Tornado uproots trees as it rips through city in Kansas

Surveillance video shows a tornado moving through Andover, Kansas, on April 29. Andover Fire Chief Chad Russell said some homes "were completely blown away."

[evirs]

For anyone unaware, this was rated an EF3 and was one of the narrowest on record. Imagine these wind speeds (even higher actually) around a mile wide vortex. Those are the monster tornadoes that flatten entire towns that you really need to watch out for.

[dawoodderful]

Wow, those flagpoles were a good indication of how violent the wind was!

[wallyman]

Incredible how that whole bank of trees on the left of the screen just "disappear"!

[Killbayne]

one of the greatest pieces of footage I have ever seen of a tornado. This one was extremely photogenic and videos like this, Reed Timmer's Drone Shot and the School CCTV just show how morbidly beautiful this thing is.

[simpletimes]

it's insane..you can literally see how the wind flows into the tornado as it jerks in different directions

[RollerCoasterManiac]

I guess that American flag took “As our flag was still there” personally

[GravaticBurst]

That American flag giving all it's got!!!

[honeyd]

“ and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there…“

[MrsJasmyn]

This footage is important because it shows how the winds of a tornado work. It doesn't blow things away, like a hurricane or straight line winds. It sucks up debris and then uses it like a missile.

[marcushart]

At this point Kansas should just move it’s entire state to another state 🤦‍♂️

[Crow.Of.Wisdom]

Trees: Get uprooted by tornado

The flags: Pathetic.

[rickster]

The flags are literally just built different, they can’t be destroyed 😆

[kingscrew]

Doesn’t matter how strong you are… that flag ain’t coming down

[Coldest_Siren]

The fact that it didn’t take the American flag gave me more hope 🫠

[WxB]

My word, the way some of those trees get sucked into the tornado is truly terrifying

[GTTShows]

0:13 United State: HELP ME PLS MY FLAG BROKEN

[Krampy]

Thats an incredible video of a tornado. Really shows the wind blowing into it.

[vangledosh]

That was a seriously violent tornado, proof that you don't need big tornados for strong windspeeds.

[thelegacyTYT]

TBH, the small ones spook me out a little more than the large ones

[-SomebodyIGuess-]

If you compare how it looked like at the beginning of the footage towards the end, you can see how much of the vegetation was stripped away.