• Thumbnail for 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado
    The 1999 Bridge CreekMoore tornado was a large, long-lived and exceptionally powerful F5 tornado in which the highest wind speed ever measured globally...
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    its peak width.: 13  The 2013 Moore tornado followed a roughly similar track to the deadlier 1999 Bridge CreekMoore tornado, which was rated F5; neither...
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  • Thumbnail for 1997 Jarrell tornado
    Birmingham tornado that killed 32, and the 1999 Bridge CreekMoore tornado that killed 36. It was the only F5 tornado of 1997, and the next F5-rated tornado would...
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    on Earth, just slightly lower than the wind speeds of the 1999 Bridge CreekMoore tornado. As it crossed U.S. 81, it had grown to a record-breaking width...
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  • Moore, Oklahoma tornado may refer to: 1999 Bridge CreekMoore tornado 2003 Moore–Choctaw tornado 2010 Moore–Choctaw tornado 2013 Moore tornado List of...
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  • Thumbnail for 2011 El Reno–Piedmont tornado
    also the first tornado rated EF5 or F5 to strike Oklahoma since the 1999 Bridge CreekMoore tornado. A mobile radar found that the tornado possessed possible...
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  • Thumbnail for Tornado outbreak of May 4–6, 2007
    destroyed by an EF5 tornado, the first of the new Enhanced Fujita Scale and such intensity since the 1999 Bridge CreekMoore tornado. The supercell killed...
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  • first tornado in 1998 in Oklahoma before taking part in numerous chases of tornadoes. Timmer then observed the 1999 Bridge CreekMoore tornado, a year...
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    experienced its largest tornado outbreak on record, with 70 confirmed. The most notable of these was the F5 Bridge CreekMoore tornado which devastated Oklahoma...
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    costliest tornado in recent history, with damage totals at $3.71 billion (2022 USD). Until April 2011, the Bridge CreekMoore tornado of May 3, 1999, was the...
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    other being the 1999 Bridge CreekMoore tornado which doppler radar measured 321 miles per hour (517 km/h) mph. The 1997 Jarrell tornado was another example...
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  • constitutes F5 damage. A tornado with wind speeds greater than 319 miles per hour (513 km/h) is possible, as the 1999 Bridge Creek-Moore Tornado did have 321 mph...
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  • April 2–3, 1999 Tornado outbreak of April 8–9, 1999 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak 1999 Bridge CreekMoore tornado 1999 Loyal Valley tornado 1999 Salt Lake...
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    Bridge Creek-Moore, Oklahoma F5 tornado, produced the highest wind speed ever recorded on Earth, which was 301 ± 20 mph (484 ± 32 km/h). During 1999,...
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    billion of property damage, surpassing the 1999 Bridge CreekMoore tornado as the costliest single tornado in United States history at that time. Less than...
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    hunt for caves was generally inaugurated." On May 3, 1999, the F5 1999 Bridge CreekMoore tornado struck parts of Newcastle and resulted in the destruction...
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    tornado's intensity rivaled the Bridge CreekMoore F5 tornado, which had struck Oklahoma a week prior, and the 1997 Jarrell F5 tornado. The tornado touched...
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    TVS is a strong mesocyclone aloft, not an actual tornado, although the presence of an actual tornado on the ground can occasionally be inferred based...
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  • Thumbnail for List of F5, EF5, and IF5 tornadoes
    and 318 mph (512 km/h). Following two particularly devastating tornadoes in 1997 and 1999, engineers questioned the reliability of the Fujita scale. Ultimately...
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    the tornado as it passed over a primarily rural area, in contrast to the Bridge CreekMoore tornado. However, another F2 tornado on May 3, 1999, killed...
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  • City tornado may refer to: 1998 Oklahoma City tornadoes 1999 Bridge Creek–Newcastle–Oklahoma City–Moore tornado 2003 Oklahoma City area tornado 2003 North...
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  • Thumbnail for Wind speed
    to 135 m/s (490 km/h; 300 mph; 262 kn; 440 ft/s) during the 1999 Bridge CreekMoore tornado in Oklahoma on 3 May, although another figure of 142 m/s (510 km/h;...
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    satellite tornado is a tornado that revolves around a larger, primary tornado and interacts with the same mesocyclone. Satellite tornadoes occur apart...
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    Hook echo (category Tornado)
    issuing a tornado warning. Because of the unpredictable and potentially catastrophic nature of tornadoes, the possibility of detecting tornadoes via radar...
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  • May 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States has used the tornado emergency bulletin — a high-end classification of tornado warning...
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    shy of the 302 ± 22 mph (486 ± 35 km/h) recorded during the 1999 Bridge CreekMoore tornado. 2015 – The European Severe Storms Laboratory along with the...
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    302 ± 22 mph (486 ± 35 km/h) recorded during the 1999 Bridge CreekMoore tornado. The El Reno tornado also had a documented width of 2.6 miles (4.2 km)...
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    confirmed tornadoes. An F5 tornado was reported in Elie, Manitoba, in Canada, on June 22, 2007. Before that, the last confirmed F5 was the 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore...
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  • Thumbnail for List of schools struck by tornadoes
    is in the public domain. "NWS Damage Survey for 5/20/2013 Newcastle/Moore Tornado Event – Update 3". National Weather Service Norman, Oklahoma. National...
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  • Thumbnail for List of tornadoes in Cleveland County, Oklahoma
    The city of Moore is located within the county and has been impacted by four violent tornadoes in recent history; they struck in 1999, 2003, 2010, and...
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