26 years ago today, the May 3, 1999 #tornado outbreak happened, including the strongest tornado in History - the Bridge Creek to Moore to OKC F5. I was a freshman meteorology student at the University of Oklahoma, and we had just finished our calculus exam when we piled in the soft top Geo Tracker, driven by Matt Sannes. We blasted down I44 to target the dry line down near Altus, but ran into a lead renegade supercell that formed off a horizontal convective roll near Lawton. The storm looked lik

283K views · 4.4K reactions | Do you remember the AMAZING rescue of "Mud Baby?" Aleah was 10 months old when she was sucked from her mother's arms during the Bridge Creek-Moore tornado on May 3, 1999. She was then rescued from the mud by a deputy. https://tinyurl.com/mvnkutn8 | KOCO 5 News | Facebook

248K views · 4.2K reactions | Here is the intercept of an F5 tornado near Bridge Creek, Oklahoma by Geo Tracker on May 3, 1999. We were freshman at OU at the time | Reed Timmer Extreme Meteorologist | Facebook

World Record!! FASTEST Moving Tornado EVER!! 🌪😬 Raw video of the tornado that set a world record for the fastest moving tornado at 94.5 mph, aka 152 km/h for my Canadian friends. To put it in perspective, the majority of tornadoes we encounter move at about 25-30 mph (40-48 km/h). This video here was part of our chase tracking down the twin tornadoes captured on the terrifying day of Pilger, Nebraska in 2014. #TornadoWatch #tornadoes #tornado #Supercell #StormChasing | Ricky Forbes

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From the KOCO 5 Archives: The rescue of "Mud Baby" during May 3, 1999 tornado outbreak

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