1999 Bridge Creek-Moore Tornado [Tornado]
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 5:54 pm
May 3, 1999, 6:57 PM CDT, examined for Moore, OK
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Brid ... re_tornado
Steve just found this one. This one F5 tornado "registered the highest wind speeds ever measured globally," at 301 mph (give or take 20 mph). It's tagged as "the strongest tornado ever recorded to have affected the metropolitan area." It "devastated" southern parts of Oklahoma City and adjacent areas. It's also historic for being the first use ever of the National Weather Service's tornado emergency statement: I'm using the time for the exact alarm, 6:57 PM.
The tornado lasted 85 minutes, caused $1 billion dollars in damages (1999 dollars). 36 people died with 583 other injuries. The time 6:23 PM is for when it first touched down near Amber, OK as ab F3 before rapidly cranking up to F5. It probably crossed Moore, OK around 7 PM, but I'll stick with the time the tornado originated for how. By 7:30 it had left the county, causing more damage before it died at 7:48 PM. Damage was severe in Bridge Creek where 12 people died. Another 11 died in Moore (which also had much damage).
The Capsolar is weak and problematic, but the Arisolar takes over firmly and shows the right stuff. From the, the charts are good with the CanQ taking dominance over the CapQ because the Cansolar drives the whole Bridge. The CapQ is a nice confirmation. - Not only is Mercury an appropriate minor contributor for wind, but an important part of this event is the unique, first time broadcast of the standard warning message.
The basic summary is: The Capsolar is irrelevant (contrary to the event and not needed). The Arisolar sets up a time consistent with community destruction. The Bridge brings Uranus and Mars transits to the Cansolar that narrows our time to a week and a half, April 24 to May 5. Under a dormant Caplunar, the Week chart (Liblunar) puts Pluto precisely on MC with a supporting Moon-Mars conjunction. This narrows the period to April 29 or later. In that time, CanQ angles bring Neptune and two Saturns to an angle the same day. (CapQ supports with another Pluto MC but weak transits.)
Year: Capsolar {-1 or -2}
(I'd have given a + to the Venus-Uranus, but the Moon-Jupiter tipped it too far.)
Venus on N 0°47'
Uranus on N 0°50'
-- Venus-Uranus co 1°37'
Moon-Jupiter sq 2°232' M
Bridge {+2}
t Uranus sq CanQ Moon 2/16-5/7
t Mars sq Cansolar Asc 4/24-5/5
Event window: Apr 24 to May 5
Quarter: Arisolar {+2}
Venus on WP 1°32'
Pluto barely foreground
Venus-Pluto op 0°16' M
Month: Caplunar (Dormant.) Moon-Sun Moon-Jupiter.
Week: Liblunar {+2}
Pluto on MC 0°49'
Uranus widely foreground
Moon-Mars co 3°03'
Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits {+3}
t Uranus sq p Moon 0°54'
p MC co t Neptune 0°05', sq s Saturn 1°32'
p EP-a co t Saturn 0°50'
p Asc sq s Mercury 1°31'
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t Mars sq s Asc 1°27'
-- t Mars sq s Neptune 0°18'
t Mercury co s MC 0°24'
Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits {+2 / -1 = +2}
p MC co t Pluto 0°45', s Pluto 0°59'
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t Sun op s Asc 0°31'
-- t Sun sq s Venus 0°16'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Brid ... re_tornado
Steve just found this one. This one F5 tornado "registered the highest wind speeds ever measured globally," at 301 mph (give or take 20 mph). It's tagged as "the strongest tornado ever recorded to have affected the metropolitan area." It "devastated" southern parts of Oklahoma City and adjacent areas. It's also historic for being the first use ever of the National Weather Service's tornado emergency statement: I'm using the time for the exact alarm, 6:57 PM.
The tornado lasted 85 minutes, caused $1 billion dollars in damages (1999 dollars). 36 people died with 583 other injuries. The time 6:23 PM is for when it first touched down near Amber, OK as ab F3 before rapidly cranking up to F5. It probably crossed Moore, OK around 7 PM, but I'll stick with the time the tornado originated for how. By 7:30 it had left the county, causing more damage before it died at 7:48 PM. Damage was severe in Bridge Creek where 12 people died. Another 11 died in Moore (which also had much damage).
The Capsolar is weak and problematic, but the Arisolar takes over firmly and shows the right stuff. From the, the charts are good with the CanQ taking dominance over the CapQ because the Cansolar drives the whole Bridge. The CapQ is a nice confirmation. - Not only is Mercury an appropriate minor contributor for wind, but an important part of this event is the unique, first time broadcast of the standard warning message.
The basic summary is: The Capsolar is irrelevant (contrary to the event and not needed). The Arisolar sets up a time consistent with community destruction. The Bridge brings Uranus and Mars transits to the Cansolar that narrows our time to a week and a half, April 24 to May 5. Under a dormant Caplunar, the Week chart (Liblunar) puts Pluto precisely on MC with a supporting Moon-Mars conjunction. This narrows the period to April 29 or later. In that time, CanQ angles bring Neptune and two Saturns to an angle the same day. (CapQ supports with another Pluto MC but weak transits.)
Year: Capsolar {-1 or -2}
(I'd have given a + to the Venus-Uranus, but the Moon-Jupiter tipped it too far.)
Venus on N 0°47'
Uranus on N 0°50'
-- Venus-Uranus co 1°37'
Moon-Jupiter sq 2°232' M
Bridge {+2}
t Uranus sq CanQ Moon 2/16-5/7
t Mars sq Cansolar Asc 4/24-5/5
Event window: Apr 24 to May 5
Quarter: Arisolar {+2}
Venus on WP 1°32'
Pluto barely foreground
Venus-Pluto op 0°16' M
Month: Caplunar (Dormant.) Moon-Sun Moon-Jupiter.
Week: Liblunar {+2}
Pluto on MC 0°49'
Uranus widely foreground
Moon-Mars co 3°03'
Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits {+3}
t Uranus sq p Moon 0°54'
p MC co t Neptune 0°05', sq s Saturn 1°32'
p EP-a co t Saturn 0°50'
p Asc sq s Mercury 1°31'
---------------------------------
t Mars sq s Asc 1°27'
-- t Mars sq s Neptune 0°18'
t Mercury co s MC 0°24'
Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits {+2 / -1 = +2}
p MC co t Pluto 0°45', s Pluto 0°59'
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t Sun op s Asc 0°31'
-- t Sun sq s Venus 0°16'
We should all learn a lesson here: If you are ever in an area where a tornado warning is issued, immediately check the quotidian charts for your community. It could save you or family members from serious injury.