TOP 5 MOST HORRIFIC Tornados Recently Recorded

These are 5 real tornadoes, filmed up close by the storm chasers who were there. A tornado that forms right on top of a chaser's car in Nebraska and blows his side window out. A violent Illinois tornado that curves around behind a chaser in the dark. The Ashby, Minnesota EF4 crossing a gravel road right in front of a chaser's car. A tree limb dropped on a chaser's hood in Oklahoma, minutes before twin tornadoes. And a chaser on Interstate 55 who drives straight into an EF3, on purpose.

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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:23 Inside A Forming Tornado - Wellfleet, NE (2025)
4:51 It Curves In Behind Him - Effingham, IL (2026)
8:41 EF4 Crosses In Front - Ashby, MN (2020)
12:29 A Tree Lands On His Hood - Braman, OK (2026)
16:43 Nose Into The Tornado - I-55, MO (2025)

Please support the storm chasers featured in this video:
Freddy McKinney - https://www.youtube.com/@FreddyMcKinney
"The Most Extreme Tornado Chase Ever" https://youtu.be/h_7yWYas2uM
Storm Chaser Brad Arnold - https://www.youtube.com/@StormChaserBradArnold
"INSANE Tornado Intercept in Illinois" https://youtu.be/jdFIGg_M3W4
Tanner Charles - https://www.youtube.com/@TannerCharlesChasing
"*CLOSE RANGE* The Ashby, MN EF4 Tornado" https://youtu.be/MhHzUU1zIgM
Storm Chaser Brandon Copic - https://www.youtube.com/@BrandonCopicWx
"VIOLENT Twin Tornadoes in Oklahoma - Extreme Close Range Intercept" https://youtu.be/grTeaklvjj0
Storm Chaser Scott Peake - https://www.youtube.com/@stormchaserscottpeake
"Extreme close intercept of the violent Blodgett, MO tornado 5/16/2025" https://youtu.be/O_ZDqWLe6Is

Every clip in this video belongs to the storm chaser who filmed it and is shown here for commentary, criticism and education (fair use, 17 U.S.C. 107): short excerpts, broken up with narration, maps, replays and analysis, with every chaser credited and linked. If you're one of these chasers and want anything changed, contact us and we'll take care of it.

Facts: National Weather Service surveys and storm reports (North Platte, Lincoln IL, Grand Forks, Norman, Paducah), NOAA damage assessment data, and reporting by KNOP, WOWT, WAND and Effingham Radio.
Radar: NOAA NEXRAD via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet. Imagery: USGS. Music and sound effects: Freesound.org (CC0).

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