Thank you so much for this post of this amazing weather man Gary Shore. I grew up in Tulsa and spent the first 24 years of my life there from 1963-1986. Gary was on all the time and loved him and what he stood for and the fact he saved many lives. By this video you could tell how decent he really was because as dire a situation as this was he did not use a single curse word in this video. Am very sad that he is gone and read the obit on him on Yahoo. you will be missed.
I just found out tonight that Gary Shore passed away three years ago. Very sad. I remember his forecast the night before this event.
He actually looked frightened. He was pleading with people to stay close to a TV or radio. Saying that the tornado outbreak the next day could be massive.
It was. But as it turned out, most of the damage was confined to west/cent OK and Kansas.
Gary Shore was the best winter weather forecaster I have ever seen. A truly amazing talent gone too soon.
I was working with Gary during this storm , I was covering the radio information back at KJRH TV for KRMG radio while he was out in Red Rock . This was the same group of storms that wiped away a truck stop in Catoosa and 8 people lost their lives driving down the Will Rogers turnpike thinking they were driving into rain and not a rain wrapped tornado. I learned so much from Gary. He was a special man. I was lucky to have had the chance. I can't believe it has been 17 years since this storm.
Awesome tornado footage. This was one really incredible tornado. I know it was being guessed as an F4 at the time it was being filmed, but I think it turned out to be an F5 when the damage rating was done for the tornado. I might be mixing it up with another tornado. I know the Andover Kansas tornado was rated F5, but I think this one was also an F5 rated tornado.
@dragonridley I have a storm spotting manuel that has this listed as an F5, but I have found it listed as F4 also in the archives, I would say that the archives are most likely right, so I would say it's an F4, the manuel is more likely to be the one with a typo. Although the NOAA tornado archives have a messed up path for the F2 tornado that hit Durham, N.C. on May 5, 1989.
Fantastic video of what tornadoes can do in Oklahoma. I am from Tulsa Oklahoma and grew up there and left there to go to Portland in 1991 for work. I used to watch Gary Shore on Channel 2 in Tulsa every day when he did the weather for them for years. I loved him and he was such a sweet guy that did his job 100%. I am sorry to hear that he died by what I read here on this post. He was a super guy that really loved people and especially chasing tornadoes. Thanks for this wonderful footage here.
Question , isn't that the guys from storm chasers around 3:14 cuz the dude in the red shirt looks like the guy drivinf the DOW. And the guy on the other side of him looks like the meteorologist that reads the radar for them.. just wondering
this tornado was rated F-4 because it traveled mostly through open country now if it hit a populated area this tornado would have been rated is f-5 as it should because the winds were estimated at 287 miles in hour
NEVER give an F-scale rating when the tornado is in progress. NWS survey teams give the rating based on the damage they see after the tornado has passed. That's what tickes me off about these chasers.
Is it right to try to rate a tornado while it's on the ground? No. Should that "tick you off about these chasers?" No. Chill out. Try chasing and then judge us. Besides. Don't argue with Howie ;)
Gary Shore was the most accurate meteorologists and sweet-hearted people of the 20th century. When Gary's forecast didn't quite agree with anyone else's we all knew to trust his analysis implicitly. This video was the big one. At the time it was the fastest recorded ground wind speed in history. RIP Mr. Shore. It was an honor to have met you.
tiana sidhe, i also grew up watching gary shore on kjrh channel two in tulsa, ok. even though i lived in dewey, ok. my prayers are with the shore family and the kcau channel nine family over his passing.
Yes, Gary Shore who was the chief meteorologist at KJRH in Tulsa until 1995 died of a heart attack at 55 in Sioux City, Iowa where he was the chief meteorologist at KOTV.
If you have a F4 blowing a mile away from you at 300 MPH, then hell yeah you would be scared. Anything within' 200 yards is in the hazard zone. Greensburg Tornado for example. That was the first and only F5 in the US! I know they're common, but I would just as scared as every other witness.
Alright F4 tornadoes dont have winds at 300mph F5 tornadoes do.Also Greensburg was not the only F5 by far however it was the first EF5.The EF scale is the new scale.
I know, I regret that comment so hard. I wish there was a way to get away the "execceded comment limit" and a way to regret comments. Because I really knew that it wasn't the fact, yet I don't know why I put it up there. My bad! x(
Honey, Tornadoes do not have a life span to cross all those states and hit you home. I feel for you and am sorry that your home was hit by a tornado, but this tornado is not the culprit. You and yours are in my prayers.
I remember that storm and seeing the old footage again is neat. I remember you grabbing those glasses. Thanks for posting it up here. Oklahoma misses having Gary around.
wow.............i have the national geographic video with this one on it the tornado and hurricane one. when i was liek 6 it was the only vid i had for tornado footage and had no internet sooo it was hard to find source material especialy in ontario.........so i really cherished the vid...good memories ..last year i saw my first tornado........................cant even compare it to this one by a milestone
No it wasn't. This was from a storm just to the south in northern Oklahoma. This tornado was one of 3 F4-F5 tornadoes to strike on April 26, 1991, with a total of around 60 in the outbreak. The Andover tornado was probably going through Andover or just finished with it when this video was shot.
listen dudes, if a tornado with 500mph winds only sideswipes a house and does f2 damage, its still only an f2. my point is despite the wind estimates, it was rated F4. get over it.
case in point before the Red Rock Tornado the strongest winds recorded was 284 m.p.h. in the Parker, IN tornado 4/3/74 it too was rated F4, it doesn't matter how strong the winds are it's the damage done by the tornado that determines the rating, if a tornado with winds of 300 m.p.h. does no damage whatsoever it's an F0
but what is the likelyhood of that happening with 300 mph winds ? there would be damage if to nothing but trees. lol a tornado with that much wind would get an F4 rating just about every time.
Um no. Wind speeds still cannot be accurately recorded, what instruments we are able to use are not accurate. It's the extent of damage that occurs to specific man made structures and vehicles, as well as trees and foilage that determines it's EF intensity rating.
The winds were recorded by a portable Doppler radar at 287 MPH which is in the F5 range. But the tornado is officially an F4 because no F5 damage was recorded.
It wasn't a DOW that measured it, DOW wouldn't come into service until 1995. The portable Doppler used here is what you see at 3:03 that has the two dishes set on a tripod.
No. The winds in this tornado were measured at 287 mph. However, since it only produced F4 damage, it was rated an F4. And on the old F-Scale, 320 mph would have been an F6. F5 goes up to 318 mph. But with the new EF-Scale, it only goes as high as five.
There is not, nor has there EVER been such a thing as an F6 tornado. Don't believe me? go to the NOAA website and ask the question in the search bar. The F6 crap is something all tornado researchers/serious enthusiasts are soooooo tired of. F5 is total destruction. Explain how an F6 could be worse? This is why they DO NOT EXIST.
I'm not saying it was an F6, nor that there ever has/will be one. I was just explaining what the old Fujita scale stated. The 287 mph gust was measured by a portable Doppler radar (owned and operated by a University of Oklahoma chase team led by Dr. Howard Bluestein) above ground level, not at ground level, where only F4 damage was recorded. Stop being belligerent.
And he is correct on part of his statement . the Old F scale only went up to 318 for an F5. Thus a tornado like the 99 okc F5 surpassed the windspeed rating for the F5. thats what he was saying. I have explained this 100 times. According to the old F scale OKC surpassed the WINDSPEEDS of an F5. Put away what you think he said and think of the WINDSPEED point. OKC clearly surpassed the old F Scales F5 rating as far as WINDSPEED was concerned.. He messed up the delivery but it is a point.
krystal , serious enthusiasts wouldn't be billigerent , first and foremost. And Ive explained this 100 times already. The F sclae does only go to 5. The windspeeds could have eceeded F5 which in windspeed terms would mean that it was higher than a 5. go in order add 1 to 5 and you get 6. Now although we all know ther is not an F6 ( we aren't all hicks ) The windspeeds if it were graded on those alone could exceed F5 Rating. Thus the EF scale moved the wind speed up.
@strandwolf hmm of course to you i may be a hick , but shall i explain what hick means around where I am from ? Nevermind , of course , knwing all that you know , everyone would be a hick to one so proudly educated , and precise as you .. I say that in all possible sarcasm as it sounds like it is meant.
I like the extended coverage of this one. Thanks. I'm from Wichita so I'm very familiar with this day. I think I heard something like there were 3 violent tornadoes on the ground at the same time at one point, which has never happened before. Absolutely amazing.
It was given an official rating of F-4, so no he wasn't wrong. Doppler radar indicated wind speeds do not count when an F-rating is assigned to a tornado.
Awesome Footage :), There are quite a few parts of that footage that are familiar to me, fromvarious documentaries on tornadoes :), and so, it's great to be able to see the extended footage :)
Thanks for uploading this Colonel A :), you rock :)
This should have been an F5.
britainmalbangkok 1 month ago
2nd most powerful tornado in the world.
britainmalbangkok 1 month ago
Thank you so much for this post of this amazing weather man Gary Shore. I grew up in Tulsa and spent the first 24 years of my life there from 1963-1986. Gary was on all the time and loved him and what he stood for and the fact he saved many lives. By this video you could tell how decent he really was because as dire a situation as this was he did not use a single curse word in this video. Am very sad that he is gone and read the obit on him on Yahoo. you will be missed.
PamelaRP 7 months ago
I just found out tonight that Gary Shore passed away three years ago. Very sad. I remember his forecast the night before this event.
He actually looked frightened. He was pleading with people to stay close to a TV or radio. Saying that the tornado outbreak the next day could be massive.
It was. But as it turned out, most of the damage was confined to west/cent OK and Kansas.
Gary Shore was the best winter weather forecaster I have ever seen. A truly amazing talent gone too soon.
mda037 8 months ago
I grew up watching Gary Shore in Tulsa. In my late teens, my Father and him became friends. I got to go over to his house a few times. He was cool.
seanvdevlintulsa 11 months ago
I was working with Gary during this storm , I was covering the radio information back at KJRH TV for KRMG radio while he was out in Red Rock . This was the same group of storms that wiped away a truck stop in Catoosa and 8 people lost their lives driving down the Will Rogers turnpike thinking they were driving into rain and not a rain wrapped tornado. I learned so much from Gary. He was a special man. I was lucky to have had the chance. I can't believe it has been 17 years since this storm.
snowman859ful 1 year ago
I wish somebody had a video of the Jarrell Texas tornado. Probably the most violent f5 tornado in history.
TheMightykaz 1 year ago
Great video, i feel like im along on a crazy tornado chase! amazing tornado tho!
pchris29 2 years ago
Awesome tornado footage. This was one really incredible tornado. I know it was being guessed as an F4 at the time it was being filmed, but I think it turned out to be an F5 when the damage rating was done for the tornado. I might be mixing it up with another tornado. I know the Andover Kansas tornado was rated F5, but I think this one was also an F5 rated tornado.
Torn80cj 2 years ago
@Torn80cj
NOAA archives I've found list this as an F4, though other groups have called it an F5.
To me it seems like something similar to the case of the '87 Edmonton, Alberta tornado.
dragonridley 1 year ago
@dragonridley I have a storm spotting manuel that has this listed as an F5, but I have found it listed as F4 also in the archives, I would say that the archives are most likely right, so I would say it's an F4, the manuel is more likely to be the one with a typo. Although the NOAA tornado archives have a messed up path for the F2 tornado that hit Durham, N.C. on May 5, 1989.
Torn80cj 1 year ago
Fantastic video of what tornadoes can do in Oklahoma. I am from Tulsa Oklahoma and grew up there and left there to go to Portland in 1991 for work. I used to watch Gary Shore on Channel 2 in Tulsa every day when he did the weather for them for years. I loved him and he was such a sweet guy that did his job 100%. I am sorry to hear that he died by what I read here on this post. He was a super guy that really loved people and especially chasing tornadoes. Thanks for this wonderful footage here.
PamelaRP 2 years ago
first time i saw this video I was 6 years old, Now i chase in ontario
Jamiesyme999 2 years ago 2
is that the gary shore from siouxland? i miss him. he was such a nice guy...
mollyrocks516 2 years ago
Question , isn't that the guys from storm chasers around 3:14 cuz the dude in the red shirt looks like the guy drivinf the DOW. And the guy on the other side of him looks like the meteorologist that reads the radar for them.. just wondering
dawg3277 2 years ago
this happened about a few hours after i was born. haha
tfspeanut 2 years ago
this tornado was rated F-4 because it traveled mostly through open country now if it hit a populated area this tornado would have been rated is f-5 as it should because the winds were estimated at 287 miles in hour
Heyde1979 2 years ago
Hell Yeah! Mr. Howard Bluestein, my weather hero!
yusukimawini 3 years ago
NEVER give an F-scale rating when the tornado is in progress. NWS survey teams give the rating based on the damage they see after the tornado has passed. That's what tickes me off about these chasers.
ILovestorms 3 years ago
Is it right to try to rate a tornado while it's on the ground? No. Should that "tick you off about these chasers?" No. Chill out. Try chasing and then judge us. Besides. Don't argue with Howie ;)
TexasLonghorn07 2 years ago
weve gotta get a chopper up man
omglawllawl 3 years ago
Gary Shore was the most accurate meteorologists and sweet-hearted people of the 20th century. When Gary's forecast didn't quite agree with anyone else's we all knew to trust his analysis implicitly. This video was the big one. At the time it was the fastest recorded ground wind speed in history. RIP Mr. Shore. It was an honor to have met you.
jakcamp 3 years ago
tiana sidhe, i also grew up watching gary shore on kjrh channel two in tulsa, ok. even though i lived in dewey, ok. my prayers are with the shore family and the kcau channel nine family over his passing.
deweyhighschool 3 years ago
who died ?????
craaazzzzeeeeeeee0 4 years ago
the guy primarily speaking in this video, the one who gets his glasses blown off. he died a few weeks ago :(
darrinrasberry 4 years ago 4
omg reallly thats so sad
craaazzzzeeeeeeee0 4 years ago 2
Yes, Gary Shore who was the chief meteorologist at KJRH in Tulsa until 1995 died of a heart attack at 55 in Sioux City, Iowa where he was the chief meteorologist at KOTV.
cbehr91 3 years ago 2
RIP, +1.
PilotOfNorway91 3 years ago
@darrinrasberry From what, may I ask?
PaulG85 1 year ago
As someone who knew him, yes, he was scared.
I grew up watching him on KJRH Channel 2 in Tulsa. I can even remember when the sports director was Jerry Webber.
TianaSidhe 4 years ago 2
@TianaSidhe Jerry Webber has also passed on.
seanvdevlintulsa 11 months ago
That is a classic chase scene when Gary's glasses get sucked off of his face.
Sorry to hear the news about him.
darin6 4 years ago
hey dude were u scared?
questman3 4 years ago
hey dude were u scared?
questman3 4 years ago
If you have a F4 blowing a mile away from you at 300 MPH, then hell yeah you would be scared. Anything within' 200 yards is in the hazard zone. Greensburg Tornado for example. That was the first and only F5 in the US! I know they're common, but I would just as scared as every other witness.
PilotOfNorway91 3 years ago
Alright F4 tornadoes dont have winds at 300mph F5 tornadoes do.Also Greensburg was not the only F5 by far however it was the first EF5.The EF scale is the new scale.
metalheadcyclone12 3 years ago
LOL ok, I rest my case.
PilotOfNorway91 3 years ago
Somebody told me this. LOL.
PilotOfNorway91 3 years ago
ummmm what? nah man the greensburg torndao is one of about 50 f5 tornados that have occured in the united states since around 1940
Everly1388 3 years ago
KK..I got to burn in hell, and regret this comment lol. (leaves*)
PilotOfNorway91 3 years ago
F4 tornado winds do not reach 300 mph. They are lower than that.
JET997u 3 years ago
I know, I regret that comment so hard. I wish there was a way to get away the "execceded comment limit" and a way to regret comments. Because I really knew that it wasn't the fact, yet I don't know why I put it up there. My bad! x(
PilotOfNorway91 3 years ago
i just watched the kcau remembering gary and they showed part of this there
Mariobrofromgametalk 4 years ago
Thoughts and Prayers to the Shore Family.
TuBIGrob 4 years ago
RIP, Gary.
stannous 4 years ago
yeah R.I.P. Gary im from sioux city
Mariobrofromgametalk 4 years ago
Gonna miss your passion for inclement weather Gary. RIP
soonerweather 4 years ago
thanks gary.
CHERMOTLEYCRUEFAN87 4 years ago
Rest in peace Gary Shore.
csx1016 4 years ago
RIP Gary!
darrinrasberry 4 years ago
NOW THATS A BAD TORNADO
Zaporiah 4 years ago
my home was actually taken by this tornado in '91 in marland
spiresdavid 4 years ago
Honey, Tornadoes do not have a life span to cross all those states and hit you home. I feel for you and am sorry that your home was hit by a tornado, but this tornado is not the culprit. You and yours are in my prayers.
paranormalinvest 4 years ago
Marland, Oklahoma, which is located a few miles NNE of Red Rock. Check your facts before you correct somebody.
mbatl0907 4 years ago
its big
Kisiha636 4 years ago
"We're actually out of danger believe it or not.... Uh... I'm gonna get back in the vehicle" lmao...
katie8758 4 years ago
I remember that storm and seeing the old footage again is neat. I remember you grabbing those glasses. Thanks for posting it up here. Oklahoma misses having Gary around.
721studios 4 years ago
wow.............i have the national geographic video with this one on it the tornado and hurricane one. when i was liek 6 it was the only vid i had for tornado footage and had no internet sooo it was hard to find source material especialy in ontario.........so i really cherished the vid...good memories ..last year i saw my first tornado........................cant even compare it to this one by a milestone
Jamiesyme999 4 years ago
This video doesnt work...it just goes straight to watch again...
eRiCaDear 4 years ago
OMFG! when it got real close i was like "move....NO!"
it was so damn close. cool footage!
Janetjacksongurl 4 years ago
Nice to see Gary Shore again. I was about 1/2 mile south of their filming location. Crazy weather day!!
soonerweather 4 years ago
I had just driven thru that area from Blackwell, Okla. a couple hours before that storm. Was trying to beat the storm home. I remember Gary too.
ashure36 4 years ago
Was this the same tornado involved with the McConnel AFB/Andover destruction?
XtremeWeirdo 4 years ago
No it wasn't. This was from a storm just to the south in northern Oklahoma. This tornado was one of 3 F4-F5 tornadoes to strike on April 26, 1991, with a total of around 60 in the outbreak. The Andover tornado was probably going through Andover or just finished with it when this video was shot.
broncoj20 4 years ago
listen dudes, if a tornado with 500mph winds only sideswipes a house and does f2 damage, its still only an f2. my point is despite the wind estimates, it was rated F4. get over it.
mikewxchaser 4 years ago
case in point before the Red Rock Tornado the strongest winds recorded was 284 m.p.h. in the Parker, IN tornado 4/3/74 it too was rated F4, it doesn't matter how strong the winds are it's the damage done by the tornado that determines the rating, if a tornado with winds of 300 m.p.h. does no damage whatsoever it's an F0
CobraKing619 4 years ago
but what is the likelyhood of that happening with 300 mph winds ? there would be damage if to nothing but trees. lol a tornado with that much wind would get an F4 rating just about every time.
dawg3277 2 years ago
i was born april 26 1991. Thats not weird!
sandcrab132 4 years ago
We're actually out of danger, believe it or not! ... I'm gonna get back in the vehicle!
darrinrasberry 4 years ago
that was an F5, about 320mph
JoshuaMouncer 4 years ago
289mph. It was rated an F-4. Now days it would have been an EF-5 since winds were 200mph +. It was still a Monster though.
fosho420 4 years ago
Um no. Wind speeds still cannot be accurately recorded, what instruments we are able to use are not accurate. It's the extent of damage that occurs to specific man made structures and vehicles, as well as trees and foilage that determines it's EF intensity rating.
KrystalFrizz 4 years ago
The winds were recorded by a portable Doppler radar at 287 MPH which is in the F5 range. But the tornado is officially an F4 because no F5 damage was recorded.
hfkjehgufihgiufewi 4 years ago
Now that makes sense. Thank you for clearing it up! I didn't know they had a DOW measuring the windspeeds in this tornado.
KrystalFrizz 4 years ago
It wasn't a DOW that measured it, DOW wouldn't come into service until 1995. The portable Doppler used here is what you see at 3:03 that has the two dishes set on a tripod.
ColonelAngus75 4 years ago
Oh.. I had no idea. Thank you for learnin' me!
KrystalFrizz 4 years ago
You're welcome!
ColonelAngus75 4 years ago
No. The winds in this tornado were measured at 287 mph. However, since it only produced F4 damage, it was rated an F4. And on the old F-Scale, 320 mph would have been an F6. F5 goes up to 318 mph. But with the new EF-Scale, it only goes as high as five.
mbatl0907 4 years ago
There is not, nor has there EVER been such a thing as an F6 tornado. Don't believe me? go to the NOAA website and ask the question in the search bar. The F6 crap is something all tornado researchers/serious enthusiasts are soooooo tired of. F5 is total destruction. Explain how an F6 could be worse? This is why they DO NOT EXIST.
KrystalFrizz 4 years ago
I'm not saying it was an F6, nor that there ever has/will be one. I was just explaining what the old Fujita scale stated. The 287 mph gust was measured by a portable Doppler radar (owned and operated by a University of Oklahoma chase team led by Dr. Howard Bluestein) above ground level, not at ground level, where only F4 damage was recorded. Stop being belligerent.
mbatl0907 4 years ago
And he is correct on part of his statement . the Old F scale only went up to 318 for an F5. Thus a tornado like the 99 okc F5 surpassed the windspeed rating for the F5. thats what he was saying. I have explained this 100 times. According to the old F scale OKC surpassed the WINDSPEEDS of an F5. Put away what you think he said and think of the WINDSPEED point. OKC clearly surpassed the old F Scales F5 rating as far as WINDSPEED was concerned.. He messed up the delivery but it is a point.
dawg3277 2 years ago
krystal , serious enthusiasts wouldn't be billigerent , first and foremost. And Ive explained this 100 times already. The F sclae does only go to 5. The windspeeds could have eceeded F5 which in windspeed terms would mean that it was higher than a 5. go in order add 1 to 5 and you get 6. Now although we all know ther is not an F6 ( we aren't all hicks ) The windspeeds if it were graded on those alone could exceed F5 Rating. Thus the EF scale moved the wind speed up.
dawg3277 2 years ago
Oh really? You most definitely ARE TOO a hick. Most assuredly, that you are....
strandwolf 2 years ago
@strandwolf hmm of course to you i may be a hick , but shall i explain what hick means around where I am from ? Nevermind , of course , knwing all that you know , everyone would be a hick to one so proudly educated , and precise as you .. I say that in all possible sarcasm as it sounds like it is meant.
dawg3277 2 years ago
I like the extended coverage of this one. Thanks. I'm from Wichita so I'm very familiar with this day. I think I heard something like there were 3 violent tornadoes on the ground at the same time at one point, which has never happened before. Absolutely amazing.
broncoj20 4 years ago
Fuck that for a game of soldiers !!
Mongeyman 5 years ago
they were wrong...it was F-5
cleftronix 5 years ago
It was given an official rating of F-4, so no he wasn't wrong. Doppler radar indicated wind speeds do not count when an F-rating is assigned to a tornado.
ColonelAngus75 5 years ago
Damn that must be scary as hell!
FuturamaGuy 5 years ago
Unbelievable footage. Strongest winds ever recorded on earth until the 1999 Moore F5: 289 mph! I second Willie's thoughts...awesome upload!
twelfthfloor777 5 years ago
1999 brought 318 mph wind not 289
tornadomad 5 years ago
I meant for this tornado, 289 mph.
twelfthfloor777 5 years ago
oh... sorry. :(
tornadomad 5 years ago
It was actually 287 M.P.H .
cvilleok 4 years ago
Anytime buddy :)
WillieDines1 5 years ago
Awesome Footage :), There are quite a few parts of that footage that are familiar to me, fromvarious documentaries on tornadoes :), and so, it's great to be able to see the extended footage :)
Thanks for uploading this Colonel A :), you rock :)
WillieDines1 5 years ago
Thanks!
ColonelAngus75 5 years ago