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==Notable tornadoes== The largest tornado ever documented was a multiple-vortex tornado. It struck [[2013 El Reno tornado|El Reno, Oklahoma, on May 31, 2013]], as a rain-wrapped tornado, taking the lives of tornado researcher [[Tim Samaras]], his son Paul, and their [[TWISTEX]] colleague, Carl Young. This storm also took the life of local amateur chaser, Richard Henderson.<ref>{{cite news |author=Clay, Nolan |date=June 3, 2013 |title=Oklahoma storms: Amateur storm chaser took photo of tornado that killed him |url=http://newsok.com/article/3841315 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309123922/http://newsok.com/article/3841315 |archive-date=2016-03-09 |access-date=June 4, 2013 |newspaper=[[The Oklahoman]]}}</ref> It had a maximum width of {{convert|2.6|mi|km|}} and a maximum recorded windspeed of at least {{convert|313|mph|kph|}}. However, because of a lack of intense property damage, the tornado achieved a rating of EF3 on the [[Enhanced Fujita scale]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Some Considerations for the Use of High-Resolution Mobile Radar Data in Tornado Intensity Determination|author=Jeff Snyder|author2=H. B. Bluestein|journal=Weather Forecast|volume=29|issue=4|pages=799–827|year=2014|doi=10.1175/WAF-D-14-00026.1|bibcode=2014WtFor..29..799S|s2cid=122669043 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/1234617|doi-access=free}}</ref> Nevertheless, the El Reno tornado is one of the three strongest tornadoes ever recorded in terms of maximum wind speeds, the next being the [[2024 Greenfield tornado|2024 Greenfield EF4 tornado]], reaching a measured windspeed of possibly up to {{convert|318|mph|kph}}, the last being the [[1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado]] which [[doppler radar]] measured {{convert|321|mph|kph|}} mph. The Greenfield tornado also displayed multiple vortices. [[File:Tuscaloosa tornado CCTV.jpg|alt=CCTV footage of the 2011 Tuscaloosa EF4.|thumb|The 2011 Tuscaloosa tornado in CCTV footage. Note that this image does not display Horizontal Vorticies, however the right side of the tornado does appear to have a visible representation of a suction vortice.]] The [[1997 Jarrell tornado]] was another example of a multiple-vortex tornado. The infamous “Dead Man Walking” photo of it was at a juvenile stage of sub-vortices development. The [[2011 Cullman–Arab tornado]] is also famous for footage of it "walking" while in its multi-vortex stage.
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