Tornado's LIVE!
 

Don't know if anybody is on here at this minute,(Tues afternoon/eve), but here is some live tornado coverage. Might be short lived but should go through this evening anyway. Thought it might be interesting for folks who don't see this kind of thing much to see tornado's live and ride along with a storm chaser.

Live News Streaming Video from NewsChannel 4 KFOR-TV-DT - KFOR

Think I need to start getting a little more serious about that bunker in my yard...................

HEADED TO THE CELLAR!!! 5:30 p.m. SIRENS GOING OFF!!!

This season is CRAZY! Never thought I'd say this, but I'm glad to be on I-95 in Connecticut right now.

Best of luck robertt. Post as soon as you can.

Hope your in the clear and ok rob, same with any other CAD members in the sights of these new storms out there.

Everything is OK. The Nader lifted before it got into Moore. We were at the neighbors with the cellar. A cellar is kind of like a swimming pool, you don't realize how many friends you have until they want, or need you. We had debris, insulation, leaves etc., falling out of the sky. You could see it go over, lots of hail. Lot's of people around us weren't so lucky. A pretty exciting afternoon. Thanks for the well wishes.

I was headed west on 412 at 3:45 or so, and the guys coming east said the storms were in Enid with hail and wall clouds. I got off at the exit to my farm sheds and parked my load of corn. Drove on home in the spare pickup. The sky was really dark and the wind got up, but all we got was 1/4 inch of rain. Didn't really wanna be at the mill with severe weather around, that place could fall over on a sunny day.:roll:

OKC has been tornado central for the last few years, I Really do feel for the folks in Goldsby. :tears:

Yeah, Goldsby was crazy, they are about 10 miles south of me. I was watching it live from the channel 4 helicopter and it was huge. It's amazing the power these things have. You get your fair share of nasty weather up your way.

Their were a couple of people killed in El Reno, 2 kids missing in Piedmont, and 1 kid missing in Edmond. That is all I have heard about so far.

Whether you believe me or not, I was real concerned for you and your family today robertt. Glad to hear you are okay. I just recently heard that the nado kinda broke down (or whatever) just before reaching Moore. I also heard Norman mentioned. Isn't there someone on here from Norman?

Thanks:thumbsup:

The folks that live in the area crossed my mind more than once. But, I'm also thinking of the truck stops in the area, and the guys that are trying to take a 10-hour break. I've sat straight up in the bunk because the truck felt like it was rolling down a mountainside. And, having the truck doing the "Texas-two-step" is one thing. Scenes like the Petro is something I've known were possible, and I sure am glad I never was in one of them. But, I have had tarps shredded off the loads in IA, NE, and IN. It's an interesting "wake-up" call in the middle of your break.

Just saw this;


Violent thunderstorms kill 13 in Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas - Beaumont Enterprise

• http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/me...628&height=471 A half-mile-wide tornado moves north in Canadian County after having just crossed SH-3, the Northwest Expressway, west of SH-4 moving towards Piedmont, Okla. Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Paul Southerland) Photo: MBO, AP / THE OKLAHOMAN
  A half-mile-wide tornado moves north in Canadian County after...
• http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/me...628&height=471 The remains of the house owned by Scott and M'Lynn McCann that was destroyed by a tornado west of El Reno, Okla., are shown Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Authorities say a series of tornadoes rolled through Oklahoma City and its suburbs at rush hour Tuesday. At least four people have been killed. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Chris Landsberger) Photo: AP / BE
  The remains of the house owned by Scott and M'Lynn McCann that was...
• http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/me...628&height=471 Storm inflow moving south being sucked from the north into a half-mile-wide tornado as it moves north in Canadian County, Okla. just south of SH-3, west of SH-4 moving Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Paul Southerland) Photo: AP / BE
  Storm inflow moving south being sucked from the north into a...
• http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/me...628&height=471 This photo provided by Shelby Barrow shows a tornado near Chickasha, Okla., Tuesday, May 24, 2011. A line of violent thunderstorms roared across middle America on Tuesday, killing six people in two states, with several tornadoes touching down in Oklahoma and high winds pounding rural Kansas. (AP Photo/Shelby Barrow) Photo: AP / BE
  This photo provided by Shelby Barrow shows a tornado near...
• http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/me...628&height=471 A car sits in what used to be the garage of a brick home in Piedmont, Okla., following a tornado, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Several tornadoes struck Oklahoma City and its suburbs during rush hour, killing at least four people and injuring at least 60 others, including three children who were in critical condition, authorities said. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) Photo: AP / BE
  A car sits in what used to be the garage of a brick home in...
• http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/me...628&height=471 Metal is twisted around a pole in Piedmont, Okla., following a tornado Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Several tornadoes struck Oklahoma City and its suburbs during rush hour, killing at least four people and injuring at least 60 others, including three children who were in critical condition, authorities said. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) Photo: AP / BE
  Metal is twisted around a pole in Piedmont, Okla., following a...
• http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/me...628&height=471 The bottom portion of power poles snapped by a tornado are pictured in Piedmont, Okla., Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Several tornadoes struck Oklahoma City and its suburbs during rush hour, killing at least four people and injuring at least 60 others, including three children who were in critical condition, authorities said. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) Photo: AP / BE
  The bottom portion of power poles snapped by a tornado are pictured...
• http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/me...628&height=471 Matt McElvany walks past the home of his friend, Brent Boutwell, not in photo, in Piedmont, Okla., following a tornado Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) Photo: AP / BE
  Matt McElvany walks past the home of his friend, Brent Boutwell,...
• http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/me...628&height=471 A car is crushed under a fallen tree following a tornado in Piedmont, Okla., Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Several tornadoes struck Oklahoma City and its suburbs during rush hour, killing at least four people and injuring at least 60 others, including three children who were in critical condition, authorities said. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) Photo: AP / BE
  A car is crushed under a fallen tree following a tornado in...
• http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/me...628&height=471 An abandoned farmhouse has been reduced to rubble following a tornado in Piedmont, Okla., Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) Photo: AP / BE
  An abandoned farmhouse has been reduced to rubble following a...
• http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/me...628&height=471 A neighbor walking by is seen through the home of Brent Boutwell, not seen, following a tornado in Piedmont, Okla., Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Several tornadoes struck Oklahoma City and its suburbs during rush hour, killing at least four people and injuring at least 60 others, including three children who were in critical condition, authorities said. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) Photo: AP / BE
  A neighbor walking by is seen through the home of Brent Boutwell,...
• http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/me...628&height=471 Kent Blakeslee looks over the debris of what was a barn that was destroyed by a tornado at his mother's house along US highway 281, near the Stafford and Barton County, Ky., line on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. The tornado tore the roof off the house and destroyed five other out buildings on the property. (AP Photo/The Hutchinson News, Travis Morisse) Photo: AP / BE
  Kent Blakeslee looks over the debris of what was a barn that was...
• http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/me...628&height=471 A truck marked with an "x", lies on its side in a field following a tornado in Piedmont, Okla., Tuesday, May 24, 2011. The "x" is usually an indication that a vehicle has been checked for survivors. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) Photo: AP / BE

Sorry about that....I only wanted to post the truck.

On my drive up I-81 the other day, I came through the area where the Petro got hit. That entire area is devastated. I didn't get a good look at the truckstop itself, but did notice that the garage had no roof on it.

Just watched video of a truck that was sitting idle on the side of a highway near Shawnee, OK. Driver was ok but man he was lucky to live. He pulled off to ride it out supposedly and the twister ended up giving him a direct strike as it obliterated the trailer he was pulling.

Was this it? I just saw this and was getting ready to post it and then I saw your post. I hadn't heard or seen anything on this until now. This will make you pucker!:eek2:

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That's the one, here's another link of it off KOCO's site via Yahoo with more detail and on the ground video of the aftermath:

Tractor-Trailer Torn To Pieces After Tornado Hits

Of all the places to stop and he gets a direct hit.

Can't imagine sitting there, waiting for the storm to pass, and all of the sudden....HOLY *#@&!!! Whatta ya do? Talk about feeling helpless.

I wonder if that Timpte trailer in the above pictures was a 102 inch.:confused: If so, I could use those tarp bows... I pulled a bonehead and didn't let the tension off of my tarp while unloading in the rain last week, suction just sucked the back 3 down flat.

Getting completely out of farming (thank God) and will have an ugly tax year, so I might just "need" a new trailer by the end of this year.:thumbsup:

Has anyone heard if they found the 3 year old boy? I am not a very soft hearted person, but that about made me wanna cry..

They found him this afternoon, (Thurs), in the lake by the house. They interviewed his father and it was more than I could take, having a 5yr old, and the people standing around him were having a time of it also. They lost the 3yr old boy, their 15month old boy, and the little girl is in bad shape in the hospital. The mother is pregnant with another girl, which I hadn't heard before. May GOD be with them.

A little late here... (hadn't had time to get on)
Glad you are ok, Robertt. That was some bad weather, from what we heard on that day. Glad yall made it. Here in Wichita Falls, our national weather service is through, Norman. I turned on the weather band in the truck at the yard, because we had storms (not near as bad-just some hail, wind) that day. I was following the storms on the weather band.

That last pic that Orange posted... I'm guessing that hopper bottom was in a wheat field, waiting to get loaded. I know how it is.. getting caught in storms on the farm, in the fields, etc. Not good. :hellno:

Thanks rabbit. It was pretty nasty. Our local news helicopter showed an oil tanker, 40', that had been sitting with 2 other ones at a tank farm southwest of El Reno and the tornado that went through there had picked it up and "carried" it about a mile from where it had been sitting and threw it and a pickup in some trees, no drag marks! They are saying it was an F-4 tornado. If I can find the video I'll post it.

Here you go, pretty cool video.

Oil Derricks Damaged in Tornado -- KFOR

That's amazing.
We survived the '79 tornado. I don't remember the story word for word, but some time after the tornado, our bank got a phone call from some guy in Kansas. He found one of my dad's checks.

Their is some crazy stuff that goes on with a tornado, and none of it has any rhyme nor reason to it. I've got stories, and I know other people that have stories about what a tornado has or has not done that just goes beyond logic, some such as your Dad's.

I tell ya what. Weird things happen.
Kinda like every time the wind blows, we have fires everywhere. Those power lines start sparking and then half the county is gone..

I think it was the Joplin tornado, a receipt from that area ended up 520 miles away in Indiana. It is said to be the longest distance a tornado has carried a piece of debris, the previous long, 230 miles.

Makes me wonder. They've been predicting super hurricanes for a few years now. Some of the biggest and worst tornadoes on record this year. What's the hurricane season going to be like? Or do I want to know. Living in WI, we dealt with tornadoes. Now, living in FL, we've had a couple of minor waterspouts and funnel clouds, but what do we get after July?