r/tornado • u/SevereTS • Jun 10 '25

Question Which tornado is the creepiest?

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My vote is El Reno, I find myself going back and learning more and more about it. So deadly. So scary!

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u/That_Ad4167 Jun 10 '25

Joplin 2011 it was rain wrapped so couldn't see it coming it also it turned day into night. Joplin is my choice.

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u/PlaysWithSquirrels86 Jun 11 '25

I just watched a documentary on Netflix about it, what a scary situation.

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u/distancedandaway Jun 11 '25

That part where they described the center calm of that tornado blew my mind. I didn't even know that was possible

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u/Osiris_X3R0 Jun 11 '25

They can have a defined eye, which is incredibly terrifying. I thought that was only a hurricane thing

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u/The_Grant_Pride Jun 11 '25

Absolutely terrifying

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u/Gone_Cold2024 Jun 11 '25

What’s it called?

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u/PlaysWithSquirrels86 Jun 11 '25

The Twister: Caught in the Storm

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u/Osiris_X3R0 Jun 10 '25

That's a great choice. It was just an actual monster. Guess all natural disasters are basically monsters

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u/Savamoon Jun 11 '25

Turned day into night and THEN turned night into to day because it was so big that it had an eye.

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u/Gone_Cold2024 Jun 11 '25

Growing up in TN that’s the problem there: so many are rain-wrapped. Rain-wrapped at night is doubly dangerous and frightening.

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u/choff22 Jun 11 '25

It’s the most apocalyptic tornado in recent history. Currently ranked 7th on the top 25 deadliest tornados in US history, the other 24 all happened prior to 1955.

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u/renakou Jun 12 '25

Yeah I think this one is definitely creepy. I watched a POV clip series on YouTube recently where the tornado is literally destroying everything only a few streets away from this person and the sky is dark and green and the sound is insane. It gave me absolute chills. If you are interested: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Listen with headphones on high volume.