Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Perhaps one of the most widespread and recognizable tornadoes from the 1995 United States storm season was the June 8, 1995 F4 tornado at Pampa, Texas. This video and attendant storm chase was recorded by Dr. Charles Doswell III who was accompanied by Al Moller in the drivers seat. Both never expected to see this transpire in front of them. The tornado made for stunning visuals as it ripped apart an auto junk yard and lofted multiple vehicles into the air. For the media, this was a go to piece of video that made the rounds on The Weather Channel and in various documentaries. It was also one of the few videos sold by Dr. Doswell and in personal conversation with him was why he backed away from selling material to the media post the mid 1990's.
The video is a direct copy and unfortunately due to a backlight setting that went unnoticed on Chuck's camcorder during the tornado, the entire scenery is overblown. Either way, it's a historical videotape from the final day of Project VORTEX and a memorable series of tornadoes in the Texas panhandle in early June 1995.
Videography © Dr. Charles Doswell III, All Rights Reserved.
Perhaps one of the most widespread and recognizable tornadoes from the 1995 United States storm season was the June 8, 1995 F4 tornado at Pampa, Texas. This video and attendant storm chase was recorded by Dr. Charles Doswell III who was accompanied by Al Moller in the drivers seat. Both never expected to see this transpire in front of them. The tornado made for stunning visuals as it ripped apart an auto junk yard and lofted multiple vehicles into the air. For the media, this was a go to piece of video that made the rounds on The Weather Channel and in various documentaries. It was also one of the few videos sold by Dr. Doswell and in personal conversation with him was why he backed away from selling material to the media post the mid 1990's.
The video is a direct copy and unfortunately due to a backlight setting that went unnoticed on Chuck's camcorder during the tornado, the entire scenery is overblown. Either way, it's a historical videotape from the final day of Project VORTEX and a memorable series of tornadoes in the Texas panhandle in early June 1995.
Videography © Dr. Charles Doswell III, All Rights Reserved.
![Tornado Alley... Wichita Falls, Texas 1964 [KAUZ-TV Documentary]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TOkB0lQlnwo/mqdefault.jpg "Tornado Alley... Wichita Falls, Texas 1964 [KAUZ-TV Documentary]
A destructive tornado was broadcast live on KAUZ television on April 3, 1964 as it moved through the northern portion of Wichita Falls, Texas. Seven lives were lost and over 100 people sustained serious injury. Sheppard Air Force Base, as well as the nearby residential neighborhood of Sunset Terrace sustained significant F5 damage.
Historically this tornado is often cited as the first ever broadcast live on television anywhere in the world. KAUZ-TV was indeed the first TV station to broadcast a tornado, but that event transpired on April 2, 1958 when a deadly F3 tornado struck the city. The news anchor in the 1964 broadcast makes mention of this misquotes the date as 1959. To my knowledge the 1958 live transmission was not preserved or saved. It was common practice in the early age of broadcast video to recycle and re-record over quadraplex videotape to save money. Fortunately six years later, engineers at KAUZ-TV did record and save the 1964 live broadcast, the bulk of it presented in this station documentary made soon after the tornado.
Additional film and news coverage of the April 3, 1964 Wichita Falls, Texas tornado is available via the Texas Archive of the Moving Image: https://texasarchive.org/2012_00678
Video © KAUZ-TV.")
