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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 ...
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.
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 ...
As the tornado passed south of El Reno across U.S. 81, it grew to an unprecedented width of 2.6 miles (4.2 km), becoming the widest known tornado ever recorded in the United States. [ b ] [ 9 ] [ 20 ] At 6:28 p.m. CDT (2328 UTC), the storm began moving into more densely populated areas of Canadian County while maintaining its intensity.
The tornado touched down at 3 p.m. on Tuesday and traveled 1.42 miles with a maximum width of 100 yards before lifting off at 3:07 p.m., according to a NWS damage survey released Thursday evening.
An SUV was thrown a 1 ⁄ 2-mile (0.80 km) into the top of the Smithville water tower, then bounced off of it, and was hurled an additional 1 ⁄ 4-mile (400 m) before impacting the ground and eventually coming to rest on the opposite side of the city, where it was later found crushed and flattened. The city hall, the post office, four churches ...
The 3 ⁄ 4-mile-wide (1.2 km) tornado destroyed or damaged 90% of the community, though most of the damage ranged from F0–F3. The tornado then widened to 1 mile (1.6 km) across as it moved into nearby Alto, causing F4-level damage to homes, before striking the southern edge of the larger city of Kokomo. Collectively, the tornado destroyed ...
The tornado killed a person on I-35 just prior to reaching its peak intensity. [45] May 6 2024 United States Oklahoma: Barnsdall, Bartlesville: 2 (33 injuries) NWS: 2024 Barnsdall–Bartlesville tornado — A large, nearly mile-wide wedge tornado produced major damage along a path of 40.8 miles (65.7 km). The tornado reached peak intensity with ...