Strange Weather

GREATEST STORMS ON EARTH – Best Of Tornado Alley



Visually stunning, mini documentary of the best tornado footage, lightning strikes, supercells and most beautiful storms I’ve documented. Not only is Mother Nature’s fury amplified with these explosive storms, So is her beauty.

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MAKING OF THIS VIDEO:
I have devoted a large portion of my life to documenting thunderstorms from South Texas to North Dakota, and from California to Florida. The storms notorious in Tornado Alley can be terribly powerful, however the side I’m most interested in is her beauty. This is a collection of my all time most beautiful and greatest moments storm chasing. I have strived to capture steady shots in the worst conditions possible with no shaking, or windshield wipers. Though I’ve had many great encounters in my portfolio over the last 25 years, this video is mostly the last decade simply due to the increase in camera quality. Many great 1080p HD captures were left out to make room for the 4K storm footage. I hope you enjoy πŸ˜€

STORM INFORMATION:
Roughly 75% of the ENTIRE planet’s tornadoes are reported in the United States. Here, unique geography is ultimately responsible for the high frequency of extremely powerful storm cells. Though tornadoes most often make the headlines, all this excessive energy in the atmosphere can result in an freak show of other wonders.
Many of the phenomena we are familiar with and others we are still just discovering. Not only is Mother Nature’s fury amplified with these explosive storms, So is her beauty.

Storm updrafts most frequently erupt near late afternoon when daytime temperatures reach their highest.

RAINBOW INFORMATION
Rainbows are caused by the reflection, refraction and dispersion of sunlight in rain droplets. The secondary rainbow is visible when the light that is reflected twice inside raindrops is bright enough for detection. And Because this light is reflected twice, the order of the secondary rainbow’s colors are reversed.

WHY STORMS TURN GREEN:
The concentrated downdraft of heaviest rain and hail is the core
This icy waterfall often has a turquoise hue.
In the evening or morning when golden hour sun light mixes in, the storm can turn an eerie green.

SUPERCELL INFORMATION:
In a wind sheared environment cell updrafts may rotate, becoming a mesocyclone. Mesocyclone’s are the defining character of the rarest and most powerful breed of thunderstorms, the supercell. And it’s these supercells that are responsible for the majority of the worlds strong tornadoes. Thankfully, most of these tornadoes occur over sparsely populated areas causing little damage if any.

LIGHTNING INFORMATION:
Thunderstorms have the ability to create electric fields by separating pools of positive and negative charges. When oppositely charged regions become strong enough, a flash of lightning temporarily equalizes the difference. Most flashes occur within the storm, but roughly 1 in 5 initiate by a downward moving stepped leader that connects to the ground. This is a cloud-to-ground flash. The more powerful the thunderstorm, the less time needed for the regions to rebuild their energetic charges.

UPWARD MOVING LIGHTNING or Ground-to-cloud lightning:
On rare occasions lightning initiates from tall objects on the ground and propagates upward into the storm. During extraordinary events, two or three GROUND-TO-CLOUD flashes occur And during extremely rare conditions over a dozen bolts of lightning can leap up into the sky.

Near the ceiling of our troposphere, pouch like mammatus clouds hank underneath the storms anvil cloud. High above the anvil cloudds, mysterious large scale discharges burst into color. Scientists call these Transient Luminous Events (TLEs).

Music Score by: Dan Workman, Christine Wu & Hank Schyma

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46 comments

Cord Crenshaw October 25, 2019 at 2:11 am

I never cared about the weather until I watched a Pecos Hank video. I was blind and now I see. Hallelujah

SmiLy January 24, 2022 at 1:04 pm

Look's deadly enough i guess

Stevie Ray January 24, 2022 at 10:52 pm

this was the coolest video i’ve ever seen wish it was longer

nellie milne January 26, 2022 at 1:24 pm

We don't have these kinds of storms here in Australia. It's just terrifying and magnificent.

Gitfiddle 7766 January 27, 2022 at 3:27 pm

Nothing is more beautiful haunting and terrifying than nature.

Boy Chanthavongsak January 27, 2022 at 11:28 pm

Ok

Drailton Luiz January 29, 2022 at 10:32 pm

Belíssimas Imagens Dessa Perfeição da Nossa Natureza

der Roland January 30, 2022 at 9:09 pm

some of the most incredible Storm and Tornado Footage I have seen. And without the attention grabbing fear-atmosphere

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Alexander Cobb February 2, 2022 at 7:44 am

We just not gonna mention the ufo at the end???

Dug Wolfe February 2, 2022 at 9:50 am

Are/were you aware that the UK has more tornadoes per square mile than than the US? Something to go with our and your land mass I think, but it's apparently a fact. Only seen 2 though over here (UK). El Reno 2013 on the other hand puts the whole caboodle into perspective. That one woke me up and made me cry. Total devastation that a UK resident doesn't ever want to see. Especially from a convertible Cebring!!! Blame my girl for that at the time.

Mary Glenn Crutchley February 2, 2022 at 2:32 pm

Amazing video! Wow!!

A T February 2, 2022 at 6:06 pm

Living in the midwest β€”having seen a few tornadoesβ€” I'd have to say the lightning storms might be more impressive. Especially the ones when there is no rain & just lighting. Sometimes so bright it feels like dawn or dust. Tornadoes are just scary, especially ones at night & you can't see it but only can hear the roar of a jet engine. You're in the middle of a windy downpour, then all of a sudden it stops raining, becomes really quiet with no wind & then a few minutes later you can hear this low rumble β€”almost like the sound of a massive waterfallβ€” and suddenly the tornado appears.

Илья НСвский February 3, 2022 at 12:09 pm

woah, I thought it smth like National Geographic, so qualitative.. And what a beauty are the deadliest forces of our nature..

LevFul! February 5, 2022 at 8:35 am

this is the best

zxh5566 February 6, 2022 at 6:58 pm

Didn’t i see an ufo at 6:20? Or i was wrong?

Abner Eduardo Antoniacomi Stefe February 7, 2022 at 8:53 pm

πŸŒͺ

diane correa February 16, 2022 at 10:44 pm

Wonderful mini-documentary! One of my 4th grade students is writing a research paper on the who, what, where, when, and why of tornados, and he learned so much from your film! Thank you!

Gracie Equestrian :) February 19, 2022 at 12:17 am

6:17 theres a shooting star

funnygrunt February 19, 2022 at 7:53 am

i grew up in wamego kansas. the storms are so nostalgic for me i didnt even realize. now i cant wait for storm season 2022

Axi1ity February 20, 2022 at 1:10 am

Because in the uk we don’t get much lightning it was shocking to see a storm a couple years back with a flash every 4 seconds or so and now I know that that is mear average to other places

Kydatyvegrybatokeanvisoko February 20, 2022 at 7:49 pm

I can't seem to find the song at 1:56, can anyone help?

Patryk Treder February 23, 2022 at 6:52 pm

I never cared a

Cityland Gardenhill February 24, 2022 at 6:49 am

wait wait wait, guys watch 5:20 see if you can see it 😢😢😢

Sebastian Soria February 27, 2022 at 12:38 am

Astrology are bonded together geography for example hurricanes detected in satellite systems or noaa

Claudio Jr February 27, 2022 at 8:39 pm

1:37 UFO`s ?

Susan Mcclanahan March 1, 2022 at 10:31 pm

Amazing video, love how educational it is along with the beauty of the storms. Thank you Pecos!

Vision YT March 3, 2022 at 10:02 pm

Tornados are just whirlpools but for the planets

Marluce Branco March 4, 2022 at 12:31 am

Stunning video😨

Marluce Branco March 4, 2022 at 12:32 am

I feel scared 😱

Marluce Branco March 4, 2022 at 12:35 am

Thanks Pecos Hanks 😨🀭

eren khan March 5, 2022 at 9:09 am

DA RAINBOW PROVEZ DA EARTH IZ FLAT LIKE A PLATE OR πŸ’Ώ DISC NOT A SPININNG BALL

Alexis Dee Reacts March 5, 2022 at 4:14 pm

i will never forget march 2nd 2012i was in my house eating a balony sand witch and seeing the clouds go round and round i was like uh…. dad

Weldon Henson March 6, 2022 at 5:14 pm

ho my gosh

Savage Elephant March 6, 2022 at 9:38 pm

This storm is super huge terrible

Carrie Woodburry March 11, 2022 at 2:06 am

Wow . Great video.

FEAR GOD March 11, 2022 at 4:06 am

I call this the power of Jesus being manifested. Hallelujah ‼️
All glory be to the Almighty !! Amen.
Our God is AWESOME.

Alonso Garcia March 11, 2022 at 5:37 pm

Tha video is masterpiece😍πŸ”₯

Daniel Becker March 13, 2022 at 5:27 am

This narration is just excellent.

royviscourt March 20, 2022 at 2:47 pm

these are the real records of the tornado storm!!

royviscourt March 20, 2022 at 2:49 pm

claiming insurance is quite common in these states…

Bud Parker March 23, 2022 at 10:38 am

I survived the 22 March 2022 march of destructive weather exiting Texas NorthEastward across the South. What an event…

AnaΓ―s dos Santos Barroso March 27, 2022 at 5:05 pm

Ze4

5mbarbou March 29, 2022 at 2:19 pm

Wow. These shots are the best I have ever seen. You are amazing!!

Kymberly W March 29, 2022 at 2:56 pm

I saw a triple rainbow one time in 2016

MadBadsMan March 29, 2022 at 11:24 pm

So you're at Oklahoma

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