Page 52 - Sergeant Scott News Today

>> its two and a half miles for the university of oklahoma. and you know, you see a lot of people out on the streets. so my thought is these guys need 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 place for us in case our communications go...

Steel. its a frame. but think about it. its also a glass cage. >> the longer sergeant scott drives through the storm, the more danger hes in. >> when the wind speeds begin to approach 90 to 100 miles per hour, the ability for that tornado to roll that car increases dramatically. >> with nowhere else to go, sergeant scott continues driving. the rain pounding on his cruiser. back at the station, conditions are not much better. >> lights started flashing. it looked like something kind of out of a h...

>> 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 the weather gets progressively worse. >> his thought process was to go to the police department here because he felt like he was getting away from the storm. >> turns out when the tornado actually developed and touched down, a bunch of momentum of wind came around the south side of it. >> circulation might be trying to reform ...

Line. the tornado is basically going in a straight line. thats another reason we encourage folks not to be in their car. you cant go in a straight line forever in a car. tornadoes certainly can, and they dont stop for anything. >> sergeant scott makes it back to the entrance of the station, but its 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 scotts car at 1...

Sergeant scott survives the storm that miraculously kills no one. inside he runs into captain tysher and tells him about his wild ride. >> thats 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. its definitely something that i hope to nev...

Sergeant scott desperately tries to navigate the streets through the pouring rain, unaware that the tornado is behind him and gaining on him. >> looking at the dash cam video, hes trying to get to the police station, but its overtaking him. plus he cant go in a straight line. the tornado is basically going in a straight line. thats another reason we encourage folks not to be in a straight line. you cant go in a straight line forever in a car. tornadoes certainly can, and they dont stop for anyth...

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...

To navigate the streets through the pouring rain, unaware that the tornado is behind him and gaining on him. >> looking at the dash cam video, hes trying to get to the police station, but its overtaking him. plus he cant go in a straight line. the tornado is basically going in a straight line. thats another reason we encourage folks not to be in a straight line. you cant go in a straight line forever in a car. tornadoes certainly can, and they dont stop for anything. >> sergeant scott makes it b...

But its 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 scotts 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 scotts cruiser as its battered by the wind. with his roof cl...

Sergeant scotts cruiser as its 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. >> thats when he told me that he drove through the storm. it was hard for me to believe based upon his reaction. i wa...