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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 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 ...
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.
A massive tornado outbreak first struck the Southern Plains on May 2–4. The worst tornado was an extremely violent F5 tornado that tore through the Southern Oklahoma City metro area, killing 36. It produced a wind gust of 301 mph, the highest winds ever recorded on Earth. [5] The outbreak then produced at least seven tornadoes in Tennessee on
This violent, long-lived tornado was the most infamous of nearly 60 tornadoes that struck central Oklahoma during an unprecedented outbreak on the afternoon and evening of May 3, 1999. The tornado was the ninth of fourteen tornadoes produced by a supercell thunderstorm during the tornado outbreak.
On May 3, 1999, there were 58 confirmed tornadoes in the NWS Norman service area, mostly concentrated to southwest and central Oklahoma, Thoren said. The strongest tornado from that day was an EF ...
1998 Oklahoma tornado outbreak: October 4, 1998: Oklahoma: 19: 5 injuries: A late-year autumn outbreak, it was the largest October tornado outbreak in Oklahoma history. (8 significant) Tornado outbreak of January 17–18, 1999: January 17–18, 1999: Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi: 24: 8 fatalities
1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak – High Risk was issued at 20Z and maintained thereafter. Highest winds ever recorded in a tornado, 301 mph (484 km/h); [ 172 ] seventy-three tornadoes were confirmed, including three F4s and one F5.