1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado

The 1999 Bridge Creek-Moore tornado was a very violent F5 tornado that hit the Bridge Creek and Moore areas of Oklahoma on the evening of May 3, 1999. It had the highest wind speed ever recorded at 301 miles per hour (484 km/h). It killed at least 36 people and injured 583 others. It caused $1 billion in damage. The tornado's strength led to the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Norman issuing the first-ever tornado emergency. In 2013, Moore was again hit by an another tornado with the highest ranking (EF5) also but this time it used the Enhanced Fujita scale and abandoned the Fujita scale.

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Other websites
Doppler radar animation of the tornado
The Great Plains Tornado Outbreak of May 3–4, 1999

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