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Moore, Oklahoma. A small suburb outside of the state capitol of Oklahoma City. To those outside of the weather community, the city of Moore, Oklahoma may just seem like an ordinary suburb of a major metropolitan city. However, to those who are interested in weather, Moore, Oklahoma is known for one reason and one reason alone; Moore, Oklahoma is one of, if not the most unlucky towns when it comes to being hit by Tornadoes. Since 1998, Moore, Oklahoma has been hit by 9 separate tornadoes; with 4 of those ending up being violent tornadoes.. Over the next two videos; I will be taking a look at the two most infamous tornado outbreaks that included a tornado that hit the city of Moore, Oklahoma. The first tornado outbreak; is the most infamous, and it happened in Early May 1999.
From May 2-8 a tornado outbreak sequence tore through the central and eastern portions of the United States; with the majority of the activity occurring on May 3rd through the 4th. Throughout the outbreak sequence, multiple strong to violent tornadoes occurred; with 4 F4 tornadoes, and one F5 tornado that lives in infamy. The Bridge-Creek Moore F5 Tornado is one of the most infamous tornadoes in world history, because it holds the record for the strongest wind speed ever observed from a tornado at approximately 301 mph. The legacy and importance the Moore F5 Tornado has to tornado history is massive; and the outbreak itself is one of the most significant outbreaks to ever be observed in the United States. Even outside of the Moore Tornado itself. So today, I am going to take a deep dive into the May 2-8 Tornado Outbreak Sequence, going over the outbreak as a whole with a primary focus on the Bridge Creek-Moore F5 Tornado. Going over the state of the 1999 Tornado Season thus far, The synopsis of the event, the event itself, the aftermath, and the historical significance of the event. Welcome to Nature’s Fury.
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I've been seeing repeated comments about a few things that I want to mention real quick:
1) I've noticed that people have been complaining about music choice (Specifically the synopsis music choice) The music was too loud and I'll likely be relying less on that song specifically going forward as it does get grating after a while. Sorry about that it sounded much quieter in my editor.
2) A lot of people seem to not really get why I referred to the wind speeds of the Moore F5 tornado was 301 +/- 20mph instead of what many other videos/documentaries do and just say 318mph and nothing more. The 318mph number is the wind speeds that are attributed to the tornado from the National Weather Service. It's official rating is 318, however; due to the Fujita Scale's issues being a damage scale; that does not reflect the data measured from the DOW. Since the winds were ACTUALLY Recorded on a DOW for this tornado, I went with that measruement instead. It's the number the AMS Rolls with; so I'm rolling with that.
The plus or minus 20mph is the margin of error because the wind speeds were measured 100ft in thhe air and may not be the exact same at the surface. NWS Knows about the potential reclassification because of that plus or minus means that it could have had at max 321 and could be classified as an F6 on the old scale but they said that the tornado was an F5 and have no intentions to reclassify the tornado.
Besides that, I'm very proud of how this turned out.
This is why I hate living in Oklahoma sometimes, especially as a person with autism and astraphobia. (fear of thunderstorms) Just the sudden noise and flash is enough to send me into panic attack mode, but having to go out IN that, to a cellar… it’s paralyzing. Really, I won’t go anywhere if I KNOW it’s going to rain or if lightning is within 100 miles of our location, and I won’t even look at windows. I’ll have a Bluetooth sleep mask, with headphones to keep it on my head, at all times during a storm.
It’s gotten so bad that I need to have someone basically act as my guide dog when I go to the cellar, which means they have to pull my hand and help me to the cellar because I’m too scared to look outside.
It’s turned into a physical phobia too, as if I see ANY severe storm risk or watch, my stomach begins to hurt really bad, I start feeling faint and I get really cold.
I’m just glad I wasn’t even alive when this happened, or else I’d have PTSD for the rest of my life.
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Jesus Christ those houses were poorly built
Thought el rino was the fastest winds ever recorded
New subsciber here, great video.
0:21 I recognized that fence line immediately from the tornado in 2013 on May 20th. Just to the left of the interstate sign is exactly where the tornado was in the shot if I can remember
The power was unimaginable. We had short strips of romex power cable that completely penetrated telephone poles.
I’ve never seen a single tornado outbreak cover mine and two of my brothers birthdays of course this was a few years before all of us were born but it covered the 4th 6th and 8th of May
That video of baby aliah being found will always make me smile. After all of that, she was found healthy and well (enough) and is still doing well to this day.
How are you able to post these videos? Do you own them?
This is actually the first time hearing someone talk about the Stroud tornado. I have family who lives in Chandler, OK and I've driven past the empty parking lot in Stroud countless times.
I love❤️drawing✍️tornadoes🌪️!
MAY 3RD 1999 and MAY 20TH 2013 F5 TORNADOES 🌪 IN MOORE OKLAHOMA 1999 REGISTERED 301 MPH: THE HIGHEST WIND SPEED EVER RECORDED ON PLANET EARTH 🌎 2013 F5-210 MPH. MAY 31ST 2013 F5-NEAR 300MPH IN EL RENO OKLAHOMA.
If I lived in Oklahoma in particular and definitely in the town of El Reno and Moore…I would absolutely have a shelter built into the ground about 15-20ft deep minimum!!! 🌪🌪🌪😵💫😵💫😵💫😬😬😬🤐🤐🤐😳😳😳😵😵😵
The first photo of that "house" in Bridge Creek is actually used in the NWS Enhanced Fujita scale training for determining whether or not a structure is a reliable DI. Completely debarked trees. Large shrubs removed entirely. Large vehicles tossed and mangled. Slab swept clean. Literally, "this is what EF5 damage should look like."
On May 3, 1999, the small town of Bridgecreek-Moore in Oklahoma was hit by one of the most devastating tornadoes in history. The tornado was rated as an EF5, the highest rating on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, with wind speeds reaching up to 318 mph.
At around 4:00 pm, the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for the area. The residents of Bridgecreek-Moore had little time to prepare as the tornado quickly descended upon their town.
At 4:15 pm, the tornado touched down just south of Bridgecreek, causing significant damage to homes and buildings in its path. The tornado rapidly intensified as it moved towards Moore, with wind speeds increasing to over 200 mph.
At 6:23 pm, the tornado struck the town of Moore with full force. The tornado was over a mile wide and left a path of destruction up to a mile wide as it ripped through the town. Buildings were torn apart, trees were uprooted, and cars were tossed around like toys.
The tornado continued its rampage for almost an hour, traveling over 38 miles and leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. By the time it finally dissipated at 7:30 pm, the tornado had claimed the lives of 36 people and injured over 500 more.
The residents of Bridgecreek-Moore were left to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. The town was devastated, with many homes and buildings completely destroyed. Emergency responders from all over the region rushed to the area to help with the recovery efforts.
In the aftermath of the tornado, the town of Moore implemented new measures to help protect residents from future storms. Today, the town is better equipped to handle severe weather, with improved warning systems and storm shelters in place.
The Bridgecreek-Moore tornado of 1999 remains one of the deadliest tornadoes in US history, and a stark reminder of the destructive power of nature.
…cannot be over stated…
Realizing Xenoblade music was playing in the background gave me more whiplash than the tornado itself
3mins in and i cant keep watching the video due to the very unfitting choice of music
If any tornado is an F6 or EF6, it was this one.
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I remember, on May 2, 1999, I was watching TWC on TV where they were warning for severe weather in the Midwest, including possibly “tornadic activity.” Holy cow. They weren’t kidding!
My name is Alia and I have never heard about the miracle of baby Alia (spelling is probably different than my own name). Thank you for including her story ❤🙏🏻
I had just turned 4 the week before when this event happened but the haysville tornado probably would’ve killed my family and I had it stayed at full strength as it headed towards Wichita
Even in its weakened state, it still went through my backyard and my parents and I could hear and feel it and were absolutely terrified because we had no idea what it was capable of doing
Once it settled down, we went outside to survey the neighborhood and check on our neighbors and I was absolutely devastated that the tornado had bent and knocked over my brand new swingset I got for my birthday the week before, not realizing how fortunate I was that it wasn’t strong enough to hurt or kill us when we did encounter it
I will forever feel like I dodged a bullet that day
Make the tornado big as the earth and it will cause a mass extinction 😃
Mulhall! The real true forgotten monster
It looked like an upside down mountain, drilling down into the earth.
I thought it was 318 mph winds recorded from mobile doppler
Wow was not expecting to see my high school on the first 3 seconds of the video lol.
I love your content… but at five minutes in, the background music is making my ears spin around. 😬 I know that’s a “me” problem, so I’m toughing it out. Lol.
March-May of 2011: Hold my beer
I wasn’t alive at the time but my city felt it because of the 1975 Omaha Nebraska EF5
It was 318mph at first, from the dopplar on wheels. I literally watched the Josh dude talk about it.
So, it then gets lowered to 302, now 301? Why? Is this just people "decide" to lower it based on opinion. Why, if they measured it at 318, then do they lower it?
Love this video.. But would you consider leaving out the background music? It's hard to watch.
May God keep the Samaras's souls in peace 😢
Hey I just found this channel and while I wanted to watch the video the music was too distracting for me to make it through. Hopefully incorporating a quieter or less busy audio track would help retain people
0:36 this is so ironic because Moore likely got another tornado the next dat after this was posted
A relative of mine actually lived in Bridge Creek at the time. He now lives in Baltimore, MD which isn’t far where I live now. He said that the tornado would’ve certainly killed him if he didn’t have a storm shelter. The center of the tornado went right over his house reducing it to a slab swept clean of debris and wood and asphalt that was reduced to a fine powder. He luckily heard the tornado coming, he was a little scared because of hearing the roar and the sirens going off, which were mostly Thunderbolts (a few of them were high pitched), ACA Howlers, Cyclones, P-15’s, P-10’s, & P-50’s, and some Federal Enterprises Thunderbolts, and Model 5’s. What’s really sad is that one of the original Thunderbolts installed survived the Bridge Creek EF5 but was destroyed in the El Reno/Moore EF5 in 2013 before he moved to MD. It’s really chilling when you go down to your shelter and then come back up to find nothing left of your house and debris everywhere and homes and businesses on fire.
1965 Palm Sunday outbreak
Dude sounds congested.