What was the wind speed of the Moore tornado?

What was the wind speed of the Moore tornado?

210 mph
On the afternoon of Monday, May 20, 2013, a large and extremely powerful EF5 tornado ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, and adjacent areas, with peak winds estimated at 210 mph (340 km/h), killing 24 people (plus two indirect fatalities) and injuring 212 others.

What were the fastest winds recorded in Moore OK in 1999?

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).

What was the wind speed of the 1999 Oklahoma tornado?

The 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak was a significant tornado outbreak that affected much of the Central and parts of the Eastern United States, with the highest record-breaking wind speeds of 302 ± 22 mph (486 ± 35 km/h).

Has there ever been an F6?

The F6 is a mythical tornado that you would likely only see in movies or hear of in tall tales. It is similar to the magnitude 10 tornado. Early history may have witnessed such phenomena but they have not occurred in modern times due to more settled climates. The F6 tornado would be the granddaddy of all tornadoes.

How many tornadoes have hit Moore OK?

Moore is located in Tornado Alley, a colloquial term for the area of the United States where tornadoes are most frequent. About 20 tornadoes occurred in the immediate vicinity of Moore from 1890 to 2013.

How long did the 1999 Oklahoma tornado last?

1 hour, 25 minutes
1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado

Is a F6 tornado possible?

There is no such thing as an F6 tornado, even though Ted Fujita plotted out F6-level winds. The Fujita scale, as used for rating tornados, only goes up to F5. Even if a tornado had F6-level winds, near ground level, which is *very* unlikely, if not impossible, it would only be rated F5.

What was the wind speed in Oklahoma on May 3 1999?

1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado

What is a ef6 tornado?

There’s no such thing as an EF-6 tornado. The highest rating that can be assigned to a tornado, based on how much damage it does, is an EF-5.

What was the biggest tornado in 1999 in Texas?

1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado. The 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado (locally referred to as the May 3rd tornado) was an extraordinarily powerful F5 tornado in which the highest wind speeds ever measured globally were recorded at 301 ± 20 miles per hour (484 ± 32 km/h) by a Doppler on Wheels (DOW) radar.

What was the wind speed of the Oklahoma City tornado?

A wind speed of 301 mph, or 484 km/h, was recorded by a Doppler on Wheels (DOW) radar. The tornado devastated southern portions of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, along with surrounding suburbs and towns during the early evening of Monday, May 3, 1999.

What was the wind speed of the first F5 tornado?

The Doppler on Wheels research radar measured a wind speed of 301 mph about 100 feet above the ground in that tornado, which was up to three-quarters of a mile wide. This single tornado, one of a Sooner State record 63 tornadoes during that May 3 outbreak, was the first F5 tornado on record to hit the Oklahoma City metro area.

Is there a KML file of the 1999 Oklahoma tornadoes?

GIS Users: A KML file depicting the damage paths for tornadoes that occurred in central Oklahoma on May 3, 1999 is available. The outlines and areas of the damage paths are color coded with relation to the parent supercell that spawned each tornado.