Modifications:
Original web version of this list: 5/8/99
5/12: Amended times from information by Dave Ewoldt on tornadoes B1, B2,
B3, D1, D2,
D3, H1, H2 (although his info is also radar based); added path lengths/widths
from info by DE on xb1, C3, C4, D2
5/13: C3, C4, C5 assigned F0 (per Ewoldt)
5/13: incorporated Roger Edwards log:
upgraded xc7 to C11 and xc9 to C13, added C12 and C14;
broke xc9 (mark hill survey) into C13 and C2;
placed times on A3, A5, and end time on C8 put estimated location on A5;
modified beginning time of A6. with times of A3, A5, modified estimated time of A4
5/13: incorporated zittell/wood survey: broke C9 into C9 and C10;
modified times on C9; modified time/location on D4. absorbed xd3 into D4.
5/13: absorbed xc12 into C8, xc13 and xc14 into C9, xd1 into D2.
5/13: created storm I based on information from Bob Lee and moved tornado
B6 to I1.
5/14: removed storm I as radar showed it was meso redevelopment and
not another storm. moved I1 back to B6.
5/14: incorporated Rob Satkus video/observations adding two potential
satellite tornadoes of the Dover storm, another potential tornado near Omega,
and commentary
5/15: moved one of Rob Satkus's potential satelitte tornadoes into the in column based on video (xb3 to B8)
5/15: put the NE122/Triple XXX tornado into the in column based on reports (xa9 to A9)
5/17: merged A3 and A4 per Roger E suggestion and Stumpf re-evaluation.
5/17: reintroduced storm 'I' which developed and then merged with what was
left of storm 'B' per radar data. Moved B7 to I1. Renumbered B8 to B7.
5/18: upgraded xa2 to A10, xa3 to A11, xb1 to B8, xb2 to I2, xc2 to C15.
5/18: absorbed/merged A2 into A1
5/18: changed time estimates on xb2/I2, C8, D4, D5 per radar data. changed
time estimate on C2 per reports.
5/18: added C16 per air survey. moved C15 farther west.
5/18: combined/merged xc16 into B4 and moved per zaras report
5/18: Renumbered. Reordered storms in order of time of first echo. renumbered to chronologincal order within storm
| STORM A
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| Torn ID before 5/18 | xa1 | A10 | A11 | A1 | xa4 | xa5 | A3 | A5 | A6 | xa6 | xa7 | A7 | A8 | xa8 | A9
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| Torn ID after 5/18 | xa1 | A1 | A2 | A3 | xa2 | xa3 | A4 | A5 | A6 | xa4 | xa5 | A7 | A8 | xa6 | A9
|
STORM B >> STORM ESTORM I >> STORM H
| Torn ID before 5/18 | B8 | B1 | B2 | B3 | B7 | B4 | B5 | I2 | B6 | xb4 | I1
| | Torn ID after 5/18 | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | H1 | E8 | xe1 | H2
| | STORM C >> STORM B
|
|---|
| Torn ID before 5/18 | xc1 | C15 | C1 | xc3 | xc4 | xc5 | xc6 | C11 | C12 | xc8 | C13 | xc10 | C2 | C14 | xc17 | C3 | C4 | C5 | C6 | C7 | C8 | xc11 | C16 | C9 | C10
| | Torn ID after 5/18 | xb1 | B1 | B2 | xb2 | xb3 | xb4 | xb5 | B3 | B4 | xb6 | B5 | xb7 | B6 | B7 | xb8 | B8 | B9 | B10 | B11 | B12 | B13 | xb9 | B14 | B15 | B16
| | STORM D >> STORM G
|
|---|
| Torn ID before 5/18 | D1 | D2 | D3 | D4 | D5 | xd2 | xd4 | xd5
| | Torn ID before 5/18 | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | G5 | xg1 | xg2 | xg3
| | STORM E >> STORM D
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|---|
| Torn ID before 5/18 | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4
| | Torn ID before 5/18 | D1 | D2 | D3 | D4
| | STORM G >> STORM I
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|---|
| Torn ID before 5/18 | xg1
| | Torn ID before 5/18 | xi1
| | STORM H >> STORM C
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|---|
| Torn ID before 5/18 | H1 | H2
| | Torn ID before 5/18 | C1 | C1
| |
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5/19: added A7 (another satellite tornado as A6 was crossing the Canadian
seen on Jeff Piotrowski's video). renumbered old A7, A8, A9 to A8, A9, A10.
5/19: changed location on A5 per Stumpf's page.
5/19: came up with a different hypothesis on Logan County (storm B/G) mess.
added G6 (which had already been in the zittell/wood survey) and modified info
on storms B15 (Mulhall-1) and G5 (Mulhall-2).
5/19: moved the hennessey tornado from E8 to H2, moved old H2 to H3.
5/19: upgraded xb1 to B1 after learning of who reported it, and confirming
with Kiowa County Sheriff Dispatcher. renumbered old B1-B16 to B2-B17.
5/20: upgraded xb2 to B3 and xb5 to B4. renumbered old B3 to B17 to B5 to B19
5/22: changed specifics on A9 (Choctaw), A10 ("Poole" or Triple XXX) tornadoes per follow up survey by Don Burgess
6/4: upgraded xb6 to B9 per details from Daphne, and xb8 to B12 per viewing of McPherson video last week. renumbered old B9, B10 to new B10, B11 and old B11 through B19 to new B13 through B21
6/4: corrected A8 from Cleveland into Oklahoma County.
6/4: assigned radar estimated times to A7, A8, B9, B12
6/7: changed time of A7 per timing of fleming video.
6/8: widths of A3, B3 added from Ferree survey
6/11: moved H2 to E8 based on radar analysis.
6/11: added a new H2 based on Satkus report and Saul/Lee survey
6/11: split A10 into A10 and A11 per Fleming video
6/11: added xh1 per Satkus report
6/11: added widths of A4, A6 from Stumpf PNS. Added len/wid of A7 from
Fleming video. added width of B10 from Ferree e-mail, wid of B18 from the south
damage point from hane/schurr video, widths of B20,B21,G4,G5,G6 from zittel/wood survey. length/width of H1 from Satkus e-mail.
6/11: changed time on A5 from Sub-vortex probe 2 log/video.
6/11: discarded xa4, xa5.
6/14: upgraded xa2 to A4 per various evidence; renumbered A4-A10 to A5-A11.
6/14: added widths to D-storm tornadoes from my survey
6/15: moved beginning of A5 sw into Caddo county with greg's approval based on dow map and roger e report.
6/22: changed specifics on A10 and A11 per Burgess re-survey
6/22: changed north end of B3 per Finch information
6/22: discarded xa6 as part of A10 or A11
6/22: added xa7 from OKC DPW survey
7/2: promoted xi1 to I1 per conversation with Major County EM.
8/2: added Canadian County to tornado C1 per Rob Satkus report of
tornado developing just (~50 yds) south of road (county line) west of Okarche.
8/3: assigned F1 rating to B11 per information from Rich Thompson.
8/3: moved start point of G4 back per SK converstation with Chris
Rollins who lives 2.25 W .5 S Cashion and whose farm was hit by both B18 and
G4.
8/3: beginning time of E2 adjusted upon investigation of meso track times.
8/3: time assigned to E5
8/3: end time of E4 adjusted per Satkus video.
8/3: width of E3 adjusted to 'wedge' per Satkus video.
8/3: E8 and xh1 moved to H3 per SVS and Satkus video. old H3 moved to H4.
8/3: promoted xa3 to A5 per Scott Currens photograph. renumbered old A5 through A12 to A6 through A13
8/4: upgraded H4 from F1 to F2 based on description of damage provided by
Garfield EM to Ken James.
8/4: upgraded Kingfisher County segment of E2 to F1 per conversation with Dave Ewoldt.
8/7: modified end time of A8 per piotrowski video.
8/7: modified direct fatalities of A8 to 36 based on information from state health dept.
8/7: modified beginning time of G4 based on radar after start location was modified on 8/3.
8/9: combined E3 and E4, the "third and fourth" tornadoes from ewoldt's ground survey into one tornado, E3, based on satkus video/obs with ewoldt's consent. Adjusted length/width accordingly. Renumbered old E5 to new E4
8/9: upgraded xe1 to E5 based on satkus video/obs of a satellite tornado adjacent to E3.
8/9: Adjusted times of E2,E3,H3 per satkus video and radar data.
8/9: length adjusted to H3 per satkus video/tornado duration.
8/9: adjusted end time of E6 per fresch/hales survey.
8/9: times adjusted slightly on B1,B4,B20,B21,C2,D1,D2,D4,G1,G2,G5,G6 per radar data, video, and other information.
8/10: width of B3 adjusted per OHP report and videos.
8/11: inconsistent times of B21 fixed
8/11: added about a minute to A10,B7,B13,G3 to account for path lengths.
8/11: split tornado A6 into two: A6 and A8, after reviewing videos of david sohl and todd crawford. renumbered old A8 through A13 to new A9 to A14.
8/12: modified beginning time of B17 per ewoldt video.
8/16: changed beginning points of B20 and G5 which I confused somewhat when initially added. adjusted lenghts of both and width of B20.
8/16: adjusted width of G6 downward.
8/19: added F-scale ratings for B4,B5,B6,B7,B8,B9 ratings per conversation with Mark Hill
8/19: added F-scale ratings for A4,B12,H1,H2 as F0 per lack of any damage information or description of damage in case of H2.
8/20: flipped identifiers for G3 and G4 since the addition of time at the beginning of the former-G4 (on 8/7) placed it at an earlier time than the former-G3.
8/23: filled in first iteration of injury numbers from various souces and compiled by ken james.
8/24: filled in missing width/length grids.
8/24: removed the 'x' series unconfirmed reports to a seperate page.
8/31: added table of times/locations of first echo, which were used to assign the order of storm identifiers.
8/31: renamed storm 'I'
10/25: finally assigned F0 to B2 as no reports of damage have been received. Added column showing time between first echo and first tornado.
11/24: changed begin time of A9 from 1823 to 1826 after reviewing tapes with Don Burgess.
4/17/00: corrected death/injury count after review of kenny's info and storm data
5/13/00: fixed time of G5 which Burgess noticed was significantly off
5/13/00: adjusted time that Bridge Creek was struck after reviewing radar data.
1/ 4/01: combined B20 and B21 per discussion with Dr. Wurman and viewing of DOW radar data.
8/ 5/01: minor fixes to be consistent with Speheger et al. (2001):
Fixed length of A9 from 38 to 37 miles.
Added path width for B5.
Fixed A14 from 4 ENE - 5 NE Jones to 3.5 ENE - 6 NE Jones
Fixed end point of D1 from 2 NE Pink to 2 NNE Pink