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During 1999, a total of 1,339 tornadoes touched down across the United States, ranking it as the eighth-most active year since reliable records began to be kept in 1950; [4] at the time, 1999 was the fourth-most active year on record. [5]
A map of the meteorological setup of the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak.The map displays surface and upper level atmospheric features associated with the outbreak. The Bridge Creek–Moore tornado was part of a much larger outbreak which produced 71 tornadoes across five states throughout the Central Plains on May 3 alone, along with an additional 25 that touched down a day later in some of ...
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.
Map of confirmed tornadoes across Oklahoma and southern Kansas on May 3. From May 2 to 8, 1999, a large tornado outbreak took place across much of the Central and parts of the Eastern United States, as well as southern Canada. During this week-long event, 152 tornadoes touched down in these areas.
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.
Tornado outbreak of April 8–9, 1999: April 8–9, 1999: Ohio Valley/Midwest: 54: 6 fatalities: Produced an F4 tornado that moved through the Cincinnati suburbs, killing 4. Two F4 tornadoes also touched down in Iowa. (15 significant, 3 violent, 3 killer) 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak: May 2–8, 1999: Southern Great Plains: 152: 46 fatalities ...
Timmer was a freshman at the University of Oklahoma in the spring of 1999 when the state was impacted by one of the most violent tornadoes in recorded history. On May 3, 1999, an F5 tornado struck ...
Thoren said the May 3, 1999 tornado outbreak is one of the state's highest tornadoes in one day. On May 3, 1999, there were 58 confirmed tornadoes in the NWS Norman service area, mostly ...