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An NWS preliminary comparison of the tracks of the 2013 Moore tornado (red), the 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado (green), and the 2003 Moore–Choctaw tornado (blue). On May 20, 2013, a prominent central upper trough moved eastward toward the Central United States, with a lead upper low pivoting over the Dakotas and Upper Midwest region.
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 ...
Moore had suffered catastrophic tornado strikes before the 2013 storm, but the massive 2013 twister was the final straw that led to a storm shelter program in the city. In May 1999, an F5 tornado ...
1999 tornado still ranks as one of Oklahoma's deadliest. According to the National Weather Service, ... Tragedy struck in the form of tornadoes in Moore again in May 2003 and then May 2013, when ...
For these reasons, the outbreak is known in Oklahoma as the May 3rd outbreak or the Oklahoma tornado outbreak of 1999. On May 2, a strong area of low pressure moved out of the Rocky Mountains and into the High Plains , producing scattered severe weather and ten tornadoes in Nebraska .
Tornado-damaged areas of Moore, Oklahoma, are seen in aerial photos during a mission flown by the Civil Air Patrol Sunday, May 26, 2013. Cleanup continues after a huge tornado roared through the ...
The deadliest tornado of the decade would again hit Moore on May 20, 2013, killing 24 people and receiving a rating of EF5, making it the most recent tornado worldwide to top the Enhanced Fujita Scale as of February 2025. The tornado was the costliest in Oklahoma history and the third costliest in US history, leaving an estimated $2 billion ...
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 tornado outbreak, touched down east of Moore and caused $1,000 (1999 USD) in damage. [50]