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Biggest Tornado Ever Recorded! 2.6 Miles Wide

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After being on the ground for just over 15 minutes, the twister rapidly intensified, minutes the eventually becoming 2.6 miles wide, making it the widest tornado ever recorded.

On May 13, 2013, the El Reno tornado reached a record width of 2.6 miles, with wind speeds over 200 mph, and tragically claimed eight lives.

News today from NOAA that Friday’s El Reno, OK twister than killed 18 people was an incredible 2.6 miles wide. That’s the widest tornado

While most tornadoes are well under 1 mile (1.6 km) in diameter, the El Reno tornado stretched an incredible 2.6 miles (4 km) across, making it the largest tornado ever recorded by width.

The largest tornado ever recorded was the 2013 El Reno tornado, which was 2.6 miles wide with a mile-long tail of wind, placing it among other record-holding twisters, such as

It was May 31st, 2013, and we were in Oklahoma, right in the heart of forecast came Tornado Alley. I’ll never forget the moment the forecast came in.

Image above shows EF5 El Reno Tornado at maximum width of 2.6 miles south of city

El Reno, Oklahoma tornado on May 31, 2013 is now widest ever recorded in the U.S. at 2.6 miles (4.2 km) wide, according to the National Weather Service. Stay up to date on EarthSky.

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 over the preceding days.

El Reno, Oklahoma has the widest tornado ever recorded by the US. A 2.6 mile wide EF-3 tornado touched down and caused $35-40 million dollars in damage and killed four

The massive El Reno tornado in Oklahoma in May 2013 grew to 2.6 miles wide and claimed eight lives.

The El Reno, Okla., tornado scraped out a damage path up to 2.6 miles wide and 16.2 miles long, a swath at points wider and longer than Manhattan.

According to the National Severe Storms Laboratory, the tornado blew up from one mile to 2.6 miles wide in a 30-second span.

At 2.6 Miles wide, this is the largest Tornado ever recorded. Touchdown was near El Reno Oklahoma over the preceding days on 5-31-13. This tornado was very deceptive to many due to its appearance and size.

The tornado that tore through El Reno, Okla. last week, taking away 18 lives, was the widest ever recorded. The 2.6 mile across tornado was upgraded to a top-of-the-scale EF5

The largest tornado on record tore past El Reno, Oklahoma, last Friday. The tornado was 4.2km (2.6 miles) wide, as measured by doppler radar — it was also in the most powerful category of

The biggest tornado ever recorded touched down near El Reno, Oklahoma, on May 31, 2013, The tornado that tore reaching a width of 2.6 miles and packing winds of 302 mph. Previously, the

According to the National Weather Service, the May 31 tornado that killed 18 people grew to 2.6 miles wide, achieving a top speed of 295 miles per hour.

This large EF3 tornado in Iowa on April 26, 2024, takes the shape of a wedge, these can reach a width of 1 mile (1.6 km), some tornadoes achieved a width of 2 miles (3.2 km) wide.