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The 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado was a large, long-lived and exceptionally powerful F5 tornado in which the highest wind speed ever measured globally was recorded at 321 miles per hour (517 km/h) by a Doppler on Wheels (DOW) radar.
The 2013 Moore tornado was a large and violent EF5 tornado that ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, ... Deep-layer wind shear speeds of 40 to 50 knots (46 to 58 mph) ...
The tornado produced recorded wind speeds of 302 mph. It killed 40 (five in Moore), hurt 675 more, destroyed 1,800 homes and damaged 2,500 others. Total damages were estimated at $1.2 billion.
1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado – Mobile radar recorded winds up to 302 ± 22 mph (486 ± 35 km/h), which is the highest wind speed ever measured on Earth. Many homes were swept completely away, some of which were well-bolted to their foundations, and debris from some homes was finely granulated.
On May 3, 1999, an F5 tornado struck Bridge Creek and Moore, Oklahoma, with winds of over 300 mph - the highest wind speed ever recorded on Earth. Nearly 600 people were injured, and 36 were ...
Tornado damage in Moore following the 1999 F5 tornado. On the evening of May 3, a large, long-lived and exceptionally powerful F5 tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma in which the highest wind speed ever measured globally was recorded at 321 miles per hour (517 km/h) by a Doppler on Wheels (DOW) radar.
An EF1 tornado has wind speeds ranging from 86 to 100 mph. ... On May 20, 2013, at least 24 people died after an EF5 tornado wreaked havoc across Moore, Oklahoma. The storm flattened and destroyed ...
The tornado then crossed the Canadian River, passing into far southern Oklahoma City. As it passed over Bridge Creek, around 6:54 p.m., a Doppler On Wheels mobile Doppler weather radar detected wind speeds of 302 mph (486 km/h) – later revised to 321 mph (517 km/h) – inside the tornado at an elevation of 105 ft (32 m).