El Reno 2013: The Widest Tornado in Recorded History
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- Опубликовано: 9 май 2022
- Howdy Everyone,
Endless thank you's to everyone who has been so patient for this video. Severe weather season has been keeping me busy, and my promise to all of you is that I will never put out a video that I'm not 110% proud of-- even if that means it takes me a little longer.
This video was filmed over a month ago, before the tragic passing of three OU meteorology students Gavin, Nic, and Drake. I had intended to talk about storm chasers more in depth in this video, but in light of this situation I found it more appropriate to wait.
If you feel inclined, here is a link to a GoFundMe that supports the families of the students lost as they enter a new and challenging period of their life without a loved one:
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
THANK YOU TO the chasers who let us use their footage today:
David Demko and Heidi Farrar: WeatherBeat.net , www.twisterdata.com/
Skip Talbot: www.skip.cc/chase/
Mikey Gribble: loadedgunchasing.com/
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I'm glad you touched on the bad feeling almost every experienced chaser had from early in that day. From the moment we were in position in front of the storm (Airport & Reno) it just seemed evil. It was the 14th tornado in 14 days for us, including multiple EF4+ tornadoes, and it was so far beyond anything else. And when it became apparent that the initial white cones weren't individual tornadoes, but multiple vortices, we quickly made up our minds to drop south (early) as there was only one bridge across the river at Union City. And it still closed on us as we were driving ~40mph.
One other thing to note - another factor in most chasers misjudging this tornado was the fact that not only did it rapidly accelerate, but the size of it rapidly multiplied, so the leading edge of the tornado was getting even closer than the parent storm indicated. The best example of this is Heidi & Dave's video (Weather Beat - sub to their channel) where the tornado is actually moving away from them, but because it's growing, the edge of it is getting closer to them. And lastly, the scale just threw all points of reference away - it was basically a cloud on the ground. The whole meso was rotating, but only after the fact did we find that the whole meso was essentially the tornado, extended all the way to the ground. Hell on earth, that day.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I’m glad you made it through to tell the story. It’s a storm unmatched, and I don’t know that we’ll ever see one of that magnitude again in our lifetime
@@carlyannawx your the best and the most underrated tornado RUclipsr ever thank you for the awesome videos!
Did anyone figure out why the funnel did not fully condense? I know you often get small tornadoes on the ground without a fully condensed funnel ...but one of that size? How is that possible?
@@daejeon0607 I'm wondering if it is at the extremes of width where it either just isn't large enough for the condensation, or too large for the condensation to outline the full vortex, so it just sticks to the "core"
@@3dpyromaniac560 good point. I guess the easy answer is: not all the air inside the large funnel was cool enough to reach the dew point. There must have been something weird going on with the temperature variations under the mesocyclone.
Isn’t it the cooler RFD air hitting the warm moist updraft that creates the condensation in the funnel?
How DAN managed to literally be INSIDE of the tornado and SURVIVED never fails to absolutely assault the fabrics of my brain. Dude got insanely lucky, good for him.
Heck, a police officer in Joplin, Missouri survived the tornado that tore through Joplin on May 22nd, 2011 in his patrol car in the vicinity of Interstate 44. Officer Waters yelled on his radio that he was in the tornado.
@@michaellovely6601 yes! I remember seeing the footage! Absolutely terrifying
my dad supposedly drove through this tornado, i wasnt there but hes definitely the type of guy to do something that insane
El Reno was one of those wake-up calls that really showed how dangerous and unpredictable tornadoes can be, to the point where it caught even veterans like Tim Samaras off guard.
It also reminded storm chasers that no footage, report or data is worth losing their lives and that there will always be more storms.
@@michaellovely6601 Indeed. Historic or not, no storm is worth your life.
@@Caddynars I have watched a video on the safety lessons from the El Reno, Oklahoma tornado by storm chaser Skip Talbot and I found his video informative and educational.
they got what they asked for 🤷♂️
@@nze69shut up
I had NO idea about the GPS tracker tribute to Tim, Paul and Carl. This community is so strong and close knit, its so incredible to see.
@@nze69 This is an incredibly insensitive and awful thing to say.
@@mddmont I think he means they got the tribute they deserve.
@@southernoklahomamopars6726 I sure hope so, but with no additional text added it sounds malicious.
I only mention this because Twister role in raising interest in Strom chasing but they gave the same tribute to Bill Paxton too
@@nze69you are a full grow adult , it was their jobs too mesure the tornado wind , guess fools like you don’t understand this :/
The loss of the Twistex team can not be measured, it was a devastating loss to science and storm chasing.
Tim was well known for being the most safety minded storm chaser in the business and was always preaching safety to other chasers.
This made his death even more unbelievable and devastating among other storm chasers and meteorologists.
RIP Twistex team 😢
Thank you so much for humanizing storm chasers. People really think they’re just these crazy people driving around taking pictures. They don’t know how much this means to these people and the fact people lost their lives doing this, it deserves respect. I hope their families are doing okay.
I think that it would be great if Carly explained this to people on some type of morning news program or a daytime talk show.
The morning after, when I saw the confirmation of Tim's passing from his brother, I wept heavily. Tim and I had correspondence after his Manchester, SD intercept. Tim and I also had small roles in the development of the 787 Dreamliner for Boeing, and though neither of us knew that at the time, it felt amazing to learn that we both contributed to such an amazing effort.
Tim and Carl were not just exceptional storm chasers, but they were safe. Risk adverse to a fault, they called out high risk behavior as stupid and unwarranted. They always had escape options and had even documented several storms with erratic movements and growth, as if the entire mesocyclone suddenly dropped and became a multi-vortex structure.
I stopped actively chasing when they died, and almost completely renounced spotting all together when two for-hire "chasers" blew through a stop sign and killed a meteorology student. (I also dropped the Weather Channel from my lineup when they asked others to pull that camera footage out of the police crime scene.)
Drones and other unmanned tools are the only way to study tornadoes up close, and chaser convergence like we saw in the TX panhandle last week is what killed any interest in me chasing solo or paying money for a tour group.
I respect your decision, but not all chasers are like the ones who killed that metereology student. There are many scientific chasers and law enforcement officials who chase to serve as storm spotters. Those chasers have more respect for others, and chase not of a sense of thrill seeking or competition but to improve our understanding of these beasts and to save lives.
Wait Tim samaras developed the 787? Are you kidding me? I guess I learn something new every day. Massive aviation fan here
@@Ryandupont0896 Tim was contracted to Boeing to test the new body panel composites from hail strikes, so he had samples of the new panels and control samples mounted to his truck and wired with sensors, so if his truck encountered golfball or larger hail while chasing, they could get real-world data without sacrificing a full plane in the air or on the ground.
Oh wow incredible and sad story! Hugs to you, friend!! Also helping with the development of the B787 Dreamliner is amazing!!
@@Ryandupont0896 same and apparently the poster helped develop it too
No father can handle losing their son, and would throw away their life to save their son. I can't imagine how awful it must have been for him to know his son was going to die with him and there was nothing he could about it. May all them now rest in peace together.
That numb, exhausted feeling of, "Here we go again..." is exactly how we in Australia were feeling by the end of the Black Summer fires in 2020. There isn't much about tornadoes that I can call relatable, but I think I can empathise with that bit.
Mate are you a firies or one of the military lads who came in to give us a hand?
I still feel horrible about those fires in Australia although I`m in Louisiana in America. God bless all of you and the animals. The hurricanes in my area in 2020 made me become overly obsessed with solar power and prepping. I hope to safely wire up my solar power system for a small air conditioner in the coming weeks. It seems so strange that so many bad things have happened since 2020 started. Feels like a curse. My nerves have been damaged and I`m sure this is true for billions of others.
Louisiana here as well. Whether it’s an Australian wildfire, a Southern hurricane, or a Tornado Alley twister, it’s all the same horror, just a different face. When y’all had that horrific spate of wildfires, it broke my heart. It looked like literal hell on earth.
I agree. Watching Australia was horrifying. I stayed praying for them. It felt like we were watching a living monster.
At some point common sense has to get involved in the EF scale,this is a EF 5 tornado 7 days a week,near 300 mpw and 2.6 miles wide just because it didn't hit a lot of Structures it gets demoted....That's like saying if a Cobra doesn't bite anyone it's not poisonous.....I don't care what it's official rating is this is a EF5 imo and always will be
Exactly, this was an EF5. The people responsible for changing the criteria for tornado ratings are just like someone who comes into a job field and makes policy changes to something that isn't broken and has worked for years just so he can stamp his name to it. Widest tornado in history, as you've said, 2nd fastest wind speed ever clocked on earth. This was definitely an EF5. When Tim took their direct hit from this beast its all on camera. It's so bad that the footage will probably never be released to the public. The very few who have seen the footage got sick watching it. That tells you that something horrific happened to their bodies. I know what's been said about the cattle in the Jarrell Tx F5. Hopefully, nothing like that happened to them.
Well said
I agree your 💯 correct!!
Agreed. It needs to be retroactively rated an EF5. It's ridiculous that the most menacing tornado in recorded history got downgraded.
I would label this an EF 6 personally. Had this hit a populated area, everyone would probably parish. And no structure would have been left.
I survived the Joplin EF-5 of May, 2011. I watch A LOT of tornado videos and content. Your channel is the best and most informative I’ve found, thus far. The level of detail and respect that you give to the survivors, as well as those who have perished, is astounding. Thank you. Keep it up! 🙏🏼❤️
Scarious tornado video I've ever seen. EF5 from the moment it touched down to the moment it dissipated
I hope you're all doing ok, so sorry you had to go through that
Your channel is criminally under watched. Sharing this with all my weather nerd friends. Great work.
For Real!
Indeed
Yes please, share Carly every where. Her content is incredible.
So true. I was thinking, how the hell does she not have more subscribers? These documentaries are 100 time better then anything TWC could do honestly..
Agreed. Less than 400 likes on this video is an absolute travesty.
Just imagine driving the Yaris in the same direction as the wind rather than against it. Worlds fastest yaris.
Also, that police officer at 29:21 is the real mvp. Hope he made it, he probably never wants to see a storm again.
This was truly a historic tornado. Potentially a once-in-a-lifetime event. Thank God it did not hit any cities or towns. RIP to all the storm chasers who died to this incredible beast.
I remember seeing this event covered in the news and the chaser community. Seeing the overview map of all the chasers fleeing as the tornado grows gives me chills.
Don't worry too much about having a regular posting schedule, the quality of your videos more than make up for it!
Yes!!!
Reed Timmer has an incredible video of the storm spitting out multiple vortices in the beginning. It’s on his RUclips it’s a 5ish minute video, it’s the best footage of the beginning of that storm that I’ve seen.
He also got footage of Dominator 2's hood being torn off.
He had his own show, Tornado Chasers, El Reno tornado is covered in 2 part episode "Nemesis" in season 2 finale. You can also see Dominator team coming across Mike Bettes' Weather Channel car on I-81, moments after it was thrown off the road. Tbh, when I watched it and heard Reed reporting back to KFOR channel with words "This is tornado we do NOT want to intercept", that's when you know it's bad.
Reed is definitely the next goat rip to my inspiration Tim Samaras n Paul n Carl
This tornado sent me into depression because of the inconceivable passing of Tim Samaras, his son Paul, and dear friend Carl Young.
Rest dearly Twistex!
I feel especially sad for Mrs. Samaras because she not only had to bury her husband but also her son. I'm surprised that she hasn't gone completely insane from grief.
I've watched a bunch of different videos about El Reno and this is one of the best I think I've seen. You always show such compassion and humanity. This tornado was so unpredictable and so big that even experienced chasers were caught completely off-guard. Skip Talbot has a really good video about the lessons learned from the El Reno tornado, and there's a superb video on the Tornado Forensic channel, showing many chasers' footage of it synced, demonstrating just how big and dangerous it was.
Knowing just how close the Twistex team were to safety, knowing the tornado would die out only minutes later, is heartbreaking even for people like me who just watch the videos. Rest in peace Tim Samaras, Paul Samaras, Carl Young, Richard Henderson.
Believe it or not, Tim Samaras was my cousin’s uncle. When I would visit my family in Colorado they always showed me amazing pictures of tornadoes that Tim had taken. I never met him or Paul but I remember hearing about them when I was little and I remember their deaths were really difficult for my cousin and our family. I was so little when it happened I didn’t really understand but watching this video showed me how sad this event truly was.
I visited the Twistex memorial on May 2 this year while on my second chase ever. Having watched so many different videos about the El Reno tornado, it was surreal to be standing there.
Visiting the Twistex memorial would be a sobering reminder for both professional and freelance storm chasers that no footage, report or data is worth losing their lives and that there will always be more storms. I also believe that it is important to visit the memorial to the seven children who lost their lives at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma during the EF5 tornado that devastated Moore on May 20, 2013. The memorial consists of seven stone benches; one for each child and describes what he or she was like as a person. I personally think that there should be two more benches at the memorial in memory of Catherine De Gay and Xavier Delgado. Catherine died seventy-three days after the tornado from a series of strokes that resulted from brain damage she sustained in the disaster. Xavier developed a combination of PTSD and Survivor's Guilt and ultimately took his own life in 2018; just five years after the tornado. Xavier was traumatized by his experience and felt guilty knowing that he survived but seven of his friends and classmates did not.
Carly, you've outdone yourself! When you announced the next vid would concern the 2013 El Reno incident, I was skeptical as I thought RUclips was basically saturated with vids from an event that happened 9 years ago! You also mentioned having difficulties securing rights of vids from chasers during one of your Twitch streams. With the delay in uploading, I suspected you might have second guessed yourself and moved on.
But you've presented May 31st, 2013 in a way that no other youtuber has managed to accomplish these past 9 years!
Congratulations on an outstanding documentary.
As a resident of central Ohio, I'm eagerly awaiting your inevitable take on the 1974 Xenia, Ohio tornado.
I once asked my mother about the Xenia, Ohio tornado in 1974 as she saw the aftermath of the tornado on the news and she told me that Xenia looked like a war zone in Vietnam.
Edit: Carly did a video on the 1974 Super Outbreak.
Not a meteorology student but still love learning about weather it’s fun but the events that occur like El Reno are absolutely traumatizing
This is likely the most studied tornado ever, for good reason. I have had nightmares that I was there after years of research and understanding. This one has kept me up at night too while thinking about it multiple times. Anyone who wants to look into it more will learn a lot, but know what is coming, a very sad story considering those who died and in terrifying circumstances. Many lives will be saved in the future and likely already have been because of those who sadly passed during this event. It took me months to even comment on this video because I have deleted a few times. Thanks for another great video Carly, and keep up the great work.
I would like to add, Skip Talbots videos are extremely detailed in a different way and a good place to look into this storm and its consequences deeply. Dan Robinsons footage is beyond description, and that is even considering the whole thing will likely never be released. I am adamant about study of this storm for other spotters. Any spotter/chaser who isn't humbled by this event should be for their own good.
I don't know a lot about tornadoes and their workings and it's really hard for me to even comprehend this one. You see a vortex a mile a way that looks like a regular tornado, but the tornado is actually invisible and you're inside it. The giant invisible tornado also has four vortexes called subvortices that are not in fact individual tornadoes? How does one tell the difference? It feels like a nightmare
Carly, you may not have been there, but you are respecting those who did lose their lives. You have my utmost respect. Keep up the great work, and those of us who weren't there feel guilty for their passing. Without them, we wouldn't know how dangerous these storms can truly be. Thank you.
You know this tornado that happened is just nothing Neptune's Great dark spot is bad
@@KeonGarrett-zu2gpwell we will never visit Neptune
We could in a10,000 years
I’ve only ever had a phobia of tornadoes, and have unwillingly been in or, very close to, far more than I would like to admit. That being said, watching tornado videos, large and small, is the only thing that’s helped the bone chilling terror I get when they all ramp up. Learning everything I possibly can about them, and creating a way to stop the fear and panic from completely taking over my body at the worst time. I’ve consumed thousands of hours of this, and since finding your videos (thanks to Ryan Hall Y’all) I’m seriously blown away by your work and dedication to these videos. They are truly incredible, and even though I’ve heard these stories, seen the videos, you still manage to put it together in a way that touches on all aspects that would take at least 3 people to manage otherwise. Not to mention I always learn something new about each case, when I really thought I’d gotten as much as humanly possible for a person outside of the actual storm chasers community.
One of the biggest takeaways for me on your videos is not just the amazing work and dedication you put into it, but the empathy, the honest an earnestness you have to tell these people’s stories, and not just the tragic.
I’m well and truly blown away, and I’m so very grateful to have found your page and see your passion for not just the science behind these events, or just the destruction of them, but all the parts combined together as it was when it happened. As it should be. You’re amazing, and I hope more and more people can see your substantial contributions towards all of this. Even if only for the immense amount of knowledge given in ways that more people can understand and gain knowledge on themselves. It’s so important for more and more to be knowledgeable about the ins and outs of what weather really can do. 💚
I have been an advanced SKYWARN certified storm spotter since 2009. Instead of a movie to inspire me, it was a top end EF 3 that I was up close and outside with which caused much destruction and loss of life that inspired me.
By the way, your videos are awesome!
I hope you continue this channel. You don’t need to be part of a story, in order to tell it. Keep doing what you do.
I agree. Actually, I prefer a more detached, matter of fact overview of a historical storm. I want to really learn more about how the storm unfolded, not just revel in the drama and tragedy of these situations. You balance the science and human elements better than anyone I've watched!
Thank you for sharing this, I learned something new! I think "storm chasing" gets a bad wrap in MSM, as they are portrayed as crazy adrenaline junkies... when in reality, they help the science progress and often provide life-saving assistance after the storm has passed. Thank you for helping clear up some of those stereotypes 👊😎💥❤️
Yes! I had initially filmed a very long segment about chaser controversies and the importance of their jobs, but it turned into such a long piece I decided to save it for another time. Thank you for your comment! You are absolutely right, the chasers do incredible work.
@@carlyannawx I really hope to see that one day. Radar can only tell so much about a storm. Chasers and spotters are more important than most people know.
It's sad that storm chasing or spotting has such a bad reputation. When I watched an episode of a show on The Weather Channel called "Real Time Tornado" that profiled the Joplin, Missouri tornado on May 22, 2011 it was how I learned about the Basehunters storm chasers team. Basehunters is from Norman, Oklahoma and is composed of four really nice young men by the names of Scott Peake, Colt Fourney, Isaac Pato, and Kevin Rolfs as well as Kevin's dad Harland Rolfs. Watching the video on the El Reno, Oklahoma tornado on May 31, 2013 by Skip Talbot was informative but Skip's voice sounded kinda nasally. I think that it would be awesome if Carly clarified the myths and stereotypes about storm chasers on news programs like "Good Morning America" or the "Today" show.
@@carlyannawx Carly, I think that it would be great if you cleared up the myths and misconceptions of storm chasers and storm chasing on either "Good Morning America" or the "Today" show.
You also get a lot of negative feedback from the Pecos Hank crowd unfortunately. They constantly bash people like Reed Timmer
RIP to everybody lost in that storm that day. I’ve had a special interest in storm chasing from a very young age, and had followed the adventures the TWISTEX team embarked on through various TV shows/specials over the years. I distinctly remember hearing about their passing in the days following this storm and the shock and sadness I felt. I can’t believe it’ll be 10 years this year.
I was there. Thank you so much for doing this video, and don't feel bad about talking about it without being there. You obviously have researched it deeply and from a chaser's prospective, you nailed the feeling of the month/week/day. I logged 6000 miles that month, If my records were right and while I missed Moore on the 20th (was in Bray seeing small tornado) and missed Bennington, KS on the 27th (had to drive back to Illinois for one day of work), it was exhausting. I had driven back to between Tulsa and Springfield, MO the night before, planning to go home and finally sleep in a real bed, but the morning models lured me the 5 hour drive back to El Reno. I am glad to have been there, but even as safe as I chase, that thing ran me south and east as hard as i have ever run for my life. You have captured the feeling as well as anyone who wasn't there could ever hope to.
Thank you for your video... The thing that got me was that Tim and Paul were born in the same day and died one the same day ... This made me cry... Such a loss for all chasers that were lost that day... 😞🙏
Fantastic video (as always). For me, El Reno will always be an EF5, and highlights the primary flaw of the Fujita Scale: availability of damage indicators. We classify tornadoes by damage because it is usually difficult or impossible to get accurate wind speed measurements, but where they exist, I think those should be the primary source of classification. I don't think the Scale itself is necessarily bad, it just has this inherent flaw that we need to be aware of, but hopefully with more prolific and advanced radar, we WILL be able to get more accurate readings and be able to rely less on damage.
It still bewilders me that the National Weather Service went from using the Fujita Scale from 1971 to 2007 to using the Enhanced Fujita Scale. But I can understand why the National Weather Service office in Norman, Oklahoma rated the tornado that tore through El Reno on May 31st, 2013 as an EF3 instead of an EF5. When you compare El Reno to the tornado that tore through Moore, Oklahoma just eleven days earlier; there's a considerable difference between the two: El Reno is a mostly rural area whereas Moore is a predominantly suburban area. Plus, the tornadoes that hit the communities of Carney, Edmond, Jones, Luther, Shawnee and Arcadia on May 19th, 2013 were rated as either EF3 or EF4 because these communities are predominantly rural ones like El Reno.
The new Dopplers , with the ability to scan in 1-2 seconds are extremely accurate
For someone who didn't personally witness this event, you told the story very well and narrated it so professionally! The background music was well-chosen, and placed at just the right moments. I'm about to subscribe!
I was nearly deployed to the Oklahoma region following the 13, 20, and this storm due to the close proximity of the storms. Unfortunately, less than two weeks later, the Black Forest Fire erupted. This storm still remained on my mind. Considering Tim Samaras and his son were fellow Coloradoans. He was one of a kind.
I'm surprised but relieved that Kathy Samaras hasn't gone completely insane from grief as she had to bury not only her husband but also her son. I suppose it's because she had a very strong support system in place.
Absolute engineering genius. Self taught no less
The Horror Stories YT channel goes into some detail about the fatalities from the storm, including the Twistex team; the in-car video hasn’t been released, but supposedly a fellow storm chaser got to view it. Cops on scene had also heard them over the radio.
They were trying to get into position ahead of the tornado to drop one of their ‘pods’ to collect data on Highway 81, but turned onto Reuter when they realized the tornado had beaten them there. As they were going forward on Reuter, they suddenly encountered the curtain of rain surrounding the tornado. This is presumably when they pulled over to try and ride it out.
Abruptly, the rain stopped. Carl Young could be heard saying “There’s no rain around here.” Followed by Tim Samaras ominously saying “Actually, I think we’re in a bad spot.” Before the video cut out.
Paul and Carl were sucked out of the car and dropped a half mile away, while Tim was found still buckled into the passenger seat.
Horrific! Just so so sad.
I found your channel through recommendations on Pecos Hank's videos. His videos of this event are some of the most eerily beautiful and devastating things I've ever seen. Your videos have so much passion put in and I'm so happy to have found you. Thank you. Much love and stay safe y'all. ♡
A couple of things also I wanted add. One was that the lessons learned during el Reno have saved lives because of what was learned then. The other thing is while I cannot speak for storm chasing and meteorologists I can speak about non scientist making videos on events. As long as the videos are well researched (as yours are) we love people putting out information like this. Your videos help rase awareness and help with outreach, so please keep up the amazing work.
One lesson that professional storm chasers learned from the El Reno, Oklahoma tornado on May 31st, 2013 is that no footage, reports or data are worth losing their lives and there will *always* be more storms.
OMG what a colossus of a storm.
The host of this video is such a beautiful and calming force.
RIP Twistex crew, I always loved watching you guys on the weather channel.
24:23 is absolutely bone chilling seeing that multi vortex monster swooping through the frame as the people taking the video run for their lives
The wait was worth it for this one. Arguably the most famous storm of our lives, even if they downgraded it to EF-3.
According to the nws they had no evidence of damage higher then EF3. I know the radar picked up winds of EF5.
@@Sj430 yeah everyone agrees that is just bc it didn't hit a more dense area for damage readings
@@seangill2522 Best surveyor's in world downgraded it to an EF-3
@@seangill2522 Yeah the Ef system, a 300+ mph tornado hits nothing so I t’s an Ef 0 yeah makes total sense.
@@Maria.Isabella.Sanchez eh the damage scale is flawed in my opinion
The tri state tornado was at its maximum width of 1.3 to 1.5 miles wide in south central illinois. While the El Reno tornado was twice it's width at 2.6 miles wide.
Tim was the absolute last chaser I'd expect to get in trouble. I mean we would have maybe guessed Reed Timmer but not Tim. That storm was different
I mean dude wa sout in a Chevy cobalt that alone should make you think this guy's gonna get fucked
I seriously liked how you put this one together. The El Reno tornado is not spoken of often and now I understand what exactly happened with this event! Thank you!
"We've got Cows!!!!" - Twister, 1996
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I can't express how much I love your approach to this topic. You're not gratuitous, and you handle the topics in a humane way and a scientific, thorough approach. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for explaining things in a way non-tornado/meteorological people can understand. Explaining how the deceptive inner/outer visibility impacted the judgments of multiple chasers with examples made it clear why so many experience people were caught off-guard.
I am only just now seeing this video but I wanted to say thank you for the tribute to the OU3 at the very beginning of the intro. Gavin was a friend of mine and in my Boy Scout troop growing up and he was one of the happiest people I know. I appreciate you recognizing them, it was some time ago and as this video is from that time I wasn't expecting it.
I just saw this video tonight. I was a friend of Gavin and Drake being in the same classes they were in. I was and am happy about the tribute as well. All three of them will be dearly missed. :(
The color at 19:55, that alone is giving me goosebumps.
When you consider that some of the multiple vortices were large tornadoes themselves, this storm takes the cake. I have visited the Twistex memorial and standing there on the ground knowing how it all unfolded is sobering and solemn.
Hey Carly, I really like these videos as I am a tornado fan for most of my life (I am 61 years old). Also thank you for your contributions to Ryan Hall's channel during bad weather. If you really want to research a tornado from the past, I suggest the March 3, 1966 tornado that went through Jackson, MS and rolled all the way to Tuscaloosa county AL. The storm is known as the "Candlestick Park" tornado. It started by knocking down a TV tower in southern Hinds County, plowed through Candlestick Park, a brand new shopping center in South Jackson, and all the way through to Alabama. There were 53 deaths and it was the most memorable tornadoes in my memory (I was 5 years old at the time and still remember it -- my mom was a nurse at a local hospital when it happened).
I love that you covered this topic. One of the storm chasers that I followed while I was child in Oklahoma that died in that tornado, Tim Sumras, inspired me to pursue a career in meteorology. Seeing another weather enthusiast cover this is amazing, keep up the good work.
Glad to find this comment, as storm chasers like Tim Samaras and the rest of the Twistex team (along with people like Reed Timmer) have also inspired me to pursue meteorology. Nice to see I’m not alone.
If I was a student at the University of Oklahoma and studying meteorology I would be torn on who I should do an internship with: Mike Morgan at KFOR Channel 4 or Damon Lane at KOCO Channel 5.
No need to rush Carly, you can take as much time as you need to upload your videos. I'm so into your channel because you actually cover more details than most if not all of the other meteorologist RUclips Channels. I love your videos so much Carly.
I love how Reed Timmer never fails to be at the craziest tornados across the country
Just found your channel a few weeks ago, I've always been interested in weather despite the anxiety it gives me and you lay it out in a way that doesn't spike my anxiety but rather my interest. Thank you for providing information in a clear and respectful way, I always learn something new when I watch your videos. Whether its about the victims of the storm or the storm itself.
RIP Tim, Paul, and Carl in that tornado 🌪.
If they were trying to completely revamp the Fajita scale to more accurately represent actual wind speeds based on damage analysis, then they messed up. They ended up with a system that doesn't take fields vs cities into account. They know it was EF-5 wind, but because there wasn't anything to destroy, they downgraded it. That makes their system less accurate, not more accurate. It's a wind speed category, after all.
I love your videos Carly! The way you both humanize the story so thoughtfully as well as cover the scientific elements of these storms is fantastic. You are spot on about the 2013 tornado season, we Oklahomans were traumatized at that point. I’d almost got caught in the Moore storm 10 days prior, literally crossed I-44 in my rear view mirror, and driving past that carnage on my daily commute was heart wrenching. Watching the El Reno storm coverage and seeing it defy patterns was frightening, we got in our shelter later that evening from a smaller storm moving our direction also behaving out of the norm traveling SE as opposed to the much more common E to NE path. Thanks to the scientific work of Tim Samaras and those like him, we get ample warning for most tornados in the alley. Thanks for your effort on these episodes, they are as educational on safety as they are interesting to watch.
I can't imagine the amount of emotional trauma the residents of Moore experienced after the tornado that devastated their city on May 20th, 2013 and even more so for the residents who lived through the May 3rd, 1999 tornado. Many residents of Moore who lived through the 1999 tornado were saying that they "couldn't believe it happened again" after the 2013 tornado. I couldn't keep myself from crying when I received the news that seven innocent children lost their lives at Plaza Towers Elementary School. It was the second time I have cried over the loss of young children. The first time was when I got the news that twenty children were murdered by a deranged madman at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14th, 2012. What I find to be extremely surprising is that El Reno, Oklahoma was hit by a tornado on May 24th, 2011. Not many people outside of Oklahoma know about this particular tornado hitting El Reno because it happened just two days after the tornado that devastated Joplin, Missouri. It no doubt would have been beneficial of Mike Morgan at KFOR Channel 4- the NBC station in the Oklahoma City metro area- told viewers during the 2011 El Reno tornado that this is reminiscent of the Joplin tornado and urged them to not let this tornado become a repeat of what happened in Joplin in terms of deaths or injuries.
Excellent vid. Ive been obsessed with this tornado since it happened and I’m always excited to find a new video about it, even nine years later. Thank you!
Fairdale Illinois was a nasty ef4 and that video of the old man recording the tornado out the window as it hits him is truly frightening.
The quality of these videos are amazing, I've been watching them all day! You do such great research, and bring out the human side of these tragedies as well. Not to mention making the meteorological significance accessible for the humble weather fan like me. Thanks for making these videos!
Hey Carly, great to see you over at Ryan's streams helping out with the live coverage! Also, great video, El Reno is a tornado that will always be one of the most mysterious on my list. Thanks!
Oh she is THAT Carly!!! I knew I remembered this voice.
Just found your channel. You did an amazing job on bringing this to the general public to understand this event better. It was terrible that so many died,but especially that we lost the Twistex team and the valuable work that they did.
i haven't even finished it yet, but i think this may be my favorite of your tornado coverage videos! el reno is mired in such mystery, and i think you delivered all the information in such a concise and clear way and helped give more clarity to a truly wicked event. you did such an amazing job and i loved the inclusion of what the chasers felt before the event. you do such amazing work and i think you definitely fill a space of something that has been missing from the tornado and storm interested community on youtube 💗💗
Honestly hadnt heard of you until I started watching Ryan hall... but definitely glad i found out u had a RUclips channel bc yours and skip talbot style of videos are my favorite ones to watch about storms. So informational and helps ppl understand so much about storms that never get talked about. Keep up the great work and content.
This is going to be an essay. I feel like the EF scale is extremely outdated at this point. It was originally the 'F' scale, created by Ted Fujita after the outbreak in the 70's, and they changed it in 2007 to the Enhanced Fujita scale, or EF scale. The original F scale was an estimation of windspeed based on damage, because exact wind measurements were more difficult to get. The EF scale takes into consideration what kids of structures were damaged, and how bad. I feel like, today, we have the resources to actually measure windspeeds are rate tornadoes according to those measurements along with damage. It seems silly that a tornado with MEASURED WINDSPEED of nearly 3000 MPH would receive only an EF3 rating, it could send the wrong message to the public. However, I very muh agree with you , Carly, that the Moore EF5's damage was absolutely on another level, and the EF3 rating of the El Reno tornado does make sense in the context of only damage, but recorded windspeed is a different story.
I don't think we have a reliable way to get accurate wind speed measurements from tornadoes at the present moment. No two structures are built alike, and tornadoes are constantly changing. Until we have devices that can record wind speed reliably and can survive inside a tornado, the EF scale is better than nothing.
Can’t stop watching tornado videos and your channel is one of the best out there. Thanks for all the hard work you put into it, your vids are amazing.
You did an excellent job on this video. Very informative, and respectfully done. I really wanted to know what happened, and from every other video or report I've read, yours is the best. RIP to all that lost their lives and blessings to their loved ones. Tim Samaras was an amazing scientist and my his contribution to storm forecasting continue to be useful and never forgotten.
One part of this storm that was wild to me, was once the middle of it got over I-35, it turned straight south and went down through Moore, Norman
These videos you produce are fantastic. I was hooked after just a couple minutes and I’ve been watching ever since. Thank you for your hard work producing these videos.
Wow... this was an amazing documentary Carly. Definitely needed the tissues for this one. Your channel is easily one of my favorites here on RUclips. Can't wait for the next one!
RIP to all of those who were lost. May you never be forgotten.
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I wasn't expecting that note about my friends Gavin and Drake as well as their friend who I never had the pleasure to meet, Nick. I appreciate that. I and every other classmate of theirs here at OU's School of Meteorology will always miss them.
You really are the best at this content. And that’s coming from a guy who’s literally in love with Pecos Hanks content. Love it love it love it. Seriously, thanks. Love tornado stuff but never followed a channel that’s told so much detail before. The amount of work you put into this fascinates and impresses me. Keep it up!!!! Pecos Hank, you got some work to do.
I just started watching your videos and love them. Deeply thoughtful & knowledgeable commentary paired with incredible footage & immense respect for those effected. Incredible work!
I really enjoyed this synopsis of El Reno. I am not a chaser or weather professional but I remember this day. What a tragic, yet incredible day for weather nerds. I really appreciated your attention to detail and your footage from so many sources. Thanks for a great video & I look forward to seeing more of your work in the future!
The detail you give and the way you break it all down is really fascinating! Rip Tim, Paul and Carl.
This was an awesome video! Not sure why it took so long for the RUclips algorithm to show me your channel because I watch so many tornado videos, but your breakdown of this powerful tornado was great.
I just discovered your channel yesterday, and I have to say I'm extremely impressed with your videos. So well done.
The way you explain the set ups, all the way to the aftermaths of the storms, is so comprehensive for everybody. It's worded in a way that appeals to the scientists, but is explained to the newbie without making them feel dumb.
Keep it up, love you channel! so glad i found it!
When I watch your videos, sometimes I'm crying because of just how emotional it is for me to watch you tear up in your videos.
What a very well researched and respectful treatment of this tragedy! I've watched almost every video there is related to this tornado and this is so comprehensive and so incredibly compassionate. So far one of the chasers I didn't hear you mention during the El Reno storm is Daniel Shaw. He's actually my favorite chaser and is a first responder. There's footage of his vehicle being hit by a truck during this tornado, amazing and frightening. Thank you for understanding that these storm chasers are saving lives and providing vital information to large numbers of people in harm's Way.
Just found your channel, can I just say absolutely outstanding work, you are doing an amazing job on these.
RIP to all who lost their lives. My condolences, I can see this still hurts. Your videos are top notch and you’re a great educator.
I have become a total weather nerd, this is good. You are so talented!! I am grateful for your work not only on this channel, but also your work on Ryan Hall’s channel! I’ve literally watched all your videos. Keep it up, I enjoy them so much!!
Carly I think this is such a great video! I think your coverage will provide a better look into the storm chaser community including the vital roles they play in warnings , the scientific research they provide and also the fact that a lot of them are first responders after a tornado has hit. So thank you for the quality of videos you put out!!
Jeez I just binged most of your videos today these are amazing I love the meteorology breakdowns it's awesome to see and understand how a small storm can explode into a supercell.
@Carly: I absolutely *LOVE* and also appreciate the *Sentiment* that this video brings. It was truly a *HEARTBREAKING* minute for *ALL* of us when Dan showed the *Twistex* team's last minute alive in the rear camera. You're right when you said that he must have replayed it with a lot of sadness!!! Here is a big *THANK YOU* on behalf of *Tim, Paul, and Carl* as well as your fans. Of which, I have *JUST* became one!!! ~ JonseyG 👲💖🌹
Your use of music is so transformative, and really helps emphasize the unfathomable forces of nature on display. Your editing and commentate are also totally spot on, and I hope this channel explodes, because you are great.
Great job Carly! You have a great presence while walking us through some Mother Nature’s horrific events.
Carly, you do amazing work and I’m sorry you feel guilty about it at times. You shouldn’t, because you are not only educating us about these tragedies but also keeping the victims spirit alive in a respectful way. I know that’s what they would have wanted. Thanks again for a great video🦋
So glad to see this one show up. I had just binged all of your stuff this past weekend. Can’t wait for more!
Doesn't matter how much I watch on the El Reno event. It breaks my heart and I cry every time. This was very well done and put together
Car👏ly👏 this was amazing. You do not have to apologize about your schedule- you do not owe us your productivity. You've been doing incredible work over on Ryan Hall's channel.
You cover each event with respect and don't blow enthusiast viewers out of understanding with meteorology terms. Keep doing your thing. I really understood so much more thoroughly this time around about the consistency of the sub-vortices and the *size* of the tornadic windfield. Thank you!
I've always been enthused with tornadoes since I can remember. Enjoyable documentary, although sad, and you just added another subscriber!
So glad i found the channel. Going back through all the videos right now, as the ones I have watched were very interesting and entertaining.
Thanks for the videos.
I must say your narration and delivery of the true gravitas of this field is most elegant. I applaud you for doing this very serious and important science.
I don't know how I haven't seen that picture at 36:22, but that is a real mind-boggler. The devastation this would have caused if it had occurred just about 30 miles due east would've been unfathomable (let alone the fatalities just from those ominous parking lot traffic jams from people trying to escape that day), to the point it's not even too far fetched a thought they might have introduced a new rating for it as comparisons to anything seen before would be insufficient. After all the heartache and trauma these things can cause us, sometimes we really have to look back at just how lucky we are.
I live in Kansas (tornado alley) and I’ve been in everything from a EF1-EF5. You never get use to it no matter how many you’re in. This year is already starting off busy and we here in KS aren’t even in our peak yet. Our busiest month is May for tornados but they start ramping up in April-June. The last EF4 we had just barely missed our house (did a lot of damage) but tore all the homes off their foundation just down the road. I remember 2013 outbreak here. I was traveling back from Joplin MO (I had family there during that awful tornado in 2011 as that’s where my parents are from) but my gfs and I were on the road coming back to KS and sure enough two tornados formed by us on both sides of the highway. We stopped and ran under the overpass (bad idea as we know that now) but thankfully we lived. When we got back home there was another tornado that hit out by our house and did damage and several others in the surrounding areas. I lived in the city so it was rare to see so many. One thing I’ve learned is Tornados are very unpredictable and you’re either gonna live to tell ur story or the tornados going to leave it for you. I think everyone (at least in tornado prone states) should have a storm shelter. It could be the difference between life and death for you, ur family, ur pets, and maybe even ur neighbors if they don’t have one. It’s well worth the investment IMO. I hope everyone’s ready for this Tornado season because it’s starting off to be one of those years where it’s going to really ramp up. As Ryan Hall (the best weather man on RUclips or quite frankly anywhere) says, don’t be scared, be prepared. 💯
The opening of this gave me chills, which is a feat considering it's 90 degrees here today. Another absolute masterpiece.
I was in college classes with Tim Samaras’s niece when he was killed during this tornado… I had no idea she was related to him until then. Just an example of how small the world is. And it was so sad. I had grown up watching the storm chasers and hadn’t thought about them in a while when this tornado took their lives.