The Most Powerful Tornado in Recorded History 2023 | The Science of How Tornadoes Form

The most powerful tornado we have on record so far is the May 3rd 1999 Moore tornado. Doppler On Wheels measured a wind speed of 318 mph just above the ground.

This was the best explanation on tornado formation I have ever seen. Great job!

Eric Snodgrass is incredible at what he does. So much good information and explained in a clear way to understand. One of his best teaching videos yet. Great video

Thank you for this information, I just moved to Oklahoma and am going to Walmart tomorrow to pick up some snow shoes to keep my family safe from the next tornado

This video was a major relief for me. I get crazy anxiety with storms and I hate the idea of something coming out of the sky lol, I appreciate all of the knowledge!

Revisiting some of my childhood interests! I remember as a kid being fascinated by these storms and would watch stormhunters all day :D

I'm glad that the movie 'Twister' was mentioned. I live in Belgium, where tornadoes don't happen often and certainly not as strong as in the USA, but when I saw the movie as a kid, I was really fascinated by tornadoes, and up to this day I am. Supercell storms used to be very rare here, but the last 10 years we have had more thunderstorms like this, with heavy hail damage as well. Even though I'd like to see a tornado, I hope these stronger storms don't generate one here, since the area is so densely populated.

I do have to say, though, that it's not correct to say that tornadoes always travel in a basically straight line. Look up the paths of tornadoes like the Elie, Manitoba tornado, and many others that take hard right or left turns, whether or not they're multi-vortex. The Jarrell, TX tornado from 1997 changed direction. And if you want a large, multi-vortex tornado that is the very essence of 'not a straight line', look at the path of the 2013 El Reno tornado.

so this was posted 3 years ago, yet it's currently May, 2024 and the title of this video says most powerful tornado in recorded history 2023. wow this guy knows how to fortune tell the future. that's all i got.

In April of 2015 we were staying in Cleburne TX as a tornado passed just south of us, about a mile away. Being from the Northwest it was about the most intense storm I have ever seen in person. It was just after sunset and there was torrential rain was coming down so thick and fast it was like a wall of water. There was so much lightning it was like a stobe light. A group of us were gathered outside under the hotels awning watching the storm, and though we couldn't see it, we could hear the tornado as it passed. It sounded like the roar of a jet engine without the whine. Luckily it went through a mostly uninhabited area south of the city. The next day we drove through the area where the tornado was, and we saw full grown trees twisted apart and splintered into toothpicks. The grass in the area was about 3 feet tall but all knocked completely flat and woven together like a carpet. It was surreal looking at all the destruction knowing how close we were to its path. Seeing it in person really put into perspective how incredibly powerful these things are, and how absolutely helpless you are in the face of a tornado. They come so fast and are gone so quickly there really is nothing that you can do apart from hunker down and hope you aren't in the way. You are completely at the mercy of the storm. Videos really do not do them justice.

This set had me thinking I was about to watch Mystery Science 3000, Skip Talbot edition.

Wonderful to see the old Red Dwarf set being reused :P

I’ve watched a lot of videos on this topic and this is by far the best. Excellent discussion!

thank you thank you thank you! what a wonderful production. i have had to run from three tornadoes so i was after knowledge about what the hell was going on. i watched several videos on the subject and for me this was the best one.

One of the best explanations for tornado genesis

4:00 that wall cloud is on the ground. That is just crazy!

This is one of the best training videos out there for spotters and chasers

I also think pressures with in the storm should be described so you can understand where and why the drafts and winds are occurring.

This is the best descriptive and accurately/properly presented tutorial about tornadoes i have ever seen. Congratulations on a very well done documentary. Its about time someone did it right. This should be a must watch for all!!! Thank you

In New England though we rarely get tornadoes, a few years go, we had 4. One of those 4 was an Ef3 winds of 165+. It was enough to take down 3 buildings the town was considering taking down anyway.We had 3 downtown, andone was so violent it was enough to spawn another tornado uptown, it was an EF1, and alkl it did was take down some signs which were never seen again.