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Several destructive tornadoes have hit the state of Oklahoma since 1882, the year with the first recorded tornado within state boundaries. Oklahoma, located in Tornado Alley, experiences around 68 tornadoes annually, with each EF3+ tornado killing an average of 2.9 people. 497 tornadoes have been classified as "intense" in Oklahoma, being rated F3+ on the Fujita Scale [note 1] or EF3+ on the ...
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.
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 ...
Storms that spun up in western Texas earlier in the weekend strengthened as they drifted over Oklahoma, triggering tornado and flash flood warnings across portions of the state on Saturday evening ...
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. The following day, atmospheric conditions across Oklahoma ...
A line of storms passing through Oklahoma overnight spawned several destructive tornadoes. Live weather updates: Valley Brook tornado 'at least' an EF-2 Skip to main content
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.