Picher, OK Wedge Tornado viewed just north of I44

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Video of a large wedge tornado that hit Picher, OK. View is 5 miles east of Miami on I44 looking north.

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Uploaded: May 10, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Author: ChrisWilburn

Length: 0:00:28
Rating: 4.85
Views: 24,546

Tags: Picher tornado oklahoma wedge

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ch00gs (Sunday 22nd of June 2008 07:49:18 PM)
im glad my great grandpa and grandma didnt have to go through this RIP.. wish i could have grabbed the patterson street sign named after him before this =\
pichergirl (Wednesday 4th of June 2008 10:47:26 AM)
this is for paige279 I live in Picher and I am not waiting on no buyout never field out papers I love it here. And we want to stay..
101angel1011 (Wednesday 21st of May 2008 07:51:47 PM)
omg that was amazing it was moving lol
cisamichanne (Tuesday 20th of May 2008 01:39:42 PM)
Man... that was us... it went right over the house. I still can't believe it, 5 of us in the house and it was flattened and we survived. The power of God...
Seth412412 (Monday 19th of May 2008 04:12:26 PM)
omg this tornado was so scary...
geraldladera (Wednesday 14th of May 2008 12:51:52 PM)
we never had those things over here, the only problem we have is called: HUGO FUCKING CHAVEZ!!!, and its worthless than that!!!! to all the souls u lost, my deeply sorrows.
KrystalFrizz (Tuesday 13th of May 2008 05:46:01 PM)
My bad - you are very correct. Which makes this event even more heartbreaking. I hope these people will be taken care of although the track record in the US for these situations is certainly not stellar.
dsrtdog41 (Tuesday 13th of May 2008 02:11:46 PM)
boxeschow2 people like you crack me up. Know everything yet know nothing.. there was a tornado in nashville a few years back that dropped down on the downtown area.. I used to live in Phoenix, Az and though tornados are very rare there they do happen and drop down right in the city.. Get your facts straight. You are pretty much making an ass of yourself..
boxeschow2 (Tuesday 13th of May 2008 05:30:04 AM)
Naw, its just like the tornadoes have to build in an open area. Look it up. That one that hit downtown Fort Worth and the one that hit OK city, neither of them formed in the city, they formed outside of them and moved in. Watch the tapes, read the articles. The more large cities that pop up in tornado ally, the less tornadoes anually you will see.
ProfessorIgor (Tuesday 13th of May 2008 06:08:29 AM)
I looked it up. (in 4 yrs of college) you're full of baloney. Tornadoes "form" well above the ground level, typically at a height of 700-1000m. The mesocyclone literally can be MILES high. Only LARGE mountains can alter their formation. There have been MANY tornadoes in TN, KY, NC... all very mountainous terrain. They don't need open spaces to form. The typical supercell storm is only about 20mi across at the base. It is unlikely that Picher will be rebuilt.