Edmond Tornado - May 8th, 1986 - KOCO #1

TV stations in Oklahoma City broke into regularly scheduled programming on the night of May 8th, 1986 as a severe storm with vertical rotation approach the metro area. This clip shows some of the first video of damage sent back to the station. Video #2 in this series shows video of the actual tornado taken by a KOCO cameraman from his front yard.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• edmond
• oklahoma
• tornado
• 1986
• koco
• tv
• okc
• weather
• storm
• news

[DarkBubb1e]

Man, I forgot all about Shattuck. Saw Bowen at a Chinese restaurant a few years back though.

[travischurch]

Was he wearing his toupe'?

[tremer88]

haha, and the weather center looks like a jail cell from the news desk

[travischurch]

LOL!

[tremer88]

hah, the radar reminds me of a regular nintendo

[indyfan22k]

@tremer88 haha , yeah you're right and Coleco-vision and Atari 2600 !!

[MrRem300]

@tremer88 lol agreed

[kittygrrlhk]

I was in 2nd grade when this tornado hit. I grew up in Guthrie and remember the storm came near my home.

[eastest566]

Wayne Shattuck is now at WFTS

[wxtulsa]

That set had the weather center seperated by a large plate glass window that was covered with vertical blinds. When the weather wasn't bad, the blinds were closed.

[willowtree17]

I wouldn't be born till three years after this. Gosh , it is so old!

[godzilla74114]

i wouldn't be born for another 2 months.

[KillerTornado15]

What is up with that lady's hair?

[theguy720]

wow I was 2 years old when this happend and I was living in Trails South at the time