1999 Bridge Creek-Moore tornado
Mphepo yamkuntho ya 1999 Bridge Creek-Moore inali tornado yayikulu, yanthawi yayitali, komanso yamphamvu kwambiri ya F5 momwe mphepo yamkuntho imathamanga kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi pa 321 miles pa ola (517 kilomita pa ola) ndi Doppler on Wheels radar. Popeza kuti chimphepo chamkunthochi chinali champhamvu kwambiri kuposa china chilichonse chimene chinakhudza mzinda wa Oklahoma City, mvula yamkunthoyo inawononga madera akum’mwera kwa mzinda wa Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States pamene phirili linali lolimba kwambiri, limodzi ndi madera ndi matauni ozungulira kum’mwera ndi kum’mwera chakumadzulo kwa mzindawu madzulo. ya Lolemba, May 3, 1999. Magawo a Bridge Creek sanazindikirike. Mphepo yamkunthoyo inayenda mtunda wa makilomita 61 (makilomita 61) mkati mwa mphindi 85 za moyo wake, ikuwononga nyumba zikwizikwi, kupha anthu 36 (kuphatikizanso ena asanu mosalunjika), ndikusiya US$1 biliyoni (1999 USD) ikuwonongeka, ndikuyiyika ngati yachisanu- okwera mtengo kwambiri osawerengera inflation. Kuopsa kwake kudapangitsa kuti a National Weather Service agwiritse ntchito koyamba mawu adzidzidzi.
Mphepo yamkunthoyo inayamba kugunda 6:23 p.m. Central Daylight Time ku Grady County, pafupifupi mailosi awiri (makilomita 3.2) kumwera chakumwera chakumadzulo kwa tawuni ya Amber. Idakula mwachangu kukhala F4 yachiwawa, ndipo pang'onopang'ono idafika pa F5 itayenda ma 6.5 miles (10.5 kilometers), pomwe idagunda tawuni ya Bridge Creek. Idasinthasintha mphamvu, kuyambira pa F2 mpaka F5 isanawoloke ku Cleveland County komwe idafikira kulimba kwa F5 kachitatu itangolowa mumzinda wa Moore. Pofika 7:30 p.m., chimphepocho chinawolokera ku Oklahoma County ndipo chinagunda kum’mwera chakum’mawa kwa Oklahoma City, Del City, ndi Midwest City chisanachoke cha m’ma 7:48 p.m. kunja kwa Midwest City. Nyumba zokwana 8,132, nyumba 1,041, mabizinesi 260, nyumba za anthu khumi ndi chimodzi, ndi mipingo isanu ndi iwiri zidawonongeka kapena kuwonongedwa.
Ntchito zazikulu zofufuza ndi kupulumutsa nthawi yomweyo zidachitika m'malo okhudzidwa. Chilengezo chachikulu cha tsoka chinasainidwa ndi Purezidenti Bill Clinton tsiku lotsatira (May 4) kulola kuti boma lilandire thandizo la federal. M'miyezi yotsatira, thandizo la tsoka linafika $67.8 miliyoni. Ntchito zomanganso m'zaka zotsatila zidapangitsa kuti anthu azikhala otetezeka, okonzeka ndi mphepo yamkuntho. Komabe, pa May 20, 2013, madera oyandikana ndi malo amene mphepo yamkuntho inachitikira mu 1999 anawonongedwanso ndi chimphepo china chachikulu komanso champhamvu cha EF5, zomwe zinapha anthu 24 komanso kuwonongeka kwakukulu ku South Oklahoma City/Moore dera.
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