Jason Harris
EF5
A historical day for sadder reasons already, but interesting to know of this width record.
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The National Weather Service has just upgraded the May 31 El Reno, Union City tornado to an EF-5 with a width of 2.6 miles wide, making it the widest tornado ever documented.
http://kfor.com/2013/06/04/update-el-reno-union-city-tornado-widest-tornado-on-record/
Reed mentions in that video linked above that the rapid broadening grew from under a mile to 2.6 in about 30 seconds. Combine that with the erratic movement, traffic problems, and it's no wonder it was a terrible day for chasers.
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He said the tornado was moving east/southeast, when it hit Highway 81 and made a sharp 120 degree turn to the northeast and accelerated.
"It was moving an average 25-35 mph, and it turned and accelerated to 40-45 mph," Laubach said.
Tim Samaras founded TWISTEX (Tactical Weather Instrumented Sampling of Tornadoes Experiment) and invented probes that measured wind velocity, pressure drops and other data.
"Tim made scientific history with the TWISTEX Probe, jokingly referred to as “the turtle" because of its shape. By deploying these probes into a tornado’s path, Tim, along with Carl, provided key data for researchers studying the storm’s movements and deadly force. The information collected has directly resulted in increased warning time for local authorities to tell residents to take cover," said Eileen O'Neill, president of Discovery Network.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...aras-carl-young-was-ef-5-widest-ever-recorded
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The National Weather Service has just upgraded the May 31 El Reno, Union City tornado to an EF-5 with a width of 2.6 miles wide, making it the widest tornado ever documented.
http://kfor.com/2013/06/04/update-el-reno-union-city-tornado-widest-tornado-on-record/
Reed mentions in that video linked above that the rapid broadening grew from under a mile to 2.6 in about 30 seconds. Combine that with the erratic movement, traffic problems, and it's no wonder it was a terrible day for chasers.
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He said the tornado was moving east/southeast, when it hit Highway 81 and made a sharp 120 degree turn to the northeast and accelerated.
"It was moving an average 25-35 mph, and it turned and accelerated to 40-45 mph," Laubach said.
Tim Samaras founded TWISTEX (Tactical Weather Instrumented Sampling of Tornadoes Experiment) and invented probes that measured wind velocity, pressure drops and other data.
"Tim made scientific history with the TWISTEX Probe, jokingly referred to as “the turtle" because of its shape. By deploying these probes into a tornado’s path, Tim, along with Carl, provided key data for researchers studying the storm’s movements and deadly force. The information collected has directly resulted in increased warning time for local authorities to tell residents to take cover," said Eileen O'Neill, president of Discovery Network.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...aras-carl-young-was-ef-5-widest-ever-recorded
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