Wednesday, June 5, 2013

The Final Paths of the OKC Tornadoes and WeatherBrains

LocationPreliminary RatingBegin TimeEnd TimePath LengthMaximum Width
El Reno
(Southwest to Southeast of El Reno)
EF-56:03 PM CDT6:43 PM CDT16.22.6 miles
Lightning Creek Park
(Lightning Creek Park to Straka Terrace and Western Avenue)
EF-16:25 PM CDT6:35 PM CDT0.4 miles250 yards
Southwest Oklahoma City/Will Rogers World Airport
(Fairfax Lane, northwest of SW 15th & Morgan Road Intersection to Intersection of SW 56th and Blackwelder Ave.)
 EF-16:51 PM CDT 7:23 PM CDT 10.4miles 1.4 miles 
Moore
(NW 5th St. to W Main St.)
 EF-07:50 PM CDT 7:55 PM CDT0.5 miles  500 yards
 Southeast Oklahoma City
(Creekwood Terrace to Keith Dr., east of Valley Brook)
 EF-0 7:33 PM CDT7:40 PMCDT
0.4 miles 200 yards
Yes, that says 1.4 miles wide for the Will Rogers EF1. 

The NWS has confirmed that the El Reno EF5 was the largest known tornado to occur. 

And in case you missed it, here's Monday night's WeatherBrains, with guests including Rick Smith (WCM, NWS Norman), Dr. Marshall Sheperd (President of AMS), and Matt Mahler (TV Meteorologist, KWTV-TV, Oklahoma City). There is also a 2009 episode where Tim Samaras was on. You can watch the new one below, and the audio link for the Samaras episode is here

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