1991 April 26 Red Rock, Oklahoma Tornado (part 1 of 3)

[HookEchoWeb]

Great video.  Scary with the car trouble

[norsemustang]

This was the same day as the tornado that hit my hometown of Oologah. The 20 year anniversary of it is next week.

[IrishRedRose]

"Think we're having a Maalox moment here!"--HAHAHAHAHA....your commentary is priceless, thanks for the well-shot video!

p.s. glad you didn't meet your "darlin'" tornado too up-close-and-personal that day!!!

[duckpoop220]

at least you didn't have cows good

[Jamiesyme999]

massive storm

[t80tank20]

I'd love to get tornado footage like this, especially as it's nearing I-35. Closest I got was the Quinter tornado of last year, but not with such violent motion as the Red Rock tornado had.

[bluesbrother936]

i saw footage of this on part 1 of "Twisters: Nature's Fury". I thought this was in Billings, OK. the narrator said it was in Billings, OK

[t80tank20]

It was closer to Billings, but known as the Red Rock tornado. In Twisters! Natures Fury, theres time lapse footage taken by Robert Prentice put to music. Would you happen to know who made that song?

[aurora990]

car trouble while a tornado is getting closer to your location, changing direction, coming towards you again and repeadily doing the same thing really makes a scary scene scarier. I would ditch the car if it gets too close, go to a ditch or nearby tornado shelter and wait for the tornado to go by.

[RobertPrentice]

Curious thing is my chase partner said his car never had engine problems before or after this day. The tornado crossed I-35 over mile-marker 200, about three miles south of where his car died so we were never in any real danger.

[aurora990]

I am thankful everybody had gotten out of a bad situation of the car not wanting to start when a tornado was several miles away. it is not easy to follow tornadoes and storms but somebody has to.

[Jamiesyme999]

one thing about going into a ditch just so anyone reading knows is that they need to get away from their cars if possible. Few cases of people going into a ditch right beside their car and the car rolled them

[aurora990]

@Jamiesyme999 I had heard previous reports of people getting killed in a ditch while trying to take last-minute shelter in a ditch from a tornado as a result of being next to a vehicle. a ditch is a safe last-minute tornado shelter but it would be safer to leave the car behind you than next to you as far as possible.

[cbehr91]

I think it's a Chevy Caprice, 1977-90.

[RobCorvette]

I was born the day before this happened. Really creepy, but great footage. 5/5

[NSx81]

i was born on this day

[seth1ranger]

i was to everything bad happens in april it seems lol

[ruleta74835]

I friend of mine died that day (or the next day) of leukemia. He was in his early 20's. I remember the news of the Andover tornado and the news of his death coming on the same weekend.

[Heyde1979]

I am sorry to hear about your friend the Andover tornado was really devestating if the siren in town was working the death toll would have been less

[E3tiger]

Me 2 bro!

[skylarthompson]

cooL!

[DavidALover]

Thats really cool!!!!!!

[paulkalmes]

this was a very violent tornado....it held the record for the fastest winds on record until the moore/bridge creek tornado of 1999 passed it.

[ILovestorms]

Both of those tornadoes occurred in Oklahoma - Tornado Alley.