Many people witnessed first hand the May 10th tornado that tore across three states, taking with it lives and property. But there's only a few who captured the storm on their video cameras, giving the world a glimpse of the monster, and scientists a look at the storm's mechanics. Action 12's Dustin Lattimer brings us an eye-witness account from officer Mike Mullin, who grabbed his camera and headed towards the storm.

"Basically where you see this water area, it was directly over the tree line from there," Mullin recalls. Officer Mike Mullin brings us back to the very place where he captured the EF-4 tornado almost a year ago. "I had seen that it was getting dark back in the northeast part of the county so I decided I better come up here and check it out," says Mullin.

When Mike turned on this dirt road, the tornado was clearly visible. He stopped his patrol car, a mile away from the destruction and began capturing the storm. "I've actually seen tornadoes before but that's the closest I've ever been to one," says Mullin. With his video camera in hand, Mike shot the tornado for more than two minutes, witnessing the storm growing in size and getting closer.

Officer Mullin tracked the tornado up until this point. Already the storm was taking with it lives and property with its sight set right on Picher. That's when officer Mullin but the camera down and decided to step it. "There's no words to describe it, you just had to be here at that particular time," says Mullin.

Mullin's video was shown on national television and is now on YouTube. "I hope the video provided some type of purpose for weather spotters, storm spotters, someone who can use it to better prepare people for situations like this. I wasn't trying to achieve fame or anything by what I did, my goal was to help people," says Mullin. Video, like this, helps the National Weather Service determine the strength and size of a tornado.