"View of storms over OKC Friday night from 40,000 feet."

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wasn't quite that pretty from the other side, but nice shot all the same.

wasn't quite that pretty from the other side, but nice shot all the same.

It's very nuclear bomb-ish, isn't it?

And for those who say Oklahoma doesn't have majestic mountains... well, at certain times of the year we have quite gigantic mountains... of billowing storm clouds (eek)

sorry if this was mentioned before, but does anyone know, regarding may 31st, what was the roaring sound that could be heard virtually everywhere during the storm?

Ive always heard that during a tornado there would be a "freight train" sound in the vicinity of the actual tornado. What im talking about was a roar, which sounded like non-stop thunder or running up of jet engines, and was everywhere. My folks heard it in Nobel, my friends heard it in Choctaw, Edmond, and we heard it in Edmond and OKC.

sorry if this was mentioned before, but does anyone know, regarding may 31st, what was the roaring sound that could be heard virtually everywhere during the storm?

Ive always heard that during a tornado there would be a "freight train" sound in the vicinity of the actual tornado. What im talking about was a roar, which sounded like non-stop thunder or running up of jet engines, and was everywhere. My folks heard it in Nobel, my friends heard it in Choctaw, Edmond, and we heard it in Edmond and OKC.

Cue HAARP conspiracy theorists in 3...2...1...

In all seriousness, that's an interesting question. I didn't hear anything, but I worked indoors that night. But the phenomenon you mentioned is intriguing.

Straight winds? The damage is so widespread...

Straight winds? The damage is so widespread...

I'm thinking you may be right.

sorry if this was mentioned before, but does anyone know, regarding may 31st, what was the roaring sound that could be heard virtually everywhere during the storm?

Ive always heard that during a tornado there would be a "freight train" sound in the vicinity of the actual tornado. What im talking about was a roar, which sounded like non-stop thunder or running up of jet engines, and was everywhere. My folks heard it in Nobel, my friends heard it in Choctaw, Edmond, and we heard it in Edmond and OKC.I didn't hear it and I love the HAARP conspiracy lol. . . some of them are pretty far fetched though ;)

sorry if this was mentioned before, but does anyone know, regarding may 31st, what was the roaring sound that could be heard virtually everywhere during the storm?

Ive always heard that during a tornado there would be a "freight train" sound in the vicinity of the actual tornado. What im talking about was a roar, which sounded like non-stop thunder or running up of jet engines, and was everywhere. My folks heard it in Nobel, my friends heard it in Choctaw, Edmond, and we heard it in Edmond and OKC.

I heard it in Bethany, I told the wife it sounded like the sky was growling non stop. A friend farther NW said he heard the same thing as well

Running west on 89th I could hear it from Mustang to Union City.

We were in the backyard shelter from 7 to 8:45, there were several points of the event we were sure there was a tornado adjacent to us due to the roar, but it lasted probably a good 30 minutes straight. I thought to myself that it must have been similar to the sound of a hurricane. A client from Edmond's theory was that there was so much lightning, that it was more of a factor of continuous rolling thunder...

We were in the backyard shelter from 7 to 8:45, there were several points of the event we were sure there was a tornado adjacent to us due to the roar, but it lasted probably a good 30 minutes straight. I thought to myself that it must have been similar to the sound of a hurricane. A client from Edmond's theory was that there was so much lightning, that it was more of a factor of continuous rolling thunder...

this sounds like a plausible explanation. Glad im not the only one who heard it, very omnious sounding for sure.

Cue HAARP conspiracy theorists in 3...2...1...

In all seriousness, that's an interesting question. I didn't hear anything, but I worked indoors that night. But the phenomenon you mentioned is intriguing.


I didn't hear it and I love the HAARP conspiracy lol. . . some of them are pretty far fetched though ;)

You guys will have to fill me in on the HAARP conspiracy....never heard of it...

As many of you already know the conditions were particularly well set up for a bad event.

When these conditions are very strong sometimes what heard is the combination of wind and colliding hail inside the storm. I remember hearing this sound when I was kid in the late 60’s when nobody knew for sure what it was….. It scared the hell out of a lot of people back then.

You guys will have to fill me in on the HAARP conspiracy....never heard of it...Just search it up on Youtube. There is a ton of crazy videos on Youtube about it.

Ou48a is basically correct.

The sound from thunderstorms - particularly supercells - is a combination of events. However it is mostly constant thunder rolls. Supercells are extremely tall storms and lightning within them far exceeds lightning you see striking the ground. Very violent and electric events are taking place inside the column of a supercell. Colliding precipitation inside the storm and hitting the ground only add to this "roar".

Ou48a is basically correct.

The sound from thunderstorms - particularly supercells - is a combination of events. However it is mostly constant thunder rolls. Supercells are extremely tall storms and lightning within them far exceeds lightning you see striking the ground. Very violent and electric events are taking place inside the column of a supercell. Colliding precipitation inside the storm and hitting the ground only add to this "roar".What I remember hearing had a low pitch grinding sound to it, but certainly the constant thunder would be a big part of what was heard.

This must be what I hear out in the country, miles from cities. It is continuous, sounds like continuous distant thunder, while there's no threatening weather heading my way. I stand outside watching the clouds, imagining the mayhem.

I have also heard that same low pitched grinding sound very near a rain wrapped tornado.
I several years ago I went outside in a light rain at 6 am to get the paper and heard the sound…
As it turns out there was an unwarned small tornado that was passing just north of my house. It caused some light damage.