What the record says
On 3 May 1999, a tornado touched down near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 37 miles long and up to 1,430 yards wide, rated F5 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 36 people and injured 583.
- F5Fujita rating
- 36deaths
- 583injuries
- 37 mipath length
- 1,430 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 4 or 5 and it killed three or more people.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 35.13, -97.85 and the end point at 35.45, -97.43 (latitude, longitude).
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Oklahoma
- Newkirk, Oklahoma tornado25 May 1955, F5, 80 deaths, 273 injuries, 56.4 miles long
- Wichita Falls, Texas tornado10 April 1979, F4, 42 deaths, 1,740 injuries, 46.9 miles long
- Moore, Oklahoma tornado20 May 2013, EF5, 24 deaths, 212 injuries, 13.9 miles long
- Welch, Oklahoma tornado10 May 2008, EF4, 21 deaths, 350 injuries, 75.5 miles long
- Tonkawa, Oklahoma tornado25 May 1955, F5, 20 deaths, 280 injuries, 28.4 miles long
- Wilburton, Oklahoma tornado5 May 1960, F4, 16 deaths, 106 injuries, 62.4 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 1999
- Shreveport, Louisiana tornado3 April 1999, F4, 7 deaths, 102 injuries, 19.3 miles long
- Wichita, Kansas tornado3 May 1999, F4, 6 deaths, 150 injuries, 24 miles long
- Jackson, Tennessee tornado17 January 1999, F4, 6 deaths, 106 injuries, 16 miles long
- Mason, Ohio tornado9 April 1999, F4, 4 deaths, 65 injuries, 10 miles long
- Linden, Tennessee tornado5 May 1999, F4, 3 deaths, 6 miles long
All tornadoes of 1999 · Oklahoma tornado history · All notable tornadoes