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The strongest tornado from that day was an EF-5 which tore through Bridge Creek, Oklahoma City, Moore and Del City, which caused a total of $1.5 billion in damage. ... USA TODAY Sports.
Eleven years later, it remains the most recent tornado to be rated EF5, the strongest possible rating on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. The 11-year gap is the longest since official U.S. records began ...
The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning until 6:45 a.m. Monday to include Oklahoma City and surrounding towns including Yukon, Mustang, Moore and Edmond.
The 2013 Moore tornado was a large and violent EF5 tornado that ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, and adjacent areas on the afternoon of May 20, 2013, with peak winds estimated at 210 miles per hour (340 km/h), killing 24 people (plus two indirect fatalities) [2] and injuring 212 others. [3]
An unconfirmed tornado significantly damaged Newcastle Elementary School, south of Oklahoma City. Videos shared with local news showed the roof torn off school buildings and the gym.
High risk convective outlook issued by the Storm Prediction center at 13:00 UTC on May 6. Starting April 30, the Storm Prediction Center noted that certain models, including the ECMWF, forecasted a multi-day period of high instability and supportive wind shear across the Southern and Central Plains, [10] and by May 1, a 15% risk was added across Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and northern Texas. [11]
[13]: 1 The El Reno–Piedmont tornado became one of only 59 tornadoes ever rated F5 or EF5 to date, and one of only nine tornadoes to receive an EF5 rating since the advent of the Enhanced Fujita scale in 2007. It was the first tornado in Oklahoma to receive an EF5 rating, and the only one until the 2013 Moore tornado. [16]
Meanwhile, in Oklahoma City, a damage survey estimated an EF3 tornado tore through a community southeast of downtown. The Enhanced Fujita scale, which meteorologists use to classify tornadoes ...