Map: Path of tornado crosses path of F-5 1999 tornado that killed 41

[ErikJ]

Worst in memory: This detailed map of downtown Moore, Oklahoma, locates the path of Monday's devastating tornado and compares it to the path of the 1999 tornado, which had the most powerful winds ever recorded

Read more: Dozens of photos and videos> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2328000/Oklahoma-tornado-2013-7-children-drowned-Plaza-Towers-Elementary-school-Moore.html#ixzz2Twzf8ixf

[liberal N proud]

1. Incredible

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. I've been trying to find a map that shows the history of tornado paths for the US

but the only ones I can find just show the point of touchdown. I guess I could try looking state by state..
The way the land lays has an influence on the tornado's behavior, on the plains they used to build on the east? side of hills and everybody had a root cellar, only we called them tornado cellars.

[ErikJ]

3. Cold air from Canada is blocked and funneled by Rockies to go east and meets warm tropic air

coming up from the Caribbean. The only place in the world with such a tornado landscape.

[Occulus]

4. This might be useful.

http://robslink.com/SAS/democd57/tornado_history.htm

Cumulative, and per year.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

6. that's the one! thanks.

they don't call it tornado alley for nothin.

[fishwax]

5. I believe it also was close to the path of the May 2003 F4 tornado

I saw a map earlier today that had all three paths ... I'll see if I can find it again.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

7. Eerie indeed.

Reminds me how Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne crossed Florida at nearly the same trajectories just weeks apart.