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.
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.
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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.
