tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014762458017740690.post7690914676199134379..comments2023-09-15T07:17:07.152-05:00Comments on George Flickinger's weather and other stuff blog: 20 years ago: April 24, 1993 East Tulsa/Catoosa tornadoGeorge Flickingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16478771125183847221noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014762458017740690.post-22266596075774633052023-07-04T10:44:46.441-05:002023-07-04T10:44:46.441-05:00You are correct about the Reflectivity image. In f...You are correct about the Reflectivity image. In fact, I was working at Channel 2 as a weather producer that day with Gary Shore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014762458017740690.post-69511156430343070962022-02-11T21:11:53.884-06:002022-02-11T21:11:53.884-06:00Does anyone have the photo of the two trucks still...Does anyone have the photo of the two trucks still standing at Sinclair truck stop when this happen my dad was one of them Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639681071955354924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014762458017740690.post-59493502055758148102019-05-04T14:49:24.190-05:002019-05-04T14:49:24.190-05:00Do you still have these photos? I am doing a repor...Do you still have these photos? I am doing a report on this tornado for school, as my mom was lived in Catoosa at the timeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055658386882124936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014762458017740690.post-88648128518666154382018-10-02T14:36:31.189-05:002018-10-02T14:36:31.189-05:00I was at Melton Trucking Co. that day, less than 1...I was at Melton Trucking Co. that day, less than 1/2 mile from Bruce's truck stop. I'm lucky to be alive.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16620039417949578104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014762458017740690.post-89207778438775560442016-04-26T21:37:13.661-05:002016-04-26T21:37:13.661-05:00The majority of all weather moves in an easterly d...The majority of all weather moves in an easterly direction. When you see it moving west like that, it's usually going to cause some damage.<br />This was the storm that made me notice that distinction.ShadyJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17487194827393490348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014762458017740690.post-63358547040297111352015-09-11T23:16:35.104-05:002015-09-11T23:16:35.104-05:00I have original photographs if anyone is looking f...I have original photographs if anyone is looking for themAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014762458017740690.post-30555690443362127822015-01-04T03:38:09.552-06:002015-01-04T03:38:09.552-06:00"moving slowly eastward (which in itself seem..."moving slowly eastward (which in itself seems a little odd as these usually seem to move west)" - meant to say it was moving westward, which seemed odd! Just looked up Tulsa world articles from that day that suggest the tornado began around 11th & harvard, then skipped around, moving east. I don't know how to reconcile that exactly with what I saw but am be interested to know itd path a little betterLeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014762458017740690.post-83746162640043011632015-01-04T03:16:40.073-06:002015-01-04T03:16:40.073-06:00"The tornado was put into service only one da..."The tornado was put into service only one day before!" - I guess we should have canceled that order...<br /><br />George, I found this post through google while searching for a tornado I saw when I was about 14. I am convinced I watched this tornado form just a few feet directly over my head in my backyard that afternoon.<br /><br />From a NYT article online I found, "Tornado sirens in Tulsa started going off at 6:45 P.M. The tornado hit a few minutes later. After destroying the Memorial United Methodist Church in Tulsa and downing power lines downtownsa, the tornado lifted up and touched down again five miles to the east, where it moved along the interstate for two miles before hitting downtown Catoosa, the National Weather Service said." - I lived about 500 yards northeast of that church growing up so assume that what I saw was the formation of the same tornado that wreaked havoc later to the northeast. My own memories of that afternoon were of the preceding eerie yellowgreen hue of everything outdoors, the odor of the air, etc. It seems like sirens had gone off once earlier, but I don't remember now. I stepped out the side door of my house with my family to look at the storm again as I had been doing every so often. This time there was a small, rotating area in the clouds straight above us moving slowly eastward (which in itself seems a little odd as these usually seem to move west). The rotation was getting visibly stronger in the few seconds we watched, from what seemed like usual swirling to remarkable form - suddenly everything changed. The meandering breezes turned into a single direction (updraft I guess) and objects in the yard started to behave oddly, an empty bottle even rose up off the ground. It was not too windy, just that breeze - and the odd feeling of it. Maybe 5 to 10 seconds later, an intense wind suddenly manifested and we all immediately climbed over each other to get back into the house. I literally could not shut the door because of the wind or vacuum or whatever it's called, my stepdad had to grab it from me - I dont know how he pulled it shut but we all ran to the bathroom at that point. We heard sirens shortly after - a few minutes later we went back outside and saw roof shingles all over our yard - but they weren't ours. Turned out that two houses down had uprooted trees, the arbys 4 houses down lost its roof, and the aforementioned church was basically half destroyed. Luckily we didnt suffer any damage I know of - I never saw the classic funnel shape, but I am quite sure I looked directly up into the eye of it from directly below during its birth. I didnt know until googling tonight that this was the same tornado apparently that went on to do much worse a little farther later on, tragically. Lee Bicklenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014762458017740690.post-43362207660282390922014-08-07T20:14:33.591-05:002014-08-07T20:14:33.591-05:00That first radar image is from StormTracker 2 Dopp...That first radar image is from StormTracker 2 Doppler radar...the same dish you still use as one half of Double Doppler 2! I vividly remember Gary Shore showing that live. Erickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16179848778064688727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014762458017740690.post-5288716744281708782013-10-02T17:27:24.008-05:002013-10-02T17:27:24.008-05:00my dad worked at cummins. it was directly hit by t...my dad worked at cummins. it was directly hit by the tornado. he survived though. im sorry for your loss...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13225775829793955854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014762458017740690.post-91616503794972981872013-05-23T12:15:15.767-05:002013-05-23T12:15:15.767-05:00Hello am looking for more information about this t...Hello am looking for more information about this tornado my uncle died in that tordano april 24 in tulsa ok hes name its andres rodriguez my dad was driving with him from chicago to mexico i dont if u have any interview or more information newspaper With him my dads name its genaro rodriguez they were part of a band called "los pasos del norte" i will aprreciate ur help my its rodriguezg91@gmail.com thank you hope i can have something thank u again Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06467961087520342834noreply@blogger.com