Extreme weather junkies fly a drone into a tornado storm to capture close-up footage that will blow you away
- WX Chasing captured the windstorm tear across a ranch in Sulphur, Oklahoma
- It batters everything in its path and the video shows trees getting swept over
- Tonya Jacobs, who claims to own the ranch, said that there was no damage
This is the amazing moment a storm chaser flies his drone into the eye of a tornado to shoot rare an exclusively close-up footage of one of nature's most fascinating wonders.
WX Chasing - a team of extreme weather enthusiasts - captured the windstorm as it tore across a ranch in Sulphur, Oklahoma.
And the group, who pride themselves on 'chasing mother nature's most extreme', shared the video with their thousands of Facebook followers who were left absolutely blown away.
WX Chasing - a team of extreme weather enthusiasts - captured the windstorm as it tore across a ranch in Sulphur, Oklahoma
Their four-minute clip shot by a camera fitted to the drone begins with the craft rising up from a road which runs through a patch of fields.
The drone then moves in closer to the tornado which is jutting down from a looming grey cloud in the distance.
Farmland, roads and a train track pass below as the storm chasers close in on the vortex which is quickly spinning across the grass.
As the tornado tears across the ranch, it batters everything in its path and the video shows trees getting swept over.
Their four-minute clip shot by a camera fitted to the drone begins with the craft rising up from a road which runs through a patch of fields
As the tornado tears across the ranch, it batters everything in its path and the video shows trees getting swept over
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Throughout the video, the jet stream seems to be getting less dense and by the end of the clip it has been reduced to only a faint plume.
Staggered social media users took to Facebook to express their amazement at the rare access the drone provided.
Robert Knowles said: 'Magnificent views of the beauty of mother nature! So glad it missed any structures! Thank you for sharing this wonderful footage!'
Tonya Jacobs, who claims to own the farmland, said: 'Thank you for sharing! That was on our ranch, amazing footage! So thankful no damage!
Throughout the video, the jet stream seems to be getting less dense and by the end of the clip it has been reduced to only a faint plume
