Tornado in El Reno

[soonerbrat]

Mike Morgan says so.

and you can see it.

cool.

[Newbomb Turk]

cool - as long as it doesn't hit your house. :O

[Newbomb Turk]

It's an impressive looking tornado.

[soonerbrat]

it's headed toward the prison in el reno...the pictures are better on channel 9

[Newbomb Turk]

Channel 3 - David Payne is freaking out.

[soonerbrat]

uh oh...another tornado right above the news 9 chopper

[Jerk]

2 tornados!!!! DOUBLE SHOT!!!!!!

[Newbomb Turk]

I may have to clean out the hall closet.

[TopDaugIn2000]

I wouldn't wanna be on I-40 close to el reno right now.......

[TopDaugIn2000]

CAN YOU HEAR ME GARY?? GARY??? CAN YOU HEAR ME GARY??? HEY GARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Newbomb Turk]

I wouldn't wanna be on I-40 close to el reno right now.......

I don't like being in NW OKC right now either. :eek:

[Newbomb Turk]

CAN YOU HEAR ME GARY?? GARY??? CAN YOU HEAR ME GARY??? HEY GARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That was funny - Gary tells them "You guys need to listen to station audio - you're covering each other up".

[TopDaugIn2000]

el reno airport hangars about to GET IT.

[trwxxa]

Very Nice
http://www.newsok.com/images/news9/Port4.jpg

Damn, I miss springtime in Oklahoma.

[Newbomb Turk]

el reno airport hangars about to GET IT.

they just did.

[soonerbrat]

OUCH...bye bye airport hangar

[Sooner_Bob]

Whoa.

[Jerk]

hOLY MACRONI! DID YOU GUYS SEE THOSE HANGERS GET OBLITERATED!

[Newbomb Turk]

That is a cool looking tornado - as long as it doesn't come close to my house.

[Rhino]

GARY! IT JUST HIT...SOMETHING!

Thanks Val, you're only about two minutes too late.

[Newbomb Turk]

GARY! IT JUST HIT...SOMETHING!

Thanks Val, you're only about two minutes too late.

Yeah - we can see the crap flying all over the place.

[proud gonzo]

that's pretty cool.



not for the destroyed stuff....


but it's pretty cool.

[Sooner_Bob]

GARY! IT JUST HIT...SOMETHING!

Thanks Val, you're only about two minutes too late.


That was the ultimate Duuuuuh moment . . . :D

[Newbomb Turk]

This just in - The tornado is roped out.

[Sooner_Bob]

Did you guys see that car go right behind the thing on Ch. 9?

[TopDaugIn2000]

yup. whammo
(airport)

[Newbomb Turk]

The damn sirens are going off in NW OKC - I hate that sound.

[soonerbrat]

we have sirens...

[Newbomb Turk]

Gary - could you please move that arrow from the tornado - you have it pointing right at my house.

[TopDaugIn2000]

calm and creepy in norman right now.

[Jerk]

Looks like that Russian Sukoi sustained little damage.

[BajaOklahoma]

Chalk up one Aggie plane in the El Reno airport.
One of my cousins-of-which-we-don't-speak.

[Newbomb Turk]

Tornado precaution advice - that has to call for a shot or two.

[soonerbrat]

Gary England Drinking Game
By Canada and Moose

Pregame
1. Everyone selects a storm chaser other than Val Caster. Every time Gary talks to your storm chaser, you take one drink. Take two drinks every time we see footage from your storm chaser. Take four drinks if your storm chaser says "tornado on the ground."

2. Everyone selects a county other than Pottawatomie County. Every time Gary mentions your county, you take one drink. Take two drinks every time we see footage from your county. Take four drinks if a tornado touches down in your county.

One drink
1. Take one drink every time Gary says the following:
"Hook echo" | "Updraft" | "Metro" | "Doppler radar" | "Wall cloud" | "Ranger 9" | "Underground" | "Mobile home"

2. When Gary gives a list of counties, take one drink for every county in the list.

3. Take one drink every time Gary interrupts a program. Take one drink if Gary says "You're not missing any of [program name]." Take one drink when Gary says "We'll keep you advised."

Two drinks
1. Take two drinks every time Gary says the following:
"Baseball-sized hail" | "Waterloo Road" | "Pottawatomie County" | "Deer Creek High School"

2. Take two drinks every time Gary mentions the following towns:
Altus | Burns Flat | Dill City | Gotebo | Hydro | Lookeba | Meeker | Mulhall | Oktaha | Olustee | Shattuck | Slaughterville | Tryon | Vici | Waukomis | Wayne (or Payne) | Weleetka | Wetumkah

3. Take two drinks every time Gary talks to Val Caster.

Three drinks
1. Take three drinks if we see footage from Val Caster.


2. Take three drinks if we see footage from Pottawatomie County.

3. Take three drinks if Gary mentions the following:
"Immediate tornado precautions" | "National Weather Service" | "Mesocyclone" | "Portable Radio" | "Take shelter" | "Tornado warning in effect until …"

Four drinks
1. Take four drinks if Ranger 9 must land to refuel.

2. Take four drinks if Gary issues his own tornado warning, not recognized by the NWS or says the following:
"Will someone please answer that phone?" | "Do you see power flashes?"

3. Take four drinks if a shirt-less tornado victim is interviewed.

Finish your drink
1. Finish your drink if someone uses the word tornado as a verb or if Gary mentions the nearest cross streets to you.

2. If Gary says "We've lost Val," pour a little out for your homies and finish your drink.

[Newbomb Turk]

Tornado precaution advice - that has to call for a shot or two.

Thanks Brat - Three drinks :D

[TopDaugIn2000]

and "wear a helmet" and "put helmets on your kids" should get at LEAST 3 drinks.

[Newbomb Turk]

WHAT IS A GETTNER - OR GITTNER? HOWEVER YOU SPELL IT.

[Rhino]

I don't care about what happened.

I care about what is happening and will happen, jerkwads.

[Rhino]

ruh-roh. It's changed directions and is coming my way.

[Newbomb Turk]

and "wear a helmet" and "put helmets on your kids" should get at LEAST 3 drinks.

I'm molding an aluminum helmet out of spent beer cans as we speak. Gary is getting me drunk - FAST!

[soonerbrat]

ruh-roh. It's changed directions and is coming my way.


where are you?

[TopDaugIn2000]

I'm molding an aluminum helmet out of spent beer cans as we speak. Gary is getting me drunk - FAST!

teeheeheehee

and don't forget the goggles too!

[Newbomb Turk]

where are you?

Look at Gary's arrow! :O

[Newbomb Turk]

teeheeheehee

and don't forget the goggles too!

beer goggles - check.

[TopDaugIn2000]

headed right towards my old house too!!!!!!!

[Jeopardude]

calm and creepy in norman right now.

Not that creepy. I think I'll get a drink on the patio at the Mont for the El Renoans out there.

[Rhino]

where are you? Nevermind. I was listening to Mike Morgan and he's an idiot.

[soonerbrat]

Nevermind. I was listening to Mike Morgan and he's an idiot.


you gotta stick with Gary :D

he's being calm.

[Newbomb Turk]

you gotta stick with Gary :D

he's being calm.

Exactly. I switch back to channel 3 every once in a while. Mike is a little fired up, but David Payne is wearing me out. Calm down dude!

[TopDaugIn2000]

Not that creepy. I think I'll get a drink on the patio at the Mont for the El Renoans out there.

I have the windows up. my dog is going a bit nuts, as well as all the other dogs in the neighborhood.

[TopDaugIn2000]

gettin a little thunder and lightning here.

[Newbomb Turk]

I have the windows up. my dog is going a bit nuts, as well as all the other dogs in the neighborhood.

Rut roh - the animals can sense this stuff.

[soonerbrat]

raining here

windows open..stupid downstairs AC is not working!

[Jimminy Crimson]

I always laugh at the out-geeking battle between the news stations, but the new camera on Skynews9 is cool as hell.

Glad to see KOCO get with the progam and become airborne.

[soonerbrat]

gettin a little thunder and lightning here.



is the sky green?

[King Crimson]

it's snowing here in Denver.

[Newbomb Turk]

Glad to see KOCO get with the progam and become airborne.

been wondering when they would get a copter. You know they were getting killed by 4 and 9 on the weather ratings.

[TopDaugIn2000]

is the sky green?

mostly yellow earlier, but too dark now to tell.

[Newbomb Turk]

it's snowing here in Denver.

if that snow starts rotating, be sure to take your tornado precautions.

[Jimminy Crimson]

been wondering when they would get a copter. You know they were getting killed by 4 and 9 on the weather ratings.

I still preferred their graphics and radar to 4, though.

[Jimminy Crimson]

mostly yellow earlier, but too dark now to tell.

Yeah it was **** yellow earlier.

You know its storm season when the sky turns all funky on ya.

[Jeopardude]

Rut roh - the animals can sense this stuff.

Not my dog. he's chillin'

[Jimminy Crimson]

Is everyone sad that Val is on the road and not with his trusty sidekick Gentner? ;)

[Newbomb Turk]

I still preferred their graphics and radar to 4, though.

I think 4 has the best graphics. However, I like how Gary & Rick stay calm.

[Rhino]

Mikey was right. Now they're saying its coming toward south OKC.

Slowly, but still.

[Sooner_Bob]

Have you guys gotten any hail?

[TopDaugIn2000]

none in norman

[Rhino]

The ****** on Fox just called it Nicholas Hills.

[Newbomb Turk]

Tornado warning expired for Oklahoma County. You could hear the disappointment in Gary's voice.

[King Crimson]

if that snow starts rotating, be sure to take your tornado precautions.

"listen for the roar...."

[Newbomb Turk]

"listen for the roar...."

yep - like a train.

[Sooner_Bob]

The ****** on Fox just called it Nicholas Hills.


I guess the folks who live in Bellamy better watch out.

[critical_phil]

El Reno flattened by tornado......tens of dollars in damages......stay with me, i'll keep you advised.

[LilSooner]

I used to love storms now I just hate them. The sky outside is like thise weird orangey reddish color. I swear it was yellow just a few min. ago.

[TopDaugIn2000]

El Reno flattened by tornado......tens of dollars in damages......stay with me, i'll keep you advised.


:D :D :D

[Newbomb Turk]

I used to love storms now I just hate them.

Regular thunderstorms are great - these tornado producers...not so great.

[King Crimson]

The ****** on Fox just called it Nicholas Hills.

one can partially hope that it's Led Nicholas Hills.

[Newbomb Turk]

El Reno flattened by tornado......tens of dollars in damages......stay with me, i'll keep you advised.

that shouldn't make me laugh, but it did. :D

[Sooner_Bob]

well . . . there went the satellite signal.

[TopDaugIn2000]

that shouldn't make me laugh, but it did. :D

word.

[critical_phil]

that shouldn't make me laugh, but it did. :D


and i shouldn't be making jokes - it's looking pretty nasty over here in westmoore.....

[TopDaugIn2000]

well . . . there went the satellite signal.

don't worry.


stay with soonerfans.com. we'll keep you advised.


get your helmet and goggles ready. we'll tell you when to put them on.

[Sooner_Bob]

don't worry.


stay with soonerfans.com. we'll keep you advised.


get your helmet and goggles ready. we'll tell you when to put them on.

Thanks.

I keep meaning to get a better over-the-air antenna . . . but at least we can see/hear channel 9.

Plus, I've got my weather radio/walkie-talkie handy . . .

[TopDaugIn2000]

"south of stillwater, west of stillwater, north of stillwater....."


I might not have to go to stillwater tomorrow after all.....

[Newbomb Turk]

well . . . there went the satellite signal.

thanks - makes me feel less like an idiot by staying with cable.

[Jimminy Crimson]

"south of stillwater, west of stillwater, north of stillwater....."


I might not have to go to stillwater tomorrow after all.....

Stillwater flattened, tens of cents of damage! ;)

[TopDaugIn2000]

ok, so BASEBALL sized hail earlier? has ANYONE actually seen that? I mean REALLY seen it?

In nearly 26 years the largest I've seen is MAYBE marble sized. I"m just sayin.

[Newbomb Turk]

and i shouldn't be making jokes.

sf.com...you just can't help it.

[Jimminy Crimson]

ok, so BASEBALL sized hail earlier? has ANYONE actually seen that? I mean REALLY seen it?

In nearly 26 years the largest I've seen is MAYBE marble sized. I"m just sayin.

I've seen between golf & baseball sized. Never baseball in person, though.

[Jimminy Crimson]

Gary called it Warshington :D

[TopDaugIn2000]

first interview: the manager of denny's.

it only goes downhill from here folks.

[Newbomb Turk]

ok, so BASEBALL sized hail earlier? has ANYONE actually seen that? I mean REALLY seen it?

In nearly 26 years the largest I've seen is MAYBE marble sized. I"m just sayin.

no doubt - I keep hearing baseball and softball sized hail. We had a little bigger than golf ball sized hail a few years back. That's the most I've seen in person.

[Scott D]

and i shouldn't be making jokes - it's looking pretty nasty over here in westmoore.....

must be time for me to visit oklahoma then ;)

[TopDaugIn2000]

(after posting that I'll probably get BASKETBALL sized hail tonight)

[Newbomb Turk]

first interview: the manager of denny's.

it only goes downhill from here folks.

I thought the same thing. And you wonder why the rest of the country thinks we are rednecks.

[Jimminy Crimson]

first interview: the manager of denny's.

it only goes downhill from here folks.


We want to go outside and watch!

:texan:

[Newbomb Turk]

(after posting that I'll probably get BASKETBALL sized hail tonight)

well - just make sure you have your basketball helmet on.

[Rhino]

and i shouldn't be making jokes - it's looking pretty nasty over here in westmoore..... Yeah. I figured I should stop being snarky because it's making the weather gods angry over here.

I think you and I are about to destroy the neighborhood with our jokes.

[Scott D]

(after posting that I'll probably get BEACHBALL sized hail tonight)

fixed :D

[TopDaugIn2000]

:les: go sit down and eat your pancakes, granny :les:

[TopDaugIn2000]

well - just make sure you have your basketball helmet on.

I only have a bicycle helmet. if it's bicycle sized hail I guess I'm in luck.

[Newbomb Turk]

We have pea sized hail in NW OKC.

[Newbomb Turk]

I only have a bicycle helmet. if it's bicycle sized hail I guess I'm in luck.

that would be so cool to see.

[soonerbrat]

raining harder in edmond now..no hail yet

[TopDaugIn2000]

We have pea sized hail in NW OKC.

is that the GOLFBALL sized hail they are reporting????

[Newbomb Turk]

The hail is getting bigger.
What's between pea sized and golf ball sized?
That's what I'm getting right now.

[Scott D]

that would be so cool to see.

only if it lands on bikerfox

[soonerbrat]

New Tornado Warning Canadian County...

START DRINKING!

[chriscappel]

yo i got family in the OKC and Minco area....how is everything out there?

[Newbomb Turk]

is that the GOLFBALL sized hail they are reporting????

probably. Which makes the baseball sized hail, actually golfball sized.

[Jimminy Crimson]

We have pea sized hail in NW OKC.

Green pea or snow pea sized hail? ;)

[trwxxa]

first interview: the manager of denny's.

it only goes downhill from here folks.

3. Take four drinks if a shirt-less tornado victim is interviewed.

Sounds close enough to me.:D

[Newbomb Turk]

Green pea or snow pea sized hail? ;)

yellow pee. :D

[soonerbrat]

yo i got family in the OKC and Minco area....how is everything out there?

what part of OKC?

and where the heck is Minco. i've been there, but i don't remember where it is.

[Jimminy Crimson]

...I'm not giving up hope on this one yet...

:texan:

Anyone picture them like Beavis & Butthead doing FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!, cept with tornadoes? :D

[Jimminy Crimson]

what part of OKC?

and where the heck is Minco. i've been there, but i don't remember where it is.

South of El Reno, west of Tuttle

[TopDaugIn2000]

DID GARY JUST SAY "WITH A LITTLE LUCK THIS ONE WILL GO INTO TEXAS"???????


if so, HEH!

[chriscappel]

what part of OKC?

and where the heck is Minco. i've been there, but i don't remember where it is.

macarther and reno

[Newbomb Turk]

DID GARY JUST SAY "WITH A LITTLE LUCK THIS ONE WILL GO INTO TEXAS"???????

if so, HEH!

spek to Gary.

It's raining like a mofo in NW OKC.

[soonerbrat]

macarther and reno


they should be fine now.

[Newbomb Turk]

macarther and reno

your family lives at Wal-Mart? ;)

[TopDaugIn2000]

macarther and reno
it's past there now, but you should probably give em a call and check.

[chriscappel]

they should be fine now.

alright good! thanks :D

[Newbomb Turk]

That El-Reno airport video is going to be all over the national news. It really was pretty impressive video.

[TopDaugIn2000]

That El-Reno airport video is going to be all over the national news. It really was pretty impressive video.
yeah, I'm sure.

[Jimminy Crimson]

That El-Reno airport video is going to be all over the national news. It really was pretty impressive video.

Spek to SKYNEWS9. Kickass camera in action.

[Newbomb Turk]

Gary is off the air - all is calm.

[Jimminy Crimson]

Gary is off the air - all is calm.

You're excited you can watch The New Adventures of Old Christine ;)

[soonerbrat]

24

[TopDaugIn2000]

That El-Reno airport video is going to be all over the national news. It really was pretty impressive video.

it starts to lose it's coolness about the 96th time you see it though. just sayin.

[OUHOMER]

saw softball hail 1 time. i will never forget it. Nw 50th and rockwell, heading to make a pickup at jet services. Driving the bosses brand new ford 1 ton flst bed.. He was really proud of that truck. I sure hated to take it back to the dock.

i thought somebody had jumped on the bed and was beating the cab with a baseball bat. it did a very impressive job be beating the cab and all the glass out of the truck. Oh yea, i still made the pickup.

[trwxxa]

Thanks to all for the first class commentary this evening.

[Sooner Among The Pack]

The El Reno chopper footage already made it on CNN. A friend called me from Monterey, CA at the AMS Hurricane Conference wanting to know what was going on.

Can't wait to get back to chase in just a few weeks! ;) w00t!

[Sooner Mommy]

ok, so BASEBALL sized hail earlier? has ANYONE actually seen that? I mean REALLY seen it?

In nearly 26 years the largest I've seen is MAYBE marble sized. I"m just sayin.

We are in NW El Reno and had tons of baseball-sized hail-our girls saved about a dozen stones in the freezer! And, the tornado that didn't hit the airport was straight out our front door! I've been waiting for years to spot my first live tornado, and tonight was it-I'm still full of adrenalin! I'm such an Okie geek. Unfortunately, the Mommy Gene kicked in, so between that and the close proximity of the tornado, I wasn't able to enjoy it as much as a true hillbilly should.

[Sooner Among The Pack]

WHAT IS A GETTNER - OR GITTNER? HOWEVER YOU SPELL IT.

Gittner (I think thats the spelling) is the little gadget that allows them to patch calls from cell phones/satellite phones into the live feed on air. The name comes from inventor of that little box I think.

I chased for KFOR in 2003, and got to call that little bugger a few times.

[Sooner Among The Pack]

We are in NW El Reno and had tons of baseball-sized hail-our girls saved about a dozen stones in the freezer! And, the tornado that didn't hit the airport was straight out our front door! I've been waiting for years to spot my first live tornado, and tonight was it-I'm still full of adrenalin! I'm such an Okie geek. Unfortunately, the Mommy Gene kicked in, so between that and the close proximity of the tornado, I wasn't able to enjoy it as much as a true hillbilly should.

I think you might have a little weather blood in your veins :D Trust me, it's contagious and lethal. I had it from birth.

[GottaHavePride]

saw softball hail 1 time. i will never forget it. Nw 50th and rockwell, heading to make a pickup at jet services. Driving the bosses brand new ford 1 ton flst bed.. He was really proud of that truck. I sure hated to take it back to the dock.

i thought somebody had jumped on the bed and was beating the cab with a baseball bat. it did a very impressive job be beating the cab and all the glass out of the truck. Oh yea, i still made the pickup.

I saw honest baseball-sized hail once. 1992 in Wichita. smashed windows out of about every car in Wichita. Probably 1/4 of the city had to be re-roofed, replace sgns, windows, etc.

[proud gonzo]

no joke. :eek:

[Sooner Among The Pack]

I should proclaim that I have actually been struck by a baseball size hail stone in the ankle in Western Oklahoma in 2004. It swelled like a mo'fo and turned purple. Not my proudest moment as a storm chaser ;)

[william_brasky]

I've seen between golf & baseball sized. Never baseball in person, though.

I have seen Softball-sized!!! Had to get a new roof. Sounded like a war was going on.

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

I got in the car at the ballpark a little before 8 and those yaks on KTOK kept saying "it hit the airport" but they would never say which airport. Sheesh, I didn't know what happened til I got home. We got a little rain in Moore, but nothing else.

[OUinFLA]

It made the local news at 11pm down here. They showed a brief pic of the demon itself and then an aerial of the El Reno airport for about 5 secs.
They spent twice as much time showing the baseball size hail that fell in Kansas. Wiped out a bunch of police cruisers.

Hope none of you SF'ers was damaged.

[GottaHavePride]

It made the local news at 11pm down here. They showed a brief pic of the demon itself and then an aerial of the El Reno airport for about 5 secs.
They spent twice as much time showing the baseball size hail that fell in Kansas. Wiped out a bunch of police cruisers.

Hope none of you SF'ers was damaged.

One of my dad's cars got beat up, and they may have to have their house re-roofed. Dad said the hail was about racquetball-sized.

[proud gonzo]

One of my dad's cars got beat up, and they may have to have their house re-roofed. Dad said the hail was about racquetball-sized.
stupid hail :mad: not just one of his cars, his BABY! :(

[Mjcpr]

stupid hail :mad: not just one of his cars, his BABY! :(

If I had a baby, I wouldn't set it out in the driveway during a hail storm.

:D

[Jimminy Crimson]

I got in the car at the ballpark a little before 8 and those yaks on KTOK kept saying "it hit the airport" but they would never say which airport. Sheesh, I didn't know what happened til I got home. We got a little rain in Moore, but nothing else.

because there are so many airports in el reno! ;)

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

because there are so many airports in el reno! ;)No, they kept saying THE airport like it was the only one in the metro area.

[Flagstaffsooner]

It made the local news at 11pm down here. They showed a brief pic of the demon itself and then an aerial of the El Reno airport for about 5 secs.
They spent twice as much time showing the baseball size hail that fell in Kansas. Wiped out a bunch of police cruisers.

Hope none of you SF'ers was damaged.Don't you have a hurricane to get ready for?;)

[OUDoc]

http://www.musclecarclub.com/musclecars/oldsmobile-toronado/images/oldsmobile-toronado-1966a.jpg
http://nova88hb.www.50megs.com/86elcamino.jpg

[soonerbrat]

no. not a tornado in an el camino

[OUDoc]

no. not a tornado in an el camino
Oh.

[Newbomb Turk]

that's a sweet looking Toronado.

[Jimminy Crimson]

no. not a tornado in an el camino

But what about Toronto? ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/LongJohn81/torontoinelcamino.jpg

[mdklatt]

No, they kept saying THE airport like it was the only one in the metro area.

That cell tracked directly over El Reno, Page, and Wiley Post. Yesterday was a bad day for airplanes. :(