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May 31st El Reno, OK Tornado Largest Ever Recorded (Video)

Tuesday, June 4, 2013 9:25

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The National Weather Service has just upgraded the May 31 El Reno, Union City tornado to an EF-5 with a width of 2.6 miles wide, making it the widest tornado ever documented.

The upgrade was based on data from Doppler On Wheels (DOW) information that recorded low level winds at 296 MPH.

This twister killed 3 veteran storm chasers, Veteran tornado scientist Tim Samaras, his son, environmental photographer Paul Samaras, 24, and meteorologist Carl Young, 45 and injured the Weather Channels Mike Bettes and his team when the tornado caught them and tossed their vehicle. The previous record holder was the 2004 F-4 Wilber-Hallam, Nebraska, tornado May 22, 2004 was the previous record holder for the widest tornado on record at 2.5 miles wide. -Mort

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