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RaXPol recorded winds up to 150 metres per second (340 mph; 540 km/h) inside the tornado, marking the fastest winds ever observed by radar in history. [9] Based on this data, the tornado was initially rated EF-5, but was later downgraded to an EF-3 due to the lack of supporting damage on the ground. [10]
The 2013 El Reno tornado was an extremely large, powerful, and erratic tornado [a] ... Revised RaXPol analysis found winds of 302 ± 34 mph (486 ± 55 km/h) ...
The 2011 El Reno–Piedmont tornado was a long-tracked, deadly and extremely powerful EF5 tornado that struck central Oklahoma on the evening of May 24, 2011. The tornado impacted areas near or within the communities of El Reno, Piedmont, and Guthrie, killing nine and injuring 181.
There, the tornado reached high-end EF2 strength, severely damaging metal buildings, a gas station, and dozens of homes, several of which lost their roofs and another that lost its second story. The tornado continued eastward, damaging more homes and a large brick building, destroying a wood-framed outbuilding, and downing more trees before ...
Some of the most notorious twisters in U.S. history were wedge tornadoes, including the EF5 that leveled Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011, and the El Reno tornado, which was a jaw-dropping 2.6 ...
A prolonged and widespread tornado outbreak affected a large portion of the United States in late-May 2013 and early-June 2013. The outbreak was the result of a slow-moving but powerful storm system that produced several strong tornadoes across the Great Plains states, especially in Kansas and Oklahoma.
The tornado was originally rated as an EF3 based on damage; however, after mobile radar data analysis was conducted, it was concluded to have been an EF5 due to a measured wind speed of greater than 296 mph (476 km/h), second only to the Bridge Creek–Moore tornado. Revised RaXPol analysis found winds of 302 ± 34 mph (486 ± 55 km/h) well ...
RaXPol mobile radar data confirmed that an anticyclonic tornado, which was a satellite to the long-tracked Lake Thunderbird–Shawnee EF4 tornado, damaged trees. [29] EF1 ESE of Dallas Center: Dallas: IA: 2345 – 2348 1.43 mi (2.30 km)