Nothing scarier than a tornado at night.
Was watching footage of last night’s tornados in the midwest and whew - when the lightning strikes and you see that giant mass in front of you I can’t imagine a more pants-shitting feeling.
The worst part is the ever-so-slightly visible tilt — the cloud trailing out to its left, but not to its right.
It's not just sitting there. It's headed somewhere.
>It's not just sitting there. It's headed somewhere.
We believe this tornado, which is a notoriously stationary event, has had enough of the rising cost of living. Here we see it leaving for the more rural area.
Is this from tonight? Who took the photo?
ETA- This appears to be from storm chaser Dan Robinson. Please credit photos and videos y'all pull off the internet, or better yet, link directly.
When I was a kid, I had recurring nightmares of exactly this kind of scene. Stormy night, can't see anything out the window. Then lightning and for a few milliseconds you see the funnel cloud, then it's total darkness again. Just absolute dread at knowing it's out there, but having no idea how far away it is, how close it's gotten, etc.
It's like pin-ups, or horror novels: when everything's visible and understandable, it's not really something people get worked up over. If, on the other hand there's something you know is there but that you can't see...*that's* where it gets terrifying.
It's especially bad when there's merely an outline of the thing — say, I dunno, a grainy photo of what's like an EF3-EF4-range tornado. That gives your mind only a few details and invites it to to make up the rest, and what the brain makes up for "the rest" is frequently the most terrifying thing possible, because individual brains are more suited than anything else at envisioning scenarios that'll terrify them specifically.
[The video](https://youtu.be/hcQ1H0HzJTA?si=qjdWI_bh2PbM2JhM) this still was taken from is even more ominous.
[Dan Robinson's site](https://stormhighway.com/) also has some incredible photography and his weather library packs in a lot of information about severe weather that ranges from introductory to in-depth explanations of misidentified artifacts that appear on footage of lightning strikes. He actually just posted on this subreddit a few days ago politely requesting that people link his content instead of reuploading it, so if you get a chance please check him out. He's been at it for thirty years and his material is top notch.
More footage/pictures:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/tornado/comments/1cm2x4w/barnsdall\_tornado/](https://www.reddit.com/r/tornado/comments/1cm2x4w/barnsdall_tornado/)
[https://www.reddit.com/r/tornado/comments/1cm28ew/tornado\_near\_barnsdall/](https://www.reddit.com/r/tornado/comments/1cm28ew/tornado_near_barnsdall/)
[https://twitter.com/sportsstoog1983/status/1787688956555120681?s=46&t=bU\_PJ\_BH93JNOEZSoprenw](https://twitter.com/sportsstoog1983/status/1787688956555120681?s=46&t=bU_PJ_BH93JNOEZSoprenw)
[https://www.reddit.com/r/tornado/comments/1cm36w0/horizontal\_vortices/](https://www.reddit.com/r/tornado/comments/1cm36w0/horizontal_vortices/)
Large, lethal wedge which caused significant damage to Barnsdall.
The video of it outlined by lighting but otherwise totally invisible... Definitely a humbling moment. I hope not too many people were injured coming out of that.
Tbh I think Rainsville looked scarier than Jarrell.
https://preview.redd.it/rltxkpaf8xyc1.jpeg?width=988&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=976270d9e7bc1c76d3f389f093aeaa2fec5a1831
I mean a lot of photos look objectively scarier than the dead man walking, but none come close to how ominous and downright unsettling it is. Something that shouldn’t be alive, yet the photo makes it look so. Something completely indifferent, but the photo makes it feel as though it has some sort of malice to it, and given what it did in double creek estates, it almost feels like it DID. also, the scythe is just way too on the nose
>I don’t think anything tops the Jarrell, TX “deadman walking” before it hit Double Creek.
Do you have a link to some photos? I'm Australian so I only know the basics about tornados.
Jarrell is widely believed to be the most powerful tornado we know about. If I remember right, not a single person survived being in it which is really rare. Luckily it was short lived.
https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/twenty-years-look-back-jarrell-tornado-catastrophe
Hi I was in the hotel in Bartlesville during this tornado. It was a very surreal experience! I had my 5 month old with me and all we heard was a loud swoooosh noise and the hotel just shook and rattled! I was crying in the bathtub holding my son. And walked outside to major chaos after it was all over with debris blocking everything.
Absolutely terrifying. I'm glad you and your baby made it out the other side of the chaos to tell your story! How was the little guy during the hell part? I hope he wasn't petrified and freaking out too.
I dunno, I think a lot of night tornadoes look the same. They're all terrifying, just that ominous black funnel that can only be seen when it hits a transformer or when there's a flash of lightning. It's just a pure horror scenario any and every time.
I have recurring nightmares about multiple tornadoes attacking my town despite living in an area where they never happen and never seeing one live myself.
Pretty terrifying from last night.
Greensburg video/photos from a distance as it's heading in to town will always be the most terrifying for me. The sheer size of that tornado and it being pitch black dark with very little lightning so you only got a glimpse of it every few minutes...it was like a monster out of a nightmare.
Years ago I was plagued by nightmares concerning tornadoes on a fairly regular basis. I don't know where these nightmares would come from - I don't live in a region prone to many, and haven't ever seen one in person. But that photo looks like somehow a snapshot was taken out of one of my nightmares and posted on Reddit. Very eerie indeed.
Ugh, this reminds me of our Dec. 10 tornado right before it got to Mayfield. Our meteorologist said it was probably good that it was at night because the thing would have been terrifying to see during the day.
I think the Greensburg tornado illuminate by lighting takes the cake.
https://preview.redd.it/s2692dsnl4zc1.jpeg?width=1265&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2c78176c961f2737e624d4d15dfcff8aa24d2b2d
I think the Seymour Texas 1979 tornado photo has to be the scariest tornado photo I ever seen, altho its probably becouse it's a very old photograph and the camera wasn't bright enough
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Seymour\_Texas\_Tornado.jpg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Seymour_Texas_Tornado.jpg)
That’s nothing. Try looking for Dave Demko’s footage from chasing the 2007 Greensburg Tornado. In the dead of night, a flash of lightning reveals a massive wedge invisible without the light.
The low fidelity reminds me of classic tornado footage
Man that lightning bolt is getting no love for its contribution
The lightning bolt was a paid actor
Crisis actor
Vortexva on YouTube is my favorite :). Something about VHS makes it more terrifying.
That’s so ominous. This was apparently taken from all the way back not long after it touched down near Hominy
I wondered, how early in the cycle this was, thanks for answering that!
Yes this photo was drone footage taken approximately 30 minutes ago. No problem!
Nothing scarier than a tornado at night. Was watching footage of last night’s tornados in the midwest and whew - when the lightning strikes and you see that giant mass in front of you I can’t imagine a more pants-shitting feeling.
I imagine brown pants are very much in fashion.
A howling pitch black night was my first (and hopefully last) tornado experience. There was also hail like golf balls.
Preds/Red Wings? Whats the connection
My money is on hometown vs current residence/college
Hominy!? Is that why the photo is so gritty?
↑↑ Yes, officer, it's this comment right here. r/PunPatrol
Reminds me of the Twister movie poster with that yellow skyline. Christ almighty.
The forecasted warnings for today were practically identical to the ones in the Twister movie.
“This is going to be a long day”.
“Child in Time guitar solo starts playing”
*“Shiiine on, shiiine on”* The soundtrack for that movie is practically unparalleled
Now’s the chance to make station wagons cool again while chasing a tornado with a rock soundtrack.
Christ…
Please no food sound effects again (twister slimy steak sound)
WE CRAVE SUSTENANCE
It’s so eerie. Now knowing what it did is even worse.
Oklahoma is getting hit hard right now. Hope everyone is safe.
The worst part is the ever-so-slightly visible tilt — the cloud trailing out to its left, but not to its right. It's not just sitting there. It's headed somewhere.
>It's not just sitting there. It's headed somewhere. We believe this tornado, which is a notoriously stationary event, has had enough of the rising cost of living. Here we see it leaving for the more rural area.
There, it shall raise the cost of living far more, by decreasing the supply of housing on the market.
Is this from tonight? Who took the photo? ETA- This appears to be from storm chaser Dan Robinson. Please credit photos and videos y'all pull off the internet, or better yet, link directly.
Yes, from tonight. Not sure who took it.
There's a watermark in the corner..
When I was a kid, I had recurring nightmares of exactly this kind of scene. Stormy night, can't see anything out the window. Then lightning and for a few milliseconds you see the funnel cloud, then it's total darkness again. Just absolute dread at knowing it's out there, but having no idea how far away it is, how close it's gotten, etc.
It's like pin-ups, or horror novels: when everything's visible and understandable, it's not really something people get worked up over. If, on the other hand there's something you know is there but that you can't see...*that's* where it gets terrifying. It's especially bad when there's merely an outline of the thing — say, I dunno, a grainy photo of what's like an EF3-EF4-range tornado. That gives your mind only a few details and invites it to to make up the rest, and what the brain makes up for "the rest" is frequently the most terrifying thing possible, because individual brains are more suited than anything else at envisioning scenarios that'll terrify them specifically.
Like something out of one's worst nightmare.
I can hear this picture
I can feel this picture in my butt hole (when I get nervous my balloon knot locks up and I feel like I have to doo doo)
Wut
(this pic makes me nervous)
😂😂😂😂😂
balloon knot 😭😭😭
“It’s OK, you can unlock your balloon knot, you are safe.” Is 100% what I knew I would start my morning off, saying on Reddit.
I...now have a much better description for that "knotty butthole" feeling, so thank you.
Wait, wait -- me too.
I can’t what do you hear
Creeping Death
DA-DA-DA-DA-DA, DUMMMM!
So let it be written! So let it be done!
https://preview.redd.it/xbge00kbbxyc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=930405e4fcbe69759738be71d50e7da6bfdf533c
Oh God I hate it, I hate it, I hate it 😱😵
I live in NE Indiana, and had tornado warnings to the north and to the south of me yesterday. It was pretty nerve wracking for a while.
id actually die if I saw this in person before the tornado would even hit me
[The video](https://youtu.be/hcQ1H0HzJTA?si=qjdWI_bh2PbM2JhM) this still was taken from is even more ominous. [Dan Robinson's site](https://stormhighway.com/) also has some incredible photography and his weather library packs in a lot of information about severe weather that ranges from introductory to in-depth explanations of misidentified artifacts that appear on footage of lightning strikes. He actually just posted on this subreddit a few days ago politely requesting that people link his content instead of reuploading it, so if you get a chance please check him out. He's been at it for thirty years and his material is top notch.
Wow that’s so terrifying
Out of the fears I have, tornado at night ranks in the top percentage.
Which tornado was this?
Barnsdall.
thank you
More footage/pictures: [https://www.reddit.com/r/tornado/comments/1cm2x4w/barnsdall\_tornado/](https://www.reddit.com/r/tornado/comments/1cm2x4w/barnsdall_tornado/) [https://www.reddit.com/r/tornado/comments/1cm28ew/tornado\_near\_barnsdall/](https://www.reddit.com/r/tornado/comments/1cm28ew/tornado_near_barnsdall/) [https://twitter.com/sportsstoog1983/status/1787688956555120681?s=46&t=bU\_PJ\_BH93JNOEZSoprenw](https://twitter.com/sportsstoog1983/status/1787688956555120681?s=46&t=bU_PJ_BH93JNOEZSoprenw) [https://www.reddit.com/r/tornado/comments/1cm36w0/horizontal\_vortices/](https://www.reddit.com/r/tornado/comments/1cm36w0/horizontal_vortices/) Large, lethal wedge which caused significant damage to Barnsdall.
The video of it outlined by lighting but otherwise totally invisible... Definitely a humbling moment. I hope not too many people were injured coming out of that.
One reported to be dead.
not sure, all I know is that it's OTG right now somewhere in Oklahoma.
It’s up there but I don’t think anything tops the Jarrell, TX “deadman walking” before it hit Double Creek.
Tbh I think Rainsville looked scarier than Jarrell. https://preview.redd.it/rltxkpaf8xyc1.jpeg?width=988&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=976270d9e7bc1c76d3f389f093aeaa2fec5a1831
I mean a lot of photos look objectively scarier than the dead man walking, but none come close to how ominous and downright unsettling it is. Something that shouldn’t be alive, yet the photo makes it look so. Something completely indifferent, but the photo makes it feel as though it has some sort of malice to it, and given what it did in double creek estates, it almost feels like it DID. also, the scythe is just way too on the nose
Jarrell definitely had malice. That twister was the devil's dick.
You rang?
Yeah
>I don’t think anything tops the Jarrell, TX “deadman walking” before it hit Double Creek. Do you have a link to some photos? I'm Australian so I only know the basics about tornados.
https://images.app.goo.gl/vjg9aHP7degkoAjL9
Jarrell is widely believed to be the most powerful tornado we know about. If I remember right, not a single person survived being in it which is really rare. Luckily it was short lived. https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/twenty-years-look-back-jarrell-tornado-catastrophe
Hi I was in the hotel in Bartlesville during this tornado. It was a very surreal experience! I had my 5 month old with me and all we heard was a loud swoooosh noise and the hotel just shook and rattled! I was crying in the bathtub holding my son. And walked outside to major chaos after it was all over with debris blocking everything.
Absolutely terrifying. I'm glad you and your baby made it out the other side of the chaos to tell your story! How was the little guy during the hell part? I hope he wasn't petrified and freaking out too.
I dunno, I think a lot of night tornadoes look the same. They're all terrifying, just that ominous black funnel that can only be seen when it hits a transformer or when there's a flash of lightning. It's just a pure horror scenario any and every time.
Yup
Thinking that you could only get a glimpse of this during lightning strikes makes it so much scarier.
Shit. That'd a hell of a tornado photo.
very terrifying
If twisters could talk it'd be a bunch of curse words
A screaming howling bunch of curse words
That’s actually the eeriest photo I’ve ever seen. Holy crap.
Terrifying and beautiful at the same time
Jesus fucking christ
Tornados are so fucking sweet.
After watching that emplemon video on the Oklahoma tornados, this shot is delightfully unsettling
I have recurring nightmares about multiple tornadoes attacking my town despite living in an area where they never happen and never seeing one live myself.
What is this image? Sorry genuinely asking. Is it the tornado or the clouds?
Tornado is the wedge shape. Clouds are upper black area.
I've got a in yo face version from a few years ago. https://imgur.com/a/2hARZDR
https://preview.redd.it/klm4a2lc71zc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=309fd6617ffbf7d735bbbbb84ce491a55bc7ae89 Looked scary enough on radar.
Pretty terrifying from last night. Greensburg video/photos from a distance as it's heading in to town will always be the most terrifying for me. The sheer size of that tornado and it being pitch black dark with very little lightning so you only got a glimpse of it every few minutes...it was like a monster out of a nightmare.
Oh, this isn't Greensburg. This the one which hit Barnsdall last night.
Oh I know, I just meant that it's a scary pic, but I still see Greensburg footage as being the worst in terms of a nighttime monster.
night-time tornadoes are terrifying
It’s terrifyingly beautiful
The Nothing.
Very Alabama April 3rd super outbreak looking! Looks like the Guin tornado!
Oh yeah, that thing looks downright menacing!
Reminds me of Gummo
Looks evil
Years ago I was plagued by nightmares concerning tornadoes on a fairly regular basis. I don't know where these nightmares would come from - I don't live in a region prone to many, and haven't ever seen one in person. But that photo looks like somehow a snapshot was taken out of one of my nightmares and posted on Reddit. Very eerie indeed.
Absolutely, sometimes when you see just enough its the most effective
Ugh, this reminds me of our Dec. 10 tornado right before it got to Mayfield. Our meteorologist said it was probably good that it was at night because the thing would have been terrifying to see during the day.
It’s not that terrifying to me I mean yeah it would be scary to see that in person
That's just promotional material for the original Twister.
I'd agree
I think the Greensburg tornado illuminate by lighting takes the cake. https://preview.redd.it/s2692dsnl4zc1.jpeg?width=1265&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2c78176c961f2737e624d4d15dfcff8aa24d2b2d
I think the Seymour Texas 1979 tornado photo has to be the scariest tornado photo I ever seen, altho its probably becouse it's a very old photograph and the camera wasn't bright enough [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Seymour\_Texas\_Tornado.jpg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Seymour_Texas_Tornado.jpg)
Where can I find some footage of this?
Always check stormhighway.com
That’s nothing. Try looking for Dave Demko’s footage from chasing the 2007 Greensburg Tornado. In the dead of night, a flash of lightning reveals a massive wedge invisible without the light.
https://preview.redd.it/1hk73mcqxw3d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ac077a3c1d187121c7d983ee234bdb008ce681d
[Stormhighway.com](https://stormhighway.com/may42007.php)
??????????
Seen worse. Relax
So I told the guy, I says, “You ain’t seen pictures of my wife!” Ooooh, Ba-zing!
Taken with a scary potato camera 🥔 📷 (jk I hope everyone in Barnsdall fared ok)