Minco, Oklahoma Tornado - May 3, 1999

Large tornado crosses the road near Minco, Oklahoma during the infamous May 3rd, 1999 outbreak.

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[Mikeyburger3]

is that an F5?

[cyclonejimcom]

This particlar tornado didn't hit any structures so there was no F- rating given. If I were to give a rating I would say it was probably an F-2. It appeared to me like a relatively weak tornado.

[cyclonejimcom]

I saw at least 7 that day. Except for the first tornado of the day I witnessed near Elgin,Ok. which was with storm (A), the next 4 were associated with storm (B) which where the Minco tornado was associated with. I saw two more well after dark was with storm (C).

[cyclonejimcom]

This tornado was occuring near the end of the Moore tornado's life cycle. The Moore tornado was near Tinker AFB around this time.

[Jamiesyme999]

its intense how fast that one was. excellent vid

[cyclonejimcom]

This tornado wasn't too intense compared to some of the others that day. I would guess not more than F-2 during most of its existance. The tornado was mostly disorganized during the time it was south of HWY-152 then intensified some for a short time while just to the north of the hwy.

[buzz385]

Jim makes great videos but he doesn't get the sound of the storm. All you get to hear is him.

[reymatt76]

@Mikeyburger3 It was actually an F1, although an hour before this one, an F5 beginning near Chickasha, OK, to the SE and ending in the SE suburbs of OKC had just finished off 36 people, injured nearly 600 more and caused $100 million in damage. I guess you don't have to look too far to find a new apt in OK, since anything over 10 years old is destroyed by a tornado.

[Mallgenttt]

Jeez man, how did you keep calm when that thing passed the road up ahead in front of you? I probably would have been like "shit, shit, shit, oh shit."

[speedyg2582]

@Mikeyburger3 since the fujita scale doesn't read higher then an F-5 some weather experts where calling this an f-6 because the winds where 316mph higher then f-5 winds.

[DudeMyWeiner]

today marks the 12 year anniversary </3

god bless those people whose lives were taken :[

[Sooner9601]

@dragonridley oh,ok



[jmeier37]

Great footage, at 0:47 you can really see the rotation associated with this tornado. I believe this one occured after the Moore F5?

[amandar68]

That was the worse day of my life. My friend lost her house that day!

[AJTwister97]

it went from deformed multiple vortex type tornado to a cone down to a stovepipe b4 it lifted. goes to show how much tornadoes can change in there lifetime

[dragonridley]

@Sooner9601

There was an F5 on that day, but there were also more than 70 other tornadoes on that same day that were given other ratings ranging from F0 to F4.