I wonder how far he was from the funnel? The trees in the picture did not seem to be swaying as much as I would have thought.
I would think he was at least 1/2 mile away.
In 92 a 200mph, 800ft wide wedge beast came through our subdivision. I didn't know what it was at first. I looked out the window at the wedge folded over the house. We were 300ft from the funnel.
It was absolutely terrifying. What is not seen in all these videos is the center rotating funnel. The outer clouds you see in these videos are moving fast and circulating, but that isn't the actual center funnel.
We I first tried to grasp what I was seeing. I looked up and saw a small shoot rotating off the main wedge. Then my eyes glanced down and I saw the main funnel through the outer cloud (where there was breaks in the clouds). The center was perfectly round, filled with debris, almost black.
The speed at which it was spinning was incomprehensible. I have never seen anything so powerful in all my life. Truly a terrifying experience.