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We have finally had enough big events across Central Oklahoma that I don’t get asked much about May 3, 1999.  For years, that was usually the first question that came from someone that found out I chased storms.  “Did you see the tornado that went through Moore in 1999?”  And I always had to lower my head a bit and stretch out a long, “Nooooo.”  As it was, this record breaking day allowed us to screw up in a number of ways and still see tornadoes.

We had little doubt that it would be a tornado day.  At its basic level, sufficient moisture, lift, instability and shear were all in place.

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We popped back in the house to look at data and while we had blown everything up until then, there was hope with another storm tracking toward Union City.  This was a short drive down Highway 81 and by 8 pm we were finally on a storm chase.

The storm produced three weak tornadoes between Union City and El Reno before putting down a more significant tornado near Richland.  An even stronger tornado was then produced which tracked across the northwest side of Piedmont.  Being about 15 miles from home, and wanting to get there to start finding out information on friends and relatives, we went ahead and returned to Okarche.  We just barely made it through the door when another tornado producing supercell started passing across the west side of El Reno.  This would be an easy intercept by just driving a few miles east of town.  We sat eight miles east of Okarche and watched a violent looking tornado pass to our east and northeast.

Now the day was complete.  Six tornadoes from two different storms and never more than 45 miles from the house.  It’s not exactly how I envisioned it unfolding, but it seldom is.