Tornado and Car Struck by Lightning!

On 4/12/2022 I had the most incredible chase of my life! I started the chase north of the storms in Iowa, so that I could maneuver in front in case a tornado formed. I observed many CG, or Cloud to Ground, lightning strikes as the storm was maturing. This is a good sign, and indicates the storm is rapidly intensifying. Next, I noticed extreme motion in the clouds and a funnel cloud, a EF2 tornado was coming right towards me. Next thing I knew, there was this big dusty tornado on the ground. The tornado rapidly condensed into a stovepipe, and ultimately turned into a classic textbook tornado. I followed along the tornado, taking 4k60 and 360-degree video of it, and caught the entire life cycle of the tornado near Palmer Iowa. After the EF2 tornado, I found myself in Gilmore City Iowa, where I once again ran into fellow youtuber and friend Pi from the weather and storm chasing channel More Pi. Next, a tree almost fell on top of me as I was stopped on the side of the road. Immediately after, I captured video of Pi’s Prius getting struck by lightning. Pi’s car was immobilized, so he decided to get in my car to continue the chase. We had fallen behind the main storm, so we decided to drop south. The southern storm was a beautiful supercell that was dropping an intense lightning barrage all around the vehicle. I was thinking, “Maybe it’s my turn to be struck by lightning?”.

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Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:10 – Early Storm
1:56 – Tornado
6:26 – Chaos in Iowa
8:05 – Lightning Outro

[MorePi]

And I thought driving AWAY from all that debris would keep me safe! 🤣

NWS said that was a 2nd tornado hitting us! But could it have been a microburst instead???

[yamuson]

Great video man. I have always been so fascinated by tornadoes, and terrified at the same time, but have yet to see one. An EF1 hit about 30 minutes from here a few days ago, but wasn't down very long.

[partionth_Ph]

I'm a More Pi Viewer and we never expected his Prius to get hit by lightning.

[CeltonHenderson]

Epic Video, that sequence with the trees collapsing and then Pi's Car getting nailed is crazy.

[originaljazzgirl]

I just found you and subscribed. Your photography, and commentary and background music are so good!

[SPClincoln]

Great vid man! My future is to become a storm chaser and watching vids teaches me more about different storms. Keep up the great work!

[Lewphi]

came from pi's channel! you now have a new subscriber! brilliant video! much love from the UK!

[AndrewPritchard]

Dude, this is so good. Great stuff!! Keep it up brother.

[georgesrandal]

Im just discovering this channel (Im French) Great work man! Thx ❤️ It's Just impressive!

[annabobanaasmr]

You're like, a cute version of pecos hank.
Pecos hank is more like a storm dad than a storm chad.

[Bunodella]

it's so eerie how similar it looks to the 1884 South Dakota tornado photograph

[nikoflow_fm]

one of your best chases easily. great stuff chris

[TornadoForensics]

Fantastic video man, congratulations on the amazing chase!

[Zoroarkcollector]

Lost my tree to this storm! Looked up for videos on this storm, was not disappointed! Great content man!

[PhatBoyFresh]

Your videos are very reminiscent of Pecos Hank. I'll enjoy watching your career grow. Stay safe.

[VeNoM..]

You're amazing, bro. Your channel is soo underrated :-/
Keep it up!

[yourdrummer]

Excellent video and put together well! 👍

[VarietyThe]

Dude I love this shit! Good video man excited to watch em all! Keep it up!

[andstuffofthatnature]

Glad you didn’t have to deal with crazy traffic only crazy storm. Wow great footage. Sooo jealous.

[Oofong]

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