Richard Scott Covering Tuscaloosa Tornado

WVUA Chief Meteorologist Richard Scott and WVUA's Daniel Sparkman covers the tornado as it rips through Tuscaloosa.

[@lhellmund]

What professionalism. I'm sure they were all extremely worried, but they stayed calm and gave the public the information they needed.

[@kenperkins7921]

After what happened earlier in the morning, it would have been tempting to call in sick for the rest of the day and night!!

[@BasicallyStevee]

He did a great job. A young guy seeing something headilng toward his home that no one should see. Kudos to him.

[@heatherp7241]

We had a meteorologist here in Oklahoma, Damon Lane, cover while his wife was hit in the Moore, OK tornado. He was shaken, but not stirred, and was forever famous for it. The strength they have to do this, is beside me. I always choke up when mass damage happens.

[@michaelboyer9798]

Incredible young man. Very professional in the face of danger. Glad to see he is still the Chief Meteorologist at WVUA. He represents Alabama well. Kudos to Richard and his team. Outstanding.

[@gdlott]

Chilling to watch now.....it had to have been terrifying for those in town watching it live....

[@mindajane]

That thing developed so fast! That was crazy and scary!! I live in the panhandle of Texas and we depend on our weather guys so much! I have so much respect for what these guys were doing that day! Litterally have tears in my eyes right now! I just can't imagine watching that thing coming right at you and still keeping the compsure they did!

[@nenblom]

Let us hope and pray that they never have to go through anything like that again.

[@supertornadogun1690]

wow that lightning at the beggining

[@fgossage]

@rnuge01 And you know what makes his coverage even more impressive? .....His home was destroyed by this tornado as it passed by Tuscaloosa and toward the northeast.

[@RollOnToVictory]

the crazy thing is I think WVUA's building is right next to the stadium

[@tlepageart4294]

Richard has amazing hair

[@kirara2516]

Why don't those camera's have something like windshield wipers that go over the glass/lens and clear away the rain?

[@winfordt.mcguillacutty2553]

Yes you can see the contrast back there

[@sequentialed]

You see a power flash at the bottom left and then the cam cuts out

[@Megnificent.]

Wow!!!

[@AdmiralTMoya]

One reason WVUA's signal was distorted, is because of the Super Cell Thunder storm that became a tornado. When the Tornado left Tuscaloosa and Tuscaloosa County and headed into Jefferson County, ABC, NBC, Fox6 CBS local channels all experienced times when the image quality were distorted. And, WVUA is not a HD channel like ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox6 :)

[@justinbanks3465]

rip loosa should have been a cornfield

[@stevendaniel8126]

I hope this handsome, young professional is alive, healthy and successful !

[@oliviahodges5161]

7 Behold, he cometh with clouds and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

[@F5Storm1]

Sad to think a lot of people watching this are no longer alive

[@tarence319]

Can anyone on here help me, I'm trying to figure something out. Is that Chief Meteorologist Richard Scott?

[@tarence319]

RagingGinger413 Don't get upset,...I was only trying to have people smile to take their mind off of a horrible situation. I have somewhat of an idea of what you went through. I was in a tornado December 2, 1982 that occurred at 2:20 p.m. Still think about it to this day and happy I am alive for you and I to talk about. Please accept my apologies,......I didn't intend to upset anyone.

[@MrCooky96]

tarence319 Just be careful what you say. I am good friends with Richard. He lost his home in that tornado. He still kept calm on the air. You can look on my channel for a video of the damage to my grandparents home.

[@tarence319]

RagingGinger413 Thanks for the info,.....I had no idea he lost his home during this tornado. I will in fact take a look at your channel to see the videos. Again, please accept my apologies,.....no harm was intended.

[@crocodile1313]

tarence319 Good for you tarence319 for your apology. It's obvious you didn't mean anything by your initial comment, but you were still adult enough to apologize to anyone it may have offended. Classy. We need more commenters like you on KZbin.

[@tarence319]

CrocDoc1 Thank you so much. I Love being on here strictly to listen, learn and have fun. Even if I disagree with something, I do my best not to hurt anyone's feelings when addressing an issue because being evil is not cool at all. Again, thank you so much for your kind words and I look forward to talking with you more in the future.

[@ritasahay693]

That was scary.

[@3pxowner3]

was it bring your son to work day?

[@mikegriffith4018]

Looks like the tornado swept his butt right from his foundation

[@isaiahsoma]

It is April 27, but with this kind of screen quality, the only channel I could think of this being is University of Alabama's tv channel with this bad of quality.

[@nadokid1]

Isaiah Soma the quality was fine

[@davidmarshall385]

it looks like the naader only moved 2 blocks cant tell though they say some move at 55 to 70 mph that would be a mile a minute i seriously doubt that sorry for the dudes house yes weather women man are crucial to saveing lives

[@peachxtaehyung]

Its because theyre so far away so it dont seem that way.

[@kenperk9854]

The Phil Campbel/ Hackleberg tornado was MASSIVE and at many times, booking it at up to 70 mph

[@kenperk9854]

We should have enacted a law to keep Mississippi tornadoes out of Alabama! We had enough as it was.

[@oliviahodges5161]

8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

[@2tjanthony]

Richard Scott keeps introducing himself. I wonder why...............

[@peachxtaehyung]

Um because all meteorologists do that anytime theyre on air because people come and go during severe coverage

[@darylstreet5749]

This video just shows the difference between the meteorologists in Oklahoma and the ones everywhere else. The meteorologists in Oklahoma are used to tornadoes the ones everywhere else are not.

[@peachxtaehyung]

People in Alabama are super used to tornadoes as well... Actually Dixie alley experience more tornadoes on average then anywhere in tornado alley

[@darylstreet5749]

@@peachxtaehyung I stand corrected.

[@peachxtaehyung]

@@darylstreet5749 its ok lmao i just was saying that yes oklahoma sees ALOT of tornadoes but Dixie alley does as well ESPECIALLY Alabama! You should check out james spanns coverage of this tornado outbreak. Richard scott is NOTHING compared to him for sure... Him and the meteorologists in Oklahoma are in a league of their own

[@dyer2cycle]

...this guy sounds a bit like Gomer Pyle... :)

[@nowasiwassaying...1699]

The whole time I was distracted by the frequent pausing mid sentence to allow for him super loud swallowing. Poor guy sounds like he needs to cough really badly but is swallowing instead.

[@HunterBidenCocaineBag]

At least it wasn't some chick with a sleeveless dress on trying to explain what was going on!

[@Bootmahoy88]

The visuals on this coverage are horrible! Is this the best they had? I can hardly believe that.

[@iamranndizzle3204]

He did amazing

[@thatpoorkidofficial803]

You can actually find the full length original coverage from richard on his own channel, its much longer and I believe slightly higher quality

[@silentbob3208]

Coming from someone with a KZbin channel full of nothing but horrible, cringe visuals nobody watches 😂

[@tornadoman10115]

2011

[@cloebanker5716]

hey cut the trap

[@cloebanker5716]

he is a fool. too dam skinny

[@nerdieone1]

shut the fuck up.

[@tracyfrederick5606]

cloe banker really? this affects his meteorological skill , how?