Was the Bridge Creek/OKC area tornado on May 3, 1999, rated F6?
No. The tornado has been rated F5 (minimal F5, in fact), and will not be “upgraded” to F6. There was some speculation in the media of an F6 rating after “Doppler on Wheels” (DOW) researchers from the University of Oklahoma announced that their radar measured 318-mph winds in the tornado while it was near Bridge Creek.
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