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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] 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 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.
During a tornado warning, people should seek shelter in interior rooms on the lowest floors of study buildings, and keep away from windows. (This story has been updated to add new information ...
A warning means a tornado has been sighted or weather radar indicates rotation and a possible tornado. It represents imminent danger to life and property and urges immediate action to get to a ...
Parts of Texas and Louisiana were under a tornado watch Thursday night as a line of thunderstorms battered the south-central U.S., threatening the region with large hail, damaging winds and heavy ...
English: The University of Oklahoma RaXPol research radar scanning a severe thunderstorm in Oklahoma, May 18, 2013, during the tornado outbreak of May 18–21, 2013. Date 18 May 2013
Protecting your head and neck is among the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency's recommendations for tornado survival.