Survivor remembers May 3, 1999 tornado
MOORE, Okla. — This day 13 years ago, a deadly monster roared across central Oklahoma and the metro.
The EF-5 tornado on May 3, 1999 claimed more than 40 lives and destroyed hundreds of millions of dollars in property.
Now we hear from a survivor who rode out the storm under a bridge that turned into a death trap.
“The winds probably in excess of 300 mph. I can hear people screamin’ as they blew by,” Survivor Stuart Earnest said.
Earnest was driving up 1-35 near Moore that day when the hail core of the storm hit.
He found shelter for his car under a bridge.
“The Shields overpass is right over here to the southwest of where we are standing,” he said.
Maybe good shelter from hail but the Shields overpass was a bad place to be when the EF-5 twister suddenly made its appearance.
