Tornado just ahead ( Sweden, Europe )

wow

One of the top 5 tornado videos ever.....

Also maybe the scariest thing ive ever seen. So fast....stops for .0001 sec like HAHA.....then whoosh...like a cartoon.:eek:

Seemed more ike a phantom than anything..... Suction vorticies IMO are much stronger than we realize. At least what the common person realizes.
 
WOW! That was totally awesome. The tornado almost looks like a ghost whisping across the road and into the trees. That's highly unusual for it to be so far north - Stockholm is at a latitude equivalent to just north of Juneau, AK and just into the Northwest Territories, Canada! That's freaking 60 degrees North! Does anyone else know about other severe/tornado events happening in such extreme latitudes? 60 degrees South is within the rim of the winter sea ice near Antarctica. Just crazy. :eek:
 
That is incredible video, Helge!

You get another imagination when looking at that tree which breaks so easily! One wouldn't think such small vortices has such power.
 
Oh men this is amazing...and very lucky ;)
Anyway I don't see any tornado touch down or funnel before the car gets in the road among the trees.Suddenly the tornado touches down and hits the car.
 
Yeah, I think it's very interesting that you see the funnel and there's suspense as they drive through the trees - then all of a sudden debris is flying around and then this little white thing floats across the road, and then goes to tear up some more trees. It shows the same behavior as a small water vapor tornado one would see created in a lab!
 
Looks like chaser video from 2008. I still like the AL car-flipping tornado clip better.
 
I dunno, that video is pretty dang impressive but it definitely ranks up there with the coolest. Fun to hear the after the tornado reactions are universally awesome.
 
How cool is that!! That little vortex was packing a bit of a punch, don't you think. I don't speak Swedish, but I can imagine what they were saying ;) ! Kind of reminds me of TN chasing with all the trees in the way.

Tornadoes are rare but not totally unheard of that far north. A quick peek at NCDC found 3 Alaska tornadoes, the fartherest north was 61 degrees on 6-14-2004, but it seems like I read a report from one of the Alaska WCMs that there have been more than that.
 
Where is all of the outrage and gnashing of teeth about this guy driving into a tornado and then nearly getting hit along with his kids in the vehicle? I bet he had an amber lightbar flashing wildly too during this whole time. This is going to ruin stormchasing forever and ever! Oh my! :D

That really is some pretty cool video. The way it easily twisted and snapped that one small tree is amazing. The power from that little vortex is very impressive. I also like the kid towards the end that is laughing as if to suggest, "Hey, dad. That was fun! Let's do it again!" LOL!
 
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Where is all of the outrage and gnashing of teeth about this guy driving into a tornado and then nearly getting hit along with his kids in the vehicle? I bet he had an amber lightbar flashing wildly too during this whole time. This is going to ruin stormchasing forever and ever! Oh my! :D

Man, how true is this? I think we all need to need to go to another weather site to bash them for driving like that and posting the video. I bet it was even all done on purpose to get fame and glory. :)

But seriously, as everyone has said, that is a really neat video. That little thing had some power behind it to snap that tree like that.
 
Awesome video. I had been looking for years for a video of such a small tornado because the one that hit me years ago was no larger than a 55 gallon barrel at the bottom and when I had told some people that story I was told they didn't get that small so it must have been a dust devil or something (lol).

I was 16 years old and on my way via back roads to Emporia passing the South end of a HP severe when a tornado dropped next to me on the left, it was small and popping little branches off of the trees. I stopped and it went right over my Camaro which was neat because I looked out my sunroof as it passed over it. I got out of the car and watched it head toward a mobile home a half mile away. It picked up to pass over the mobile home and widened significantly as it did and then dropped as it became buried in the rain and lightning. That was what peaked my interest in weather besides my lightning shots.

I will say that in comparison to the little beast in the video that mine was much more well defined (shape) but less wind speed and a bit slower travel speed. The video is now one of my few favorites on YouTube.
 
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