Springtime In Oklahoma

**arbycoffee** · 08-09-2005, 08:39 AM

Springtime In Oklahoma

the above picture is a vortex...although they look like they are forming in one direction, they actually swirl in all different directions ; very strange to see.

You can see in the above picture the finger of the tornado coming down. (two of them actually) You will not always see the tip of the tornado touching the ground..but if you look at the ground, you see the debris from it and know that it has hit the ground.

the above picture is just amazing

You can see a finger of a tornado coming out of this formation above in the very top of the picture

the above picture is of a "wall cloud" when you see one of these, you pretty much know there is tornadic weather somewhere along that line of clouds. These wall clouds can be just a few miles long, or MANY MANY miles long; sometimes stretching across the entire edge of the State

another wall cloud above. notice the "surreal" look in the colors of things on the ground in all of these pictures.....this isnt due to the photography, that is how it is when its tornadic weather. The colours of the trees and grass and sky take on a very odd hue. You get to know this "look" and its indication for bad weather.

I do NOT want to be where those buildings are! This is a huge tornado

another huge tornado...........so scary! Unreal…

**Tulsa** · 08-09-2005, 08:45 AM

Beautiful pictures Arby. Isn't Oklahoma a stunning place? No wonder I love it here so much!

**arbycoffee** · 08-09-2005, 08:52 AM

Were you dropped on your head my friend, those pictures make me just about wet

**arbycoffee** · 08-09-2005, 09:06 AM

I know you were not dropped, but Tulsa that is hard weather, it eat earth like popcorn.
Beautyful yes, but like a coral snake.
That makes Iowa twisters look like a fart in the breaze

**Bilko44** · 08-09-2005, 09:42 AM

Arby, did you take those pictures? The photography is great ! Storm chasers wait years for shots like that!

**arbycoffee** · 08-09-2005, 09:47 AM

Not me!

My brother in law and his wife were out there working for the rail road, they drive the lines and the truck read the rails and tell them what has to be done to repair them.

**Lddrizzt** · 08-09-2005, 10:23 AM

Those pics are amazing! It would be cool to be able to get shots like that, let alone just to see something like that. Of course all of that would have to be from an underground bunker cuz I'm a big scaredy cat! (makes it hard to take pics from underground).

**arbycoffee** · 08-09-2005, 11:00 AM

I supose I should not be surprised of my Brother and sister in laws. They live on the coast of Florida, they are use to those water tornado........... :lmao:
They have lived thru four or five, they don't even count anymore,

**Tulsa** · 08-09-2005, 01:09 PM

aw, you guys are a bunch of wusses! That's picnic weather here!

**arbycoffee** · 08-09-2005, 02:04 PM

yup! I be one

**Firewire** · 08-09-2005, 02:09 PM

That's right. We usually go outside to watch them.

**Lddrizzt** · 08-09-2005, 03:09 PM

I guess if I was used to it I would go out with the camera, thinking back to when I was stationed in Kansas, we used to go to the rooftops with cameras when the whistle went off.

**dattia** · 08-09-2005, 03:27 PM

Actually, I think those photographs are quite beautiful.

**Tulsa** · 08-09-2005, 07:52 PM

We have the distinction of being the only place on Earth that has ever recorded a Tornado, 1 mile an hour under the Inconceivable rating of an F6. The one that tore a half-mile wide path across the state from SW to NE reached 318.

<CENTER> </CENTER><CENTER>The Fujita Scale</CENTER><CENTER style="MARGIN: 0px"> </CENTER><CENTER><TABLE height="100%" cellSpacing=3 cellPadding=3 width="75%" border=2><TBODY><TR><TH>F-Scale Number</TH><TH align=middle>Intensity Phrase</TH><TH>Wind Speed</TH><TH>Type of Damage Done</TH></TR><TR><TH>F0</TH><TH align=middle>Gale tornado</TH><TH>40-72 mph</TH><TH>Some damage to chimneys; breaks branches off trees; pushes over shallow-rooted trees; damages sign boards.</TH></TR><TR><TH>F1</TH><TH align=middle>Moderate tornado</TH><TH>73-112 mph</TH><TH>The lower limit is the beginning of hurricane wind speed; peels surface off roofs; mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned; moving autos pushed off the roads; attached garages may be destroyed.</TH></TR><TR><TH>F2</TH><TH align=middle>Significant tornado</TH><TH>113-157 mph</TH><TH>Considerable damage. Roofs torn off frame houses; mobile homes demolished; boxcars pushed over; large trees snapped or uprooted; light object missiles generated. </TH></TR><TR><TH>F3</TH><TH align=middle>Severe tornado</TH><TH>158-206 mph</TH><TH>Roof and some walls torn off well constructed houses; trains overturned; most trees in fores uprooted</TH></TR><TR><TH>F4</TH><TH align=middle>Devastating tornado</TH><TH>207-260 mph</TH><TH>Well-constructed houses leveled; structures with weak foundations blown off some distance; cars thrown and large missiles generated.</TH></TR><TR><TH>F5</TH><TH align=middle>Incredible tornado</TH><TH>261-318 mph</TH><TH>Strong frame houses lifted off foundations and carried considerable distances to disintegrate; automobile sized missiles fly through the air in excess of 100 meters; trees debarked; steel re-inforced concrete structures badly damaged.</TH></TR><TR><TH>F6</TH><TH align=middle>Inconceivable tornado</TH><TH>319-379 mph</TH><TH>These winds are very unlikely. The small area of damage they might produce would probably not be recognizable along with the mess produced by F4 and F5 wind that would surround the F6 winds. Missiles, such as cars and refrigerators would do serious secondary damage that could not be directly identified as F6 damage. If this level is ever achieved, evidence for it might only be found in some manner of ground swirl pattern, for it may never be identifiable through engineering studies</TH></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER>

**arbycoffee** · 08-09-2005, 08:22 PM

unreal zoosie

**MrGneiss** · 08-10-2005, 04:33 AM

Scary stuff, but awesome pics.

**arbycoffee** · 08-10-2005, 07:52 AM

Found out from wife they made love on the hood of the truck they were in dyring that thing swirling so close to them. Darn Kids, they are in their 50s too!