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| EF3 tornado | |
|---|---|
 View of the tornado from the southeast at 6:28 p.m. CDT (2328 UTC) as it was nearing peak strength | |
| Type | Tornado |
| Formed | May 31, 2013, 6:03 p.m. CDT (UTC−05:00) |
| Duration | 40 minutes |
| Dissipated | May 31, 2013, 6:43 pm. CDT (UTC−05:00) |
| Highest winds | |
| Max. rating1 | EF3 tornado |
| Maximum rainfall | 3.00 in |
| Casualties | 8 fatalities, 151 injuries |
| Damage | $35–40 million (estimate) |
| Areas affected | Canadian County, Oklahoma; especially areas to the south of El Reno |
Part of the tornado outbreak of May 26–31, 2013 1Most severe tornado damage; see Enhanced Fujita scale | |
The 2013 El Reno tornado happened on May 31, 2013. It happened close to the city of El Reno, Oklahoma in central Oklahoma.[3] It was the widest tornado ever recorded.[4] This tornado also was found to have some of the strongest winds ever found. One mobile Doppler weather radar found very high winds of 296 miles per hour.[4] These winds are slightly less than the 460 kilometer per hour winds detected in a tornado on May 3, 1999 while it was close to Bridge Creek, Oklahoma in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area.[5]
- ↑ "The May 31, 2013 El Reno, OK Tornado". National Weather Service, Norman, OK. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ↑ Bluestein, Howard B.; Snyder, Jeffrey C.; Houser, Jana B. (2015). "A Multiscale Overview of the el Reno, Oklahoma, Tornadic Supercell of 31 May 2013". Weather and Forecasting. 30 (3): 525–552. Bibcode:2015WtFor..30..525B. doi:10.1175/WAF-D-14-00152.1.
- ↑ "Central Oklahoma Tornadoes and Flash Flooding – May 31, 2013". National Weather Service Office in Norman, Oklahoma. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. June 1, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jason Samenow (4 June 2013). "Deadly El Reno, Okla. tornado was widest ever measured on Earth, had nearly 300 mph winds". The Washington Post. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ↑ "Frequently Asked Questions About The May 3, 1999 Bridge Creek/OKC Area Tornado". National Weather Service Office in Norman, Oklahoma. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. January 20, 2011. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
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