Terrifying videos show tornado sweeping across Nebraska town as eerie siren ... trends now Terrifying footage has been posted online of an enormous tornado touching down in Nebraska on Friday. The video, filmed from the upper stories of a building in the Omaha and Lincoln areas of the state, sees enormous storm clouds swirling while a siren hauntingly blares in the background, warning residents of the impending danger. The one minute long clip appeared to have been taken from the balcony of an apartment block. On the horizon, the full scale of the tornado can be appreciated with the giant clouds slowly turning as the storm barrels across the region. From the point where the video was shot, the winds appeared to be relatively light, but towards the centre of the storm strength would have been ferocious destroying, virtually everything in their path. Terrifying footage was filmed of a massive tornado was touching down in Nebraska on Friday Storm chasers also documented a tornado crossing a highway near Omaha, revealing the destructive power of the funnel-shaped storm Ally Mercer, Gabe Sedlacek Kaleb Andersen and Austin Young watch a tornado from a seventh floor parking garage on Friday in Lincoln, Nebraska The siren sounding in the background only adds to the chilling nature of the video and sheer good luck the tornado was not moving in the direction of the person filming the footage. At the start of the video the skies are dark and grey, but within a minute the danger appears to have passed by with the sky significantly brighter. In a second video posted online a storm chaser was able to capture remarkable footage of a tornado, crossing highway near Omaha, Nebraska. The tornado could be seen touching down on the ground as the storm took on its destructive funnel shape. In mesmerizing footage, the storm could be seen churning up debris from both the road and adjacent farmland. The storm could be seen crossing a six lane highway as the tornado carved its path Those capturing pictures of the swirling storms were able to get particularly close A tornado touches down on Friday afternoon in Lincoln, Nebraska A tornado moves through suburbs northwest of Omaha on Friday as seen from Bennington, Nebraska This massive tornado was spotted swirling near Lincoln, Nebraska Footage of a tornado was captured in Lancaster, Nebraska. The storm was part of a tornado warning issued by the National Weather Service A tornado is seen rolling through Elkhorn, Nebraska on Friday afternoon The storm moved north at 50mph causing significant damage to structures and trees in its way Blue skies could be seen behind the ferocious storm as it carved its way across Nebraksa The storm also produced golf ball size hail as it blazed across the countryside Heavy storm clouds appear as a tornado moves through suburbs northwest of Omaha Severe weather damage to Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska leaving planes overturned Debris is seen from a destroyed home northwest of Omaha, Nebrask, after a tornado tore through the area Dozens of houses, flattened and ripped to shreds as the tornado carved its destructive path Damage from the tornado at Garner Industries is seen on Friday outside Waverly, Nebraska The driver came across an overturned big rig that had been flipped by the powerful tornado which could still be seen churning away in the distance. Beyond the tornado, bright white clouds and blue skies could be seen giving the video an even stranger quality. Storm chasers regularly travel across the states where tornadoes are likely to form in the hope of filming captivating footage of these natural weather phenomena. The storm was part of a tornado warning issued by the National Weather Service, which indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado and golf ball size hail. The storm moved north at 50 mph, causing significant damage to structures and trees in its path. Footage was also captured of residential neighborhoods being badly damaged by the tornado, leaving dozens of houses, flattened and ripped to shreds as the tornado carved its destructive path. All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility