1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado
1999 tornado in Oklahoma, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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).[6] It killed at least 36 people and injured 583 others.[5] It caused $1 billion in damage.[7] The tornado's strength led to the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Norman issuing the first-ever tornado emergency.[8] In 2013, Moore was again hit by an EF5 tornado, but fewer people were killed even though there was more damage.
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Formed | May 3, 1999, 6:23 p.m. CDT (UTC−05:00) |
Duration | 1 hour, 25 minutes |
Dissipated | May 3, 1999, 7:48 pm. CDT (UTC−05:00) |
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Max. rating1 | F5 tornado |
Casualties | 36 fatalities (+5 indirect), 583 injuries[5] |
Damage | $1 billion (1999 USD) $1.6 billion (2024 USD) |
Areas affected | Grady, McClain, Cleveland and Oklahoma counties in Oklahoma; with the worst impacts occurring in the towns/cities of Bridge Creek, Moore, Oklahoma City, Del City, and Midwest City |
Part of the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak 1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale |
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