The Central Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak of May 3, 1999
Preliminary Report
|
Time |
Location |
Fatalities |
F-Scale |
Storm |
|
5:17 pm |
Bridge Creek / Moore, OK |
38 |
F5 |
A |
|
7:30 pm |
Haysville / Witchita, KS |
06 |
F4 |
K |
|
7:50 pm |
Shawnee, OK |
01 |
F2 |
D |
|
8:22 pm |
Dover, OK |
01 |
F4 |
E |
|
8:36 pm |
Abell, OK |
01 |
F4 |
|
|
9:45 pm |
6 miles S of Perry, OK |
01 |
F4 |
B |
|
DAMAGE |
Oklahoma/Cleveland Counties |
Other Counties |
|
Homes Destroyed |
1780 |
534 |
|
Homes Damaged |
6550 |
878 |
|
Apartments Destroyed |
473 |
0 |
|
Apartments Damaged |
568 |
0 |
|
Businesses Destroyed |
85 |
79 |
|
Businesses Damaged |
42 |
54 |
|
Churches Destroyed |
3 |
2 |
|
Schools Destroyed |
2 |
0 |
|
Public Bldgs Destroyed |
0 |
4 |
|
Public Bldgs Damaged |
0 |
7 |
Web sites
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/storms/19990503
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/~tsmith/may3/
Graphics
Reflectivity / Storm Relative Velocity 2356
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Cross Sections of Reflectivity / Storm Relative Velocity 0027
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