However, the most powerful tornadoes, classified as EF5, make up less than 1 ... hitting 35 miles northwest of Moore in El Reno. This was the widest tornado on record at 2.6 miles across, but ...
A quirky aspect of the way we measure twisters helps explain why there hasn't been a top-tier-rated tornado in 12 years.
the widest tornado ever recorded touched down in nearby El Reno. A mobile Doppler radar measured winds of nearly 475 km/h in the 4.2-kilometre-wide twister. Despite the hard data that would suggest it ...
May 20, 2013, marks the last time the United States was hit by the worst type of tornado. On that date, a monster EF5 tornado tore a 17-mile path through the Oklahoma City suburbs, creating "40 ...
The Enhanced Fujita Scale provides an estimated range of a tornado's wind speeds, based on the tornado's damage.