I was working as a campus police officer and I was watching the weather coverage of this tornado. This was also the same day the seniors were graduating from high school. I was hoping and praying that thing would dissipate. It was so upsetting when I heard about an elementary school getting hit and hearing that some young school aged kids had died. I was doing everything I could think of the next day to ensure the safety of every student for the school district that I worked for.
@@Silenced23omething the school didn't do. Pay attention to Gary when he warns a week In. Advance of a major high risk storm. Gary and James Spann may make mistakes sometimes they are human. However both have been spot on calling major tornado risk days
@@KyraLovesCats384. I’m up in Minneapolis and it’s been my experience that any forecast by NOAA farther out than 48 hours is absolutely unreliable. Since all the local TV stations and radio stations base their forecasts, with some fine tuning, on what NOAA says, they’re all wrong. A big problem is that NOAA has all this empirical data gleaned over the last century that says storms will act in a certain way in Minnesota. That data is utterly worthless in today’s world. What data is telling us now is that the most heavily travelled storm tracks have moved at least 100 miles south but NOAA refuses to believe that. That’s a huge disservice to people in southern Minnesota where a great deal of the activity is now. We could really use a forecaster like Gary to give us some reliable information.
After the May 3rd tornado, every school in Oklahoma should've had shelters that could with stand an EF5 tornado. The safety and well being of kids should be the number one priority.
School boards had a lot working against them in 1999, safe rooms had only been out a year and had not been done in a community size capacity, which meant they could only build underground which was impossible due to schools not having the room. Generally Oklahoma tornadoes occur when school isn’t in session, later in the afternoon. Until May 20, there really wasn’t a need or the ability to construct them in all schools. I spent 48 years in the Moore/Norman area. Never had a tornado warning when I was in school and neither did my three kids. (27, 25, and 24)
How many EF4 or EF5 tornadoes do you think have hit schools in Oklahoma, and while the building was occupied? What do you suppose the toll from all those incidents combined is compared to the number of kids who die in car wrecks in just a single year? I'm all for keeping kids safe but there's a point where idealism has to give way to budget constraints.
There should be no price on the safety of kids. There's an expectation that kids are supposed to be safe at school, well when a massive deadly tornado is coming and a school is at high risk of taking a direct hit, everything should be done possible to ensure that every child will be safe in that building. Even if that means putting shelters whether they're above ground or underground in every school that can withstand an EF5 tornado.
Whatever teachers tell me to do if there’s a tornado I’m not listening. I’m running to the center of the building on a low floor like you should. Not sitting next to a door that leads straight outside like they tell us. I know what a tornado can do unlike them. With the tornado that hit here earlier this year multiple steel buildings were crumpled up like a coke can. And we live pretty close to Joplin. That city was completely destroyed. If we’re that close they should know how bad they can get. If I see that rotation on my radar I’m gonna ask to go to the bathroom and leave them behind. At least if it’s strong enough.
At least the residents of Moore who lived through the tornado that devastated their city on May 20th, 2013 adopted a mentality of "Never again!" after learning that seven innocent children lost their lives at Plaza Towers Elementary School. The city council of Moore voted unanimously in favor of tougher building codes that require all new structures to have storm shelters and strong reinforcement to withstand the next tornado that tears through Moore. After the May 3rd, 1999 tornado; only four schools in Moore had storm shelters: Kelley Elementary School, Highland East Junior High School, Westmoore High School and Moore High School. Nowadays, all of the schools in Moore have storm shelters.
My wife and I visited the area a few months after this event, while visiting her family in the area. The destruction to Moore was heartbreaking. We also visited the memorials at both schools and it was very very sad.
There was also a person who survived the Joplin tornado in 2011 and moved to Moore and got hit by the 2013 tornado. I believe it’s one of the only few people in the world to survive two EF5 tornadoes
My Aunt lost half of her house, the living room they were in watching the weather ripped away moments after they went under the stairs, they rebuilt on the same spot and live there to this day
@@jeffreyrollins7797 Sorry, no, it didn't do EF-5 damage and was rightfully downgraded. The EF scale measures damage alone, not wind speed or size or number of related fatalities.
@@jeremiahmiller6431it is however, something of note, the fact that el Reno’s controversial rating is one of the main reasons the ef scale is being reevaluated.
@@jeffreyrollins7797 sorry bro but that is not correct. El Reno was an EF3. Let me be clear this tornado would have been an F5 but the enhanced Fujita scale is rated based on how much damage the tornado causes. A tornado could have 500mph winds and be 6 miles across... but if it never crosses anything but grass, it will be rated an EF0. I never agreed with this update to the fujita scale...It makes absolutely no sense to me. I honestly think this was done so that news casters couldn't place a value on a storm until AFTER the storm was over. You have too many people that would ignore an F2 for instance even though an E2 could end your life as quickly as an F5.
Still can't believe this didn't hit where I was at work that day. I was at Convergys on 19th street (it's now a Sam's Club), kitty-corner from the Warren Theater across i-35. It missed our building by less than a block. Completely insane. I remember texting my mom, who was babysitting my then 8 year old and just telling her I loved her and to tell my daughter I loved her so, so much. We just knew we were about to die; it was sheer luck that we didn't get hit.
Right in that area is where it appeared to occlude and turn north, and yet it survived occlusion, never letting up the damage according to survey maps, and turning east. They mention it live at 23:20 - it either survived occlusion or made a perfect hand-off to another funnel while recycling. At 24:31 they react to seeing that occlusion did not happen or did not weaken the tornado.
@@tawnikitari It was still there. I was working at Convergys at that time. I was off that day but I lived off 4th and Telephone behind the Warren. We got hit but survived in the middle bathroom. It was the only part of the house left standing. Crazy day man
This tornado caused our very small (but very well funded) school to build a safe room, that they generously open to the public after school hours. I'll never forget this day, nor May 3rd.
I believe it's outrageous that after May 3rd tornado, the schools still did not had underground tornado shelter. I can understand that private housings might not have them, bc it's each household's personal safety matter and it can be expensive. But public places should mandatory have the shelters. Malls, hospitals, schools, diners, every public place should have them, if you live in place where tornadoes are regular thing. I don't know what these people were thinking. They live in basically center of tornado alley and think that they won't get hit? It's like swimming with sharks and hope they won't bite. Moore learned hard way, but if they had learned the lesson after May 3rd, things wouldn't had been so dire in May 20th
I remember this so well! I was stuck at after-school care because my mom wasn't allowed to leave her job as she also worked with kids and had to get them to safety. I remember that my school was just barely far enough away that we didn't have to take shelter but did have to sit in our 'saferoom' and watch the Lil roll in TV the lead teacher brought in so we could safely watch the weather. We ended up all being safe and I didn't realize what it was so I was just mad that my mom was late and picked me up at 7:00pm she then had to explain to me what a tornado really was and why they were so dangerous. I still am thankful that none of my family was harmed!
Information is taken from the wiki page: The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management reported that 25 people were killed. An estimated 1,150 homes were destroyed, resulting in an estimated $2 billion in damages. The number of injured was 377. Entire subdivisions were obliterated, and houses were flattened in a large swath of the city. The majority of a neighborhood just west of the Moore Medical Center was destroyed. Witnesses said the tornado more closely resembled "a giant black wall of destruction" than a typical twister. Among the hardest-hit areas were two public schools: Briarwood Elementary School and Plaza Towers Elementary School. A preliminary study of Briarwood Elementary School conducted in September 2013 by a group of structural engineers found some structural deficiencies that led to its collapse during the tornado. Chris Ramseyer, a structural engineer and an associate professor at the University of Oklahoma determined that the building's walls were not reinforced with concrete, and there had been a lack of connection between the masonry walls and support beams in several portions of the building, and anchor bolts were pulled from the ground by the tornado. Another engineer that was involved in the study stated that the deficiencies that Ramseyer pointed out were not uncommon building practices at the time and that current building code standards would not ensure that Briarwood would have withstood winds in excess of 200 mph. At Plaza Towers, the second school to be hit, parents had been allowed to collect their children early in preparation for the oncoming storm. Therefore, by the time the tornado struck only about 75 students and teachers were in the building. Many students and teachers took shelter in bathrooms and closets, but in a newer addition to the building which housed the school's second and third-grade classrooms, seven fatalities occurred. Third-grade teacher Jennifer Doan was taking shelter with eleven of her students in a hallway when the tornado struck. Doan and her students were trapped when the walls of the corridor collapsed on top of them. Doan, who was two months pregnant with her third child at the time, suffered severe injuries to her back but did not lose the baby. She and five of her students were pulled out, with the children suffering only minor to moderate injuries. Another six of her students along with a student from another third-grade class died. The Moore Medical Center was heavily damaged, but no one present in the building was injured by the tornado. The center's staff had to relocate 30 patients to a hospital in Norman and another hospital. Part of Interstate 35 was shut down due to debris that had been thrown onto the freeway. On May 21, Moore still did not have running water. There were more than 61,500 power outages related to the tornado. More than 100 people were rescued from areas that sustained significant damage from the tornado. Over a dozen emergency workers comb through the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School. The Oklahoma Department of Insurance estimated that insurance claims for damage would likely be more than $1 billion. Some meteorologists estimated that the energy released by the storm could have been eight to more than 600 times greater than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
This bastard grew SO fast! That’s unreal! I hope Moore, OK never has to experience a storm like this EVER again. The fact that it happened twice within 14 years is unspeakably sad.
If there's anything that can serve as a form of comfort for the residents of Moore, Oklahoma; it's that their city has so far not been hit by a tornado since 2019. Even though I would not want to live there myself; Moore, Oklahoma seems like a really nice place to live and raise a family despite its association with violent and destructive tornadoes. The people who live in Moore seem like they are extremely friendly and helpful.
When I saw this video, I only saw the "Moore, Oklahoma, Tornado" bit and the fact that it was posted two hours ago. My heart sank until I saw the rest of the title saying it was the old 2013 broadcast.
@@kittytrisha6388 so many boom or bust events have failed for yall. It’s been a quiet season for the plains a lot of events have straight up buster for yall
I appreciate the full broadcasts being put online and kept relevant. After 1999 F5, the 2003(?) F4 in Moore and then this EF5, changes were implemented extremely quickly that really helped save a lot of people’s lives, not only here, but in other states (those that actually listened that is..) regarding changes with public shelter operations, getting the interstates shut down quicker, things like that.. Even some of the most whether aware of us are guilty of not having a proper plan and/or a proper method to try and protect, at least the bare minimum of personal documents and basic emergency medical supplies. Something as simple as a small fire and impact resistant fox anchor to the concrete in a hallway closet or what not.. somethings, so if this happens, you were able to have your license, birth certificates, etc. etc. somewhere to keep a good leather jacket or similar, good boots, some sort of head protection stuff like that where if you don’t have to thank you can just get that stuff on end be ready.. And to those building homes, just because something meets building codes does it mean there’s not room for some improvement.. think about the way your house is going to face, if you build a shelter, is that below grade? Is it prone to flooding if a water main were to break? … And if the builder says it’s fine, just downplay the need for what you are asking, find a different builder or contractor.. I mean, what’s the ”worst” that can’t happen by remembering the storms, and being prepared for them.. that you never actually have to go through it? you put a helmet off for no reason..? I am PRETTY sure beats not being able to help yourself, protect yourself/family and others.
Yes, rewatching this and the KFOR coverage, I see that warnings were out and live news were broadcasting images and locations of the funnel 15 minutes before impact at Moore. That is plenty of time to get to shelter or get out of the way -- IF a person is paying attention and tuned in. Warnings do not get much better than 2013 Moore and yet here we have these tragic losses of life.
When my mom and I lived in Oklahoma City we lived in two homes and my mom and stepdad had tornado shelters built. In Guthrie where we lived first my mom's walk-in closet was a shelter with concrete walls and a steel reinforced door. After they divorced my mom built another house close to Tinker AFB where she worked stationed at and when she retired she worked civil service there. That house she had a tornado shelter built in the floor of her garage that had a steel reinforced door and had electricity and air conditioning that could fit 6 people. She had supplies and everything in case it took sometime for people to get to us. I had no idea of the cost of shelters until I purchased my own home and wanted a shelter like my mom's. I almost passed out when they told me the price. Thank goodness my mom was a cautious person because we had to go in the shelter this day. The tornado passed a mile away from where we were and the winds were still horrible with debris everywhere
Hard to think that in 5 months it will be 10 years anniversary of the Moore, Oklahoma Tornado! And 24th anniversary since the 1999 Bridge Creek-Moore Oklahoma Tornado still one of the most infamous tornados broadcast on TV in modern times after the Tuscalosa, Alabama Tornado of the 2011 Super Outbreak.
My husbands childhood home was destroyed completely, he lost everything and it kills me to think about all the childhood memories and possessions he had there that were destroyed 💔💔💔
I was working in N. Norman at a daycare that day. Our power was on and off repeatedly till it went out completely. I lived in Moore but didnt know where exactly where it was until after I got our kids to the safe spot with the other teachers. I went to the office to ask something and heard where it was and froze. That was my area. My friends. My family. It was terrifying not knowing. I couldn't even get home for over a week to see if they were okay. It was horrifying. I felt so useless. Its one reason I am pursuing my critcal care nursing degree and first responder cert.
Man feels like this was yesterday I still remember it. Can’t believe it’s almost been 10 years already (it’s only a matter of time before they get hit again.. 😞)
@@tornadoclips2022 Saw it on the news here in San Antonio Texas. The moment I saw the funnel cloud live on tv & was watching Reed Timmer chasing it, I was literally thinking "Oh sh*t.... here comes Moore 3.0." Lucky that wasn't the case in Cole OK. That tornado had me worried.
Now I have viewed footage from 3 out the 4 media outlets from this coverage, and it never cease to amaze me at how mesmerizing seeing something like that is. It possibly because of my experience in seeing the vortex from the April 3, 1974 outbreak in my hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. Kudos to KWTV, KFOR, and KOCO for this live coverage as it happened.
This weather team in Oklahoma City are the best. Gary England the one doing most of the talking was chief meteorologist at the time. I'm not sure if he's still there because I moved from Oklahoma the year after this. The reason they can call out literal streets is because Oklahoma University is in Norman where the National Weather Service is based so this TV station is actually using the National Weather Service radar which can pinpoint exact locations. OU has the premier program for meteorologists
@@estellegraham6655so I’m almost 48 and it’s really impressive how far tornado forecasting and alerting has come in my lifetime. I remember as a kid in the early 80s when a tornado was warned all you knew was that it was in your county. Onscreen overlays just had an outline of the state and a spot about where the tornado was spotted. And there weren’t radar indicated tornadoes. If they weren’t spotted by police or fire departments you didn’t know if there was even a tornado. There certainly wasn’t any street by street play-by-play. That uncertainty during a warning really did a number on me as a kid and it took a loooooong time and therapy to get over my fear of tornadoes.
I lived in Newcastle when this happened. An experience I’ll never forget, so much went on, I was only in kindergarten at the time. Thank goodness our master closet was large and strong enough for the 4 of us.
@@peachxtaehyung There was a tornado outbreak on May 24th, 2011 that affected a considerable amount of central and southern Oklahoma. Not many people outside of Oklahoma know about this because it occurred just two days after the devastating EF5 tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri.
They do that because you can usually tell the strength by looking at it. The amount of rotation, debris lofted, size, vortices and everything are easy visual factors
The entire EF system is visual damage. They also have radar so they have an idea of wind speed but even slower wind speeds cause high damage so the entire rating system is very much visual.
When they said that this monster was looking like it was taking the same path as May 3rd my heart went into my throat. Luckily it did turn a bit but still as a survivor of that day those are NOT words you wanna hear.
Well yeah??? People all over the south sound this way... Plus James used to have a heavy accent too but he was taught to not have a heavy accent after he got into television work so now only thing that really shows any of his accent is when he says "restaurant"
This is the tornado I donated money to help out. I was watching storm chasers online during it and when they started showing the schools I broke down crying. My heart hurt. I live in Mississippi and I did the only thing I knew I could do. It still makes me cry thinking about those babies in that school that did not make it. 0
I was doing a broadcast in OK City in 1999. During setup day, I was looking around from the elevated position of the theater loading dock, wondering why someone had poured what looked like a full concrete slab on a cleared lot about a quarter mile away. I found a few minutes of spare time and took a walk. When I arrived, I finally understood what I was seeing.
Lost their homes, lost their loved ones, and for those who survived have to live with a frightening memory. 25 lives were lost in this storm while, as reported say, 377 were injured in total. Noumours homes were entirely scattered and flattened. Two public schools were hit hard, young lives lost there, and the Moore Medical Center was heavily damaged as well. Some meteorologists estimated that the energy released by the storm could have been eight to more than 600 times greater than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. I know the years have passed and Moore has recovered greatly from this big hit - most neighborhoods entirely rebuilt and storm shelters are more available. However, for the lives lost, they will never be replaced or forgotten. May they rest in peace.
I've seen almost every tornado video under the sun, but for some reason seeing the gentleman at 49:10 in absolute shock makes me truly think about how it would feel like to experience something like this. In 3 minutes your entire life is changed for the worse. It would be surreal.
Some of you guys may not realize how strong this tornado was. Damage at the Orr Family Farm and the loop was extremely violent. Like we’re talking close to Jarrell.
WHY WHY would y'all live in Oklahoma without a shelter???? Lets go live in OKLAHOMA, where they make the best tornados!!!!Norman is birthplace for tornados!!! Plus, its about 400 degrees in the summer!!
Because for one not everyone can afford to move or a shelter, and 2 alot of the dirt we have here is more like clay and rock. It's very hard to dig through and to do a shelter
I was in high school when this tornado hit I remember telling my teacher that there's was going to be a tornado. BC I was looking out the the wood from the class room. And the sky was really really dark and about few minutes the principal told us on me school speaker. To take cave I will never forget thi day and i moved from Lancaster California in 2012 to Oklahoma city and a year this tornado hit Oklahoma city😢😢😢😢
I hear comparison of May 20th to May 3rd, 1999. I wonder what that comparison was from? Was it size and speed, direction, similar path or damage. Someone let me know please.
Here today again because rare high risk was issued this morning by storm prediction center for the heart of Oklahoma. Had to come back and see this again after over a decade. Remember this EF5 like it happened yesterday. Moore got it in 99' and got nailed again in 2013. Worried it may happen again today. (5/6/24)
Incredibly thankful best friends mom told me to leave MHS with my bff and go home where I had a shelter. I don’t know if I could’ve handled seeing all the destruction afterwards. Two days away from graduating high school and this happened. Forever haunted by it.
I just don't know why he keeps telling to take precautions. Just tell people to get their backsides in storm shelters etc right now! Bc for me, precautions would mean, oh there's still time, just have to be ready just in case. if such monster tornado comes toward me, I would not want to hear 'take precautions'. He should say, get below ground right now and sit tight until this is over
I always loved the *way* he said it... "Per-cash-uns". I'd follow that man anywhere during tornado season. I hope he is enjoying a well-deserved retirement!
I was working as a campus police officer and I was watching the weather coverage of this tornado. This was also the same day the seniors were graduating from high school. I was hoping and praying that thing would dissipate. It was so upsetting when I heard about an elementary school getting hit and hearing that some young school aged kids had died. I was doing everything I could think of the next day to ensure the safety of every student for the school district that I worked for.
Bless your heart. Thank you for your hard work and dedication to ensure the safety of others!
What could you have literally done to ensure campus students safety?
@@Silenced23omething the school didn't do. Pay attention to Gary when he warns a week In. Advance of a major high risk storm. Gary and James Spann may make mistakes sometimes they are human. However both have been spot on calling major tornado risk days
@@Silenced23 Getting students into shelter? If he saw damage he should've contacted the NWS.
@@KyraLovesCats384. I’m up in Minneapolis and it’s been my experience that any forecast by NOAA farther out than 48 hours is absolutely unreliable. Since all the local TV stations and radio stations base their forecasts, with some fine tuning, on what NOAA says, they’re all wrong. A big problem is that NOAA has all this empirical data gleaned over the last century that says storms will act in a certain way in Minnesota. That data is utterly worthless in today’s world. What data is telling us now is that the most heavily travelled storm tracks have moved at least 100 miles south but NOAA refuses to believe that. That’s a huge disservice to people in southern Minnesota where a great deal of the activity is now. We could really use a forecaster like Gary to give us some reliable information.
After the May 3rd tornado, every school in Oklahoma should've had shelters that could with stand an EF5 tornado. The safety and well being of kids should be the number one priority.
School boards had a lot working against them in 1999, safe rooms had only been out a year and had not been done in a community size capacity, which meant they could only build underground which was impossible due to schools not having the room. Generally Oklahoma tornadoes occur when school isn’t in session, later in the afternoon. Until May 20, there really wasn’t a need or the ability to construct them in all schools. I spent 48 years in the Moore/Norman area. Never had a tornado warning when I was in school and neither did my three kids. (27, 25, and 24)
How many EF4 or EF5 tornadoes do you think have hit schools in Oklahoma, and while the building was occupied? What do you suppose the toll from all those incidents combined is compared to the number of kids who die in car wrecks in just a single year?
I'm all for keeping kids safe but there's a point where idealism has to give way to budget constraints.
There should be no price on the safety of kids. There's an expectation that kids are supposed to be safe at school, well when a massive deadly tornado is coming and a school is at high risk of taking a direct hit, everything should be done possible to ensure that every child will be safe in that building. Even if that means putting shelters whether they're above ground or underground in every school that can withstand an EF5 tornado.
Whatever teachers tell me to do if there’s a tornado I’m not listening. I’m running to the center of the building on a low floor like you should. Not sitting next to a door that leads straight outside like they tell us. I know what a tornado can do unlike them. With the tornado that hit here earlier this year multiple steel buildings were crumpled up like a coke can. And we live pretty close to Joplin. That city was completely destroyed. If we’re that close they should know how bad they can get. If I see that rotation on my radar I’m gonna ask to go to the bathroom and leave them behind. At least if it’s strong enough.
At least the residents of Moore who lived through the tornado that devastated their city on May 20th, 2013 adopted a mentality of "Never again!" after learning that seven innocent children lost their lives at Plaza Towers Elementary School. The city council of Moore voted unanimously in favor of tougher building codes that require all new structures to have storm shelters and strong reinforcement to withstand the next tornado that tears through Moore. After the May 3rd, 1999 tornado; only four schools in Moore had storm shelters: Kelley Elementary School, Highland East Junior High School, Westmoore High School and Moore High School. Nowadays, all of the schools in Moore have storm shelters.
As a mom, what a nightmare to know that was going toward your child's school:(
11 Years Ago, never forgotten about what happened on this day…
A day we will not forget. I sped down the street trying to get to my granddaughters’ school.
My wife and I visited the area a few months after this event, while visiting her family in the area. The destruction to Moore was heartbreaking. We also visited the memorials at both schools and it was very very sad.
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It's amazing how similar this tornado is to may 3rd 1999... its basically the same exact tornado that came back to the same place.
Actually crossed over the 1999 tornados path at one time.
@@ajjackson1526 imagine building another building in that crossfire just for it to get nuked again 14 years later…I’d leave the entire state.
There was also a person who survived the Joplin tornado in 2011 and moved to Moore and got hit by the 2013 tornado. I believe it’s one of the only few people in the world to survive two EF5 tornadoes
Moore got like hit 4 times but 2 major times. It’s literally only a matter of time before it gets hit again!! So sad 😞 I hope it never gets hit again
I wonder if anyone has ever researched a “memory effect” for tornadoes.
My Aunt lost half of her house, the living room they were in watching the weather ripped away moments after they went under the stairs, they rebuilt on the same spot and live there to this day
How heartbreaking for those who lost loved ones including pets,cannot imagine
It’s been a decade since the Moore- Newcastle tornado touched down. This was the last EF5 rated tornado recorded in the U.S.
11 days later there was another f5 in el reno. It was the biggest and strongest tornado ever recorded.
@@jeffreyrollins7797 the NWS later downgraded the El Reno tornado to EF 3
@@jeffreyrollins7797 Sorry, no, it didn't do EF-5 damage and was rightfully downgraded. The EF scale measures damage alone, not wind speed or size or number of related fatalities.
@@jeremiahmiller6431it is however, something of note, the fact that el Reno’s controversial rating is one of the main reasons the ef scale is being reevaluated.
@@jeffreyrollins7797 sorry bro but that is not correct. El Reno was an EF3. Let me be clear this tornado would have been an F5 but the enhanced Fujita scale is rated based on how much damage the tornado causes. A tornado could have 500mph winds and be 6 miles across... but if it never crosses anything but grass, it will be rated an EF0. I never agreed with this update to the fujita scale...It makes absolutely no sense to me. I honestly think this was done so that news casters couldn't place a value on a storm until AFTER the storm was over. You have too many people that would ignore an F2 for instance even though an E2 could end your life as quickly as an F5.
Still can't believe this didn't hit where I was at work that day. I was at Convergys on 19th street (it's now a Sam's Club), kitty-corner from the Warren Theater across i-35. It missed our building by less than a block. Completely insane. I remember texting my mom, who was babysitting my then 8 year old and just telling her I loved her and to tell my daughter I loved her so, so much. We just knew we were about to die; it was sheer luck that we didn't get hit.
Are you talking about the May 1999 tornado? I thought by 2013, Convergys wasn’t there anymore?
Right in that area is where it appeared to occlude and turn north, and yet it survived occlusion, never letting up the damage according to survey maps, and turning east. They mention it live at 23:20 - it either survived occlusion or made a perfect hand-off to another funnel while recycling. At 24:31 they react to seeing that occlusion did not happen or did not weaken the tornado.
@@tawnikitari It was still there. I was working at Convergys at that time. I was off that day but I lived off 4th and Telephone behind the Warren. We got hit but survived in the middle bathroom. It was the only part of the house left standing. Crazy day man
This tornado caused our very small (but very well funded) school to build a safe room, that they generously open to the public after school hours.
I'll never forget this day, nor May 3rd.
I believe it's outrageous that after May 3rd tornado, the schools still did not had underground tornado shelter. I can understand that private housings might not have them, bc it's each household's personal safety matter and it can be expensive. But public places should mandatory have the shelters. Malls, hospitals, schools, diners, every public place should have them, if you live in place where tornadoes are regular thing. I don't know what these people were thinking. They live in basically center of tornado alley and think that they won't get hit? It's like swimming with sharks and hope they won't bite. Moore learned hard way, but if they had learned the lesson after May 3rd, things wouldn't had been so dire in May 20th
I remember this so well! I was stuck at after-school care because my mom wasn't allowed to leave her job as she also worked with kids and had to get them to safety. I remember that my school was just barely far enough away that we didn't have to take shelter but did have to sit in our 'saferoom' and watch the Lil roll in TV the lead teacher brought in so we could safely watch the weather. We ended up all being safe and I didn't realize what it was so I was just mad that my mom was late and picked me up at 7:00pm she then had to explain to me what a tornado really was and why they were so dangerous. I still am thankful that none of my family was harmed!
Information is taken from the wiki page:
The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management reported that 25 people were killed. An estimated 1,150 homes were destroyed, resulting in an estimated $2 billion in damages. The number of injured was 377. Entire subdivisions were obliterated, and houses were flattened in a large swath of the city. The majority of a neighborhood just west of the Moore Medical Center was destroyed. Witnesses said the tornado more closely resembled "a giant black wall of destruction" than a typical twister.
Among the hardest-hit areas were two public schools: Briarwood Elementary School and Plaza Towers Elementary School. A preliminary study of Briarwood Elementary School conducted in September 2013 by a group of structural engineers found some structural deficiencies that led to its collapse during the tornado. Chris Ramseyer, a structural engineer and an associate professor at the University of Oklahoma determined that the building's walls were not reinforced with concrete, and there had been a lack of connection between the masonry walls and support beams in several portions of the building, and anchor bolts were pulled from the ground by the tornado. Another engineer that was involved in the study stated that the deficiencies that Ramseyer pointed out were not uncommon building practices at the time and that current building code standards would not ensure that Briarwood would have withstood winds in excess of 200 mph.
At Plaza Towers, the second school to be hit, parents had been allowed to collect their children early in preparation for the oncoming storm. Therefore, by the time the tornado struck only about 75 students and teachers were in the building. Many students and teachers took shelter in bathrooms and closets, but in a newer addition to the building which housed the school's second and third-grade classrooms, seven fatalities occurred. Third-grade teacher Jennifer Doan was taking shelter with eleven of her students in a hallway when the tornado struck. Doan and her students were trapped when the walls of the corridor collapsed on top of them. Doan, who was two months pregnant with her third child at the time, suffered severe injuries to her back but did not lose the baby. She and five of her students were pulled out, with the children suffering only minor to moderate injuries. Another six of her students along with a student from another third-grade class died.
The Moore Medical Center was heavily damaged, but no one present in the building was injured by the tornado. The center's staff had to relocate 30 patients to a hospital in Norman and another hospital. Part of Interstate 35 was shut down due to debris that had been thrown onto the freeway. On May 21, Moore still did not have running water. There were more than 61,500 power outages related to the tornado. More than 100 people were rescued from areas that sustained significant damage from the tornado.
Over a dozen emergency workers comb through the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School. The Oklahoma Department of Insurance estimated that insurance claims for damage would likely be more than $1 billion. Some meteorologists estimated that the energy released by the storm could have been eight to more than 600 times greater than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
That last sentence is absolutely moronic. 💯
54:32 My God, that mother holding on to her daughter by the hair as the tornado tried to lift her away.
This bastard grew SO fast! That’s unreal! I hope Moore, OK never has to experience a storm like this EVER again. The fact that it happened twice within 14 years is unspeakably sad.
There was a f4 that hit in-between
@@tyronemaroney335 that’s true. Was that in 2003? Or 2011? I can’t quite remember
@@smoothALOE 2003
I remember this like it was last week!
I cannot imagine those children going to school in the morning and then going through a terrible evening ❤😢
This was a sad sad day for Moore. I hope this never happens again.
If there's anything that can serve as a form of comfort for the residents of Moore, Oklahoma; it's that their city has so far not been hit by a tornado since 2019. Even though I would not want to live there myself; Moore, Oklahoma seems like a really nice place to live and raise a family despite its association with violent and destructive tornadoes. The people who live in Moore seem like they are extremely friendly and helpful.
sorry to say it will happen again maybe not as strong, but Moore is a tornado magnet.
It’s imminent another will happen 😢 There’s been 4 through here already.
It gets hit every 5 years
I'm sure they said the same thing after May 3rd
Wow. Thank you for posting this!
That thing was a monster and I was heartbroken that Moore suffered the same fate again like they did in 1999
just sat here and watched this whole 4 hour video...such a sad time for oklahoma
10 years later where EF5 is the most Rated Tornado!
01:15:35 watch the left video
You talking about the person who tripped and fell?
Omg poor guy 😢
hahaha. what a rough day for that guy.
When I saw this video, I only saw the "Moore, Oklahoma, Tornado" bit and the fact that it was posted two hours ago. My heart sank until I saw the rest of the title saying it was the old 2013 broadcast.
It’s been just very hot in Oklahoma these past days. Very few storms
@@kittytrisha6388 so many boom or bust events have failed for yall. It’s been a quiet season for the plains a lot of events have straight up buster for yall
You can hear the heartbreak when Jim's view shows that the tornado was still on the ground at 24:36. 🥺
It did a fake occlusion. Very odd. The damage survey maps show that happening just west of I-35 near the medical center.
🤦🏽♀️
@@Michiganian8Cringe lmao
I appreciate the full broadcasts being put online and kept relevant. After 1999 F5, the 2003(?) F4 in Moore and then this EF5, changes were implemented extremely quickly that really helped save a lot of people’s lives, not only here, but in other states (those that actually listened that is..) regarding changes with public shelter operations, getting the interstates shut down quicker, things like that..
Even some of the most whether aware of us are guilty of not having a proper plan and/or a proper method to try and protect, at least the bare minimum of personal documents and basic emergency medical supplies.
Something as simple as a small fire and impact resistant fox anchor to the concrete in a hallway closet or what not.. somethings, so if this happens, you were able to have your license, birth certificates, etc. etc. somewhere to keep a good leather jacket or similar, good boots, some sort of head protection stuff like that where if you don’t have to thank you can just get that stuff on end be ready..
And to those building homes, just because something meets building codes does it mean there’s not room for some improvement.. think about the way your house is going to face, if you build a shelter, is that below grade? Is it prone to flooding if a water main were to break? … And if the builder says it’s fine, just downplay the need for what you are asking, find a different builder or contractor..
I mean, what’s the ”worst” that can’t happen by remembering the storms, and being prepared for them.. that you never actually have to go through it? you put a helmet off for no reason..? I am PRETTY sure beats not being able to help yourself, protect yourself/family and others.
Yes, rewatching this and the KFOR coverage, I see that warnings were out and live news were broadcasting images and locations of the funnel 15 minutes before impact at Moore. That is plenty of time to get to shelter or get out of the way -- IF a person is paying attention and tuned in. Warnings do not get much better than 2013 Moore and yet here we have these tragic losses of life.
10 years ago today
Multi vortices. How terrifying to see that coming towards you.From a small tornado to a monster wedge in 5 minutes.
When my mom and I lived in Oklahoma City we lived in two homes and my mom and stepdad had tornado shelters built. In Guthrie where we lived first my mom's walk-in closet was a shelter with concrete walls and a steel reinforced door. After they divorced my mom built another house close to Tinker AFB where she worked stationed at and when she retired she worked civil service there. That house she had a tornado shelter built in the floor of her garage that had a steel reinforced door and had electricity and air conditioning that could fit 6 people. She had supplies and everything in case it took sometime for people to get to us. I had no idea of the cost of shelters until I purchased my own home and wanted a shelter like my mom's. I almost passed out when they told me the price. Thank goodness my mom was a cautious person because we had to go in the shelter this day. The tornado passed a mile away from where we were and the winds were still horrible with debris everywhere
I miss Gary England
Hard to think that in 5 months it will be 10 years anniversary of the Moore, Oklahoma Tornado! And 24th anniversary since the 1999 Bridge Creek-Moore Oklahoma Tornado still one of the most infamous tornados broadcast on TV in modern times after the Tuscalosa, Alabama Tornado of the 2011 Super Outbreak.
Tuscaloosa* Sorry, had too.
10 years ago today. 🌪
Gary England is the tops! Thank you for posting the original coverage, News 9!
1:44:40 dang, right in the stomach
My husbands childhood home was destroyed completely, he lost everything and it kills me to think about all the childhood memories and possessions he had there that were destroyed 💔💔💔
That thing got so big so fast
OMG. To see a monster like this heading for your neighborhood. Terrifying.
Gary England also covered the may 3rd 1999 tornado 🌪️
That's probably the calmest newscaster ive heard considering the circumstances.
Imagine if James Spann covered this.
James is one of the best but even he would say Gary is the GOAT. Gary changed the way tornadoes are covered.
There so deceiving, not just the tornado but the winds around it, you could see power flashes a good distance away from the actual tornado
come back Gary Please!!!!!!!!!!
Its scary knowing that my mom and my grandma was outside because they were in tornado shelters about all of there lives lucky they didn’t get hurt
I was working in N. Norman at a daycare that day. Our power was on and off repeatedly till it went out completely. I lived in Moore but didnt know where exactly where it was until after I got our kids to the safe spot with the other teachers. I went to the office to ask something and heard where it was and froze. That was my area. My friends. My family. It was terrifying not knowing.
I couldn't even get home for over a week to see if they were okay. It was horrifying. I felt so useless. Its one reason I am pursuing my critcal care nursing degree and first responder cert.
Man feels like this was yesterday I still remember it. Can’t believe it’s almost been 10 years already (it’s only a matter of time before they get hit again.. 😞)
it’s been too long since we’ve had a big tornado i live in moore oklahoma so i’m kinda scared
@@that_skyrim_gaurd Norman just got hit by a strong tornado so yeah
@@tornadoclips2022 yeah i was watching the news and praying for them
They almost got hit again April 29 2023
@@tornadoclips2022 Saw it on the news here in San Antonio Texas. The moment I saw the funnel cloud live on tv & was watching Reed Timmer chasing it, I was literally thinking "Oh sh*t.... here comes Moore 3.0." Lucky that wasn't the case in Cole OK. That tornado had me worried.
thank god for Gary we miss you Sir!
First responders rocked it this day well done!!!
Now I have viewed footage from 3 out the 4 media outlets from this coverage, and it never cease to amaze me at how mesmerizing seeing something like that is. It possibly because of my experience in seeing the vortex from the April 3, 1974 outbreak in my hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. Kudos to KWTV, KFOR, and KOCO for this live coverage as it happened.
Literally calling out it's trajectory as it travels up certain streets 😵💫😵💫😵💫
This weather team in Oklahoma City are the best. Gary England the one doing most of the talking was chief meteorologist at the time. I'm not sure if he's still there because I moved from Oklahoma the year after this. The reason they can call out literal streets is because Oklahoma University is in Norman where the National Weather Service is based so this TV station is actually using the National Weather Service radar which can pinpoint exact locations. OU has the premier program for meteorologists
@@estellegraham6655I'm pretty sure he retired not long after this storm.
@@estellegraham6655so I’m almost 48 and it’s really impressive how far tornado forecasting and alerting has come in my lifetime. I remember as a kid in the early 80s when a tornado was warned all you knew was that it was in your county. Onscreen overlays just had an outline of the state and a spot about where the tornado was spotted. And there weren’t radar indicated tornadoes. If they weren’t spotted by police or fire departments you didn’t know if there was even a tornado. There certainly wasn’t any street by street play-by-play. That uncertainty during a warning really did a number on me as a kid and it took a loooooong time and therapy to get over my fear of tornadoes.
cant believe its almost 10 years since and ef5 tornado
and?
@@rektspresso7288 and what’s ur point
@@mxchael9931 You said "and ef5 tornado", what was the other thing that hasn't occurred in nearly 10 years?
@@rektspresso7288 and why to do u care
I was 13 when this happened and remember that whole day 😢
I just moved to Norman last fall, and I'm so terrified that something like this'll happen again.
Don't be scared, be prepared.
@@jaebee9308 The house I'm staying in doesn't have anywhere underground to go to, tho
I lived in Newcastle when this happened. An experience I’ll never forget, so much went on, I was only in kindergarten at the time. Thank goodness our master closet was large and strong enough for the 4 of us.
And as scary, powerful, dangerous, etc. storms can be, they are also, in a way, beautiful
I remembered that tornado when I was watching the Weather Channel in elementary school with my parents.
You’re one brave Oklahoman if you live south of Ok city.
Or north el reno was the same day
My stepson lost a best friend in the plaza towers school she was only ten years old rip
We need May 24, 2011 footage!!!
What was the 24th??
@@peachxtaehyung There was a tornado outbreak on May 24th, 2011 that affected a considerable amount of central and southern Oklahoma. Not many people outside of Oklahoma know about this because it occurred just two days after the devastating EF5 tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri.
The 11-11-2022 Osage & Washington counties Tornado. A RARITY
@@peachxtaehyungThe Joplin Missouri Tornado May 24th 2011
@@tylerdonitzen Joplin was May 22nd, May 24th had an EF5 hit El Reno (not the one that was 2.6 miles wide 2 years later)
Why does it bother me so much when people act like they know the strength of a tornado just by looking at it?
They do that because you can usually tell the strength by looking at it. The amount of rotation, debris lofted, size, vortices and everything are easy visual factors
The entire EF system is visual damage. They also have radar so they have an idea of wind speed but even slower wind speeds cause high damage so the entire rating system is very much visual.
@owenbrown3816 especially when you been through it
this tornado became a large wedge tornado within 6 minutes of it touching down. how does that happen?!? literally no time to react!!!
Joplin EF5 did it in literally 2 minutes flat. Absolutely terrifying
When they said that this monster was looking like it was taking the same path as May 3rd my heart went into my throat. Luckily it did turn a bit but still as a survivor of that day those are NOT words you wanna hear.
Gary England and James Spann need to swap accents, I didn't know Oklahomans were that country-sounding.
Well yeah??? People all over the south sound this way... Plus James used to have a heavy accent too but he was taught to not have a heavy accent after he got into television work so now only thing that really shows any of his accent is when he says "restaurant"
As an Oklahoman, I don’t even hear their accents
? We are in the south...
@@rayhezbroham7297 As an Arkansas guy I don't hear it either.
It's in the middle of the country. in the South. *points to map of the United States*
This is the tornado I donated money to help out. I was watching storm chasers online during it and when they started showing the schools I broke down crying. My heart hurt. I live in Mississippi and I did the only thing I knew I could do. It still makes me cry thinking about those babies in that school that did not make it. 0
David was on 12th st not 4th… 4th was taken out by this tornado at i35. He is an amazing meteorologist though!
So three schools got hit?
I remember I fell into deep depression after this tornado for months and months 😢 my life in general went downhill
I was in elementary school in Norman when this happened. I remember everyone’s concern but not how bad it actually was
Who else here from Emplemon?
I was doing a broadcast in OK City in 1999. During setup day, I was looking around from the elevated position of the theater loading dock, wondering why someone had poured what looked like a full concrete slab on a cleared lot about a quarter mile away. I found a few minutes of spare time and took a walk. When I arrived, I finally understood what I was seeing.
That Was So Sad That People Lost Their House
and lives
Lost their homes, lost their loved ones, and for those who survived have to live with a frightening memory. 25 lives were lost in this storm while, as reported say, 377 were injured in total. Noumours homes were entirely scattered and flattened. Two public schools were hit hard, young lives lost there, and the Moore Medical Center was heavily damaged as well. Some meteorologists estimated that the energy released by the storm could have been eight to more than 600 times greater than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. I know the years have passed and Moore has recovered greatly from this big hit - most neighborhoods entirely rebuilt and storm shelters are more available. However, for the lives lost, they will never be replaced or forgotten. May they rest in peace.
I need immediate time stamps
Why? For what?
@@peachxtaehyung cause I can just scan through those if I don't have the time to watch the whole thing
Just watch from 0:00-33:00 when the tornado dissipates.
@@snuffedtorch3683 thank you
@@madqtofficial3451 make them urself instead of whining like a little baby
I will never never forget that day..😢
can;t imagine the fear one would feel after hearing your street on this broadcast
I've seen almost every tornado video under the sun, but for some reason seeing the gentleman at 49:10 in absolute shock makes me truly think about how it would feel like to experience something like this. In 3 minutes your entire life is changed for the worse. It would be surreal.
and what does okc do after this? They get rid of all public shelters
I was 1 month old when that happened, so sad
I remember watching this on television when i got home from school
Some of you guys may not realize how strong this tornado was. Damage at the Orr Family Farm and the loop was extremely violent. Like we’re talking close to Jarrell.
So sad that at first everyone was so focused on the one school and completely forgot Plaza Towers school which was hit worse.
Yay Gary
5:15 My God, get below ground if possible
If a Weatherperson ever says this, believe them.
WHY WHY would y'all live in Oklahoma without a shelter????
Lets go live in OKLAHOMA, where they make the best tornados!!!!Norman is birthplace for tornados!!!
Plus, its about 400 degrees in the summer!!
Because for one not everyone can afford to move or a shelter, and 2 alot of the dirt we have here is more like clay and rock. It's very hard to dig through and to do a shelter
@@peachxtaehyung No one is asking anyone to dig them by hand.
@@LudditePower duh lol I know that. But theres still reasons for it with them type of dirt we have here
@LudditeiPower I hate you and the poster. Ignorance
I was in high school when this tornado hit I remember telling my teacher that there's was going to be a tornado. BC I was looking out the the wood from the class room. And the sky was really really dark and about few minutes the principal told us on me school speaker. To take cave I will never forget thi day and i moved from Lancaster California in 2012 to Oklahoma city and a year this tornado hit Oklahoma city😢😢😢😢
This happened again on april 19th in cole Oklahoma City
Not the same rating
@@Dontremindmerjs this was ef3? And the one in Moore ef5
@@elizabethmarielunacordoba9956 you said it happen again💀
@@Dontremindmerjs yes I know sorry
"1999 all over again." representing the may 3rd tornado, it went through northern moore, where i live now.
I remember driving I-35 North a few months after this and just seeing the wide line of brown. The aftermath of this thing.
A good look at the tornado intensity and multi vortex at 14:52. TV crew even gasps.
He even said “I’m my god”
Last day at westmoore my senior year. We where doing graduation practice when we where all of a sudden rushed to the safe halls
I hear comparison of May 20th to May 3rd, 1999. I wonder what that comparison was from? Was it size and speed, direction, similar path or damage. Someone let me know please.
It went down the same path as may 3rd aswell both in the f5/ef5 category
Here today again because rare high risk was issued this morning by storm prediction center for the heart of Oklahoma. Had to come back and see this again after over a decade. Remember this EF5 like it happened yesterday. Moore got it in 99' and got nailed again in 2013. Worried it may happen again today. (5/6/24)
It looks like a chunk of the actual tornado footage was cut out of the video.
Incredibly thankful best friends mom told me to leave MHS with my bff and go home where I had a shelter. I don’t know if I could’ve handled seeing all the destruction afterwards. Two days away from graduating high school and this happened. Forever haunted by it.
How he calling ef2
He said that way before it hit, some of you commenters are dense as hell
9:25 Is that Tony Stewart?
Oh gosh lol 😂😂😂😂😂
Isn't it dangerous to be having that helicopter in the air during that time
I just don't know why he keeps telling to take precautions. Just tell people to get their backsides in storm shelters etc right now! Bc for me, precautions would mean, oh there's still time, just have to be ready just in case. if such monster tornado comes toward me, I would not want to hear 'take precautions'. He should say, get below ground right now and sit tight until this is over
I always loved the *way* he said it... "Per-cash-uns". I'd follow that man anywhere during tornado season. I hope he is enjoying a well-deserved retirement!
25 lives
I get the feeling Gary did not want anyone to ever make any may 3 references on air just based on how he tried to stop jim
I sure wish meteorologists could forecast the correct daily wind speeds.
Shout out to the most calm weatherman in the game 😎
this was years after alabamas big outbreak too
just look how busy he is David dose not do this he is crap we need another gary!