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The Great Plains Tornado Outbreak of May 3-4, 1999: Oklahoma Tornado Table

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Surveys conducted by teams in the NWS Norman and NWS Tulsa forecast areas in early to mid May 1999 revealed that 63 tornadoes occurred during the afternoon and evening of May 3, 1999, and the early morning hours of May 4, 1999 in the state of Oklahoma. A total of 58* tornadoes occurred in the NWS Norman forecast area in Oklahoma, Logan, Cleveland, Pottawatomie, and Lincoln Counties in central Oklahoma. A total of 6* tornadoes occurred in the NWS Tulsa forecast area in Okfuskee and Creek Counties in central Oklahoma. *The 52nd tornado of this large tornado outbreak began in the NWS Norman forecast area in Lincoln County, and then crossed over into NWS Tulsa forecast area and traveled through Creek County.

As the weather system that spawned the earlier tornadoes progressed through the region, additional thunderstorms developed during the mid to late morning hours of May 4, 1999 and produced an additional 9 tornadoes mainly in eastern Oklahoma. Since less than 6 hours occurred between the end of the original 63 tornadoes and start of the additional 9 tornadoes, the latter tornadoes have been included in the list as part of this severe weather/tornado outbreak. Note: The first 63 tornadoes in the event include a color-coded tornado ID based on the parent supercell that spawned the particular tornado in Oklahoma on May 3 and the early morning hours of May 4, 1999. These IDs match those on the expanded outbreak map for the May 3-4, 1999 event.

Tornadoes by Intensity
F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 Total
33 21 8 7 2 1 72
 
# Tornado
ID		 Date Time
(CST)		 Length
of Path
(miles)		 Width
of Path
(yards)		 F-Scale Killed Injured County Location
1 A1 05/03/1999 1551-1552 0.5 25 F0 0 0 Comanche 7 ENE Medicine Park
2 A2 05/03/1999 1555 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Comanche 3 W Elgin
3 A3 05/03/1999 1620-1635 6 100 F3 0 3 Caddo 3 E Apache - 2 NE Stecker
4 A4 05/03/1999 1626 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Caddo 3 NW Cyril
5 B1 05/03/1999 1636 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Kiowa Just W of Tom Steed Lake/3 S Roosevelt
6 A5 05/03/1999 1638 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Caddo 2 S Anadarko (Indian City Hill)
7 A6 05/03/1999 1646-1710 9 880 F3 0 9 Caddo/ Grady 2 WSW Laverty - 4 S Verden - 2.5 WNW Downtown Chickasha
8 A7 05/03/1999 1707-1708 1 75 F0 0 0 Grady 5 W Downtown Chickasha
9 A8 05/03/1999 1712-1721 4 500 F2 0 0 Grady 2.5 NW Downtown Chichasha - Chickasha Airport (NW edge of Chicakasha) - 4 NNE Downtown Chickasha
10 B2 05/03/1999 1720-1724 2 25 F0 0 0 Caddo 12 WNW Apache
11 A9 05/03/1999 1726-1848 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
12 B3 05/03/1999 1738-1759 7 150 F1 0 0 Caddo 8 S Fort Cobb - 1 W Washita
13 B4 05/03/1999 1756 0.1 100 F0 0 0 Caddo 5 W Anadarko
14 C1 05/03/1999 1758-1807 4 100 F0 0 0 Canadian/ Kingfisher 1.5 W Okarche - 4 N Okarche
15 C2 05/03/1999 1800 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Canadian/ Kingfisher Okarche
16 A10 05/03/1999 1810 0.2 20 F0 0 0 McClain North Newcastle
17 B5 05/03/1999 1812-1813 1 25 F0 0 0 Caddo 4 NNW - 5 NNW Anadarko
18 B6 05/03/1999 1820 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Caddo Near north part of Lake Chickasha (4 ESE Gracemont)
19 A11 05/03/1999 1831-1832 0.5 60 F0 0 0 Oklahoma SE 80th and Sooner Road (.4 S of I-240)
20 B7 05/03/1999 1834 - 1835 0.5 25 F0 0 0 Caddo 9 E - 10 ENE Gracemont
21 B8 05/03/1999 1837-1840 2 300 F1 0 0 Grady 8 WSW - 6 WSW Minco
22 B9 05/03/1999 1837-1848 5 50 F1 0 0 Caddo 5 S - 1 E Cogar
23 B10 05/03/1999 1847-1900 4 60 F1 0 0 Grady 5 W - 4 NW Minco
24 A12 05/03/1999 1853-1907 7 220 F2 0 2 Oklahoma 3 SW Choctaw - Choctaw - 4 SE Jones (near NE 50th/Triple XXX)
25 B11 05/03/1999 1855 0.1 50 F1 0 0 Grady 5 SW Minco
26 B12 05/03/1999 1903 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Canadian ~2.5 WNW Union City
27 A13 05/03/1999 1909-1915 2 50 F0 0 0 Oklahoma 4 ESE - 3 E Jones (just NE of 63rd/Triple XXX - just NW of Britton/Triple XXX)
28 B13 05/03/1999 1913-1914 0.75 100 F0 0 0 Canadian 2 NNE Union City
29 B14 05/03/1999 1916-1918 1 75 F0 0 0 Canadian 4 NNE Union City - 5 NNE Union City
30 A14 05/03/1999 1917-1925 4 50 F1 0 0 Oklahoma 4 ENE - 6 NE Jones (~.5 SSW of 122nd/Triple XXX - I-404/ Triple XXX)
31 E1 05/03/1999 1921 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Blaine 3 W Geary
32 B15 05/03/1999 1925 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Canadian 3 ESE El Reno
33 E2 05/03/1999 1929-1941 9 150 F1 0 0 Canadian/ Blaine/ Kingfisher 10 WNW Calumet - 7 SSE Omega
34 B16 05/03/1999 1934-1946 6 150 F1 0 0 Canadian 6 WNW Yukon - 3 W Piedmont
35 D1 05/03/1999 1934-1952 9 30 F1 0 0 Cleveland/ Pottawatomie 1 N Etowah - Pink - 1.5 N Pink
36 E3 05/03/1999 1941-2006 12 450 F3 0 2 Kingfisher 7 S Omega (1 S Altona) - 6 SSE Omega (2 ENE Altona) - 11 WSW Kingfisher (3 ENE Altona) - 7 NW Kingfisher
37 B17 05/03/1999 1948-2000 8.1 200 F2 0 0 Canadian/ Kingfisher 1.5 W Piedmont - 6 NNW Piedmont
38 E4 05/03/1999 1955-1956 0.5 50 F0 0 0 Kingfisher 6 W Kingfisher
39 B18 05/03/1999 1958-2022 10 150 F1 0 0 Canadian/ Kingfisher 4 NNE Piedmont - 6 SW Cashion - 4 NW Cashion
40 E5 05/03/1999 2003 0.1 25 F0 0 0 Kingfisher 6 WNW Kingfisher
41 D2 05/03/1999 2005-2020 7 250 F2 1 10 Pottawatomie 2 N Bethel Acres - NW Shawnee (Clarks Heights Addition at I-40/US-177) - 7 E McLoud (Acme Rd/Mocassin Trail)
42 B19 05/03/1999 2010-2012 1 100 F1 0 0 Logan 2 SSE - 1 SE Cashion
43 E6 05/03/1999 2010-2038 15 880 F4 1 11 Kingfisher 4 SSW Dover - Dover - 3 NE Dover - 7 ESE Hennessey
44 D3 05/03/1999 2020-2045 11 100 F1 0 0 Pottawatomie/ Lincoln 6 NNW Downtown Shawnee (just outside Shawnee City Limits; Wolverine Rd/ Leo St) - SE Meeker - 4 NE Meeker
45 H1 05/03/1999 2022-2024 0.8 50 F0 0 0 Kingfisher 2 ESE Omega
46 B20 05/03/1999 2025-2145 39 1760 F4 2 26 Logan/ Payne/ Noble 3 SW Cimarron City - Cimarron City - Mulhall - 3 ENE Perry
47 E7 05/03/1999 2030-2037 4 440 F1 0 0 Kingfisher 3 NE Dover - 4 SE Hennessey
48 H2 05/03/1999 2050 0.2 30 F0 0 0 Kingfisher 3 NW Dover
49 G1 05/03/1999 2056-2058 1 50 F0 0 0 Canadian 3 SW - 2 SW El Reno
50 H3 05/03/1999 2057-2102 1 150 F2 0 0 Kingfisher 1 ESE Hennessey
51 G2 05/03/1999 2103-2137 22 350 F3 0 0 Canadian/ Kingfisher 1 NNE El Reno - 8 SE Kingfisher
52 D4 05/03/1999 2110-2150 16 750 F3 0 13 Lincoln/ Creek 3 NNE Sparks - Davenport - Stroud - 1 S Stroud Lake - 1 NW Milfay
53 H4 05/03/1999 2118-2128 8 440 F2 0 0 Logan/ Garfield 3 SW Marshall - 9 SSE Covington (5 NE Marshall)
54 I1 05/03/1999 2128-2130 1 200 F1 0 0 Major 6 S Ringwood
55 G3 05/03/1999 2138-2144 3 150 F0 0 0 Kingfisher/ Logan 2 SW - 0.5 N Cashion
56 G4 05/03/1999 2140-2141 0.5 50 F0 0 0 Kingfisher 8 E - 8 ESE Kingfisher
57 G5 05/03/1999 2156-2218 13 880 F3 0 13 Logan 2.5 S Crescent - 4 E Crescent - 4 SW Mulhall
58 G6 05/03/1999 2233-2236 2 440 F2 0 0 Logan 3 SSW - 2 S Mulhall
59 D5 05/03/1999 2258-2300 2 50 F0 0 0 Creek 2 WSW Sapulpa - Sapulpa
60 D6 05/03/1999 2308-2321 7 150 F1 0 0 Creek/ Tulsa 2 NE Sapulpa - 6 NE Sapulpa - Tulsa
61 J1 05/04/1999 0059 0.5 50 F0 0 0 Muskogee 1 S - 1 SW Boynton
62 L1 05/04/1999 0100-0101 3 100 F1 0 0 Cherokee 2.5 WNW - 3 N Hulbert
63 L2 05/04/1999 0211 0.5 50 F1 0 0 Adair 4 NE Proctor
64   05/04/1999 0600-0603 2 50 F0 0 0 Cleveland Southeast OKC (near SE149/Midwest Blvd)
65   05/04/1999 0630 0.5 50 F0 0 0 Osage 4 N Hominy
66   05/04/1999 0950-0951 1.0 50 F1 0 0 Pushmataha/ Pittsburg 13 W Clayton - 18 S Hartshorne
67   05/04/1999 1030-1050 14 100 F1 0 0 Latimer/ Haskell 2 S Panola - 7 N Red Oak - 3SSW - 2S Lequire
68   05/04/1999 1100-1115 9 80 F0 0 0 Haskell 2 SW McCurtain - 3 SW Keota
69   05/04/1999 1121 0.5 75 F1 0 0 Le Flore Cowlington
70   05/04/1999 1134-1137 2 80 F1 0 0 Sequoyah Hanson - 2 S Akins
71   05/04/1999 1148-1210 14.6 100 F2 0 0 Red River TX/ McCurtain 15.3 N Clarksville TX - 12 WSW - 10.1 NW Idabel
72   05/04/1999 1154-1237 39 175 F3 0 0 Sequoyah/ Adair/ Crawford AR/ Washington AR 4 W Short - 5 N Short - 10 SE Stilwell - 7 SW Fayetteville AR


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