Oklahoma experienced its largest tornado outbreak on record, with 70 confirmed. The most notable of these was the F5 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado which devastated Oklahoma City and suburban communities. The tornado killed 36 people and injured 583 others; losses amounted to $1 billion, making it the first billion-dollar tornado in history. [6] .

1999年5月3日 · The total tornado count in Oklahoma makes the May 3-4, 1999 tornado outbreak the largest ever recorded in the state. A total of 40 people in Oklahoma were killed by the tornadoes on May 3-4, 1999 and another 675 persons were injured.

This F3 tornado (A3 on the outbreak map at right) was the first of a dozen tornadoes documented by scientists in the field on May 3. The same storm later produced an F5 tornado in Newcastle, Moore, and Del City, OK. The photo was taken from inside one of three VORTEX-99 mobile mesonet vehicles.

2024年5月3日 · One of America's most infamous tornado outbreaks struck 25 years ago. An F5 tornado roared through the southern Oklahoma City metro area on May 3, 1999. It was one of 74 tornadoes in...

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.

"On May 3, 1999, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in history struck west-central Oklahoma and southern Kansas, killing48 people, leaving thousands homeless and resulting in over $1 billion in property damage.

On May 3, 1999, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in history struck west-central Oklahoma and southern Kansas, killing 48 people, leaving thousands homeless and resulting in over $1 billion in property damage.

On May 3, 1999, a 78-tornado outbreak occurred in Oklahoma and Kansas, causing more than $1.5 billion in damage. An F-5 tornado, moving along a 38-mile path through Chickasha and north to Oklahoma City, became the costliest single tornado in U.S. history to date, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Ten years after the event, Risk Management Solutions (RMS) revisits the 1999 Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak, with a focus on the spectacular May 3 F5 tornado near Oklahoma City, summarizing the meteorological conditions and the damage that the tornado caused.

Oklahoma City, OK, May 3, 1999: On Monday evening, May 3, a long track F5, violent tornado traveled from near Chickasha, Oklahoma, to just east of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Along its path this tornado produced areas of F5 damage to both rural sections of central Oklahoma as well as densely populated areas of Oklahoma City and its suburbs.