Largest tornado in history, EF5, up close - El-Reno, OK - May 31, 2013

FAQ on the El Reno encounter: http://stormhighway.com/blog2013/sept2713a.php The EF5 El Reno tornado becomes 2.6 miles wide, the largest tornado ever recorded. Footage shows the tornado at close range in multiple vortex stage, then the chaser is nearly caught in the circulation trying to escape. This is the extended footage from the handheld HMC150 video camera. The dashcam video sequence is located here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxgU1QcFMJM Stock footage catalog #HD-OKN-053113A Copyright Dan Robinson. See: http://stormhighway.com/footage/hd-okn-053113a.php

Comments

1. Anyone else hear helen hunt screaming 'BILLLLLLL'
2. not for broadcast
   broadcasts
3. And instrumental version of Smashing Pumpkins The End Is The Beginning Is The End would be fitting in this video . . . and ANY video of the El Reno tornado.
4. At least I know not to expect much from anything else from the same source that wasted 7:54 of my life watching the above and a few more minutes typing this review...lol
5. This is the best footage of this tornado, out there. I'm usually a pecos hank viewer but you beat him on this one.
6. From about 3:45 to about 4:05 the tornado got much larger. EDIT: And right at 3:45-3:46, there is a banging sound of some sort (thunder?) that seems to herald the tornado's sudden massive expansion.
7. dangit! i could have watched that rotation at 4:09 for just a few more minutes!
8. This camera man sucks.
9. El Reno was not officially an EF5. The NWS officially rated it an EF3 after the damage survey. However, if this tornado had struck in the time of the F scale, it would indeed be a F5. It most likely would have been an EF5 of it were to (Unfortunately) hit a town (In this case, El Reno)
10. Dan, wasn't Tim Samaras behind you?
11. This is devastating
12. how close was the tornado to u
13. what's up with this tornado. ...
14. i wonder if there is gonna be a bigger tornado then the el reno maybe like 3 miles long
15. the way it comes down at 1:30 is insane. it wasted no time.
16. The power of God..made that tornado do a reverse touchdown to save that house...
17. False, 1999 tornado in OK was bigger and more violent.
18. This was an EF5 at one time, but by the time it ended most of the damage was just EF3 damage.
    
    If one day a tornado reaches 2.7 miles, could that be an EF5?
19. love that popping sound reminds me of an old record player. much better than the vids where it's a couple guys hootin and hollerin and trying to grandstand the storm