The term “worst case scenario” can mean a number of things in the severe weather world. Some scenarios that come to mind are extremely violent tornadoes, tornadoes at night, a tornado that directly hits a town. The Greensburg tornado was all three. May 4th began in much the same way many other spring days do …
Tag Archives: May
Zach’s Corner: Historic Tornado Series-The Bridge Creek-Moore Oklahoma Tornado May 3rd, 1999
May 3rd 1999…mention this date to any resident of Oklahoma and you are sure to get a look of sorrow and fear. Tornadoes in Oklahoma in the spring are not an unusual thing. Natives of Oklahoma have become accustomed to the annual ritual of tornado sirens, and most understand that they live in the heart …
Andrea’s Corner: Run for it! Or not-Oklahoma City Tornadoes of May 31st 2013
To run from a tornado or not run from a tornado, that is the question. It has been commonly taught in schools throughout Tornado Alley and in weather training classes that you are not to run from a tornado. That concept was challenged this last week during yet another tornado outbreak in Oklahoma City. …
Andrea’s Corner: Remain Strong-The Moore Oklahoma Tornado
It is said by people who tally such things that there are around 1000 tornadoes annually in the continental U.S., and that the recent EF5 tornado in Moore, Oklahoma was only the 59th such tornado since 1950. That’s an average of less than one per year, meaning that this unimaginably powerful type of tornado is very, …
Andrea’s Corner: Security Shattered-The Moore Oklahoma Tornado
On May 20, 2013, around school dismissal time the town of Moore, Oklahoma had their sense of security shattered when a 1.3 mile wide EF5 tornado with max speeds of 200+ winds tore through Moore. Cutting a 30 square mile swatch of devastation, hitting 2 elementary schools, the medical center, many homes and …
