2013 El Reno tornado
The 2013 El Reno tornado happened on May 31, 2013. It happened close to the city of El Reno, Oklahoma in central Oklahoma.[1] It was the widest tornado ever recorded.[2] This tornado also was found to have some of the strongest winds ever found. One mobile Doppler radar found very high winds of 296 miles per hour.[2] These winds are slightly less than the 301 mile per hour winds detected in a tornado on May 3, 1999 while it was close to Bridge Creek, Oklahoma in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area.[3]
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2013 El Reno Tornado Media
Satellite imagery of the storm system responsible for the May 26–31, 2013 tornado outbreak at 6:10 p.m. CDT
Phased array radar (reflectivity; click to animate) of the series of supercell thunderstorms that impacted the Oklahoma City metropolitan area on May 31.
Video of several sub-vortices within the tornado.
The crushed remains of TWISTEX's Chevrolet Cobalt near the intersection of Reuter and South Radio Roads, almost 5 mi (8.0 km) southeast of El Reno.
The supercell thunderstorm which produced the El Reno tornado as viewed from above.
A destroyed home about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of U.S. Route 81.
Satellite image of the Oklahoma City area on June 2 displaying the ground scar left behind by the tornado.
Notes
References
- ↑ "Central Oklahoma Tornadoes and Flash Flooding – May 31, 2013". National Weather Service Office in Norman, Oklahoma. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. June 1, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jason Samenow (4 June 2013). Deadly El Reno, Okla. tornado was widest ever measured on Earth, had nearly 300 mph winds. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/06/04/deadly-el-reno-okla-tornado-was-widest-ever-measured-on-earth-had-nearly-300-mph-winds/. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ↑ "Frequently Asked Questions About The May 3, 1999 Bridge Creek/OKC Area Tornado". National Weather Service Office in Norman, Oklahoma. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. January 20, 2011. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
