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The 2013 El Reno tornado was an extremely large, powerful, and erratic tornado [a] that occurred over rural areas of Central Oklahoma during the early evening of Friday, May 31, 2013. 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 ...
The 2013 Moore tornado was a large and extremely violent EF5 tornado that ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, and adjacent areas on the afternoon of May 20, 2013, with peak winds estimated at 210 miles per hour (340 km/h), killing 24 people (plus two indirect fatalities) [2] and injuring 212 others. [3] The tornado was part of a larger outbreak from a ...
A significant and destructive tornado outbreak that affected parts of the Midwestern United States and lower Great Plains in mid-May 2013. This event occurred just days after a deadly outbreak struck Texas and surrounding southern states on May 15. On May 16, a slow moving trough crossed the Rockies and traversed the western Great Plains.
Oklahoma's 2024 tornado season has been destructive and deadly, with the most deaths recorded since 2013 and a record-setting April. Eight people have died in Oklahoma from five powerful tornadoes ...
With three fatalities, Wednesday was the deadliest tornado day in Oklahoma since May 20, 2013, nearly 10 years ago, when 24 people were killed by the tornado that leveled the city of Moore. That ...
Next month will mark the 10-year anniversary of the pair of tornadoes that tore through Oklahoma. On May 20, 2013, a massive tornado rated at EF5 strength on the Enhanced Fujita Scale rocked Moore ...
The outbreak extended as far east as Upstate New York. 27 fatalities were reported in total, with nine resulting from tornadoes (eight in Oklahoma and one in Arkansas). By far the most significant tornado of the outbreak was an extremely large EF3 tornado [ a ] that struck areas near the town of El Reno, Oklahoma on May 31.
On May 9, 2016, a violent multi-vortex EF4 tornado struck southern Katie, Oklahoma. The tornado was extremely erratic and killed one person [1] [2] while causing $1,000,000 (2016 USD) in damages. The tornado was extremely photogenic, and was heavily documented by storm chasers and civilians.