May 3, 1999 Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak Part 2 of 3 

Better video quality and camerawork than most tornado chasing footage today

By the 11 minute mark, this video basically doubled the amount of times I've heard the name Gary in my life. I'm 48.

I can’t believe this was in 1999. The quality is super good for that time

Gary! Gary,,,Gary! ...are my wipers to loud? Gary?

Val and his bride have been keeping Okies up to date of severe weather for quite some time now. He's invaluable to KWTV 9! God bless them both for what they do.

16:19 this is your windshield wipers telling you that the rain has stopped.

May, 3, 1999 I was 18 years old and living with my boyfriend (Now husband) so this was my first storm away from home and I was the one in charge of keeping me alive during storm season. We were outside in south west Oklahoma City entertaining with friends when I saw those dark clouds and excused myself to go inside and check the weather. We all watched it start to form and move through on Channel 9 watching you chase it Val and Gary in the studio. All of us calling our parents frantically to tell them what was going on and making sure they were safe before going to the storm cellar ourselves, Oh how the tables turn when you "grow up" LOL. I am now 34 years old and still watch you chase Val. Thank you so much for what you do in the field, you keep so many people safe. And you get some stunning images of one of natures most beautiful and awe inspiring events.

Damn it Gary, answer the man! Take a shot every time he says Gary

Surprisingly good video quality for 1999.

The video is from CBS News 9 Oklahoma. Gary England is the chief meteorologist EVERYONE in Oklahoma depended on him as our voice to keep us safe during tornado season. 💕💕💕💕💕

The scariest thing in this whole video ( there was no Gary)

In chat one time someone said that livestock may not be directly hit by the tornado, but still be killed from small debris that gets embedded in and under their skin. Then infection sets in and it overwhelms the animal. Very sad. I always think of the animals when I see these films.

Val, I lived in Arkansas all my life, until I moved to Germany in 2002. Even over in Harrison, AR we knew who Gary England and Val Castor were. When I got internet, I always watched you guy's live coverage.... because often times what affected you, would wander over our way. Though you personally have never saved my life through you warnings, I would like to THANK YOU for all your years of dedicated service and for all the lives you have saved. It was a sad day when Gary retired, and I hope your retirement is a long way off. THANK YOU VAL!

I was 14 in 99 and Val is still my favorite storm chaser. And he was in the middle of one last Saturday at Riverwind Casino! Always in the best spot...

The Gary he was speaking with that day (Gary England, the OKC meteorologist) gave the scariest statement in a weather report I’d ever heard, and I’ve lived in Tornado Alley all my life - “If you are not underground you will not survive.” It was true; this tornado left whole neighborhoods as nothing more than block after block of concrete slabs.

I was there and remember this day clearly like it was yesterday. It was the scariest day of my life. So many people died. 😢

Great video footage. That V8 made a lot of noise but not much speed! And the worlds noisiest wipers lol

13:23 that is incredible

The wipers...lol...I keep yelling to turn them off hoping they could hear me back then!

GARY!!!! VROOOOOOOM!!!!! GARY!!! GARY!!!! VROOOOOOOOM!!!! VROOOOM!!!! VROOOOM!!!! GARY!!!! SQUAK! SKWAK! SQUAK! GARY!!!! VROOOOOM!!!! SQUAK! SQUAK! SQUAK!...............my new ringtone.

Youre a Hero to Oklahomans man. Its 5am and here I sit watching all the videos of 99. For those who dont understand why he keeps Gary " Its an Oklahoma thing" You wouldn't understand. anyone whose from here and watches the news knows. Gary England is the man and Val is one of the best most Seasoned Storm chasers out there bar none. Amy I think saved you from a collision there. You both are a great team and theres no tellin how many lives you have saved by showing courage in the face of the monster. Bless yall. Oklahomas News Channel Storm teams are the unsung heroes of Oklahoma.

At 3:04 you can see a lightning strike inside the funnel.

Gary? Gary! Theres a tornado Gary. Gary?? (Gary): My name isn't Gary... call me Jeff. lol

Wow.... I love how everyone besides them is just out looking at it... I was 5 years old when this happened. My cousin was born three days later and I remember vividly all the damage this monster of a twister caused driving to the hospital.... devastating. Gotta respect this folks.

I'm amazed at his recall of previous tornados, dates, locations, etc when comparing this one.

Truly incredible videos. A time machine, basically. You can all but smell how the air was absurdly jazzed that day. Best I’ve seen of May 3. Thank you. Evocative stuff.

12:07 looks like it's near peak intensity. That's as strong and power and devastating and picture perfect as a tornado could ever be. In all the still photos claiming they were taken at peak intensity, that's exactly what it looks like and this is from the best angle of any videos or still photos that I've seen. Incredible camera work. I can't believe this is the first I've found out about your great videos. The Moore video was incredible as well. Wow.

This is one of the best videos I've seen of this tornado. I was in Arkansas when this outbreak occurred and we had a small tornado come roaring through within a few miles away from us that night.

I lived thru this tornado! It was the scariest thing I've ever went thru in my life!! Very scary and if you weren't underground you weren't safe

You may just be the only chaser that had the Police move out of the way. I understand why they do that driving in the middle of the road thing, but find it extremely frustrating. Great footage! Yet Sad day for many

its gary england, he was chief meteorologist at ch 9 here in okc for many years

You had the perfect position following the tornado. I've watched a lot of videos and your's is one of the best. You're close enough to get excellent footage and still being safe. I lived on S.W. 127th street and I graduated from Moore High School.

I love the horses at 10:50 just standing there like "wtf was that?"

That updraft is otherworldly

The big F5 (highest wind recorded on earth - 318 mph) started just outside my hometown. I went into a shelter in the middle of the city, and came out into an open field. The whole city had been just deleted, there was nothing there.

"Gary, Gary!! Can you grab me a fresh pair of slacks?!"

To this day he’s still trying to get Gary’s attention

Gary! Gary! Get me Gary! But seriously this is some great footage of this tornado.

Im definitely Gary'ed out at this point of the series. Great videos, amazing camera work!

I’m a trucker from Montreal, and remember all to well that day. We were at the northeast corner of the city, not far from where I-44 branches off toward Tulsa Dan and then Missouri. We checked into a motel 6 in that area, and watched as the sky went from beautiful sunshine to pitch black in what seemed a matter of minutes. The next morning we headed out towards Tulsa, and never in my life have I seen so much damage. I remember an outlet mall along the way (Stroud?), and there was very little of it left standing. I never want to have to witness something as devastating as that again.

This tornado has the single HIGHEST wind speed EVER recorded on planet earth at 318 mph. Wind speeds may have been even higher at intervals. Consider for a moment the raw power this beast produced. Mother Nature unleashed.

Hi, there! I am curious -- you said you have several hours of footage from 5/3/1999. I was wondering if you could possibly release all of it, unedited? Thank you so much and God bless. :)

Turn off those squeaky windshield wipers! Good video work, though. Thanks for posting it.

Absolutely amazing. It takes balls of solid brass to do this. Mr Castor you have gained another fan of the work you do. Good Luck for the future and stay safe. New subscriber from the U.K Edit: spelling mistake.

Wow, amazing footage Val!

very happy and grateful for this footage to be uploaded! i was born after the '99 tornado outbreak occurred, so to be able to experience this event that happened before my time is fascinating. a lot of the images and video people have of these twisters are degraded through satellite to VHS transfer, and also because forecast stations of the era didn't have internet transfer, so they had to rely on digital radio image transfer methods or similar, meaning the framerate is usually awful. this case is different because it's a direct digitization or upload of the original source footage from a primary source. i'm hoping that proper backups are made of this, since youtube compresses video footage like this quite badly, meaning that it's not ideal for preservation, but it is certainly convenient.

Man so many comments about Gary, XD Let me clarify, Here in Oklahoma, back in 1999, the Chief Meteorologist was Gary England of News 9. :)

we got out of school and it seemed like tornado after tornado touch down its something I tell my kids about every spring time I know living in Oklahoma my kids will get to experience what I did at least once in there life time, Thanks Gary England and Mike Morgan for all the updates

I've been watching a lot of videos of this particular tornado, and I don't think I have ever seen a wedge this size spin as fast as this one was spinning. Reminds me of a big cement truck when the operator is trying to get the right consistency before pouring and the mixer is spinning so hard that the truck begins to rock. Incredible storm!

The storm structure at times was phenomenal....

Crazy-excellent video. Val. ... That part at 18:45 with the cops. Ugh. Some cops have no idea what they're doing. Crazy to slam their brakes on in the middle of the road.

HOLD UP HOLD UP you mean to tell me he had to drive and watch the tornado 😩😩😩 18:44

Great video, I've never seen it before. I survived! And may 20th! And may 6th! And that one a few weeks ago... Ugh. I'm sorry but those windshield wipers... I wanted to rip them off! And omg you almost rear ended a cop and after that she kept telling you to watch where you were going XD I was dying! Can't wait to watch part 3!

I know this one is listed with the highest wind speed but how does it rate with you, Val?

Val and Amy Rock... ! Thanks for the many videos ..!

That Transmission does not seem too happy. Glad it held out.

Great video keep up the good work!!

Lol. Did anyone else jump when they almost wrecked?

My question is, how are all of the horses still just chillin when they are obviously in the damage path? Crazy.

did they retire your car after that???....that poor transmission!....lol

Omg. I love the sound of your engine

I lived in far North Norman during the May 3 1999 and May 20th 2013 tornadoes (almost drove into the May 19th Norman tornado as it came into the West side of town). I now live in Dixie Alley. No helicopters and no spotters due to topography. It's alot like growing up in Oklahoma in the 1970's - living off radar and "flying blind". I SO MISS the coverage and reliability of Gary, Val, Amy et al!!

At this point I'm dying everytime I hear GARY lmfao

Look at 16:50, it lost some size as you can see, but look how violent the motion is on this beast. Insane....

Very cool video and content thanks for posting 👍🏼😎❤️

New drinking game, drink every time he says Gary. 😂 All jokes aside, these three videos are great and I appreciate the hard work.

Gary England is the former Chief Meteorologist for KWTV out of oklahoma city. A brilliant mind and a legend in meteorology in the plains. And the reason that val keeps calling Garys name is a number of different things, could have lost the phone signal or could be because Gary has to keep an eye on 10 computer screens and about 4 different tv screens to keep track of everything going on. Especially this day when there were multiple tornadoes in different areas. But val still had to try and keep garys attention at times cause this was the main tornado cause it was so close to the city.

Val, you and Amy are 2 of the best Tornado chasers I have ever seen videos from. My name is Gary and hearing my name in your videos (even though you're not talking about me) always makes me wonder if Amy ever threatens to leave you for saying his name more than you say hers, just kidding 😂😁

That exhaust noise!

Wow he's been talking to gary since 1999!!!!

9:53 and 3:05 >> I don't think I've ever seen lightning *inside* a tornado before... very interesting!

In Oklahoma the storm chasers and meteriorlogists are like super heroes lol The amount of respect I had for Gary England and Mike Moore across my life is intense and I have the same respect for you guys. I was 8 years old when this happened and it’s a date I’ll never ever forget. Cleaning up afterward was intense.

Some great footage

I went through this . I never had anything scare me so bad . I absolutely terrified . . I don't care to go through another one

Anyone know what the wind boundary size was on this?

When I saw you guy's video on tv I said, "we're all gonna die." Happily we didn't all die. Scary day man.

My friends and I were coming from OBU. Headed to Lawton. The Tornado was on H E Bailey turnpike. We stopped in New Castle and hid in mazios pizzas, thank God it veered left and did damage in Moore. We are blessed to be alive!

May 3, 1999 F5 tornado Bridge Creek/Moore Oklahoma, April 27, 2011 Philadelphia Mississippi tornado and the April 27, 2011 Smithfield Alabama tornado are by far the strongest tornadoes that’s occurred on Earth the last 30 years.

Those are the loudest windshield wipers ever recorded

I lived through this day. It seems like it was a long day full of storms and devastation 😔

Is that hail on the road in the beginning ?

Hey Val- what kind of chase vehicle was this, any photos? I think I remember seeing you in a Chevy truck. Motor is breathing pretty well! :)

Plot twist.... Gary is SpongeBob's snail.

Best storm structure ever 13:19 - does anyone know if Val actually took those pictures he mentions??

Hey val how come you didn’t put the rest of the video did you stop recording?

Back when they chased tornadoes with the growl of a V8. Instead of a Prius or Smart Car.

13:17 the whole structure is just unbelievable !!!!

“Hey gary! a gary just flew over my house on gary boulevard cause by the tornado i say gary it is a EF-GARY in power and size GARY!!!!!!”

Is Gary deaf?

I just imagine there is no Gary and he's just talking into a banana. LMAO!

😳 " MAN!.... I just can't get over the sheer scale and scope of This ferocious behemoth. It's soaring head or ' top ' was the entire supercell. "

At what point in the videos was the tornado hitting moore/populated areas, and were they aware of it in the car?

Excellent filming and I laughed hysterically through the whole video. I went to the kitchen to get a drink and could hears his wipers.

In all my years watching tornado events live or here on RU-vid video I have NEVER seen a storm structure like this! The whole back end of the storm is the mesocyclone and it shoots straight into air like a 6 mile wide 7 mile tall cylinder! Still takes my breath every time I watch these videos shot by Val and Amy. I've never seen anything like it and I hope we never see anything like it again.

You can tell their pushing their car to hard. I mean listen to their car revving hard. SMFH.

That bridge was scary enough!

What a furious beast this tornado was 😨

Can’t believe 1999 was that long ago. 🤦‍♀️

Great video! It sounds like you're storm chasing in a muscle car (with a giant V-8 engine & four barrel carb) Are you live on the air talking to the TV weatherman Gary England during his broadcast?

there was a documentary on this particular tornado out break i dont remember what it was though it was on vhs