Yes that’s true...the weather people came very very close to making this an F6 tornado.....theres never been an F6 tornado.
May 3, 1999, Moore, OK, tornado clocked at 319 mph, highest wind speed ever recorded. While there were over 5000 homes damaged in Oklahoma that day the death and injury toll was relatively low. Forecasting and weather warnings have improved dramatically. Now, many homes have storm shelters or safe rooms. These shelters can be registered with the police and fire department so that after a storm passes they know where in the rubble to dig to get you out. People living in tornado alley take storms very, very seriously.