WATCH: KOCO Storm Chasers seize video of tornadoes in Texas close to Oklahoma border
Up to date: 6:54 PM CDT Apr 23, 2023
YOU’RE SEEING WITH THE STORM. YEAH, DAMON, YOU CAN SEE IN MY STREAM RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A TORNADO AND WE’RE JUST SOUTH OF JUANA BY PROBABLY ABOUT 10 MILES HERE. AND THIS TORNADO HAS BEEN ON THE GROUND NOW FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AND IT’S STILL I MEAN, IT’S STILL GOING YOU CAN SEE YOU KIND OF SEE IT. IT’S MAKING AROUND AND WE WERE JUST TO THE NORTH. THE EAST OF THIS STORM, BUT YOU CAN SEE AND STILL ON THE GROUND. IT’S SPINNING RIGHT THERE. YEAH. WE’RE JUST OFF TO THE EAST. PROBABLY JUST CROSSED OVER. I WANT TO SAY THAT’S 287 THAT RUNS. SO SHOULD BE THERE NOW AND YOU CAN SEE IT THERE. HERE AND GIVE YOU GUYS THE BETTER SHOT OF THE GROUND CIRCULATION THERE. OKAY. YEAH, DEREK. WE YEAH DEREK. WE DEFINITELY SEE IT. LET’S GO BACK OVER TO LET’S GO CHECK IN WITH MICHAEL RIGHT NOW, MICHAEL. GIVE US AN UPDATE. YEAH, WE STILL HAVE A TORNADO NOW THE CONDENSATIONS KIND OF COMING AND GOING YOU CAN SEE THIS AS WE’RE LOOKING TO STRAIGHT OUT THE SIDE WE HAD GIGANTIC HAIL ACTUALLY TAKE OUT OUR 360 CAMERA DAMON. SO I’M ACTUALLY USING MY DASH CAMERA OUT THE DRIVER’S SIDE WINDOW. SO WE’RE LOOKING OVER FROM WEST TO EAST FROM THIS HIGHWAY THAT GOES SOUTH OF QUANTUM. LOOK AT THAT TORNADO RIGHT THERE. I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, IT’S BEEN VERY INTENSE DOWN NEAR THE GROUND LEVEL. YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT THERE JUST IT’S JUST CHURNING AWAY LIKE A DRILL. ON THE GROUND RIGHT THERE UNDERNEATH THE TORNADO AS I ZOOM OUT. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE FUNNEL RIGHT THERE IN THAT WHITE APPEARANCE. THAT’S THE SUN LIGHTING UP THE FUNNEL JUST AN INCREDIBLE INCREDIBLE VIEW RIGHT HERE WITH THAT TORNADO JUST TO OUR EAST. IT IS ALMOST STATIONARY DAMON. IT’S JUST HARDLY EVEN MOVING JUST SITTING THERE IN THAT FIELD. JUST DRILLING AWAY. YEAH. YEAH, MICHAEL BOTH YOU AND DEREK BOTH ON THIS RIGHT NOW. AND SO YEAH, THIS IS THAT A THREAT THAT WE MENTIONED THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS GOING TO BE COMING UP VERY CLOSE TO THE RED RIVER. SO FOR THOSE OF US IN SOUTHWESTERN, OKLAHOMA SOUTH OF ALTUS AS YOU MAKE WAY SOUTH OF LAWTON THIS STORM CONTINUE SLOWLY TO MOVE TO THE EAST NORTHEAST SO IT WILL GET VERY CLOSE TO OKLAHOMA. LET’S CHECK BACK IN WITH DEREK KLEIN. LET’S GO BACK AND FORTH AND GET DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES WITH THIS. LET’S GO BACK OUT THE DEREK RIGHT NOW BECAUSE DEREK WATCHING YOUR STORM STILL TORNADO WARN. YOU SEE ANY HOMES IN THE PAST ERIC? OKAY, WE’LL GET WE’LL GET DEREK BACK ON IN JUST A MOMENT HERE. LET’S GO BACK OVER TO MICHAEL. SO AGAIN, WE HAVE THIS STORM SURROUNDED RIGHT NOW MICHAEL IF YOU CAN HEAR ME ANY HOMES IN THE PATH OF THIS ANY CRAZY. YEAH, DO YOU SEE ANY STRUCTURES IN FRONT OF YOU? I DON’T THIS IS REALLY RURAL AREA. UM THE TORNADOES ACTUALLY GONE FROM RIGHT TO LEFT NOW. IT’S ACTUALLY KIND IT’S SO WILD TO WATCH THIS. LIKE I SAID, IT’S ALMOST STATIONARY, NOW IT’S TAKING A JOG. BACK TO THE LEFT AND YOU CAN SEE IT CONTINUES. IT CONTINUES VERY CLEARLY RIGHT THERE. WHAT I DON’T SEE. YEAH. IT’S STILL ON THE GROUND. IT’S STILL ON THE GROUND FOR SURE. SO THAT’S A PERFECT EXAMPLE RIGHT THERE FOLKS OF WHERE YOU HAVE WHAT LOOKS LIKE OKAY. THAT’S JUST A FUNNEL, BUT IT LOOKED DOWN BELOW IT. THERE IT IS. THERE’S THE TORNADO RIGHT THERE. THERE’S FREE CLOUD ON THE GROUND. SO THAT’S A THAT’S A PERFECT TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHENEVER WE HAVE A NOT A FULLY CONDENSED TORNADO, BUT ABSOLUTELY THERE IS VIOLENT ROTATION ON THE GROUND. SO THAT BY DEFINITE IS DEFINITION IS TORNADO YOU CAN SEE THAT NEEDLE LIKE FUNNEL LOOK AT IT KIND OF STARTING TO CONSENT CONDENSE BACK DOWN TOWARD THE GROUND AGAIN. WOW. YEAH, IT GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT A LOT OF TIMES. ARE YOU EXPECT TO SEE THAT DARK COLUMN OF THE CLOUD ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE GROUND HERE, BUT A LOT OF TIMES YOU CAN GET A BREAK IN THERE. BUT YEAH, WE CERTAINLY SEE THAT. SO AGAIN MICHAEL ON THIS STOM. WE HAVE DEREK ON RIGHT NOW FORTUNATELY, THIS IS IN SOME OPEN SOME OPEN FARMLAND, ALTHOUGH THAT IS SOMEONE’S FARMLAND. SO WE ARE VERY CONCERNED. BUT AGAIN, THIS WILL BE DOWN BY QUANTUM, TEXAS JUST SOUTH OF HOLLIS OKLAHOMA AND SO AGAIN, I CONTINUE TO MAKE ITS WAY TO THE EAST COOL IN THE LAST COUPLE OF SECONDS HERE. DO YOU STILL SEE THAT FUNNEL? LOOKS LIKE IT’S CERTAIN TO DISPLAY HOPE NOPE STILL ON THE GROUND STILL ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW THERE. YEP. LOOK AT IT RIGHT THERE SEE IT. YEAH, WE DEFINITELY SEE IT. YEAH, SO YEAH STILL THERE. IT’S STILL THERE. I DO THINK I DO THINK IT’S KIND OF ROPING OUT. OKAY, BUT THERE’S NO DOUBT THAT THEY’RE STILL I MEAN IT’S STILL ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW. YEAH, WE GET A DIFFERENT ANGLE FROM THIS. IT’S GOT THE DEREK DEREK HAS A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE OF THIS DEREK. GIVE US AN UPDATE. YEAH, DAMON. LOOK AT THIS. YOU CAN SEE I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS IF IT’S LIKE THE HELL NOT FOR SURE. YOU CAN SEE IT. IT’S POPPING. THERE I’M JUST FOLLOWING IT FROM RIGHT? POLITE CAMERA HERE I’VE GOT IT REAL CLOSE, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT IS PICKING UP. EVEN THOUGH YOU DON’T CARE TREES ALL KINDS OF LITTLE STUFF AND LITTLE STUFF AND IF YOU LOOK AT I YOU CAN SEE THERE’S LIKE JUST BARELY A LITTLE NEEDLE FUNNEL AT THE VERY TOP BUT WHEN I ZOOM IN YOU CAN STILL SEE IT JUST TOSS AND STUFF ALL OVER THE PLACE AND WAS STILL RUNNING HERE AND WE JUST CONTINUE TO WATCH IT NOW. IT LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE BIT HERE I’M STILL SEE SOME MOVEMENT. I DON’T SEE IT. THERE’S STILL SOME ROTATION ON THE GROUND. BUT IF IT IS IT’S REALLY WEAK RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL AGAIN, THIS WAS A JOSEPH SHOW YOU JUST HOW THESE STORMS ARE AND SO AGAIN THAT TORNADO PRODUCED PRETTY QUICKLY JUST LIKE THAT STILL WATCHING OTHER STORMS AS WELL TORNADO WARN STORMS IN
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WATCH: KOCO Storm Chasers seize video of tornadoes in Texas close to Oklahoma border
Up to date: 6:54 PM CDT Apr 23, 2023
KOCO First Alert Storm Chasers captured movies of tornadoes that touched down Friday night in Texas, close to the Oklahoma border. The primary twister touched down close to Quanah, Texas, close to the Oklahoma-Texas border, by the far southwestern nook of Oklahoma at about 5:50 p.m.KOCO First Alert Storm Chaser Derik Kline then captured video of one other twister that touched down at about 6:15 p.m. close to Vernon, Texas.
KOCO First Alert Storm Chasers captured movies of tornadoes that touched down Friday night in Texas, close to the Oklahoma border.
The primary twister touched down close to Quanah, Texas, close to the Oklahoma-Texas border, by the far southwestern nook of Oklahoma at about 5:50 p.m.
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KOCO First Alert Storm Chaser Derik Kline then captured video of one other twister that touched down at about 6:15 p.m. close to Vernon, Texas.
