Tornadic Supercell & Wall Cloud- Woodward, OK June 5th, 2001

[kurtdog119]

@tornadovideostock

Say Scott, I think I know what the siren you were standing by. The siren you were standing by I think is a 3T22, if I'm not mistaken about this siren.

[tornadovideostock]

@kurtdog119 Awesome! It's funny because up until recently I wasn't aware of all the different sirens that were out there, all of you here have educated me on this. Thanks!

[kurtdog119]

@tornadovideostock

Now Scott, I've seen a 3T22 in person and I've heard it sounding in person. The signal it sounded for tests was attack, and I've heard and seen two STH-10s in person, once sounding for a test, and once sounding for fire calls. The test and fire call signals are attack, and the sirens would be tested at 6:00pm every Monday for 1 minute. Ever since I grew fond of fire sirens, the sound of fire sirens was music to my ears, as I want to be a firefighter in the future.

[tornadovideostock]

@kurtdog119 Thanks for all the info!! Much appreciated! And best of luck with your firefighter plans! all the best!

[acahurricane1275]

in woodward ,ok theres 5 sirens

Tbolt - by sheans hardware (texas avenue)

xt22 by a school

xt22 - Highland park school

STH10 - on east main avenue and 1st street

rsh 10- behind a house on 15th street and this xt22 idk where its at , i tried to find it but i couldnt

[starlitsable]

what is the hail size?

[tornadovideostock]

@starlitsable In this storm we heard reports of baseball hail, but did not encounter any ourselves. Thanks for watching!

[starlitsable]

that siren is so loud

[sentrysiren01]

that siren was a 3t22

[josecitoperecito]

those are scud clouds. oh so wikipedia says scud clouds can actually form into wall clouds. wow!

[tornadovideostock]

@josecitoperecito Yes, you can see the wall cloud forming as all the scud began rising towards the base of the supercell. It was an amazing thing to witness, thanks for watching!

[josecitoperecito]

@tornadovideostock thats a macroburst in the beginning of the video right?

[tornadovideostock]

@josecitoperecito It's possible. The downdraft region was pretty intense for sure. Thanks for watching!

[kurtdog119]

@tornadovideostock

At 0:31 into the video, I noticed a possible lighting strike, with cloud-to-ground lightning involved. The cloud-to-ground lightning definitely caught me off guard when I first saw it.

[kurtdog119]

@tornadovideostock

Hey Scott, I noticed something at 1:05 during the 1/10th speed, and it looked like cloud-to-ground lightning striking something for a lightning strike. Have you ever caught any lightning strikes on video during any of your chases?

[tornadovideostock]

@kurtdog119 Many lightning strikes over the years for sure! I have a lightning playlist on my channel with tons of great stuff :)

[kurtdog119]

@tornadovideostock

I'll check it out for sure!

[kurtdog119]

@tornadovideostock

Hey Scott, when I looked at the date for this video, I noticed that you chased this storm prior to the 9-11 disaster, which had not yet taken place when this video was made.

[tornadovideostock]

@kurtdog119 Yep, this was just three months before 9/11...a different world back then. Thanks for checking out the video!

[kurtdog119]

@tornadovideostock

Scott, when I looked at the siren you were standing by more closely when you zoomed out, I noticed that the siren is a either a 2T22 or a 3T22, either of which is one of the tornado/fire sirens in some cities. I doubt the siren you were standing by is used also for fire calls. Most likely only a tornado siren.

[neosho53059]

i wosh we had good storms like these in WI :(

[tornadovideostock]

@neosho53059 I've seen a few good storms in Wisconsin over the years. Here in NYC where I live however we almost never get storms like this. But, we did get a big one back in Sept 2010 that trashed my neighborhood so it does happen from time to time. Thanks for watching!

[neosho53059]

@tornadovideostock not as good as this storm ;D

[CSX8663]

yyyeeeaaauuuhhh! 2T22

[KCspur92]

Perfect spot, great timing, beautiful wall cloud, beastly 3t22, and awesome chase. If this video gets any dislikes, including accidentals, then I have lost all hope in mankind...

[tornadovideostock]

@KCspur92 Ha ha thanks so much! Really happy you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for watching!

[tornadovideostock]

@lionsforlyons Definitely an amazing storm! Thanks so much for watching!

[Gunzboy12]

Your videos are really great! I really enjoy watching them! great job : D

[tornadovideostock]

@Gunzboy12 Thanks so much for watching!! Much appreciated! 

[Gunzboy12]

@tornadovideostock No problem! Consider yourself having another subscriber! i love this kind of stuff! keep up the good work and ill keep watching

[anotherlonelyheart1]

goosebumps i don't know why but major goosebumps

[kimers7685]

omg i love your voice! it reminds me alot of carey elwes =) very good capture btw =P

[tornadovideostock]

@kimers7685 Ha ha thanks! Yes Carey Elwes is awesome, I am honored :) So glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching

[Killercore20]

I fucken love those sirens i ignored your warning about them, full BLAST!!!

[tornadovideostock]

@Killercore20 Ha ha right on! Well, just wanted to warn everyone just so they weren't caught off guard, lol! Thanks for watching

[aldente543]

@Killercore20 I love those sirens

[anotherlonelyheart1]

@Killercore20 yeah when i lived in town they were scary to me now days without them i freak when it storms,, I live way out of town so i can't hear them i miss them i guess

[Killercore20]

@anotherlonelyheart1 They're very useful I must say, however, they do cause a scare to many people out there. I'm just that type a person that would find the sounds of sirens very calming to the point of where I could sleep to them. :)

[tornadovideostock]

@Littlelazygirl123456 Awesome! So while you were coming into this world, I was filming a supercell thunderstorm, lol. Very cool.

[PipBoy1212]

Oh shit! These are Civil Defense Sirens aren't they? I'm surprised that they have these, I'm also surprised that the Thunderbolt 1000t is still being used.

[tornadovideostock]

@PipBoy1212 I believe so..I've learned so much over the last few months as to the types of sirens that are used out in tornado alley. Love all the posts here :) Thanks for watching!

[Motorfordtoyota]

Them some odd ass sirens, the one just up the road from my house is nothing like that. sweet storm.

[tornadovideostock]

@Motorfordtoyota And super loud too! lol Thanks for watching!

[Motorfordtoyota]

@tornadovideostock Yeah, ours isnt that loud either.

[shorttman1968]

@tornadovideostock thats a Federal signal 2t22 or 3t22

[shorttman1968]

@Motorfordtoyota its a federal signal 2t22 or 3t22

[LuvsTstormTapes]

Woweee...Scott...your own Tstorm here of 8/16/2000 is about as good as my own 2 real noisy Tstorms I videotaped the very same day here in southern RI....you got lotsa nice CGs and so did I.... Not sure if you ever saw my own 8/16/2000-Tstorm videos...but maybe I should post a video response of mine with yours VERY SAME DAY....BTW..exactly 10 years later to the day of our 8/16/2000-Tstorms..I met in person a first-met-via-YouTube buddy who goes by ''Videofan06''..lives in Newport RI on 8/16/10!

[csengeri]

That was a nice storm but I don't like those sirens!

[tornadovideostock]

@csengeri The sirens were definitely LOUD! That's why I put the warning text there a few seconds before they went off so I could warn the viewer :)

[tornadovideostock]

@lonerman270 Ha ha yes, my ears were ringing for quite a while after that!! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[nickdegunya666]

lots of amazing lightning shots and thank god for the note bout the sirens

[tornadovideostock]

@nickdegunya666 Yes! lol....I didn't want folks to get caught off guard when those sirens went off. Needless to say, they were LOUD! Thanks for watching

[huracanado1]

Great job as always Scott. Nice view of the structure of that beast. Btw, the siren really added to the ambient sound in the video, wow!

[tornadovideostock]

@huracanado1 Thanks!!

[Torn80cj]

No tornado, but still a great video showing the formation of that wall cloud. Lightning strikes were good also.

[tornadovideostock]

@Torn80cj Glad you enjoyed! Definitely a beast of a storm :)

[drft4life]

awesome video, it reminded me of a storm I got earlier this year. everything fell apart quickly after the wallcloud had formed though. Looking around here watching videos I hadnt seen waiting on next spring to hurry up and get here haha

[ilovepolice1]

awesome sounding 2T22!

[tornadovideostock]

@ilovepolice1 It definitely did it's job! It was LOUD! LOL. Thanks for watching!

[TheTornadohunter]

Nice capture my friend.

[tornadovideostock]

@TheTornadohunter Thanks!!!

[TheTornadohunter]

@tornadovideostock

YW!

[randa1479]

Amazing Video!!

[Jonasdearaujo]

Beautiful lightnings in this supercell!

And holy shit, those sirens are NOISY! But they have to be, so that the entire city can listen to it.

[tornadovideostock]

@Jonasdearaujo Yep! The sirens were definitely LOUD! lol. As you said though, they have to be so the town is aware of the danger. Thanks for watching!

[StormChaseChicago]

That is some beautiful storm. The rising motion was great. Nice precip core too.

[tornadovideostock]

@StormChaseChicago Thanks for watching! Yes, this storm really really tried to produce a tornado but just couldn't quite do it.

[tornadovideostock]

@alfru94 Back then I was using a device called the Lightning Trigger. It was basically a modified slave trigger where it would trip the shutter of my Nikon F3 when it detected a lightning flash. Problem was it couldn't tell the difference between a flash, and a bolt. Now a days we use our digital cameras so we don't have to worry about wasting a ton of film like in the "old" days, lol

[nimmiss]

Wow! Amazing !

[tornadovideostock]

@nimmiss Thanks for watching!

[nyxong24]

Astonishing catch, the updraft was just breathtaking, it was a textbook mesocyclone.

[tornadovideostock]

@nyxong24 Thanks for watching!! Really glad you enjoyed the video. Yes, this was a textbook storm and an amazing one to witness first hand!

[awesomelightning]

good one, really dude. really good one.

[tornadovideostock]

@awesomelightning Thanks! 

[awesomelightning]

@tornadovideostock its a great supercell vid.

[awesomelightning]

wo. beaut of a mesocyclone too. 

[tornadovideostock]

@awesomelightning It really was! The rotation was noticable even without time lapse!!

[awesomelightning]

@tornadovideostock [bleep] wow. I wish I was there. 

[awesomelightning]

beaut. 

[tornadovideostock]

@awesomelightning A great storm indeed! Thanks for watching!

[awesomelightning]

@tornadovideostock Sadly in FL, though they say we have a lot of tornadoes, I haven't seen one. Not even an EF0. The closest I've been is a dustdevil in the Outback. It was a tall one, too. Well, there dustdevils are common. Here, if there is a tornado where I live, a lot of little kids won't be happy, since it will destroy disney. I live 5 minutes from it.

[tornadovideostock]

@awesomelightning Oh wow, 5 minutes from Disney eh? Yeah, lol....a lot of unhappy kids for sure if one hits there! Still though, Florida does get it's fair share of tornadoes, but many of them occur at night and are rain wrapped. The statistics can definitely be deceiving!

[awesomelightning]

@tornadovideostock Then I need to stay up on the months of DEC JAN FEB! O_o I still don't understand why those are the months when I seldom see a cumulus cloud, let alone a raindrop in winter?

[tornadovideostock]

@awesomelightning Yep, starting in February is your tornado season. It does run through the summer of course, but you guys are part of what is called "Dixie Alley".

[awesomelightning]

@tornadovideostock Isn't that a little bit more north of us, containing the most poweful tornadoes? We live in "Lightning and Hurricane" alley, I know thwt.

[tornadovideostock]

@awesomelightning Yeah, it is technically a bit north of you guys, but some consider the central Florida area part of it too. The very southern part of "Dixie Alley"

[awesomelightning]

@tornadovideostock ^.^ but I don't see any tornadoes, let alone big ones! Let alone a supercell! -_- well I hae seen a few. We mainly see either hurricanes, squalls, thunderstorms, rainstorms, electrical storms (a great number of these), and a few other types. Daily in the Summer, typically. LOOOOOOOOOTS of lightning, XD I am attempting to type without looking at the keys w/o bkspc= I love toenadoes. XD thas weird but I do better that I usuallly do!

[awesomelightning]

@tornadovideostock Sadly in FL, though they say we have a lot of tornadoes,

[awesomelightning]

@tornadovideostock haven't seen one. Not even an EF0. The closest I've been is a dustdevil in the Outback. It was a tall one, too. Well, there dustdevils are common. Here, if there is a tornado where I live, a lot of little kids won't be happy, since it will destroy disney. I live 5 minutes from it.

[L12weather]

Your videos are FANTASTIC! You are anincredible stormchaser!

Greetings from Italy, where these storms are only a dream...

Hello!!!

Leonardo

[tornadovideostock]

@L12weather Wow, thank you so much Leonardo...not sure I deserve that but thank you :) So glad you've enjoyed my videos! I hope you get to see some great storms for yourself one day soon! All the best

[LisaLossong]

wow ..scary

[bluesemotion]

Amazing video ,Scott .It was great to watch the storm gaining power....uhhhh

I enjoyed it so much. Thank you for sharing

[tornadovideostock]

@bluesemotion So glad you enjoyed the video!! Thank you for watching

[garyhstorms10]

The Siren in your video is a Federal Signal 2T22 Siren

[tornadovideostock]

@garyhstorms10 Sweet! Thanks for the info! And thanks for watching!

[tornadovideostock]

@Thunderbolt1000T Ha ha no problem!! Yeah, I didn't want folks to get caught off guard and have their entire neighborhood woken out of bed, or their speakers blown!! Thanks for watching!!

[ozthunder]

Great footage, love the lightning barrage and time lapse

[tornadovideostock]

@ozthunder Thanks for watching! I'm having a great time going through my old footage and I'm happy that you're enjoying watching the vids!!

[MrDogs32]

excellent footage

[tornadovideostock]

@MrDogs32 Thanks!! Glad you enjoyed!

[GonzaMart24]

Awesome, awesome video Scott!!!! that lightning is amazing!!

[tornadovideostock]

@GonzaMart24 Thanks for watching!!

[NathanWithrow]

That wall cloud is amazing! Incredible lightning strikes in this awesome storm footage of your past years Scott!

[tornadovideostock]

@NathanWithrow Thanks Nathan! It was definitely a memorable chase and I can't believe it's almost been 10 years already! I have many more tapes to go through and I'm really looking forward to posting more vids over the coming weeks! Thanks for watching!

[khaler2000]

i could watch these videos all day!! thanks so much! I live in Indiana where we really get our share of violent weather...just last week we had a cold front move thru at 80 miles per hr...it was awesome!

[tornadovideostock]

@khaler2000 So glad you enjoyed the video! Thank you for watching. And yes, I saw a bunch of video on the evening news from that massive low pressure system barreling through your neck of the woods last week! Insane storm indeed!!

[mysticmagic4760]

Excellent video Scott! Incredible to watch that storm build...the lightning was amazing! (:

[tornadovideostock]

@mysticmagic4760 Glad you enjoyed! Thanks so much for watching :)

[akaDJMantis]

Even just watching the video, hearing the siren and seeing gray skeys gets the adrenaline pumping. Good stuff.

[tornadovideostock]

@akaDJMantis Thanks!!! Can't wait for next spring =)

[OfficialGraycient]

pretty cool =)

[vmax135]

Absolutely AWESOME, Scott!!! That wall cloud was incredible! And thanks for the warning to lower the volume before the sirens went off, it gave me enough time to turn up the volume up as loud as it would go... lol. My poor nieghbors.

[tornadovideostock]

@vmax135 LOL!!! Oh man you must have scared the entire neighborhood there! hehe. Yeah, those sirens were deafening! Of course, standing right next to them didn't help either ;) So glad you enjoyed the video Michael!! I'm having a blast going through my old digital 8 tapes....more to come!!

[stlchevy95]

I dunno what to call that cloud hanging over the road. Howbout RAPID ROTATION DUE EAST!!!!!! Lol. And I know first hand how much those sirens hurt. Haha I live bout that close to one as is and it seems I'm always outside when there's a warning lol. And I flinch like that when they do. And as always these videos are awesome to say the least:-) can't wait for spring!

[tornadovideostock]

@stlchevy95 Thanks so much! Really happy you enjoyed the video! And yes, those sirens are loud as hell! LOL! Then again, that's how they get the word out to take cover. Still one of the meatiest wall clouds I've ever seen. The storm tried and tried but just couldn't produce a tornado. Still an amazing beast none the less

[larry2043]

Wow, that was an absolutely amazing video!!!!

Great job, as usual, Scott!!!!

[anonymousstormchaser]

nice do you use a light detector for the lightning? I know that's not the proper name but I can't remember it right now.

[tornadovideostock]

@anonymousstormchaser Ha ha yeah that was the Lightning Trigger! I had one about 10 years back and it did work quite well. It was basically a modified slave trigger which would trip the shutter automatically when it detected a lightning flash. Problem was, it couldn't tell the difference between a bolt and a flash, so there was a lot of wasted film

[robrob18]

Amazing Footage as always

[tornadovideostock]

@robrob18 Thanks so much!!