The Tornado Emergencies of the 5/31/13 OKC Tornado 

Idk, I like these videos too for some reason

idk why but it is

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TheSocialGadfly a lot tornadoes track south, just mostly in Dixie alley

Actually, the tornado at it's greatest width took a hard left turn toward the north, catching Samaras and another storm chaser named Robinson within the bear's cage. It was heading east until it crossed highway 81. While they were about a mile north of the circulation heading east, Samaras and co. thought that since the tornado had an easterly track that they could parallel it by continuing east past highway 81. It was at that time that the tornado hit a trifecta of factors that lead to their demise. It increased to it's full width of 2.6 miles, it increased in the speed it was traveling to around 50 mph and it took a hard left turn right into the path that Samaras and Robinson were driving. Luckily for Robinson, he was just far enough ahead of Samaras to not get caught in the stronger vortecies.

Not to mention the fact that eleven days earlier on May 20th, 2013 Moore, Oklahoma was hit by an EF5 tornado.

The Twistex team wasn't even there for the tornado, they were there to take pictures of lightning. They got caught in the tornado trying to get away from it.

i met him at walmart 7 hours before he died he was getting chicken wings at the deli, and a bottle of pepsi

​@@jm10014 That's horrible! Poor guy... I can't even imagine meeting someone the same day they die from such a terrifying storm ;~;

Ian Borges His Son Paul and Partner Carl Young also perished in the EF5 Tornado in El Reno.

@@plawson8577 i did not know that, very sad.

@@plawson8577 Oh no :O

The same can be said for the residents of Tuscaloosa, Alabama as they know to pay strict attention if James Spann- the weather reporter for ABC 33/40- comes on air and he has his sleeves rolled up. During the April 27th, 2011 tornado that devastated Tuscaloosa, AL; James Spann and the rest of the weather crew at ABC 33-40 managed to successfully warn the residents of Tuscaloosa of how bad the storm was going to be and as a result many people living in Tuscaloosa decided against leaving their homes to attend either Wednesday evening church services, Bible study classes, prayer meetings, etc.

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Tornado emergency is different than a tornado warning. Tornado emergency is usually read out to be more specific

@@jamesgentry13 That's right. When a Tornado Emergency is issued; it is done when a large destructive tornado has been sighted by either storm spotters, Doppler radar or law enforcement agencies and is moving towards a heavily populated area with a high possibility of fatalities or serious injuries. In fact; the first ever Tornado Emergency was issued in the May 3rd, 1999 tornado outbreak that devastated Moore, OK and Bridge Creek, OK.

James Gentry a tornado emergency is not always necessarily read out loud by a live voice. I’ve heard in person tornado emergencies that were not read live.

I have thought when a tornado emergency is issued your screwed. It's worst then a tornado warning.

@@Sj430Tornado Emergencies are activated by Tornado Warning, then NOAA Weather Radio says Tornado Emergency, meaning its coded as TOR-E.

I feel extremely bad for Tim's widow Cathy Samaras as she not only had to lay her husband to rest but also her son. To be honest I'm surprised that Cathy hasn't gone completely insane from grief. I also can't imagine the amount of Survivor's Guilt felt by storm chaser Dan Robinson as he was just a few yards ahead of Tim and Paul Samaras and Carl Young on Reuter Road. Dan no doubt wonders why did he survive but Tim, Paul and Carl did not.

Frisk Dreemurr: Sorry Frisk 😞

My Prairs to you. That is very sad. Just rember that you are safe and the tornado did not matter. But you matter.

I want to get a whole bunch of EAS people to make a cataclysmic nationwide EAS mock weather event that encompasses a whole bunch of natural disasters, as well as have some things like nuclear plant meltdowns, rioting, and such all happening at once.

Jeremy Moses I caught a Tornado Emergency last year from NWS Memphis

I live in kentucky and rember tom on noaa weather radio that day on march 2 2012 that was scary we had baseball size hail and roation in the clouds that mornimg and that afternoon also.

I heard the same voice when I was using the new NOAA weather app but he was only doing the Station Identification, rest was done by BHM Paul.

It would have been highly beneficial if the National Weather Service office in Springfield, Missouri used a live NOAA Weather Radio broadcast during the tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri on May 22nd, 2011 as it would have saved many lives.

+Drew Thurman Yes it was

The EAS Experience that's scary

Drew Thurman the worst tornado disaster since the 1999 Oklahoma City tornado

Drew Thurman I've been thru several tornadoes, but never one this devastating.

Wtf that's where I live

Yes it is

Not in Oklahoma. We get tornadoes a lot, so there are times when actual people talk.

I'd shit my pants!

Just think if it did how bad the death toll would of been.

Fortunately the tornado dissipated at 6:43 PM Central Time at the intersection of Interstate 40 and Banner Road; just about ten or eleven miles before the storm came into the Oklahoma City metro area.

Tim Samaras, Paul Samaras, and Carl Young were all killed by this tornado.

​@@nickdavis965Don't forget about Richard Henderson. Most people tend to forget about him due to the fact that he wasn't a professional storm chaser; but rather he was a private citizen. Nonetheless I feel extremely sorry for his wife and their two sons.

A tornado Emergency is only issued if a confirmed Tornado rated at an EF2 and Higher is headed towards heavily populated areas

A tornado emergency is a step up from a tornado warning. They're issued when a confirmed large tornado is about to hit a town

The tornado must be over a certain wind speed, aka a certain EF rating.

minecraftxplorer WRONG. Its issued when a large destructive tornado is about to hit a heavily populated area.

A tornado emergency is an enhancement, which means that it still outwardly looks like a tornado warning until A. The tornado was confirmed by weather spotters, B. It's demonstrably violent, And/or C. It's headed directly toward a very populous area. A similar comparison would be the particularly dangerous situation enhancement to the tornado watch, which means that tornadoes have a higher than usual change of being powerful.

It's not the tone, it's what it's associated with. The EAS tone is scary because we have been conditioned to correlate it with life-threatening emergencies.

As do I. This often done in Oklahoma City for situations like what was shown in the video.

Bang!

Baseball size is worst

@@amarillotexrails18 Oh..would you rather be hit by something the size of a baseball, or a softball ?

@@ITILII SoFtBaLl

Amarillo Area Railfanning Productions Softball is 4 inches, Baseball is around 2.75, do you still propose your opinion?

It’s the same supercell, it’s just that the tornado didn’t produce over OKC

Gives people enough time to get to the radio or TV to hear/see the warning before it starts

Here's a script I have for a scenario of a Tornado Emergency being issued for the Joplin, Missouri tornado on May 22nd, 2011. "The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a Tornado Warning for northeastern Newton County in southwest Missouri, southwestern Jasper County in southwest Missouri, southeastern Cherokee County in southeast Kansas, eastern Labette County in southeast Kansas until 6 PM Central Daylight Time. At 5:17 PM Central Daylight Time; National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a tornado near Riverton, or four miles north of Baxter Springs moving east at thirty miles per hour. This is a Tornado Emergency for the city of Joplin! In addition to a tornado; large destructive hail up to tennis ball size is expected with this storm. Locations impacted include Baxter Springs, Carl Junction, Cliff Village, Columbus, Denis Acres, Diamond, Dunweg, Duquesne, Fidelity, Galena, Granby, Iron Gates, Joplin, Leawood, Lowell, Oakland Park, Readings Mill, Riverton, Saginaw, Shoal Creek Drive, Shoal Creek Estates, Shoal Creek Estate and Silver Creek. Interstate 44 between mile markers zero and thirteen will also be affected by this storm. The safest place to be during a tornado is in a basement. Get under a workbench or other piece of sturdy furniture! If no basement is available; seek shelter on the lowest floor of a sturdy building in an interior hallway or room such as a closet. Use blankets and pillows to cover your body and always stay away from doors and windows! If in a mobile home, a vehicle or outdoors; evacuate and get to a more substantial structure. If no shelter is available; lie flat in the nearest ditch, ravine or culvert and cover your head with your hands. Do not stop under bridges or highway overpasses! They will not protect you from a tornado! The tornado may be hidden by rain and very difficult to see. Do not wait to see or hear the tornado! If you wait to see or hear it coming; it may be too late! Do not wait. Take cover now!"

well its a good thing you noticed sooner now you know what to avoid. LOL xD

xD

This is a recording; he doesn't actually MAKE warnings anymore.

his channels dead bro

TheDakotapacman I think so.

Whenever there is an instantaneous warning, they'll typically get on the horn and just read what they would have written if there was time.

Eric Colvin Tim Samaras, 55, His son Paul, 25, and BFF Carl Young, 46, were all killed when one of the EF5’s Sub Vortices churned SE towards their Colbalt. They attempted to evade the Large Main Vortex, but a Sub Vortex slammed into them.

Heyyy guess what? NO ONE CARES..weirdo lmao.

OKC normally experiences tornadoes every year. Some weak, some very destructive. OKC is located in the middle of the infamous Tornado Alley.

If I remember correctly the Bridge Creek/ Moore tornado hit the south part of OKC.

​@@Sj430It did. Then it moved up into Midwest City, Del City and Tinker Air Force Base.

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No you were 8 when this happind er.. happened, and now you’re 15 and your parents are 87.

Cause back in the day their was not..

it was kind of diffrent

They were made to be annoying, the first 3 beeps being unpleasant and loud, and the attention signal (853, 960 Hz) was made to have badly overlapping sound waves, hence the 'attention' signal.

They needed it to have people listen to it about a warning of a dangerous storm.

The three shorter tones are sort of like dial-up, to us they just sound like tones, but computers can decode it and see what the warning is, where it's for, and when it expires. The long tone after that is just to grab our attention. The three short beeps at the end are also like dial-up, they signal computers to continue regular programming.