That tornado had the highest winds ever recorded in a tornado, 302 mph +/- 20. It was also, at the time, and the costliest in U.S. history the only recorded F5 tornado it hit the Oklahoma City Metro area.
Contrary to popular belief, this tornado was not an F6.
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 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 F5 tornado that hit Oklahoma City on May 3, 1999 killed 36 people and injured 583. Other tornadoes on that day resulted in an additional 10 deaths and 242 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 F5 tornado that hit Oklahoma City on May 3, 1999 killed 36 people. On the same day, 3 other killer tornadoes struck Oklahoma, killing an additional 4 people.
The main positive effect of the May 3, 1999 F5 tornado was a new type of unofficial weather advisory: the tornado emergency. A tornado emergency is more urgent than an ordinary tornado warning. It means that a large and potentially very destructive tornado is threatening a populated area. One case of a tornado emergency's effectiveness was on May 4, 2007 when an EF5 tornado destroyed 95% of Greensburg, Kansas. Despite this the death toll was limited to 11. Countless more lives had been saved.
There were many tornadoes in Oklahoma that day, but the infamous Oklahoma City tornado was an F5.
The most famous tornado today is most likely the Oklahoma City tornado of May 3, 1999. That tornado caused approximately $1 billion in damage.
In the United States tornadoes killed 53 people in May of 1999. 36 of them were killed by a single tornado on May 3.