Yep, one of the most fastest growing tornadoes I’ve ever seen. I mean it looks completely different from the small cone at the start to the massive wedge in its peak
I took a weather and climate class at OU in 2000 with the creator of Mesonet system and he was considered the top expert on tornadic activity. Dr. Andy White is dead now but i kept in touch with him over the years. He said storm chasers have accomplished nothing in tornado research. Moreover they never get out of the car to help anyone. They never drive ahead of the path of a tornado to help anyone. All they do is record tornados..record death and loss. Thank God we don't need them anymore with our use of cell phone recording. Storm chasers are selfish scared people who like death and destruction.
Another statistic many people aren’t aware of with this tornado, was that it passed through Moore’s horse country, 120 horses were killed. Human life and the loss of homes and lives is always the priority, but many people love their horses like family, they can live up to thirty years and be a true companion. Not to mention the financial losses. I can’t imagine having a tornado hit my town and having losses to this magnitude. The local veterinarians interviewed said they had to have euthanasia solutions brought in from other towns and just went barn to barn euthanizing injured animals beyond help, and hundreds had to be treated. So sad for the families who suffered these losses.
That's awful; I had no idea so many horses were injured/killed. I've always wondered about livestock and horses when tornadoes strike rural areas, but you rarely hear people talk about them. I wonder how many enclosed animals die every year in tornadoes. It's depressing to think about on top of the loss of human life.
This tornado stands out to me because it’s amazing how much it changed during its life cycle. It started as a small cone, then it worked itself into a long cone. Then it turned into a massive wedge that you could barely see, and then it just grew into this massive monster even bigger, it was just so scary, looking completely different from what it was when it started.
@@jase4270 That sounds like a you problem. She said she's glad she doesn't live there, that her family does however, and she checked on the to make sure they had shelter should it happen again. I'm not sure how that was hard to make sense of.
What I find so sinister about this tornado is the fact that it was moving rather quickly while it was intensifying, especially as it was crossing over into Moore. Then, once it was inside of Moore, that thing just started slugging along, even moving at Jarrell's speeds at times. It's as if the tornado had a vendetta.
I have always wanted to set up a food line and help people rebuild their lives and help them find their cats, dogs and livestock and help them get through this. Have a place to talk about it and get help talking about it
You can tell these people dedicate their careers to this so much. April 27 2011 and May 20 2013 were such devistating events. Props to you guys for sticking through these tornadoes!
Reed Timmer was worried it would hit his house on this day in 2013. It missed it by a few blocks. To hear him on the air while chasing this one brings back memories.
@@StormChaserMaci. Yes, cause the adrenline is a human instict to fight or flight response. Reed knows, he is a pro but it still could get him to a suprise like this one super pro veteran (forgot the name) in this field got suprised and killed also his son in the El Reno one. Many chasers made it barely out of that one. You can pro in alot of things and done it thousands of times but one day it could pull a deadly suprise. Reed has that always back in his mind.
Reed is the man. That guy has saved countless lives. He gets overly excited but I'd say I would too. If I had an absolute monster chasing me. Much Respect to Reed Timmer and his crew
The town is completely different now, but all is as it was 16 years ago now. I don’t live far from there. No matter where you live there will always be another chance
This is the absolute best video coverage and commentary that I've ever seen! Amazing and thank y'all for doing your absolute best to communicate and try to save lives
ive scanned about 30 or so seconds in total of this video. only because of the first part of your comment, i shall now go back and watch it in its entirety. youve piqued my interest. thanks and be well -- (wonder if this kind of decision making is figured into the TH-cam algorithm by The matrix. lol)
Watch the vidéo of french team Chroniques Chaotiques, this IS crazy They cought El Reno tornado few days after, one on the best vidéos on this 2 tornados
Can't believe it has been this long since the last EF5. Can you imagine if we get one of these in 2024 and what the high framerate 4K footage would look like. People forget that this was 10+ years ago, and the footage quality has gotten so much better recently. I wouldn't ever wish for one of these to happen, but when it does, footage like this is going to be 10X as scary.
There was a possible ef5 3 days ago, someone captured it at its widest point and it looked like El Reno’s slightly smaller brother. Seriously scary stuff
I mean just look up the Keota tornado, or the Minden tornado. Those tornadoes were easily of EF5 intensity, but didn’t hit structures capable of being rated for such wind speeds. Plenty of EF5 strength tornadoes that simply don’t get rated EF5 out of pure circumstance
Tornado sirens always scare the hell out of me because it was drilled into my brain from a very early age that if you hear the sirens immediately go into the basement and wait till the storm passes even if you don’t see the tornado it means one’s coming down
Sirens are activated when a supercell starts rotating enough to produce a tornado or if a tornado is already on the ground. It can also occur for straight line winds like in Derecho storms.
So where would the best place be to go if you have No Shelters or a Basement?? Some would say the Bathroom but I just don't feel like that's a very safe ordeal 🤷🏻♂️
I was working at a bar in Golden Colorado that day with a coworker from Moore OK .We had the news playing on the big screen. She knew several friends and family in the areas where it had devastated. She was in shambles watching it happen live. I felt soo bad for her
I live near Bristow about an hour and a half NE of moore and this storm came over after it hit Moore and i remember all the debris that fell from the sky, we found family photos, curtains, shingles and all sorts of things. It was heartbreaking to think of all the people who lost everything.
I lived in Bixby at the time and I remember that we actually got out of school early because the storm system was heading our direction. I think that was one of the only times the bus ride home was nearly silent
El Reno, one of the most disgusting days of my life yet sad. I was 7 at the time it hit. I was at my babysitters house with 3 other kids, that i’m not in contact with. It hit us in moore, 2013, as the short stated. I remember it as if it were barely a month ago, that has forever traumatized me. When it hit we were in a closet ducking our heads with pillows covering our heads. When the tornado hit, it ripped our roof off and a wall down to its foundation. A tree had fallen on the house onto our closet, the tree had saved most of us. Sadly one of the kids got a very bad head injury from the tree falling causing his head to literally be crushed inside out. When i could see again i can still remember the sting in my eyes from the junk flying around. We waited a bit and the baby sitter stood up, at the ripped up house. A day later people were looking for others stuck in the junk the tornado had flung around. They had found the kid, his name was mason. His face was unrecognizable.. I saw him. I felt horrible while barely understanding the concept of death. Every time i think about it, including while writing this comment, leaves a disgusting turn in my stomach and sense of empathy for him. I wrote this to show the true terror of tornadoes, especially this one. Never ever think tornadoes are “fun”. I am forever traumatized by this memory and had 3 years of counseling due to it. My mom has kept in touch with that baby sitter. Nobody from that day has been the same every since. Im shaking writing this. Even after counseling i’ve developed long term depression. Im not the same, nobody was and has not been since. Please understand that natural disasters like this are NOTHING to joke about. Im sharing this story of my childhood for pure education and warning. Please do not feel sympathy for me but take this comment as realization that tornadoes are nothing to underestimate no matter the size. We are not immortal, and we can die at any age. Be happy every day you live as its limit is very real. Anyone could’ve ended up like that kid, i am sorry he was the one to end up like that. I am yet grateful I survived. I cant even explain the amount of stress my mom had that day and since. Im proud to have the mother i do. She has survived El Reno, Divorce, Depression, and having foster parents. My mom is a true warrior, no matter her current strength. Thank you for reading this and take this as nothing but educational purposes only. Every one of us is lucky to be alive and have a chance at life for the challenge it is. Have an amazing day or night.
Wow thank you for sharing that. This should have way more likes and comments than it does. I hope Mason is in Heaven and his parents are OK. Most people will never know what you know. Amazing first hand account. Heartbreaking. Continue counseling if you feel you need to. There’s no time limit on such things.
R.I.P. to all those who lost their lives in this storm. Tim, Paul and Carl, who passed I. The El Reno tornado, we won’t forget your bravery and passion for life.
Living in Oklahoma I have experienced my share of tornado's. This tornado will be remembered for a very long time. My sister lives in Moore and believe me when I say this tornado was a monster!
It is terrifying watching it on screen. I cannot imagine how it must have felt like watching it up close, especially those who were living on its path.
I happened to be on my way home to the Midwest from New Mexico the day after this storm. My route took me to OKC, where I turn north. Just before that I was approaching the exit which took you to Moore. The F5 was one of the biggest stories in the world at the time, and part of me was DYING to see what the aftermath looked like, which was 20 miles or less from where I was. I wrestled with my conscience, and decided I wouldn't like my destroyed neighborhood to be a tourist attraction. I took the exit north and headed home.
rolling fork for me since it brought me back into the Severe weather community when I was watching in Alabama because of the storms to come, I was scared stayed up that night.
Respectfully Mayfield didn't do nowhere near the amount of damage this tornado caused. Three elementary schools flattened a hospital destroyed whole sides of town reduced to rubble. The only other tornadoes that had a 0% survival rate above ground in their direct paths were the moore 1999 and the Jarrell Tx tornadoes
@@Mac11MikeThe "dead man walking" Jarrell, TX tornado IMO is the worst of the worst. Ef-5 🌪 going only 2mph. It sucked the asphalt up off the roads, sucked the hair off cattle, and all homes leveled to the foundations. Whole entire families were killed...just awful! There's a documentary about it on YT that's worth watching, if you have the stomach for it.
This tornado never fails to fascinate me. The way it grows from a narrow cone to stovepipe to monster wedge is crazy. Also you can really hear the roar at 10:40 when the guy stops talking My heart and condolences goes to all the people and animals that tragically died to this tornado ❤. Hearing about what the kids and teachers went through at Briarwood and Plaza Towers always makes my heart sink I also still can’t believe we’ve gone 10 years without an EF5 tornado
Amazing how fast it went from a thin wispy rope to a massive wedge moving along and hurling cars as it crossed the road. Not even 10 minutes before it’s fully grown.
This is one of the most heartbreaking tornadoes… anytime I see anything about this Moore tornado I just automatically think of those kids… those kids who went through this without their mom and dad and the ones who lost their young innocent lives and just how scared they all had to have been and it just breaks my whole damn heart every single time
I was looking for this comment. My jaw dropped. I wonder if anyone can provide insight on how that tornado could gain that much speed for that brief 2 or 3 seconds
Absolutely wild how quickly the tornado grew from a rope, to a stovepipe, and then straight to a wedge all right before hitting Moore. This thing was a monster
And the damage it caused sadly matched its horrifying appearance. Yanked out anchor bolts, shredded pavement, plumbing yanked and shredded out of foundations, this was a May 3rd/Jarrell/Smithville type tornado. This thing also has one of the angriest intensification phases I have ever seen. This thing was ALREADY violent and causing EF4 damage as a rope not long after touching down. Once that storm merger happened? Things went from catastrophic to worst nightmare.
Holy smokes. That went from a baby tornado to daddy in almost no time. My hats off to you if you like in Oklahoma. This is why I will never live there. Terrifying.
My sister always loved bad storms growing up. Her best friend moved to OK and lives in Moore. The friends daughter works for NWS in Norman. I asked why still in Moore. My sister is a storm chaser but not much action here in WI.
Interesting, I’m also a Wisconsinite that lives in the Moore area (actually live just a hair north of where this tornado went). I moved here in 2019 and I can’t help but think if this tornado happened now instead of 2013, it would be even more devastating. The Moore and Newcastle areas have been absolutely booming areas in-regards to population growth, even in the short time I’ve lived in OK. While I’m not a storm chaser, the one good thing about chasing tornados in Oklahoma that makes it a little bit safer than Wisconsin is the terrain makes it easier to see. There’s a lot less forests and hills, so it’s really difficult to get “caught off-guard” by a tornado. When I was a kid, my parents’ farm got hit by a tornado and due to wooded and hilly terrain as well as the tornado hitting at dusk, we never even saw it. I can only imagine trying to chase tornados in Wisconsin is a difficult venture…unless it’s somewhere a bit flatter with more crop land like the southern portion.
between 8:01-8:04....did you see that quick surge to the right it did....that shit was moving with death on its mind that was scary I have never seen that
Around 07:15 or so, you know it's about to get ugly when you see horizontal vortices. Then, combine those horizontal vortices with the way it was lunging its way over to and from the Canadian River.
Everyone......all i can remember about this tornado is those poor innocent kids in that school that drowned and didn't make it out😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭omg my heart....R.I.P❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
You gotta get where your going I mean what are they supposed to do just stop people work and alot of people honestly just don't pay attention to anything besides their music and phones lol... my dumb ass would have stopped to see it 😒
This was the only one I saw too. I was living at the apartments across from Westmoore High School at the time and me and my roommate were outside recording not realizing how massive and dangerous that tornado was.
Honestly I knew this tornado was very bad, but I definitely underestimated its size. It went from a little cone tornado to a huge wedge tornado in about 8 minutes. Crazy
Frightening footage! I lived in Newnan, Georgia in 2021. On March 26th of that year, an F4 tornado tore through town just after midnight, carving a nearly 39 mile path. I was lucky; just lost shingles from my roof. Others 1 mile west of me lost everything; 1700 homes destroyed or damaged in total. As I recall (and miraculously), there was only one fatality, a man who suffered a heart attack during the storm. Tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, wildfires -Mother Nature can impact you no matter where you live!
There have been at least several tornadoes since this one that were probably EF-5. Tornadoes are routinely underrated. We need to go back to the original Fujita scale.
you mean the f scale that had to be replaced becuase it was inaccurate and completely ignored construction quality? Also, i dont think you know Tornado damage better than the people that rate it
My daughter and I watched this tornado form. We found a high spot at the Newcastle post office and we saw the whole thing ... but we had no idea how long it would be on the ground and how devastating it was. 🥺💔 We had no idea!
That's not true. Cole, Etowah and Shawnee, Oklahoma were hit by major tornadoes this past spring. Cole, which is just south of Moore, was actually hit twice by tornadoes last spring. An EF-4 hit Idabel, Oklahoma last Fall, and last winter Oklahoma set a state record for tornadoes in the month of February. You'd literally have to change the geography of Oklahoma to get tornadoes to stop happening here. The difference is that tornadoes are starting to happen at a higher frequency to the east than they used to. Tornado Alley isn't shifting, it's expanding.
@@richgerow3472Makes sense that the Alley is getting bigger. I'm up north in Ontario Canada, we had more Tornadoes than I averagely remember, and a ton close to home too. Scary stuff.
If you look at a map of the tornado route there is literally a 120 degree turn around after it hit 7-11 and it turned around before it was gonna hit my old house
@@richgerow3472 Cole EF3 tornado from this last year in 2013 made my hair on my neck immediately stand on end because I instantly thought of Moore OK. Reason being it was so close to Moore & initially behaved much like the previous EF5 when it first began. Tornado alley is definitely expanding eastward. Not shifting. I had suspicions a few years back well before people started blaming it on climate change. After seeing just news in general of them happening in the East all Of the time now I decided to do my own investigation & what I turned up was the ground truth: it scares me. I made my very own "Google My maps" (2 of them) & I labeled each tornado on the map since 1999 by year & rank. What turned up is eye opening. I still have those maps, & continue to add to them as the years go by. I used National Weather Services records on the storms to plot each tornado on the maps. But it's not fake: it's absolutely expanding. I wasn't convinced until I found out myself with ground proof. I even decided to send those 2 maps back to them by email (I'm certified SKYWARN that is how I can do so.) What I found was just too big of a deal not to ignore whether they knew or not. It has taken me a few years to make those maps.
Of all the footage taken of this historic storm, this is the single, most impressive piece of footage taken that day. The television station blew it by not going to this chaser's feed. The speed at which it grew in the beginning...the closeness, and epic sound the VOs captured as it crossed the Canadian river. Truly amazing! And terrifying...
I literally remember this like it was yesterday. It was the middle of the afternoon but the sky was pitch black, raining hard as hell, with these sirens going off for hours. Afterwards it looked like a nuke was dropped on the city. There were neighborhoods upon neighborhoods just completely gone or flattened. Power was out for a few days too. Absolutely nuts.
I grew up and l live out here in San Francisco, CA. Earthquakes are our biggest natural phenomenons. And in general not really that big of a deal. Obviously it depends on the size of the shaker. But man we don't have anything like what I'm watching here!!!! This thing is a monster. I've always been mesmerized by these things. God bless the good people of Oklahoma and the chasers who do such a fantastic job filming and getting life saving information to the public.
The fires are the scariest thing in CA. However, they aren't an annual inevitability, like tornados. Midwesterners know these things are coming and they just deal with it -- and, apparently, do so without basements.
Palm Sunday a tornado ripped through my hometown and beyond. We were heading right into it when my brother in law who was driving, figured it out. The hair on the back of my neck stood straight out with fear. Even after all these years that day is still etched in my memory.
18:52 In this video... I can't tell which way the tornado is moving? I've always been told "If you can't tell which direction a tornado is moving IT'S COMING AT YOU." 😳😬🌪This footage is spectacular and terrifying (life threatening) all at once. I've caught myself holding my breath while watching: Reminder to breathe. ❤
Had to be a hellish time for folks in Moore that day. Just a little over a decade and you're hit by Bridge Creek's twin. They were so identical in shape and size. Very similar path of destruction. Even the wind speeds weren't too far apart. I know 1999 was a record breaking 300+, but 210 probably was no different when you consider damage and destruction. It would definitely bring the same amount of hell. Not to mention being a little bigger to make up for wind speeds. Crazy
I had moved to Norman Oklahoma a year and a half before this tornado hit. This tornado was terrifying and was my first introduction to Oklahoma tornados. Thank God for our storm chasers and my favorite meteorologist Damon Lane for working tirelessly to save lives. This day will forever stay in my mind. It was the first time in my life that I heard a meteorologist say, "If you're not underground. Run! Run now!! You're out of time!"
never forget when I got a call from my sister telling me a huge tornado went through Moore and was in the area of our parents and she couldn't get in touch with them. They were safe below ground and the house had debris all over and it just barely missed them. It took out so much you can still tell where it went through today.
I remember the NWS was predicting tornadoes on this day like 5 days in advance. I told my boss I'd be in after the storms rolled through. So very glad I was allowed to stay home.
I moved to Kansas 24yrs ago and I will never forget the first time I heard those tornado sirens going off. I don't scare easy but that ominous sound and the darkness taking over the sky freaked me out. Another crazy thing that happens is the drop of air pressure and everything becomes quiet and the birds bounce and no animal activity
Yeah well there will be another F5 in the future and the last one was not in Moore 2013 but the one that came out afterwards in El Reno. I mean come on! A 2.6 mile tornado with F3 winds? Preposterous! Its an F5 and everyone knows that!
@@travisdelafuente1150 the ratings are based on damage and those scales and ratings help insurance companies with their policy rates based on construction of the home. Moore 2013 only did EF5 damage to 3 homes and lasted less than 10 seconds (1 subvortex caused the EF5 damage). Mayfield was old buildings but the damage did not match their EF5 ratings structure.
@@travisdelafuente1150It's based off Damage not wind speed and size. El Reno 2013 Storm was the biggest tornado to form in United States, and tied record for the fastest wind speed of tornado. The major factor of it's rating is due to area it hit, it was mostly rural. If it was your typical tornado moving north west it would most likely been EF5 hitting suburbs.
@@BiG-JuPO1O1 I believe the major factor of its rating is its wind speed and it did have enough wind speed to be an F5 or EF5 whatever its called. Damage is another major factor but still even if hit a rural area it still will produce damage, light or not which is why I'll always go with EF5.
HAPPY I found your channel. I grew up in Norman. My folks lived at NW Tecumseh and 36th. Spitting distance from all the major tornadoes from 99, 03, and 13. Thank God. I had to do a lot of house repairs after 2013. Still so fortunate. It's harrowing what people suffer and lose when one hits.
this is insane, my dad took me to go chase that exact tornado we lived about 2 hours from Moore but we still saw the whole thing i was almost 5 at the time.
I grew up just a bit south of Joplin MO. Was 11 when that tornado hit. Now I'm on Pennsylvania and worry about /blizzards/ of all things! Doesn't stop me chewing my boyfriend out for not doing anything if tornado sirens go off at night though! (Daytime we can kinda tell and are in a place we'll get a bit of warning if anything does happen, but nighttime it's so dark....)
Not so fast! I had an aunt who lived in Vancouver, Washington in the 1970s, and an EF3 ripped through that town and killed six people. It can happen anywhere.
I was born and grew up in Oklahoma till I was 6 yrs old. Right before we moved out of Oklahoma we had a huge tornado, that was 50 yrs ago and to this day,I still remember it. There is nothing like going through or living through a tornado in Oklahoma. But I still love my home state ❤
Yes, it is absolutely true that the EF5 tornado is a very scary, deadly and amazing monster. In fact, the EF5 tornado is more terrifying than the Cat5 hurricane.This video is amazing thank you🌪️⚡🌪️
We had a tornado pass through in south florida as an ef2 and the fear we felt was intense...this obviously makes ours pale in comparison but having gone through the fear and the damage after has us always praying for those in tornado alley
Part of it is that it doesn't take long for a small tornado to warp into a giant, and any shape of tornado can reach EF4. So you never really know what you're dealing with til its there.
This tornado and the el Reno tornado that traveled south through the city was beyond frightening. I don’t think I’ll ever forget that day. So weird that our weather pattern changed after this event. Our tornado seasons are not even comparable anymore.
It totally ticks me off when people refer to storm chasers as idiots and dumbasses. I dont see you out there risking your life to give warning as to whats going on and where the storm is. They are heroes in my eyes. They dont take their jobs lightly and they dont just wake up one day and say "ima chase tornadoes today". It takes education and a lot of it. Do not underestemate the chasers. They're the one saving your ungrateful lives.
The power of nature is truly humbling. Tornadoes don't discriminate. Very courageous footage in documenting this for information to the public. Sad day for Moore as well as Oklahoma.
I remember this day like it was yesterday. Will never forget it. I had just moved back from Houston to live with my brother. My sister and I were driving trying to find shelter. We stopped at churches anywhere we could, but everywhere was locked. We were able to get away but I’ll never forget looking over and seeing that monster.
Absolutely insane how fast that tornado went from a rope to a frickin wedge within 2.5 minutes
Yep, one of the most fastest growing tornadoes I’ve ever seen. I mean it looks completely different from the small cone at the start to the massive wedge in its peak
Yeah
@@bostonwarrior4824Joplin was faster
Joplin was way faster
Im pretty sure an f5 reaches over a mile in diameter
Storm chasers have saved so many lives due to keeping location on them so people knew it was coming yall the mvps
100%!
Yep Radar can be off by a few miles depending on how far away the radar station is to the storm. Spotters and chasers tell us the actual location.
@@mitchconner2021Facts 💯
I took a weather and climate class at OU in 2000 with the creator of Mesonet system and he was considered the top expert on tornadic activity. Dr. Andy White is dead now but i kept in touch with him over the years. He said storm chasers have accomplished nothing in tornado research. Moreover they never get out of the car to help anyone. They never drive ahead of the path of a tornado to help anyone. All they do is record tornados..record death and loss. Thank God we don't need them anymore with our use of cell phone recording. Storm chasers are selfish scared people who like death and destruction.
@@franklinjordan8522 We try our best to do so. ~ NWS trained storm spotter.
This is the best tornado footage I've ever seen. To watch the tornado grow and travel is amazing
Check out the Jarrell texas film
Chilled out
I'd be afraid to live there. No thanks.
Another statistic many people aren’t aware of with this tornado, was that it passed through Moore’s horse country, 120 horses were killed. Human life and the loss of homes and lives is always the priority, but many people love their horses like family, they can live up to thirty years and be a true companion. Not to mention the financial losses. I can’t imagine having a tornado hit my town and having losses to this magnitude. The local veterinarians interviewed said they had to have euthanasia solutions brought in from other towns and just went barn to barn euthanizing injured animals beyond help, and hundreds had to be treated. So sad for the families who suffered these losses.
I'm always worried about the animals 😢
120? Sheesh 😢
That's awful; I had no idea so many horses were injured/killed. I've always wondered about livestock and horses when tornadoes strike rural areas, but you rarely hear people talk about them. I wonder how many enclosed animals die every year in tornadoes. It's depressing to think about on top of the loss of human life.
Devastating and it hurts my heart.
Horsenado
This tornado stands out to me because it’s amazing how much it changed during its life cycle. It started as a small cone, then it worked itself into a long cone. Then it turned into a massive wedge that you could barely see, and then it just grew into this massive monster even bigger, it was just so scary, looking completely different from what it was when it started.
Egads, I'm glad I don't there my brother and niece do I checked up on them they do have tornado cellars they're pretty good apparently thank God😮😢
@@Christine-lf6zdyour comment makes no friggin sense lady.
@@jase4270 That sounds like a you problem. She said she's glad she doesn't live there, that her family does however, and she checked on the to make sure they had shelter should it happen again. I'm not sure how that was hard to make sense of.
What I find so sinister about this tornado is the fact that it was moving rather quickly while it was intensifying, especially as it was crossing over into Moore. Then, once it was inside of Moore, that thing just started slugging along, even moving at Jarrell's speeds at times. It's as if the tornado had a vendetta.
I have always wanted to set up a food line and help people rebuild their lives and help them find their cats, dogs and livestock and help them get through this. Have a place to talk about it and get help talking about it
I was so frustrated throughout this video that you guys weren’t being broadcast more. This is amazing footage - you were RIGHT THERE.
RIGHT!!!!!
It tore up Moore ok.
Yo if u look closely it’s not their video , it’s justin cox video
It also decimated a good Portion of Joplin, Missouri
no it didn't? it only went through moore @@suzanroggendorf9464
You can tell these people dedicate their careers to this so much. April 27 2011 and May 20 2013 were such devistating events. Props to you guys for sticking through these tornadoes!
Reed Timmer was worried it would hit his house on this day in 2013. It missed it by a few blocks. To hear him on the air while chasing this one brings back memories.
I remember that one
I was on edge too. What an video. Crazy quick succession
He freaks out a little too much. He’s a seasoned pro acts like he is me with all the screaming he does
@@KayleeG0 He's gotten better about the screaming over the years.... but he still does it. Adrenaline gets the better of him when he's chasing.
@@StormChaserMaci. Yes, cause the adrenline is a human instict to fight or flight response. Reed knows, he is a pro but it still could get him to a suprise like this one super pro veteran (forgot the name) in this field got suprised and killed also his son in the El Reno one. Many chasers made it barely out of that one. You can pro in alot of things and done it thousands of times but one day it could pull a deadly suprise. Reed has that always back in his mind.
Ah l hear Reed Timmer on the radio. Amazing footage. You could really see the power in that thing. Good job staying safe and warning the public!!!
Reed is the man. That guy has saved countless lives. He gets overly excited but I'd say I would too. If I had an absolute monster chasing me. Much Respect to Reed Timmer and his crew
He was working for channel 4 at the time, which that radio station was relaying.
Reed was down in Paul's Valley, reporting for KFOR, during this storm.
The moment you heard "big time hail" everyone knew
Reed Timmer actually missed this Moore tornado. He was chasing a storm further south of the metro area, I think with Jim Cantore.
I went through a EF-5 in Greensburg Kansas years ago, scariest night of my life. I moved from there after it happened and will never go back.
The town is completely different now, but all is as it was 16 years ago now. I don’t live far from there. No matter where you live there will always be another chance
@@DannyTOG Zero tornados where I am.
I saw that storm hit I was trucking on my way to NY with beef it wiped out everything
@@darktoadone5068 Always a first time ....
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The guy chasing this tornado did an excellent job in tracking it and calmly & coherently reporting its location. I would have freaked out.
This is the absolute best video coverage and commentary that I've ever seen! Amazing and thank y'all for doing your absolute best to communicate and try to save lives
ive scanned about 30 or so seconds in total of this video. only because of the first part of your comment, i shall now go back and watch it in its entirety. youve piqued my interest.
thanks and be well --
(wonder if this kind of decision making is figured into the TH-cam algorithm by The matrix. lol)
You need to watch the documentary on this storm. It's here on youtube. It's called Tornado Alley - Realtime Tornado: Moore Oklahoma.
Watch the vidéo of french team Chroniques Chaotiques, this IS crazy
They cought El Reno tornado few days after, one on the best vidéos on this 2 tornados
@@kenthefley2226what’s the name of the documentary?
@@nickmccauley7514Tornado Alley - Real Time Tornado: Moore, Oklahoma
Can't believe it has been this long since the last EF5. Can you imagine if we get one of these in 2024 and what the high framerate 4K footage would look like. People forget that this was 10+ years ago, and the footage quality has gotten so much better recently. I wouldn't ever wish for one of these to happen, but when it does, footage like this is going to be 10X as scary.
There was a possible ef5 3 days ago, someone captured it at its widest point and it looked like El Reno’s slightly smaller brother. Seriously scary stuff
Yeah there were good captures of tornadoes on Friday 4-26-2024. Pretty devastating tho
@@vangledoshEF4 yesterday in Barnsdall
I mean just look up the Keota tornado, or the Minden tornado. Those tornadoes were easily of EF5 intensity, but didn’t hit structures capable of being rated for such wind speeds. Plenty of EF5 strength tornadoes that simply don’t get rated EF5 out of pure circumstance
Haven’t been any ef-5, but there have been plenty of f5 tho. Which is the more legitimate scale anyways
Tornado sirens always scare the hell out of me because it was drilled into my brain from a very early age that if you hear the sirens immediately go into the basement and wait till the storm passes even if you don’t see the tornado it means one’s coming down
9 times out of 10 it won't come but when it comes to tornadoes or the potential of a tornado it is always better to be safe then sorry.
Sirens are activated when a supercell starts rotating enough to produce a tornado or if a tornado is already on the ground. It can also occur for straight line winds like in Derecho storms.
Same but we have no basements here
So where would the best place be to go if you have No Shelters or a Basement?? Some would say the Bathroom but I just don't feel like that's a very safe ordeal 🤷🏻♂️
@@ProudToBeAHillbilly Innermost room of your house, go to your neighbor's if necessary, & if you can't you get out of the way.
That tornado became a monster very quick. It was moving fast.
I was working at a bar in Golden Colorado that day with a coworker from Moore OK .We had the news playing on the big screen. She knew several friends and family in the areas where it had devastated. She was in shambles watching it happen live. I felt soo bad for her
My best friend lived in Golden Colorado. Nathan Seeby died of an accidental shooting. He was the best man at my wedding. Miss you brother!
@@jerryfoxjr8586That’s sad.
My family members lost everything in this tornado. It’s hard to watch this but incredible to witness the horrific power.
I live near Bristow about an hour and a half NE of moore and this storm came over after it hit Moore and i remember all the debris that fell from the sky, we found family photos, curtains, shingles and all sorts of things.
It was heartbreaking to think of all the people who lost everything.
I lived in Bixby at the time and I remember that we actually got out of school early because the storm system was heading our direction. I think that was one of the only times the bus ride home was nearly silent
El Reno, one of the most disgusting days of my life yet sad. I was 7 at the time it hit. I was at my babysitters house with 3 other kids, that i’m not in contact with. It hit us in moore, 2013, as the short stated. I remember it as if it were barely a month ago, that has forever traumatized me. When it hit we were in a closet ducking our heads with pillows covering our heads. When the tornado hit, it ripped our roof off and a wall down to its foundation. A tree had fallen on the house onto our closet, the tree had saved most of us. Sadly one of the kids got a very bad head injury from the tree falling causing his head to literally be crushed inside out. When i could see again i can still remember the sting in my eyes from the junk flying around. We waited a bit and the baby sitter stood up, at the ripped up house. A day later people were looking for others stuck in the junk the tornado had flung around. They had found the kid, his name was mason. His face was unrecognizable.. I saw him. I felt horrible while barely understanding the concept of death. Every time i think about it, including while writing this comment, leaves a disgusting turn in my stomach and sense of empathy for him. I wrote this to show the true terror of tornadoes, especially this one. Never ever think tornadoes are “fun”. I am forever traumatized by this memory and had 3 years of counseling due to it. My mom has kept in touch with that baby sitter. Nobody from that day has been the same every since. Im shaking writing this. Even after counseling i’ve developed long term depression. Im not the same, nobody was and has not been since. Please understand that natural disasters like this are NOTHING to joke about. Im sharing this story of my childhood for pure education and warning. Please do not feel sympathy for me but take this comment as realization that tornadoes are nothing to underestimate no matter the size. We are not immortal, and we can die at any age. Be happy every day you live as its limit is very real. Anyone could’ve ended up like that kid, i am sorry he was the one to end up like that. I am yet grateful I survived. I cant even explain the amount of stress my mom had that day and since. Im proud to have the mother i do. She has survived El Reno, Divorce, Depression, and having foster parents. My mom is a true warrior, no matter her current strength. Thank you for reading this and take this as nothing but educational purposes only. Every one of us is lucky to be alive and have a chance at life for the challenge it is. Have an amazing day or night.
Message received loud and clear. Thank you. 💜
May you find peace and healing.
Wow thank you for sharing that. This should have way more likes and comments than it does. I hope Mason is in Heaven and his parents are OK.
Most people will never know what you know.
Amazing first hand account. Heartbreaking. Continue counseling if you feel you need to. There’s no time limit on such things.
Bless you! I couldn't imagine having to go through such a horrific storm. So glad u survived & very sorry for the ones that did not.
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R.I.P. to all those who lost their lives in this storm. Tim, Paul and Carl, who passed I. The El Reno tornado, we won’t forget your bravery and passion for life.
That was eleven days after this tornado.
The El Reno Tornado was also an F5 and the longest tornado at 2.6 miles.
@@travisdelafuente1150 EF5, 4.2 km.
@@denelson83it was a EF-3
@@travisdelafuente1150the El Reno was officially an EF3
Living in Oklahoma I have experienced my share of tornado's. This tornado will be remembered for a very long time. My sister lives in Moore and believe me when I say this tornado was a monster!
It is terrifying watching it on screen. I cannot imagine how it must have felt like watching it up close, especially those who were living on its path.
Yes 😢was horrible one
Damn, that thing was a monster! Much respect to the chasers giving constant updates on it's location. That undoubtedly helps save lives.
I happened to be on my way home to the Midwest from New Mexico the day after this storm. My route took me to OKC, where I turn north. Just before that I was approaching the exit which took you to Moore. The F5 was one of the biggest stories in the world at the time, and part of me was DYING to see what the aftermath looked like, which was 20 miles or less from where I was. I wrestled with my conscience, and decided I wouldn't like my destroyed neighborhood to be a tourist attraction. I took the exit north and headed home.
It’s amazing how dark it was in that tornado at one point just insane how close you guys were.
Holy hell, just when I thought I'd seen every May 20th video there is, amazing video Justin.
his video is one of the best in my opinion. The footage, the sounds, the reporting, and more. He did an awesome job capturing it.
Best footage of this event in existence.
This was one the most intensive tornado 🌪️ on the record, but Mayfield? will be forever one of the most scariest in history for me
rolling fork for me since it brought me back into the Severe weather community when I was watching in Alabama because of the storms to come, I was scared stayed up that night.
Respectfully Mayfield didn't do nowhere near the amount of damage this tornado caused. Three elementary schools flattened a hospital destroyed whole sides of town reduced to rubble. The only other tornadoes that had a 0% survival rate above ground in their direct paths were the moore 1999 and the Jarrell Tx tornadoes
Yeah, and the NWS dumbasses still rate Mayfield and Rolling Fork as EF-4s. Bulls***! Both of those were guaranteed EF5s.
What about El Reno?
That thing was powerful af
@@Mac11MikeThe "dead man walking" Jarrell, TX tornado IMO is the worst of the worst. Ef-5 🌪 going only 2mph. It sucked the asphalt up off the roads, sucked the hair off cattle, and all homes leveled to the foundations. Whole entire families were killed...just awful! There's a documentary about it on YT that's worth watching, if you have the stomach for it.
This tornado never fails to fascinate me. The way it grows from a narrow cone to stovepipe to monster wedge is crazy. Also you can really hear the roar at 10:40 when the guy stops talking My heart and condolences goes to all the people and animals that tragically died to this tornado ❤. Hearing about what the kids and teachers went through at Briarwood and Plaza Towers always makes my heart sink
I also still can’t believe we’ve gone 10 years without an EF5 tornado
I can't either! And it makes me scared because it feels like we're sorely overdue!
Amazing how fast it went from a thin wispy rope to a massive wedge moving along and hurling cars as it crossed the road. Not even 10 minutes before it’s fully grown.
Good footage! That was a massive EF5 Tornado! Really enjoying watching! 🌪
Yes Awesome footage! I’ve been searching for this EF5 tornado footage for a long long time!
This is one of the most heartbreaking tornadoes… anytime I see anything about this Moore tornado I just automatically think of those kids… those kids who went through this without their mom and dad and the ones who lost their young innocent lives and just how scared they all had to have been and it just breaks my whole damn heart every single time
7:58 That right hand lunge was insane
Was wondering if anyone else noticed. I’m like dude that moved extremely quick to be as big as it is
I was looking for this comment. My jaw dropped. I wonder if anyone can provide insight on how that tornado could gain that much speed for that brief 2 or 3 seconds
Absolutely wild how quickly the tornado grew from a rope, to a stovepipe, and then straight to a wedge all right before hitting Moore. This thing was a monster
And the damage it caused sadly matched its horrifying appearance. Yanked out anchor bolts, shredded pavement, plumbing yanked and shredded out of foundations, this was a May 3rd/Jarrell/Smithville type tornado. This thing also has one of the angriest intensification phases I have ever seen. This thing was ALREADY violent and causing EF4 damage as a rope not long after touching down. Once that storm merger happened? Things went from catastrophic to worst nightmare.
Holy smokes. That went from a baby tornado to daddy in almost no time. My hats off to you if you like in Oklahoma. This is why I will never live there. Terrifying.
Extremely dangerous yet spellbinding and awesome. 😮🌪️
My sister always loved bad storms growing up. Her best friend moved to OK and lives in Moore. The friends daughter works for NWS in Norman. I asked why still in Moore. My sister is a storm chaser but not much action here in WI.
That’s sick. Hope she enjoys it!
Interesting, I’m also a Wisconsinite that lives in the Moore area (actually live just a hair north of where this tornado went). I moved here in 2019 and I can’t help but think if this tornado happened now instead of 2013, it would be even more devastating. The Moore and Newcastle areas have been absolutely booming areas in-regards to population growth, even in the short time I’ve lived in OK.
While I’m not a storm chaser, the one good thing about chasing tornados in Oklahoma that makes it a little bit safer than Wisconsin is the terrain makes it easier to see. There’s a lot less forests and hills, so it’s really difficult to get “caught off-guard” by a tornado. When I was a kid, my parents’ farm got hit by a tornado and due to wooded and hilly terrain as well as the tornado hitting at dusk, we never even saw it.
I can only imagine trying to chase tornados in Wisconsin is a difficult venture…unless it’s somewhere a bit flatter with more crop land like the southern portion.
Well, you got your WI action a few days ago.
@@terrib627 That was about 250 miles from us. They always get bad weather in southwestern and south Wisconsin. Looking forward to Spring and Summer!
For me, the scariest thing about this footage is how fast the tornado moves at 8:01
07:54 Holy shit the rotation and travel speed of that thing.
Has to be the most violent motion I’ve ever seen on a Tornado. They way it just lunges out is crazy
Terrifying
between 8:01-8:04....did you see that quick surge to the right it did....that shit was moving with death on its mind that was scary I have never seen that
Around 07:15 or so, you know it's about to get ugly when you see horizontal vortices. Then, combine those horizontal vortices with the way it was lunging its way over to and from the Canadian River.
Everyone......all i can remember about this tornado is those poor innocent kids in that school that drowned and didn't make it out😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭omg my heart....R.I.P❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
redviper259... .Living in Ireland 🇮🇪 watching this.No words 😢Love and condolences to all who were lost. R.I.P ❤❤🙏🙏🙏
Holy cow!!
And I'm so surprised at the number of cars that are still out on the roads.
You gotta get where your going I mean what are they supposed to do just stop people work and alot of people honestly just don't pay attention to anything besides their music and phones lol... my dumb ass would have stopped to see it 😒
This was the only tornado I had ever seen in person. So thankful I was able to get my son out of school that day before it got hit.
This was the only one I saw too. I was living at the apartments across from Westmoore High School at the time and me and my roommate were outside recording not realizing how massive and dangerous that tornado was.
@@highrisk1987 glad you made it through, many didn’t that day 😔
Amazing video. What a powerful and scary tornado. Thank you
It sure didn’t take long to enlarge. Those quickly rotating clouds above were freaky 😬
Some of the most stunning footage of this or any tornado I've ever seen. Thanks for posting.
I have been looking for this video FOR DAYS so happy it’s reuploaded
Honestly I knew this tornado was very bad, but I definitely underestimated its size. It went from a little cone tornado to a huge wedge tornado in about 8 minutes. Crazy
Frightening footage! I lived in Newnan, Georgia in 2021. On March 26th of that year, an F4 tornado tore through town just after midnight, carving a nearly 39 mile path. I was lucky; just lost shingles from my roof. Others 1 mile west of me lost everything; 1700 homes destroyed or damaged in total. As I recall (and miraculously), there was only one fatality, a man who suffered a heart attack during the storm. Tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, wildfires -Mother Nature can impact you no matter where you live!
There have been at least several tornadoes since this one that were probably EF-5. Tornadoes are routinely underrated. We need to go back to the original Fujita scale.
Facts. There have been a bunch that were clearly EF5. They seem to have an agenda with underrating them.
you mean the f scale that had to be replaced becuase it was inaccurate and completely ignored construction quality? Also, i dont think you know Tornado damage better than the people that rate it
My daughter and I watched this tornado form. We found a high spot at the Newcastle post office and we saw the whole thing ... but we had no idea how long it would be on the ground and how devastating it was. 🥺💔 We had no idea!
I used to live in Moore on 105th. I felt like Moore was a magnet for intense storms. I hear the path is changing tho.
That's not true. Cole, Etowah and Shawnee, Oklahoma were hit by major tornadoes this past spring. Cole, which is just south of Moore, was actually hit twice by tornadoes last spring. An EF-4 hit Idabel, Oklahoma last Fall, and last winter Oklahoma set a state record for tornadoes in the month of February. You'd literally have to change the geography of Oklahoma to get tornadoes to stop happening here. The difference is that tornadoes are starting to happen at a higher frequency to the east than they used to. Tornado Alley isn't shifting, it's expanding.
@@richgerow3472Makes sense that the Alley is getting bigger. I'm up north in Ontario Canada, we had more Tornadoes than I averagely remember, and a ton close to home too. Scary stuff.
If you look at a map of the tornado route there is literally a 120 degree turn around after it hit 7-11 and it turned around before it was gonna hit my old house
@@richgerow3472 Cole EF3 tornado from this last year in 2013 made my hair on my neck immediately stand on end because I instantly thought of Moore OK. Reason being it was so close to Moore & initially behaved much like the previous EF5 when it first began. Tornado alley is definitely expanding eastward. Not shifting. I had suspicions a few years back well before people started blaming it on climate change. After seeing just news in general of them happening in the East all
Of the time now I decided to do my own investigation & what I turned up was the ground truth: it scares me. I made my very own "Google My maps" (2 of them) & I labeled each tornado on the map since 1999 by year & rank. What turned up is eye opening. I still have those maps, & continue to add to them as the years go by. I used National Weather Services records on the storms to plot each tornado on the maps. But it's not fake: it's absolutely expanding. I wasn't convinced until I found out myself with ground proof. I even decided to send those 2 maps back to them by email (I'm certified SKYWARN that is how I can do so.) What I found was just too big of a deal not to ignore whether they knew or not. It has taken me a few years to make those maps.
Of all the footage taken of this historic storm, this is the single, most impressive piece of footage taken that day.
The television station blew it by not going to this chaser's feed.
The speed at which it grew in the beginning...the closeness, and epic sound the VOs captured as it crossed the Canadian river.
Truly amazing! And terrifying...
You are incredibly brave!! That looked absolutely terrifying , thinking of everbody who went through it
I literally remember this like it was yesterday. It was the middle of the afternoon but the sky was pitch black, raining hard as hell, with these sirens going off for hours. Afterwards it looked like a nuke was dropped on the city. There were neighborhoods upon neighborhoods just completely gone or flattened. Power was out for a few days too. Absolutely nuts.
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Yeah this one reminds me of the Monster that took out Moore
In May of 1999 that one scared me to death being a young child at the time.
I grew up and l live out here in San Francisco, CA. Earthquakes are our biggest natural phenomenons. And in general not really that big of a deal. Obviously it depends on the size of the shaker. But man we don't have anything like what I'm watching here!!!! This thing is a monster. I've always been mesmerized by these things. God bless the good people of Oklahoma and the chasers who do such a fantastic job filming and getting life saving information to the public.
Not a big deal, yet. It will happen.
The fires are the scariest thing in CA. However, they aren't an annual inevitability, like tornados. Midwesterners know these things are coming and they just deal with it -- and, apparently, do so without basements.
Palm Sunday a tornado ripped through my hometown and beyond. We were heading right into it when my brother in law who was driving, figured it out. The hair on the back of my neck stood straight out with fear. Even after all these years that day is still etched in my memory.
Last EF5 in 2013.. we are wayy overdue for an EF5 somewhere,
Right it’ll probably by Texas Oklahoma or Missouri
@@cameronpeterson4172Or The Dixie Alley.
No it wasn't the EL Reno tornado was the Last F5! 295 miles per hour that's well above an F3 speed!
@@travisdelafuente1150that was an F3
@@StylistecSit was a F5 your using the old scale in that case it’s a ef3 when using the new one
there seriously hasn’t been an EF5 in a decade? that was a mean looking tornado.
Still haven't had one in more than a decade now yes.
18:52 In this video... I can't tell which way the tornado is moving? I've always been told "If you can't tell which direction a tornado is moving IT'S COMING AT YOU." 😳😬🌪This footage is spectacular and terrifying (life threatening) all at once. I've caught myself holding my breath while watching: Reminder to breathe. ❤
Had to be a hellish time for folks in Moore that day. Just a little over a decade and you're hit by Bridge Creek's twin. They were so identical in shape and size. Very similar path of destruction. Even the wind speeds weren't too far apart. I know 1999 was a record breaking 300+, but 210 probably was no different when you consider damage and destruction. It would definitely bring the same amount of hell. Not to mention being a little bigger to make up for wind speeds. Crazy
I remember this day all too well!😞
I had moved to Norman Oklahoma a year and a half before this tornado hit. This tornado was terrifying and was my first introduction to Oklahoma tornados. Thank God for our storm chasers and my favorite meteorologist Damon Lane for working tirelessly to save lives. This day will forever stay in my mind. It was the first time in my life that I heard a meteorologist say, "If you're not underground. Run! Run now!! You're out of time!"
This is some of the best tornado footage ive ever seen!
Amazing footage for something so destructive!
never forget when I got a call from my sister telling me a huge tornado went through Moore and was in the area of our parents and she couldn't get in touch with them. They were safe below ground and the house had debris all over and it just barely missed them. It took out so much you can still tell where it went through today.
I remember the NWS was predicting tornadoes on this day like 5 days in advance. I told my boss I'd be in after the storms rolled through. So very glad I was allowed to stay home.
This video is absolutely insane. I've never seen a tornado develop like that and to such a gigantic size 😳😳
I moved to Kansas 24yrs ago and I will never forget the first time I heard those tornado sirens going off. I don't scare easy but that ominous sound and the darkness taking over the sky freaked me out. Another crazy thing that happens is the drop of air pressure and everything becomes quiet and the birds bounce and no animal activity
Absolutely incredible that somebody was on the place where tornado EF-5 had been created
The weather was so bad that day surprised there wasnt more
I’m still surprised Mayfield Kentucky wasn’t an F5. That factory was obliterated. Great video on Moore thank you for sharing
Yeah well there will be another F5 in the future and the last one was not in Moore 2013 but the one that came out afterwards in El Reno. I mean come on! A 2.6 mile tornado with F3 winds? Preposterous! Its an F5 and everyone knows that!
@@travisdelafuente1150 the ratings are based on damage and those scales and ratings help insurance companies with their policy rates based on construction of the home. Moore 2013 only did EF5 damage to 3 homes and lasted less than 10 seconds (1 subvortex caused the EF5 damage). Mayfield was old buildings but the damage did not match their EF5 ratings structure.
@@travisdelafuente1150It's based off Damage not wind speed and size. El Reno 2013 Storm was the biggest tornado to form in United States, and tied record for the fastest wind speed of tornado. The major factor of it's rating is due to area it hit, it was mostly rural. If it was your typical tornado moving north west it would most likely been EF5 hitting suburbs.
@@BiG-JuPO1O1 I believe the major factor of its rating is its wind speed and it did have enough wind speed to be an F5 or EF5 whatever its called. Damage is another major factor but still even if hit a rural area it still will produce damage, light or not which is why I'll always go with EF5.
@@travisdelafuente1150 You're being wrong again.
There have been several tornadoes that would’ve been EF-5’s if they had hit enough structures while at peak intensity. The El Reno EF-3 comes to mind.
Pretty crazy how a literal 2.5 mile wide tornado got EF-3 rating instead of EF-5, crazy!
@@SeñorSnail11they should be scaled by size imo
@@GAMRMNTS2 I agree but also wind speed
@@SeñorSnail11 true because if an EF0 stayed on the ground long enough it can rated an EF5
@@GAMRMNTS2 na it makes sense that in order for a tornado to be rated ef5 it has to have high wind speeds, wedge size tornado, and lots of damage
HAPPY I found your channel. I grew up in Norman. My folks lived at NW Tecumseh and 36th. Spitting distance from all the major tornadoes from 99, 03, and 13.
Thank God.
I had to do a lot of house repairs after 2013. Still so fortunate. It's harrowing what people suffer and lose when one hits.
this is insane, my dad took me to go chase that exact tornado we lived about 2 hours from Moore but we still saw the whole thing i was almost 5 at the time.
This thing was a killer. It was the last EF5 tornado to have happened. Haven't had another since up to this day.
Excellent reporting from the newscaster.
Rest In peace to all the people who died from this tornado❤
Ten years later, the scars of this tornado still show...
I saw the school a few days after. I looked like an abandoned warehouse. Soooo sad. I could see all the way through it.
Growing up in central Illinois there's nothing as terrifying as that tornado siren. Now I live in Washington state and worry about Earthquakes 😂
I grew up just a bit south of Joplin MO. Was 11 when that tornado hit.
Now I'm on Pennsylvania and worry about /blizzards/ of all things! Doesn't stop me chewing my boyfriend out for not doing anything if tornado sirens go off at night though! (Daytime we can kinda tell and are in a place we'll get a bit of warning if anything does happen, but nighttime it's so dark....)
Not so fast! I had an aunt who lived in Vancouver, Washington in the 1970s, and an EF3 ripped through that town and killed six people. It can happen anywhere.
Always something to worry about
I was born and grew up in Oklahoma till I was 6 yrs old. Right before we moved out of Oklahoma we had a huge tornado, that was 50 yrs ago and to this day,I still remember it. There is nothing like going through or living through a tornado in Oklahoma. But I still love my home state ❤
May 1999 and May 2013 was horrific year's for New Castle and Moore Oklahoma. 😔
May 1999 and May 2013 were horrific years for Newcastle and Moore Oklahoma.
(fixed it for you)
do you know anything about mistyping? @cmerton
Well, yes, quite a bit. I also know a lot about PROOFREADING. durrrrrr@@Thecutegamer2024
I'm a trucker and was in OKC in May of 99'. Lot of people died that day. A day I will never forget.😢
This is the best tornado video that I have ever watched before.
Absolutely insane & terrifying!🌪️ Thank you for sharing.
Yes, it is absolutely true that the EF5 tornado is a very scary, deadly and amazing monster. In fact, the EF5 tornado is more terrifying than the Cat5 hurricane.This video is amazing thank you🌪️⚡🌪️
Seeing the cars flying by… absolutely heartbreaking
Crazy how big it got in such a small amount of time..😢
I remember this day in great detail. I usually think tornadoes are exciting, but this is the first one that truly terrified me.
People should remember this. Joplin Missouri as well.
The size of this thing is mind blowing.
We had a tornado pass through in south florida as an ef2 and the fear we felt was intense...this obviously makes ours pale in comparison but having gone through the fear and the damage after has us always praying for those in tornado alley
Part of it is that it doesn't take long for a small tornado to warp into a giant, and any shape of tornado can reach EF4. So you never really know what you're dealing with til its there.
Piss off😂
The power of this thing when you're just sitting right behind it on the bridge, it's absolutely insane.
Then there was El reno tornado a month later that was massive
This tornado and the el Reno tornado that traveled south through the city was beyond frightening. I don’t think I’ll ever forget that day. So weird that our weather pattern changed after this event. Our tornado seasons are not even comparable anymore.
It totally ticks me off when people refer to storm chasers as idiots and dumbasses. I dont see you out there risking your life to give warning as to whats going on and where the storm is. They are heroes in my eyes. They dont take their jobs lightly and they dont just wake up one day and say "ima chase tornadoes today". It takes education and a lot of it. Do not underestemate the chasers. They're the one saving your ungrateful lives.
The power of nature is truly humbling. Tornadoes don't discriminate. Very courageous footage in documenting this for information to the public. Sad day for Moore as well as Oklahoma.
Joplin was also F5 at times
I love this video because of how well recorded it is and straight to the point
r.i.p to all the kids lost at plaza towers. gone but never forgotten.
This was a scary day! I live just south of the path of this tornado. My aunt was in the Moore health plex when it was hit. The damage was devastating.
Just 11 days before Tim, Paul, and Carl died in brutal fashion
How on earth did this just get released in 2023?? This is hands down the best footage of this tornado, and many others.
Very scary tornado 🌪️
I remember this day like it was yesterday. Will never forget it. I had just moved back from Houston to live with my brother. My sister and I were driving trying to find shelter. We stopped at churches anywhere we could, but everywhere was locked. We were able to get away but I’ll never forget looking over and seeing that monster.