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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 ...
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 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 ...
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.
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
1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak, the most prolific tornado outbreak in Oklahoma history Tornado outbreak sequence of May 21–26, 2011 , an outbreak featuring numerous violent tornadoes in the state Tornado outbreak of May 18–21, 2013 , including the 2013 Moore tornado , the third-costliest tornado on record
Tornado outbreak of April 8–9, 1999: April 8–9, 1999: Ohio Valley/Midwest: 54: 6 fatalities: Produced an F4 tornado that moved through the Cincinnati suburbs, killing 4. Two F4 tornadoes also touched down in Iowa. (15 significant, 3 violent, 3 killer) 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak: May 2–8, 1999: Southern Great Plains: 152: 46 fatalities ...
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 ...