really spinning about ten miles west of norman ramped up pretty quickly, and boom, within a matter of minutes, it started spinning much, much faster. that s trouble with a capital t right there. this is hail right here. monitoring the storm that day is mike morgan, chief meteorologist if station knfr in oklahoma city. you can really see the wall cloud starting to spin much, much faster. at that point we knew there was going to be a reasonable chance that a tornado was going to set down on the western sides of norman, third largest city in oklahoma, and go right through town. hey, mike. i ve got it. we ve got power flashes right here. it s going to be about two miles just to the west of campus. up in his news chopper, pilot john welsh can see the storm approaching from the west. just 2 1/2 miles from the university of oklahoma. and you see a lot of people out on the streets, so my thought was, you know, these guys need to get no cover and get out of the way. captain david
knife through butter, that tornado came right across the hood of his car. the wind hurls debris at hood of sergeant scott s car, at 100 miles an hour. broken fences and downed trees become potentially lethal projectiles. from this security camera mounted outside, you can see the tornado wreak havoc outside the station. if you look closely, you can see sergeant scott s cruiser as it s battered by the wind. with his route closed by the falling debris, sergeant scott backs up and heads for a different entrance. he finally makes it around to the other side of the building, and is able to reach cover. sergeant scott survives the storm that miraculously kills no one. inside he runs into captain tysher and tells him about his wild ride. that s when he told me that he drove through the storm. it was hard for me to believe based upon his reaction. i was very impressed after seeing the video what he had went through that he was still as calm as he was.
to get covered and out of the way. captain david tysher is out in the city when the sudden appearance of a tornado takes us by surprise. we did have a little bit of a warning, but not a whole lot. when the storm first hits officers are told to return to the station. this is normally a rallying device incase communications go down. but the heavy rain makes returning to the station much more difficult. we could see the funnel cloud lowering, and we saw the power flashes, and then 30 seconds later the rain just kind of wrapped in around it and it was just like somebody just pulled the curtains and set them down. those are the ones that can be especially dangerous. because a lot of folks are in the rain. they re thinking maybe they re not going to be hit by the tornado, and then here it comes in the rain. sergeant robert scott is one of the officers caught in the storm. in this video captured on his dashboard camera sergeant scott is making his way back to the station as th
but it s blocked by debris. as he came back to the west again, boom, like a hot knife through butter, that tornado came right across the hood of his car. the wind hurls debris at sergeant scott s car at 100 miles an hour. broken fences and downed trees become potentially lethal projectiles. from this security camera mounted outside, you can see the tornado reeking havoc outside the station. if you look closely, you can see sergeant scott s cruiser as it s battered by the wind. with his roof closed by the falling debris, sergeant scott backs up and heads for a different entrance. he finally makes it around to the other side of the building, and is able to reach cover. sergeant scott survives the storm that miraculously kills no one. inside he runs into captain tysher and tells him about his wild ride. that s when he told me that he drove through the storm. it was hard for me to believe based upon his reaction. i was very impressed after seeing the video what he had went through th
sergeant scott s cruiser as it s battered by the wind. with his roof closed by the falling debris, sergeant scott backs up and heads for a different entrance. he finally makes it around to the other side of the building, and is able to reach cover. sergeant scott survives the storm that miraculously kills no one. inside he runs into captain tysher and tells him about his wild ride. that s when he told me that he drove through the storm. it was hard for me to believe based upon his reaction. i was very impressed after seeing the video what he had went through that he was still as calm as he was. flying objects, the trees falling down. the trees chasing him. the wind was breaking down of the car. it s definitely something that i hope to never see again. coming up, a drunk driver one officer will never forget. once in a while you ll come