Pampa, Texas Tornado #2 - May 19, 1982
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Close range Super 8 footage I shot on the afternoon of May 19, 1982. This classic, white, high-contrast multi-vortex tornado was the second of two tornadoes that formed near Pampa, Texas.
For 1982, this was phenomenal footage.
Incredible. I remember spending nearly two hours in my parent's basement with the neighbors as these storms based overhead. It was quite an experience hearing the wind blow. Thanks for sharing these videos and helping me remember the day of this storm
UNBELIEVABLE!!! One of the all time CLASSIC tornado clips! The strong inflow winds, sharp peals of thunder and the anticyclonic satellite swirl are awesome too!!!
@cyclonejimcom I was there. I lived there at the time and that thing came down in that field behind our house. There were like over 12 tornado's spotted that evening and that was one of the most wicked looking storms I have ever witnessed in my lifetime.
the great background mechanical sound of super 8's:D
This event was a storm chaser's dream. A slow-moving, highly-visible supercell producing multiple large tornadoes. Jim, you are my hero! ;-)
creepy footage, that storm had incredible rotation wow
There is something special about old super 8 films.
Footage at the same time of this somewhere on the other side of this tornado was in “Tornadoes: The Entity”. Particularly from 1:18 to 1:25 with that lightning strike shown.
Gotta love how well the Super 8 was also able to audio that strike too! As clear as it sounds, that’s a negative staccato!
Truly a gem, especially since I don't see a lot of Super 8 twisters. I am especially struck by how light in color it is.
I lived there when this storm came thru there. I was 11 years old and that was one wicked looking storm. If I remember correctly, that dropped down behind Price Road and lift up just as it was coming towards the city and dropped back down and hit a plant or something.
I believe it dropped back down right on top of the new john deere place.
I was 11 too and recall looking out my window to the West and seeing that thing out by Price Road. Seems like I saw at least 3 vortices. Then we went underneath the house.
wow, what a day. It's awesome to see that you also not only got a few on film but were able to share them on here.
i love classic old tornadoes.
Satellite vortices can definitely cause problems. I was almost hit by one on May 25 of this year while I was chasing near La Crosse, KS. The main tornado had just passed near town when a satellite vortex (later rated EF1, IIRC) spun up nearly half a mile from the main circulation and passed uncomfortably close behind me on the highway.
Anyway, great video!
Looks eerily similar at the start to the 2013 El Reno tornado
I've seen parts of this clip on videos but this is the first time i've seen the entire video.
Never seen that vid before. That was an amazing tornado. Good thing it looked to be outside of Pampa becasue that looks to be pretty strong.
This was the day i was born.......... AWESOME
Wow. So this was your footage? I've seen this shot in some documentaries, such as Tornadoes: The Entity. This film probably should have been included in the original Tornado Video Classics. It deserves a new remaster that bypasses the obvious VHS stage. ;p
The sky is incredibly terrifying!
And it was recorded without the profanity and screaming.
Hey Jim, I was clicking link after link that lead me to this video. WOW.! Is it just me or is Pampa the epicenter of all that is tornadic? Any way props for standing in that lightning and getting this film. A big Well Done You.! Mark G. Farmer
When was this shot, 1800s? Jk, lol, great vid!
This tornado (or the first one), can't remember which, caused crazy amounts of damage.
Thanks for sharing
Nice when they are North or East of you!
this is the one that happened in poltergeist
This footage was filmed from a camera to make it look like a 1920's style film
This looked like a knockoff of Hudsonville Michigan 1956
i actually did shit mine!!!!!!