El Reno Tornado: upgrade naar EF5, 2.6 mijl breed

...UPDATE ON MAY 31 EL RENO TORNADO...



METEOROLOGISTS WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND RESEARCHERS FROM 

THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE INFORMATION 

RELATED TO THE MAY 31 EL RENO TORNADO.



WITH THIS INVESTIGATION... THE TORNADO HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO AN EF5 

TORNADO BASED ON VELOCITY DATA FROM THE RESEARCH MOBILE RADAR DATA 

FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA RAXPOL RADAR. IN ADDITION... THE 

WIDTH OF TORNADO WAS MEASURED BY THE MOBILE RADAR DATA TO BE 2.6 

MILES AFTER THE TORNADO PASSED EAST OF US HIGHWAY 81 SOUTH OF EL 

RENO. THIS WIDTH IS THE WIDTH OF THE TORNADO ITSELF AND DOES NOT 

INCLUDE THE DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS NEAR THE TORNADO AS 

DETERMINED BY THE HIGH-RESOLUTION MOBILE RADAR DATA. THE 2.6 MILE 

TORNADO PATH WIDTH IS BELIEVED TO BE THE WIDEST TORNADO ON RECORD 

IN THE UNITED STATES.



.EL RENO TORNADO  

 

RATING:                  EF5 

PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:   16.2 MILES 

PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:    2.6 MILES 

FATALITIES:              N/A 

INJURIES:                N/A



START DATE:              MAY 31 2013 

START TIME:              6:03 PM CDT 

START LOCATION:          8.3 WSW OF EL RENO /CANADIAN COUNTY /OK 

                           NEAR COURTNEY ROAD ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH

                           OF REUTER ROAD

START LAT/LON:           35.495 / -98.095



END DATE:                MAY 31 2013 

END TIME:                6:43 PM CDT 

END LOCATION:            6.2 ESE OF EL RENO /CANADIAN COUNTY /OK 

                           NEAR INTERSTATE 40 AND BANNER ROAD

END LAT/LON:             35.502 / -97.848



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