Tornado of Moore, Oklahoma

The Tornado of Moore, Oklahoma was the biggest disaster to hit the town of Moore in a very long time. That tornado also broke records for wind speed. With the tornado registering as an EF-5 tornado based on the wind speeds that it reached and damage that was caused the city of Moore, Oklahoma was basically left paralyzed in place. Thousands of peoples homes were destroyed from the storm. The tornado lasted an hour and a half ripping the town apart. There was $800 million dollars in damage done to the city. The city of Moore, Oklahoma is located in Tornado Valley and basically is the middle of it. The citizens were hit with more than one tornado after this one but none were to the magnitude of the Tornado of Moore, Oklahoma on May 3, 1999.