5/20/2013 Moore, OK Wedge Tornado and Escape Stock Footage
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- Опубликовано: 3 июл 2013
- 5/20/2013 Moore, OK Tornado and Escape Footage Archive File.
Stock footage from professional meteorologist and storm chaser Matt Grzych, who captured this amazing footage of the Moore, OK tornado as it moved into
the city. As the tornado moved closer to his position, it turned from chasing the storm to escaping the storm, as small debris started to fall on him while he was stuck in traffic trying to get out of the path of the tornado.
Catalog ID: 05202013_MG1
Total Run Time: 23;37;21
Format: HD 1080 60i
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Some of the best footage I've seen of this tornado. The dude in the black Ford Raptor knew what was up!
Kyle Niquette lol 😂 he sure did! He wasn't waiting on nobody! That was the best part watching him go around everyone else.
He was like see ya !
Check out the one by Michael Lynn easy better & he caught it from the beginning close up followed 1/2mi behind a good ways his video is not shaky all over the place,best I've seen
22:25
" I don't care if I have to drive backwards, I'm out."
""F--k this sh!t I'm out, so i'ma just grab my stuff and leave, excuse me please"
@Axl Marshall Is it on google play?
@Laurinda Bilcik what is it an app?
What kills me is when people are still obeying traffic laws when a tornado is hot on their Trail. I don't get it. It's okay to break a traffic law while you're being chased by a tornado I think the police officers will give you a pass.
I agree Justin Brink. I sure wouldn't care about getting a ticket my life is more important & I don't think the cop is going to stop you during a tornado. That was interesting turning the 2 lane road into a one way , which they should of done sooner.
How did it turn out did you get out of the traffic jam? Thanks for the video!
Exactly. Safety wins over road laws
I definitely would give everyone on the road a pass to drive well over the speed limit to get away from a tornado. This is life and death we're talking about. We would have those affected to worry about. In my opinion, do what you have to do to save your life along with your wife and kids.
And cause an accident?
@@F5Storm1 I don't mean where there are traffic lights. I mean on the interstates or like the Turner Turnpike from Oklahoma City to Tulsa.
UPS guy was taking deep breaths, readying himself to drive directly in to the storm, for the people need their packages.
Go Brown! ;-)
@@flatulenceone Sounds gross.
@@lemankurtz8950: Didn't think about it that way, until you mentioned it. And, since you have, I think "going brown" would be entirely possible in a situation such as that.
Dick Richards yeah I say my package could be replaced. I would probably be in the basement hiding for my life at that point. Those delivery guys need to stay safe.
I wish people would shut up and hold camera still.
The clip starting at 14:52 is probably one of the best videos ever taken of an EF5 tornado while it was at that intensity.
Scary to think that all the "dust" is building debris, most of it the size of poker chips.
There’s way better footage of this tornado and other ones.
No.
Props to this guy. This is the clearest shot I've seen of this tornado since it happened.
Guy 🤣 it's a female driving
Check out Michael Lynn’s video
You need a second person to do either the camera work or drive. Nice work for solo unedited. People commenting that you shouldn't freak have never been near an EF5 in real life. It's adrenaline city.
Its easier just putting one life in danger.
Really sad that many of those homes he passed early on would be flattened minutes later with injuries and death. Just a terrible day, again, for Moore!
No way!! Omg so horrible I always wondered - (from northern Canada) what happens when you’re house is destroyed ??!! Like is there insurance on it? Is it covered do you pay outta pocket? I don’t understand this. Why buy a house if they have to keep rebuilding it and paying for it. I would have a safe or something in a vault with all my important pictures and paper work! Just being silly here no need to be harsh 😭 I’m just generally curious and I’m always watching tornados I’m just so amazed at
How often they happen. We are starting to get some tornados where I live. Specially Quebec
N he knew it n just drove by. Storm chasers are selfish morons who make traffic worse. Unless ur tracking to give advanced warnings gtfo. Driving around gawking at people's misery.
@@xoxounouloveme truss this tornado would’ve launched that vault a couple miles
@@jackmehoffe9662 please do some research before spouting off about things you don't know. There is nothing he could have done for them. Do you think he could just stand there and wave his arms and the tornado would change directions? These people are well aware of the tornado. They're likely in their basements or shelters and knocking on their door would draw them from their safe place and risk their lives. The ONLY way to know where a tornado is with 100% accuracy is to have eyes on it. That's why professional storm chasers work with news and weather stations, police departments, etc, and they're often on speed dial because we're ALL depending on them to tell us where it is. They also are responsible for a lot of the research that has changed protocol and our very understanding of how tornados work, which has literally saved thousands. Chasers are typically the very first responders, the chase ends when you come upon damage. That is the #1 rule in storm chasing. In other words, everything you said is incorrect.
EXCELLENT FOOTAGE Man! Well done; this is why in suburban chase's I wont get too close, at least a mile away, as I've lived in Moore for 30+ years, and KNOW how quickly "everyone" comes out to get their shot..even knowing the back roads dont always help 100% of the time.. I LOVE storm chasing and meteorology, but wont risk my life unnecessarily..
YOU Sir, kept your cool and situational awareness as well.. honestly though even though it looked like RFD Idve gotten a little "concerned" when it was apparent you were in the southern flank of outer wind fields with the debris...
Nice Job again, glad you were safe and okay and captured great footage of that GRINDER Tornado..
Peace
Nic,
On his better halfs account
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Thank you for not parroting, it’s going into Moore, it’s May 3rd all over again. Like 100 other storm chasers!
Everybody who witnessed that tornado was experiencing thoughts & emotions in their own way. There are no scripts to follow. The fact is that this tornado DID follow a similar path as the May 3, 1999 monster, and this tornado was VERY similar in size & power to the May 3, 1999 tornado, and this tornado DID cause many casualities too.
So, OF COURSE experienced storm chasers, journalists & town residents are going to spot the parallels and comment on the similarities! Duh! How can you be critical of the people who saw the similarities & said so during the video? Duh!
Derek Baker
It’s not about multiple people saying the same thing, it’s about them literally saying it’s like May 3rd all over again literally 30 times per video. That’s what’s annoying, like okay we got it the first two times and the other 17 times.
Aldo the Apache right. I watched that video ..the comments were turned off. Good thing.
I've never seen this footage before. I think you did VERY well with your composure and driving.
The guy who commented about him shaking as he filmed.. Let's keep in mind it's an EF-5.. And he has slightly bigger balls for filming it than you.. As you sit at mommy's house using her Wi-Fi.. Realizing that yours just haven't dropped yet.
Filmed in Glorious SHAKEY-VISION!
It's the recent upgrade from potato vision
11 days later the el reno tornado hit
Yep. And killed two of his former chase partners
@@brianr76 the person recording?
2 EF5s in 11 days ... Crazy
@@davidvaughn9 person recording is Matt Grzych who was part of team twistex along with Tim Samaras and Carl young. Tim, Tim’s son paul, and Carl were killed in the el Reno tornado the following week. Matt was featured on storm chasers.
There was a big one on the 24th too wasnt there?
The end of this video raises my blood pressure.
Wow, great video of the tornado. Also, I love how at the end of the video, a lot of people went to the other side of the road to get passed the traffic. I probably would have done the same thing if I was in that situation.
I definitely would have. Not time to not have balls. Who cares, I’m speeding on through and I’m typically a tame driver
The thing that makes me wonder is not only were some of them trying to just get out of the way of it. Before it hit Moore directly, I remember the Meteorologists on the TV broadcast telling people they had to be underground or out of the way of it. Some of the people on this road were people who probably abandoned their homes and survived. A tornado with that much power, and doing that much damage a closet or bathroom is absolutely not an option.
Oh I'm so glad someone else thought it sounded like a jet engine. I've lived through two tornadoes, and the first one was the last F5 to hit in 1974. We awoke at 5:35 AM to that sound along with thunder that sounded more like rifle shots near by. Most likely it was branchless lightning, but I couldn't say for sure. All I knew was that there was a tornado coming right towards us, and we didn't have enough time to get downstairs into the basement. We got hit by the edge. The house across the street and one over to the left of ours was completely leveled with nothing left but the plumbing that the family was clinging to when they were rescued. Everyone survived, and I'm convinced that it was because that family knew what to do in the event of a tornadol. I'll never forget that strong pine sap smell, and there may also have been some cedar, too. Horrific situation, and we're glad we made it.
One passed by us in 2001 and it sounded like a freight train. I'll never forget that sound. We were okay, didn't get hit thankfully.
Probably transformers exploding showing power flashes
Heather stubbs I have been watching several of the tornado videos and there's been a few people that have said the same thing about the pine smell. I have not been through a tornado, thankfully but I will remember what you & others have said so if I ever find myself in that situation I will be smelling for the pine. I live in southern Michigan so I am lucky I haven't had to go through that horror.
It definitely doesn't sound like a trainike what people think. It sounds like a jet engine and a waterfall
Yup, jet engine or big waterfall. Train never entered my mind.
That was indeed the time and place to start using both sides of the road.
That black truck is all like "They see me rolling..."
Can’t…stop…laughing!!! 🤣
"Riding Dirty"
Love the roadwork sign on the right while he’s driving, then an immediate view of the tornado.....that’s some serious road work going on...within the whole city! Awful to see....you just know there’s people beneath that monster fighting for their lives and there’s nothing anyone can do to help....I feel helpless and heartbroken just watching this. What courage all these reporters and chopper pilots have risking their lives to warn people...
That traffic jam got so eerie with the wind in the background. Ironically enough, it was a better situation to be in than El Reno I think.
RSully94 in a sense kinda because El Reno's sheer funnel size made it a horror movie for chasers that day. This one was just powerful..very powerful and slow
@@voldo18 still amazes me that this is so common for everyone who lives in these areas. Truly terrifying, more then horror movies. Real life crisis. I live in northern Canada and we are really starting to get them in our neck of the woods. Specially Quebec !
13:00 The birds chirping in the background while this monster rages is the most bizarre thing ever!!!
That's the most beautiful side of the tornado. It's anazing how much different and darker it looks in other videos/perspectives.
I'm surprised at how many people there are in the comments talking about how storm chasers are childish and annoying etc... you know when you're in the moment there's no script, it's dangerous, and you're filled with adrenaline. it's hard to not say anything and just sit there, especially while there's a tornado this big going through a city. if you don't like it, don't watch storm chasing videos :/
or go out and do it better :)
Ford raptor driver: "Screw you guys I'm going home"
Great video. It was a terrible tornado, but I never get tired of watching the videos. It was some tornado. Wouldn't mind videotaping one but don't think I'd want to be too close.
that traffic jam was nuts, nerve wrackinggg...
This was def 1 of the better videos I've seen on this storm , absolute monster
You did a wonderful job filming this!!
So many homes and business he passes in the opening minutes of this video would be flattened minutes later... Truly a sad day for Oklahoma.
We need who ever is driving that Ford Raptor to run for President.
Amazing footage. You were so very brave.
You went right through my stomping grounds! We lived 2 blocks from the sirens, and maybe 5 from the 7/11 you passed. I think this is the one that wiped out my sister's donut shop. Is this the one that hit Plaza Towers Elementary? Little bro went there. Had a girlfriend just a short distance away too. Tornadoes are a way of life in Moore!
It is more like StormEscapingVideo
He must be new to the Midwest. He doesn't get that Midwestern drivers are slower than Christmas. It doesn't matter if a tornado or a nuclear bomb's behind them, they're going 30 unless there are four lanes or there's a passing lane, then they'll speed up so you can't pass them. I've lived in Oklahoma, Kansas - it's how they roll.
Oklahoma isn’t the Midwest
@@dustincallison5250 I was thinking the same thing. We're in the Southern Plains
That siren gives me chills every time! Thank you for a great video. You did a great job
omg my heart dropped into my stomach when the sirens started going off. Most terrifying sound ive ever heard in my life. Still almost panic everytime i hear it.
At 19:53 Dog just chillin in the truck thinkin "get in the effin' truck"
love this video
This whole time I'm thinking, is this guy doing this alone? The camera, watching radar and driving...goodness, be safe out there!
Good footage. Puts it a little more into perspective, when debris is flying past your windshield.
Just seeing that monster out in the distance is causing me anxiety!
Watching all those cars on the road also!
Oh my goodness, those poor people, and knowing the destruction and loss of life, makes my heart heavy with sadness.
It must feel so helpless to be stuck in traffic with a tornado behind you.
Austin Hightower yeah I would have slammed on my horn at that rate & become a very irate driver.
It seems that Moore is targeted more by tornadoes than any other town. I wonder if they could put a traffic grounding, and tell people to stay wherever they are in a sturdy building or get in to one, and stay put until the threat of the tornado passes. Then, they can get out on the road, of course, even if they have to find an alternate route to their destinations. Nothing could be worse than to have to sit in traffic, when people should be moving. They should be treating even the lights as four-way stops and getting to safety asap. I was utterly terrified as I listened to this video, because you were trapped.
Okay, so this one confused me. I dunno if he was trying to chase it or run from it. It seemed to me that when he was outside town, in the open, it was his best view. It even looked as though the tornado was moving along side him, not at him.
1:58- That 7-11 was swept clean by the tornado, killing 4 people inside it.
I'm just as impressed by the lack of profanity. I would've been dropping f-bombs all over the place.
I know, me too!
The thing that I find wild about this video is how in the beginning of the video, they drove through places that were heavily impacted by this tornado.
It’s always so haunting to hear birds chirping in the foreground while a tornado roars in the background. Creepy 😱
Best real to life storm chase yet!
I think the amateur footage people take with there cell phones and personnel cameras are way better than these professional storm chasers. Chasers talk to much and get scared to easy. lol
This tornado killed 24 people, so it was rather childish of this chaser to be afraid of it -- right?
No, they know the danger better than anyone. Your comment was just plain ignorant
No his comment was right on.
Be butthurt about something else ya Soy Latte having, skinny jeans wearing mommas boys.
Tornadoes kill a lot of people with any magnitude, and a lot of tornado related deaths are from structure falling on top of them - not from the tornado. Storm chasers always act so theatrical and melodramatic and ruin a lot of good footage by acting like drunk frat boys. Be calm, silent, and professional. The camera does the talking, the person filming should keep silent.
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Good footage! When you left that yard and drove right and got stuck in traffic I always wonder why you didn't go left, the opposite direction the tornado was headed?
It’s wild hearing the direct conflict of chirping birds like it’s a beautiful day all the while watching a devastating tornado that certainly killed multiple people heading towards them
I was wondering: That Federal Signal 2T22 that you passed right as it went off at 2:15, was that one of Moore's sirens that was wrecked in the tornado and had to be replaced?
If it was, I'm glad you passed it so we could hear it one more time before it was forced into the scrap yard by the tornado.
As for at the end, I can't believe how they turned a two-way road into a one-way for evacuees from the tornado. Love that one pickup truck that was going in reverse as other vehicles were going forwards on the opposite side of the road as they fled the Finger of God.
I looked at the path and the 2T22 that you see him drive by was JUST North of Northern edge of the tornado. The actual path was just South of where he turned after the second 7-11 and the High School.
Matthew Kowal So the tornado could've either spared or wrecked the 2T22 due to how close it was to the damage path? Guess it was a matter of luck...
I looked on Google Maps the other day and it showed Copyright 2014, and the siren was still there with NO DAMAGE! I'm just wondering what the other sirens I'm hearing are. I hear the initial 2T22 he drove by, there's another 2T22 that was hit by the tornado, and I'm also hearing a modulator. However, I'm wondering what that other siren I'm hearing is, I have a map and within the general proximity of Moore that he is driving through there are 36 sirens out of 181 in the OKC Metro Area. At 5:00 I hear a modulator, but I hear another high-pitched siren that is not a modulator.
Matthew Kowal
It could have been a Federal Signal 2001 or a Thunderbolt at a high setting. Moore is one of the few municipalities lately that still uses Thunderbolts.
You also caught the Modulator he passed as he entered a parking lot that, as he retreated back the way he came later on, it was now going off, right?
I heard the modulator that was to his North, the modulator that he passed the first time that was silent, but when he retreated was going off was not the one I was talking about.
I was about a half mile ahead of you in a 2500 Dodge ram diesel when the tornado tried spawning another one. It moved so close to my location my last thought was "can't die in shitty drawers" lol. The loss of life in this storm was horrendous
Wow, that was a bad two weeks for Oklahoma, Moore tornado May 20th, then the El Reno tornado May 31st, both of which set records, the latter being the largest, weirdest tornado in recorded history.
That was awesome!
You don't live in Oklahoma do you?
20:33 the tornado said come back I just want to play
That one guy in that black truck had some balls to go around traffic
its called survival man what do you have to loose at that point except for your life
It’s Matt he was with twistex
Wow, man wild day
Dude driving the ford raptor gave no f**ks ,can’t blame him though I probably would have been right behind him
I really feel for the people who have to deal with these storms. I live in Canada and we get relatively no bad weather compared to the U.S. We get no hurricanes, the occasional very small tornado, and some bad winter storms, but nothing strong enough to completely sweep your house away...
It sounds like he's packaging up an important amazon return in the background
I live in Oklahoma and hadn't seen a tornado until 2 years ago so for 21 years I never saw one, and to see one I had to go storm chasing into Joplin, Missouri. Yeah oddly my first tornado was one of the most devastating in recent history.
2 lane Road, bumper to bumper traffic what could go wrong with an F5 tornado in your view. What amazes me is the weather people were warning people in the area 3 days before the event that everything was in place for this to happen but yet everyone went about business as usual like nothing's going on. I've heard all the excuses but truthfully when you live in a place where volcanoes earthquakes tornadoes are frequent I think I would be a lot more alert and plan ahead. Bless all the people of Oklahoma that they never have to experience an event like this ever again but sad to say it seems like that part of Oklahoma is tornado Central.
When a tornado doesn't seem to be moving that is because it is heading straight for you.
Only if it's getting bigger and not moving. Sometimes, they are nearly stationary, Jarrell, for instance.
at 13:44 the kid does exactly the wrong thing "turn the car around". The tornado was going to miss him if he stayed where he was, but instead of driving straight, which would have taken him away from the path of the tornado, he actually unwittingly moved right directly into it. Luckily the tornado's x direction proved to change directions so, everything worked out in the end. At least for this time...
He's not a kid
He's trying to get as close as he can to it, not run away from it.
I was living there at the time and I was by applecreek elementary school in the neighborhood above it meddow run I lived in the coldesec middle house on Tara street so I was a quarter mile from the tornado I was only in kindergarten
That was intense!
Dude that tornado is a 👹
I was just thinking that if was in a 4x, I’d cut through that field on the opposite side of he road when a black truck did exactly hat!
We live with these things every spring and now they’re starting to pop up in the winter time strange times we’re in I’m from Oklahoma btw
Why are we stopping?! That's so me.. 😂
Camera: reet rut reet rut reet rut reet rut reet rut....
Driver: doing the job of what should be a 3 man crew.
Tornado: "peek-a-boo"
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But It was a great shot of that monster tornado. And did you escape ok ?
Lol it's only a mile and a half wide EF5 tornado, guess I'll wait for the light to change.
I WONDER IF THIS GUY IS WEARING DEPENDS LOL
I hope so cause I think he done crapped his pants!! If not 4 sure he pissed um!!!!
What’s that ticking noise when u stopped? Not hail at this point.
In the 10th minute? Those are the emergency flashers on his vehicle "blinking."
Anyone know what school that was? I see playground equipment, has to be an elementary.
@@snuffedtorch3683 probably right
Oakridge Elementary School. Right beside Southmoore High School.
It used to be a bi-monthly thing but since the Joplin tornado they quit turning them on as often do to it desensitizing people. I have gone to the store plenty of times with them going off but not in the past couple of years. Now when they go off we go outside and look for a tornado. That's life in tornado alley/Oklahoma for ya.
We still test every Saturday in Moore, weather permitting. If thunderstorms are in the forecast, we do not test them.
It would be helpful if sometimes the storm chasers would give their location and the direction that they are traveling, and on what road/highway.
Sooo agree!!
100% of trained weather spotters do that.
What gives me chills, is when he's driving south, away from the tornado heading east, and still debris is falling in front of him. Still chilling, and I chase them.
" RFD "
Yep. And for an ef5, that debris landed even further than his location
At 6:41 is that briarwood elementary school that got hit
No, that's Oakridge Elementary on Santa Fe and 34th, just south of Southmoore High School.
You’d better believe that if I’m stuck in some long line not moving and I got a tornado behind me I’m using the other free lane and I making a move. Anybody coming towards me is on their own if they don’t see a tornado coming right at them and they better get out of my way because I’m coming.
You left me with that
ce qui est fascinant malgre cette enorme tornade c est que dans cette video on voit aucun coup de foudre ni tonnerre peu de grele et peu de pluie meme en se placant de differents cotes et pourtant elle est si puissante et malheuresement destructrice vu qu elle frappe une ville je trouve pas les mot la nature est imprevisible
What was that noise at 8:28 in the video? I heard it a couple of times after that actually.
Adjusting the camera mount.
Yeah, there's a terrifying tornado, but all I can think is "what's up with all the fences?"
That 7/11 he passed, was that the same one that 2 people were killed at?
+RSully94 It was actually 4 people but yes, that was the 7/11 location that got hit.
Yes, 4 people were killed at the 7-11 at 4th and Telephone Road. It is shown here @1:58.
Yes. I know this because I know him.
I had just left that 7-1-1 about 10 minutes before the tornado hit...when I helped with S&R I was shocked at what I saw. Tornadoes do some horrible things to the human body
TN BLITZKRIEG in the Jarrell f5 tornado, they couldn’t distinguish human remains from animal remains, so I completely agree.
And the worst thing about this tornado... it's an EF5.
The first time traffic stopped I would've been around everybody.
17:31 you can see the siren (modulator)
There’s that tornado siren right there where you past it
People are so much like animals. Deer in this case. Its as though they feel the need to cross a tornadoes path to feel like they are escaping it. I see it time and time again. Going in the same relative direction, where the pathes would (not at same time necessarily) diagonally cross, then continue on. Like both making a letter X and both starting from the bottom. What i dont understand is- dude, just turn around . Theres no traffic going that way, and then youd be going the OPPOSITE direction of the tornado, and you'd be behind and out of its potential path quite easily. Deer out in fields often times will run 100s of yards , at an angle, and cross ahead of you driving, in order to escape. They need to cross your path in order to feel like they are escaping. This is one of the reasons deer get hit by cars. When all its gotta do is just go the opposite direction, or even just stand still. But just like this dude and the heard of other folks around him, lets escape the tornado by running the same direction as it.....🤦♂️
It always amazes me that in all these videos I watch these people stay in their lanes lol. I know at the end they are driving on the wrong side but they needed to be doing that as soon as the tornado was directly behind them. If you are ever in that situation get yourself out as fast and as safe as possible. When your life is in danger road rules go out the window. Example, I'm about to be hit by a tornado.... I really hope this light turns green before it kills me......
It's like the tornado was following you
Nature 1 - Man 0.
Sure looked like he would have been better off going back to his original direction. Looked like the tornado had already gone past where he was before turning around and heading back in the opposite one.
Good video.You sounded concerned but no hysteria, which too many of these tornado videos have!