in progress right now in Oklahoma."
"This is a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado that is moving East at about 10 mph."
"April was the second most tornado month that we've ever had on record."
"We are in storm alert and we have a tornado warning in effect"
"The longest twister path in American history by far."
"The most common description of such a terrifying event is the freight train sound that the tornado makes as it approaches."
"Visible tornadoes, a testament to the potent blend of instability and shear in the atmosphere."
"...just a huge wedge here as it moved through Monette."
"...this tornado was very, very strong."
"Very strong tornado ongoing at this point."
"...the only F5 or EF5 to occur in August in the United States since records began in 1950."
"No tornado has ever exceeded the damage done by the 1925 Tri-State Tornado."
"The length that the tornado traveled was around 220 miles, the longest tornado track ever recorded."
"The one good thing that came out of the Tri-State Tornado was the realization that there should be a push in tornado awareness."
"It's a sight to behold to see your first tornado."
"We have a confirmed tornado that is indeed on the ground."
"This is a much more favorable significant tornado hodograph at just at a surface glance."
"A significant tornado no question passed through Sullivan causing some significant damage."
"The wind just got stronger and stronger, and then we saw the funnel touchdown."
"There's a tornado as well, go to my Bedrock sphere, look, look, it's shooting it in the air right now, oh nice, these turrets are so good."
"We're talking about an EF5 tornado with 200 plus mile per hour winds."
"That's the most insane tornado I've ever seen in my life."
"Tornado season in Illinois runs from January to December."
"The visible portion of the tornado is very low, but the whole mesocyclone rotating updraft can go many thousands of feet up through the storm."
"This is the mature stage of the tornado, typically where you've got your higher wind speeds."
"We can get tornadoes at any time of the year."
"We got a confirmed tornado, the closest I've ever been to a tornado."
"The two worst places to be during a tornado: it's a car or a mobile home."
"This could easily produce a tornado at any time."
"This is now a confirmed active tornado."
"Tornado warning just issued from the National Weather Service."
"A tornado warning is in effect for Dubuque until 6:15 today."
"Look at this though, look at the rotation."
"I turned around and was absolutely shocked at what I saw in the distance: a small, thin tornado had just touched down right on the surface of the lake."
"I have a recurring dream... I'll be somewhere with any person, usually a different person each time, it would be really cloudy outside, I look off into the distance and see a tornado touched down."
"A tornado had struck our neighborhood during the night."
"This jet is called the Tornado, whoa, and it goes really fast."
"The most powerful and deadly wind of them all, the tornado."
"The most notable tornado yesterday was the long track tornado that occurred from a single supercell."
"I saw the tornado, it was across our field and at that point, I was extremely scared."
"A tornado in California was not on my bingo card in 2024."
"It doesn't matter how fast you are, you can't outrun a twister."
"A tornado typically forms when you have warm moist air near the ground and cool dry air above."
"El Reno tornado is going to be one of the most studied tornadoes in history."
"Violent tornado, violent tornado, holy... touchdown there we go."
"This could be a large violent tornado and this could be the kind that stays on the ground for a long time."
"This is a tornado emergency for the city of Coleman, beyond a tornado warning because you're looking at it."
"This is a violent large dangerous tornado that is coming through the city of Coleman right now."
"This could be a devastating tornado moving into the city of Coleman now, it is very large."
"We are calling a tornado emergency for the city of Coleman in points north and east."
"This is perhaps one of the largest tornadoes we've caught on our tower cams over the years."
"That is a large wedge tornado that is coming through downtown Coleman."
"Please, if you are Northeast of Coleman, take this very seriously."
"One of the most interesting measurements we got was a 170 mile per hour updraft inside an EF4 tornado."
"Hurricane Carla didn't just spawn tornadoes; it spawned a violent tornado, only one of two violent tornadoes that have ever been spawned from a tropical system."
"The tornado was close now, sounding like a freight train running through my house."
"The tornado was rated F5, the highest rating on the Fujita scale, and it was one of the deadliest and costliest tornadoes in the history of the United States."
"Last summer, I got my drone closer than I ever had to a tornado."
"The most powerful tornado storm system ever to be recorded swept across Oklahoma and Kansas."
"The destructive force of a tornado exists in the whirling winds at the heart of the funnel."
"These winds have been estimated to exceed 300 miles an hour."
"We're focusing on the storms that could produce a tornado."
"We have learned over the years through social science studies that you tend to perform a little better in terms of taking action if you could actually see a tornado."
"This is serious business and that is a life-threatening tornado that has just come through Downtown Coleman."
"We're seeing a spin up here at the leading edge of this line, and that's why the tornado watch is in effect."
"It's never a good sign, that is your beginning stages of what could possibly be a fairly significant tornado here."
"Oh, we got a confirmed tornado now."
"This is likely our largest tornado of the day."
"A significant tornado in the town of Coal, Oklahoma."
"We have a radar confirmed tornado warning for St. Louis."
"The safest place to be during a tornado is in a basement."
"The infamous El Reno tornado... is known for being the largest tornado ever recorded at its peak two and a half miles wide."
"The 1925 Tri-State Tornado is the single deadliest tornado in U.S history with 695 confirmed fatalities."
"If you're in a tornado warning polygon, you've got to get out."
"A large and extremely dangerous tornado."
"That is the most intense tornado debris signature we've seen on radar all day today."
"There is a large tornado on the ground."
"A car is not a safe place to be in a tornado warning, neither is a mobile home."
"This is a serious situation with the potential for a tornado."
"All tornado warnings need to be taken very seriously."
"This is radar confirmed now... a tornado that has done damage and has picked up debris and has now lofted it into the air."
"If you know anybody that lives in this polygon, please call them or text them and let them know that they are in danger of a tornado."
"If you get a tornado warning, you need to take that very seriously and take cover immediately."
"It's definitely capable of producing a tornado, so you need to be in your safe place at this point."
"Weather spotters have confirmed this tornado as large and extremely dangerous."
"This is a tornado warning with a large and extremely dangerous tornado that has been spotted by multiple people."
"This could be a very large, dangerous tornado."
"This is a violent tornado situation; it's a life-threatening situation."
"A large and destructive tornado over Trotwood moving east at 35 miles per hour."
"That would be a strong indication of a tornado in progress."
"This is serious business, immediate tornado precautions."
"This is the most destructive tornado I've ever seen in my life."
"There's the threat for a tornado also to develop."
"No warnings right now, tornado watch in effect for us for the rest of southern Wisconsin."
"This is serious business. Every storm we have today with a tornado is serious business."
"Those things go airborne and a car is the worst place to be during a tornado."
"Every tornado is a threat to life and property, so if a warning is issued, take action, seek shelter."
"This could definitely drop a tornado and it is a rain-wrapped area of rotation."
"To this day, the 1925 Tri-State Tornado Outbreak remains the single deadliest and most destructive tornado event in United States history."