F5 Tornado Oklahoma City
The tornado tore through southern and eastern parts of oklahoma city and its suburbs of bridge creek moore del city tinker air force base and midwest city killing 36 people destroying more than 8 000 homes and causing 1 5 billion in damage.
F5 tornado oklahoma city. Raw footage may 3 1999 tornado in southwest oklahoma city. 2 ssw amber far n newcastle sw oklahoma city n moore s del city w midwest city. Grady mcclain cleveland oklahoma. A map of tornado paths in southeastern oklahoma and northeast texas is available here.
The soundtrack has intentionally been muted and the video which was very shaky at times has been run through youtube s stabilization. It claimed 36 lives destroyed 1 800 homes and damaged another 2 500. A tornado reported to be at least a half mile wide killed at least one person and damaged hundreds of homes in moore oklahoma city and surrounding areas monday night. An f5 tornado tore through the cities of bridge creek newcastle moore and parts of the south side of oklahoma city.
The slow moving storm started its swath of destruction monday afternoon as tornadoes created havoc from strecker in. Tue may 4 1999. Going back to before statehood there have been 12 tornadoes in oklahoma rated f5 ef5 1905 to present. Aug 7 2020 on may 24 2011 oklahoma experienced its first tornado rated ef5 since the enhanced fujita scale was adopted by the national weather service in 2007.