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Deadly tornado tracked path of 1999 Oklahoma twister

Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999.The National Weather Service estimated that the storm that struck Moore, Okla., on Monday had wind speeds of up to 200 mph, and was at least a half-mile wide. The 1999 storm had winds clocked at 300 mph, according to the weather service website, and it destroyed or damaged more than 8,000 homes, killing at least two people.Kelsey Angle, a weather service meteorologist in Kansas City, Mo., said it's unusual for two such powerful tornadoes to track roughly the same path. The 1999 twister was part of a two-day outbreak sweeping mostly across central Oklahoma -- similar to the past two days.The weather service has tentatively classified the Moore twister's wind speeds as an EF4 on a 5-point scale. Angle said less than 1 percent of all tornadoes reach EF4 or EF5.The thunderstorm developed in an area where warm moist air rose into cooler air. Winds in the area...

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  5. Impact of Okla. tornado beyond mere cleanup

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  6. Okla. City mayor: Up to 13K homes hit by tornado

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  7. $2B in Okla. tornado damage means hard recovery

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  9. Storm chaser says tornado is a 'wake up call'

    Jeff Piotrowski thinks twister was 'quick and very destructive'

  10. Tornado Threat in Texas, Southwest Oklahoma

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  11. Oklahoma Insurance Commish on Tornado Damage

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  12. Twister season starts late, but starts nonetheless

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  1. More tornado alerts in wake of deadly twister

    Tornado warnings have been issued across much of the Midwest, stretching from Oklahoma to Illinois, following a second deadly twister in as many days in the Oklahoma...

  2. Oklahoma twister tracked path of 1999 tornado

    Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999.The National Weather Service es...

  3. Search for Oklahoma tornado survivors nearly complete as residents return to assess damage

    Residents of Moore, Okla., started to return to their homes a day after a tornado smashed some neighborhoods into jagged wood scraps and gnarled pieces of metal. In ...

  4. Moore mayor wants safe-room shelters built in all new homes, while cost of tornado damage could top $2 billion

    The mayor of the Oklahoma City suburb that was devastated by a massive tornado Monday says he wants safe-room shelters built in all new homes.Moore Mayor Glen Lewis,...

  5. Okla. men get video of deadly tornado overhead

    Two 19-year-old Oklahoma men who took cover in a cellar during a deadly tornado were able to use their cellphones to get video of the twister as it passed over the h...

  6. Elementary school teachers credited with saving students as twister hit Oklahoma town

    The principal's voice came on over the intercom at Plaza Towers Elementary School: A severe storm was approaching and students were to go to the cafeteria and wait f...

  7. Killer tornado in Oklahoma

    Oklahoma community struggles in wake of devastating tornado

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