Largest tornado ever recorded? 2.5 miles wide! Hallam, Nebraska 2004

**From the TVN storm chasing vault!** On May 22, 2004, TVN storm chasers Reed Timmer and Dean Schoeneck documented the massive Hallam, Nebraska tornado. The 2.5 mile-wide F-4 monster was so large, and partially obscured by rain, that the two were actually overtaken by the tornado at one point during their escape out of the path, making an unintentional direct intercept. They were VERY lucky to come out unharmed! Up until El Reno, OK tornado of May 31, 2013 was documented at 2.6 miles wide, the Hallam tornado held the record for the widest path, at least since records began in 1955. (For more on the El Reno tornado, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOh9Ptz4w28) For the latest On Demand episodes from Reed and the rest of the TVN team, visit http://www.tvnweather.com

Comments

1. leave it to reed timmer to put himself in danger
2. It almost sucked us outta the ditch....
3. I was 1 week old and in Hallam when it happened there were cows in trees and no town left🤧
4. Those sirens sound like crap
5. May 31st 2.6 miles wide
6. I was there in the basement
7. The one in El Reno Okla in 2013 was an EF-5 and 2.6 miles wide.
8. El Reno topped it
9. Bruce Sterling, "Heavy Weather".
10. I live in Cortland, NE which is 3-4 miles east of Hallam. Good thing was we only suffered windows broken and partial house damage but it was manageable. What I thought was crazy though was at the beginning of the video when they drove through Clatonia, it has changed so much since then. Like that elevator is gone and half of those stores have changed. Crazy video to look back on.
11. i was only 5 months and 2 days old when this happened
12. i thought mother nature was good.
13. I was in Clatonia at that time my grandparents farm the white on were they turned around at his white Butler build fell
14. This was 7 years before the Tornado to hit Joplin, Missouri.
15. well its not like the one that hit oklahoma in 2013 which was 2.6 miles wide
16. Woow, good quality for 2004 handheld....
17. At 2.6 Miles wide, this is the largest Tornado ever recorded. Touchdown was near El Reno Oklahoma on 5-31-13. This tornado was very deceptive to many due to its appearance and size. The bulk of what you are seeing at 2:50 is a large wedge tornado.Jun 7, 2013
18. this isn't the 2.5 mi wide. that was in OKLAHOMA #clickbait #fakenews
19. 7 years later....
    
    
    
    
    
    
    ANOTHER MONSTER BUT IT HIT Joplin, MO IN THE EVENING HOURS, IT LASTED ATLEAST 32 MINUTES, FROM 5:37 PM TO 6:12 PM.
20. 9 years later 5/31/13 there was a 2.6 mile wide tornado