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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 3 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 became ...
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.
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 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.
Millions of people were under tornado watches on Saturday in parts of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas. Multiple more dangerous tornado warnings were also issued throughout Saturday.
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.
Katy, Texas Porter Heights, Texas Severe weather warnings and watches map. This story has been updated to add new information and to clarify that the funnel clouds seen are suspected tornadoes.