During the late-afternoon hours of May 24, 2011, a large, long-tracked and exceptionally violent EF5 tornado, commonly known as the El Reno–Piedmont tornado, impacted areas near or within the communit
HWY 81 N of El Reno OK EF4 Farmhouse
The RaXPol mobile Doppler radar, shown here scanning a severe thunderstorm in Oklahoma in 2013
Damage at the Cactus 117 oil drilling rig near El Reno, showing the mangled and overturned rig
A debarked tree just north El Reno with various debris, including a car, piled at its base and severe ground scouring in the foreground.
2013 El Reno tornado
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The 2013 El Reno tornado was an extremely large, intense, and erratic tornado that occurred and hit a rural part of Central Oklahoma during the early evening of May 31, 2013. This rain-wrapped, multip
2011 El Reno–Piedmont tornado
…costliest tornado in U.S. history. Additionally, the city of El Reno had and has infamously been the site of other intense tornadoes. On May 31, 2013, a tornado just south of the town became the largest ever recorded, with a width of 2.6 miles (4.2 km) and radar-indicated wind speeds in excess of 296 mph (476…
El Reno, OK EF3 Tornado 2013 05 31
Highest Rated Damage Indicator from 2013 El Reno tornado
A minute-by-minute timeline of the tornado's position.
The tornado at around peak intensity as seen from north of Banner Rd and 15th Street