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Central Oklahoma has experienced several significant outbreaks of severe weather in 1998 and 1999:




• 13 June 1998 - Localized tornado outbreak ...
• 04 October 1998 - Largest U.S. outbreak ever recorded in October …
• 03 May 1999 - Largest outbreak ever recorded in Oklahoma … 4 violent tornadoes, including one F-5
• Each of the prior events has acted as a primer for improving the verification of its subsequent event

Central Oklahoma has many resources outside of the National Weather Service for doing post-event surveys

• Numerous Doppler radars for comparison of events with radar echoes
• National Severe Storms Laboratory
• University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
• Oklahoma Climate Survey
• Numerous private storm chasers

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