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18. Moore, OK in 1999 had one measured at 318 mph, the highest wind speed ever recorded

Mon May 20, 2013, 06:43 PM

May 2013

Doppler radar measures 318 mph wind in tornado

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/weather/tornado/wtwur318.htm

1999 Bridge Creek – Moore tornado

The 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado was an extremely powerful F5 tornado which devastated towns just outside of Oklahoma City on May 3, 1999. Throughout its one hour and 25 minute existence, the tornado covered 38 mi (61 km), destroying thousands of homes, killing 41 people and leaving $1 billion in losses behind. This ranks the tornado as the third costliest on record, not accounting for inflation.[1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Bridge_Creek_%E2%80%93_Moore_tornado

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So is this just the extreme edge of "normal" tornado activity, or part of climate change's [View all] villager May 2013 OP

I was in an F5 in 1956 in ND. There have always been big bad ones, wondering also if it is changing uppityperson May 2013 #1

I guess that's a way to refine the question: Are there going to be *more* big bad ones now villager May 2013 #3

Like you, having been through an F5 in 1966 MuseRider May 2013 #6

There have always been huge, destructive tornadoes. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2013 #2

Weather has been getting more extreme because of climate change. Gravitycollapse May 2013 #4

I also realize you can't necessarily blame *one* storm on climate change -- but the pattern will be villager May 2013 #5

They've been saying the horrific one that hit Moore, OK, has followed the path Rhiannon12866 May 2013 #7

Oddly enough, this year got off to a slow start - hedgehog May 2013 #8

It's part of climate change. Cleita May 2013 #9

Glad to hear you got lucky, but....Hartmann was definitely dead wrong on this one, sad to say. nt AverageJoe90 May 2013 #21

The snow is melting off the Andes, the poles and the Himalayas. Cleita May 2013 #28

What disinfo? AverageJoe90 May 2013 #30

He doesn't pull stuff out of his ass. Cleita May 2013 #32

My admittedly limited understanding of climate science is as follows: antigone382 May 2013 #10

If we can get the Republicans out of the house, it'd be a major boost to progress, I'd think. AverageJoe90 May 2013 #24

We won't be able to say for many years, when we have enough of a pattern. Daemonaquila May 2013 #11

I've been saying the same thing for a while now. AverageJoe90 May 2013 #25

Snow melting off the poles and highest mountains in the world. Cleita May 2013 #29

F5 in Central Texas Texasgal May 2013 #12

I don't think this is anything new... rl6214 May 2013 #13

climate change redqueen May 2013 #14

I totally believe in climate change! Texasgal May 2013 #15

oh yes, i agree... definitely redqueen May 2013 #16

Scientists believe in climate change or rather they know it's happening with those Cleita May 2013 #31

Nah, they haven't changed all that much. Not yet, anyway. n/t AverageJoe90 May 2013 #20

... redqueen May 2013 #22

Did you read the P.S., btw? AverageJoe90 May 2013 #23

The trend is not up. It may even be slightly down. These tornados have always existed. DesMoinesDem May 2013 #17

Is it just me, or is there a kind of pattern to that graph? Occulus May 2013 #26

Moore, OK in 1999 had one measured at 318 mph, the highest wind speed ever recorded FarCenter May 2013 #18

TBH, climate change may have played a small role.....but this was definitely always possible.... AverageJoe90 May 2013 #19

For chrissakes, it's not even summer yet and tornado season is Cleita May 2013 #33

I assume you meant to say late, right? AverageJoe90 May 2013 #34

Too early to tell. n/t hrmjustin May 2013 #27

Probably so. Still wouldn't hurt to keep compiling data, though. n/t AverageJoe90 May 2013 #36

Oh sure. I think it is easier to tell with Hurricanes if it is Global Warming. hrmjustin May 2013 #37

Moving the mean zipplewrath May 2013 #35

It's like blaming a particular cancer on a particular cigarette daleo May 2013 #38