News 9 Storm Trackers Remember Chasing May 1999 Tornado

We talked to News 9 storm trackers about what they remember from the deadly storms that moved through central Oklahoma 20 years ago in May.

Sunday, March 17th 2019, 11:05 pm

By: News 9

News 9 Storm Trackers Remember Chasing May 1999 Tornado

“We did not expect that to be a big day from the start,” said Val Castor.

“We ended up seeing 12 tornadoes,” said Tom Pastrano.

“At that time, I couldn't see the tornado because what I was seeing was the whole sky on the ground,” said Hank Brown.

“We knew the storm was cycling,” said Val.

“A tornado developed right there in front of us,” said Bobby Payne.

“It was marching right through Oklahoma City, Midwest City and Del City,” said Val.

“We knew we had multiple fatalities,” said Alan Broerse.

“We started seeing large pieces of houses, debris, that was actually covering the road,” said Bobby Payne.

“I could see entire devastation where homes used to be,” Alan said.

“The debris path was unreal,” remembers Hank.

“There was just destruction everywhere,” said Tom.

“The May 3 tornado was probably the most devastating I’d ever seen, period,” Alan said.

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