- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
25 Years Ago, May 3, 1999 F5 OK Tornado
Posted on 5/3/24 at 9:46 am
Posted on 5/3/24 at 9:46 am
Man, time flies. What a massive beast it was. I was living NE of Tinker AFB and saw it coming so got the family and hauled arse east then south. Luckily my house was still intact but had some damage (from a spin off tornado not the main one). On way back there were cars in ditches just mangled messes. No electric and no phone either. Didn’t have a cell back then so it was word of mouth and TV to find out info.
This is also where a young chaser got his real start, Reed Timmer:
This is also where a young chaser got his real start, Reed Timmer:
Loading Twitter/X Embed...
If tweet fails to load, click here. 
7
Posted on 5/3/24 at 9:48 am to OU Guy
Nature be scary.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 10:14 am to OU Guy
1999 was 25 years ago?
Damn I'm getting old.
Damn I'm getting old.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 10:16 am to OU Guy
Ok, I guess I'll go watch twister for the 100th time.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 10:17 am to OU Guy
Tornado warning...........for this area...........please take.........appropriate....action........wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Posted on 5/3/24 at 11:30 am to OU Guy
I was with a study group at O'Connells and we watched it all unfold. It was heartbreaking. I also worked in downtown OKC and had to drive through Moore every weekday. There was a dry cleaner with a car impaled on their sign about 20 feet up for quite a while.
This video also came from that event. Still brings tears to my eyes.
Bridge Creek Baby
This video also came from that event. Still brings tears to my eyes.
Bridge Creek Baby
Posted on 5/3/24 at 11:34 am to OU Guy
Kind of crazy at the beginning hearing those people cheering the formation of it now knowing how bad it was about to get
Posted on 5/3/24 at 1:09 pm to OU Guy
At the time it was the most documented tornado in history. It’s the reason we have Tornado Emergency now. Probably led to the Enhanced Fujita Scale.
KFOR had the best coverage of it IMO.
KFOR had the best coverage of it IMO.
Page 1 of 1
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News