I caught this tornado NW of Fort Supply, OK on May 23, 2008. The tornado lasted about 10 minutes (about 5 of that roping out) and was rated EF-3 from the damage it did to some of the widely spaced houses in that area. As I drove east after the tornado disappaited I came across two farm houses that had been hit. I drove into a downed powerline hanging across the road as I was looking at the houses (that was kinda scary). The diesal engine you hear is a friend of that family and informed me they were not home. I stayed till the family returned and EOC/Police got on scene. I am really glad noone was home there because it would have been a rough ride. In front of the house on the left, grass had been sucked out of the ground by a tornado vorticy.
Duration : 0:10:0
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