Fury Incarnate: The 1995 Pampa Texas Tornado
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Babe are you good? You haven't even finished your CarlyWX tornado analysis yet lmfaoooooo
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Right lol
@@graceh.2193 lol exactly
Some top-shelf ANALysis in this here thread. So funny.. it never gets old. 🎉😁
In my opinion, and I may be biased, nothing will ever beat the feeling, emotion, and eeriness/fear of 90's tornado videos.
The 90s had some of the most extreme in recorded history, with many outbreaks having cape and shear values at rather absurd values. Mind you, many of these outbreaks happened during El-Nino years rather than La Nina and during transition years. It was an extremely horrific decade for severe weather in general.
I remember being sad when I wore out my first copy of Fury on the Plains as a kid, did eventually get and still have the second copy on VHS
Tornado video classic all 3 with same narrator as fury on the plains 1 and 2
The '90s also had a lot of other crazy weather phenomena, including "the storm of the century" and the infamous Hurricane Andrew, which is still widely remembered and talked about down here in Miami to this day.
@@dannyllerenatv8635 2020s repeating the 90s tho
Carly has such a soothing voice that's easy to listen to. She's really well spoken narrator as well.
I agree. Carly's voice is actually calming and comforting. She is one of the few people who can talk slow and my ADHD brain will not lose interest.
I know. I can marathon out to her videos. Easy on the eyes and ears for sure.
We have alot of guys who are interested and display aware for the ferocity of tornadoes. Having a woman is refreshing.
I agree ...I'm used to the "TOUCHDOWN LOOK AT THE MULTIPLE VORTICES RFD RAIN WRAPPED WEDGE PDS WATERMELON SIZED HAIL STEP ON THE GAS MATE REEEEeeee!!!" type videos. 😆
was gonna come here to say this. I guarantee she's a tender comforter too. Just listening to her calms me down.
That radio broadcast audio is chilling. Imagine being/living in an area you know is gonna get hit, and then hearing the announcer literally praying for your town over the air. If that doesn't give you a feeling of being totally screwed...
Yeah, I was like “wow this dude is actually praying on air…”
it's Texas, that's pretty normal
Grew up there he would scare us but we knew he was doing a good job 😂.
I hope you know that no sane person watching a tornado channel is going to be offended by your admiration of any of these storms. They are fascinating and awe-inspiring forces of nature, that's why we're all here! Yours is my favorite tornado history channel, always look forward to new uploads.
It always confuses me when Carly and others who do tornado content go out of their way to what is essentially apologizing profusely for talking about topics they love. Nobody is going to cancel them for liking tornadoes. It’s nonsense.
Oh hey, I was a little kid in Pampa during this! I was like, four, I mostly remember seeing the sky turn an awful, sick shade of green, and hiding in a closet with my great grandma and mom. I was told later that i had an absolute meltdown, but when my great grandma started crying, I stopped and started comforting her.
From the stories my family told about it later, none of them had wrecked property or lost their house, but pampa was a dying town even then. Everyone knew someone who at the very least saw a shed carried off, or a car sucked into the storm, and that's if they were very lucky. It wasnt until later on in life that I realized just how bad the tornado was, and how incredibly fortunate we were to be absolutely fine.
Happy tomorrow howlaween
Never fail to be awed by the rotation of this classic tornado.
By far some of the most intense rotation ive seen from a tornado. And the Hoover Tornado was just gorgeous
I remember at the time, being fascinated by the footage of 18 wheelers being flung like tonka toys, by this Tornado.
@@joshfairweather97 The katie/Wynniewood Tornado in 2016 is the only 1 I've seen spin faster.
@@LorraineHinchliffe-vg5cb I've always said the opposite - the Pampa tornado is no.1 for me. Katie was very impressive but Pampa is king. That motion is just insane and When Tom Grazulis says that photogrammetry of the Pampa tornado showed winds of 320mph - the fastest he's ever seen then that really is something.
Scary to think that if not for the Project Vortex field commander having the day off, there might not have been any video documentation of this absolutely destructive tornado.
I was born and raised in Kansas. My mom survived the Topeka f5. It was hammered in me from an early age to be curious and respectful of weather
That was some of the first tornado video footage I ever saw. I’ve been hooked ever since
I hope you will cover the May 25, 1955 Udall, Kansas tornado. A nocturnal tornado that was very powerful. I recently read a book about this tornado. Jim Minick's Without Warning: The Tornado of Udall, Kansas. Well worth the read.
According to Tom Grazulus this tornado lifted a 100 ft factory warehouse into the air. Now that's brute force, shocked it wasn't ranked F5 for that alone
Keep in mind though a lot of warehouses are steel beam and sheet metal construction. Not actually a whole lot of mass in building materials compared to the volume of the building.
@@RT-qd8yl You do know how many tons one beam of steel is, right?
@@kronosomni2805 Yes they're very heavy but it's more about how these structures are easily torn apart. It's less about the weight of the materials and more about the structural design. June First really does a good job at illustrating this in his engineering breakdowns
I saw and heard it on Tornado Video Classics 3 and I was just mind blown
@@jamesstemmler7620 I'm sorry, I still don't see how that diminishes its strength, even if the building is essentially coming apart like Lego, aka all parts are too separated, loosely speaking, therefore they break apart under pressure. This tornado also picked up several trucks, lofting them multiple times, and also caused large wind rows from several stories I heard, making it likely a misclassified storm.
I pressed play and got immediately distracted and forgot I was watching until I looked up and saw Blaze with a terrified look on his face. I had to rewind to figure out what his deal was. I hope you guys love your new home, thanks for more tornado knowledge!
The 'asphalt' video does show ground scouring as they pan right. It's really short but it's there. Thanks for another tornado adventure.
As someone from Amarillo who once worked in paving around many panhandle towns I can only offer a local speculation as to why many panhandle towns populations remain stagnant. Because it was the heartland of the Quahadi Comanche it was probably the last region of the US outside of Alaska to be settled. Amarillo benefited from the railroad as a terminal and so most of the industry is there. Other than agriculture and oil there isn't that much going on anywhere else. I think a lot of the kids settle in Amarillo or Dallas for work.
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In addition there is a dearth of scenery, Other than the network of canyons south of Amarillo it it flat and devoid of forested areas except around any of the few lakes. The Comanche used to just steal the horses at night of any Spanish expeditions there and leave them afoot to die on the rather inhospitable prairie. I think that environment might exacerbate depression in some people inclined to that. One of my earliest memories was falling asleep leaving the Texas panhandle and waking to the green rolling hills and trees of Arkansas which I had never seen before. As for myself, after living in Colorado I always set the goal to buy property at the foot of mountains which is how I wind up as a homeowner on the north Idaho border of Washington State. There is a '60s movie filmed in appropriate black and white starring teens Cybil Sheppard and Jeff Bridges titled: "The Last Picture Show." It was filmed in Archer Texas in the north panhandle. It struck me as setting the tone.
I loved tornadoes - reading about them, watching movies about them, learning about them - until I was in one this past week. I sat in the dark listening to the roar, knowing I could easily be dead in the next second. All power was gone, gas was hissing loudly outside, roads were blocked in every direction by trees, and I had to spend 3 sweltering days with no power. The only bright spot was neighbor meeting neighbor, sharing food and liquids, and talking about how scared we were. Undocumented people and home-grown Americans laughed together and sawed logs together. In a way, it was a blessed time. But now I feel sick when I think of tornadoes. I am dealing with my fears by watching your terrific videos, Carly Anna. Thank you for being here. Oh, yeah. I live in Rogers, Arkansas where almost everyone survived an EF-2. Arkansas "enjoyed" 12 tornadoes; 10 people (latest count) died.
1995 I was 4 years old. This day is in forever infamy in my mind. I woke up that afternoon from a nap at my baby sisters and learned the sky could be black green? Then learned about hail up to near the size of softball size. I remember seeing two of the big ones that day and it sparked my love for meteorology and tornadoes.
I was 7 when we lived in Pampa. The June 8th tornadoes sparked my interest in severe weather.
I'm so glad I stuck around until the end to see baby Blaze! He's so cute!
This tornado has without a doubt some of the best footage taken of it. If it had even a slightly longer path it could have been far worse. Looking forward to see what other documentaries you have coming this year!
I’m from pampa, I was there for both tornadoes. It’s soil peach town that had a large plant that closed down and everyone left when the plant did. We have a ranch SE of pampa that took some damage in 2015. The memory of driving down the highway in 1995 and 10-12 inches of pavement missing was one of my childhood memories I’ll never forget.
O wow thank you. I have an old VHS video where they interviewed a man whose storm shelter door got sucked off and out his dog went. Showed trucks tossed into the air. I will watch this when I get home.
I think in the same video they interviewed a man (probably in that McClean tornado that wiped his house out which was the 3rd time this happened.
Since you are doing 21st century tornadoes, Granbury Texas of 2013 might be a good one. Canton Texas tornado of 2017, PECOS Hank called it the scariest tornado he has ever seen. Multiple tornados trained north up a stationary front.
I edited this comment and it didn’t take. But to answer your question, most Panhandle towns are slowly dying because the residents children move on to greener pastures in bigger cities. It is windy, flat, few trees, and smells like cows or chemicals. Not a great destination for people to move or stay.
That would mess me up for the rest of my very short life...
If there's no jobs kids won't stay...
@@frizzlefry1921 There are jobs, but they all require hard work. There were some claims that the Celanese plant was causing cancer too so maybe some were scared and moved.
I remember the canton tx 2017, I was driving home from Tyler and had I not left at the time I did, I would’ve likely gotten stuck in it. Crazy!!
When I saw the 18-wheeler in the air I was pretty sure it was an F-5
There’s just something about 90’s tornado footage that just hits the right nerve. In my nowcasting course we would have Fridays where we would watch Tornado Video Classics and have discussions about the storms. The entire semester was a nostalgic trip for us
Something about the inherently "bad" video quality of vhs tapes. And I use bad in the sense of noise of analog and how the tape is recorded. Just the nature of the tech of home video cameras back then
Some of the best footage I've seen are from the 90s: this storm, Hesston of 1990, Andover of 1991, Jarrell of 1997, Moore of 1999, etc.
And at least the cameramen don't scream or swear annoyingly like modern storm chasers. 😅😂
I think thats because film has much better contrast and light balancing in darker environments, like around most tornadoes. Digital cameras still struggle with retaining quality in dark or low-contrast environments, but have been getting better over time.
I live in Australia, but I grew up in Texas. These storm videos remind me of home and are strangely comforting to me. Thank you so much for all the work you put into your videos, Carly. You bring me home when I watch them. ❤
It always confused me that hurricanes are rated based on intensity, but tornadoes are rated based on damage. Like how the 2013 El Reno tornado should be an EF5, but because it only impacted farmland, it was rated an EF3. By that same logic, if a Category 5 hurricane ends up being a fish storm and causes no damage, shouldn't it be unrated?
Agree. Good point.
To be fair, hurricanes stick around for days, and their intensity is measured by hurricane hunter planes flying into them to measure the pressure and wind speed. Can’t do that with a tornado (though the EF scale does need to be updated to include probe and radar data, of course)
@@QilleWolf good point
Calculating the actual intensity of a tornado besides the damage is rare and extremely difficult. Otherwise, the EF scale would likely function the same way.
They are actually in some ways rated similarly and post damage evaluations can both downgrade or upgrade hurricanes and tornadoes. Why Hurricanes are categorized quickly compared to tornadoes are because hurricanes are much much bigger and slower moving. It’s easier to calculate wind speeds and pressure too with it being bigger. Tornadoes are tricker to calculate as they are small and typically short lived meaning you gotta be at the right place at the right time to calculate wind speeds and pressure without being sucked up into the twister. But good examples of changes in categories due to post damage evaluations are Hurricane Micheal going from a category 4 to a category 5 and the El Reno tornado going from EF5 to an EF3.
El Reno tornado is definitely an odd situation as there were lots of storm chasers that day calculating on the storm and the sheer size and intensity of it had it initially rated an EF5.
21:48 From memory I think the lowest official rating I've seen given to a tornado that has scoured pavement off roads was F/EF3. It's surprisingly not too difficult for certain pavement types, especially on elevated sections of road. One day when I have a shop space I want to build a small wind tunnel and test different road and ditch profiles to see what kinds of effects are really happening in high winds.
Things that will never happen, part 1.
That was very thoughtful how you balanced acknowledging the beauty of the tornado with the aspect of how it negatively affected people
Thank you for having a video dedicated to this tornado. I remember very well of when the news broke out about this tornado, as well as seeing videos of it on some tornado documentaries in the 90s. It’s because of weather events like this occurring when I was young and experiencing other historical events in person (such as the storm of the century in 1993) is why I’ve been a weather nerd as far as I can remember.
And Carly - keep up the amazing work!
My dad still talks about this tornado, he drove tractor trailer at the time
Yay! I knew Pampa would be coming sooner or later, especially after your F6 video. This made my Thursday! Thanks Carly!
This Tornado fascinated me, when I first saw the footage of it. Scary.
Anytime Carly posts, my day gets extremely better.
Keep up the great work! Some of the best weather content on TH-cam without a doubt!
This sounds weird, but this was perhaps the "Tornado of our childhood". With this, I mean thar virtually every documentary on storms made in the 90s and 2000s featured this footage.
I also wonder if this wasn't perhaps another "missed" F5.
I get exactly what you mean. Accurate.
Grazulis said it was worthy of an F6. So I'd say it was most definitely a missed 5.
Carly, you always present your coverage of tornadoes in a thoughtful, sensitive and caring manner toward the people impacted! In doing so, you likely make people weather aware who might not otherwise by other types of coverage. You also make a safe, calm place for those who may have suffered trauma from weather events to learn about them.
I remember this documentary. 1st time I have ever heard of asphalt being lifted off the road! I thought that was incredible!
I grew up in Levelland, TX, just 30 miles from Lubbock, and soooo many people still talk about that ridiculously dangerous tornado that plowed right through Lubbock. I was 200 miles from Pampa when their terrifying tornado tore through. I didn't know anyone in that town, but our whole neighborhood was glued to the tvs and radios to know if everyone was going to be okay. We sent food, clothes, and money as fast as we could find it. Tornadoes still scare the crap out of me, and I now live in Alabama. Love your style and your kitty!
I am totally about to binge on your previous videos, because you did soooo well on this one. And I also subbed. I can't wait to see what you do next.
I admire Carly's excellent weather (and storm) reportijng. Thorough and professional at every level. Carly seems to impart a human touch to meteorological reporting, without becoming sappy or forfeiting its often clinical detail.
Great vid Carly! Appreciate you touching on the dichotomy between fascination and horror for those of us that enjoy learning about this topic. It's something I struggle with myself and what I have grown to love and appreciate about your work is that you don't allow your fascination with tornadoes to override your sense of love and empathy for those who have gone through these horrific events. Looking forward to another awesome year of your work!!
Thanks for letting Blaze to say hi!!
Thanks for another very informative documentary, Carly. The photogrammetry for it suggested wind speeds in the theoretically inconceivable range. Given how the helicity visibly looks as it's drilling into the earth's core at its peak intensity's very telling to say the least. Not just hyperbolic verbiage when I say this, but the violent rotation looked as if it was something from Jupiter's red spot. Even the debris cloud was so pronounced on the condensation funnel. Had the core path went through more populated structures it probably would've generated F5 damage. It got closer to it anyway by default.
I was there that day and toured the areas that it hit. The industrial park was leveled but thankfully not too many homes were devastated but even more miraculous was there were not any deaths and very few injuries.
I just wanted to say your videos are fantastic. Very gripping yet highly compassionate and educational 🙂.
The construction of tornadoes is beautiful and terrifying at the same time. I can’t stop watching videos about them. I’ve been through three of them and am still fascinated by them
This is THE most underrated storm chasing, tornado or tornado history channels out there. Great details and info.
Awesome video, seeing the Pampa tornado on Twisters: Fury on the Plains when I was a kid is part of how I got hooked on severe weather.
I know you get tons of video recommendations, but it would be really cool to see a video on obscure violent tornadoes like Loyal Valley, Bakersfield Valley, Teton, etc.
That stretch of US 60 from the Texas panhandle east across northern Oklahoma is notorious for violent thunderstorms. A few towns along that hwy include pampa Woodward. Then you have Wakita Ponca City Fairfax and in between where Twister was filmed. Of course Pawhuska ( killers of the flower moon) and further east.
Carly, I lived in Amarillo from 2002 to 2004, and one thing that scared me about a tornado rearing its ugly head in the area is the tornado having enough strength to cause massive damage at the BWXT Pantex plant.
During the 20 years I lived there, I often thought the exact same thing!
As a former employee of the Savannah River Plant/Site outside of Aiken, SC, I can say that the reactor and process buildings where material would be present could easily withstand the strongest tornadoes. The office buildings and trailers were another matter altogether.
I always appreciate the quality of your work. You're caring, intelligent, interesting and beautiful. Thanks for yet another great storm retrospective video.
I’m new to your channel but I absolutely love how you present the material. Your attention to detail and how you break down the events is so clear and understandable and really creates an intriguing story and scientific review of such amazing and terrifying events. I appreciate that you also do a great job of following up with the communities after the storm. I definitely like you haha, and blaze. Keep up the great work!
Wow. Never been this early to a video before. I know I am in for a informative time today
Awesome! If im not mistaken, Chuck Doswell had great footage of this one.
Yes. 14:05 that's Charles Doswell's footage.
Its great to see you Carly ! I remember watching this tornado on tv and VHS before TH-cam. They would slow it down and show the vehicles that were lofted 100's of feet into the air around the funnel. It was just crazy powerful !
I remember that too. It really stuck out to me. There’s hardly any video of a tornado chunking vehicles high up in the air like that
Yesss. Been quietly anticipating a new video. By far my favorite channel on TH-cam that covers tornadoes.
I watch Ryan on live streams, along with the spotters. Max velocity and Conner are a great team too. You all do such a wonderful job warning people and saving lives
It’s interesting to see video of older events, to remember, (because I’m old enough to), what things were like a few decades ago-how emergency services worked during major weather events, and how they were reported by the news. How the public handled them. How the government handled them. How it felt. I’m glad you cover these older events. They’re a good comparison to how things go these days. But one thing that never changes, and probably never will, is how it feels as a person to be involved in these things. The footage may look old, and that may cause a bit of a disconnect for a younger viewer, but I promise you, how those people felt and how they feel now when a tornado hits is exactly the same.
When the Twin Towers were struck on September 11, and then the Pentagon was hit, I said to myself: My God, I wonder if this is what it felt like when Pearl Harbor was bombed.
That was the first time in my life I really understood that it doesn’t matter what decade or century a disaster happens in. The people it is always, always feel the same. Horrible.
Carley I so enjoy your dissection of these interesting tornadoes. You have much talent and make me appreciate the study of these deadly monsters.
Cool to see your book sitting on the desk, I ordered one after you mentioned it in your last video, it’s amazing 😁
This was very well done and informative! The rotation has always perplexed me with this one. Very tightly wound and very organized, which made it intense.
We love you, Carly.
Loving the Texas twister content. You’ve hit most of the big ones.
*looks at 1953 Waco*
Most of them.
Around 8:26, what tornado is that in the bottom right, that double vortex going around itself just looks insane!
I always appreciate your concern about human life impacts and making sure that you try to balance the meteorological fascination with the empathy. That shows through whenever you make a video.
That was very scary to see that van get picked up and that roof of that warehouse just goes to show how strong or how much damage tornadoes can do. They may look small but once that juice fills up the tornado its going to go down hill from their. But this was a very good video Carly and glad you came back we missed you and the last time ive watched the police dashcam the Van getting thrown in the air and smashed back down into the ground gives me the chills. But we love you Carly and keep up the work! 👍 Love you and Blaze too 🐈 😊
You should do a video on the April 4, 1966 EF4 tornado that crossed the entire Florida peninsula and killed 11 people, injuring hundreds more. I haven’t seen a single video on TH-cam about this tornado and yours would be the first. I got this info from the tornado archive website but you could do the topic much more justice.
Just saw one recently about this storm...cannot remember the name or the channel but it was something like or had the name Lakeland? Maybe Orlando? I'll look for it and if I find it will edit this post to include it...//
I grew up in Pampa, I was 12 when this happened. I lived in a super poor neighborhood just off of Price road. This tornado destroyed houses one street over from me. There weren't that many homes affected, but they were also some of the worst houses in all of Pampa, so I'm sure that part doesn't get reported as much. Our front yard was full of debris, but our house was okay. There was one person on my street with a storm cellar, and I feel like the whole street was in there that day. All women and children except my dad and one other dude. There was a lot of yelling and praying until my dad yelled at everyone to be quiet for a second, because he thought he could hear the tornado coming. For just a short moment, we heard the freight train sound everyone says tornados sound like. Then everyone simultaneously began yelling and praying again. The thing I remember most, though, is hanging out with my family on the front porch grilling steaks over a fire in the couple of days that followed, since we were without power. It kinda brought us all together and made us actually enjoy each other's company for a bit lol.
Your cat looks a lot like my old cat. Yours has longer fur though. Mine was named Rocket (who I called Locket Rocket). He contracted kitty hiv (prolly through a cat fight) and his system just couldn't take it, even with medicine. Went straight (and quickly) into kitty aids and he was gone in a year after getting first diagnosed. :-( That was 3 years ago.
Dude was crazy about trees. He was crazy. He had a favorite perch and would wait for squirrels to show up - then he'd chase em in the trees and catch em...very proud cat. With all the fresh food he was catching and eating, you'd think he'd be a big cat....but no. Skinny and fast. Long Legs.
I have never heard of this outbreak. Thinking back to June of 95 - hmm. I was probably hiking and camping all over the place here in Ohio. Or biking across various counties and bike trails. Was about to go into my senior year of school so yeah - spent a lot of time enjoying my summer break. Had a radio, but only for local weather usage.
The Allison tornado video is actually here on TH-cam and may possibly be my favorite tornado video ever. The funnel was so massive that it almost looks like the entire wall cloud is touching the ground as noted by the storm chasers. Also the sound produced by the storm is an absolutely terrifying roar that i have not heard in many other tornado videos. This tornado was definitely a F5 despite not getting the rating. Oh and did I mention it swept an entire house off the ground with no evidence of a home having ever been there? Apparently the damage surveyors did not even notice the missing house when they were conducting their survey because their literally was not anything there!!!😮
I have been watching your videos for a few months now and I absolutely love them. I’d never thought I’d see my hometown featured. This tornado is actually one of my very first memories here on planet earth 😅😂
Great job Carly. Thanks. Now u got me looking up more info on this area and its storm history.
As always, you did an incredible job in presenting this outbreak. I really appreciate the way you present these videos, by not only showing any videos of the storms, but also discussing all the nuances of the destruction, the weather set-up, the emotional toll and any controversies involved.
As a side note... I absolutely love the color of your hair!! I don't know if you did it on purpose, but LOL Carly, you match Blaze! Anyway, thank you so much for all you do! You know I just love you to pieces! ❤
Yes that was some vivid tornado footage and it's shredded this flower shop🌹🌹🌷🌷🌻🌻🌪🌪🌪
When I was in my early 20's I was caught in an EF2 tornado in Greenville SC. You mentioned the "nothing but the tornado going on" (or something along those lines) and that was pretty much my experience. Everything stopped, got eerily calm and then WHOOSH out of nowhere my guess would be wind speed of 100mph. The building I was in was in an industrial park and I don't think got a direct hit as an EF2 would most likely have leveled aluminum attached to brick buildings. It did not only tear the awning completely off of the building, but twisted it into something unrecognizable and threw it over the top of the building. A gas station about half a mile away was not so lucky. They lost a roof. No injuries or fatalities but over 30 years later the word "tornado" fills me with absolute terror. I can't even imagine the power, fear, and destruction of being trapped in an EF4 or EF5.
Another great video Carly. Keep them coming.
I appreciate your theories - Please always share them. thank you.
Thank you for your amazing work and this video. I can’t say that I have my own top list of tornado documentation, but the most intriguing to me are the Andover 1991 tornado followed by the Pampa 1995 tornado.
Harley, you're the best commenter on the Tube! Smart, eloquent, kind, empathetic, and above all easy to understand and listen too. Thanks 😊
Who’s “Harley?” 🧐
27:21 my husband still calls me crazy when I tell him I can smell when a bad storm is coming. Don’t ask what it smells like but it’s distinct… at least to me 😅
I was 7 years old when these tornadoes hit Pampa. I remember that day like it was yesterday. My mom and I ran across the road to our neighbors basement. We stood in the middle of the road and watched a tornado form. I’ll never forget listening to the AM radio.
As always, very nicely put together and presented to your viewers. As so many others have said, you have an incredibly calm and soothing voice. Your voice doing audio books would probably make you a millionaire, LOL, but stick to what you are doing. The research and detail, and presentation that goes into your videos is unsurpassed. Keep up the great work. All the best from FROZEN Alaska.
Hey Carly Anna WX, just want you to know that I’m a huge fan of your work! And I see you read peoples comments, so I have a suggestion of a tornado. Seeing your video of the “Tornadoes of the decade 1980’s,” I was wondering if you can do more with the Niles Ohio, Wheatland Pennsylvania F5 tornado!? To me, the tornado and the entire outbreak don’t get enough love and attention! Knowing that I’m from the state of Pennsylvania, no one ever talks about it. It’s like it came and gone, unlike the Plainfield F5, the Double Birmingham F5’s, and many more! It would be awesome if you would be able to create a video about the Niles F5! I know you have a lot on you agenda, but I would love to see the video about them. Thank you
The first 10 days of June 1995 were crazy in the Texas panhandle/south plains. I was in heaven! The dimmitt tornado was about 5 miles from my dad’s work office!
Carly I hope you see this comment … Dan Rather did a special on this outbreak on the evening news. It was absolutely superb. I have tried for years to find it. If you can get your hands on it, there is some absolute gold footage in there!!! I will never forget that. It shows an absolute monster tornado in a field after the Pampa tornado.
You are the best ive ever seen at detailing and examining tornadoes. Thank you Carly. If you were even to see this message could you possibly look into the 1984 tornado outbreak in eastern North Carolina. Multiple F3 and F4 tornadoes is so rare for that area. I was 7 at the time and i will never forget that night. The wind was screaming and i heard that train sound that night that people talk about. I think it would be a very interesting breakdown of that day and night.Thank you for everything Carly♥️
I think its fascinating how the pampa tornado was very violent while also being relatively skinny
The Elie tornado was a skinny tornado but it was a violent tornado. It was rated as a F5 tornado.
@@Sj430 I was just about to say it reminds me of that one!
@@Sj430 and both demolished industrial areas that being silos (in Elie)
True that it wasn't a mile wide wedge, but just a classic funnel. Regardless the violent rotation is on par with larger tornadoes like Andover and Jarrell.
Carly: Thank you for your amazing skills when presenting the content on tornadoes. You got a very unique way and are a wonderful teacher. I have had a lifelong interest in weather and if I had the tools at my finger tips as a kid that we enjoy today I could only imagine. Young people like you are blessed and it’s quite obvious when they do the things like you are doing on your site they know how to make hay on a sunny day . Godspeed to you.
Very well put together video! the ferocity of these storms is truly fascinating yet equally horrifying, like something straight out of hell.
That day was so muggy for us it was hard to breathe outside by the afternoon. As the storms began to form, the sky started as a dark aquamarine color that went to emerald at times.
Darrell Seahorn covered weather not only for Pampa but the surrounding areas so people tuned in to listen to him even if you lived in McLean or Wheeler. We had the radio on listening to the Pampa tornado as we watched the Allison one forming over us from our storm cellar steps.
The Allison tornado was formed from a storm that had already had produced a tornado by Wheeler and hit the feedlot to the west of town. You could smell how much manure was still being circulated in it as it passed over us. For years after, we used to find clothes and small items out in our pasture & fields that had fallen over 7 miles away from that Wheeler tornado.
People in this area tend to be extremely weather aware and educated. It's not a matter of if we are having dangerous tornadoes but where it will happen in the area. Many homes in the country have storm cellars and people in town go to the public shelters when storms start forming. It's not unknown for people to close businesses down early to allow employees to get home before the storms hit. Our volunteer firemen make up many of our storm spotters so closing early helps them too.
Population wise, this area is known for people either growing up and leaving or they stay close to home. Our communities are little, somewhat boring but are good places to raise a family. If you ever do lose a house to a tornado or fire, the community bands together to give what they can to help you out and they show up to help pick up the pieces. That happened even in 1995 when other businesses helped those damaged in the Pampa tornado and helped those who lost houses in the Allison one.
I want to tell you thanks so much for covering that day in Pampa and mentioning the other tornadoes happening in the area. Its almost been 30 years but people haven't forgotten that day and what things looked like. I've enjoyed your recap and analysis.
Ofc. Stubblefield was ahead of his time somewhat with his camcorder on the dashboard. This video was a nostalgia trigger for me; I remember watching Lisius’ documentary as a wee lad and being mesmerized by the Pampa tornado. The prison footage gives me chills. Great video!!
You have no idea how excited I get every time I see a notification of a new video! That you Carly!
I love u put the wind chime sound in! Also, these are fascinating stories. I live in So. FLO, so i know how far out we can be warned regarding hurricanes, but the storms are so big, making them much more predictable than tornadoes imo! Last, older footage seems like the best footage for some reason (unless it's a door cam looking at a direct hit on a house across the street!)
Although not the largest of tornadoes, this brute was measured at 250 mph winds...it was an old school strong F-4... totally destroying steel buildings...the video really captures the ferocious winds...well done coverage...
Another studied & well presented episode, Carly. A big escape for what could have been a disaster. So difficult to assess these chimera like twisters & some of the vision is amazing. Blaze was matching your hair in his serial cameo. I have two ginger & white tabbies. It will be 104° in Melbourne, Australia tomorrow. If my devices don't melt I'll see you next time! 🌪🐈🌪🇦🇺🥵🇦🇺👋
Great job on the video! And I especially love your sensitivity to the emotional impacts of these events. Blessings to you! Well done!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏
Excellent piece as usual, Carly Anna! Blaze is adorable too...love any chance to see your furbaby! I have heard of this storm but wasn't familiar with the specifics, so this was a great education for me. Keep up the great work, love my Tee from TwoStorms, so soft and comfortable! Looking forward to the next video as always, take care!
Your video is messing with my eyes lol. As you move your head,the picture behind you looks like the tornado is moving. It's the shadow of your hair, but it took me a minute. I wanted one of those pictures lol. Great videos!
Best way to end the day watching a new Carly vid😁 Also definitely a nice change to hear a recount of a tornado that didn't take any human lives and only caused minor injuries but is fascinating for other reasons. Sad about the livestock though that's a giant number😔 Great job as always Carly!
All you videos are great, but you know it's going to be a good one when Mr. Blaze makes an appearance!
I lived through this tornado. One of the most memorable days of my life.
Love the videos, keep them coming!
I actually live in Pampa
Did you live in Pampa when the storm hit in 1995? Has there been other tornadoes over the years?
I did not live in Pampa when it happened. My wife is from here and she was 11 years old at the time. Between my wife’s family and people that lived here at the time I’ve heard a lots of stories about it.
@@parkermccade7174 Wow!
Pampa is one of those West Texas towns that are struggling ❤
As far as i know, nobody has ever really contested the 2016 Katie, OK EF4 tornado as being stronger. The subsequent mile-wide "strong EF3" that later tracked near Sulphur, OK had much debate for being an EF5 based off of wind speed measurements, but tracked through rural areas like the 2013 El Reno tornado and therefore didn't receive the higher rating for damage alone.
Yeah, the Katie-Winnwood tornado had the most violent inflow jet/motion I've ever seen captured by various storm chasers from that event.
As always, I absolutely love your content!!! Very thorough, well documented, and covering all the angles of the human impact of tornadoes!
I know you mentioned at the end covering more 21st Century events, but I do have a 20th Century event I would love to see... and that is the June 2nd, 1990 tornado outbreak in the lower Ohio River valley. I am from Newton, IL and my hometown was hit by an F4 tornado on that date. I was actually born the very next morning!
I have uploaded a video on my channel that includes footage from that tornado.
Keep up the great content! I love what you do!
Awww, Blaze! Taking a minute out of his busy day surveying his new kingdom to say hello! The most handsome storm boi!