Biggest storms chassed

[Clayton k Cross]

What is the biggest tornado or hail or fastest winds that anyone that is a chaser or spotter has seen or recorded or chased?

 

[Todd Lemery]

El Reno was the largest tornado recorded i believe. I wasn’t there because i chose a secondary target up near St. Louis that produced some light cloud cover. The largest hail was 8” and almost two pounds. My biggest was softball sized. The strongest non tornadic wind is a mystery to me. Mine ripped the tonneau cover off my truck and flipped a ton of vehicles on the highway i was on. A nearby airport recorded a 118 mph gust around that time

 

[Rick Schmidt]

I chased the EF-5 Greensburg tornado in 2007. I also saw the Hesston tornado when it was a wedge from a distance of 14 miles. Also saw the May 2016 Abilene/Chapman monster. I came across softball hail on the ground in sw Kansas in the late '90s.