These two tornado seasons were by far some of the deadliest and most notorious. We had the Outbreak from April 14th to April 16th in the Carolinas and Virginia and then the Super Outbreak from April 25th to April 28th. Then in May of 2011 there was the tornado outbreak from May 21st to May 26th.
Time doesn't slow down that's for sure. Years seem to pass faster the older you get because the passing of one year compared to your whole life constantly is a smaller ratio, ie faster. Turning from 2 to 3 is the same as turning 20 to 30... same ratios 😮
The deadliest years for tornadoes .. climate change was a prime example of what was to come for generations of our lives. The 2011 Super Outbreak to this day still teaches all of us a most valuable lesson on warnings and signs about severe weather and the technology we now have
Timeline: Tornado Touch Down. 58:23 Tempest Tours group & Other Storm Chasers flee south on S Fort Reno Rd. 1:00:40 Storm Chaser Aaron Tuttle intercepts tornado. 1:06:43 Brandon Sullivan and Brett Wright hit by tornado, vehicle damaged by debris. 1:07:32 Mike Bettes does his final report before being hit by tornado. 1:09:39 Dan Robinson makes escape route on Reuter Rd E. 1:12:04 Richard Henderson attempts to escape the tornado, but does not make it, snapping a photo just before his death. 1:13:07 TWC Crew hit by tornado. 1:15:35 TWISTEX Crew Overtaken by tornado, with Tim Samaras saying "We're going to die" over the radio. 1:16:39 Tornado hits max wind-speed at 300 MPH. 1:17:33 Emily Sutton nearly caught in the tornado. 1:18:23 TWC Notices Mike Bettes & Crew are potentially in the tornado 1:21:54 Tornado Emergency declared for the OKC Metro. 1:24:02 Tornado crossing I-44. 1:28:46 Tornado dissipates just north of I-44. 1:38:47 Flooding begins in OKC Metro, and massive car jams form on I-240, I-35 due to social media advising citizens on the road to go south. 2:04:06 You can reply to this comment if there are some inaccuracies.
At least Mike Bettes realized from his utterly nightmarish experience with the 2013 El Reno, Oklahoma tornado that no footage or report of a tornado is worth losing his life. Though I admit to having been shocked when watching the immediate aftermath of the 2011 Joplin, Missouri tornado seeing Mike Bettes breaking down sobbing on air while covering the immediate aftermath of the storm for The Weather Channel outside of St. John's Regional Medical Center. Though what made me smile and believe in the good of humanity is that following the disaster Mike had adopted a Golden Retriever from the Joplin tornado and named her Joplyn. Aww!
2013 was confined to the second half of May and that's it, and for the most part to central Oklahoma, and that's it. 2013 overall doesn't hold a candle to 2 years earlier, in 2011. 2011, you had Joplin, Tuscaloosa, Smithville, Hackleburg and Phil Campbell, the Raleigh area in mid-April (Sanford, North Carolina). You also had another forgotten El Reno tornado rated EF-5. It's forgotten because it was overshadowed by Joplin, which occurred two days earlier and the 2013 El Reno. RIP TWISTEX team.
The only two noteworthy tornadoes of 2013 aside from the ones in Moore and El Reno, Oklahoma are the EF-4 tornadoes that struck Hattiesburg, Mississippi on February 10th and Washington, Illinois on November 17th. What is so surprising about the Hattiesburg tornado is that no fatalities occurred and only eighty-two people were injured. The tornado badly damaged or destroyed numerous businesses and vehicles on Hardy Street and Oak Grove Road in downtown Hattiesburg along with damaging or destroying many homes in residential areas of the city and damaging residence halls on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi. Fortunately not many students or faculty members of USM were on campus that Sunday as they had gone to New Orleans, Louisiana for Mardi Gras weekend. Plus, the coverage by local meteorologists helped to discourage residents of Hattiesburg from leaving their homes for Sunday evening church services. Mississippi is part of the Bible Belt; so they take their church attendance seriously. With regards to the Washington, Illinois tornado; blessedly none of the churches in Washington were hit by the tornado. This was especially fortunate for Sunnyland Christian Church as the city's mayor Gary Manier was attending services at Sunnyland.
I don’t understand how people are this obsessed with tornadoes that they have to tell you every detail. No one cares. Tornadoes are dangerous and obviously they need to be respected but we don’t need to hear every single detail about how a season went, 2013 was a historic year, compared apples to oranges
Mike Bettes telling Greg Forbes that he's going south is the biggest mistake he mase that day. Of course, he didn't know that the tornado would pick up speed and basically head straight for him. El Reno broke all the rules.
Didn't break rules really, just reminded us that tornadoes can and will change direction at any time and that the tornado isn't always fully visible (this storm was much wider than the visible funnel)
@@vibrantgleam Yes, he survived as did his colleague Brad Reynolds. Another colleague of his by the name of Austin Anderson was badly injured in this accident with a broken neck.
I'm still perplexed as to why Mike & his team risked it all, and chose to drive south into the path of it. The storm had already shown signs of unpredictability. I figured they would've turned north, through some hail but away from the tornado.
I was born in Oklahoma and lived there until I went into the service in 1965. I came back to try again several times. I love Oklahoma but I can't live there now. I got tired of the Spring storms. I left in forever in 2003 and never looked back. I live in the southwest desert now and watch the tornados on RU-vid.
A few key lessons from the El Reno, Oklahoma tornado on May 31st, 2013 is that no footage, report or data is ever worth losing your life and there will always be more storms to chase.
Thing is, if it had actually been over a populated area like OKC, there would be no doubt that it would have caused EF5 damage. By sheer luck, it went over mostly grassland, and even then, it killed 8 people. Imagine how many people would have died if this thing hit OKC.
I can remember when i watching this live. It was pretty crazy not knowing about Mike Bettis and really crazy after finding out too... Now days i only watch RU-vid during weather events. Sorry TWC! Really should think about starting something like Ryan Hall or Max Velocity or any live streaming chase for the cord cutters.
Something I dont understand is, if you make a csr or truck into a Tornado "hunt" vehicle - why not fit a roll cage into the car? Its not that expensive, and can without a doubt save your life.. well, just something I have thought about many, many times.. stay safe guys 🙏 and take care 🙂
@@Raya-ir4tmim not blaming anyone, I just Wonder why People dont do that, if they chase tornadoes- there is a chance of getting hit.. so why not try and be as safe as possible 🤷♂️
@@viggy6758 well, yes and No, just a Cage in the car, no need to make it like a dominator or the TIV .. I Mean the People Who chase every season, in normal cars they use for chasing only, if they put in a roll cage the car can roll around and still maintain structure..
The driver of the Tornado Hunt SUV actually sued TWC after this happened for not giving them better protective equipment. It was settled out of court I believe. That being said, after this event along with the Twistex deaths, corporate media began to be a little more careful when treating severe weather as entertainment.
Because unless you're going to fit harnesses and wear a helmet at all times, it can be more dangerous to drive a caged car on the street because of the fact that if you get into an accident and you're not wearing a helmet your head can get bounced off the cage
So wild. The tornado went south of the El-Reno airport. Reed was on the road between the tornado and the airport. I fully believe God saved Reed's life that day. A power pole was knocked down in front of the dominator and they had to stop. Only a couple of mins after they stopped is when the tornado rapidly expanded to 2.5mi wide and accelerated to a ground speed of over 50mph. The tornado would've also killed him and his team if not for that power pole.
I'm all the way in Tennessee and remember watching this live especially around 1:21:47 and being able to breathe again at 1:24:14 after thinking I just watched someone die on air.
Watching it again, after reading book about Tim Samaras, and rewatched Reed Timmer's Tornado Chasers "Nemesis" episodes - they put exact locations of Dominators as they chased this storm, and I realized that they actually were not far behind Twistex team. At some point, Dominator's hood was ripped off by power lines and they had to abandon the chase and turn around - in a way, it saved their lives, because if they had continued ahead, they could've ended up in same situation as Twistex as they were really not far behind.
Someone just uploaded the local coverage of that storm for the first time a few days ago. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FagzNHuI5JI.html
You might also find this synchronised video of the tornado forming on the West side of Joplin interesting too. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZsLfonogKkY.html
Does anyone knows if there is full length live coverage from the channel (kfor or something) Reed Timmer was working for in that season? I could only find short 1-2 minute long snippets, but not full length coverage like this one Never mind - I didn't know this channel also included reports from KFOR-4 channel.
The El Reno, Oklahoma tornado occurred on May 31st, 2013; a Friday. I was attending my high school graduation ceremony that day even though I live in Ohio. While I was having the time of my life the people of central Oklahoma were enduring Hell on Earth.
Little Skippy constantly asking "So what's THAT?!" This is emergency weather coverage, not a learning opportunity. Stop mansplaning everything and let Dr. Forbes tell the viewers where the tornado is.
In 2023 on 1-25-23 I saw something unreal a tornado touched down in freezing temperatures Are you kidding me tornadoes don't happen in cold weather. None the less I filmed that. This 2013 outbreak I was in Northeast central Oklahoma north of Tulsa. Largest tornado in the world El Reno. The one I filmed freezing my B off I wasn't looking for a tornado for sure but I filmed that in Bartlesville not far from Osage county.
This level of tornado doesn't typically happen, even in Oklahoma. I've lived here my whole life and only had a couple tornadoes even come close to me, none of them even close to this big. I probably wouldn't live in the OKC area, but the rest of Oklahoma doesn't really get hit this hard.
