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re: Weather Nerds - OTD 21 years ago, the "tornado emergency" is born
Posted on 5/3/20 at 5:14 pm to Pisco
Posted on 5/3/20 at 5:14 pm to Pisco
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One chaser died in the storm
3 chasers, all a part of the same team (TWISTEX), were killed in the El Reno tornado: Tim Samaras, Paul Samaras, and Carl Young. Additionally, a Weather Channel vehicle was flipped by the tornado, but the occupants survived.
This post was edited on 5/3/20 at 5:16 pm
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Posted on 5/3/20 at 5:22 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
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Additionally, a Weather Channel vehicle was flipped by the tornado, but the occupants survived.
Mike Bettes was the on-air personality with that crew... and yeah they all almost got killed
car got tossed from the road and flipped like 4-5 times
Posted on 5/3/20 at 5:24 pm to Tigerpride18
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Why does it say on this video that I watched, el reno was the widest but was f3. I know they mean two different things but you said f5 and the video said f3. It's on YouTube
The 2013 El Reno, OK tornado was the widest tornado ever recorded. It was only given a rating of EF-3, and the official ratings of tornadoes are based on the damage they cause. The El Reno tornado was also given a radar-estimated EF-5 rating, based on wind speed data from a mobile Doppler radar truck that indicated winds inside the tornado that were just over 296 mph. However, the official rating is based only on the damage caused, so that is why the official rating for the El Reno tornado is EF-3.
The tornado that is the subject of this thread, the May 3, 1999 Bridge Creek - Moore, OK tornado, had winds measured by mobile Doppler Radar that were near 302 mph.
This post was edited on 5/3/20 at 5:31 pm
Posted on 5/3/20 at 6:53 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Posted on 5/3/20 at 7:13 pm to rt3
It took them a while to catch up. I had considered any tornado warning near me an emergency since I was but a wee lad.
I would have hated me as a child. Back in the day when warnings went out for the entire county, if our county got a warning, I lost my shite. Didn't matter if it was the very northern part (we were in the very southern part) or not. I'm sure my folks were happy when I figured out where we were on a map.
Thanks for the info!
I would have hated me as a child. Back in the day when warnings went out for the entire county, if our county got a warning, I lost my shite. Didn't matter if it was the very northern part (we were in the very southern part) or not. I'm sure my folks were happy when I figured out where we were on a map.
Thanks for the info!
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