Car Narrowly Avoids Huge Chunk of Flying Debris as Powerful Tornado Hits in Oklahoma

A storm chaser and his partner got a little too close to a tornado for comfort near Marietta, Oklahoma, on April 27, with dramatic video showing the car they were in narrowly avoiding falling debris as a powerful, damaging twister crossed their path.

The scary moment came during a Facebook Live stream by Jesse Rossi. In the video, Rossi and his partner can be heard wondering about the cloud formation ahead of them before realizing that they are facing a tornado.

A few moments later, as the pair look to pull over off Interstate 35, a large chunk of debris falls straight in front of the car, narrowly missing them.

The National Weather Service confirmed a powerful EF3 tornado had hit the area. Several buildings were destroyed and extensive damage sustained along I-35. Credit: Jesse Rossi via Storyful

Video transcript

I think you'll have any problems with the last hurting going on.Ok.I don't know if it, what falls in the sky here.I don't know.I see it.We have, they have rotation or something.Oh, we got a tornado right in front of us.Goddamn it.I gotta get off of here.We got power flashes.Be careful.Ok. God damn it.We've got rotation right here, babe.And just flying.Oh, hey, we gotta get pulled over here.We've got a tornado right here in exit 15 where we're coming off the exit 15 right now and there is a tornado and it's tearing apart everywhere.We just ran over some pieces of Marietta Marriot.Take cover.Now everybody.Marietta tight cover.Jesse's Love and he's letting people know to take cover but flying everywhere.Nicky.