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It was the costliest tornado in U.S. history until it was surpassed by an EF4 tornado that hit Tuscaloosa and northern portions of Birmingham, Alabama, on April 27, 2011, causing an estimated $2.45 billion in damage. As of 2015, the Bridge Creek–Moore tornado is the fourth-costliest tornado, having also been surpassed by the EF5 tornadoes ...
The tornado caused $1 billion in damage, making it the second-costliest tornado in U.S. history, [16] and the most costly in history from 1999 to 2011, at which point it was surpassed by the 2011 Tuscaloosa–Birmingham tornado and again by the 2011 Joplin tornado.
Tornado damage in Moore following the 1999 F5 tornado. On the evening of May 3, a large, long-lived and exceptionally powerful F5 tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma in which the highest wind speed ever measured globally was recorded at 321 miles per hour (517 km/h) by a Doppler on Wheels (DOW) radar.
In May 1999, an F5 tornado struck Moore and killed 36 people. Tornadoes also hit the city in May 2003 and May 2010 , with the May 2010 tornado rated as an EF4.
Tragedy struck in the form of tornadoes in Moore again in May 2003 and then May 2013, when another EF5 tornado ripped through the city to leave behind $2 billion in damage as it destroyed schools ...
On May 3, 1999, an F5 tornado struck Bridge Creek and Moore, Oklahoma, with winds of over 300 mph - the highest wind speed ever recorded on Earth. Nearly 600 people were injured, and 36 were ...
This was the second of three major tornado outbreaks in January 1999. First set of tornado warnings were issued in eastern Arkansas where 2 tornadoes were confirmed, the first being near Wynne, Arkansas as an F1, and the second one spawned in Jonesboro, Arkansas, as a short lived F0, Also, 2 strong to violent tornadoes hit the Jackson ...
The tornado killed 36 people, injured 583 others, and caused $1 billion in damage (1999 USD), with Moore sustaining $450 million of that damage. The second tornado was a short-lived F0 tornado that caused $1,000 (1999 USD) in damage in the eastern portions of Cleveland County. [48] [49] May 4, 1999: An F0 tornado, during the 1999 Oklahoma ...