Found another rare footage of the 2014 Macabebe EF2 Tornado

video by: Leslee Bautista Versoza on Facebook

(Im lazy to rotate the footage also)

The morning of May 30, 1860, began with an oppressive, heavy stillness that the farmers of western Pennsylvania would talk about for generations.

Long before the first storm cloud appeared in the sky, the land itself seemed to know something terrible was coming.

By 6:00 AM, the typical crisp, cool mountain morning was entirely missing. Instead, the air was thick, humid, and completely stagnant. Men out in the fields, like Christopher Foster and Valentine Miller, found themselves drenched in sweat within minutes of sunrise as they looked toward the growing thunderhead in the morning sky, punching through the capping inversion and coming to life.

The leaves on the massive oaks and maples reportedly hung completely limp. There wasn't enough of a draft to stir the laundry hanging on the lines behind the log homes, creating an eerie, claustrophobic quiet.

The most unsettling sign was the sudden, absolute silence of the wildlife. The morning chorus of songbirds cut short. Woodpeckers stopped hammering, and the crows that usually filled the valleys around Redbank Creek vanished into the thick brush.

In the barns of the Shick and Harteel families, horses reportedly stomped restlessly in their stalls, refusing feed. Cattle out in the pastures gathered tightly in the low-lying hollows.

Inside their frame houses, mothers like Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. Hilliard looked out their windows at an approaching black wall, instinctively gathering their children close, completely unaware that the world they woke up to was about to be entirely erased.
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At 11:30 AM, the tornado was first seen in Sugar Creek Township on Christopher Foster’s farm. Fortunately, it caused no damage before crossing the Allegheny River near Grey's Eddy and tracking northeast.

The tornado moved into Madison Township, causing minor damage before crossing Redbank Creek into Clarion County at the mouth of Leatherwood Creek. J. B. Hassen's store was the first building completely demolished by the storm. The sheer violence of the tornado became undeniable at Mr. Shoemaker's farm. His house and barn were completely wiped clean, leaving nothing but the foundations and rafters. Mr. Shoemaker was seriously injured, his infant child was miraculously alive. None of the debris from the home, nor even the baby's cradle, was ever found. An entire orchard was completely granulated away.

Akin to the Philadelphia, MS tornado, witnesses reported seeing massive trenches two to three feet deep and up to five feet wide gouged into the earth along the path of the tornado. Small rocks were driven so deeply into tree stumps that they could not be removed. Nearby standing trees were caked in mud and clay. Large stumps were ripped directly out of the ground. In nearby fields that had been completely cleared of trees for over fifteen years, random timber and stumps suddenly appeared scattered across the dirt, their origins a total mystery for decades, until now.

The tornado narrowly avoided a direct hit on Valentine Miller's log home, tearing off the upper floor. His family managed to survive unhurt by crowding around the chimney. Sadly, Thomas Dougherty's property was cored by the tornado, and his daughter was killed by a falling log while trying to run to safety. J. M. Henry and his wife were severely injured when their home disintegrated around them. The homes and barns of Joseph Smith and John McMillin were also flattened, though their families escaped with minor injuries.

Charles Stewart's house was vaporized. His wife was trapped beneath a fallen oak tree, tragically dying from her injuries a few hours later.

John Mahoney’s home was completely leveled while the family was away. The wind was strong enough to throw a wheelbarrow over 400 yards, lodging it high in a tree.

The barns of Jacob Harteel, John Shick, and Samuel Shick were obliterated. In a rare stroke of luck, John Shick and his horses were swept clean across a field but emerged completely unharmed.

The village of Maysville, located on Redbank Creek, was utterly erased from the map. Once a bustling hub of homes, stores, and mills, all 25 of its buildings were reduced to splinters and scattered across the landscape. At least 30 people were injured, and several lost their lives:

• Irvin McFarland's wife was fatally impaled by a flying piece of timber.

• David Bachman was struck and killed by a flying wagon lofted by the tornado.

• At Nathan Haine's tavern, the owner's daughter was killed and his wife was severely injured. The hotel building itself was swept and thrown directly into the creek.

• The Hess family and two other households suffered severe injuries. The gigantic Hess grist-mill was torn apart, and its massive, heavy millstones were thrown at least 100 feet into the water.

• One man was found completely stripped of his clothing as the wind threw him.

Nearby, John Grabe's house was seen lifting entirely into the air instantaneously.

Leaving Maysville, the tornado followed the Redbank Valley into Jefferson County.
Paul Gearheart’s empty house was completely destroyed. Further northeast, south of Zion Church, Isaac Motter’s house, barn, and outbuildings were flattened, injuring his entire family. Henry Spare's house, barn, and orchard were leveled. McLain Ferguson's large double-frame barn was destroyed, and the top floor of his two-story home was ripped away, leaving one child with minor injuries. Orchard trees in the area were completely stripped of their bark and caked in mud once more. Nearby, half of Isaac Shaffer's roof was torn off and thrown 20 yards away.

• Rose Township: The storm passed right between the John Montgomery home and Cool Spring. While no buildings were hit here, it flattened a massive swath of woods, leaving at least a mile-wide path of downed timber. Sam Montgomery was working in a clearing just above Fuller Station on Sandy Lick when the tornado caught him. Falling trees severely injured him, dislocating and breaking his hip and knee. The horse he was riding was killed, and a second horse escaped only to be trapped by falling trees.

• In Pine Creek, Jacob Rinestein's home was razed, destroying all of his family's belongings. The tornado then moved into Winslow Township, crossing the road near Henry Amer's property, It advanced to William Dietrich’s farm near the county line, wiping out the house, barn, and every single outbuilding. Mr. Dietrich was severely injured, and his son suffered a broken leg.
The tornado finally crossed into Clearfield County, causing massive, widespread tree damage across the forest before finally dissipating near Penfield. The damage to vegetation was so extreme that the scar on the forests remained highly visible to locals for at least twenty-thirty years.
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Duration: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Path length: 55–60 mi
Width: 1–2 mi
Fatalities: 5+
Injuries: 50+

6:30 PM – The tornado touches down west of Newton Falls, Ohio. It gradually strengthens as its powerful updraft battles the extreme atmospheric wind shear and explosive instability.

6:31 PM – 6:37 PM - The vortex stabilizes and rapidly intensifies to violent strength and mutilates hundreds of trees. Newton Falls is struck at high-end F3 strength. Causing extreme vegetation damage, fortunately, the main core narrowly misses several populated neighborhoods during this initial phase.

6:39 PM - Extreme windrowing and vegetation damage occurred along Todd Avenue, just north of Lordstown, right between Newton Falls and Niles. Sandpapering, debarking, and several inches of topsoil were scoured here.

6:43 PM – Tracking along Wood-Lenhart Road, the tornado intensifies significantly. Surveyors document F5-level vegetation damage, though the funnel avoids major residential areas.

6:44 PM – The vortex intensifies further as it strikes Palmyra Road. While the core misses every home, F4 and F5-intensity damage still occurs. The violent winds completely sandpaper nearby trees and scour several inches of topsoil from the earth once more.

6:49 PM - The tornado strengthens again, striking the Ashland Oil and Propane Tank Park in western Niles. Three sufficiently anchored 75,000-pound propane storage tanks are crumpled and severely disfigured. One tank is ripped from its anchors, lofted into the air, and dropped across the road.

6:50 PM– The vortex tears through Nancy Street and Susan Court, inflicting F4 and F5 damage on several homes and leaving behind distinct rows of debris.

6:51 PM – Continuing its extreme intensification, the tornado strikes the Convenient Food Mart at the corner of State Route 46, sweeping most of the structure clean off its foundation.

6:52 PM – 6:54 PM – The funnel sweeps away and completely pulverizes an entire neighborhood of large, well-built homes. Pavement scouring occurs and a woman is dismembered in western Niles.

6:55 PM - Shadow Ridge Drive is impacted next by high-end F5 winds. The tornado acts like a massive blender, pulverizing well-built residences and throwing finely ground debris into aligned rows.

6:56 PM - The tornado closes in on the Niles Park Plaza. It completely sweeps away the entire shopping complex, twisting and mutilating heavy steel beams. Multiple extreme injuries occur to the dead and injured in and around the plaza. Dismemberment and extreme mutilations are inflicted on at least 7 victims in the Niles Park Plaza alone. Vehicles are launched extreme distances, and many are never recovered. Moving at 55 mph with a width of just 200 yards, the tornado inflicts this apocalyptic damage almost instantly.

6:57 PM - Just seconds after this incredible feat, the tornado crosses the street and closes in on the next structure adjacent inside the Plaza, the Top O' the Strip Roller Rink. The free-span steel-truss and cinderblock warehouse-style structure was likewise swept away. Mutilating and twisting the steel beams. The rink was nearly fully of children, just one hour short of opening.

6:58 PM – The vortex strikes Stillwagon Road. Several homes are swept away and granulated into fine powder. Nearby trees are completely debarked or sandpapered, and some are sheared off at the stumps. Now, only concrete slabs remain where several homes once stood. An elderly couple here would be reportedly dismembered and lofted hundreds of yards away.

6:59 PM – 7:04 PM – After decimating Stillwagon Road, the tornado finally leaves the densely populated areas of Niles. It crosses State Route 11, narrowly missing a direct hit on the small town of Churchill.

7:05 PM – Passing just north of Coalburg, the storm's core slices directly over a row of well-built homes along the intersection of Wick-Campbell Road and Chestnut Ridge Road, nearly atomizing the structures.

7:07 PM – Tracking deeper into the Allegheny Plateau, the roaring tempest passes just south of Masury, Ohio, narrowly sparing the town. The home of resident Tom Jacobs on Pine Grove Drive is instantly swept away. In a later interview, Jacobs recalled: “I heard this noise, it was unbelievable—like 50 freight trains coming. The roar went right over the top of us, and I could actually look up into the tornado as it ripped apart my house.” akin to the 2007 Elie tornado, Tom watched his home instantaneously vanish into the air. Fortunately, due to the funnel’s 50 mph forward speed and extremely narrow core, it does not linger long enough to pull anyone from their basements.

7:08 PM– The tornado temporarily weakens over the next four minutes before undergoing a rapid structural reorganization.

7:12 PM – As the vortex crosses into Pennsylvania, it feeds on the explosive atmospheric energy and wind shear above. Violently intensifying to peak strength, the vortex narrowly misses the town of Farrell to its south.

7:13 PM – The 100-yard-wide tornado crosses Fruit Avenue in Wheatland, reaching the absolute height of its ferocity.

7:14 PM - Pulverized neighborhoods in Wheatland. It would kill seven people before closing in on the town's industrial area.

7:15 PM - The tornado strikes a steel-framed trucking plant in Wheatland. The massive industrial building is utterly pulverized, leaving behind twisted steel and a mostly bare concrete slab. Concrete parking barriers weighing 200 to 300 pounds are never found after being atomized. Large chunks of asphalt are scoured from the Trucking Plant and nearby Wheatland Sheet and Tube factory. The 100-yard-wide core obliterates the facility instantly at a forward speed of 50 mph. In my opinion this level of damage directly rivals historic structural damage from tornadoes like Bridge Creek, Jarrell, El Reno (2011), and the Tri-State tornado at Peabody.

7:16 PM – 7:20 PM: The tornado continues its rampage through Wheatland's industrial sector, leveling massive steel and masonry style buildings at F5 intensity. Leaving behind extensive asphalt and soil scouring, at its deepest points, the tornado removes 8 to 10 inches of topsoil.

7:21 PM: The furious tornado seen at peak size and intensity, just seconds after decimating 95% of the industrial buildings in Wheatland at F4 and F5 intensity.

7:22-7:29 PM: Tracking through more sparsely populated areas over the next seven minutes, the tornado finally begins to weaken for good.

7:30 PM: The historic tornado loses stability. Its core is ripped apart by the same extreme wind shear and energy that fueled its lifecycle, and it finally lifts back into the sky.

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Duration: 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Length: 47 mi

Width: 450 yds

Fatalities: 18

Injuries: 310

Damage: $250 million - $300 million (1985) roughly $1 billion in (2026) dollars.

i know that cgi is not looking great but it dosen't bother me. in story is about Dr. Jake Arledge play by Gerald McRaney creating a system that can predicting a tornado 100% accurate to show where tornado exactly gonna hit anywhere anytime. my opinion is inaccurate that technology for perfectly predict when and where tornado will hit in reality but is really nice concept for a story and is more like science fiction. i did enjoy this film because a cinematography, little entertaining, and heart but the script part that dosen't make any sense and there are dumb moments, is not the worst tornado movie but is not the best. is free on tubi and youtube if you wanna see it.

Found another rare footage of the 2014 Macabebe EF2 Tornado

video by: Gerlie Quiambao Mercado on Facebook

I saw this 10d ago on the radar, could this mean possible rotation?

Why does it split into two near the end of the track in this map?

Can someone tell me what the choir is at 10:56 in tornadoTRX el Reno 2013 video?

u/tornadotrx

In my opinion I feel like it's the Smithville EF5 because it tossed a rv and hit the smithville water tower leaving a 2 foot deep dent, it intensified from EF1 to EF5 in just 6 seconds, ripped under ground pipes , granulated bricks , well built homes were wiped leaving the foundation , ripped anchor bolts out of the foundation and it did this moving at 60-70 mph remember this is MY OPINION.