Oklahoma Tornado, May 3rd 1999 (formation of the tornado)

Channel 4's program on the May 3rd tornado. The F5 tornado killed 44 people in Moore, Oklahoma. There's an amazing footage showing how the tornado is formed by several funnels merging as one (0:46). This tornado produced the strongest wind speeds ever recorded on Earth, 318 mph.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Oklahoma
• city
• Tornado
• May
• 3rd
• 1999
• moore

[Ulansananelan]

this is nothing against the 2011 tornados! 

[caliaa]

@Ulansananelan Actually, the May 3rd tornado is still the strongest tornadoes recorded to date. If this kind of tornado would have hit Joplin, the results would have been beyond belief.

[JoelStevens100]

Hot And Cold Air Need To STOP PLAYING TAG -______-

[ktlilly26]

I was a junior in high school at Westmoore. This particular tornado destroyed my neighborhood in Moore, Oklahoma. A street over was completely flat. I remember coming out of the storm shelter and walking into the gas filled streets. I have never seen anything like that and will never forget. We walked a few streets over and remember seeing a dog with a board in it as well as a man with a piece of board through him as well.

[cmwe99988]

@zombieprotester u were thare

[Heyde1979]

that beast was huge when it touched down

[sydney0320]

i hate tornado season.. especially in oklahoma. and the may 3 tornado was way worse than anything in 2011. whoever said that...

[Jstith90]

i'm going to use a quote from one of the reporters that did a coverage on this.

"if you're not underground, you have no chance"

that's how strong the tornado was

2011 tornadoes doesn't compare to this but my heart goes out to the ones that died in 2011

[FloridaLawDawg]

@coolwhat32 what did you say?

[justusreid]

bathtub is not safe

[coolwhat32]

@caliaa its not teh stronget teh tri state wuz

[alejandra40100]

I was born after that

[zombieprotester]

dang, i was 2 years old and i still remember this.