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The tornado was the costliest in Oklahoma history and the third costliest in US history, leaving an estimated $2 billion (2013 USD) worth of damages in its wake. [12] Tornadoes in Oklahoma have broken numerous national and worldwide records. Both the widest and most powerful tornadoes ever recorded occurred in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma experienced its largest tornado outbreak on record, with 70 confirmed. The most notable of these was the F5 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado which devastated Oklahoma City and suburban communities. The tornado killed 36 people and injured 583 others; losses amounted to $1 billion, making it the first billion-dollar tornado in history. [6]
List of tornadoes in the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak; 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak; 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado; Tornado outbreak of April 23, 2000; Tornado outbreak of April 10–11, 2001; List of tornadoes in the May 2003 tornado outbreak sequence; Tornado outbreak sequence of May 2003; List of tornadoes in the May 2004 tornado ...
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.
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 ...
April 28, 1942 - Oklahoma City Times - Page 1 - Pryor tornado coverage Not the worst storm in the history of this Middle America state, but the worst the people of Pryor could have imagined that day.
Next month will mark the 10-year anniversary of the pair of tornadoes that tore through Oklahoma. On May 20, 2013, a massive tornado rated at EF5 strength on the Deadly Oklahoma tornadoes still ...
1947 Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes, the deadliest tornado event in Oklahoma history and the sixth-deadliest in U.S. history; 1948 Tinker Air Force Base tornadoes, an event featuring the first-ever official tornado forecast; 1955 Great Plains tornado outbreak, an outbreak featuring several tornadoes throughout Oklahoma, including the ...