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Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak
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May 3, 1999, Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak
The May 3, 1999, Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak was the first stage of a severe weather event that lasted from May 3 to May 6 and brought violent storms to Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, and Tennessee. This article concentrates on the events in Oklahoma. On May 3, 66 tornadoes broke out in Oklahoma and Kansas. The most significant tornado first touched down southwest of Chickasha, Oklahoma, and became an F5 before dissipating over Midwest City, Oklahoma. The tornado tore through Bridge Creek, Oklahoma and Moore, Oklahoma, causing 1.1 billion dollars in damage.. Forty-eight people perished during the outbreak. This tornadic event ranks in severity with the Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965. With a total of 66 tornadoes, it was the most prolific tornado outbreak in Oklahoma history, although not the deadliest. There was a Storm Stories episode about this tornado outbreak. It was also featured as a book bonus in an issue of Readers Digest.


Oklahoma City NEXRAD image at 7:12 pm. The radar shows a classic hook echo at the location of the Bridge Creek/Moore tornado.
Date of tornado outbreak: May 3-6, 1999
Duration1: ~72 hours
Maximum rated tornado2: F5 tornado
Tornadoes caused: 66
Damages: $1.5 billion (2005 USD)
Fatalities: 48
Areas affected: Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Tennessee

1Time from first tornado to last tornado
2Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita Scale

Contents [hide]
1 Outbreak description
2 Confirmed tornadoes
3 The Moore F5
3.1 Path
3.2 Casualties
3.3 Impact
3.3.1 The risk of using overpasses as storm shelters
3.3.2 Fujita scale
4 Other significant tornadoes
5 Damage estimates
6 Storm Stories episode
7 See also
8 External links and references

Outbreak description
The day started sunny, warm, and humid. The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma initially issued a "slight risk" for severe weather for most of the state of Oklahoma early that morning. By late morning the latest observations and forecasts began to indicate an increasing likelihood of widespread severe weather, and the SPC upgraded sections of the southern plains to "moderate risk." By 3 pm, it had become evident that a widespread severe weather event was imminent. Parts of Oklahoma and Kansas were then further upgraded to "high risk." When a "high risk" is issued, this usually indicates a significant threat for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes including damaging tornadoes. The SPC issued a tornado watch by mid-afternoon as conditions gathered together for what would be a historic tornado outbreak. The CAPE values reached nearly 6,000 J/kg during the day.

The beautiful May morning gave way to raging dark skies in the afternoon. Large supercell thunderstorms developed and in the late afternoon through the mid-evening hours of that Monday, tornadoes began to break out across the state.


[edit] Confirmed tornadoes
Main article: List of Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak tornadoes

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