Which tornado is the biggest

Surprisingly, only one Mulhall resident was seriously injured. Despite the size of the Mulhall Tornado, there were no fatalities because the tornado mostly passed over rural, unpopulated areas. Source: harkphoto. Before the tornado in El Reno, Oklahoma the Hallam Tornado was the widest tornado on record with a maximum width of 2.

Although the Hallam Tornado swept through many counties, it was named after the town of Hallam, which was hit the hardest. The tornado leveled nearly all of the homes and businesses in Hallam. Fortunately, the Hallam Tornado mostly passed through sparsely populated rural areas. By the end of the storm, one person was dead and about 40 people were injured. According to news reports, the Hallam Tornado was so wide that many people did not even realize that they were witnessing a tornado.

The El Reno Tornado is widely considered to be the largest tornado ever recorded, based on width. However, according to some sources the Mulhall Tornado was larger. At its peak, the massive El Reno Tornado reached a width of 2. The El Reno Tornado lasted for about 40 minutes and by the end eight people were killed, all in their vehicles. The northernmost was in Fargo, ND in Other oddities include two cities that were struck twice: Waco, Texas and Moore, Oklahoma.

Waco, TX had F5 tornadoes in killing and in May on the ground only yards and causing no injuries or fatalities. Moore, Oklahoma a suburb of Oklahoma City has also been hit twice and both twisters were devastating. Moore was hit in May 36 killed and again in May 24 killed. Just like the long major hurricane U. The last EF-5 tornado to hit the U. There will be another one, but one good thing about these huge tornadoes is that they are easy to warn for, easy to see on Doppler radar and they usually come with a strong dynamic weather system that can be forecast days in advance.

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