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The El Reno storm was the widest recorded tornado, 2.6 miles, in United States history. The EF5 twister was on the ground more than 16 miles before lifting.

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The largest measured tornado anywhere in the country was 2013’s El Reno tornado, which extended more than 4,500 yards or 2.6 miles across.

While it may not have had the strongest winds ever observed, no tornado in recorded history has ever surpassed the size of the storm that occurred just outside of El Reno, Oklahoma, on the ...

The Oklahoma City area also saw an EF5 tornado on May 20. That one raked Moore, a suburb 25 miles southeast of El Reno, and killed 24 people.

El Reno and Oklahoma City are in what is often referred to as Tornado Alley, a region frequently hammered by storms of rare intensity, particularly in spring and early summer.

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