El Reno - The Largest Tornado In Recorded History

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El Reno - The Largest Tornado In Recorded History
This is the story of the horrific El Reno 2013 EF3 tornado that impacted central areas of Oklahoma, and the OKC Metro

Special thanks:
@TornadoForensics - Helping write, research, edit, and basically create this entire video. And for being a great friend !
@JesseGillett The radar truck icon

[JackTR]

"actually, i think we're in a bad spot" is such a chilling line

[rayat]

I was an Uber driver in OKC during the pandemic. I went to Moore for a drop off, and I commented on how everything looked brand new. My rider was like "Yeah man, that's because Moore was deleted a few years ago."

That was an eye opener.

[andrewlewis]

This has got to be the most mythical tornado of all time. It feels like no photo or video does justice how violent and astounding this monster was.

[mitchellcrazyeye]

A few notes for viewers:
1. While the footage of Twistex being swallowed by the tornado exists, Dan Robinson decided to not release it as a courtesy to the family. He did, however, release the videos before and after this event.
2. Storm Chaser Gabe Garfield was one of the few people that saw the Twistex video after the incident as one of the damage surveyors. He's very likely the source of the transcript as we know it today.

[EmpreBuilder]

I love that the non-chaser victims are FINALLY being talked about. I've never seen them spoken of in any other video about this event.

[Paradox_Incognito]

It's a fucking miracle _anyone_ survived this tornado. The unusual path, the unpredictability, the deceptive winds around it, the size, the strength, every bit of it. The chaser tribute to the Twistex team was beautiful and haunting at the same time.

[Lcgmatheus]

“If the tornado appears to not be moving, then it’s moving towards you” never fails

[GregMc_wx]

I have watched just about every El Reno tornado documentary and video. I also chased the tornado. I was with the same group Derek Weston (his shot of the tornado is at the 6:10 mark) and we decided to stay in front of the chaser convergence so we could maneuver around the tornado easier. This decision no doubt kept us out of danger. This day forever changed me. I go back to the location where Twistex was lost every year. This is the most in-depth documentary of the El Reno tornado that has been made to date. You absolutely nailed the details surrounding Twistex. Most people don't realize that the tornado hit them from the front. Imagine one minute you have a rain-wrapped stovepipe sub-vortex racing at you from your 4 o'clock, then disappear in the rain, only to emerge from the rain in front of you a minute later. They had no chance. Again, great video. RIP Tim, Carl, Paul, and Richard.

[ecardona]

The best part about this video is that somebody finally touched on the other people that passed away in the storm. Yes, while it is sad that the storm took out the Twistex Team and Richard Henderson, we've been hearing about their fates and only their fates for the past 11 years. The other four were people too and it's honestly beautiful that this video finally gave them the recognition they deserved.

[demongrenade]

When I was in college I had a psychology professor who was in El Reno during this tornado. Her house was completely destroyed while her and her husband sat in the basement, listening to it happen in sheer terror. Her and her husband later moved to Indiana, where she taught me in college. Brilliant woman, but obviously affected by the disaster. We have Tornado Siren tests at the first of every month, and occasionally we have severe weather and minor tornados where they also get set off.

She'd get very upset once the sirens started going off, every time without fail. You could tell she'd be fighting the urge to panic, even more so when the sirens were going off legitimately.

It was one of the first times a disaster was 'made real' for me. Its easy to disassociate these disasters and events when you don't know someone who lived through it. Seeing videos and hearing stories always made the event seem like it was 'over there'. Seeing someone who was still being actively affected by it years later really made it sink in just how terrifying a tornado can be.

[DatboiZyion]

Dan's recording of the Twistex team falling behind, then disappearing must be horrifying. Imagine looking behind you as you're driving, as a big black wall is approaching, and the car behind you slowly gets farther, then just disappears completely. He unintentionally recorded the death of a storm chaser team, and that's genuinely horrifying. Video wise, it's just like all your other; beautifully made, with all the details. Keep up making these great videos.

[MusicalSavior]

I couldn't imagine being *THAT* claustrophobic.

[EaglesFan]

The El Reno tornado will be remembered as the tornado that changed everything. RIP Tim Samaras, Paul, Samaras, and Carl Young of the Twistex team.

[ghost_to_a_ghost]

i was chasing this tornado with my friend Johnny. I was always navigator. he drove a small twin turbo acura integra that sat about 6 inches off the ground. great for keeping wind form gettting up under the vehicle but HORRIBLE in floods. we almost died multiple times that evening. when we got back to my house, i told him to come in for a beer and i lit a lantern (pretty much the entire OKC metro was without power). we sat there in total silence for a few minutes before i said "Hey dude...i'm hanging up my hat." and he was like "bro i was about to say the same thing." we're still homies but we prefer watching other chasers livestreaming these days. that was an absolutely terrifying day. RIP to Tim Samaras and son. Tim was one of the best and on the several occasions i met him, he was just a super cool, down to earth guy. that was a HUGE loss in the chasing community. 🙏❤

[POLARTTYRTM]

I read a lot and watched a lot of videos on this tornado, but everyone failed to mention how freaky and unusual this tornado was. Your video was absolutely phenomenal.

[AkronJosh]

The fact that this tornado killed the tornado chaser that nearly all other professional chasers regarded as the safest most cautious chaser in history should speak volumes about just how unpredictable and deadly this tornado really was

[emmanuelmathews]

Now i understand why people say these things are like living entities, the path of this thing is almost like it was following those chasers

[junctiondraws]

17:40 - I had NO idea other civilians passed away from the tornado itself. Why has nobody talked about them??? I heard all other deaths related to this storm, besides Henderson and Twistex, were due to flooding. It's so sad that they died but these civilian's lives are just as important and should not be overshadowed by those of the chasers. They weren't even trying to be there, they just got caught by a monster in the wrong moment.

[TeKnoVKNG]

Pecos Hank had a 6th sense about this one. He watched it developing and just said "nope" and turned around and left the area. His early video of it developing has some of the most intense rotation I've ever seen on any of these storms.

[Caiddenn]

@6:52 I was on Tempest Tours that day. I'm the guy with the black shirt and beige shorts. Just prior to the recording, I was asking about the RFD and how to spot it. I was told to wait. As the rotation grew more severe, the wind started blowing towards it at such a rate and power that it was causing the ground to shake. The video I took on my camera is somewhere in storage, but after a moment of celebration of seeing a tornado (a few cheers and dances) I could eyeball that it was utterly massive and multi-vortex and I ran. I was the first in the car. I remember the chase leader running over, wrenching open the door and jamming on the horn. You can hear my voice going with the understated, "yeah, that's not good" followed by a bunch of knocks and him shouting "we gotta move". Barely escaped South with our lives.