6/6/2018 I documented a highly visible and photogenic tornado from beginning to end
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Video shot with TurretCam - see www.stormdig.com/tech/turretcam for more info
This tornado formed 8 miles north of Laramie, Wyoming and is shown here crossing U.S. Route 30, the historic Lincoln Highway. It rapidly intensified, tearing up grass and dirt as it traveled over mainly open fields. The tornado followed the contour of the land up and over the Laramie mountain range for over 45 minutes before dissipating. It was rated an EF-3 by the National Weather Service.
Best tornado video I have ever seen. Not one of the chasers is screaming "OMG OMG OMG" for the entire video.
Damn this is some of the best footage I've ever seen! That white stovepipe is GORGEOUS!
Thats exactly the same thing I was about to write! ^^
The cinematography is awesome, powerful; just stunningly beautiful. This is the best I've seen out of all of the countless videos of tornadoes on line.
Braylen Epps
James, this is quite possibly the video of the year for Tornadoes in 2018, epic amazement. So thankful you shared this. Congratulations on a very excellent capture!
David Saurer it looks reallllllllllllly fake
@@forbiiddensoulsyt3045 it’s not. I saw it firsthand
Awesome camera job! That tornado is literally the perfect tornado! It's got that perfect shape about it.
It’s a massive sun o a gun
Been 5 years and still one of my favorite tornado videos on KZhead. You're a legend!
Growing up in OK and TX, I've seen a bunch. That might be one of the most scenic I've ever seen, Nice.
Are they usually that big?? I live in VA so we dont get many
Yryrtfero8r8t47474r6r64
It was very cool to see, v pretty
Amazing footage! I live in Laramie and saw this with my own eyes. My very first tornado and hope it will be my last lol! Absolutely beautiful to watch though
Pm
Awesome, and much bonus for the total absence of spoken words in the video!
Indeed. The impact of the video is enhanced just by the sound of the wind.
Agreed
This video should deserve thousands of views, the best tornado video
This is Ms Photogenic, 2018! Fabulous, really. From like 0:37 on, it could be CGI, it's so perfect, so surreal. What a churner, what a catch!
This footage is blowing my mind, in spots it's hard to even believe it's real. Great job man!
Beautiful and frightening at the same time. Nice footage.
You hit a home run with this video.
Best footage of the year, hands down. Great capture.
Idk how I’m just now seeing this video but this is amazing footage!!
Excellent footage!
Amazing footage! Well done.
Man that condensation clip is just epic. Crazy footage
I’ve driven this road often & this horrifies me. I would straight up have a heart attack. But this footage is insanely beautiful.
It’s so cool how it just took form on the ground and it’s so beating when it does!!!
Anyone else see the person open the door and step out of the mobile home at 3:15? That must've been an unnerving experience.
Yeah I was watching the horses praying
Jeff Beaudoin to couldn’t see him her
I saw that
LMAO YES I DID!
Theres two horses eating out there enjoying there invited visitor to sit next to them and hang out for min lol
This tornado is so beautiful and photogenic, it almost doesn't look real! 🌀
Insane! Nice work James! wow
Incredible footage! 1:07 is fantastic! Almost surreal!
WOW great footage!
and finally a storm chaser that isn't constantly shouting about how great the footage is
I am not an expert on animals in a tornado but at the 2:06 mark there are three horses in the lower left hand corner that for an entire minute never move. Don't lift their heads, don't rip more grass, don't take a step. They seem completely unaware of a giant dark object moving right at them. They are completely frozen. This doesn't jive with what I know of animals.
Thank you for pointing that out. I was waiting for the quonset hut to get sucked up so I didn't notice any animals. There seems to be some on the right side of the hut too.
The video is frickin fake
Fake? You think this is fake? Have you ever been near a tornado? Being near one is fine, you can stand outside of them and be fine. Any closer or being in it's path is when you are in danger. From a distance they are just a mass of wind traveling. It's literally a concentrated funnel of wind that impacts the LZ and path.
It is true!! I also found the coloring of the houses and the shape of the drawing strange ... it seems to me fack news !!
Notice at 1:20 the color of houses and sheds, it is very artificial ... very fake !!
This is probably the first thing people think of when they think “tornado”. Look at it, it’s so well defined that it looks more like an artist’s depiction of a Tornado.
Fantastic footage
TYSM, ive always wanted to see how a tornado form :D
this is beautiful thank you
Spectacular footage
So beautiful yet deadly.
Stupendous capture!!!
spectacular photography
Amazing. Nice catch!
Spectacular footage James! Please tell me why you chose Laramie as a target. I targeted westcentral NE and did not forecast Laramie as a target. Would love to know what you saw for future reference.
well done guys, thanks for sharing.
Great video, James!
Beautiful!
Superb footage
OMG! Seriously, that’s the best tornado video i have ever watched on KZhead. Oh gosh, so pretty and so destructive.....
Great capture of that tornado James!! Keep up the good work!
Wow such a clear tornado at first, not rain wrapped or anything. And @ 1:18 damn it looks massive! Thankfully it looks like it didn't hit much of anything.
It’s incredible how high the base is
0:47 that is one of the most insane things…
yah..good shot and beautiful tornado
Beautiful.
most other chasers were scared to get close to it....ty for some of the best footage
Great, but really great video!! Amazing!! Congrats!
that is such a beautiful tornado. I love tornadoes like these, the ones that don't kill and are oh so gorgeous
Those zoomed in shots are terrifying.
Great videography.
dude what in the world dude crazy man
0:16 *how did the lower part of the tornado get so thick that fast?!!*
This will be the first video that I see of a tornado that's not shaky and that hasn't got any comments on how awesome and dangerous it is.
Outstanding!
Beautiful! 😍
Beautiful
Is there any chance you could post the whole lifespan of this tornado including all your different angles on KZhead? Would love to watch this thing uncut!
What kind of camera is that. I am more interested in how clear the picture was than I am of the tornado. Kids could have been flying in the background for all I knew but the image itself was just gorgeous.
Wow that's a beautiful tornado
So many tornado videos have rain on the windshield, with wipers going - and it's so distracting! How did he get this without the rain? Perhaps enough distance with a lot of zoom? Amazing.
OP posted his website above. www.stormdig.com/tech/turretcam Apparently compressed air is used to keep the dome clear
The storm was a low precipitation supercell, so there was hardly any rain in the vicinity of the tornado, allowing for perfect viewing conditions.
I am in awe
So beautiful!
Fantastic!!!
Great footage but man tornadoes freak me out. Those are the only reoccurring nightmares I've ever had.
Excellent !!!
Freaking awesome video -
i thought that was scene from sci fi movie,amazing video
Amazing.
60fps for the iwin, this looks amazing
Wow.. Great job...
beautiful
This was the first tornado I ever saw live! From a safe distance of course. I was at my parents place on the north edge of Laramie, got a good view from the deck.
Was in my room studying for a midterm and heard an alert on the phone out of nowhere. Looked out the window just see this massive funnel north of town. Crazy first time seeing one in person!
Gorgeous! 🖤 Amazing footage!
This is the first video in a while thats made me yell out WTF! This is an amazing video. That shot of the Meso was my favorite
Amazing catch! Great footage
I understand it, of course, but it looks so cool.
Need more videos like these less talking more watching, great video 👍🏻
WOW!
こんなきれいに形どった竜巻があるのか！ かっこいい！日本にはない光景です
It's so perfect that it looks like CGI
I remember this.this happened two days I moved out there.two of them hit I heard.
Where are you at to get so much tornados
Amazing !!😉
Holy Tap-dancing F*CK this is beautiful footage. Tornado is pretty as a picture.
Woah the tornado is like turning into a landspout
great video
Very photogenic.
when it approaches the water, does it fall apart?
I'd love to see a few hours of these storm videos ... To fall asleep to..
Nadie yo viendo todos los comentarios en inglés yo :exacto
full version from dashcam?
Both frightening and awesome all at the same time. At one point it looked like a scene from Independence Day.
Awesome!!!
Beatiful slurper
That pulsating sound @1:33, is that coming from your camera's compressed air to remove raindrops or the car's hazards signal?
James Hammett Storm Chasing very cool. thank you!
This is like the Twilight Zone of tornadoes; looks too perfect to be real but at the same time looks too real to be CGI.
OMG that is the biggest tornado 🌪 I have ever seen