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Newcastle, Oklahoma. In a matter of minutes it went from a funnel cloud to a full F4 tornado.
holy shit mother nature
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kpete
May 2013
OP
Must be the top, judging from the width on the ground to the structures it connects with.
pacalo
May 2013
#14
I don't know about anyone else but if saw it getting bigger with no lateral movement
hobbit709
May 2013
#5
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)1. Holy shit is right.
Nature gives and also takes away.
PatSeg
(47,419 posts)2. That was some incredible footage
treestar
(82,383 posts)3. When they say it is two miles across, what do they refer to?
The top?
Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)6. It got bigger later.
pacalo
(24,721 posts)14. Must be the top, judging from the width on the ground to the structures it connects with.
Nimajneb Nilknarf
(319 posts)4. Not even I would dare fly a kite in that tempest
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)5. I don't know about anyone else but if saw it getting bigger with no lateral movement
I'd be getting the fuck out of there.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)7. Maybe after I 'fraidy peed myself.....I'd be terrified. nt
laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)11. Yeah. I was kind of thinking
about the guy filming - "Um, dude, it's not going to make much of a difference going from one corner of that parking lot to the other."
krispos42
(49,445 posts)8. Tornado sirens...
...a chilling sound indeed.
Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)9. Ring, Ring
Hello this is Mother Nature, I called yesterday to complain about the CO2 you been spewing. Did you get My message?
Yooperman
(592 posts)10. Tragically Beautiful.....
Stunning footage that not only shows the forming of a tornado but how quickly they can form.
MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)12. That is awesome.
The forces of nature are incredibly impressive.
pacalo
(24,721 posts)13. Terrifying. It's incredible that someone would stay with it that long to film it.
Rowdyboy
(22,057 posts)15. An absolutely amazing video. I really don't know what else to say....
Amazing and terrifying.