Tornado Outbreaks May 4 & 5, 2007, Photos and Video
Posted by Jeff Gammons on 06 May 2007 at 10:57 am
Tagged as: Storm Videography, Storm Photography, Storm Chasers
Tornado Alley lived up to it’s name this past weekend with tornado outbreaks on both Friday May 4 and Saturday May 5, 2007. When all the severe weather parameters come together, like this past weekend, the Plains can be a dangerous place. Large and violent tornadoes, including the wedge tornado that wiped out the town of Greensburg, Kansas. Nine residents of Greensburg lost their lives on Friday from the damaging long-tracked tornado. The Storm Prediction Center has reported over 120 tornado reports over the last two days. That’s a lot of tornado reports. Now some of these are for the same locations, but when it’s all said and done, there will be a lot of confirmed tornado damage paths to survey over the next week. Hardest hit states were Oklahoma, Kansas Nebraska and South Dakota.
Storm Chasers blanketed the Tornado Alley highways this past weekend as it’s the peak chasing season for many storm chasers. This was a record weekend for many, and there are some unbelievable tornado and storm structure pictures, video clips and chase reports coming in from the field. I have not even started my Plains chase season yet, but sure wishing I did early. Below is a list over the last two days of Storm Chase reports with photos and video of the tornadoes and / or outstanding storm structure.
The Tornado Outbreaks of May 4 - 5, 2007 Photos and Video Chase Reports
Friday May 4, 2007 Tornado Storm Chaser Reports
Dustin Wilcox from SevereChase.com
Woodward, Oklahoma Supercell Storm Structure Photo
Melanie Metz from TwisterSisters.com
Greensburg, Kansas Tornado Video / Photo 1
Greensburg, Kansas Tornado Video / Photo 2
Greensburg, Kansas Tornado Video / Photo 3
Jay McCoy from TornadoDreams
West Oklahoma Arnett Tornado Photo1
West Oklahoma Arnett Tornado Photo2
Van Dewald Chaser
Greensburg, Kansas Wedge Tornado Photograph
Dick McGowan Chaser
Greensburg, Kansas Wedge Tornado Video Clip
Bob Fritchie Chaser
Greensburg, Kansas Tornado just before it entered town photo
Saturday May 5, 2007 Mega Tornado Outbreak Reports
Michael Carlson Storm Chaser
Intercepted 7 tornadoes, report with photos
Caleb Kimbrough - Tornadojunkies.com
Kansas developing tornado photograph
Bill Doms from Mnwxchaser.com
Outstanding Multi-vortex Tornado Picture from Yankton county, South Dakota
Dick Mcowan Chaser
Radium, Kansas Stovepipe Tornado Video
Look for more Storm Chaser reports to be added to this blog post as their reports with imagery gets published in the coming days. I will edit the list above, so check back often.
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Is there any study or research to suggest if there is a strong tornado season (?) that this will reflect on how the hurricane season will be? I don’t think there is but I was just curious.
Thanks
Good question! Jeff any thoughts?
Hey Michele and NC Cane - Not sure how the tornado season so far will show how the upcoming hurricane season might be, but the season is already forecast to be above normal. I’ll be looking into all of this moring in the coming weeks and will post on it.
Right now I’m out on the road awaiting the severe storms, possible Supercells to develop along the east coast sea breeze and developing trough to move down the Florida spin today. SPC just issued a new Mesoscale discussion concerning a possible WW and Supercells. Lots of CAPE today, so expected a very active afternoon. Will have a update later this evening.
lol- wish I had seen this post BEFORE I went out this afternoon.. Driving on 710- switched over to 441 and I swear, I wanted to say “cow”……..”there goes a cow”.
LOL yeah it kinda go rough here in Okeechobee County. I had a little wind damage at my house, and the hail made for some fun moments. At least we got some rain again. Lets keep this trend going!
Be safe, Jeff. Looks like some good stuff down your way. As you can well imagine, it totally missed us… shocking, I know.
Hey Dew - It was a wild afternoon, and encountered some impressive winds today with one of the Martin Co Cells. Just getting in for dinner.
Next Of Kin Registry (NOKR) National NEWS USA
Saturday, May 05, 2007
States of Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Illinois and South Dakota USA
Several Tornados have caused catastrophic damage, injuries, and loss of life in multiple states
NOKR is asking anyone that may have a missing or potentially injured family member due to the wave of tornadoes in Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Illinois or South Dakota to register this person with the Next of Kin Registry.
Register at: http://nokr.org
The NOKR organization has initiated contact with Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Illinois and South Dakota State Emergency Management officials to offer any assistance possible to help reunify individuals and families displaced by these tragic events. We send our prayers out to the families and friends struck by these tragic events.
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NOKR encourages every township, county, municipality, city, state and nation to take ownership of the NOKR. This resource belongs to you, your citizens and to your emergency agencies. Take the NOKR registration forms and add your own identifying symbols.
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Hi Lisa, welcome to the blog. Thanks for posting the information about your Next Of Kin Registry system.
Great info here. I looked up every link and photo. I lived in TX and OK for years. I got too scared of the weather and saw at two while out there. I find them interesting to watch—from a distance, a long distance.