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LJredherring – Flickr<\/p><\/div>\n

I was left in complete awe and shock when I heard about the EF5 “El Reno” tornado on Friday with wind speeds reaching 295 mph. It is also the widest tornado ever recorded at 2.6 miles wide according to the National Weather Service. The actual mesocyclone, the parent storm above the massive tornado, was at least 4 miles wide. It was a churning machine that was moving at an average of 25 to 35 mph and accelerated to 40 to 45 mph, after making an unexpected 120 degree turn northeast on Highway 81 according to Tony Laubach who was storm chasing that day (Read More<\/a>).<\/p>\n

What is interesting and shocking about this storm, not only was the widest tornado ever recorded, several large tornadoes touched down every few seconds according to the radar. Meteorologist Mike Nelson described this phenomenon similar to an octopus that had many tentacles surrounding the storm.<\/p>\n

This Youtube video captured both awe inspiring and frightening moments these storm chaser’s had with this storm.<\/p>\n