Topic: Tornado footage Case Studies

[Jimmy Deguara]

Check this footage out of the Oklahoma City Tornado 1999:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trr5HG6swKg&NR

It also shows brief clips of the Jarrell tornado.

Regards,

Jimmy Deguara

[Jimmy Deguara]

Jarell Texas Tornado 1997

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-K-bj8YhiQ

Incredible violent tornado but what astounds me in this footage is the visiblity due to haze!

Regards,

Jimmy Deguara

[Brad Hannon]

Awesome video there, thanks for the links Jimmy.  Those chasers certainly pushed their luck with the Oklahoma City tornado!  Lucky they found reverse gear!

[MetSul Weather Center]

Jimmy, the first video of Oklahoma is breathtaking. Thank you for sharing.

[Jimmy Deguara]

I must say that some video I saw of the Oklahoma City tornado as it approached the city was up there with the best supercell and tornado footage I have ever seen. I think it would be worthwhile purchasing the DVD from Jeff Petroski of this event as he traversed the tornado through the suburbs.

Regards,

Jimmy Deguara

[nmoir]

No games in that stuff ,  what an incredible monster that was.  the power of water vapour and air huh!

[Andrej Matko]

Here is one more from the May 3rd. Rotation is amazing!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2hOWK-O3exw

Wooow, first time I saw this one, Andover F5 (before it hit Andover). Listen to the rumble, nuts!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sImMsDLtl8&NR

[nzstorm]

Thanks for highlighting those links.   I've always thought there wasn't many photos/videos of the May 1999 Ok tornado considering the size of it and where it struck.  Its as though there were few chasers on it. 

[Brad Hannon]

Hi Andrej, I love that footage through the airforce base.  I have that on video. Truly awe inspiring.

Brad

[nzstorm]

Yes that Andover video is one of the greats.  It seems the 1990's was an active decade for strong tornadoes.

[Jimmy Deguara]

However,

When it comes to footage, the footage of the same tornado but dark, very large multivortex passing behind an estate with white houses swamping them in size is what got me hooked on tornadoes. If someone can get hold of that footage, it's far more spectacular.

Regards,

Jimmy Deguara

[Jimmy Deguara]

In regards to super outbreak, the outbreak last year March 12th 2006 would be comparable in numbers:

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/060312_rpts.html

to the 1974 outbreak and seems to stand at 140 tornado reports - not sure what the final number of tornadoes were given the long track natures of some of the tornadoes. March 12th 2006 was a significant event with rapid moving tornadoes such that there were some quite emotional discussions from the very experienced chasers - some who were around in the 1970's or at least in the 1980's.

Anyone want to look for videos from that day or outbreaks about that time. Some impressive videos posted I recall.

Regards,

Jimmy Deguara

[David C]

You bet,  last March was an impressive event. Let's not forget the supercell that intitiated in NW Oklahoma and tracked all the way to Indiana. To me, that stood out above and beyond any of the tornadoes, as a meteorological spectacle.

I  must say, the information in Wikipedia is getting better and better http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_2006_Tornado_Outbreak_Sequence