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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 ...
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 round of severe weather crossed central Oklahoma early Monday morning, with some possible tornadoes spotted in western parts of the state. Check here for live weather updates and to check road ...
OKLAHOMA CITY – Thunderstorms and possible tornadoes remained in the forecast Monday for the south-central U.S., including Oklahoma, where a breakout of twisters over the weekend injured at ...
According to NWS Norman, severe storms will most likely take place between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. for parts of south, southwestern and south-central Oklahoma.
1999 – The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado also produces the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 301 +/- 20 mph (484 +/- 32 km/h).
It appears that tornados touched down in OKC early this morning, at approximately 1:30 a.m. Two areas with the most severe damage are both in Southeast OKC: 1) near Sooner Road and I-240 and 2 ...
From May 3 to May 11, 2003, a prolonged and destructive series of tornado outbreaks affected much of the Great Plains and Eastern United States. Most of the severe activity was concentrated between May 4 and May 10, which saw more tornadoes than any other week-long span in recorded history; 335 tornadoes occurred during this period, concentrated in the Ozarks and central Mississippi River Valley.