Tornado - Wichita Falls, Texas 1964

[@scottmathews3777]

This is the first tornado I clearly remember, out of five that hit Wichita Falls when I was growing up between 1955 and 1979 (1958, 1962, 1964, 1973, 1979). This is good coverage, we happened to be watching KFDX channel 3, which I also recall having live outdoor camera coverage.

[@drewski1535]

The 1979 one definitely was a beast

[@johnbates4319]

I worked as an engineer at KAUZ from 1980 to 1987. The camera that you see was still there. Jack Britton still came by the station from time to time. FYI...this was on a reel of 2" tape. That is why it jumps on the edits. Glad someone preserved the original 2" master!

[@Dan_KM8DAD]

+John Bates Ahhh....good ol' quad tape. State-of-the-art for the time, but very picky technology. When I first started TV operations in '85, it took me around 10 minutes to set up a 2" playback with the proper video head calibrations. Got that down to less than a minute by the time the format was phased out. The tape was also quite expensive and was therefore recycled frequently. Good thing someone had the foresight to set this aside for future generations to see.

[@toddstewart9070]

interesting how the audio portion is uninterrupted by static or distortions during these edits.

[@Petemonster62]

@@toddstewart9070- The components of video on a video tape get more disrupted by a splice than the audio.

[@StarvingInsomniac]

I work at KAUZ currently and the camera is still here! Its in the front lobby now!

[@LemonLadyRecords]

@@Petemonster62 I have experience with 2" audio tape (16 or 24 tracks) and yes, edits were fine at the usual 15 or 30ips for audio.

[@timmy841212]

Great footage for 1964! EDIT: Tornado reporting was very primitive, wasn’t it? “SMOKE???”

[@joesmoe71]

Thanks for posting this! I've always wanted to see the whole thing since seeing clips of it in Tornado Classics Volume One!

[@jaykatzman946]

When the tornado was sighted we were in class in the Comms building located on the north end of the base by a couple hangers. We were all told to go to the east end of the building on the 2nd floor, and sit in the hallway. I sat so I could lookout the windows through one of the classrooms, (classroom doors were left open on this side of the building). The funnel hit our building dead on, it was the blackest black I have ever seen.

[@laturnbow4215]

My Grandfather - Counter 12:10 ---Sucked up into this monster. It carried him inside his car & he lived to tell what he experienced & what it's like to be inside a tornado!

[@Religious_man]

He was inside the dirt-filled sand blaster sent from the clouds.

[@lisa.manekineko]

WOW

[@rickd254]

I was in fifth grade. I saw the tornado from my classroom window. It was the same classroom I was in 5 months before when we were told that JFK had been shot. What a school year.

[@heathconrad212]

The first in the world to shoot live coverage of a tornado!

[@keiracochran179]

My Grandpa almost died from this tornado, it was headed straight for his school when it turned around and went the other way. His class was the only class that didn't go in the hallway because their teacher abandoned them. It's one of the most incredible stories he shares and I was so happy to find this piece of his childhood

[@aisforamerica2185]

This is so interesting to watch. My Grandfather was in eighth grade when this hit. Amazing audio quality for early 60s.

[@ChristopherSaindon]

LOVE the old black and white tornado footage!

[@MarkPentler]

Rdiculously good quality recording. Wow.

[@jrodowens]

It really is. Much crisper footage than exists for '79, thats for damn sure. And they had amazingly good closeup live report as it formed

[@joestueckrath5275]

Mark the video restored

[@jackallen6562]

Video tape on those live shots. Had to be pretty rare in early ‘64, especially in a market of that size. Didn’t see anything but film in the other news coverage on YT (WKY, et.al.).

[@stormexplorer3971]

@@jrodowens That was a different one. This tornado was back in 1964.

[@teresapatterson9225]

I was on the playground at Sheppard-burkburnet Elementary School and we were on the playground when the tornado was headed our way before it changed direction and hit the base. our teacher Miss Webb called us in and had us get into the hall. We were so young that we didn't know to be afraid.

[@cribguy]

When I was in elementary school in WF in the mid 70s, I used to watch this film on the school library 16mm projector. I must have watched it a dozen times... We moved to Atlanta just before the big one in 1979.

[@jaykatzman946]

I remember seeing a Caddie floating past the window, that's 15 feet up from the ground to the 2nd floor. The Caddie belonged to one of the instructors. We found it a block away from where it was parked. My old barracks was flattened. I just moved out from there a couple days earlier.

[@greggsannes493]

What an incredible experience, glad you made it through

[@lesclar55]

I was in 3rd grade and lived on Sheppard AFB. I remember seeing the funnel cloud coming across the field as we huddled in our hallway. It passed our homes and hit the base.

[@tinathomas3687]

I was a baby living at Shepherd AFB. My sister was in school. Two brothers were home with Mama. My brother James was about 2 1/2...Dad talked about Safeway being destroyed. Mom kept pictures. Ours was the only house left standing on our block. Neighbors were in our basement...Mom talked about it for years. My sister was at the school.

[@badcompany-w6s]

Wow! This is so cool. A tv station so modern with all the mobile equipment and the station with its own radar. Here at home our station did not get a weather radar until I think 1978 or 79.

[@prafulmartis8317]

I agree... this is way too cool for the 60s

[@johnmaher1682]

19 year old Airmen at Sheppard AFB, in tech school. In a wooden school room for study period when instructor spotted 'touch down' just blocks away. Evacuated to cinder block school building hallways one block away, Tanker blocks from hanger for KC97 Tanker Hanger. Hanger roof peeled off, with one KC97 upside down outside when all clear was given. Reported for guard duty within the hour for destroyed stores along highway just outside the main gate. God Bless all those who survived and R.I.P to those who did not...

[@timothygorman5111]

I was in this tornado as a 13 month old, my mother 22 at the time broke all bones on her right side in a full body cast for 1 year. I suffered a liver laceration and my grandmother died.

[@MG-si8fw]

I was in this tornado as a 14 month old. My mother was 20 at the time. She lives in the old Sunset Terrace neighborhood. Small world.

[@ErickC]

I yearn for the day when tornadoes will once again be called "turbulence with the smoky condition."

[@Pdstor]

Yeah, I was looking at that saying to myself that I've seen multivortex wedges far less well-defined than this multivortex wedge. This one had some extreme power, too, since the "smoke" is almost certainly a debris loft all the way up to the cloud base; I think the camera had some funky lighting back in those days. Wonder what this would look like with AI filling in the image and color.

[@harveywallbanger3123]

@@PdstorAgreed 100%. Keep in mind they were still using the WSR-57, which was basically a WW2 battlefield radar redesigned to INTENTIONALLY show clouds. All they were aware of was the hook echo, which only formed when they were really close to a supercell in the midst of active tornadogenesis. The observation part was basically still in the 1800s - nobody knew what to look for, and what parts meant what. Some of the old descriptions of tornadoes are pretty funny, actually.

[@johnbates4319]

Yeah Dan...We had 4 of the 2" machines dedicated to commercials and 1 (early 1960's ) model with the vertical reel configuration for hour reels only. It had all tube supplies. (0A2 and 0A3's)....guys like us really had to hustle to keep it all going! You said you got your setup time down to under a minute....excellent! Young Engineers today have no idea what all we did just to edit or run a single commercial block! We're the last of special breed that's for sure!!

[@callieraybourn6472]

My mother was under a coffee table during this tornado and I was in her belly, born 7 months later. From what I was told, they rebuilt part of the hospital just in time for me to be born - I'm sure that was one on Sheppard's AFB. Don't know for sure.

[@sonofroderick4255]

I was there. I don't remember because I was 2 years old, but I remember Terrible Tuesday on April 10, 1979. I was 17.

[@stevenbarnett-ui4ql]

WASN'T HERE:YET;BUT I SURE WILL NEVER EVER FORGET 1979=🌹🌹🙏🙏

[@marvinhobbshobbs5595]

My mom dad older sister and brother were in this one. I was born in 65. My dad was stationed on Sheppard, family lived in trailor park on burk road then highway. Parents said our trailor was the only one standing when they came out the cellar.

[@nancaraway8413]

I was in Base housing on Sheppard AFB. The house did not stand very well but my family made it with a few cuts and abrasions. So I am a survivor of a F-5 tornado

[@jaykatzman946]

I was stationed at Sheppard at that time. I helped move equipment, beds and other materials from the old hospital into the new hospital a couple days earlier (not all of the hospital equipment made it into the new hospital). It was one of the extra jobs assigned to students not assigned PD status.

[@randytracy1742]

If you are reading this in 2024-this is the 60th anniversary-an f5 tornado 🌪️ ripped into Wichita Falls,Texas and Sheppard Air Force Base on the afternoon of April 3, 1964.at least 225 homes were destroyed in the north side of the town,and the base suffered $2.8( or exceeding $15) million damage as planes,ahanger,the power plants and the chapel were destroyed. The tornado 🌪️ killed 7people and injuring over 100.this tornado 🌪️ is one of the first tornadoes ever to be shown on live television!!📺 the radar at they’ve their tv station was impressive-showing a hook echo on its screen! 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@PATCALNJ]

Remember it well. I was stationed at Sheppard AFB. We were just completeing tech school and were about to graduate. Tornado hit the base around 1 PM on the 3rd of April. We had just been early released from normal base clean up duties. Weren't told anything was wrong. Headed back to my barracks and decided to sit out on the porch. Noticed a weird looking cloud heading my way and pointed it out to the guy that was sitting next to me. His face turned pale when he saw it and blurted out,"that is a tornado". He said that he was taking cover but I said that I never saw a tornado and wanted to watch it. He told me that I was nuts and better get inside. I stayed and watched the thing heading straight for me, then it made a turn and wiped out all the old unused barracks and then headed up toward the flight line. The base was a mess afterwards. Looked like a kleenex factory exploded with bits of paper all over the place.

[@Religious_man]

With stupidity like that, you could have made #8 on the fatality list.

[@latinguy67]

My brother was stationed at Sheppard when the tornado of April 1979 hit. We drove up from Fort Worth (where we lived) to go and make sure he was okay. I wasn't born in 64 but 79's tornado damage was just out of this world.

[@markraffety3246]

This on almost got me according to my Mom and Dad. We were on the base at the time. I was about 2 years old. My mom grabbed me off my bed where I had been napping. About a minute or two later a huge piece of concrete came through the wall and did a direct hit on my bed. My Dad told me it weighed at least 300 pounds

[@ripedecomp]

hook echo.... on radar , ancient radar ... wowie zowie in 1964 The video is of great detail . All the info one needs to run for cover. Splended ! Thanks to all who placed it right here .Long line , but greatful.

[@sticky899]

I was home from school that day and living at Sheppard AFB. I got to see it and I will never forget the sound!

[@Mary-qo2jq]

I was 5 years old I still remember and iam 61 yrs. my family made it thru. My Daddy was in the Airforce. We lived across the street from Shepherd base hospital. (off base)

[@MissMaddy881]

the music makes it even creepier. i dare someone to watch this with all the lights off..

[@MaN-pw1bn]

This is really great footage! TY for sharing.

[@bshrader]

Thank you for posting this important piece of TV history.

[@RamonaQuinn99]

Did you know that the 1964 Witchita Falls tornado happened ten years prior to the 1974 Super Outbreak?

[@michaellovely6601]

And just fifteen years before the infamous "Terrible Tuesday" tornado on April 10th, 1979.

[@5nag1951]

I was 12yrs. old & our family owned 2 homes on Trigg Lane, this tornado took both homes & my Aunt & Uncle(they were visiting us from San Antiono).The man that is mentioned being cut to pieces by flying glass,that was my Dad.

[@Petemonster62]

Sorry that your family had to go through that Vicki!

[@johnbates4319]

If I recall correctly... NWS started issuing tornado warnings in 1968 after a tornado in Oklahoma City.

[@cababyboomerq6012]

The news/weather people are not so polite now. They tell us exactly how it is. My first spring living in north Texas we had a terrifying night as bad storms fired just to the west of us for many hours. We were all under tornado warnings almost all night. They did have tornados not far north of us and not far south of us. Having lived in earth quake county all of my life this was a very rude awaking for me. Every area has it’s risks……

[@LemonLadyRecords]

Amazing video!! I wasn't in WF for this one, but was very much in the April 1958 one, when I was 5yrs old, which was like a horror movie. But after this one, we traveled to WF, from Okla City, to find out if my grandparents and uncle were ok (grandparents were, uncle lost his home), as the long distance phone lines were down for days. We toured the damage and it was incredible, esp around SAFB, like a nuclear bomb. Repeat for the 1979 Tuesday monster and all were ok, tg, but it was close. I had tornado PTSD until well into my 40s and I still have the odd tornado nightmare....

[@jay.theoutsider]

I’m glad you’re okay! I’ve never personally been in a tornado, but I’ve been in a few warnings and one was a very scary false alarm, with lots of wind. I am writing stories about a group of boys that live in the 60s and the main boy was in a tornado and lost the rest of his family to it, and now lives with his adoptive big brother and suffers from PTSD. I like to watch these videos for research so I can write better and more accurately.

[@heatherstub]

I've got the same thing from the tornadoes in 1974 and 1984 on April 4 in Stone Mountain, Georgia. When I do have those nightmares, I wake up thanking God that we survived them, and I hope I don't have to go through another one again. I'm now fascinated by the weather and want to go on a storm chase with a professional storm chaser. Yes, I realize it may be rediculous, but it's a way to overcome and to learn more about what these good people do out there, because some of them also went through tornadoes before they became chasers, too.

[@tamiraheydrick9627]

We Have survived the 64, 69, and 79 tornado's here in Wichita falls thank you God.

[@MG-si8fw]

My family also. Marvin Goforth

[@Apileofcheese]

This was an EF-5 which is crazy, but it was heavily overshadowed by the 1979 tornado which is mind boggling

[@michaellovely6601]

Mm-hm. I don't understand why the tornado that hit Wichita Falls, Texas on April 10th, 1979 overshadows the tornado that hit the city on April 3rd, 1964. Though the same can't be said for Andover, Kansas or Moore, Oklahoma because everyone knows about the tornadoes that hit these particular cities in two separate decades: Andover, Kansas was hit by a tornado on April 26th, 1991 and again on April 29th, 2022. Quite surprisingly no fatalities occurred in the 2022 storm; which leads me to believe that the residents of Andover learned their lesson from the 1991 tornado. Obviously we all know that Moore, Oklahoma was clobbered twice by violent and destructive tornadoes: the first was on May 3rd, 1999 and is infamous for having the highest wind speeds recorded of 318 MPH as well as being the first time the National Weather Service issued a Tornado Emergency for the Oklahoma City metro area. Of course the second time was on May 20th, 2013 and is quite notorious for having hit two elementary schools in Moore: Briarwood Elementary School and Plaza Towers Elementary School. Just recently I learned that Jarrell, Texas was hit by a tornado on May 29th, 2022 but it is overshadowed by the tornado that hit Jarrell on May 27th, 1997.

[@millertimester]

My dad was stationed at Sheppard AFB, and he and my mom lived off base along the Seymour Highway. It passed within a mile of them. I was born the following January and was occasionally referred to as their "little tornado".

[@Godplex99]

This footage also gives us a clear reminder of what happened in 1964 and how life looked like back then

[@chad3452]

My 1st tornado had 135 mph winds and those had me scared to death at age 11.... I'll never forget it I think that's F1 or F2 wind speed but man it opened our doors, broke our windows, our gas grill and other objects hit the side of our house.. hail and rain poured in through the open doors and broken windows... Unfortunately I've been in more tornadoes since that day in 1990 ranging from F2-F3 I can't imagine being in an F4 or F5

[@johnnyjones1980]

I was stationed at Sheppard when this hit.

[@janetbennett4278]

My father was Too.. Glad you survived...

[@Religious_man]

Like apparently everyone else here in the comment section...

[@betsysingh-anand3228]

"I don't know what that is, Paul". Looks to me like a tornado........

[@akashazza9994]

My Dad was in the new hospital on Base. They had just moved to the new tornado prof hospital. We lived in Burkburnett and could see the funnel 14 miles away.🌎✌️

[@molliehoff9950]

My Dad was the electrical engineer over the base hospital. He was so busy and had no time to call us. We heard on the radio that the base hospital was gone... They just failed to say the OLD base hospital. 2 or 3 days later my Mom and I drove up to get him. I was in shock at all the damage and then my Dad looked like he had been beaten. He had dark circles around his eyes because he had gone without sleep for so long. He told of surgeons working for hours sewing up patients, etc.

[@akashazza9994]

@@molliehoff9950 thanks for your story. Small world we live in. I live in Washington state now. 😃 My dad was a nurse in the Air Force. I do believe he didn't come home for a few days. And we drove thru the base, not much was left.😃✌

[@molliehoff9950]

@@akashazza9994 Do you still live in WF! I started to move back to my home city of Henrietta and the first thing I priced out was a storm shelter. Dad just kept talking about how great the staff was during those awful days. I remember he was able to grab showers but his clothes were filthy!

[@akashazza9994]

@@molliehoff9950 no. Long way from Texas. Washington state. Dad retired at Fairchild AFB in Spokane, Washington. All my family is from Texas.

[@johnritcher5751]

Hook echo still used with modern doppler to identify tornadoes. That much hasnt changed.

[@hotwax9376]

I find it interesting that this twister hit exactly ten years before the 1974 Super Outbreak, including the Xenia, Brandenburg, and Cincinnati tornadoes..

[@hotwax9376]

10:59 "Oh, good Lord." That gave me quite a chuckle; he says that so nonchalantly, and I'm amazed that a TV newscaster was even allowed to say that on air.

[@kabrinageorge1309]

My uncle told me when he was helping clean up in Xenia, Ohio, he almost got hit by a garage door falling from the sky, unbelievable.

[@rebelfighter5249]

@@hotwax9376 that's cause ppl weren't a bunch of thin-skinned snowflakes back then. Cancel culture wasn't a thing.

[@chriscraft1334]

John Burke said "Good gracious sakes alive!".

[@michaellovely6601]

@@kabrinageorge1309 Oh my! I once asked my mother about the tornado that hit Xenia, Ohio during the Super Outbreak of 1974 and she told me that Xenia looked like a war zone in Vietnam after the tornado had dissipated.

[@heropaws7515]

My grandfather was in it when it happened. It destroyed his home.

[@eastest566]

This was exactly 10 years before the super outbreak (April 3-4, 1974 tornado event).

[@georgehays4900]

Those reporters were very unskilled. Love the “smoke pall” references to debris cloud. Lots of cool old cars.

[@JerusalemRemembered28]

Strangest of all. My ex was born on that exact day April 3, 1964 & he turned out to be a Psychopath....(seriously) 👹 Bad day all around.

[@SynysterShadow]

This video is scary, but even more if you watch in 144p 😖

[@DANCEMONKEEBOY]

Ive never seen this before wow thats the tornado that destroyed the Hospital where i was born The old Sheppard hospitall

[@wijxh]

this happened on my birthday in the town i currently go to college to.. crazy

[@JTyler52]

I was stationed at Sheppard a couple months ago, yes Bowie Elemantary is still located there.

[@JimbyVibes]

My left ear feels lonely...

[@itsonlytaylor5124]

same here....

[@debbieharriman9044]

tell the right ear . then the ir left ear wont be lonely

[@JordanBahrPian-UkePlayer]

You can change speaker settings to mono.

[@JordanBahrPian-UkePlayer]

It depends on the computer you're using. If you have Windows 10, the setting is reachable in the "Ease of Access" section of settings. If you have a Mac, you can go to "Accessibility" in System Preferences, and scroll down in the sidebar until you see "Audio" under the Hearing category, then check the box next to "Play stereo audio as mono." If you're using something else, let me know.

[@yellowfish27]

I was in 5th grade at City View when this hit.We lived at 1012 Fell Lane which is where the tornado started its path. We lost everything,and I mean everything. My mother was home and tried to leave in our car,but power lines fell and prevented further escape.She told me she saw the roof of a house lift up in one piece and go flying.She laid down after that. She is now 82 and can tell all the details of that day.Our neighbor was among one of those killed.Does anyone know where to obtain a copy of the newspaper from then?

[@jrodowens]

thank you for sharing that. 31 year old resident of WF, born and raised here so of course grew up hearing tales of the monster of '79 but have never heard anything about this one aside from the fact it happened. Obviously the EF4 on Terrible Tuesday is fresher in minds and was deadlier, but looking at that damage and seeing how wide it got, had it tracked to the south it would have had a terrible toll of victims

[@Legend813a]

yellowfish27 you didn't lose everything.

[@yellowfish27]

Everything that didn't matter anyway.

[@susiearviso3032]

I was 8 years old, but growing up in southern California. At age 52 I moved to Topeka Kansas. Now I know about tornadoes. :-)

[@Petemonster62]

@@susiearviso3032- Look up 1966 Hawthorne, California Tornado.

[@ArchernAce]

What great history.

[@robertsalazar9932]

Back to the good old days...

[@andershere4547]

I wasn’t alive when this happened but I have lived in Wichita Falls my entire life I go to city view isd I was born in 2005

[@hiplikedyani1012]

Yeah same lol except I live in Oklahoma but my sister lives near wichita falls

[@jay.theoutsider]

I was also born in 2005! I really do like to hear about tornados back in the 50s and 60s. I write stories about that time and I have a character that lost his family in a tornado, and it helps to watch videos and research about back then! It’s interesting, too.

[@jay.theoutsider]

hiplikedyani 2003 I live in Illinois, but never been in a tornado myself. I have been in a few warnings though

[@JesusfreakandBiblethumper]

Wow! Thxs 4 video

[@Zoomer30]

And also back when they needed to "warm up" the studio TV cameras before breaking in (the first reports of the JFK shooting in Dallas broke into As the World Turns as just a CBS BREAKING NEWS title screen and Cronkite talking due to this)

[@Petemonster62]

You are right, the cameras had vacuum tubes & had to warm up before they operated properly.

[@Cokercole]

You had the hook echo on radar too. I love this clip from channel 3. What a year to remember. I was in the 5th grade that year, the same year JFK was assassinated. A very bad year indeed.

[@mejoza]

The volume is low and (I think) only in the right channel (right speaker). There is sound though.

[@JTyler52]

I'm not stationed there anymore; however, I know its located just off from 240 not all that far from the Sikes Senter mall, although its not called "Bowie Elementary" they just call it "Bowie School.

[@MissMaddy881]

the coverage reminds me of TWC during hurricane season.

[@danadoozer9990]

I know the science of tornadoes was a rather new thing, but how did they not know that "smoke" was debris from soil being picked up?!

[@vinylking1252]

Checked my device and it worked thanks!

[@Zoomer30_]

1959 First live broadcast of a tornado. 40 years later May 3rd 1999 F5 Bridge Creek / Moore OK tornado tracked live by multiple streamers and choppers.

[@janetbennett4278]

I was in this tornado with my family. I was 6 years old and thought we were going to Die that Day..

[@coxric]

A classic "flying eagle" shaped storm with what could even be a radar-detected debris ball. Not as well-known as the Terrible Tuesday storm but still produced a massively powerful tornado.

[@Dan_KM8DAD]

Antiquated compared to today's technology, but the fact that their radar could detect the hook echo probably saved some lives, especially if most of the local radio towers were taken out. BTW, does anyone know when NWS came up with the watch/warning protocol? I remember hearing it was sometime in the late 60's, but not sure exactly when.

[@karlmelcher3242]

If you are still following this video, the Tornado Watch/Warning system as it is now started in 1966. In 1952, they started a similar system called a Tornado Forecast/Alert, but they used the words "Alert," "Warning," and "Bulletin" interchangeably. This created confusion and after the 1965 Palm Sunday Outbreak, a recommendation was made to change it to something clearer.

[@Petemonster62]

Dan, Karl is right. But I believe the wording used by the U.S. Weather Bureau was, " Severe Storms Forecast ". A " Severe Storms Forecast " was a combined Severe Thunderstorm/Tornado Watch. In 1952, the meteorologists did not have the research that indicated which storm systems were likely to produce only Severe Thunderstorms & which storm systems would also produce Tornadoes.

[@mikeblack1874]

My dad was stationed at Sheppard and had to leave his car and seek cover in a ditch. My mom and some of my brothers and my sister watched cloud from our front yard on Elizabeth Ave. I remember my brother Bob was on crutches due to leg injury he suffered at Burcamp steel . Was also in path of April 1979 storm t my father in law's house on Hursh in Southmoor. We survived in storm cellar but his house did not . Moved to Alabama in 1989 and on way had to abandon one of our vehicles on interstate and flle from a twin tornado in West Memphis Arkansas. November 1989 was living in Huntsville Alabama and once again in path of killer tornado. Some fancy driving by my wife saved her and the kids as people were stopped just looking at the cloud . Moved to Tuscaloosa Alabama in 1994 and we had tornado one January ( can;t remember year ) and another one on December 16, 2000. that killed 16 people. On April 27 2011 Tuscaloosa experienced a devasting tornado very similar to 1979 Wichita Falls storm . I had often said i would never see another storm like April 10 1979. I will never say anything like that again. My brother Tom calls me a tornado magnet. Swears he loves me but doesn't want to live anywhere near me.

[@TommyBowerscoasters]

Mike Black wow. Amazing

[@piggyjo]

Mike Black wow, I do hope your luck has changed. Those storms really did seem to follow you around.

[@metalmedic7211]

Texas Alabama both states get large tornadoes I live an hour from Tuscaloosa hope and pray we don't have any more

[@b3j8]

Me neither Mike! Lol. Nah just kidding!

[@johncameron]

Was Jack one of the weather guys?

[@E.K.O.H]

Damn I didnt know that my city got hit by a tornado

[@juliasmith5267]

Thank you. :D

[@sunshinelee31]

Wichita falls tornado was also 1979

[@MissMaddy881]

my tornado dreams are always so creepy.

[@Zoomer30]

Odd that I their radar scope had a negative image.

[@Lieu3C4]

'Tis the season to be jolly. Oh. Sorry: wrong season. :)

[@brookie1141]

The Old ones looked more vibrant

[@Jayahrdknocc134pl]

Gummylox how so?

[@harveywallbanger3123]

1:44 - Big nasty wall cloud under a big nasty classic plains supercell. Can't blame the weatherman for not knowing the lingo, it wasn't invented for another decade, but that "turbulent" mass at the bottom is actually the outer circulation of the tornado. We know now that big EF5s can have stupidly wide circulations that don't resemble anything normal from a tornado, and thus fool people. This is exactly what happened at El Reno, too. Nobody expects an outer shell of condensation cloud with the interior just looking like "smoke" (as this guy describes it).

[@deetjay1]

The one in 1979 was much deadlier...

[@alfal-phabits8533]

Poor cat at 12:33 is dead now...

[@Petemonster62]

Hopefully the cat was reunited with its family.

[@Zoomer30]

Back when storm chasing required a forklift for the camera. Now we have better stuff in our pocket.

[@fyadcorp]

Looks like the second weatherman is holding a cigarette!

[@steveprestegard5151]

0:48 Studebaker Lark Wagonaire.

[@vinylking1252]

No sound?!

[@rjckitty]

I had family there.

[@skywardguy9081]

Boy, if they knew then what we know now . . .

[@wesleynoggle3895]

i was there

[@bluedolphin5792]

I watched this from Barwise Jr high

[@susiearviso3032]

Wow, check out the jalopies of back then. Lol

[@braydenrandall1376]

my mom was only 2yrs

[@ZeBenko]

I was centered in a pair of balls when this hit... I wasn't born yet.

[@Petemonster62]

L.O.L!