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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 ...
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.
May 20, 2013: Moore, Oklahoma — — 140 mph (230 km/h) A PX-1000 transportable radar unit operated by University of Oklahoma's Advanced Radar Research Center was used to observe the path of the tornado through Moore, with researchers detailing a "loop" in the path near the Moore Medical Center as a "failed occlusion". [37] EF3 May 28, 2013 ...
An aerial view of Moore looking northeast from near NE 12. ... 1999, tornado that hit Moore. ... in May 2003 and then May 2013, when another EF5 tornado ripped through the city to leave behind $2 ...
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 ...
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.
Satellite tornado to the F5 Bridge Creek–Moore storm touched down near I-240. A few homes sustained minor roof damage and fences were blown down. [12] [13] F0 E of Gracemont: Caddo: OK: May 3: 0034–0035 0.5 miles (0.80 km) 25 yd (23 m)
The most memorable tornado of Timmer's career came a couple of days before the historic El Reno, Oklahoma, tornado in 2013. On May 28, 2013, an intense tornado formed near Bennington, Kansas. The ...