Huge Tornado in Oklahoma City - May 24, 2011

[Timbrock1000]

Let's see, Oklahoma City has tornados, Denver has blizzards, L.A. has earthquakes, Miami has hurricanes, St. Louis has floods, Chicago has wind, Phoenix has heat waves ...and New York has the worst of all of them!... Mayor Bloomberg!!

[splintercellrob]

1:37 ghost electric fire

[A7Xliveitordie]

i think its a maxi XD

[stealthypenguin134]

yes but did u see the dancing polar bear...

[HellothereimAmanda]

Chuck Norris has farted and made that tornado

[DamieP1]

Is it just me or did they just totally let a car drive towards the tornado that they were running away from at 2:00??? Or were they chasing another one???

[kobematthewcpvids]

I bet Leeroy Jekins will be like OYUS! LEEEEEEEROY JEEEEKINS! * moments later* R.I.P

[crazidog1fan]

that sky is fucking creepy O.o

[1lincolnweather]

Was that a EF5 Tornado?

[uofl2004]

@1lincolnweather Yes

[bigazzpimp407]

Thank you for posting this!

[watcherman65]

David Payne Rocks.....

[HardcoreHolly49]

My family thought there was a tornado heading for our house because we could hear strong wind and rain. It was crazy.

[Legacyremains]

Was sitting in my living room watching this on T.V. in Broken Arrow.

[Brightstarblog7]

it is the hand of God

[lgmmrm]

what exactly do they mean "Maxi Tornado"

I know what a Multi-Vortex Tornado is

I know the Fujita Scale

I know what a Tornado Vortex Signature is

I know what a Mesocyclone is

I know alot of these terms but I've never heard of a "Maxi Tornado"

[uofl2004]

@lgmmrm Basically its a tornado thats 1/4 Mi wide or larger. It is nothing scientific just something "Freak Out Four" says when there is a large tornado.

[FreshNapp]

Oh gdddd telephone pole hovering over them.

[ldefaria1]

I agree with others - this is perhaps the most dramatic footage ever - not just because of the video, but more haunting the very real panic in the voices of the radio announcers.

[SLiike311]

Yeah, very obvious indeed that the pole was ripped completely from the ground and hurled into the huge debris cloud that this massive pry EF4-EF5 twister was capable of producing. Massive stove pipe wedge tornado pry got up to a mile wide.

[jolietdave3750]

It's pretty obvious that the pole was ripped off leaving the top portion dangling on the wire. I don't know why people think it was just flying around like that.

[PytoX]

wow that eletricity pole is crazy :o

[beedee772]

I went up to Piedmont about 2 hours after that storm hit. that thing ripped the grass out of the ground. Houses were completely leveled, and i even saw a car on top on a house. and, I also saw a car that was thrown into a tree so hard, it wrapped around the tree. EF-4, maybe even EF-5 damage. Prayers for them!

[altfactor]

Maybe the most dramatic tornado footage ever, considering that it was broadcast live in Oklahoma City.

I wonder if any of the national cable news channels picked-up the KFOR footage live.

[astroph]

@altfactor Ya I watched this live on the weather channel as it was happening. Couldn't believe it.

[lgmmrm]

@altfactor yes, the Weather Channel was Showing the KFOR Footage LIVE on National TV, I was watching it in Sikeston, Missouri hoping that these storms would weaken before they got to the Bootheel, they did, but barely

[joonipuur]

Yeah, this was by far the scariest shit I've ever watched live streaming!

[laurastdeleon]

OH MY GOD what is he doing in a car in the middle of a tornado

[joonipuur]

@laurastdeleon Trying to find out where the tornado was so that they could warn people.

[radioguru21]

i wouldnt be suprised to see the storms go away when the president gets back into country and then after he goes out of country again... i bet the weather starts up again or the "Big" one happens...

[Timbrock1000]

@radioguru21 But what'll happen when he leaves (office) for good after he's defeated in November?

[TheBank0fspank]

@radioguru21 you are an ignoramus

[radioguru21]

i live in Bixby, OK. 2 hours before these storms started neither mine nor my wife's cell phone could get service. My friend stopped by at 530 and has a diff cell phone provider and her cell couldn't get service either. i just thought it was wierd. Like something in our area was completely jamming everything before there was even a storm near by. God bless those effected yesterday. I hope this is the last big outbreak.

[Aslanx10]

1:37 Haunted electricity pole.

[boggywoggy1]

@Aslanx10 I could only envision a crucifix

[megadudesky]

@Aslanx10 oooooo weeeeeeee oooooooo

[hanspar21]

Just missed Ada today! Thank goodness! But I do have friends and fam that lived through this horrible storm today! Praying for the rest of you as it moves across the region!

[AllenGraph]

crazy

[shnozberries92]

Damn I'm glad Davids ok.

[silkcat51]

I watched all this live this afternoon. It absolutely wore me out emotionally. I grew up in OKC....and it was never this bad.

[boogysplit]

@silkcat51 I grew up everywhere from OKC, MWC, Guthrie, Edmond, and Stillwater...from what I recall...in '99, it was much worse when the EF5 ran from OKC to Tulsa. This is very normal....thats why most Okies have storm shelters in their yards. At least the ones who don't live in trailers.

[boogysplit]

@silkcat51 we also had regular tornado drills in school back when I was a kid...the air-raids are a very familiar sound.

[silkcat51]

@am153

Actually, we're breaking records for F4 and F5 tornados this year. Joplin, MO just broke the all time record for deaths in any one strike. The frequency of tornados is setting records....But it is the average time of year for them.

[GoRillaRaDioSS]

@silkcat51 April set the record for most tornadoes in a month! We are now seeing record setting sizes of Tornadoes...this is tornado season but these are not normal! These tornadoes we are seeing are Man made.

[chuckal00]

@GoRillaRaDioSS Totally agree with you, if its not there haarp machines, then they have this mastered another way, but yes is isn’t mother nature or her own, this is someone playing with there new toy, not caring who gets in the way, this is scary as hell, pardon my English lol, PEACE ALL and please stay safe

[boogysplit]

@GoRillaRaDioSS That is the most retarded, paranoid, conspiracy bullshit I have ever heard. I spent my childhood in Logan county. This is normal for that region I have seen 7 tornadoes drop one right after the other in Enid back when I was 10 years old. And back in '99 they had an EF5 run from OKC to Tulsa. Learn something about how weather works before you try to spread your fear around you uneducated fuck.

[GoRillaRaDioSS]

@boogysplit Look farmer John this isnt the same shit you saw as a kid... how do you explain the most tornadoes ever in one month? Do some research, people are seeing radar anomolies and posting it all over the web and calling out these tornadoes 24-48 hours in advance. A Ring or scalar squares in the exact area that gets hit by severe weather. Weather modification has been around since you were a kid so step outside your little box and do some thinking for yourself. "Uneducated fuck"

[boogysplit]

@GoRillaRaDioSS How? Let me explain something to you about technology and its advancement over time. In these days we are able to track and record where and when they will and might drop much more effeciently than before...notice we now have color tvs to warn us about them, radios with extended frequencies, doppler radar ring a bell? Back in the day, tornadoes were reported as they were seen.now we have some pretty cool tech called radar. So we can see them, even if it isnt in a persons view.

[boogysplit]

@GoRillaRaDioSS Just because every tornado couldnt be counted or tracked before, doesnt mean it has never happened...that is just plain ignorant thinking to believe this is the worst weather Oklahoma has ever seen. Now thinking the government has some kind of secret weapon that controls the weather to destroy its own nation of people for whatever paranoid and fearmongering reason you have in your fucked up mind is only to spread fear and hope you drag as many ppl down with you.

[uofl2004]

@boogysplit This was not the worse, only 8 tornado happend May 24 2010. May 3 1999 was the most prolific day for tornadoes in Oklahoma with 58

[boogysplit]

@uofl2004 another fact about tornadoes...a large amount of them doesnt mean shit...its the size and amount of destruction put out...99 caused much more destruction, and I can say I saw it with my own eyes...can you? 58 tornadoes could have been tiny stovepipes, leaving not much to worry about compared to one that is cloaked by the rain and 2 miles wide.

[uofl2004]

@boogysplit The size of a tornado dose not always correlate the amount of destruction it produces, just the size of the ground circulation. There have been tornadoes around 75 ft wide do F4-5 damage & tornadoes that are over a half mile wide do F0-1 damage

[boogysplit]

@uofl2004 So are you trying to tell me, that a simple stovepipe can be more derstuctive than a mile wide rain hidden wedge? Tell you what...give me the name of this university you went to...believe it or not, I know many of the profs at several campus locations all over Ok. My family has been part of the Freemasons and we are very involved with the campus faculty from Stillwater and OKC. You were 15 back in '99, so I am certain if you went to school anywhere in Ok. I would know your advisors.

[boogysplit]

@GoRillaRaDioSS perhaps you should give yourself a lesson on how warm and cold air react to each other before you try and spread your fear you fucking spineless libral asshole!

[boogysplit]

@GoRillaRaDioSS But then again...its pretty typical for children your age to fall into the anti-government conspiracy stereotype. (yes even at 24, you are still a child) And I find it very funny for you to think that you know more than those who actually have lived this long before you were a gleam in your daddys eye.

[boogysplit]

@GoRillaRaDioSS I assume next you are gonna tell us that Jesse Ventura and the Ultimate Warrior have teamed up to exposed the government for its involvement in the earthquake in japan with its Haarp weapon in order to pull our attention away from our movements in Libia right?

[GoRillaRaDioSS]

@boogysplit that last one was a good one.. lol and i wasnt talking about just Oklahoma i was talking about the whole U.S. You can keep on insulting me and even go as far as lookin up my age lol(whos the immature one now) but, its not going to change the fact that weather modification has been around a long time and its real. Now good day to you sheep, go back to your 9-5 and watching colored television.

[boogysplit]

@GoRillaRaDioSS But there arent tornadoes in the whole US..they are common almost always in the midwest...you call me the sheep, yet it is you who are falling for the conspiracy rhetoric...I won't buy anyones bullshit, and you call me the sheep? As far as looking at your age when I checked your conspiracy bias, it only confirms my thoughts of you inexperience of the world around you. I am very much your elder. Weather controlling weapons are in the sci-fi shows..turn off your TV.

[GoRillaRaDioSS]

@boogysplit Yeah of course midwest is tornado alley and of course spring is tornado season everyone knows that. i'm saying these storms that we are seeing all over the U.S. and especially in the midwest are being intesified. I believe its from weather modification. There are plenty of resources and documentation that weather modification exists, someone who has been around the block for awhile i would think they would have some knowledge on the subject. What makes you think it isnt possible?

[boogysplit]

@GoRillaRaDioSS No, there are plenty of resources and documentations of "theory"...you see there is a very visible line between theory and fact. I don't think its possible because there are many true professionals out there who have been studying weather all their lives that will still tell you that we don't know jack about how the weather system truely works...let alone being able to build a machine that controls it....

[boogysplit]

@GoRillaRaDioSS Another thing is, I don't believe that storms have intensified...in fact, studies have shown that there are far worse points in time when the earth was damn near uninhabitable...take the ice age for instance. We have simply found a way in the recent years to be able to track and record storms and natural disasters more easily. The EF5 tornado of May 1999 was the very first recorded tornado of that magnitude, yet I highly doubt it was the first.

[boogysplit]

@GoRillaRaDioSS You see, when people can't explain things, especially as of recent, the current trend is to blame those who are responsible for our safety...which happens to be the government. When a disaster happens and the government isnt ready for it and we have bodies everywhere, its their fault, But when the government gives us what we ask for, FEMA for example, people will then move on to say the help is a clever disguise for world domination and seperatist conspiracies. ...

[boogysplit]

@GoRillaRaDioSS See what im getting to here?....no matter what happens, no matter what the result, no matter where it is, or who does what...the government will always get a bad rap from a small percentage of people who are just scared and looking for someone to blame. Creating a convincing conspiracy is about as hard as the game "7 steps to Kevin Bacon"...you can always find a convincing connection to anything if you try hard enough.

[GoRillaRaDioSS]

@boogysplit i'll send ya some links of documentation and resources if you'd like.

[boogysplit]

@GoRillaRaDioSS Thats quite alright...I have seen and read plenty for and against these views. And I have found that what I have seen, read, and experienced, have backed up my beliefs far more than those that have opposed them. I choose not to believe in a weather control weapon..our government can't even get its own people to work together correctly...I do not believe there is a mind on this planet that can achieve what you suggest.

[GoRillaRaDioSS]

@boogysplit I guess its "normal" for springfiled to get tornadoes also huh boogy?

[boogysplit]

@GoRillaRaDioSS Don't know...I'm not a meteorologist. When I see someone summon an earthquake or tornado with my own eyes...which would require for someone to point out like Babe Ruth, and say "I'm gonna make a tornado drop right there" push a button, and poof right in front of me drop a tornado as called...then, and only then, will I believe that it is possible..until then (which will be never) I deem it completely fictional and wishful thinking.

[boogysplit]

@GoRillaRaDioSS and after looking into the history of tornadoes...you will find a very normal pattern that sweeps from the Midwest to the east, and almost never to the west coast, Oklahoma having the worst (since it is high in the plains) A VERY normal pattern for the last 70 years of recorded weather. If you are talking about Springfield Mass. I assure you, it isnt their first. The state of Mass. has had 152 tornadoes in the last 70 years. Not abnormal at all, just rare.

[uofl2004]

@boogysplit I don't care about the conspiracy theory but i have to correct you on your facts.

1. The EF Scale wasn't around in '99 it came into effect in ' 07.

2. The May 3rd tornado (Bridge Creek-Moore) did not reach Tulsa, that was the Stroud storm & it was not continuous.

Please get your facts correct before you tell other people to.

[boogysplit]

@uofl2004 ummmm no you get your facts straight...growing up in the midwest, i heard the term EF5 and EF4 probably long before you were a gleam in your daddys eye...regardless of what official terms you go by in your wiki facts. Also, if you know anything about tornadoes, you would know they dont just drop one at a time, they come down in multiple and random locations...the one we were paying attention too, traveled on and off from OKC to Tulsa, leaving almost 2 miles wide of destruction.

[uofl2004]

@boogysplit My facts are correct, I live in Oklahoma, I studied meteorology in school, I'm 27 so I have been around for the whole 4 years the EF scale has been in place plus 23 years of the old F scale, so yes, I have heard the term EF4 & EF5 plenty of times. The outbreak on May 3 1999, the one I'm referencing, the storm that made its way to OKC was not the same storm that affected Tulsa. The Moore- Bridge Creek storm began to be tornadic N of Lawton and ended E of Edmond. cont.

[uofl2004]

@boogysplit The storm that affected Tulsa became tornadic SW of Pink and ended SW of Downtown Tulsa. I don't disagree with about when storms produce a tornado family but I don't want people to lump two different storms into one and say it did this and that.

[boogysplit]

@uofl2004 You are 27 and telling me (I've been watching and chasing these storms back since '77) about storms..lol. If you studied meteorology, then you would know how tornandoes are formed (or have a gist of it at the very least). So what makes you think that you are correcting me in any way?...the storm I personally watched went from OKC to Tulsa, if it formed west of OKC and moved east without a breakup...is that not the same storm?

[boogysplit]

@uofl2004 The fact is, it was the same storm, (may have not been the same exact tornado) but it was indeed the same storm. I know that tornadoes do not tend to last more than a few minutes at best...more will usually drop. But why are you spending your time clearing that up instead of using your expertise in weather explaining to these doomsayers on how weather works as opposed to the possibility of man made tornadoes?

[boogysplit]

@uofl2004 You are a fucking idiot. You have no validity. You just have nothing but bullshit to say. Spread your fear somewhere else. You are a liar, you have no information to give, and you just fabricated your whole end of any education on this subject that you claim to have. I call bullshit. Man can NOT create these storms. It is impossible. And they would NEVER teach such rhetoric in any schools. The very attempt would risk subject to termination for propaganda. Moron.

[uofl2004]

@boogysplit I apologize, I misread a statement that should have been attributed to "GoRillaRaDioSS" & not you, so for that I am sorry. I do not believe in any machine could control weather, I was trying to debunk this myth. I have not fabricated my education, OU 04-06. I had to leave due to personal family problems beyond my control so I do have education on the matter, just not as full as I would like it to be. Please do not cuss me out to try & prove your point, your professionalism cont.

[uofl2004]

@boogysplit has been lost do to the fact you decided to take this route.

[boogysplit]

@uofl2004 I thought you were trying to spread fear and lies to naive people...hence my anger. Sorry bout that. But to elaborate my "cussing out" anyone who spreads this nonsense deserves every bit of it.

[halbasic]

David Payne is the man.

[halbasic]

That is amazing.

[spellgrounds]

light in the eye @1:08 !s wicked

[MrYonomequejo]

tornado dont care about democrats or republicans!

[austinm08]

@am153 Yes it is. Mid April to mid June is prime time for tornadoes.

[xXxRosesTornxXx]

North Carolina, Smithville, Joplin, OKC, what's next?

[mutez0r]

@xXxRosesTornxXx Hopefully not Arkansas.

I'm sitting here in NWA, hoping that this shit goes past us.

[lgmmrm]

@xXxRosesTornxXx You Forgot the supposed NY Tornado, but I got a feelin that God's about to send a message to the Politicians in DC

[IBBLESD]

I feel for you people but I am praying no more come towards Alabama, I dont know how much more I can take. I have family in Oklahoma, Tx, Ks, and all three major towns hit on April 27th in Alabama and some lost everything...MAN WHENS IT GONNA END???

[manekinekotattoo]

power lines flying, wow that guy was lucky...

[holyjewel]

@inomcookiezzz Me too, I just got out of a tornado in oklahoma. Exact same thing man, in our laundry room so hot.. Just got out about 30mins ago!

[berwinch]

Holly shit, this storm is headed our way right now.....

[PAIRANORMALGUYSINC]

I recall that Al queda threatened terrorist attacks in the midwest U.S. and recently that russian politician stated he was going to unleash weather warfare looks like it has begun

[ilovety65]

omg....

[spongebeatles]

I live in ft smith!!!!! Its coming ovr here!!!!

[TheRob1193]

@spongebeatles O NOOOOOOOOOO

[mkl62]

Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore....and you can thank Al Gore for all of this.

[METALLICA6547]

i heard these tornados and this weather is heading for joplin missouri! what a fucking nightmare for these people!!!

[MrRealist27]

This is crazy, has there ever been a tornado season like this???

[UFOWatson]

If i was that guy ill shit my pants right now.

[johncheran54]

Was that thing at 1:38 floating? 0_0

[uknouluvmoemoe]

@johncheran54 It looks like the top of a power line.

[coldhardfacts]

@johncheran54 WTF? Is that a powerline floating up in the air?

[chocomalk]

@1:07 MAN that is some energy!

@1:17 HOLY CARP!