Moore - OKC F5 Tornado - Part 2

KWTV in Oklahoma City's coverage of the F5 tornado that swept Bridge Creek and Moore away on May 3, 1999. I hope somebody has preserved their all-night coverage of this outbreak, it is very important to tornado history.

http://www.amazon.com/Tornado-Chasers-VHS/dp/0784015104/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&a...

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[cbehr91]

I have linked in the video description an Amazon.com link to purchase a copy of the video this was captured from.

[filliesfosho]

I have about a 30 minute video of this day. From beginning to aftermath, I don't know how to get it on here though, since its from a VCR... :(

[cbehr91]

@filliesfosho Part 1 - There are a couple ways to get footage off a VHS tape onto YouTube. You could either A) get some sort of video capture device. There are countless of them out there and a salesdroid at your local Best Buy or computer store could probably steer you in the right direction, or B) get a Digital8 or Mini DV camcorder that has a feature called "analog-to-digital passthrough. It can stream the footage through the camcorder's FireWire cable to your computer.

[cbehr91]

@filliesfosho Part 2 - or C) transfer the tape to a DVD using a DVD Recorder (also widely available and as cheap as $30 at Big Lots), copy the files to your computer and condense them for YouTube.

[jdeluxtornadochaser]

Where did you find that video? Or did you recorded it yourself and then you uploaded it to YouTube?

[cbehr91]

@jdeluxtornadochaser I bought somewhere at Tower City Mall in Cleveland in either late 1999 or early 2000. I don't remember which store though. And it premiered on TLC on April 14, 2000 along with three other tornado shows. They were shown periodically until 2004 or so. They may pop up on occasion on the Science Channel but I wouldn't know because I don't get it!

[RagingMoon1987]

@bigdrawers641 I vaguely remember that, yes. I watched part of it and then (oddly enough) the weather got bad and knocked out our satellite! But I do remember that.

[heyginny]

What a monster!!

[bigdrawers641]

guys, dont know if anybody was aware, but during this tornado, the reality tv show"Paramedics was filming an epidsodea nd they caught some awesome and tragic footage that should be seen

[xzmn61]

NWpowerhouse then responded to me and I assumed he was speaking of the Alabama tornado, and that's when I said "I can't find a source to those (Alabama) Doppler readings".

This OKC tornado missed my house by about 4 miles.

[xzmn61]

@treybolinger

Yes, I know that. I was responding to Fr33d0m4a11 (who was responding to Ramrod571's "Most powerful tornado on record" comment to this video) who claimed "Not anymore the twin F5,s that just went through down south recently were recorded with higher wind velocities. They are now rated the most powerful to date"

I was asking Fr33d0m4a11 what those wind speeds were recorded at. I assume he was speaking of the Alabama tornado (Cont.)..

[Skibeats96]

@rtw3lions Trouble with you brits is that you crush each other and die in soccer riots.

[treybolinger]

@cbehr91 and @filliesfosho - Good call cbehr91 on the technical stuff. Filliesfosho, if you have this on VHS and want it digitized, post it to me, I'll convert it, and post it back to you with the original copy and the "newer," copy. I can do some things in an editor to make it look a little better, too.

[treybolinger]

@xzmn61 - Dr. Josh Wurman, U of OK. They were recorded by the DOW's...and Dr. Wurman isn't a scientist who just guesses. He's one of the best meteorologists out there, that he got the candidacy for the PhD. Come on- that has to be something. @ 3:15ish, you hear him say, "2.2km...2km." Over the radio, that being the width of circulation. ~2.75 miles.

[xzmn61]

@NWpowerhouse85

I can't find a source to those Doppler readings.

[NWpowerhouse85]

@xzmn61 The dopplar readings put it at ABOUT 320mph.