Tornado, Oklahoma City, May 3, 1999

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Footage of the May 3, 1999 tornado that tore through the southwest side of Oklahoma City. The audio heard on the first part of the video is from TV station KFOR that was simulcasting on FM radio. The other audio is the local Oklahoma City police channel. This video was taken from an on duty police unit, it ends when downed power lines blocked the path and the officer went into rescue mode, shooting no more video the rest of the evening. At the beginning of the video the tornado was an F4. It then reduced to F3 or F2 for a brief period, then spun back up to an F5 near the end of the video. Oklahoma University's DOW truck recorded a wind speed of 318 mph from this tornado a few minutes prior to the start of this video. Argumentative comments WILL be deleted. Please take them to another forum. Visit this NOAA site for more info on this tornado: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/storms/19990503/may3faqs.php

Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: November 24, 2006 at 11:36 pm
Author: randy946

Length: 0:03:21
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Tags: tornado Oklahoma City F5 supercell severe thunderstorm weather twister

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soonersfan4eva (Friday 14th of November 2008 03:11:59 PM)
yeah i remember that tornado i had to evacuate
DarkIndustry502 (Sunday 2nd of November 2008 03:46:34 PM)
The original DOW turned out to be one of the most impressive pieces of tornado data coletion equipment in history, being that it was the one that clocked the record breaking wind speeds here...
ProfessorIgor (Saturday 1st of November 2008 08:21:01 PM)
the reading was taken just outside of Bridge Creek... there is footage of this. If you see the video as it is a very defined stovepipe with the sattelite tornado orbiting it, that is when the reading was taken.. the reading was about 100' off Above ground level. Nobody is certain of the actual GL windspeed, but figure 275-300mph... INSANELY strong tornado... this one was one in a million.
Quantanthead (Sunday 12th of October 2008 07:05:46 PM)
I remember this one as well. Living in Tulsa...we were kind of worried yet it never affected us. I remember how it destroyed the mall between Tulsa and OKC.
QbanLo405 (Saturday 4th of October 2008 09:17:31 PM)
Damn I remember when this came through... One of the scariest nights I've ever experienced with our Tornadoes.
SilentThunderOKC (Saturday 4th of October 2008 02:26:16 AM)
I was within a mile of this tornado and it was really scary. The house was in direct path, but thankfully it shifted. Lucky, it did not hit us, because we choose a closet, which we never thought of it being totally unsafe (wide and narrow). Mom sat on the bed and said for my brother and I, along with bunnies and a hamster to be in the closet. This was the day after Mom and I shopped at Lowes for flowers. We even stopped to get something to eat to bring home before realizing the true danger.
MrMausser08 (Tuesday 23rd of September 2008 01:04:27 PM)
This tonado had 318mph winds! I'm sorry about about all you who lost your homes in this, that must be so scary.
Redtopaz14 (Friday 12th of September 2008 08:33:33 PM)
u had a sucky birthday then lol
gt3corn (Sunday 7th of September 2008 03:58:25 PM)
I don't think anybody would be able to get close enough......
Pilzwerfer (Friday 29th of August 2008 08:22:03 AM)
This Tornado had satellites in some stages of his life