The F5 tornado of 1999 May 3, 1999 does not have a name, nor does any tornado. It is often called the Oklahoma City tornado, the Moore tornado, or the Bridge Creek-Moore tornado in reference to the areas it hit.
The Tri-State tornado, Greensburg KS, May 3rd 1999 F5.
the next anniversary of the may 3rd tornado in Oklahoma is in 2011
The Oklahoma City tornado of May 3, 1999 killed 36 people.
Assuming you mean the F5 tornado that touched down in Oklahoma on May 3, 1999, that tornado lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes.
No. Twister was first released in 1996. The OKC tornado of May 3rd was in 1999.
The fastest winds measured in a tornado were 302 mph in a tornado that struck the Oklahoma City area on May 3, 1999. However, other tornadoes may have had faster winds that were not measured, as it is rare to get an actual wind measurement from a tornado. The fastest known traveling speed of a tornado was 73 mph in the Tr-State tornado of March 18, 1925.
A major tornado struck the Oklahoma City area on May 3, 1999. Although, at the time, it was the costliest tornado in U.S. history and had the highest ever recorded wind speed. it was nowhere near the largest. Another tornado on the same day impacted Mulhall, Oklahoma with Doppler radar indicating that the tornado may have been 4 miles wide. This would easily have made it the largest tornado ever recorded, but apparently it was not confirmed as this figure does not appear in official records, and the official path width is 1 mile. Officially, the largest tornado ever recorded was near El Reno, Oklahoma of May 31, 2013 with a width of 2.6 miles. The previous record was set by the Hallam, Nebraska tornado of May 22, 2004. Before this, the record holder appears to have been the Moshannon, State Forest, Pennsylvania tornado of May 31, 1985.
The May 3rd, 1999 tornado outbreak in Oklahoma resulted in approximately 583 injuries.
Although there were many tornadoes in Oklahoma on May 3, 1999 you are most likely referring to the F5 that hit the Oklahoma city area. That tornado was 1 mile wide.
The fastest moving tornado on record was the Tri-State tornado of March 18, 1925, which at times moved as fast as 73 mph. The fastest wind recorded in a tornado was 302 mph +/- 20 in the Moore, Oklahoma F5 tornado of May 3, 1999. Other tornadoes may have been stronger, though, as only a few dozen tornadoes have had their winds measured, while many thousands have not.
Tornadoes are not given names as hurricanes are, but are often referred to by where and when they hit. Some of the most infamous tornadoes include The Joplin, Missouri tornado of May 22, 2011; the Moore, Oklahoma tornado of May 3, 1999; The Wichita Falls, Texas tornado of April 10, 1979; and the Worcester, Massachusetts tornado of June 9, 1953.
Oklahoma city was devastated by a mile wide F5 tornado on May 3, 1999.