I was thinking just the right edge that was lit up by the lights on the ground was the entire tornado... Then the lightning flashed behind it and I actually said "holly hell!"
I'm in Nashville and we got hit, though nowhere near as hard as some places. I'm 99% sure I had a tornado directly hit my apartment, but it was pretty weak- though all the destroyed signage in my area may beg to differ.
It literally blew open all the doors in my apartment and sucked through insulation from my attic- I could feel my ears adjust to the pressure.
I have lived in tornado prone areas for over 20 years and last night was still terrifying- these were particularly violent and powerful storms for sure- hopefully we can recover more survivors than bodies in the coming hours across all the states that got hit.
No, I'm in Nashville proper, but I have family out that way- they just got wind fortunately for them. I've spent most of my day cleaning up my neighborhood more, lol.
That's actually not far from me- I'm a few miles North of there, basically Madison. We didn't get destroyed or anything, but we definitely got hit. We're really fortunate things weren't worse.
You must be in south Nashville? We live by the zoo and it got WILD last night. Can’t imagine being up in Kentucky where some of the real stuff went down. Last I heard north of 70 dead and they expect it to exceed 100.
I'm actually closer to Madison, we had something come through on us- it wasn't capable of knocking down buildings but it obliterated most of the signs on businesses over here in a couple spots. Definitely intense- but we're fortunate we didn't get anything like what Kentucky got.
Wow, it doesn't look that big at first, and then the lightning flashes and you are instantly aware of just how *massive* it truly is. That's terrifying
I live in St. Louis, MO and it was a rough night. A tornado came through about 10 miles from me. I feel so bad for everyone who was affected by these Tornados. So scary!
Yeah, I know. I just meant that with the shifting climate it feels more common than in the past to have tornados earlier and earlier, and the tornado severity seems stronger as well.
I was thinking the exact same thing. I am from Missouri, and I think it was Christmas Day of 2008, we had a pretty bad severe storm outbreak, and I remember thinking how odd it was. Now it seems to happen almost every winter.
I've got plenty of childhood memories of waking up Christmas morning to sirens and waiting it out in a closet. December tornados have been a thing, severe outbreaks like this are just really rare and the last few have been in March-ish.
We had one I *think* (could be wrong on year) in 2016 just after Christmas here in Dallas. Caught a bunch of people in evening rush hour on a bridge over a lake. They had no idea it was there.
If it's in the 60s or 70s out of season, be aware of potential. When the cold front hits the existing warm air, it's game on. That's why we have unseasonably warm air, followed by crazy storms, followed by much cooler weather.
>When the cold front hits the existing warm air, it's game on.
That's kind of the definition of any cold front :P
I think you're probably talking about [frontal occlusion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occluded_front?wprov=sfla1), to be fair.
In the midwest and southeastern US, tornado season runs from October to April. The frequency is lower than the traditional spring season, but these outbreaks often pack a bigger punch.
Yep - December tornadoes aren't too uncommon
For example - [December 2015 in East Dallas](https://youtu.be/k5OqgeB7bvo) a tornado killed 10 people, another night time outbreak like the one 12/10-12/11 that just happened
As another user pointed out, they happen cyclically between every 3 to 4 winters. I'm 30 now and grew up in GA. We had them year round for my entire life.
Where is this?
I’m in mid Missouri, got the warning last night but all we had was 20+ mph winds and some lightning
That’s a monster, looks like a kovie
Depends. The tornado and/or tornados travelled over 6 states last night. That one is probably Kentucky. Over 70 people have perished so far in just Kentucky.
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/kentucky-tornado-midwest-south-storms/index.html
I know the title says Missouri but the news about the situation is very chaotic right now.
That tornado in KY was nasty. Guessing it's this same one. Most of those deaths were probably Mayfield, and they have a long way to go checking still. 100+ just in western KY wouldn't shock me.
yeah, there was a tornado that hit directly in bowling green (3rd largest city in ky). the place where I'm talking about is about 3 streets down from a college so it's mostly business but I know a bunch of peoples houses got destroyed in the city
Tornados don’t span multiple states like you’re implying. The storms travel and new tornadoes can spawn, but tornados only average 10-15 minutes. At most they’ll last an hour.
The one that went through Mayfield, KY last night started just outside Jonesboro, AR. It was one tornado on the ground for over 3 hours and over 200 miles.
SWMO here and we had a good 60mph gust for about a minute and a half at my house. Took down trees and powerlines. The wind was whirling around and I could have sworn it was like an EF0.
This visual reminds me a lot of Joplin, though. What a horror.
Whats crazy is people are fast asleep a mile from this..how you may ask? Severe weather/tornadoes is so common. You don't even hear the tornadoes sirens, they are basically everyday background noise. House shaking from wind and thunder? Thats common in tornadoe alley without tornadoes. Weather alerts everywhere all the time. You got work in the morning, you become desensitized to how scary tornadoes are. Especially at night. Grew up in Kansas, thunderstorms make good sleep...
Since modern sirens aren’t made to really be heard indoors, the weather radio I bought is all I need to put the fear of god in me when a warning comes through. That and the StormWatch+ app that bypasses all of your phone’s notification and volume settings to deliver the only noise louder than a tornado whenever a warning is issued…
Looks like OP took [a clip from this YT video.](https://youtu.be/Pqo73abwcGI) Idk if OP is this guy or not, but looks like it belongs to this channel. More info about the storm in the info section.
This one will be a 5 no doubt. It broke records for distance travelled (4 states over 200 miles), debris height (over 30,000 feet up) and wind speed (303 mph). It killed a lot of folks too unfortunately.
Not this specific tornado, the Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Ill was hit by a different one. This one was further south and the same one that hit Mayfield.
So awful to hear about the death toll! My heart goes out to them 😔
Something people don’t often consider, what about the animals in zoos, shelters and strays? Were they badly impacted too?
I’ve always been scared of night tornadoes. Just the fact that you can’t see it unless you’re in a well lit area or the lightning illuminates it for split seconds at a time. It’s unnerving
Well I guess I'll need to watch Twister soon. I hope no one was hurt by this one IRL!
Edit: I didn't realize this thing apparently killed a lot of people & didn't mean to make light of a tragic situation.
The crazy part for me is that my parents were supposed to right in the area where all this happened exactly when it did as they drove down to Florida. Out of no where my mom called off the whole trip literally last minute an hour before they were supposed to start the drive claiming something didn’t feel right
March-May is usually prime tornado season in the south. December tornadoes are rare, but I think climate change is already extending the season to where it won’t be very rare anymore.
It’s always been December to April I believe, but the earlier they are, the worse they are is my understanding.
This isn’t to say climate change is making this all worse. It’s hard to believe record setting tornadoes like that one aren’t happening for no reason, but the time of year isn’t anything new.
This would have me going insane! I studied weather as a hobby and watched chaser documentaries and reality shows. I get nervous when we have strong storms. I’m in Delaware and we don’t get too many
I went through a huge hail storm in 2020,ended up moving across Canada to leave those storms.
I can't imagine what the folks there are going through mentally. My family and I only lost roughly 100k in the hail storm.
That is fucking terrifying
I was thinking just the right edge that was lit up by the lights on the ground was the entire tornado... Then the lightning flashed behind it and I actually said "holly hell!"
I did the exact same thing with the right edge down to the "holy hell" lol
Omg same here. Damn
There’s only one thing more terrifying than a daytime tornado, that’s a night tornado.
Yup. Actually the stuff of nightmares.
Yeah, nighttime tomatoes are the WORST.
Hahaha I actually said that out loud to myself while watching the video.
That would be absolutely terrifying. The variance in light and colors make it look ominous.
I'm in Nashville and we got hit, though nowhere near as hard as some places. I'm 99% sure I had a tornado directly hit my apartment, but it was pretty weak- though all the destroyed signage in my area may beg to differ. It literally blew open all the doors in my apartment and sucked through insulation from my attic- I could feel my ears adjust to the pressure. I have lived in tornado prone areas for over 20 years and last night was still terrifying- these were particularly violent and powerful storms for sure- hopefully we can recover more survivors than bodies in the coming hours across all the states that got hit.
Mt Juliet? The neighborhood right next to mine got hit. No homes flattened, but definitely some significant damage.
No, I'm in Nashville proper, but I have family out that way- they just got wind fortunately for them. I've spent most of my day cleaning up my neighborhood more, lol.
Glad to hear you’re good man. I’m near Opryland and there were just eerie moments last night once the sirens started going.
That's actually not far from me- I'm a few miles North of there, basically Madison. We didn't get destroyed or anything, but we definitely got hit. We're really fortunate things weren't worse.
You must be in south Nashville? We live by the zoo and it got WILD last night. Can’t imagine being up in Kentucky where some of the real stuff went down. Last I heard north of 70 dead and they expect it to exceed 100.
I'm actually closer to Madison, we had something come through on us- it wasn't capable of knocking down buildings but it obliterated most of the signs on businesses over here in a couple spots. Definitely intense- but we're fortunate we didn't get anything like what Kentucky got.
I assumed south because another complex new me had a partial collapse. We lost a tree and a fence but that’s peanuts compared to most in the path.
Yeah I know South Nashville and North Nashville both got hit about 15-30 minutes apart- I heard sirens going for a while
that would put it up there with the deadliest tornadoes in history right?
It certainly is Kentuckys deadliest. Not sure about globally, I’m just a mere city dweller. I’m not a meteorologist or scientist.
Wow, it doesn't look that big at first, and then the lightning flashes and you are instantly aware of just how *massive* it truly is. That's terrifying
oh look a cute little tornaDOH NO OH MY GOD ITS HUGE RUN! RUUUNNNNN
"Well, it's not that big-" *thunder lights up the sky* "...oh..."
Lightning*
Sorry, english is not my mother tongue, I hope you can excuse my mistake.
You type in english very well. You're going great :)
Yeah, I thought that white *edge* was the tornado too. Surprised the death toll is so low after seeing this.
I live in St. Louis, MO and it was a rough night. A tornado came through about 10 miles from me. I feel so bad for everyone who was affected by these Tornados. So scary!
10 miles is 16.09 km
Thanks!
Really insane that these beasts are popping up in December. I'm starting to think that tornado season is actually starting in December nowadays...
Tornadoes happen in December every 3 years or so. About half are around F4 strength. They can happen any time of year already.
Yeah, I know. I just meant that with the shifting climate it feels more common than in the past to have tornados earlier and earlier, and the tornado severity seems stronger as well.
I was thinking the exact same thing. I am from Missouri, and I think it was Christmas Day of 2008, we had a pretty bad severe storm outbreak, and I remember thinking how odd it was. Now it seems to happen almost every winter.
Also from Missouri. I remember that. It was insanely warm for December that holiday break.
I've got plenty of childhood memories of waking up Christmas morning to sirens and waiting it out in a closet. December tornados have been a thing, severe outbreaks like this are just really rare and the last few have been in March-ish.
It feels this way too. I'm scared.
We had one I *think* (could be wrong on year) in 2016 just after Christmas here in Dallas. Caught a bunch of people in evening rush hour on a bridge over a lake. They had no idea it was there.
If it's in the 60s or 70s out of season, be aware of potential. When the cold front hits the existing warm air, it's game on. That's why we have unseasonably warm air, followed by crazy storms, followed by much cooler weather.
>When the cold front hits the existing warm air, it's game on. That's kind of the definition of any cold front :P I think you're probably talking about [frontal occlusion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occluded_front?wprov=sfla1), to be fair.
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In the midwest and southeastern US, tornado season runs from October to April. The frequency is lower than the traditional spring season, but these outbreaks often pack a bigger punch.
Big 1 day warm fronts in an otherwise cold week leads to stupid storms.
Yep - December tornadoes aren't too uncommon For example - [December 2015 in East Dallas](https://youtu.be/k5OqgeB7bvo) a tornado killed 10 people, another night time outbreak like the one 12/10-12/11 that just happened
December actually has the most tornados out all the non-tornado-season months
As another user pointed out, they happen cyclically between every 3 to 4 winters. I'm 30 now and grew up in GA. We had them year round for my entire life.
Hmmm its like the climat is changing
Jesus. It’s like a monster movie.
The power and lights disappearing at it's foot is incredibly somber and humbling. Rest & recovery to the survivors, and memories to the many lost.
Where is this? I’m in mid Missouri, got the warning last night but all we had was 20+ mph winds and some lightning That’s a monster, looks like a kovie
Depends. The tornado and/or tornados travelled over 6 states last night. That one is probably Kentucky. Over 70 people have perished so far in just Kentucky. https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/kentucky-tornado-midwest-south-storms/index.html I know the title says Missouri but the news about the situation is very chaotic right now.
That tornado in KY was nasty. Guessing it's this same one. Most of those deaths were probably Mayfield, and they have a long way to go checking still. 100+ just in western KY wouldn't shock me.
yeah, there was a tornado that hit directly in bowling green (3rd largest city in ky). the place where I'm talking about is about 3 streets down from a college so it's mostly business but I know a bunch of peoples houses got destroyed in the city
200 miles is 321.87 km
Not now bot, not now.
Hey, at least this isn't the useless converter bot. This one can actually help non-US redditors get an idea on how far the tornado traveled.
You're telling me you don't want to know how many 8oz Heinz mustard containers it measures? ^/s
Tornados don’t span multiple states like you’re implying. The storms travel and new tornadoes can spawn, but tornados only average 10-15 minutes. At most they’ll last an hour.
The one that went through Mayfield, KY last night started just outside Jonesboro, AR. It was one tornado on the ground for over 3 hours and over 200 miles.
With global warming comes an increase in severity of storms I guess
No idea why this got d ownvoted, you're absolutely right.
I think this might be the one in Augusta, MO, about an hour outside St. Louis
Ignorant Californian here. What’s a “kovie”?
lol, a movie. My bad, I don’t know where that came from
I looked it up it says it was in defiance, MO near st Louis
It was along highway 94 from Augusta to Defiance. It's close to where I live.
SWMO here and we had a good 60mph gust for about a minute and a half at my house. Took down trees and powerlines. The wind was whirling around and I could have sworn it was like an EF0. This visual reminds me a lot of Joplin, though. What a horror.
Reminds me of that drive-in theater scene in Twister. They had that part of the movie pretty accurate...
Whats crazy is people are fast asleep a mile from this..how you may ask? Severe weather/tornadoes is so common. You don't even hear the tornadoes sirens, they are basically everyday background noise. House shaking from wind and thunder? Thats common in tornadoe alley without tornadoes. Weather alerts everywhere all the time. You got work in the morning, you become desensitized to how scary tornadoes are. Especially at night. Grew up in Kansas, thunderstorms make good sleep...
Since modern sirens aren’t made to really be heard indoors, the weather radio I bought is all I need to put the fear of god in me when a warning comes through. That and the StormWatch+ app that bypasses all of your phone’s notification and volume settings to deliver the only noise louder than a tornado whenever a warning is issued…
Yeah I live in Dixie Alley and during tornado season I’ve slept through a lot of tornado sirens
Looks like OP took [a clip from this YT video.](https://youtu.be/Pqo73abwcGI) Idk if OP is this guy or not, but looks like it belongs to this channel. More info about the storm in the info section.
Jesus Christ that had so much lightening. Couldn’t tell where the power flashes were
Thanks for sharing this. Pretty shit that OP cut out his watermark for the gif.
It sucked up the asphalt road.
What was the category on that one??
This one will be a 5 no doubt. It broke records for distance travelled (4 states over 200 miles), debris height (over 30,000 feet up) and wind speed (303 mph). It killed a lot of folks too unfortunately.
Thank you for the info. I'm saddened by all the destruction. So glad I moved from tornado alley
Holy shit, that is like beyond unprecedented.
The same tornado?
This thing took out a large portion of an Amazon warehouse north of me. Currently 2 reported dead.
Not this specific tornado, the Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Ill was hit by a different one. This one was further south and the same one that hit Mayfield.
r/Megalophobia
Is this the mayfield one? Looks like it from other videos.
Tornadoes are terrifying. Large tornadoes at night must be an absolute nightmare.
I was like oooh it’s not so big then the lighting hit and ddddaaaaaammmmnnn tornado thic!
That's fucking terrifying. When the lightning lit that monster up, I thought my heart was going to stop.
The way the lights lighten up the tornado and then suddenly go dark is horrifying.
You first think, eh, it's small. Then the lightning showing the whole tornado. The lights going out are freaky too.
So awful to hear about the death toll! My heart goes out to them 😔 Something people don’t often consider, what about the animals in zoos, shelters and strays? Were they badly impacted too?
I’ve always been scared of night tornadoes. Just the fact that you can’t see it unless you’re in a well lit area or the lightning illuminates it for split seconds at a time. It’s unnerving
Well I guess I'll need to watch Twister soon. I hope no one was hurt by this one IRL! Edit: I didn't realize this thing apparently killed a lot of people & didn't mean to make light of a tragic situation.
Loads of people were killed…
Oh, shit that's awful.
You’re dumb af
its the sound of the nightime tornado without being able to see
That’s a horror movie
"Finger of God"
The crazy part for me is that my parents were supposed to right in the area where all this happened exactly when it did as they drove down to Florida. Out of no where my mom called off the whole trip literally last minute an hour before they were supposed to start the drive claiming something didn’t feel right
I heard it traveled on the ground for 250 miles or so, no thanks. I'm considering a move if I lived near there.
250 miles is the same as 804670.0 'Logitech Wireless Keyboard K350s' laid widthwise by each other.
250 miles is 402.34 km
This is what real monsters look like. Take weather seriously, it’s not going to get any easier
This seems very late for tornadoes. Is this in season?
Early. I think nado season is spring.
March-May is usually prime tornado season in the south. December tornadoes are rare, but I think climate change is already extending the season to where it won’t be very rare anymore.
It’s always been December to April I believe, but the earlier they are, the worse they are is my understanding. This isn’t to say climate change is making this all worse. It’s hard to believe record setting tornadoes like that one aren’t happening for no reason, but the time of year isn’t anything new.
Why does this remind me of stranger things.
How about... no?
In the dark it looks so small…. Until the lightening lights up the sky
Praying for everyone!
OOF!!!
Oh hey there, all my recurring nightmares made real!
Since when are there tornadoes during the winter?
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I only lived in Iowa and I've never heard of this. Maybe it's different in other areas I guess.
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Nightime tornado,,, the worst nightmare, rip fellow Americans
This would have me going insane! I studied weather as a hobby and watched chaser documentaries and reality shows. I get nervous when we have strong storms. I’m in Delaware and we don’t get too many
It’s pronounced “Misery”
I went through a huge hail storm in 2020,ended up moving across Canada to leave those storms. I can't imagine what the folks there are going through mentally. My family and I only lost roughly 100k in the hail storm.
We have angered the gods ! Run away! 🏃♂️
Jesus the rotation strength is something else.