Based on preliminary counts, there were 20 tornadoes in Oklahoma in May 2013 as of May 27. The most notable and well-known of these struck the community of Moore, a suburb of Oklahoma City on May 20. Another major tornado struck Shawnee on May 19.
There 20 tornadoes in Oklahoma on May 31, 2013. The main tornado of the event destroyed several homes and killed 8 people near the city of El Reno. The same thunderstorm later went on to produce four other tornadoes that affected Oklahoma City and its suburbs including Moore and Valley Brook. Another tornado from a different thunderstorm also affected Broken Arrow, a suburb of Tulsa.
The Moore, Oklahoma tornado of May 20, 2013 injured 377 people.
Tornadoes do not have names, though they may be referred to based on where and sometimes when they hit. There were no recorded tornadoes in Oklahoma on May 22, 2013. However, a devastating tornado tore through Moore, Oklahoma on May 20. This tornado will be remembered as the 2013 Moore tornado or the 2013 Moore, Oklahoma tornado. The year, in this case, is necessary to distingush this from other major tornadoes that have hit Moore.
On the afternoon of Monday, May 20, 2013, a large and extremely powerful oklahoma tornado happen.
The most recent F5/EF5 tornado was the Moore, Oklahoma tornado of May 20, 2013.
The Moore, Oklahoma tornado of May 20, 2013 killed 24 people. A tornado in Shawnee, Oklahoma the day before killed 2 people.
There were numerous tornadoes in Oklahoma in 2013, three of which were killers. The Shawnee EF4 tornado of May 19 killed 2 people. The Moore EF5 tornado of May 20 killed 24 people. The El Reno EF3 tornado of May 31 killed 8 people.
The widest tornado on record in the U.S. was the El Reno, Oklahoma tornado of May 31, 2013. it was 2.6 miles wide.
In 2013, tornadoes hit Oklahoma on January 29, March 30, April 17, April 18, May 15, May 19, May 20, and May 29. The most significant tornado, the Moore EF5, was on May 20. Another major tornado hit Shawnee on May 19.
The tornado may pick up ash and some volcanic rocks, but the volcano would, for the most part, not be affected.
The Oklahoma tornado took place in the city of Moore on May 19, 2013. The highest winds reached 340k/ph (210mph). The 2013 Moore tornado killed 24 people and injured 377 others.
That would be the El Reno, Oklahoma tornado of May 31, 2013. At peak size the tornado was 2.6 miles wide.