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

Damage Path

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