Looking Straight Up Into A Tornado - Deloit, IA

On April 19th, 2023, we chased down a tornado near Deloit, Iowa got close enough to look straight up inside the funnel cloud.

w/ @johnmckinney4128 @mikeldelange @aresel_

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[jamesalias]

As a child, I saw up into a funnel cloud that developing. I went inside and told my parents, they of course didn't believe me, until after the fact that it went a few miles north and destroyed some homes. That must have been 50 years ago or more... I looked it up, 4/20/1973, I guess my memory isn't that bad.

[Hollowsmith]

6:16 is some of the most unique tornado footage ever filmed. That 20ish-seconds belongs on the all time top 20 minutes of tornado footage ever filmed. It might be the best video I've ever seen of being directly under a forming tornado. Congrats Freddy. This is truly historical footage.

[nicholaskrasznavolgyi]

My goodness Freddy, that view from underneath the funnel is fascinating. Great video!

[michaelgarcia]

For such a minor tornado, the footage was incredible.

[chrispy_]

I saw exactly that years ago when I lived in southeast Georgia. I was outside looking up at the cool swirl in the sky like a dumb kid while everyone was inside wondering what the dumb kid was looking at. Then the tornado warning happened and we spent the next 20 minutes crowded inside a tiny bathroom while the tornado moved on and never touched ground.

[zelkuta]

Man, the driver is such a G. Good team work guys.

[jeffreylindley]

Growing in Iowa City I remember looking straight up and seeing something very much like that. Just a spinning vortex. At the time I didn’t realize it could become a tornado.

[earlgrey]

That was incredible! I really love this kind of freaky weather, but I don't see myself actually chasing storms due to a multitude of reasons (main one being me living in Europe where there is not that many weather extremes going on). Due to that, I am even happier about people documenting it on Youtube etc! I just found your channel yesterday and DAMN you do it amazingly! Reminds me of my Pecos Hank binging times HAHA

[DanRustle]

Incredible footage. I’ve never seen a nado from the bottom. Pretty wild to think that if you strip away the condistation and debris that surrounds a tornado, its just an invisible vortex

[mikeldelange]

"here we go bud!"
Nothing less than amazing Freddy and John, an amazing team! thanks for putting in the effort here, masterfully done!!

[amberhigdon]

I like that both of you remained calm and focused. No screaming, panicking, or hyper-excitement. That’s so annoying in some of the other storm chasers.

[CubularCreeper]

What an amazing shot, something that chasers have been trying to get for decades and this guy captures it in the corner of his screen while focusing on debris!

[joshuagarrison]

I'll never forget. Tampa, Florida. Standing in the parking lot after work, storm going overhead, a couple of us looked up to see a "whirl pool" in the rain clouds and seeing blue sky through it. Looked down and everyone with me was in their cars peeling out lol. It never became anything, but that was the wild.

[tenovox]

I found your account 1 hour ago and I've been binge watching your videos. Subscribed about 20 mins ago and already a new video has been posted 😂. Great work man. I love these videos❤

[yourecringe-]

“At last the great shaggy end of the funnel hung directly overhead. Everything was as still as death.” -Will Keller

[LP-bivc]

I love the camaraderie you have with everyone you run into. Very wholesome. Keep up the good work brothers!

[bigmrclean]

That was some really awesome cloud and rotation footage. Storms are so amazing.

[ninamilburn]

Whenever I watch these type of videos that always inspires me even more because when I’m an adult, I want to be a storm chaser just like you guys I think it’s fun. I also love storms. I always go out and come in soaked.

[loneprimate]

Damn, that was amazing. It was like the tornado was looking right back at you.

[djamo]

From one fellow Nebraskan to another, great video. I’ve never seen that before and I watch a lot of tornado videos.