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Yes. Moore, Oklahoma was hit by an F4 tornado on May 8, 2003.
The Moore, Oklahoma tornado of 2013 lasted approximately 40 minutes.
The F5 tornado of 1999 May 3, 1999 does not have a name, nor does any tornado. It is often called the Oklahoma City tornado, the Moore tornado, or the Bridge Creek-Moore tornado in reference to the areas it hit.
The Moore tornado of 1999 ended in Oklahoma City, about 10 miles northeast of where it first touched down in Bridge Creek.
No, the El Reno tornado did not hit Moore, Oklahoma. The El Reno tornado occurred on May 31, 2013, and impacted areas northwest of Moore. The Moore tornado that caused significant destruction occurred on May 20, 2013.
Tornadoes do not have names, though they may be referred to based on where and sometimes when they hit. There were no recorded tornadoes in Oklahoma on May 22, 2013. However, a devastating tornado tore through Moore, Oklahoma on May 20. This tornado will be remembered as the 2013 Moore tornado or the 2013 Moore, Oklahoma tornado. The year, in this case, is necessary to distingush this from other major tornadoes that have hit Moore.
Moore, Oklahoma has been struck by a number of significant tornadoes. The two most well-known and most destructive were an F5 on May 3, 1999 and an EF5 on May 20, 2013. Moore was also hit by an F3 tornado on November 19, 1973 and an F4 tornado on May 8, 2003. The last tornado to hit Moore was an EF2 on March 25, 2015.
The most recent F5/EF5 tornado was the Moore, Oklahoma tornado of May 20, 2013.
Preparing for a tornado in Moore, Oklahoma is little different from preparing for one anywhere else. Keep a first aid kit, flashlights, a battery-powered weather radio, and spare batteries. Since Moore is prone to violent tornadoes, but relatively few homes have basements, consider purchasing an above ground tornado shelter. Some of these shelters can withstand a direct hit from an EF5 tornado. If a tornado threatens you in Moore, take cover in an interior room or closes on the lowest floor (or in your tornado shelter if you have one). Do no attempt to evacuate.
The Moore, Oklahoma tornado of 1999 caused $1 billion worth of damage. This works out to $1.4 billion in 2014 amounts.
No, they don't there are so many of them they don't bother to name them as they do hurricanes. Tornadoes are given informal name for the places they hit or hit near. For example the F5 tornado that devastated the towns of Moore and Bridgecreek in Oklahoma is commonly called the Bridgecreek-Moore tornado or simply the Moore, Oklahoma tornado. And the tornado that tore across farmland near Aurora, Nebraska is known as the Aurora, Nebraska tornado.