This is the RU-vid Channel of the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Norman, Oklahoma. Our office provides warning and forecast services for 48 counties in central and western Oklahoma, and eight counties in western north Texas. Our mission is to provide weather information to help save lives and protect property from all kinds of hazardous weather.
I remember running from this after Mike Morgan said we'd die if we weren't underground (bad call). We went to Chickasha and I remember looking at the radar and seeing the entire metro swallowed up by this massive storm. Haven't seen anything like it since
Watching the video about terrible Tuesday makes me imagine what happened on April 10,1979 when that f4 tornado 🌪️ went through Wichita Falls, Texas! The people who were there described their experiences perfectly! This was one event they would remember for the rest of their lives! Good film 🎥! 😮😮😮😮😮
I miss good Skywarn Schools, the one in Dallas/Garland used to be great....Alan Moller and many of the OG chasers attended. Was Basic and Advanced classes and was a day long affair. Now the classes are dumbed down and are only a couple of hours, with no Advanced class.
remember this well, was the first time I had seen such a big and wide one on television news, these days we know and see them far more often because of storm chasers etc. but back then, I was 11 or 12, and can just remember watching this on local news and being astonished. Growing up here in northeast TX it pays to be weather savvy.
So, what is it that causes radar features like straight lines protruding from a center point out in all directions seeming to flash and become greater and lesser. And what causes perfect circles like those just mentioned above to "overlap" in areas creating many different lines, colors and circles like those seen here:https: //ru-vid.comttLN_D3FCz4 I am really interested in knowing how these unnatural patterns keep appearing and are intensifying in strength and frequency lately. Any takers? Anybody?
Those microbursts/down bursts are fascinating and often just as dangerous as most wind/storm related casualties and fatalities are from falling trees. The wind blows down vertically, which hits trees at their weak point and pushes branches down and rips them along the grain. V/Y shaped trees will almost always loose at least half of the tree in such events
Really enjoy your videos, I purchased the Radar Omega Alpha version and have been really interested in learning more. How do you get the historical data such as you show on your video for Oklahoma Tornado in El Reno?
I really appreciate these types of videos. I don't intend to go out storm spotting, but I do definitely get value from being able to look at the reflectivity and velocity radars, and know what danger is headed my way.
Also grab your sneakers because of your house gets hit their are boards with nails and glass and you don't want glass or splinters or nails going through your feet
Thank you for this most useful lesson. I finished my first two weeks of storm chasing this past late May/early June and am using the time before I’m out again to build on my knowledge (taking screen shots of most of the images and annotating them!) I hope you’ll continue to help us learn more.
@@jakewebb3979it didn’t do any Ef5 damage so they left it as Ef3 due to the damage it caused they base it on both wind and damage not just wind or not just damage it has to be both but definitely would’ve caused Ef5 damage if it went through a town or city like el Reno or the Okc metro
Very informative. I'm new to reading radar so it's hard for me to get my head around it. I find it fascinating though. I hope to continue my learning. Videos like this really help a lot. Thank you for a great presentation.
Remember watching this on PBS in like 1981 when I was little. I recorded it on cassette tape and used to listen to it when I would lay on my bunk bed. Now, I can still pick out Alan Moller’s voice on different programs from time to time.
