May 3, 1999 Tornado - KFOR Live Coverage
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- Live coverage of the deadly F5 tornado that devastated the Oklahoma City Metro, including Newcastle, Moore, Del City, Midwest City, and Oklahoma City itself. It caused more than a billion dollars in damage and took 36 lives. This video is from Oklahoma City TV station KFOR.
Several times the people in this video recommend seeking shelter under an overpass. Scientific consensus has since proven this to be a very dangerous option. Current advice is to seek shelter in a study building, or, if none is available, take cover in a ditch.
I watched this tornado rip through my hometown of Oklahoma City live on KFOR 20 years ago. This event determined my career path. I went to the University of Oklahoma and became a meteorologist, have been ever since.
That is amazing! I'm hoping my son becomes a meteorologist..he is 7 and absolutely obsessed with weather as I was at his age..I can live vicariously through him haha..my mum has videos of my cousins doing cheers and gymnastics as a child...she has videos of me telling the weather on the living room curtains 😂😂
Going to University of Oklahoma (Boomer Sooner! I’m a huge OU fan) and becoming a meteorologist is my dream. Like I am obsessed with weather. My friends literally call me Weathertech.
ive been studying to be a meteorologist no school i can track a tornado on radar have reported on to the news agency said that they were keeping a watchful eye on it was rapidly roatating (this is gaylor michigan) and the put out a tornado warning less then a miniute later i dont have gr2 anymore sadly looking to buy radarscope i hope to track
Very reminiscent of the Andover tornado. This tornado did more impressive ground scouring and the Andover tornado did more impressive wind rowing and debris granulation.
always wanted to be a meteorologist. too much math, though.
Oklahoma Naming Committee: What do we call the state? Oklahoma. What do we call the county? Oklahoma. What do we call the city? Oklahoma. Meeting adjourned.
I'm surprised that when the Supersonics moved from Seattle to OKC that they were named the Thunder and not the Oklahomans.
Sounded so nice, they named it thrice.
Probably started as the city, then the county, then the state.
Ok-la-ho-ma where we don't care if we all have the same name!
@John Huffington "A Blazing Saddles joke", yessir and one of the funniest movies that this old black dude still loves to watch. Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder are two of my favorite comedic actors, among a great cast of actors. I'm sorry it is in the cross hair of the self righteous the sensitivity and pc crowd. I'm glad I have a dvd copy, unless there is a way to use EMF to selectively delete out the "objectionable" scenes, lol. Anyway my 2.5 cents worth.
The chopper footage is downright apocalyptic. Incredible.
What number mark is that
@@StunningShay I believe it starts at 37:29
@@StunningShay starts around 30:45
There are no words to describe this. Apocalyptic.
I survived May 3rd. I don’t how but I did. I was 10 at the time, my brother was 16. We were in Bridge Creek. We had to leave our house because it was coming our way and we didn’t have a shelter. It was so big! My mom and brother and I went to the ridge crest church where my mom works at the daycare. Then we saw the thing heading toward us. I remember my brother saying to mom: Oh my God mom, we’re all going to die! I remember going inside and going into the supply room and grabbed stuff and hunkered down. I don’t remember anything else. Next thing I know, my mom is holding me screaming and I’m like I can’t breathe mom! She told me later that the tornado was sucking me out and she wrapped herself around me. When it was done the supply room and another room were the only ones standing. We were all okay. It was a miracle! Twenty years later, still can’t believe it.
You lucky duck! I have the worst luck. If I was in a situation like that, I would have teleported through the wall and into the tornado or something. That’s a crazy story that you can tell your grandkids one day.
@@epcacxid_on_wiiyt3865 yup
Glad your okay ❤️🙏🏽
God was definitely looking out for you! I would have been terrified! Tornadoes scare me worse than spiders! They are so beautiful, but can mess anything/everything/everyone up that is unfortunate to be in its path.
So did I. We lived in the neighborhood behind Ollison's or now Bridge Creek Convenience. I would have been 11 years old. My mom picked us up and we sped out going north on sara road just before the tornado reached Ridge Crest. It was up on the hills behind it....It didn't even look like a tornado, It was so large it just looked like the sky was on the ground. We fled north west to union city where there was ANOTHER tornado. We had to go to a public shelter while we were there. It was traumatic to say the least.
My grandparents, who adopted me from my abusive 'mother' and her boyfriend just a year later, was in this storm. They lost their house and had to move to their little summer home in Lake Eufaula. They had lived across from Tinker Air Force Base on Air depot BLVD. I'm glad they survived and that some unseen force brought them right next door to me because, without them, I may have died from severe neglect. I was being beaten, malnourished, and left alone days on end. I wasn't even six yet, and this had been going on for as long as I can remember. I don't want to even imagine how horribly my life could have been without them.
They have since passed away, both in their mid-70s. They raised me as their own child and gave me a beautiful life. I will never forget what they've done for me. R.I.P ❤
Bless you darling.
I am sorry for ur loss but I am happy that u were out of ur mothers custody
Awwww that was nice to hear :) im glad they took you in. It's nice to still hear about good people in times like these.
Brought tears! So glad you got away from your Mom, and God bless your Grandparents, may they rest in peace in heaven.
Amen 🌝
Hearing someone clearly yelling “IT’S COMING THIS WAY!” at 33:16 coupled with the image of the massive debris field is absolutely terrifying.
made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up
Very
That was nuts!
I would've kept filming.
reed timmer???
1970s: "Open your windows"
1999: "Get away from any windows"
Tornado safety has come a long way.
Crazy
They seriously thought you should open your windows in the 1970s?
Hemp Rope Yes. They didn’t know.
you also had the underpass tornado in Kansas in 1991 which gave rise to the myth it was safer under an overpass. 99 really proved that wrong
my Boyfriend and his son were opening the windows during the storms on Tuesday,then after the storms I showed them a video of why you shouldn't
32:50 thru 33:30 is some of the scariest and most incredible live footage of any tornado, even to this day.
This was the tornado that caused National Weather Service meteorologists to invent the Tornado Emergency. They did it on the fly so as to convey the seriousness of finding proper shelter in the face of that monstrous funnel. Crazy stuff.
Charles Urban You should see StudioQ’s video, “EF6,” if you haven’t already. One of the tornado emergencies he uses in it uses the phrase, “a potential mass casualty situation.” It’s basically this situation put on the most insane steroids possible.
@@seanbrower6738 the only problem with that video is that it's a fantasy situation, and is essentially a chain of computer-read fake EMS broadcasts written with the fancy of an Old-lady smut novel writer. Now, all that being said it may be really exciting for some people and the maker did a great job conveying what he wanted to. Personally, I'd rather pound my balls flat with a wooden mallet than have to listen to ANY of that video ever again. (Seriously) Your mileage may vary though.
Leo Fender Well that’s lovely. To each his own, but one guy in one comment thread, who has a master’s in meteorology (yes, I know you can lie), enjoyed the video, despite its flaws. Again, though, to each his own.
@@GravyHucker You sir, are disrespecting users like ClayRanger143, EasAlert88 and others. You need to...
GET A FUCKING LIFE.
@@macrofurry5741 Who cares?
35:18 watch a big section of the city go dark after that power flash. It's so eerie.
Tony nice catch. Damn that’s crazy
35:23
Wow
Prayers 🙏 for the tornado 🌪 victims in 1999 I hope 🤞 nobody got hurt or killed or injured 🤕 by the 1999 tornado warning ⚠️
Several people were killed.
the buzz sound and the static lines at the bottom. There's something so nostalgic about VHS that new tech just can't replicate. I was only 10 when this storm happened.
Hearing the buzz of the static is like hearing the pops and hiss on an old vinyl record. It's a comforting sound from a timeless media.
It actually freaks me out. I remember that whoever is watching it is within the danger zone, and when it starts to break up that means the tornado is coming closer.
vhs tapes creeps me out for some reason
Aaaa I love VHS tapes, even though I'm a gen Z
@@rabidrabbitshuggers I think this was pretty widely broadcasted. VHS usually have dropouts throughout the tape or the station having a failure.
If the tornado was actually close the person, we probably wouldn't have this footage.
I had a friend of mine that lived in the neighborhood just south of 29th and west of Sooner. Talked to him about 20 minutes before I drove off and took shelter in a friends cellar. He told me he was staying home and riding it out so after the tornado passed we tried to find out what happened to him for three days. Called every hospital in town with no results, then two days later found him laid up in bad shape at MWC hospital which was called to begin with. My good buddy finally passed away a couple years ago from complications directly linked to his injuries sustained during the tornado that blew apart his house. RIP Earl Talley.
Rip
RIP
Thank you for sharing this, very sad story
My deep condolences my friend
Twisters dont forgive
After almost 20 years,the close up of it 33:00 with the debris flying is one the scariest looking things I've ever seen.
My thoughts there's some living debris on that thing
This. That moment when they zoom into the debris cloud is when you really feel the terror.
It is........
Right guyzzz
Scary ??? I remember standing in my moms front yard on this day watching this debris fly up in the sky. I was amazed and that day I wanted to become a storm chaser 😩
Fun fact: both Moore tornadoes (1999 and 2013) happened on Mondays in May.
Don't forget 2003.
I know this is a dark joke but maybe the tornadoes didn’t like Monday
Ryan Jason creepy coincidence
a lot of bad tornadoes happen in May.
(Joplin, El Reno, Moore, etc.)
I guess May is prime tornado month?
Yea thats wierd
I'm spending time in quarantine learning about Tornados and terrifying weather.
Me too! Sometimes I also watch nuclear apocalypse stuff like Threads. I guess my brain is trying to tell me it could always be worse.
Wisprionix me to I’m just bored with this virus
Well you will be an expert by the time this is over unfortunately:-/
Same.. yet i duno why 🤔
@Jennifer Hall haha I didn't even see your comment when i posted mine 😂 I hadn't scrolled down yet... spooky
Mike Morgan is a core memory. I get a comfort when I hear him as an adult, just like I did as a kid. Being scared. His voice is just so calming.
Mike Morgan and Gary England were the dynamic duo that residents of the Oklahoma City area looked to for guidance and comfort during a tornado. When Gary retired from KWTV Channel 9; a lot of people were really sad.
@@michaellovely6601 Mike, Gary, and David.... The Trinity of Oklahoma weathermen💯Also, don't forget Jim Gardener KFOR's helicopter pilot.
@@bekahdoug5572 Mm-hm. I admit that I felt really sad when Gary England retired. What's crazy is that Jim Gardner is now the helicopter pilot for KWTV Channel 9. I recognized his voice in a video where he was tracking the tornado that struck El Reno, Oklahoma on May 31st, 2013. Personally if I was a student at the University of Oklahoma and studying meteorology I would want to score an internship under either Mike Morgan at KFOR Channel 4 or Damon Lane at Oklahoma City's ABC affiliate KOCO Channel 5. If I were to choose Damon it would be because he was personally affected by the tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma on May 20th, 2013. In an episode of a show on The Weather Channel called "Tornado Alley: Real Time Tornado" which profiled the Moore tornado; Damon talked about how he was juggling two roles that day: chief meteorologist and husband. Damon was text messaging his wife and urging her to get herself and their dogs into their storm shelter.
I really enjoyed Mike telling people what to do and talking like a normal person. The other guy in this video just keeps repeating weatherman buzzwords and I lost count at the number of times he said "dangerous situation". It's like he was so shocked all he could do was repeat buzz words he'd been trained with. You can also tell that Mike learned from this and in 2013 gave a lot more advice. In this video he says things like he pleads and he prays, and in 2013 he's telling people what to do. Meanwhile the other guy just keeps saying this is a dangerous situation and to tell us where They are simulcasting.
That iconic live shot of the debris and destruction crossing I-35 and passing in front of the "Moore Next 4 Exits" sign will live in infamy.
Timestamp?
32:48
@@Markus-be7ow insane
A picture that best sums up the devastation in Moore, Oklahoma after the tornado on May 20th, 2013 is a picture of firefighters pulling Jennifer Doan- a third grade teacher at Plaza Towers Elementary School- out from under the rubble of the school. What is particularly surprising about this story is that Jennifer was pregnant with her third child at the time of the tornado. Despite having sustained severe injuries to her neck, back and sternum due to a cinder block wall collapsing on top of her and her students; Jennifer did not lose her baby.
All the comments regarding Dan telling people to get under an underpass and in theory killing people, people need to remeber this is the late 90s and they didnt have the data and knowledge they have now, growing up an underpass was always an option up until the early 00s . What was he meant to do when he was only working off advice which was at this point 30 years old worth of advice. Instead of "he sent people to their deaths" hows about we praise him up for the lives he saved....
Additionally, there was an instance back in 1991 of a local TV news crew for KSNW-TV, the NBC affiliate in Wichita, Kansas, surviving a tornado while under an overpass that the tornado passed either over or very close to. As the video of that was widely played on cable TV network programs about tornadoes for a number of years after that tornado occurred, that gave many people an impression that a highway overpass is a safe place to seek shelter from a tornado, which is simply not the case. However, it wasn't until after the May 3, 1999 tornado outbreak did it become common knowledge that highway overpasses are one of the worst places to be when a tornado strikes, and that people should not take shelter in a highway overpass.
Aaron Camp One of the women I used to work for said that during this tornado, she and a few other people had to abandon their cars and they sought shelter under an overpass. She said when the tornado passed over, she was holding onto one other person's hands and that person was sucked right out of her grasp and out from under the overpass. She said she was traumatized by it.
Let's keep it real though. If you're outside and in the direct path of a tornado containing F4 or F5 power, it really doesn't matter what you do.
If you try to outrun the tornado, you'll get blown off the road. If you go under an underpass, you'll get sucked out by the tornado. If you get out of your car and lie in a ditch, you still may get sucked up, and have debris pelting you, including possibly hail. It's a lose, lose, lose situation no matter what a person decided to do.
***** What about the ones who didn't survive? No, the people who were under the overpass weren't stupid, but it probably wasn't the best thing for them to do. The best thing for them to have done, once they heard about the tornado, would've been to get off the road and take shelter in a building somewhere, preferably one that has a basement or a storm shelter.
Louise Taylor well said, your pretty hot btw :)
fellow oklahomans can we all take a moment to acknowledge how young mike morgan looks?? this dude has really been with us thru everything
I know right... Much love for that guy... Always lookin out for us 👍
Not to mention, Tulsa's now-Chief meteorologist KJRH NBC Dan Threlkeld. Also of note, listen to the names of the people working with Mike and KFOR here. These guys have gone on to become outstanding meteorologists Mike Morgan trained the best
Dan Threlkeld - Now Chief Meteorologist for NBC KJRH in Tulsa
David Payne - Gary England's successor as KWTV CBS Chief Meteorologist
Steve Carano - KOCO Channel 5 ABC Meteorologist
Damon Lane (might have come after, but he was with this team at a time) - Chief Meteorologist ABC KOCO Channel 5
You’re lucky he didn’t get you killed in 2013 when he said to try and drive away from that El Reno monster. If that thing had held together and slammed a gridlocked I35...
@@mikew5858 he was referring to the people who were stuck or if their continued route would have brought them right into it. If im about to drive into a Tornado and i have time to turn and drive away, I'm jumping the median and driving away
@@crazyman7671 Damon Lane didn't become the chief meteorologist at KOCO Channel 5 until 2009. Until that year he was a meteorologist in Dallas, Texas.
That happened the day after my fifth birthday. I remember it like it was yesterday. My brother and I were playing in a field next to our apartment. Suddenly, all hell broke loose. The wind was howling sirens were blaring and my dad was screaming at us to get inside. I remember looking across the field and seeing this huge tornado coming straight at us. We got inside and crammed into a closet. I was in there listening to that tornado absolutely destroy everything. But, when it was over, only a corner of our apartment was damaged. It was still terrifying, though. The image of that tornado barreling toward us through that field will forever be etched into my mind.
32:30 is some of the most intense live TV you'll ever see. In 1999, remote live TV shots of a tornado wasn't easy to come by. I've see plenty of storm videos, and I've never seen such incredible live video like this.
This shot is the most crazy tornado coverage I’ve seen on RUclips. Just insane, the type of stuff that sticks in your mind.
Crazy footage. I didn't realize zoom lenses were that good 20 years ago. I thought they were almost in the bear's cage. RIP to all the victims.
Absolutely, that shot is so embedded in my memory oh, I can watch this until you women the Sparks and which color are going to come out. We were recording this all on VHS tape live at the time. That shot was incredible and horrific at the same time. I could actually remember smelling natural gas clear up at Memorial Road and I-35! ... and I just remembered having debris, like photos in our yard.
bugalaman agreed ! The debris ball was massive in this thing! I’ve never seen anything like it. Catastrophic damage in this tornado. The horizontal vortex was just eerie! You know you have an EF5 with that!!
Man.. incredible footage. Unreal. God bless those people I couldn’t imagine being in front of this monster above ground
That photographer for that shot at 33:00 hopefully got an Emmy.
cbehr91 2.0 yeah agree
"Don't fart around with this storm."
Greatest line ever!
I thought that's what he said! Just shows how serious this was. No time for politeness.
I thought I heard that too but I wasn't sure that's why I decided to look to the comments to see if anybody else mentioned it.
When he said that it was at the corner of 134th and Western...... We lived and I don't know how.
He was fired for that line.........caused a big fuss 🙄
@@OnceUponACRIMEInTheWEST Regrettable, unprofessional, but hardly a slip worthy of termination, especially under such circumstances. Thanks for the 411!
The footage for this tornado is genuinely terrifying instead of awe striking. The eerie darkness of it all along with the crazy debris flow and power flashes is chilling.
People, this was 16 years ago, before "never shelter in an underpass" became a tornado maxim. This weather crew (particularly those in the air and on the ground tracking this monster) saved lives with their urgency. Stop criticizing them.
Logically, it makes sense, and it would be a safe place to go if that wind tunnel effect didn't exist. Unfortunately, it does exist, which makes this idea a dangerous idea.
Let's face it..unless you can get underground, you might as well kiss your ass goodbye if you are caught in the path of an EF-5 tornado.
@@ki5aok no shit, Sherlock. Did you even read the original comment, or did you just see your trigger word "underpass" and immediately start typing to let us know how smart you are?
..yes, I do understand why they now say to NOT seek shelter in an underpass..HOWEVER...if I'm in a car, see tornado coming, and don't have any route to drive away from it...you can bet I am going to take my chances in the underpass rather than have my ass tossed through the air and tumbled around like Tim Samaras in a car and crumpled up like a soda can...at least you MIGHT have a fighting chance with the underpass, especially if it has a recessed area at the top you can crawl into to help shelter yourself from the winds and debris....I'd call it a "Measure of Last Resort", rather than a "Never Do It" thing....
@@dyer2cycle Right. You're as good as fucked anyways in this case so it's worth a shot
@@dyer2cycle even if you do survive sheltering under an overpass and aren't blown out of it due to the wind tunnel effect, you'll most likely suffer horrific, debilitating and permanent injuries. Some of the injuries from people sheltering under overpasses during this particular tornado ranged from severe lacerations to relatively normal fractures, to impalements, compound fractures, crush injuries, removal of skin, missing fingers, missing limbs, even missing ears and noses.
Never shelter under an overpass from a tornado and never shelter in your car in a tornado. I would rather be in a low ditch away from vehicles and other large objects, covering my head with my hands.
Still, the easiest way to avoid this situation is to pay attention to the weather; especially nowadays, when these severe weather events are forecast days and weeks in advance. And I get that this tornado outbreak wasn't apparent to the SPC until at least mid-morning the day of; that still gave people time to turn on the radio and listen to what was going on, especially as the weather was unusual for that time of year and the sky looked more and more threatening as the afternoon progressed.
That hook is enough to give you chills.
Insane
What about that debris ball on radar?
2023 and this still makes me want to cry watching this . 318 mph winds is unreal
That doesn't even seem like a real wind speed that should be possible
Unimaginable speeds
2024 and I’m crying when I heard the woman saying families are taking cover under bridges
Highest wind speed EVER recorded on planet earth came from this twister. At least 318 mph. Astonishing speed and unreal in its violence.
Mother Nature at her best or worst depending on how you look at it.
Max F5 speed and was the last F5.
@@GevoGenesis92 Wasn't 2013 an EF5?
@@PuntaBaby Yes. 1999 was the last F5. 2013 was the last EF5.
@@GevoGenesis92 were there no f5’s from 99 to 2007?
@@lewkeee .....This F5 HAPPENED in 1999
1999, the year the tornado emergency was created on a fly..
easalert88 Hey! I like your EAS scenarios! Keep it up!
Do you mean on the fly?
@@ajcook7777 The term "tornado emergency" was never used before. The local NWS office had to come up with something to emphasize just how dangerous this thing was as it approached a heavily-populated area.
@@jimmyseaver3647 My comment was in relation to the original, the individual said, "on a fly", however, the terminology is, "in THE fly".
Charles Urban already said that 4 YEARS before you said anything.
I started crying when the chopper started showing the neighborhoods. I don’t know how ANYONE survived.
Ronnie Hill Well idk if there were victims for sure, however no matter how many years pass the pain of witnessing such monstrous giant destroying everything is big. Time does not heal wounds.
Will G1986 take your political bullshit elsewhere.
@@TheLocalLt Take your Religious Bullshit elsewhere hun, its 2020.
@@TheLocalLt Truth hurts doesn't it bitch
@@ivaporizedmitski you make Gacha vids stfu lmao
14 years later: How about another round, Moore?
Not just 2013 since 1999 Moore has been directly hit by tornadoes 8 different times. The last one was an EF2 in 2015. Since they started keeping records in the late 1800's, Moore has been hit 23 times. Who knows how many times before they started keeping records that this particular area has been hit. Even before there was a town or city there, it's just the most unlucky place in the world for tornadoes.
The OKC metro area is just tornado alley within tornado alley
The extended hills near El Reno is just perfect for tornadoes as it's sorting the layers of air perfectly for the extreme, look it up on Google maps if you don't understand, but you'll see an extended part where the hills point at El Reno and the metro area
How about *MOORE*
@@0hNoFlyingMonkeys its a mini tornado ally
“No, I think we’ve had enough of your rounds.”
These weathermen are superb, these two are the gold standard for meteorologists haven't heard two guys work together this well ever before. The guy in the helicopter is doing an incredible job as well, Oklahoma is well taken care of with these guys.
You should watch James Spann's 2011 tornado coverage
James Spann and Jason Simpson. April 27, 2011
I like to Mike in this video but the other guy to me was horrible. All he did was repeat weatherman buzzwords. You can have a drinking game with the number of times he says "dangerous situation". It was like he was reading a script. Maybe he was in shock at the events but Mike is the one talking everyone through it. On the horrific close-up of the tornado around the 32 minute mark, Mike is in awe while the other guy just keeps saying dangerous situation. Even when the helicopter is panning over all the damage, the other guy starts saying, well this is a dangerous situation. The guy could be in shock, so I'll give him that but I prefer a weatherman who doesn't just say buzzwords
Thats Dan Threlkeld and put some respect on his name
Man, this tornado is infamous. Ever since I was little, I always watched documentaries featuring it and talking about it's record windspeed, and vaguely remember people talking about it soon after it happened. Seeing this footage again is undiscribably chilling nostalgia...
This tornado was actually on my birthday (not the same year)
This is how I feel about El Reno 2013
@@StunningShay yeah both tornados are infamous, there just isn't as much footage of El reno as this one... some of the shots of this one are terrifying. El reno was so large and rain wrapped that recording it wasn't easy
I lived in midwest city. And my kids were small. We were in the bathroom and I had a mattress on top of my kids. I was between the tub and the stool. My heart was beating so fast and hard. This day made me not care for spring time. I Thank God for his mercy. And that me and my family are still here. And I still live in midwest city. RIP for those who didn't make it.
Thank God! Thats the scariest thing I've ever seen and incredibly sad
Hey, I also went through this as a 6th grader in midwest city! I went to sooner rose. My family was in the hallway with a bed on top of us as well. When our windows started breaking I thought that was the end. Glad we both survived.
maybe curse his majesty for hurling inclement weather your way
@@jimcarlson6157 🤡
Honestly, why stay in this state? To anyone outside of tornado alley, it’s hard to understand why people would continue to stay in zones where you have a real chance at getting slaughtered by wind each and every year. It seems like a needless risk
The hook echo at 6:29 is one of the most impressive radar signatures I’ve ever seen
Unbelievable
Chopper pilot: "It looks like it might be weakening."
Tornado: "Hold my rear flank downdraft..."
Every year, i seem to go through a time where i binge watch tornado videos because I’m so fascinated with weather. This video always seems to be in the rotation, I’m from Ohio and was 6 years old at the time but still remember watching the local news talk about this
Me too!
Omg me too. I lived through one when I was 3 and I’m 40 now. I still watch these every spring/summer
Me too. I Dream about tornadoes from time to time
Autism
Watching this makes me appreciate just how far we have come technology wise in just the last 16 years. Now we have 5-6 live streams, 5-6 tower cams, much shorter lead times, and better overall radar tech. Amazing job these guys did during a very bad event, heck even David Payne kept his cool for the most part lol
+Boss Key Dual pol radar and the algorithms used with it have truly changed everything. This one was obvious as hell on the old school radar, but now seeing rotation is so much easier.
this was actually one of the very first times TV used cell connections to put live video on the air from chasers.
This is actually pretty high tech and quality for 1999.
I remember back in the day before we really had any tornado warning to speak of, although I didn't live in Oklahoma at that time, I lived in Texas. Yeah, we had a tornado siren, I think, but no way, in certain circumstances, of letting anyone know that a tornado was coming so that they could turn on the siren. Sunday, November 15th, 1987, was proof of that.
That was the day a tornado struck my hometown of Palestine, Texas. That day, according to what I read, there was information available that a tornado could happen but not really any way to get the information out there. The local news station out of Tyler, Texas, tried to broadcast the information, but one thing working against them was the fact that there was a Dallas Cowboys game being broadcast on cable that day, and at that time, local broadcasts did not break into cable broadcasts. They either weren't allowed to or were unable to, I can't remember. Anyway, the local station broadcast the severe weather, but because there was a Cowboys game being broadcast on cable, that's what a lot of people were watching, not the local station. The sheriff tried to get the info out there, the local radio station KLIS 96.7 tried to get the info out there, but, again, not many people were listening to the radio. Also, a lot of people were in church still, so they didn't get the info. At some point, they did blow the tornado siren, but I don't think it was powerful enough for everyone in town to be able to hear it and some who did hear it, like my mom, didn't know what it was. She'd never heard the tornado siren before. I was 10 years old and that was the first time I'd even heard of such a thing as a tornado siren even existing. I may be wrong, but I don't think our town had used that siren in years and I don't know if they even tested it periodically to make sure it was working.
Thank God not many people were hurt and only one person was killed. It did take out my elementary school--THANK GOD IT WAS A SUNDAY! And it did hit Lakeview Methodist Convention Center, where there had been a big crowd of people. It hit there about 15 minutes after they had been dismissed and left.
A friend of mine who lived in town--we lived out in the country outside of town, so we didn't get hit with anything worse than rain and hail, really--but a friend of mine who lived in town said that he and his grandpa were watching the Cowboys game and his grandma noticed that things were getting bad outside, so she went outside to take a look...and then, the next thing he knew, she came inside and threw him and his grandpa into the hallway and pulled a mattress over them and then it hit...and that's all the warning they got that a tornado was coming! I think he said it moved their house off its foundations and turned it about 20° and I think he said it took their roof off, but I'm not sure.
...and still not too long ago a single tornado took over 150 people's lives and injured over 1,000... and people were given nearly 30 minutes in advance to take shelter, if that time was cut to the average 10 - 15 minutes the death toll could've probably doubled.
Joplin isn't even that large of a city. If an EF-5 were to hit the heart of a major city such as Oklahoma City, Omaha, and Columbus, the death toll could easily rival that of Hurricane Katrina even with lead warning times.
56:45...
“Look, look at this Mike! The whole neighborhood is gone!” You can hear the sadness in Mike’s voice because he knew those people probably didn’t survive...
And the grim resignation in Mike's voice when he affirms that it's indeed F5 tornado damage... it's chilling. He can't just refer to what plowed through Moore as an "F4" anymore. F4 tornadoes smash homes... F5 tornadoes completely sweep them away.
"People taking cover under bridges."
That was actually considered good advice at the time. This was the storm that proved that it wasn't.
Lol
@@AngelTechno what’s funny about that?
@@AngelTechno You know people died because of that and you’re over here typing “loL PeOPLE dYInG Is fUNnY!”
Under a overpass would be a good location for a public storm shelter. Each one holding maybe 20 people? Seems more logical in heavy tornado areas than just libraries and community centers.
@@sandyclaws5247 No, overpasses turn into wind tunnels during tornados. Even library’s and community centers are better than that,
5:20 that hook echo storm is now the app picture for RadarScope
I tho it was the el reno tornado
was hook echo even in the jargon back then? i noticed it right away and he doesnt point to it or mention it once
@@denknugz87 Gary England used it
@@denknugz87 "hook echo" is used a few times in this broadcast.
"Let's hang back for a moment to just listen to this monster"
"YOU HEAR THAT? YOU HEAR THE WIND MY GOD LISTEN TO THIS"
BAH GAWD KING
This made me cry.
@@yonnes42 Don't fart around with this storm!
@@EvanSchatz lmao
When did they say that!
32:00 - An absolute utter monster on earth, EATING the town below. Horrifying.
Just watch it even more and listen closely. "IT'S COMING"
Unfortunately, it was not yet realized that seeking shelter under an overpass was a fatal mistake, and I think that's what was responsible for the most deaths. Truly one of the most harrowing events in Oklahoma history.
Overpass deaths accounted for 3 out of 36 fatalities.
It wasn’t really revealed to be bad until terrible Tuesday in 1979
@@punkrockstormchaser This occurred way after the Super Tuesday outbreak...
@@MarisaKisame no Terrible Tuesday not Super Tuesday
@@punkrockstormchaser That was still before this particular tornado?
43:39 get out of your car in a ditch and pray to God. Accurate
Elite Four Bryan
my parents always told me to stay down in a ditch when a tornado struck.
That’s an accurate thing to do during a tornado event
Pray to god why exactly? Don't we humans decide our fate for ourselfves? Why do we need god?
I-Deni-I take your political bullshit elsewhere
@@TheLocalLt Right?!! Ugh!
It must suck living in tornado alley without a basement.
I live in tornado alley on the 3rd level of an apartment building. Tornado season is very scary to me for that reason. I think all apartment complexes and trailer parks in tornado alley should be required to have a storm shelter for the residents to take cover in. That would make me feel way more safe.
Do you have storage areas on the lower level? When I lived in an apartment that was where I went during tornados. It was on the ground floor and in the center of the building. If not, hopefully you have a friend that lives on the first floor! Still, the odds of hitting you are very slim. You have a much better chance at getting hit by lightning... Twice! Heh
Be safe!! :-)
Fuck you. I tell my friends the same thing when they talk about tornados and trailer homes or houses without basements. I was merely giving her a suggestion for keeping safe in a tornado.
I'm guessing it took you an hour or two to complete your worthless reply.
Btw, who the fuck do you think you were talking to?? I have a basement.
tscooter22 Ive Been in This tornado, And the May Moore Tornado of 2013. Alteast i have a stormshelter inside of my house :\
tscooter22 @
You couldn't pay me enough money for me to fly a helicopter near a tornado. Massive respect for the man.
Having watched the broadcast of the 2013 tornado where they advised to 'get below ground or get out, an above ground room will NOT keep you safe' and then watching them say 'get to an interior room' in this earlier twin of that event, you realize some harsh lessons were learned the hard way this day.
I just watched the 2013 kfor coverage, and decided to look this one up when I kept hearing the news people refer to this tornado. And you had the same exact thought I did: hard, heartbreaking lessons learned in 1999. Very sobering to think about.
one of the most infamous tornadoes in history--300 mph, almost beyond comprehension
Damn!
I love thinking its famous.🤣🤣 like its at a restaurant and paparazzi are outside
318 mph winds were recorded at Bridge Creek Oklahoma.That was from this tornado!.The highest wind speed ever recorded on earth.
@@millhousemillard2140 lmaooo
@@snave59 did this tornado have sub vortices
20 year anniversary today. I will always remember this.
Amanda Chapman Same here.
@@HeatwaveGFX more expected today. We've been hammered this year
Amanda Chapman yeah I know you guys have been. I moved away from Oklahoma after this to come back here to New Hampshire. The tornados you guys have been having out there is crazy.
@@HeatwaveGFX yeah the flooding too is unreal. And we had an earthquake lol
@@amandachapman5195 you guys are tough
I was a Jr at OU when this storm came through Moore. We watched this all day and this day was so eerie. To this day I will always remember how muggy and calm the day was. The leaves were rustling and there was no wind. Looked like I was looking into a fish bowl driving home from class to the University Commons. And it was orange out and there were no birds at all.
The one thing that fucks with me the most in my recent binge of tornado news reports and reading all the stories in the comments is like, how people describe the unnatural colour of the sky. Like, in all of the comments I hear people talk about that day, the eerie calmness and how everything was lit up orange or, as I've seen myself, lit up green. It's genuinely otherworldly.
@@CaribouGirlMeat Mm-hm. In an episode of "Storm Stories" that profiled the August 28, 1990 tornado that hit Plainfield, Illinois; Plainfield resident Mary-Pat Gabor described the color of the sky as "pea soup green."
@@CaribouGirlMeat As someone who has lived in the south since I was 5 (in Arkansas and I'm 33 now). I know exactly what they mean. It gets eerily quiet, and the sky turns a sickly yellow/green. Thankfully though (knocks on wood) a tornado has never hit our house or street or anything like that.
I’ve lived in Florida my whole life, and I remember seeing videos of this as a kid and thinking, “man, I’ll take hurricanes over the unexpected tornadoes any day.”
June is right around the corner and my stomach is in knots that we’re approaching hurricane season again-I pray for anyone who has to live in dangerous areas: wildfires in the west, hurricanes in the east, tornadoes in the Midwest.
I’m hoping you stayed safe during Ian
@@Bughy2236 we came out just fine, though it looked scary for a hot minute. Thanks for thinking of us!
@@Aeiacobelli that’s great to hear! Hopefully your friends, family, and neighbors can say the same
How about hurricanes on the Gulf Coast? I went through Hurricane Carla in Houston when I was 16...very bad.
Ay you good during nicole? I live about 40 miles south of where nicole made landfall.
the Storm that caused the National Weather Service to issue the first ever TORNADO EMERGENCY! wish I could find a video of them actually reading the NWS bulletin
James Gentry They must have had to compose themselves at least once.
ruclips.net/video/n1TltnO0p8o/видео.html
"As the large tornado approached western sections of the OKC metro area, we asked ourselves more than once, 'Are we doing all we can do to provide the best warnings and information?' It became apparent that unique and eye-catching phrases needed to be included in the products. At one point we used the phrase 'Tornado Emergency' to paint the picture that a rare and deadly tornado was imminent in the metro area. We hoped that such dire phrases would prompt action from anyone that still had any questions about what was about to happen.“
Where are the real weather enthusiasts at? There was a tornado emergency all across the state. That tornado was a huge tornado that caused damage in all parts of the state. This was also predicted months out and certain people wanted to withhold that info from the public so that they could prove that meteorologists were needed.
@@WilliamBrown-vb5ws no literally the term tornado emergency wasn't used ever until that tornado
39:24 "Don't fart around with this storm."
Does he really say that?
he did
That is an old term for don't fool around.
Kinda an ancient term now. No we just say "Don't mess around with this storm."
I guess he would have been fired if he had said, "Don't fuck around with this storm."
@XxAdrianPerezxX It is a figure of speech.
It is not to be taken literally.
1:12:16 Oh man. That delay in zooming in. Today, we'd call that slow and an unacceptable slow down in a tornado but this was high tech in that time.
Still to this day the most unbelievable tornado live TV broadcast ever
The shots from the helicopter around 56:00 are some of the most widespread F5 damage ever. Absolutely unbelievable.
He is the best!
Today marks an infamous 20 Year Anniversary of this storm
I commented that recently. Can't forget May the 3rd.
I was 6 yrs old at the time I'm 26 now hard to forget this day
@@albertoaguirre1507 | I was born the same year, on February 26; I was two months old when the storm hit. I'm 20 years old now.
@@lancecurry7538 being a kid at that time and seeing this rip to okc was really heart breaking man till this day it still feels like yesterday running from the storm
@@albertoaguirre1507 | R.I.P., the 41 people who perished that day.
Oh my god.. that hook
I was 21 years old when this tornado hit. I remember it very clearly. It always comes to mind anytime a new tornado occurs, especially in May.
I was 23
The hook echo on this tornado is absolutely insane
I’ve never seen one that well defined on radar before
Horrific
This is what made me decide to study atmospheric sciences next year when im in college to become a meteorologist. ive lived in OKC my whole life and been in every major tornado in the last 18 years so i want to save lives and protect my community from these amazing but lethal forces of na
+Deymon Edwards I want to be a meteorologist but my mom cries because she says they dont make enough money. And I want to make her happy, so Im going into the petroleum industry. But recently that hasnt been doing well either. Do what you love is what I have to say. If you dont, your going to regret it
+Deymon Edwards Going to OU, I presume?
Lethal forces of Na? You mean sodium
@@yorick22 hahaha 🤣 he's looking out for your cholesterol too
Six years later, how was college?
i remember this i was 4 and we had just arrived this very day from SA TX. my dad had just transferred to Tinker AFB and we bought a house and everything. but when we got here it was so dark and in SA we dont have tornadoes but my mom actually saw the tornado and we turned around. it ruined the house we rented so we had to stay in a motel but on the bright side we were safe .
That fast no joke
i wish i could convince my mom for us to evacuate the rain tommorow. but she will say no.
I must say, the guys did an amazing job on this channel, just wow, horrific.They tracked it, reported it and told people what to do, life savers.
This tornado was the strongest wind speed tornado ever recorded in the US with winds just over 300 mph.
In the world*
That wind speed record was broke in recent years tho I believe
@@paulinekrumbach9217 No, it wasn't.
@@paulinekrumbach9217
Of all the tornadoes whose wind speeds have actually been measured, this is still the highest. The monster El Reno 2013 tornado is a close second with its huge tornado-within-a-tornado subvortices measured at around 300mph
@@paulinekrumbach9217 It's pretty much been tied by the 2011 and 2013 el reno tornadoes. el Reno is ground zero for windy wind it seems.
31:50 - 33:30 is one of the most breathtaking shots of a tornado I've ever seen
This was the first monster tornado I watched live from my television as it touched down..... The second, The Moore Oklahoma EF5 Tornado that touched down, dissipated only to form again and grew to a two mile wide monster..... Broke my heart for everyone, especially seeing the heavily damaged schools and hospital in 2013.....
i dont know why am i watching this. there is something about tornados that has a mesmerising affect on me. i am deadly scared of tornados but video tornadoes dont actually scare me. just a teeny bit. be safe on Friday~
Wakka Warner, it keeps you on your toes so you know a emergency plan in case a storm like this were to hit..... As scary as it is to watch, we always need to be prepared and have an emergency plan......
Kathryn Smith of course! will do!
@@starfirecat7132 yeah me too its addicted me too!! By watching videos of them well we are brothers hahax😂💯
I was in Chickasha, with my family, hiding in a basement. It started just a few miles away and barely missed us. I'll never forget the debris up the highways to Oklahoma City and all of the leveled houses in Moore.
I was in Marlow Oklahoma not to far from there. I was at work at a nursing home in that town and was scared to death.
I lived in chickasha also
Same. Was 4 and my grandmother put me and my 6 year old bother in the closet and kept an eye on the weather.
I was in Yukon...We always get missed. I can't help but think our time is coming. We were REALLY close in 2013 for that ElReno tornado.
25 years ago today, never forget those who lost their lives from this monster of a tornado.
Cry babies
I was on my porch in Weatherford Oklahoma and I told my girlfriend at the time this is going to produce a tornado and it did. One of the biggest tornadoes ever recorded in the history of mankind it dropped a whole lot of hail that day and eventually killed many of people. It was the tallest cloud I've ever seen in my life it was like all the air was sucked out of the air and birds were flying in different directions.
I lived through this. I remember the entire thing.
The National guard came to Moore and shut the town down. They told everyone that if you were out, you couldn't get back in. And if you were in, you couldn't get out. They turned my family away when we were trying to get back in, unfortunately for them, they didn't know all the ways to get back into town. We got back in and saw that Moore was in shambles.
The day after, I was walking around looking at all the damaged houses. There were some amazing people who had 5 pick up trucks with the beds filled with bottled water and snack cakes and sandwiches for the people who had lost everything. It was awesome to see these people helping those who had nothing.
What we saw when we found our way inside the town, the lightning flashed and we saw power lines that were down, we saw telephone poles down. The streetlights were bent and was on the ground. My brother was helping people out of debris after it hit. Now, you can still see the damaged trees that have bloomed since then. In the house I lived in, the only damage we had was a very thin piece of wooden fence that was stuck inside the roof.
Apartment buildings were gone, it tore apart a parking lot and threw the pieces into houses and restaurants. Kelley Elementary took a direct hit. The school was gone, all the way to foundation. The playground equipment was wrapped around trees. I remember seeing a van with 3 motorbikes smashed together, you couldn't even tell what it was. Gary England came on the news and told everyone watching "Get underground or you will not survive." He was right.
TLC was there when it hit. They were helping to take the injured to the hospital. They were glad to record it for history, and we were happy they were there to help.
Raeyne Jaymeson I think I saw the TLC special. They followed an paramedics ? There were two little girls , badly injured. I watched and cried.
I've been in an effort 5. I have PTSD from it. It was the scariest day of my life.
Tracy Frederick , really Ma'am I'm sorry I suffer PTSD myself but not due to a tornado.. you lived in OKC that day?
Wow, that's something else man..
Dang it you're making me want to move back Moore. Are ya old enough to remember the Civil Defense Shelter under McDonald's on 12th St?
Reeyne, was Kelley the school on Santa Fe off about nw 2nd or the one closer to nw 12th ? We lived on NW 1st between Markwell and Santa Fe.
Here it is, January 2019. Wondering if there are any very recent visits to this video?? Sometimes you land somewhere in youtube space and come across a video like this that was quite a few years ago and wonder if there are others watching recently.....April is not far off and I live in KS. I have been feeling a sort of urgency this year about my State....of course, you hope that it stays quiet but it will be interesting to see what's on the horizon. Moore sure has had its share of devastating tornadoes. My heart still goes out. Hope it's even quieter in OK this Spring but hard to tell of course. Cheers, welcome, 2019.
Patti Hanlon I’m in Nebraska. We haven’t had anything bad in a few years. With all the crazy flooding this year feels a bit apocalyptic. I get a feeling this spring is gonna be bad.
Seems the storms are shifting eastward: www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2018/10/17/tornado-alley-shifting-east/1660803002/
I often wonder the same thing too. I find myself watching this particular video at least once a year, usually around tornado season, because its fascinating to watch the live news coverage of this disastrous tornado as it was happening, knowing what we do now about how devastating this tornado was.
I think this year is going to be another record breaker. I feel Moore is going to get nailed again. I also think some other areas that usually don't get any tornadoes, are going to get some major tornadoes.
@@cnacma Where in Nebraska are you Douglas?
21 years ago, this event changed an awful lot when it comes to tornadoes, and the coverage and warning of such.
To think that this happened 25 years ago still blows my mind.
I was 9 and lived in Tulsa. All of Tulsa was aware of this. This is the most awe inspiring (in this case devastating) thing I have ever seen. I think they knew when they saw it at its peak that they were looking at a history making/changing event. Thank you for this video.
I survived May 3rd. scariest day of my life, never been the same since.
Brookiie Cookiie I can only imagine 😰 I have several anxiety and panic disorder, and this would haunt me every time a storm would come if I was you. I’m sorry you had to go through this.
Brookie god bless you 💯💛😍💕
izuo tee You’ll stay a virgin with comments like that.
Brookie so did i. I was in Newcastle
Do you still live in Oklahoma
Wow... this is... unspeakable. Being from the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area, I would've likely developed a VERY serious case of PTSD if I'd lived through a tornado of this magnitude. Oh, my goodness... God be with the victims AND survivors of this storm, as well as their families.
On top of P.T.S.D you would have no doubt developed Lilapsophobia; which is a fear of tornadoes. I learned about Lilapsophobia through the story of a woman named Karin Herrmann. Karin lives in Miami, Oklahoma with her husband Jerry and she developed Lilapsophobia as a result of seeing the devastation and destruction in Joplin, Missouri following the monstrous EF5 tornado that hit Joplin on May 22nd, 2011. After close to a year of therapy; Karin conquered her fear of tornadoes and established a page on Facebook to help people who suffer from Lilapsophobia know that they are not alone and with the combination of therapy and having a support system they can conquer their fear and learn how to not be afraid of the weather.
Imagine the fear that someone would have if they were in this things path and they didn’t have a basement and the meteorologist said u won’t survive if u don’t get underground.
They would probably go to a neighbors house to get to a basement or smthn
It was the most afraid I had ever been in my entire life. I thought I was going to die 100% when our windows started breaking. I was only in 6th grade at the time, praying to god that I wouldn't die so young. I just kept repeating it to myself. We were only hit with the edge of it, but it felled a huge tree in our backyard. I'm surprised it didn't fall on the house and crush us, we were really lucky in multiple ways. My dad looked out the front door before in got in the hallway with us. He saw it and said it looked like a wall of blackness. My neighborhood looked like a warzone. The military actually came in and put our area on lockdown. You had to have a pass just to get in. The red cross came by multiple times a day. Some people came and stocked our entire pantry with food. It was honestly a wild time. I remember when the tornado had finally passed, it was like I was high. I had never felt so alive.
look up parkersburg 2008 tornado, a basement wont always save you from the more intense tornadoes
@@WorleyClan Ohhh my good, now that's what I call a really really really close call.
@@packerman7410 (Dances in no basement)
And I know exactly why
You could be trapped underground by so much debris and stuff
I'm trying to figure out how two tornadoes follow almost the identical paths within 14 years...
A theory I have is maybe the Wichita mountains (those random hills by Lawton) provide some extra natural lift on days with a very agitated atmosphere and that's what helps spin up these tornadic supercells that travel parallel up the i44 turnpike before becoming a right mover, making a b line for Moore. Just my theory though. A very similar thing occurs in the mountains in Mexico just across the border from tx. From del Rio to South of Laredo. Look it up. That area has seen multiple likely violent tornadoes, they rarely get reported due to the lackluster meteorology in Mexico, the rural area, and the violence there. But radar returns on radar in tx has almost guaranteed violent tornadoes have occurred there. They rarely make it into the us because once they leave the mountains, the cap kills the cells usually. But they sometimes do make it across. One event was the 2007 eagle pass, tx ef3
@@capitalisteconomist that is the same theory Greg Forbes of the weather channel has. He believes the the cooler air running down from the mountains affects the atmospheric conditions.
It’s not just two there was an EF-4 that followed this same path in May of 2003.
@@matthewjewett-williams7641 oh, Goody! Remind me to never visit that area in May because it seems like a sure as hell way to get killed.
Yup 2013
It’s crazy to think that it has been 20 years since this devastating tornado hit Oklahoma City and Moore. Watching this tornado coverage still gives me chills. Weather is amazing, but can also be terrifying at times.
Mike: Folks we're pleading with you go
Me: *ACCIDENTALY SKIPS 10 SECS*
Mike: 50 Miles an hour
33:18 33:31
what?
@@wc6046 you can skip 10 seconds and this was a funny time
@Steam Workz what
Between this and May 31st, 2013, we Oklahomans will never forget these days for as long as we live.
This tornado changed EVERYTHING. It proved bridges and overpasses (underpasses, im not sure) were not the best idea that they previously thought. The Tornado Emergency concept came from this, and it even caused an overhaul of the F scale.
CrazyMan76 it’s been said that this was more like an F6 because although they estimated 318 at ground level (after recording 301 above ground), they chose 318 simply because it was the max the Fujita scale allowed for. Given that the margin of error is estimated to be +/- 18mph, this means the tornado should have been estimated at 319mph (301 + 18), but they couldn’t do that unless they wanted to declare it the first ever F6, so they just stuck with 318 for simplicity.
@@TheLocalLt you couldn't have an F6. Its estimated on damage caused. So a tornado could not do more damage than an F5 or now an EF5.
@@millhousemillard2140 point being that the original Fujita scale included an estimate that the maximum possible strength of a tornado was 318 mph. Although yes because it’s not based on wind speed, they didn’t have to make a determination of an F6, they did seemingly knock down the estimated max speed by a degree to fit the max prescribed by the F5 category’s upper boundary of 318 mph
@@TheLocalLt also the fujita scale was rated on damage....again.....So the radar indicated wind speed had nothing to do with the rating
@@millhousemillard2140 I know, you don’t get what I’m saying. They do release wind speeds to the public if they have them, even though it has nothing to do with the Fujita rating. In releasing the speeds, they are supposed to rate a tornado’s wind speed (if they have a reading) based on a scale of +/- 18 mph (due to this tech only being able to measure the speeds a half mile above the ground), so the maximum speed estimate they put out in press releases is supposed to be 18 mph above whatever the reading was. In this case the weather service stated that the tornado had maximum wind speeds of 318 mph. However the DOW measurements had it at 301 mph, meaning the maximum speed estimate should have been 319 mph. It seems they lowered the estimate by 1 mph to fit the Fujita Scale’s upper limit of 318 mph, so they wouldn’t have to answer questions about it being an F6 from the media, who would likely do some quick research that 318 was the max for an F5, and start asking whether it was an F6 thus putting the weather service in the uncomfortable spot of having to make policy on the fly.
great quality, nobody could avoid that screen static from classic VHS tapes
It's called "tracking control knob" - remember?
whetherMANE 1993 Yep 🌚😂💀
Yeah, I was born in '93, so I grew up with that static. Seeing it again after so long really takes me back.
whetherMANE 1993 Hell it was kinda like that with TVs too remind the VHS resolution quality on them 😂😂💯
Definitely. Some younger people (I'm 21 so I'm talking 16 and younger) need to realize how lucky we are to have this much footage of this storm.
tornado talk aside , seeing those old tv glitches gave me a weird nostalgia feeling . its something i never thought i would miss . they were soo annoying but now i see them as something beautiful and stylish
I live in Tulsa and remember this tornado outbreak (there were multiple tornadoes over a few days). One night (possibly this night) I was in a friend’s basement as one of tornados was heading straight towards Tulsa. Thankfully just as it crossed the Arkansas River it dissipated and we were safe. It was a terrifying and heartbreaking time - so much destruction and devastation.
Do you know who the weather man in the white dress shirt with tie is? Is he still on the air down there?
At 39:00 the one anchor tells folks to get under an underpass. Very dumb advice. That acts like a wind tunnel if the 🌪️ came up on it.
You are exactly right. This was the night you are speaking of. I was driving from Phoenix, AZ to Tulsa and was travelling behind the big tornado and the other one you mentioned was behind me. I was listening to this broadcast on the radio. My friend lived right across the river in Tulsa, and after I arrived we were waiting for the tornado to hit- but it dissipated just like you remembered. I'll never forget that day. I was afraid to stop because it would catch up with me.
@@robertbruce7772 Yes it is dumb and horrible advice. Not their fault though. That wasn't known at that time. Pretty much any meteorologist would be likely to say to take shelter under a underpass if you are driving and you have no other options (like a store etc). Obviously it was learned that doing will most likely get you killed.
What's really scary is that it wasn't the biggest tornado, but it contained the most powerful winds ever recorded on Earth.
I remember this making news when I was a kid here in St. Louis. All of our local news stations were broadcasting the entire storm. If memory serves, this tornado still holds the record for highest wind speeds, in excess of 300 mph at one point.
This Storm was also live on CNN International and a few Dutch cable channels if I’m not mistaken.
I believe 2013 El Reno has theoretically beaten that speed, but they’re unconfirmed.
This and El Reno were the fastest wind speeds recorded in mankind
Same storm
@@Marko3123 Nope. This tornado was on May 3rd, 1999. The El Reno tornado that was two and a half miles wide and killed storm chasers was on May 31st, 2013.
@@jmcsquared18 not to be that guy, but el reno is 2.6 miles wide
The technology measuring wind speed from DOW is a tricky science I believe sub vortices can go high but the DOW is interpreting windspeed based on readings that involve a lot of math I won’t pretend to understand
This one I think is more comparable to Joplin
@@jmcsquared18 There was an El Reno in 1999 as well, holding the highest wind speeds of a tornado EVER
21 years ago today.
*And the people who lived through it, will never forget...*
The tornado that I was in, was smaller than this, but I promise, youll never forget it. I can only imagine how scary one thst size is! I woukd never live back there without an in the ground storm cellar. No structure is safe...
Then after the May 20, 2013 tornado hit Moore; the residents who survived the May 3, 1999 tornado were saying "I can't believe it happened again!" Some reporters even speculated if the 2013 tornado was worse than the one in 1999; I would say that the 1999 tornado is still the deadliest tornado to hit the area because of the wind speed. The May 3 1999 tornado had wind speeds of 318 MPH; if you were living in Moore or Bridge Creek when the May 3 tornado hit, not getting below ground was a guaranteed death sentence.
The day before the 22 anniversary
Thank you for uploading and sharing this historic footage. It is much appreciated!
This was happening at the end of my freshman year in college. Being in Missouri, my roommate - a native Oklahoman - and I watched the coverage of this storm. I remember him being horrified about his family's well-being. Thankfully, they were fine.
I've fallen down the tornado rabbit hole once again.
This is absolutely breathtaking, in both the negative and beautiful way. That creature is beautiful in the sense that nature is beautiful. The destruction, though, and the deaths, I'm surprised anything was still standing. I can feel the emotions from everyone in this video, not just the reporters and meteorologists but the neighborhood as well. The fact there's survivors is a miracle, I'm glad you survivors are alive and here today.
Well said......
33:21 These few seconds leave me in awe! My goodness! It must have been hell to live through this!
Chilling when it shows the debris flying through the air. This is horrifying.
4 possible tornadoes on the ground.
You know there had to be some people, cars and animals in that funnel also! I'm surprised how many cars were still driving on the highway as it crossed hwy 35.
Seeing the debris flying around during the May 3, 1999 tornado that tore through Moore, Oklahoma is at "shit your pants" levels of terror.
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I was born the day after this. Mom called me a tornado baby 👶🏼
Ayeeeeee if you want a tornado baby hmu cutie 😎
Happy 21st birthday!
Happy birthday
You were born in may me too I was born may 22 but in 2000
Man! Imagine giving birth during a monsterous storm! That would be terrifying.
I have to give compliments to these meteorologists, storm chasers and first responders who are doing their jobs protecting people while the tornado could be tearing through their own neighborhoods. GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!
This is the most incredible live tornado footage I’ve ever seen and I’ve been watching storm chasers/footage for decades. The debris in the air was absolutely amazing and sickening to see.
I bought the May's Fury video back in 1999 this Tornado is what made me want to become a Skywarn spotter. I live in AZ so the weather is boring here except during Monsoon season lol.
@@johnhill9162 I also live in AZ, also a Skywarn spotter! I had a lot more to report in Minnesota! lol
I moved here 20 years ago from Indiana and right before I moved a EF3 hit my city and that was my last tornado. I kinda miss the Tornado sirens going off one a month on a Saturday.
Even though Oklahoma is my home state, I wasn't living here at the time of this monster. I was living outside of Memphis. I went on a week's vacation shortly after this storm hit. Both, my mom and dad were alive at the time. We went up to the areas that where impacted. The damage I saw was beyond belief! Even metal telephone terminals that are buried, were sheared off at ground level! All the trees were twisted like a wet washrag, debarked, and pointing towards the NE. Across from Tinker Air Force Base, I found a victims tooth embedded in a tree! The area stunk as there was probably small parts of humans and animals that were decomposing. I looked around at the carnage, realizing that people had died here and that I was on hallowed ground. I bowed my head and said a prayer for all those who had died and those affected by this storm.......There's no way to explain the sights and the emotions that run through you. It's beyond your worst nightmare.
Yeah I used to live in Oklahoma but I didn't move their until 2003, but I did see some pretty scary ones when I was there. There was one time a tornado was only about a mile from my house. but miraculously it turned away at the last minute. Also the May 24th 2011 one was intense as well.
Robert Sunderland I can’t even imagine. It’s such a tragedy
This is what happens when your Godless. You get owned, teeth in trees n stuff
@@uniteatonce35 wow. Your god is an asshole and you're an asshole for worshipping him.
@@uniteatonce35 You serious bro? Probably don't even have teeth
This tornado picked up a rail car off the track around i 240 and sunnylane carried it for a mile . Twisted it in half , crumbled both sides like a peace of paper threw one half on the side of the road of sunnylane and the other half on the other side.. the only way u could tell what it was is a hitch sticking out. A wheel , and a ladder .. those cars weigh 18,000 lbs when their empty..most powerful one ever recorded to that date .. i remember being there to this day like it was yesterday
Scott Langston I too have seen railroad cars twisted like pretzels thrown into a huge pasture from a EF-5 in Marmaduke,Arkansas I chased this Tornado it was two of them but I chased only the one,it was a very crazy sight to see!!!
It's like a plaything to a tornado
@@nativeflutterbynails3016 ur right, that tornado wiped out over 3000 homes off their foundation. It was amazing it only killed inbetween 40 an 50 people..looking at the path from the air afterwards? It looked like the finger of god drug threw the state in Oklahoma.. most in this state are always on guard an keep ourselves aware of these storms that come threw our state in the spring.. theres several companies that produce storm shelters here .. and none of them are out of business lol.
Yes those are actually 18 tons.. 36000lbs.. Unreal
@@roberth912 damn bro ur right. I was looking at the weight on the side of the car. My mistake , its 18 tuns,. Lol, my god it is unreal, that kind of power.
33:12 when a meteorologist is speechless, you know they're scared. Wow.
Hearing Mike Morgan speechless as the tornado crosses just miles from the cameraman recording at 33:02. Absolutey insane.