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- The Oklahoma City tornado of May 3, 1999 was an F5, the highest rating on the Fujita scale.
- It was the last tornado in the U.S. to be rated F5 before the Enhanced Fujita scale was put in place in 2007.
- The tornado produced winds of up to 302 mph, the fastest winds ever measured on Earth.
- It traveled 37 miles and was, at times, a mile wide.
- In all, it killed 36 people and injured 583, making it the deadliest tornado in the U.S. since the Wichita Falls tornado of 1979.
- Damage from the tornado totaled $1 billion, making it the costliest tornado in U.S. history at the time, even after inflation. It now holds fourth places following tornadoes in 2011 and 2013.
- Some of the worst damage was in the suburb of Moore, which was also affected by major tornadoes in 1973, 2003, 2010, 2011, and 2013.
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Does Oklahoma have tornadoes?
Oklahoma gets a large number of tornadoes because there are often colliding air masses of different temperatures and/or dew points. These collisions often produce severe thunderstorms. The region that Oklahoma is in, called Tornado Alley, also gets a lot of wind shear. Wind shear occurs when wind at high altitude blows at a different speed and/or direction. This creates horizontal vortices of air that, when turned vertical, give a storm the spin it needs to produce a tornado.
What 4 states make up tornado alley?
There are no official boundaries for Tornado Alley, but most maps give it more than 4 states. The 4 mains states are Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska, though South Dakota, Iowa, and small parts of Colorado and Missouri are often included.
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How fast can the winds of the tornado go?
Tornado ratings are based on damage, so the wind speeds for any given rating are estimates. The original estimated wind speed range for an F5 tornado was 261-318 mph. This estimate is now believed to have been too high. Currently, a tornado with estimate winds in excess of 200 mph is rated EF5, though the damage inflicted is the same as that from an F5.
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Depending on the route around 2 hours give or take.
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