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List of tornadoes with a width of at least 2 miles (3.2 km) Tornado F#/EF#/IF# Width Rated by 1999 Mulhall tornado: F4 4.3 miles (6.9 km) NWS Norman, CSWR, Wurman, OU, Penn State: Officially, this tornado was just over 1 mile (1.6 km) wide. A Doppler on Wheels (DOW) mobile radar observed this tornado as it crossed Mulhall. The DOW documented ...
A map of the meteorological setup of the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak.The map displays surface and upper level atmospheric features associated with the outbreak. The Bridge Creek–Moore tornado was part of a much larger outbreak which produced 71 tornadoes across five states throughout the Central Plains on May 3 alone, along with an additional 25 that touched down a day later in some of ...
The center of the tornado tracked about 100 yards south of the houses located on the south side of the road. From the plant to the farmsteads, the average width of the tornado was 400 yards and was close to 1/4-mile wide at times. The tornado was at F4 strength during the 1 mile stretch between the plant and the farmsteads.
2 miles (3.2 km) A brief tornado "obliterated" a trailer and damaged several farmhouses nearby. [5] F2: SW of Kiefer to N of Bixby: Creek, Tulsa 0130 14.4 miles (23.2 km) A tornado destroyed many farm buildings. [5] F3: S of Eucha: Delaware: 0314 2.7 miles (4.3 km) This was the last of nine F3 tornadoes to hit Oklahoma on June 8, 1974.
The F4 Hallam, Nebraska, tornado during the outbreak of May 22, 2004, was the previous official record holder for the widest tornado, surveyed at 2.5 miles (4.0 km) wide. A similar size tornado struck Edmonson, Texas on May 31, 1968, when a damage path width between 2 and 3 miles (3.2 and 4.8 km) was recorded from an F3 tornado. [78]
At least 30 lightly-built homes were swept away with 11 deaths in one home, 6 in another, and 4 in another. The tornado was reportedly over 1.25 miles (2.01 km) wide. It was the first of several intense tornadoes to strike Moore. One death from this event may have been from another tornado, and another death may have been from hail. Grazulis ...
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Near the tornado's peak intensity, they recorded a wind speed of 115–120 meters per second (260–270 miles per hour; 410–430 kilometers per hour). Though the portable radar had the uncertainty of ±5–10 metres per second (11–22 mph; 18–36 km/h), this reading was probably within the F5 range, confirming that tornadoes were capable of ...