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10 May 2016
How to Survive A Tornado
I have said it to countless people over the last 36 years: Put as many walls between you and the outside as possible if a tornado is approaching, and if there is a bathroom in the middle of the house, that’s the place to go. The photo above was taken by one of the storm survey teams from the NWS in Norman,OK today and the young man in the picture …
21 May 2013
Amazing View of the Moore Tornado from The Storm Cellar Door
You can see the multiple suction vortices in the tornado. I think this video may have some very high scientific value.
The Oklahoma Tornado: Some Facts and Pictures
First of all, this tornado was not the biggest and strongest tornado ever recorded on Earth, as one Oklahoma City weather-caster said. We don’t know the wind speeds yet, and until then it cannot be given an EF Scale rating. I’ve seen some things (on the video of the damage) that make it clear that this was very likely an EF 4, and I’ve seen one thing that makes me …
20 May 2013
At Least 37 Dead in Catastrophic Tornado In Oklahoma City Metro (Update 1)
Devastation in Moore (Suburb of OKC). This tornado was 14 years to the month after the May 3, 1999 EF 5. It passed very nearly over the same area. Below is from NWS Norman: Below is the radar image showing a large “Debris Ball” being picked up by the radar. Indications from radar is that this may have been an EF 5 and devastation looks as bad as May 99. …
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.