Monster EF-4 Tornado Caught on GoPro Camera Hitting Neighborhood Homes - Pleasant Hill, Iowa

**VIDEO INFORMATION**

Tornado Caught on Camera Hitting Homes in Pleasant Hill, Iowa - near Des Moines, IA! A GoPro was set up just before the family took shelter and this is what it recorded - Some very intense video

The "Main" Tornado that was rated an EF-4 passed just in front of their house (seen in the video), however, that strong vortex that hits the house is likely what we call a satellite tornado...

***We want to clarify the "location" that some of you are pointing out***

KCCI, WHO13, TWC, and many others "kinda" got it wrong.

We talked with the family who filmed this video prior to posting and they said the following - "We are in, what is called, an unincorporated area. Our mailing address is Runnells. That is our local post office but we live closer to the town of Pleasant Hil", "Neither city has a claim to our area, roads are managed by our county and not by a town or city", "It is very confusing to anyone NOT from this area", We are Near Pleasant Hill or Southeast Corner of Polk County"

So we went with the "more accurate location".
Hope this helps! 🙂

LSC/Verified Team Member: Curtis Cunningham
Location: Near Pleasant Hill, Iowa
Date: March 5, 2022


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[nathanielsmith]

who ever made those windows in front of the camera deserves a raise

[DrForrester]

That micro-vortex really took issue with being recorded. Went straight at the house.

[AndisweatherCenter]

0:12 Right before the tornado hits you can see the rain/hail shaft move from left to right across the screen. That is the precipitation that is wrapping around the tornado. That is why it doesn't look like a tornado, but a wall of precipitation. That's the danger of rain wrapped tornadoes. To the Middle-right of the screen is where the core of the storm is. That's where you would be having your hail/torrential rain.

0:25-0:40 you can hear the sound of the hail, and also see some hail falling on the ground. Hail is mostly small, around the size of dimes and pennies.


0:45-0:50 wind suddenly changes direction from left to right and then right to left as the inflow to the tornado changes direction because of the tornado's motion from Southeast to Northeast. That is the inflow wind that is now coming in. The initial wind was the outer winds of the tornado that are wrapping around, but the shift is the winds that are flowing into the tornado. From 0:50 are in the tornado, and are not dealing with the RFD anymore.

Tornado itself makes it's closest approach between 1:10 and 1:20.

Tornado makes it's closest approach at 1:30 as one of the tornado's outer vortexes strike the house. You can actually see the mesovortex just before it slams into the house between 1:31 and 1:33. Basically a satellite tornado.

1:40-2:10 RFD winds

2:20-3:30 it Starts pouring and hailing from precipitation wrapping in on the backside of the storm from the core to the Northwest. Even through all the rain and hail you can see clearing skies from 2:55. The most intense hail falls from 3:40-4:00

[bubblehead]

That ominous rumbling, growing slowly in intensity... wow... powerful.

[elainebmack]

It's weird to see that blue sky in the background while hail is slamming into the house. I'm glad you all were safe, but sorry for the damage to your home.

[OkieMikester]

The rumble on the first minute 30 seconds is exactly what the Moore, OK tornado on 5/20/2013 sounded like. I'll never forget it.

[kaalen]

You actually see a sub vortex in this video. That is incredible. The sound combined with the visual gave me goosebumps. Incredible footage. I’m glad everyone sounds ok 👍

[stewiepid]

One of THE BEST audio captures in this video! Like every personal account of a tornado: " It sounded like a freight train ....".

[alexcross]

That vortex coming straight at the camera was like a jump scare in a scary movie. Was not expecting that!

[Hurricane]

This might be one of the best videos ever filmed of a satellite tornado. I think this house just missed getting hit by the main tornado, but did get hit by a small satellite tornado. It definitely sounds like the house lost a window. I hope that any other damage was minimal, besides for that window. Most importantly I hope that no was injured here.

[Girl-Interrupted]

I actually think out of all of the videos I have seen on tornadoes, big and small, this one perfectly captures the ACTUAL twister coming at you and what the swirl of air looks like. It was clear enough without being too rai wrapped so that you could see the kind of clear mass of swirling air.

Amazing

[big_yam]

watch from 1:30 I think that is a little vortex that smacks into the house from the left side of the screen.

[waltblackadar]

Luckily this was only at an EF-2 intensity when it hit this home. It was doing EF-4 damage in Winterset just a few miles away. And they were hit with a sub-vortex or satellite tornado rather than getting the full brunt of the main base. Great footage and I'm glad it sounds like everyone in this home was okay.

[apieceofdirt]

It’s amazing how bad everything gets in a matter of a few seconds and then calm and sunny skies a few seconds later. I hope everyone is okay.

[derekwall]

Damn bro, you can hear the roar of that beast getting steadily louder well as it approaches your place.

[Gbennett]

the hail at the end is like the storm giving you one last middle finger before it moves away

[amydavis]

1:33 The sounds of pure destruction. I almost wish you had shown us what was left of the house after it passed. It sounded like some pretty substantial damage.
[Edit: I really hope that siren we hear at about 3:18 was not your FIRST warning siren... ]

[IOWNA]

I wish we could measure how fast that was moving at the 1:33 mark. That was at least 70 MPH if not more. You can see where it was stalling in the field and then it gets a huge push from the back and just picks up and insane amount of momentum! Just look at it!

[DennisDerrick]

Anybody notice the sirens go off 'After' the tornado hits.

[jkishhabi]

Very valuable footage! I have not heard a tornado that clearly since a sub vortice grazed my house in Kansas when i was a young child. It was only an F2 but the noise was similar just not as loud and overwhelming.