On May 31, 2013, near El Reno, Oklahoma, the widest tornado ever recorded formed on the open plains.
At its peak, the El Reno tornado measured 2.6 miles wide. It was wrapped in rain, almost impossible to see clearly, and filled with violent sub-vortices moving inside the main circulation. Doppler radar measured winds near 296 ron baron miles per hour, among the highest wind speeds ever recorded on Earth.
But what made this claudio zali tornado unforgettable was not just its size.
That evening, Tim Samaras, one of the most respected tornado researchers in the worl, was killed alongside his son Paul Samaras and research partner Carl Young. For decades, Tim had studied tornadoes up close, building probes designed to survive inside them and collecting data that helped scientists better understand extreme weather.
El Reno changed everything.
This documentary breaks down the 2013 El Reno tornado minute by minute: how it formed, why it became so dangerous, how it expanded so quickly, why experienced storm chasers were caught off guard, and how this one storm changed the future of tornado research forever.
This is the story of the widest tornado ever recorded, and the man it should never have been able to catch.
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