As of May 2, 2015 the last tornado in Wichita was an EF3 on April 14, 2012. Additionally, an EF2 on May 19, 2013 an EF2 tornado dissipated just before it would have entered Wichita.
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.
No wind measurements were taken from the Wichita Falls tornado, so the actual wind speed is not known. The tornado was rated F4 based on the severity of the damage it caused, which suggests peak wind speeds in the range of 207-260 mph. However, recent evidence suggests that the original Fujita scale used to rate this tornado may overestimate the wind speeds needed to inflict F3 and higher damage, so winds may not have been quite so fast.
The most recent F5/EF5 tornado was the Moore, Oklahoma tornado of May 20, 2013.
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 Moore, Oklahoma tornado of May 20, 2013 killed 24 people. A tornado in Shawnee, Oklahoma the day before killed 2 people.
The largest tornado was the 2.6 mile wide monster that struck near El Reno, Oklahoma on May 31, 2013.
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.
Tornadoes do not have names, but they are often referred to by the places they hit. These are the F5 tornadoes known to have hit Texas: The Sherman tornado of May 15 1896 The Big Spring tornado of May 14, 1923 The Rocksprings tornado of April 12, 1927 The Clyde tornado of June 10, 1938 The Glazier/Higgins/Woodward tornado of April 9, 1942 The Waco tornado of May 11, 1953 The Wichita Falls tornado of April 3, 1964 The Lubbock tornado of May 11, 1970 The Valley Mills tornado of May 6, 1973 The Brownwood tornado of April 19, 1976 The Jarrell tornado of May 27, 1997
No. The El Reno, Oklahoma tornado of May 31, 2013 dissipated between El Reno and Yukon. The thunderstorm that produced the El Reno tornado did produce four other tornadoes in the Oklahoma City area. One of these, an EF0, caused some damage on the north side of Moore. The EF5 tornado that devastated Moore in 2013 occurred on May 20 and was unrelated to the El Reno tornado.