Bridge Creek-Moore F5 Tornado (1999)

Bridge Creek, OK area via NWS Norman general forecaster Erin Maxwell.

This violent, long-lived tornado was the most infamous of nearly 60 tornadoes that struck central Oklahoma during an unprecedented outbreak on this Monday afternoon and evening of May 3, 1999. The tornado was the 9th of 14 tornadoes produced by a supercell thunderstorm during the tornado outbreak.

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