Central Oklahoma tornadoes: April 19, 2023

Storm chasers David Demko and Heidi Farrar tracked tornadic supercells across Cleveland County during the late afternoon/evening of April 19, 2023, as the upper-level jet nose collided with a highly unstable environment east of the dryline in central Oklahoma, helping break a strong cap and initiating a significant localized tornado outbreak.
After the first storm we tracked nearly produced a tornado over northwest Norman, we followed the supercell northeast to Lake Stanley Draper in far SE Oklahoma City, where we observed a brief EF-0 tornado that moved through an area near the junction of Sooner Rd. and SE 89th St.; the the short-lived tornado dissipated over the SW corner of Tinker Airforce Base.
We then dropped south to the storm coming out of the Chickasha area, and gained a brief visual of the Cole EF-3 tornado, then two additional tornadic circulations to the south of the Cole tornado as it made a left turn and moved away to the north.
Surprise tornadoes, and incredible structure!
Copyright 2023 WeatherBeat.Net David Demko | Heidi Farrar All Rights Reserved
For more information on this outbreak, visit www.weather.gov/oun/events-20230419

[@Jelly-Garcia]

I never want to watch any tornado video without Heidi’s commentary. I love the emotion, candor, and authenticity. Heidi, if you ever stop chasing storms, you should consider commentating on past weather videos a la Mystery Science Theatre 3000

[@weatherbeat9774]

Thank you! That is a very nice comment. We have a lot of good banter that gets left out so thinking of doing another "best-worst" video! :D

[@weatheradventures]

I take Metamucil and get my clothes from Costco. This is as REAL as storm chasing gets. Miss you guys.

[@dabull1298]

Listen lady if you want to move closer to the Tornado then I advise you to drive yourself....he's telling you right and you ain't trying to listen

[@itsnitro8761]

Man at this point the mfs in oklahoma should just start living in bunkers 💀

[@dragnflei]

Great to see another video from y’all! This was quite a night.

[@lowspeedhighdrag566]

Demko/Ferrar... legends. One of the most iconic moments for me was when Heidi said "Dave, I want to do something else" at El Reno... she just knew something was different about that storm. Intuition...

[@theallpurposepiano]

When referring to the hail in El Reno "OH, the poor cows!" Was my favorite quote

[@NikoStorm]

Great video!! 👍👍

[@SarahGreen523]

My favorite storm chaser team! Great footage! Happy to see you guys again!

[@weatherbeat9774]

Thanks Sarah!

[@endtimeawakening5557]

Certain parts of our country are highly prone to these weather events. I hope they're doing more in the way of "pre-storm" preparations like building codes, subterranean shelters, etc. These are powerful events that you don't want to be involved in, but some simply have no choice. Be safe out there as you continue to document these phenomenal forces of nature!

[@uncolesss]

Love your channel! Thank yall' for providing great storm-chasing content! :)

[@DL541]

Which Tornado documentary were you in? I believe it was talking about the El Reno tornado.

[@SarahGreen523]

That's the one! I've been following them since I saw it.

[@weatherbeat9774]

We have been a part of a Nat Geo documentary on El Reno, and productions about the Moore tornado. 2013 was quite a year in central Oklahoma. :-/

[@DL541]

@@weatherbeat9774 Yeah it was. Thank you for the reply. I grew up in NW Arkansas, the river valleys funneled storms made storm season interesting.

[@spazzklown10]

I lived in OKC in 03 with my mom how come I can't find any videos of it hitting us at the Oklahoma Fairgrounds wish I could find it somewhere I figured it would be here somewhere but no luck iwanna seeing I can find me and my mom and hear the sirens again since I was too little to remember what it sounded like but surviving ur first tornado in a school we took cover in well never forget!!!

[@dabull1298]

She seemed happy when there was a tornado and when it went back up she seemed upset like whatttt theeeee

[@victord6387]

she's a dork

[@d00mhound]

dude, that meso looks insane. gnarly catch. the lightning strike you caught in the timelapse at 1:09 was incredible. off topic: what song was used in the greensburg tornado vid you publushed? since comments are disabled. the vid here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqC8qpiOrseHpNk

[@weatherbeat9774]

Thanks! And, the song is actually an original composition.

[@strayl1ght]

Would be better without the woman shrieking.

[@weatherbeat9774]

I don’t know what you’re listening to, but there’s no “woman shrieking” in this video. If hearing a competent female conversing with her long-time chase partner in a semi-tense situation is upsetting, this probably isn’t the channel for you. 🙂