I find it amusing at the beginning of the video when he said it was going to be a windy night. I do believe he got that part of his forecast quite accurate.
Everytime I see this clip looking back. I cry. It just tottaly hurt the town of Greensburg!! Jay Pratter is always there when it matters!! Just like Jim O'Donniel was back in the old days on KAKE!!
Lanny Dean did a heck of a job that night, all the KAKE crew did. I had family who lost their home their and one distant family who lost their life that night. I being out of state, counted on KAKE's online stream for info that night.
5:12 "...from the Which-Way-The-Wind's-Blowing Mode to the How-Hard-It's-Raining Mode". It's not as simple to say as an acronym or tech term, but it does make more sense.
aj400ox said, "Kansas is beautiful country", not "is A beautiful country". It's a comment on the scenery. It isn't saying that it's a nation. You need to understand the context.
I remember watching the disparity grow on the radial velocity and storm relative velocity maps, as well as the elevation increases on the echo tops. Never seen anything like it before or since.
I could have swore that night when I was watching just before the video here stopped Lanny was saying I see Power flashes, more power flashes, Jay, tons and tons of Power flashes near Greensburg,
I live in ohio and we hardly get tornados! but about 5 times on average april to august we do have tornado warnings and I am glued to the local Tv channels! each time when my city is talked about with the circles it scares the Heck out of me because it is so scary! since its almost April hopefully God willing we get some tornado warnings so I can film it on my camcorder if its not really bad! I have watched the TV weather channel on storm stories a few times and from what I saw it was very bad!
I don't think it has anything to do with global warming as it does with better weather coverage. Now days every tornado is reported and recorded, people are more aware and educated about tornadoes. Global warming has to do with climate change over hundreds of thousands of years. There's a big difference between climate and weather. Tornadoes in winter have happened for years. There was one in Wisconsin last January and there was one in Wisconsin in 1967, but do you hear about that one?
@1234noaa22 yes it was just bigger okc most of the time was halfmile wide while in bridgecreek it was mile, while greensburg was 1.7 miles wide which is rediculous
@PraterWX It was all the same storm I think but it had died off and came back near Protection. I think. I could be wrong but I lived in NW Oklahoma then and remember these storms. I'm originally from Greensburg.
@yodafanyodafan then the tornado had be really close to you since it went through town then east/ northeast area, towards the cop that died in his cop car.
I'm very sorry for the families of the victims of the Greensburg tornado. But honestly can you really take the station call sign seriously. I mean KAKE it looks like CAKE
Modern meteorology has saved a bunch of lives.
It was an Emmy submission, which has time limits. So it must be condensed.
This has to be the most classic HP Supercell thunderstorm I've ever seen on radar. Very impressive.
Holy jeez, look at that hook echo...
5:46 ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Even in reflectivity, THAT IS A FREAKING HUGE TORNADO
I find it amusing at the beginning of the video when he said it was going to be a windy night. I do believe he got that part of his forecast quite accurate.
Everytime I see this clip looking back. I cry. It just tottaly hurt the town of Greensburg!! Jay Pratter is always there when it matters!! Just like Jim O'Donniel was back in the old days on KAKE!!
A Tornado Emergency was first declared on May 3, 1999 during the nightmare tornado outbreak around Oklahoma City and the F5 that smacked the city.
By far the best Greensburg coverage I have seen. Thank you.
Lanny Dean did a heck of a job that night, all the KAKE crew did. I had family who lost their home their and one distant family who lost their life that night. I being out of state, counted on KAKE's online stream for info that night.
I remember watching this in Haviland the day the tornado hit. It was a sad day... I am glad that greensburg is still hopefull.
5:12 "...from the Which-Way-The-Wind's-Blowing Mode to the How-Hard-It's-Raining Mode". It's not as simple to say as an acronym or tech term, but it does make more sense.
@supersonic3224 Actually there were 10 deaths in Greensburg. 1 of them was a family member of mine, we are remembering her today, 4 years later
@MrRem300 No. There's no weather radio, or any other EAS equipment in the studio.
@6891man No...that's "Lanny" indicating the chaser's position
You know whats missing... all of the hype! (except the poeple on the phone), we need this guy in Oklahoma, very good job dude! you rock.!!!
Cool cookie, Jay. In the Jim O'Donnell mold. Great coverage.
this storm is a beast
aj400ox said, "Kansas is beautiful country", not "is A beautiful country". It's a comment on the scenery. It isn't saying that it's a nation. You need to understand the context.
Yeah that hook echo killed 12. Geez that's gotta be scary.
I remember watching the disparity grow on the radial velocity and storm relative velocity maps, as well as the elevation increases on the echo tops. Never seen anything like it before or since.
that is an impressive hook echo, great video
when he says its 10 miles and closing, not losing strength, and that he's not a chicken little kind of guy, I'd start freakin out!
@Bullzeye95 The implied context is, if it's still producing a tornado as the storm moves over "you".
after this storm passed 90% of town laid in ruins
That's quite a hook echo.
@MommaOkie
I am very sorry for your loss. Your family is in my prayers
I could have swore that night when I was watching just before the video here stopped Lanny was saying I see Power flashes, more power flashes, Jay, tons and tons of Power flashes near Greensburg,
@MrRem300 That was from the storm chaser.
I live in ohio and we hardly get tornados! but about 5 times on average april to august we do have tornado warnings and I am glued to the local Tv channels! each time when my city is talked about with the circles it scares the Heck out of me because it is so scary! since its almost April hopefully God willing we get some tornado warnings so I can film it on my camcorder if its not really bad! I have watched the TV weather channel on storm stories a few times and from what I saw it was very bad!
It means a large-violent tornado is heading toward a densely populated area
I don't think it has anything to do with global warming as it does with better weather coverage. Now days every tornado is reported and recorded, people are more aware and educated about tornadoes. Global warming has to do with climate change over hundreds of thousands of years. There's a big difference between climate and weather.
Tornadoes in winter have happened for years. There was one in Wisconsin last January and there was one in Wisconsin in 1967, but do you hear about that one?
@hawkfan2300 No. This cell first developed south of Protection, KS.
@Hartford1992 i remember the atlanta tornado.. there was no tornado emergency. only a warning.
@1234noaa22 yes it was just bigger okc most of the time was halfmile wide while in bridgecreek it was mile, while greensburg was 1.7 miles wide which is rediculous
im from Kansas. Right by Greensburg, too :o - Wichita-
thumbs up if you just searched may 4th 2007 for this video
@PraterWX It was all the same storm I think but it had died off and came back near Protection. I think. I could be wrong but I lived in NW Oklahoma then and remember these storms. I'm originally from Greensburg.
@MrRem300 It was coming from Lanny's car.
@justintime2989 And wasn't the OKC tornado about 1.75 to 1.9 miles? Now that's rediculous.
oklahoma city type of tornado
i remember watching this on my tv in haviland, ( wich is 10 miles east of greensburg)
omg this is pretty awesome i love tornados but i hate being in umm lol well im sorry for everyone who went threw this =p
@SoonerNation94 You were hit by EF-5s in 1999 and 2003.
@yodafanyodafan then the tornado had be really close to you since it went through town then east/ northeast area, towards the cop that died in his cop car.
Or When a violent tornado is about to hit a populated area.
heat takes part in producing tornados
@jjedmunds7508 Because the overwhelmingly vast majority of the people that they are trying to urge to shelter... don't understand that.
i know without meteorologists we would have no clue what to do during a tornado
at 6:09 untill 6:12 i heard EAS tones in back
@matt99nascar May 31, 1985 brother.. google it. Xenia, OH.. google it. When they hit OH, they are usually monsters!
I'm very sorry for the families of the victims of the Greensburg tornado. But honestly can you really take the station call sign seriously. I mean KAKE it looks like CAKE
Plenty of good warning time, too bad it's winds were that of an atomic bomb. Kansas is beautiful country though.
Eh. Maybe it's just me, but I think they're pretty much average. I've seen better, but I have seen much worse.
Kansas isnt a country its a STATE
@Bullzeye95 Ive been lots of places in the US and ive always noticed meteorologists in wichita to be superior in both technology and knowelge.
Crazy, i live in wichita and i know everywhere heres talkin about