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The 2013 Moore tornado was a large and violent EF5 tornado that ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, and adjacent areas on the afternoon of May 20, 2013, with peak winds estimated at 210 miles per hour (340 km/h), killing 24 people (plus two indirect fatalities) [2] and injuring 212 others. [3]
The drought began on May 20, 2013, following the dissipation of the 2013 Moore, Oklahoma EF5 tornado. [11] [12] Several tornadoes since the Moore EF5 have reached the 200 miles per hour (320 km/h) wind speeds needed for a tornado to be classified as an EF5, including the 2013 El Reno EF3 tornado and 2015 Rochelle–Fairdale EF4 tornado, with wind speeds measured in excess of 295 miles per hour ...
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 ...
Eleven years later, it remains the most recent tornado to be rated EF5, the strongest possible rating on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. The 11-year gap is the longest since official U.S. records began ...
Next month will mark the 10-year anniversary of the pair of tornadoes that tore through Oklahoma. On May 20, 2013, a massive tornado rated at EF5 strength on the Enhanced Fujita Scale rocked Moore ...
The strongest tornado from that day was an EF-5 which tore through Bridge Creek, Oklahoma City, Moore and Del City, which caused a total of $1.5 billion in damage.
The deadliest tornado of the decade would again hit Moore on May 20, 2013, killing 24 people and receiving a rating of EF5, making it the most recent tornado worldwide to top the Enhanced Fujita Scale as of February 2025. The tornado was the costliest in Oklahoma history and the third costliest in US history, leaving an estimated $2 billion ...
On May 20, 2013, at least 24 people died after an EF5 tornado wreaked havoc across Moore, Oklahoma. The storm flattened and destroyed more than 300 homes, leaving billions of dollars in damages.