Less Than 2 Years Since Devastating EF5 Tornado, Moore, Oklahoma Is Struck Again! 8th Since 1999

Written by on March 26, 2015 in Spring 2015, United States of America with 0 Comments

Moore, Oklahoma is hit yet again!! Less than 2 years since the devastating EF5 which killed 24 back in May, 2013 and within one of the quietest opens to a severe weather season in US history.

Scenes from Moore, OK yesterday…

Credit: Rebecca Schleicher

Credit: Rebecca Schleicher

Credit: Aaron Brackett - KFOR-TV

Credit: Aaron Brackett – KFOR-TV

Credit: Rebecca Schleicher

Credit: Rebecca Schleicher

https://youtu.be/B_4QE4EjrNA

Credit: NWS Norman

Credit: NWS Norman

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Credit: Scott Bachmeier

Credit: Scott Bachmeier

Credit: CNN

Credit: CNN

Over 43,000 lightning strikes recorded on the Plains yesterday!

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Tornadoes in or near Moore, Oklahoma (1875-Present)

SPC
ID #
Date Time
(CST)
Path
Length
(miles)
Path
Width
(yards)
F-Scale Killed Injured County Path
04/25/1893 1645 0 0 Cleveland 3.5 E “Case” (~15 E Moore)
04/25/1893 1830 45 31 many Cleveland/ Pottawatomie SW of Moore – near “Case” (12 E Moore)
37-1 06/09/1937 1630 35 320 4 7 Canadian/ Cleveland W of Union City – SE of Mustang – near Moore (possibly series)
51-3 04/05/1951 1320 6 127 F2 0 0 Cleveland NW of Norman (near Newcastle) – NW of Moore
60-24 04/28/1960 2058 8 500 F2 0 0 Cleveland W and N of Moore
60-25 04/28/1960 2105 4 400 F2 0 6 Cleveland Moore
60-70 05/19/1960 1625 n/a n/a F2 0 0 Cleveland Moore
61-43 05/06/1961 2350 n/a n/a F? 0 0 Cleveland Between Moore and Norman
61-44 05/07/1961 0045 n/a n/a F? 0 0 Cleveland Near Moore
65-68 08/31/1965 1415 12 50 F0 0 0 Oklahoma/ Cleveland Near SW 80th/May – NW Corner of Moore – SE Oklahoma City
73-69 11/19/1973 1930 24 500 F3 5 46 McClain/ Cleveland/ Oklahoma Blanchard – Moore – Del City – SE Oklahoma City
74-40 08/01/1974 1540 1.0 50 F1 0 0 Cleveland Moore (near NW 2nd/Santa Fe)
75-12 05/13/1975 1515 2 50 F2 0 0 Cleveland OKC (southeast of SW 89th/ Western) – N Moore
91-43 05/02/1991 1920 0.5 30 F1 0 0 Cleveland Moore
10/04/1998 1934 3 580 F2 0 0 Cleveland Moore
05/03/1999 1726 38 1760 F5 36 583 Grady/ McClain/ Cleveland/ Oklahoma 2 SSW Amber – far N Newcastle – SW Oklahoma City – N Moore – S Del City – W Midwest City
05/08/2003 1610 17 700 F4 0 134 Cleveland/ Oklahoma Moore – OKC (SE) – Midwest City (SE) – Choctaw (~1/2 mile N of SW 134th and Santa Fe to 1/2 mile ESE of Reno and Choctaw)
06/09/2004 1635 0.3 20 F0 0 0 Cleveland 8 E Moore (SE edge of Lake Draper. near SE 140th between Westminster and E Stanley Draper Drive)
05/10/2010 1620 24 2000 EF4 2 49 Cleveland/ Oklahoma Far north Norman (near Santa Fe/ Indian Hill Road) – south Moore – Lake Draper – I-40/Choctaw – 1.5 SSE Harrah
05/10/2010 1622 4 250 EF1 0 0 Cleveland South and east Moore (near Broadway/Eastern – NE of SE 119th/Sunnylane)
05/10/2010 1627 0.5 50 EF1 0 0 Cleveland Far southeast Moore (near SE 34th St./Sooner Road)
05/20/2013 1356-1435 14 1900 EF5 24 212 McClain/ Cleveland Newcastle (3 NW US-277/SH-130) – 4.8 E Moore
03/25/2015 (1738-1750) Cleveland SW OKC – Moore

As you can see, the Moore area has probably been hit more than any other US city. 8 times in just the last 16 years (since the super outbreak of 1999. TWO were EF5’s, 1999 and 2013.

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