One of these managed to beat the total width of the largest tornado ever recorded, at 3.7 miles wide. Data modified as described in NOAA Tech Memo NWS SR-209 (Speheger, D., 2001: "Corrections to the Historic Tornado Database") . The tornado had passed very close to, if not over, El Reno AP, and it missed the main part of El Reno to the south by a few miles. On May 31, 2013, the 2013 El Reno tornado, the widest tornado ever documented, hit El Reno. A documentary project dedicated to chronicling six-decades of storm chasing culture, told through the words and images of storm chasers and meteorologists. Read this frequently asked questions (FAQ) on the El Reno encounter: \\r\\r(Read descripton and transcript below) This is video from my front-facing and later rear-facing dash camera while escaping the core of, and hit by the outer circulation of, the EF5 El Reno, Oklahoma tornado in my Toyota Yaris on Reuter Road between 6:16PM and 6:30PM CDT on May 31, new. The remains of car hurled a half mile in Piedmont. I haven't yet seen a website confirmation. El Reno Benefit Concert Continues Despite Storms News 9 Storms postponed a benefit concert for victims of the May 25 El Reno tornado Sunday, but … Rescue efforts continue as officials assess the "devastating" aftermath. Discovery Channel is dedicating tonight’s documentary premiere, Mile Wide Tornado: Oklahoma Disaster, to Tim Samaras (pictured) and Carl Young, cast members of … Largest Tornado EVER! One of the only people to see it was Gabe Garfield, a member of the team Tim and Paul operated. The tornado weakened slightly as it passed north of El Reno and continued northeast, producing EF3 to EF4 damage in rural areas. The 2027 El Reno, Oklahoma outbreak that happened on January 6 through 13 was a group of 6 supercells that struck surrounding area and the town of El Reno, Oklahoma. He was 55. Despite the radar-measured wind speeds, the tornado has officially been rated an EF3 since damage higher than this intensity was not found by the survey team. Contrast that, as bad as it was, with Dan Robinson's video from the El Reno, OK tornado that killed Tim Samaras, his son Paul and his long-time chase partner Carl Young. The tornado was an estimated 2.6 miles in width and had a recorded wind speed of >301 mph, one of the two highest wind speeds on record along with winds observed in the 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado. AVL has visualized precipitation, specifically in the … The El Reno tornado was analyzed only briefly as it crossed the I-40, so higher winds may have occurred. First responders worked through the night into the morning after a tornado ripped through a motel and mobile home park in El Reno. Using Sky 5, KOCO 5’s Chase Rutledge shows you the path the EF3 tornado took when it touched down Saturday night in El Reno. in the United States. Here’s an excerpt of a first-hand account from Dan Robinson at stormhighway.com : “ I was nearly run over by the El Reno violent wedge tornado as it made a sudden 45-degree turn to the northeast. The tornado spared El Reno and its airport from a direct hit, tracking just south of those locations. 6th at 10 PM EST. Although the National Weather Service in Norman, Okla. rated the tornado an EF5 on June 4, 2013 based on wind measurements from mobile Doppler radar, it was re-evaluated by NOAA in late-August 2013. Mai 2013 in dem Gebiet um die Städte El Reno und Oklahoma City im U.S.-Bundesstaat Oklahoma, war der bisher größte aufgezeichnete Tornado mit einem Durchmesser von rund 4,2 km[1][2]. A May 31, 2013, tornado claimed eight lives near El Reno, including storm … On May 31, 2013, an intense, long-track tornado formed southwest of El Reno. The approximate locations of the TVSs associated with the El Reno–Piedmont tornado at 6.4 and 0.5 elevation angle (~7 and ~0.5 km ARL) are marked by fuchsia and white dots, respectively; the location of the second TVS at 0