DAMAGE ANALYSIS: 2013 Moore, OK EF5 Tornado

The fact that this nader threw a 10 TON TANK over a MILE(!!!!!!!) I can’t even fathom that.. imagine getting swooped up by winds that strong

10 years ago to the day I remember this like it was yesterday……however we’ll never know when we’ll get the next ef5

I once heard Tim Marshall say (In reference to the exponential power of tornadic wind)- that 200mph wind is actually more like 4 times more powerful than 100mph wind, and 300mph wind is more like 9 times as powerful. That's terrifying to contemplate.

10 years to the day. I have a feeling that this video will be very well received on your channel. I'm going to make a cup of tea and watch this on the big screen. Peace✌️ 🇬🇧🕊️ 🇺🇸

My grandparents, my aunt, and cousins were in that house with F4 damage sandwiched between the F5s. All made it out nearly unscathed. My grandfather rode the 2012 and 1999 F5s out inside the house both times. Words cannot describe the damge I personally saw that day. My dad and I were among some of the first people at that 7-11. Digging through the rubble pile thatvwas the freezer hoping to find the woman with her baby will forever be burned into my memory. Great video.

Never thought I'd find someone else who finds the damage side of tornadoes interesting. I started work on a video essay about a history of tornado forensics but it seems like you already have that covered. Looking forward to the next one, Amazing work!

On this day my sons teacher and baby passed away in the 7-11, she helped him in so many ways and all this time later the skills she gave him helped him be one of her most successful moments in her career

I live on 19th street in Moore. Thank God I didn’t live here at the time. My neighbors did, but they survived and have some amazing stories. Neighbor across the street had 2 children at Briarwood Elementary when this f5 hit.

I cant believe this happened 10 years ago already. I remember it hitting about a mile south of where I lived. I remember being able to look at the sky from the south, and it was pitch black

Yeah, tornado damage is frightening. I've personally witnessed EF4 and EF5 damage and it's shocking. Cars wrapped around trees, concrete sidewalks thrown into houses, housing complexes and brick buildings completely wiped from their foundations... it stays with you.

Hey man, your channel is criminally underrated. The amount of work you put into your videos definitely shows. Keep up the amazing work!

I barely remember it but I saw the aftermath and I still remember seeing the cars tossed everywhere . I fell like this was the tornado that made me love weather and look at storms differently. Great video as always and R.I.P the victims of this tragic event

I’ve been expecting someone to put out a video on this on this 10 year anniversary, glad it was you, I love your videos.

Another great video. I love these, because it adds that scientific aspect that we don't often think of for these damage indicators, and the perspective of an engineer really helps to explain some of this. Though I'm sure we've been close a time or two since 2013, I'm glad we haven't had an EF5 since a decade ago.

My dad tells me the story of when we lived in Naperville Illinois when I was a small child and an EF5 Tornado hit Plainfield Illinois which was about 10 miles from where we lived. A man he worked with was on his way to the Unileaver plant in Joliet Illinois when he stopped on the side of a highway because the rain and wind were to strong to continue. 5 minutes later a fence post went streight through the drivers side door and out the passengers side door leaving a hole about the size of a soccer ball. If he had stayed in the car he would've been skewered alive. In the aftermath of that storm 29 people were killed and over 300 were injured. They were pulling bodies out of cornfields up to two miles away from the town. Tornadoes are pretty to look at but one of mother natures most deadly phenominons. I have heard people say that being near a tornado like that sounds like being next to a freighy train or fighter jet taking off.

Moore - 24 fatalities. While even one is one too many, and every fatality is it's own personal tragedy, other single tornadoes in recent years beat Moore in terms of fatalities. Tuscaloosa, 2011 Super Outbreak, 44 deaths. Hackleburg-Phil Campbell, Alabama, also an EF-5 of similar intensity, with winds at 210 mph, and SEVENTY-TWO fatalities, beats Moore's count by 48 people. Joplin, 160 deaths. This tornado was only on the ground for 13 miles, but unfortunately, just happened to intensify while going through Moore. Hackleburg-Phil Campbell was a very long-tracked tornado and lasted 2 hours and 35 minutes, whereas Moore lasted 39 minutes. By the way, the previous day, May 19, 2013, had tornadoes. OKC's eastern suburbs got hit. Shawnee in Pottawatomie County, about 37 miles east of OKC got hit by an EF-4, and these storms probably put out outflow boundaries that enhanced the lift for the storms that spawned the 2013 Moore tornado. I do think that May 3, 1999, overall was worse, as it was a big outbreak, and not a single tornado.

I lived in Moore when this storm hit. I was out of town but my wife and son were home this day. They hid in the bathtub of our central bathroom with a crib mattress on top of them. The tornado missed us by less than a mile. The guy who bought our house (i was moving to Atlanta to get my Mechanical Engineering degree LOL) wasn't so lucky. We put our house on the market on a Friday in July and we had an agreed contract (what we asked plus some) the Monday following! My son was born at that hospital this monster wiped off the map (it had to get torn down due to the level of destruction it sustained)! We were blessed!

Wow already 10 years huh? I remember hearing about this when I was like in 3rd grade. RIP all those who were lost.

I can’t imagine EF 5. I’ve seen EF 4 in person and it’s surreal. To see that something stripped gravel roads down to their base and took pavement and it’s gravel base off the roads is unreal. The power is unimaginable.

I remember watching Michael Lynn's footage of this storm and you see how quickly it starts to widen after touchdown, highly recommend watching if you haven't seen it