Amazing new video reveals what it's like to be inside a tornado.
Footage posted Thursday to YouTube shows the tornado touching down in Norman, Oklahoma, about 20 miles south of Oklahoma City.
Swirling winds can be heard roaring around a shelter and visibility drops to near zero at one point as objects are tossed through the air and at least one tree snaps like a twig.
Damage reported at Norman Hotel near I-35 and Robinson. Watch it live: http://t.co/6S5kFUy0ek #okwx pic.twitter.com/FJvY1dFqwa
- KOKH FOX 25 (@OKCFOX) May 6, 2015
Dramatic pictures posted online show the tornado swirling through Norman as students huddled in the basement of the university's architecture building for safety.
Waiting out #tornado in basement of @UofOklahoma architecture bldg @koconews #okwx pic.twitter.com/0khgEOG6P5
- K Curran (@KevinOnTheDesk) May 6, 2015
PHOTOS: Views of the #Norman tornado from the football stadium and around town http://t.co/r6B34G6Rlk #okwx pic.twitter.com/DMVXcp2RhV
- OU Daily (@OUDaily) May 7, 2015
Passengers and employees at Will Rogers International Airport were twice evacuated to a safety tunnel, KFOR reported.
The twister just missed Moore, a town struck by multiple devastating tornadoes in recent decades, including one in 2013 that virtually leveled the town and killed 24 people.