Chasing and Probing a DANGEROUS EF-4 Tornado Near Paris, Texas | 11/4/22 Texas Tornado Outbreak!

Duration: 17:05

This video was sponsored by Brilliant! Keep exploring at http://brilliant.org/LabCoatz/. Get started for free, and hurry—the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription. On November 4, 2022, a large tornado ripped across Texas near the towns of Powderly and Paris, causing millions of dollars in damage. It was a massive, rain-wrapped EF-4, growing to nearly a mile wide at its peak with winds close to 170mph, making it one of the most powerful storms on Earth...and I was there to witness it. This video documents my very first storm chasing experience, and everything that lead up to me deploying my homemade Mark II probe in front of this mega-twister! WARNING: under no circumstances should you ever attempt to replicate the actions depicted in this video. I had the assistance of several experienced storm chasers, who do this kind of thing every year. We also had a trained emergency responder with us at all times. Seriously...DON'T RISK IT. ...unless you're an idiot like me! Want to help support LabCoatz? Then consider joining my Patreon page! You'll get your name at the end of my videos, receive exclusive perks like early video access, and more! Plus...it costs as little as a cup of coffee: https://www.patreon.com/LabCoatz You can also donate directly through this link without signing up to give monthly: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/labcoatz 0:00 Intro 1:22 Planning the chase 2:48 How do you predict a tornado?? 4:02 Sponsor segment (Brilliant.org) 5:03 Packing up and heading out 6:51 First storms 7:50 NWS risk increases! 8:51 Waiting with the chasers (and Matt) 12:33 Storms ramp up 13:24 TORNADO WARNING 14:30 The intercept 15:12 Escape and watching the storm 15:41 Probe retrieval and data review 16:18 We missed...and went home 16:33 Conclusion and outro