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May 20, 2013 Moore-Prague, OK tornadoes

Massive, violent, historical, tragic. Call it what you will, but this is undoubtedly the biggest tornado I've seen. Very sad what happened this day in Moore, OK. We were down south near Lindsey, OK when this storm went up. We quickly bailed on our storm when this one went up. Fighting through traffic and avoiding I-35, we flew north as fast as possible. We finally met with the beast on Air Depot Rd. and 164th St. We kept tabs with the storm north of I-40 and ended up catching a smaller tornado north of Prague, OK.
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We're just getting through Noble (blue crosshairs at the bottom). We drove up the east side of Norman on 24th Ave northbound to intercept.
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We're just getting through Noble (blue crosshairs at the bottom). We drove up the east side of Norman on 24th Ave northbound to intercept.

  • Our storm we started on, just southwest of Lindsey, OK. The storm was quickly dying off. Then the radar near OKC got interesting...
  • The storm up north was hooking quickly. We bailed on our storm (bottom of the screen) and quickly made our way north.
  • The tornado has been on the ground for a few minutes. Notice the hole in the precip on radar. Evidence of a large tornado.
  • Very clearly that the southern OKC vicinity was going to be in big trouble.
  • The tornado is back in there in the haze somewhere, just crossed I-44 heading for Moore.
  • About as insane as a radar grab can get. Large wedge tornado on the ground right here.
  • We're just getting through Noble (blue crosshairs at the bottom). We drove up the east side of Norman on 24th Ave northbound to intercept.
  • First glimpse of the beastly tornado. We were all just in a bit of shock when we saw it.
  • The tornado is still very large, even as it began shrinking. The haziness around the tornado is actually debris from Moore.
  • Still doing EF-4 damage on the east side of Moore.
  • Starting to rope out and shrink in size.
  • Only about 2 miles from us as we crest a hill packed with people.
  • Tornado just about gone east of Lake Stanley Draper.
  • (Blurry) shot of the tornado north of Prague, OK.
  • The motion was pretty violent, but luckily stayed over rural areas.
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