Escaping the largest EF5 tornado in history - El Reno, OK - full dashcam sequence
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(Read descripton and transcript below) This is video from my front-facing and later rear-facing dash camera while escaping the core of, and hit by the outer circulation of, the EF5 El Reno, Oklahoma tornado in my Toyota Yaris on Reuter Road between 6:16PM and 6:30PM CDT on May 31, new. CDT time shown on-screen is based on GPS time, synced with US official time and accurate to the second. Road intersections are shown as the vehicle encounters them. \r
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I am attempting to narrate what is happening for the main video camera. My voice transcription is as follows:\r
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6:17:29 I want to find an east road here, Im getting a little to close. I need to start looking for the east (road) option. The tornado was moving east at this point. I didnt want to go farther south and risk not being able to reach the next east road option to the south after Reuter Road.\r
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6:17:45 Power flashes. The tornado is damaging the power lines up ahead and causing arcing. The streetlight goes out.\r
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6:18:18 New wall cloud. Another area of circulation was organizing to the north.\r
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6:18:28 The wedge is rain wrapped. Referring to the main wedge tornado about a mile to the south.\r
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6:18:57 I dont like getting in front of tornadoes I cant see, especially huge wedges. Referring to why I dont want to go farther south than Reuter Road.\r
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6:19:56 What is that? I dont like the looks of that. I am surprised to see what looks like the tornado to the south rapidly approaching the road. I had expected it to be well south of me and to the west.\r
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6:20:18 It looks like the tornado. I now realize what is happening.\r
6:21:03 Its just off to the side of the road. Referring to the tornado, which I can see is now right on me.\r
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6:21:53 Come on, car! The car is not maintaining speed in the strong headwinds, due to the trion control reducing power to the wheels as they slip on the gravel.\r
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6:22:13 The car wont go! \r
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6:23:12 Ive got to get out of whatever this is Im still in disbelief the tornado reached Reuter Road that fast. Im wondering if it may be a second tornado that developed to the north of the wedge.\r
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6:23:24 The car just isnt going\r
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6:23:33 Come on! Trion control OFF! The entire time, I have been repeatedly hitting the trion controls manual override button to turn it off, but it is not working.\r
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6:24:03 I step out of the car and get my first look back at what I had just escaped.\r
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6:24:22 I just drove through that\r
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6:24:44 Theres debris There are small pieces of debris falling around me.\r
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6:24:50 Where is it? I cant see it From the drivers side looking north and northwest, I cant yet make out the north edge of the tornado. I was looking back to see if it was safe to stop again.\r
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See a more detailed account of this event here:\r
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Copyright Dan Robinson.\r
Please visit or call 618-920-0811 for licensing inquiries.
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(Read descripton and transcript below) This is video from my front-facing and later rear-facing dash camera while escaping the core of, and hit by the outer circulation of, the EF5 El Reno, Oklahoma tornado in my Toyota Yaris on Reuter Road between 6:16PM and 6:30PM CDT on May 31, new. CDT time shown on-screen is based on GPS time, synced with US official time and accurate to the second. Road intersections are shown as the vehicle encounters them. \r
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I am attempting to narrate what is happening for the main video camera. My voice transcription is as follows:\r
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6:17:29 I want to find an east road here, Im getting a little to close. I need to start looking for the east (road) option. The tornado was moving east at this point. I didnt want to go farther south and risk not being able to reach the next east road option to the south after Reuter Road.\r
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6:17:45 Power flashes. The tornado is damaging the power lines up ahead and causing arcing. The streetlight goes out.\r
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6:18:18 New wall cloud. Another area of circulation was organizing to the north.\r
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6:18:28 The wedge is rain wrapped. Referring to the main wedge tornado about a mile to the south.\r
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6:18:57 I dont like getting in front of tornadoes I cant see, especially huge wedges. Referring to why I dont want to go farther south than Reuter Road.\r
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6:19:56 What is that? I dont like the looks of that. I am surprised to see what looks like the tornado to the south rapidly approaching the road. I had expected it to be well south of me and to the west.\r
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6:20:18 It looks like the tornado. I now realize what is happening.\r
6:21:03 Its just off to the side of the road. Referring to the tornado, which I can see is now right on me.\r
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6:21:53 Come on, car! The car is not maintaining speed in the strong headwinds, due to the trion control reducing power to the wheels as they slip on the gravel.\r
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6:22:13 The car wont go! \r
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6:23:12 Ive got to get out of whatever this is Im still in disbelief the tornado reached Reuter Road that fast. Im wondering if it may be a second tornado that developed to the north of the wedge.\r
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6:23:24 The car just isnt going\r
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6:23:33 Come on! Trion control OFF! The entire time, I have been repeatedly hitting the trion controls manual override button to turn it off, but it is not working.\r
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6:24:03 I step out of the car and get my first look back at what I had just escaped.\r
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6:24:22 I just drove through that\r
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6:24:44 Theres debris There are small pieces of debris falling around me.\r
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6:24:50 Where is it? I cant see it From the drivers side looking north and northwest, I cant yet make out the north edge of the tornado. I was looking back to see if it was safe to stop again.\r
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See a more detailed account of this event here:\r
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Copyright Dan Robinson.\r
Please visit or call 618-920-0811 for licensing inquiries.