The 2013 El Reno tornado was an extremely large, powerful, and erratic tornado [a] that occurred over rural areas of Central Oklahoma during the early evening hours of Friday, May 31, 2013. This rain-wrapped, multiple-vortex tornado was the widest tornado ever recorded and was part of a larger weather system that produced dozens of tornadoes ...

On May 31, 2013, an intense, long-track tornado formed southwest of El Reno. This exceptionally wide tornado took a complex path, rapidly changing in both speed and direction. The tornado spared El Reno and its airport from a direct hit, tracking just south of those locations.

Jun 4, 2013 · The fatal tornado that struck near El Reno, Okla., last Friday (May 31) has been upgraded to an EF5 strength and was a width of 2.6 miles, the widest ever. Here's what allowed it to get so...

By far the most significant tornado of the outbreak was an extremely large EF3 tornado [a] that struck areas near the town of El Reno, Oklahoma on May 31. With a maximum width of 2.6 miles (4.2 km), it was the largest tornado on record.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: On the evening of 31 May 2013, a large-scale evacuation of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area occurred as a result of a very large and dangerous tornado that had formed near the town of El Reno and was moving east toward Oklahoma City.

Jun 5, 2013 · The tornado that hit El Reno had a record-breaking width of 2.6 miles. The one in Moore, a city about 25 miles away from El Reno, killed 24 people and caused widespread damage.

During the evening hours of May 24, 2011, a large, long-tracked and exceptionally intense EF5 tornado, commonly known as the El Reno–Piedmont tornado[2] or the El Reno EF5, impacted areas near or within the communities of El Reno, Piedmont, and Guthrie, killing nine people and injuring 181 others.

Aug 12, 2013 · The El Reno tornado was quite easy to see. While not many trees were damaged, the width of the storm across fields of green turned the grass a lighter shade of green. If you would like to see the original image without any writing on it.

Mar 18, 2024 · On May 31, 2013, a tornado struck El Reno, Oklahoma. This tornado was historic because it was the widest tornado and had some of the fastest ground wind speeds ever recorded by mobile radar – 296 mph. The El Reno tornado didn’t cause significant damage, as it passed through mainly rural areas around El Reno and west of Oklahoma City.

Jun 4, 2013 · The El Reno tornado was on the ground for 40 minutes, and traveled a total of 16.2 miles (26 km), the NWS reported. The twister was wider than the length of New York City's Central Park.