Man: "We're completely fine." Me: "BULLSHIT LEEEEETS GOOOOOOO ALREADEEEEEE!"

I was in Midwest City when this happened. It was terrifying... The tornado went about a quarter of a mile from my cousins house and they said their house was shaking. This is the worst storm I have been through in my life, I was visiting too I don't live there.

If anyone is saying something bad about this stop I lost my aunt and four month old baby cousin I was in Midwest city at the time I still am and this is very devastating Oklahoma and Oklahoma only has had the worst tornados I’ve ever seen and it’s the biggest tornado alley

Wow that roar was loud

Do you know the saddest part is about Moore Oklahoma I grew up in tornado alley in Jerrell Texas. We had our F5 tornado there in 1997 but when Moore, Oklahoma had their tornado in 2013, the saddest part was that their sirens didn’t go off they had a time it’s just really sad. Give me a thumbs up if you like my comment.

Moore, Oklahoma is some mini tornado alley within a tornado alley. It is sandwiched between Tinker AFB and Oklahoma City. It has been hit with 9 tornadoes between 1998 - 2014; 4 of them F4 and F5; an F5 in May 1999, and F4 in May 2003, an F4 in May 2010, and this F5 in May 2013. The F5s were devastating. I lived there until after this tornado in 2013 and although I love Moore; the people are amazing, after losing my home twice in each of the F5, I decided that being in Moore is clearly dangerous. The F5 in 1999, which had the highest tornadic wind speeds ever recorded, 320 mph, lifted our storm cellar and dropped it.

The reason why my family left Oklahoma before I was born. Our last name is Moore. My granny still has PTSD from storms. 😢

Unbelievable! That broken windscreen on that car... tells how brave these people are.. chasing the twister whilst risking their life.. to produce this incredible video. CNN must hire these die-hard guys! Pray for Oklahoma!

The reason basements aren't common in Oklahoma is that the water table is very high here. Remember, the Great Plains were the ocean in prehistoric times. Basements tend to fill with water here due to seepage.

"Leveled houses are leveled". Yes...yes, they are.

That tornado is huge i would be so scared

Thats why i left Oklahoma years ago. To much wind.

The updates on the bottom were chilling as fuck.

Good point rose

Thats right besides my brothers house at Moore Oklahoma and his entire housing track was demolished his house was gone.

Me too dude, at august there was a tornado direct above my hometown in germany. A weak EF0 but it blewed away trees and covered a few roofs off. Luckily it havent hit my house, because I live in the outskirts of town.

Praying!

I pray to God, that I never have to see or experience being in or in the path of a tornado! I can't imagine the fear the people felt, as they knew what awaits them! To see something coming towards you, that you have no control over is a indescribable terror! May God wrap his loving healing arms around this town, and strengthen every broken heart and soul, to bring about a peace that'll heal all there wounds! In Jesus name Amen !

I wonder how many people's last words were "We are completely fine."

yo todavia acuerdo este dia:(

The sirens sound in 3-5 minute intervals with a few minutes pause as to not drain the batteries or burn out the speakers/motors. The sirens had sounded several times before the tornado got close to Moore.

I feel bad for the kids

+Kenneth Pace I agree or a safe room.

This was a devastating tornado I was 5 when it happened and my mom showed me the wreckage

Great Video sad consequence's

best video ever omgosh this is crazy thanks cnn for showing this good video

Amazing the destruction caused so fast. Had to be horrifying. Look like that tornado was heading right at them. Great video

All I have to say is OH. MY. GAWD.

Pray for the people of Okla.

It's because of cost reasons. The people who live in the Great Plains, Deep South, and Upper Midwest, where just about all of the EF5 tornadoes occur, often can't afford to have a basement built, especially in places like Oklahoma and Texas, where you almost have to use dynamite to get one started. When it's considered that the chances of a violent tornado (EF3-EF5) striking your home are extremely rare, many just think it isn't worth it.

The last part is the worst part of being a storm chaser.

Wow 😮

Omg that's so sad:(

Whoa shocking I hope they ok

Why didn't they sound the sirens before the tornado got to there ?

Great footage

EVERY building school and home should have underground shelters if ppl keep living in Tornado Alley. Just stupid.

That late siren! Straight didn't start until tornado was so big everyone in that small town already knew it was there from word of mouth or Facebook.

The scariest Thing is that no safety room underground World help Against a F5 :'-( But why dont all houses have it when F5s arent regular?

It looks like gray flames...

right at the very end you can hear the children crying... :(

sad

Man that I was worried

Was this taken at Southmoore high?

Ok, two myths in one statement, gotta love it. First off, clay isn't so hard it needs explosives to break ground, a back hoe works just fine. Second, an underground basement or storm cellar is the ONLY protection from an F5. Basement walls can not be blown over. If the house is attached they can be pulled over, thats different. A basement is better protection against an F5 than a closet, but a storm cellar is the best as it has no topside walls to catch the wind or debris.

That high school is right by my moms house

Turn on sirens for dramatic efect

Just before 5/31/13 El-Reno tornado

ahhhh man. =\

Who's going to pay for it? That's very expensive in places like OK and TX where the ground is so hard that you have to use explosives just so you can break ground. And even a basement won't protect you against an EF-5 tornado. The Barneveld, WI tornado of 84 and the 08 Parkersburg, IA tornado both blew foundation walls over.

Oklahoma is one of the worst state for tornado hit every year. Would you take a job offered and live in this state?

I so love my mother nature... We hate cowards... Destroy the weak!!!!

I'm reminded of those times when I was a kid and didn't want to go to school and there was the cliche joke of oh, i wish a tornado would hit the school (or an earthquake, etc)

Was this one of the School destroyed? Did the Tornado hit this school?

ANDERSON COOPER!!!! Nvm I actually meant was a tornado warning was issued in Hancock county in Indiana I'm scraed it means NO MINECRAFT !!!

Well don't just stand there amazed!!!

You have heard of "above ground" shelters? I guess not. If you have a water flood problem, then build it above ground.

Wow I kat bleve the trindo

No coz

How much more dramatic can these chasers be? They’re amateurs. 🙄

Drake! WE ARE LEAVING!!!!

I lost two thirds of my brain cells reading this comment...

In every video clip like this, you have Religious nutters quoting this is Gods work. Tornados have been going on long before Man walked the Earth. Scientific fact. I hope these poor people effected, get back to normal asap.

Susan Smith, l Pray the Lord bind the wounds of the broken hearted provided the needs of families of their losts l saiah53:3-4 l pray for your pain lean upon Jesus to help you pislld are praying with you 💖🕊️🙏🙏🇱🇷

That's just middle America, bro...

why do they make most of the house out of wood is weak ????????????

Oh, yeah. Turn on the sirens now that the tornado's already been here for a bit. Seriously, with as advanced as meteorology has become, especially in the Great Plains, we still can't come up with good enough warning systems. Mother Nature 1 Mankind 0

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LOL! "Where's Apone"!!

God's Will is done. Praise God!

That Moore tornado had to be the biggest ever in the states. This thing was spitting out F2-3 tornados all around it. I've seen what a F5 does and it was nothing like this. Probably an F10 at least. When pro chasers can't imagine it getting to them and being killed, it can only be called a monster.

DEEP THOUGHTS: You know, sometimes when I use one of those high-velocity flush toilets in a mall or something, I think to myself...WOW....that thing just blew my crap apart and sucked it down like nothing.

Not to be mean or anything to anyone who is Lesbian, Gay, Bi, or Trans because I'm Bi but I swear one of the guys in the car sounds like he is gay or bi. Note, I don't want to start a internet war. please don't hate me >~