List of tornadoes by width

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This is a list of tornadoes by their official and unofficial width. The average width of a tornado according to the National Weather Service is {{convert|50|yd|m}}.{{cite web |author1=National Weather Service |title=tornadoes FAQ |url=https://www.weather.gov/lmk/tornadoesfaq |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date=8 August 2024 |location=Louisville, Kentucky}} The official widest tornado in history is the 2013 El Reno tornado, which had a confirmed width of {{convert|2.6|mi|km}}, with the World Meteorological Organization believing the width could have been up to {{convert|1|mi|km}} wider.{{cite web |author1=World Meteorological Organization |title=Tornado: Widest Tornado (maximum diameter) |url=https://wmo.asu.edu/content/tornado-widest-tornado-maximum-diameter |website=Arizona State University |publisher=United Nations |access-date=8 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808035803/https://wmo.asu.edu/content/tornado-widest-tornado-maximum-diameter |archive-date=8 August 2024 |date=2016}}

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=Width of at least 2 miles (3.2 km)=

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|+ List of tornadoes with a width of at least {{convert|2|mi|km}}

scope="col" width="10%" align="center"|Tornado

! scope="col" width="4%" align="center"| F#/EF#/IF#

! scope="col" width="10%" align="center"|Width

! scope="col" width="10%" align="center"|Rated by

1999 Mulhall tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat4}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|F4

|{{convert|4.3|mi|km}}

|NWS Norman, CSWR, Wurman, OU, Penn State

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|Officially, this tornado was just over {{convert|1|mi|km}} wide. A Doppler on Wheels (DOW) mobile radar observed this tornado as it crossed Mulhall. The DOW documented the largest-ever-observed core flow circulation with a distance of {{convert|abbr=on|1600|m}} between peak velocities on either side of the tornado, and a roughly {{convert|abbr=on|7|km}} width of peak wind gusts exceeding {{convert|abbr=on|43|m/s|mph}}, making the Mulhall tornado the largest tornado ever measured quantitatively.{{cite journal |last=Wurman |first=Joshua |author2=C. Alexander|author3=P. Robinson|author4=Y. Richardson |title=Low-Level Winds in Tornadoes and Potential Catastrophic Tornado Impacts in Urban Areas |journal=Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society |volume=88 |issue=1 |pages=31–46 |publisher=American Meteorological Society |date=January 2007 |doi=10.1175/BAMS-88-1-31 |bibcode = 2007BAMS...88...31W |doi-access=free }}

1946 Timber Lake tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|unk}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"| FU

|{{convert|4.0|mi|km}}

|USWB

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|The United States Weather Bureau published in 1946 stating the width of the tornado was {{convert|4|mi|km}}, which would make this the widest tornado ever officially documented in history. However, this is outside the period of reliable documentation accepted by the modern National Weather Service, which is 1950–present.{{cite journal |journal=Monthly Weather Review |date=1 April 1946 |volume=74 |issue=4 |page=73 |doi=10.1175/1520-0493(1946)074<0073:SLSFA>2.0.CO;2 |doi-access=free |title=Severe Local Storms for April 1946 |bibcode=1946MWRv...74...73. }}

2013 El Reno tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|EF3

|{{convert|2.6|mi|km}}

|NWS Norman, OU

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|This is officially the widest tornado to ever occur, with a width of {{convert|2.6|mi|km}} at its peak. This is the width found by the National Weather Service based on preliminary data from University of Oklahoma RaXPol mobile radar that also sampled winds of {{convert|296|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}, which was used to upgrade the tornado to EF5.{{cite web |title=The May 31 – June 1, 2013 Tornado and Flash Flooding Event |url=http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/?n=events-20130531 |publisher=National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708005949/http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/?n=events-20130531 |archive-date=8 July 2013 |url-status=dead}} However, it was revealed that these winds did not impact any structures, and as a result the tornado was downgraded to EF3 based on damage.{{cite web|title=Event Details|url=http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=453682|publisher=National Climatic Data Center|access-date=1 October 2013|archive-date=28 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928090455/http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=453682|url-status=live}}

1984 Maxton–Red Springs tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat4}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|F4

|{{convert|2.5|mi|km}}

|NWS Wilmington, NC

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|The National Weather Service in Wilmington, North Carolina stated this tornado was {{convert|2.5|mi|km}} at a point in time.{{cite web |author1=National Weather Service |title=Carolinas Tornado Outbreak: March 28, 1984 |url=https://www.weather.gov/ilm/CarolinasOutbreak |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date=8 August 2024 |location=Wilmington, North Carolina}}

2004 Hallam tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat4}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|F4

|{{convert|2.5|mi|km}}

|NWS Omaha/Valley

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|Prior to the 2013 El Reno tornado, this tornado held the official record as the widest tornado to ever occur.{{cite web |title=Hallam Nebraska Tornado May 2004 |url=https://www.weather.gov/oax/hallam |website=www.weather.gov |access-date=25 May 2022 |language=EN-US}}{{Cite web|url=http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/04/18751584-el-reno-tornado-at-26-miles-across-was-widest-on-record?lite|title = U.S. News: Breaking News Photos, & Videos on the United States}}

2016 Jiangsu tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat4}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|EF4

|{{convert|2.5|mi|km}}

|CMA, OU, NJU, Weathernews Inc.

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|This tornado is the widest tornado to ever occur in China and officially is tied as the 2nd widest tornado in history.{{cite journal |last1=Meng |first1=Zhiyong |last2=Bai |first2=Lanqiang |last3=Zhang |first3=Murong |last4=Wu |first4=Zhifang |last5=Li |first5=Zhaohui |last6=Pu |first6=Meijuan |last7=Zheng |first7=Yongguang |last8=Wang |first8=Xiaohua |last9=Yao |first9=Dan |last10=Xue |first10=Ming |last11=Zhao |first11=Kun |last12=Li |first12=Zhaoming |last13=Peng |first13=Siqi |last14=Li |first14=Liye |title=The Deadliest Tornado (EF4) in the Past 40 Years in China|journal=Weather and Forecasting |date=1 June 2018 |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=693–713 |doi=10.1175/WAF-D-17-0085.1 |publisher=American Meteorological Society|bibcode=2018WtFor..33..693M |doi-access=free }}

1896 Seneca–Oneida tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat5}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|F5

|{{convert|2–2.5|mi|km}}

|National Weather Service Wichita, Kansas

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|The tornado averaged {{cvt|1|mi|km}} mile in width, but expanded significantly to between {{cvt|2|mi|km}} and {{cvt|2.5|mi|km}} as it approached Reserve, Kansas, where all but three buildings were damaged or destroyed.{{cite web |url=https://www.weather.gov/ict/toptenkstors |title=Top Ten KS Tornadoes |publisher=National Weather Service Wichita, Kansas }}

2020 Bassfield–Soso tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat4}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|EF4

|{{convert|2.25|mi|km}}

|NWS Jackson, MS

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|This tornado was documented by the National Weather Service in Jackson, Mississippi to have been {{convert|2.25|mi|km}} wide, setting the record as the widest tornado to occur in the state of Mississippi.{{cite web |author1=National Weather Service |title=2020 Easter Sunday Outbreak |date=13 May 2020 |url=https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/00e2c026ccbc43f39a271e8711c7a25b |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date=8 August 2024 |location=Jackson, Mississippi}}

1935 Melbourne tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|storm}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|F0

|{{convert|2.239|mi|km}}

|BoM

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) documented that this weak tornado was {{convert|3603|m|mi km}} wide.{{cite web |title=Tornado ID: 422 |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/stormarchive/storm.php?stormType=tornado&output_type=csv&search_area=N&start_date=01-06-1935&end_date=30-06-1935&action=ajax&picked%5B0%5D=0&picked%5B1%5D=1&picked%5B2%5D=2&picked%5B3%5D=3&picked%5B4%5D=4&picked%5B5%5D=7&picked%5B6%5D=22 |website=Bureau of Meteorology |publisher=Australian Government |access-date=8 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808142911/http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/stormarchive/storm.php?stormType=tornado&output_type=csv&search_area=N&start_date=01-06-1935&end_date=30-06-1935&action=ajax&picked%5B0%5D=0&picked%5B1%5D=1&picked%5B2%5D=2&picked%5B3%5D=3&picked%5B4%5D=4&picked%5B5%5D=7&picked%5B6%5D=22 |archive-date=8 August 2024 |url-status=live}}

2007 Trousdale tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|EF3

|{{convert|2.2|mi|km}}

|NWS Dodge City

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|The high-end EF3 tornado had a recorded width of {{convert|2.2|mi|km}}.{{cite web |author1=National Centers for Environmental Information |author2=National Weather Service |title=Kansas Event Report: EF3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=35996 |website=Storm Events Database |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date=8 August 2024 |location=Dodge City, Kansas |date=2007}}

2021 South Moravia tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|IF4}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|F4/IF4

|{{convert|2.2|mi|km}}

|ESSL, CHMI, CUNI, Meteopress, SHMU, CU, Geosphere, Austrocontrol, BUT

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|This tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|2.2|mi|km}}, setting the record as the widest tornado to ever occur in the Czech Republic and in Europe.{{cite journal |last1=Púčik |first1=Tomáš |last2=Rýva |first2=David |last3=Staněk |first3=Miloslav |last4=Šinger |first4=Miroslav |last5=Groenemeijer |first5=Pieter |last6=Pistotnik |first6=Georg |last7=Kaltenberger |first7=Rainer |last8=Zich |first8=Miloš |last9=Koláček |first9=Jan |last10=Holzer |first10=Alois |title=The Violent Tornado on 24 June 2021 in Czechia: Damage Survey, Societal Impacts, and Lessons Learned |journal=Weather, Climate, and Society |date=July 2024 |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=411–429 |doi=10.1175/WCAS-D-23-0080.1 |url=https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/wcas/16/3/WCAS-D-23-0080.1.xml |access-date=8 August 2024 |publisher=American Meteorological Society|bibcode=2024WCS....16..411P |url-access=subscription }}{{Cite web |title=European Severe Weather Database |url=https://eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=eswd.eu}}

1456 Italy Tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|unk}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"| FU

|{{convert|2.0|mi|km}}

|Chatfield, Machiavelli

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|A tornado that grew up to {{convert|2|mi|km}} wide started as a waterspout off the coast of Italy, came ashore near Ancona, and traveled across the entire country moving from east to west before retreating back into the ocean on the opposite side of the country near Pisa.{{cite web |title=Waterspouts |url=http://phenomena.org.uk/tornadoes/page6/page6.html |website=The Gallery of Natural Phenomena |publisher=Chris Chatfield |access-date=14 September 2024 |location=|date=}} Niccolò Machiavelli writes a very detailed description of this storm in his book Florentine Histories.{{cite web |title=A description of a tornado from Machiavelli's 'History of Florence' |url=http://bogdanantonescu.net/blog/2016/7/9/a-description-of-a-tornado-from-machiavelliss-history-of-florence |publisher=Bogdan Antonescu |access-date=14 September 2024 |location=|date=13 July 2016}}

2008 Pardeeville tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat2}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|EF2

|{{convert|2.0|mi|km}}

|NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|This tornado was extremely wide since the thunderstorm cloud base was very low and the mesocyclone that is usually aloft was well-formed all the way to the ground. Within a broad {{convert|1|to|2|mi|km}} wide area of EF0 to EF1 damage, there were several small swaths of EF2 damage due to multiple vortices.{{cite web |title=Wisconsin Event Report: EF2 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=112904 |website=Storm Events Database |publisher=National Center for Environmental Information |access-date=8 August 2024}}

1967 Belvidere tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat4}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|F4

|{{convert|2.0|mi|km}}

|NWS Chicago

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|The widest significant tornado recorded in the Chicago collar counties. 24 deaths and 500 injuries.{{cite report |url=https://www.weather.gov/media/lot/severe/chitorlist.pdf |publisher=National Weather Service Chicago, Illinois |date=October 2022 |title=Significant Tornadoes in the Chicago Metropolitan Area }}

=Width of {{convert|1|-|2|mi|km}}=

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|+ List of tornadoes with a width of at least {{convert|1|mi|km}}

scope="col" width="10%" align="center"|Tornado

! scope="col" width="4%" align="center"| F#/EF#/IF#

! scope="col" width="10%" align="center"|Width

! scope="col" width="10%" align="center"|Rated by

1902 Javaugues tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|F3/EF3

|{{convert|1.864|mi|km}}

|ESSL, Keraunos, TORRO

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;| This tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|3280|yd|mi km}}, setting the record as the widest tornado ever occurred in France while moving along an unusual northwestward path.{{cite web |author1=European Severe Storms Laboratory |date= |title=European Severe Weather Database |url=https://eswd.eu |access-date=1 September 2024 |website=European Severe Weather Database |publisher=European Severe Storms Laboratory |location=}}{{Cite web |title=TORRO {{!}} Research ~ Tornadoes ~ Extremes |url=https://www.torro.org.uk/research/tornadoes/extremes |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=www.torro.org.uk}}

2024 Decatur, Arkansas tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|EF3

|{{convert|1.82|mi|km}}

|NWS Tulsa

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|This tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|3200|yd|mi km}}, it holds the record as the largest tornado to ever occur in Arkansas.{{cite web |author1=Noaa Damage Assessment Toolkit}}

1947 Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat5}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|F5

|{{convert|1.8|mi|km}}

|NWS Norman

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|Widest tornado in Texas and deadliest tornado in Oklahoma.{{cite web |url=https://www.weather.gov/oun/events-19470409 |title=The Woodward Tornado of 9 April 1947 |publisher=National Weather Service Norman, Oklahoma }}

colspan="4" |This tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|3130|yd|mi km}}, making it the largest tornado to ever occur in Iowa and the largest ever EF1 tornado.{{Cite web |author=National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE |date=2025-04-18 |title=NWS Damage Survey for 04/17/2025 Tornado Event |url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSOAX&e=202504190217 |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=Iowa Environmental Mesonet}}
2010 Yazoo City tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat4}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|EF4

|{{convert|1.75|mi|km}}

|NWS

colspan="4" |This tornado had a width of {{convert|3080|yd|mi km}}, making it the largest tornado in Mississippi at the time (until a wider tornado almost ten years later broke the record).
2007 Greensburg tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat5}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|EF5

|{{convert|1.7|mi|km}}

|NWS Dodge City

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|This tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|3000|yd|mi km}}.{{cite web |author1=National Weather Service |title=Kansas Event Report: EF5 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=35937 |website=Storm Events Database |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information |access-date=8 August 2024 |location=Dodge City, Kansas |date=2007}}

2024 Rogers, Arkansas tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat2}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|EF2

|{{convert|1.7|mi|km}}

|NWS Tulsa

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|This tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|3000|yd|mi km}}.{{cite web |author1=Noaa Damage Assessment Toolkit}}

2011 Vilonia tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat2}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|EF2

|{{convert|1.65|mi|km}}

|NWS Little Rock

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;| This tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|2900|yd|mi km}}.{{cite web |author1=National Weather Service |title=Arkansas Event Report: EF2 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=289615 |website=Storm Events Database |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information |access-date=9 August 2024 |location=Little Rock, Arkansas |date=2011}}

1625 Toropets tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat4}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|F4

|{{convert|1.553|mi|km}}

|ESSL

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;| This long-tracked tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|2730|yd|mi km}}, setting the record as the widest tornado ever occurred in Russia.{{cite web |author1=European Severe Storms Laboratory |title=European Severe Weather Database |url=https://eswd.eu |website=European Severe Weather Database |publisher=European Severe Storms Laboratory |access-date=27 August 2024 |location=|date=}}

1967 Pommereuil tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat4}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|F4/EF4

|{{convert|1.553|mi|km}}

|ESSL, Keraunos

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;| This tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|2730|yd|mi km}}.{{cite web |author1=European Severe Storms Laboratory |title=European Severe Weather Database |url=https://eswd.eu |website=European Severe Weather Database |publisher=European Severe Storms Laboratory |access-date=1 September 2024 |location=|date=}}

2011 Cordova–Blountsville tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat4}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|EF4

|{{convert|1.5|mi|km}}

|NWS Birmingham

colspan="4" |A large tornado moved across Alabama, reaching a maximum width of {{convert|1.5|mi|km}}.{{cite web |date=August 23, 2011 |title=Cordova (Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Fayette, Walker and Blount Counties) EF-4 Tornado April 27, 2011 |url=http://www.srh.noaa.gov/bmx/?n=event_04272011cordova |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229065515/http://www.srh.noaa.gov/bmx/?n=event_04272011cordova |archive-date=December 29, 2013 |access-date=July 15, 2013 |work=National Weather Service in Birmingham, Alabama |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration}}
2011 Tuscaloosa–Birmingham tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat4}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|EF4

|{{convert|1.48|mi|km}}

|NWS Birmingham

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|This tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|2600|yd|mi km}} and was the costliest tornado ever before the Joplin tornado.{{cite web |author1=National Weather Service}}

2021 Western Kentucky tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat4}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|EF4

|{{convert|1.48|mi|km}}

|NWS Paducah, Marshall, NWS Omaha

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|This long-tracked tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|2600|yd|mi km}}.{{cite web |author1=National Weather Service |title=Kentucky Event Report: EF3 Tornado |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=994194 |website=Storm Events Database |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information |access-date=8 August 2024 |location=Paducah, Kentucky |date=March 2022}}

1987 Teton–Yellowstone tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat4}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|F4

|{{convert|1.44|mi|km}}

|NWS, Forest Service

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|This tornado had a maximum width of {{convert|2550|yd|mi km}}.

2017 Natchitoches tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat1}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|EF1

|{{convert|1.4|mi|km}}

|NWS Shreveport

colspan="4" |A large but weak wedge tornado reached a peak width of {{convert|1.4|mi|km}}, making it the largest tornado in Louisiana and the largest EF1 tornado to ever occur.{{cite report|url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSSHV&e=201703270255|title=Updated NWS Damage Survey For March 24, 2017 Tornado Event|author=National Weather Service Shreveport, Louisiana|publisher=Iowa Environmental Mesonet|date=26 March 2017|access-date=20 April 2025}}
2013 Wayne tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat4}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|EF4

|{{convert|1.38|mi|km}}

|NWS

colspan="4" |A large and violent tornado hit Nebraska, reaching a maximum width of {{convert|2,429|yd|km}}.{{Cite web |title=Storm Events Database - Event Details {{!}} National Centers for Environmental Information |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=472670 |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=www.ncdc.noaa.gov}}
2010 Bolotovo tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|F3

|{{convert|1.3|mi|km}}

|ESSL

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;| This tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|2300|yd|mi km}}.{{cite web |author1=European Severe Storms Laboratory |title=European Severe Weather Database |url=https://eswd.eu |website=European Severe Weather Database |publisher=European Severe Storms Laboratory |access-date=27 August 2024 |location=|date=}}

2011 Hackleburg–Phil Campbell tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat5}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|EF5

|{{convert|1.25|mi|km}}

|NWS Huntsville

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|This tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|2200|yd|mi km}} while at peak EF5 intensity.{{cite web |author1=National Weather Service |title=EF5 Tornado Track: Franklin(AL) to Franklin(TN) |url=https://www.weather.gov/hun/4272011_franklin-al_lawrence_limestone_madison_franklin-tn_counties |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date=8 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808150445/https://www.weather.gov/hun/4272011_franklin-al_lawrence_limestone_madison_franklin-tn_counties |archive-date=8 August 2024 |location=Huntsville, Alabama |date=2017}}

|2025 Bingham–Ashby tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat2}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|EF2

|{{convert|1.25|mi|km}}

|NWS North Platte

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|This tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|2200|yd|mi km}}.{{cite report|author=National Weather Service in North Platte, Nebraska|title=NWS Damage Survey for 04/27/2025 Tornado Event|url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSLBF&e=202504282324|publisher=Iowa Environmental Mesonet|date=April 28, 2025|access-date=April 29, 2025}}

1795 Vidzeme region tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|unk}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|FU

|{{convert|1.24|mi|km}}

|ESSL

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;| The widest Latvian tornado with a maximum width of {{convert|2187|yd|mi km}}.{{cite web |author1=European Severe Storms Laboratory |title=European Severe Weather Database |url=https://eswd.eu |website=European Severe Weather Database |publisher=European Severe Storms Laboratory |access-date=1 September 2024 |location=|date=}}

1836 Polack tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|F3

|{{convert|1.24|mi|km}}

|ESSL

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;| The widest Belarussian tornado with a maximum width of {{convert|2187|yd|mi km}}.{{cite web |author1=European Severe Storms Laboratory |title=European Severe Weather Database |url=https://eswd.eu |website=European Severe Weather Database |publisher=European Severe Storms Laboratory |access-date=1 September 2024 |location=|date=}}

1862 Żerków tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat4}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|F4

|{{convert|1.24|mi|km}}

|ESSL

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;| This tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|2187|yd|mi km}}.{{cite web |author1=European Severe Storms Laboratory |title=European Severe Weather Database |url=https://eswd.eu |website=European Severe Weather Database |publisher=European Severe Storms Laboratory |access-date=1 September 2024 |location=|date=}}

1924 Pilisvörösvár tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat4}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|F4

|{{convert|1.24|mi|km}}

|ESSL

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;| The widest tornado in Hungary with a maximum width of {{convert|2187|yd|mi km}}. Suspected to be an F5.{{cite web |author1=European Severe Storms Laboratory |title=European Severe Weather Database |url=https://eswd.eu |website=European Severe Weather Database |publisher=European Severe Storms Laboratory |access-date=1 September 2024 |location=|date=}}

2003 Jemielnica tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|F3

|{{convert|1.24|mi|km}}

|ESSL

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;| This tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|2187|yd|mi km}} and tied with Żerków tornado as the widest tornado ever occurred in Poland.{{cite web |author1=European Severe Storms Laboratory |title=European Severe Weather Database |url=https://eswd.eu |website=European Severe Weather Database |publisher=European Severe Storms Laboratory |access-date=11 August 2024 |location=|date=}}

2008 Lakhoma tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat2}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|F2

|{{convert|1.24|mi|km}}

|ESSL

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;| This northwestward-moving tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|2187|yd|mi km}}.{{cite web |author1=European Severe Storms Laboratory |title=European Severe Weather Database |url=https://eswd.eu |website=European Severe Weather Database |publisher=European Severe Storms Laboratory |access-date=27 August 2024 |location=|date=}}

2008 Parkersburg–New Hartford tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat5}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|EF5

|{{convert|1.2|mi|km}}

|NWS

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|This tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|2112|yd|mi km}}.

2007 Hopewell tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|EF3

|{{convert|1.199|mi|km}}

|NWS Dodge City

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|The high-end EF3 tornado had a recorded width of {{convert|2110|yd|mi km}}.{{Cite web |title=Storm Events Database - Event Details {{!}} National Centers for Environmental Information |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=36002 |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=www.ncdc.noaa.gov}}

2023 Covington tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|EF3

|{{convert|2000|yd|mi km|3}}

|NWS Memphis

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|This tornado, which had initially been surveyed by Tipton County emergency management as being {{Cvt|3.5|mi|km}} wide, was determined by a survey to have still reached a width of {{cvt|2000|yd|mi km|3}}.{{cite report |url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSMEG&e=202304060111 |title=NWS Damage Survey for March 31 and April 1 Tornado Outbreak - Update #3 |publisher=National Weather Service Memphis, Tennessee |date=5 April 2023 |website=iastate.edu }}

2025 Imogene-Essex tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat1}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|EF1

|{{convert|1917|yd|mi km}}

|NWS Omaha

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|This tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|1917|yd|mi km}}.{{cite report|url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSOAX&e=202504200058|title=NWS Damage Survey for 04/17/25 Tornado Event - Update #1|date=19 April 2025|access-date=20 April 2025|author=National Weather Service Omaha, Nebraska|publisher=Iowa Environmental Mesonet}} Its width was initially put at {{convert|3130|yd|mi km}}, which would have made it the largest tornado in Iowa and the largest ever EF1 tornado, but this number was later revised.{{cite report|url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSOAX&e=202504190217|title=NWS Damage Survey for 04/17/25 Tornado Event|date=18 April 2025|access-date=20 April 2025|publisher=Iowa Environmental Mesonet|author=National Weather Service Omaha, Nebraska}}

2013 Moore tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat5}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|EF5

|{{convert|1.1|mi|km}}

|NWS Norman, OU, Marshall

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|This tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|1900|yd|mi km}}.{{cite web|title=Damage Survey and Analysis of the 20 May 2013 Newcastle-Moore, OK, EF-5 Tornado|url=https://ams.confex.com/ams/94Annual/webprogram/Paper241554.html|author=Tim Marshall|author2=Kiel Ortega|website=American Meteorological Society|date=February 5, 2014|access-date=March 12, 2014|archive-date=March 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313103301/https://ams.confex.com/ams/94Annual/webprogram/Paper241554.html|url-status=live}}

2023 Jonesboro tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat2}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|EF2

|{{convert|1.095|mi|km}}

|NWS Shreveport

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|This tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|1928|yd|mi km}}.{{cite report|author=National Weather Service in Shreveport, Louisiana|title=Louisiana Event Report: EF2 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=1064054|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2023|access-date=May 14, 2023}}

1984 Bolshoe Sartovo tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|F3

|{{convert|1.080|mi|km}}

|ESSL, Chernokulsky, Shikhov{{Cite journal |last1=Chernokulsky |first1=Alexander |last2=Shikhov |first2=Andrey |date=2018-07-15 |title=1984 Ivanovo tornado outbreak: Determination of actual tornado tracks with satellite data |journal=Atmospheric Research |volume=207 |pages=111–121 |bibcode=2018AtmRe.207..111C |doi=10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.02.011 |issn=0169-8095 |s2cid=125778632}}

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;| This tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|1903|yd|mi km}}.{{cite web |author1=European Severe Storms Laboratory |title=European Severe Weather Database |url=https://eswd.eu |website=European Severe Weather Database |publisher=European Severe Storms Laboratory |access-date=27 August 2024 |location=|date=}}

1888 Bermuda Waterspout

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|unk}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|FU

|{{convert|1.0|mi|km}}

|Chatfield

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;| The steamship Avon reported a waterspout off the coast of Bermuda that was at least {{convert|1|mi|km}} wide.{{cite web |title=Waterspouts |url=http://phenomena.org.uk/tornadoes/page6/page6.html |website=The Gallery of Natural Phenomena |publisher=Chris Chatfield |access-date=14 September 2024 |location=|date=}}

2007 Svetlogorsk tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat2}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|F2

|{{convert|1.0|mi|km}}

|ESSL

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;| This tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|1760|yd|mi km}}.{{cite web |author1=European Severe Storms Laboratory |title=European Severe Weather Database |url=https://eswd.eu |website=European Severe Weather Database |publisher=European Severe Storms Laboratory |access-date=27 August 2024 |location=|date=}}

2011 Joplin tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat5}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|EF5

|{{convert|1.0|mi|km}}

|NWS Springfield

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|This tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|1760|yd|mi km}} and holds the record as the costliest tornado ever.{{cite web |author1=National Weather Service in Springfield, Missouri |title=Commemoration of Joplin, Missouri EF-5 Tornado |url=https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/d64c8d41c28949bd87478f252ac7e378 |website=ArcGIS StoryMaps |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date=11 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011140413/https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/d64c8d41c28949bd87478f252ac7e378 |archive-date=11 October 2023 |format=StoryMap |date=17 April 2021 |url-status=live}}

2011 El Reno–Piedmont tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat5}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|EF5

|{{convert|1.0|mi|km}}

|NWS Norman

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|This tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|1760|yd|mi km}}.{{Cite web |title=The May 24, 2011 Tornado Outbreak in Oklahoma |url=https://www.weather.gov/oun/events-20110524 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211150924/https://www.weather.gov/oun/events-20110524 |archive-date=December 11, 2022 |access-date=February 9, 2022 |website=National Weather Service |publisher=NOAA}}

2012 Bol'nitsa tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|F3

|{{convert|1.0|mi|km}}

|ESSL

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;| This tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|1760|yd|mi km}}.{{cite web |author1=European Severe Storms Laboratory |title=European Severe Weather Database |url=https://eswd.eu |website=European Severe Weather Database |publisher=European Severe Storms Laboratory |access-date=27 August 2024 |location=|date=}}

2013 Krutoy Log tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|F3

|{{convert|1.0|mi|km}}

|ESSL

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;| This tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|1760|yd|mi km}}.{{cite web |author1=European Severe Storms Laboratory |title=European Severe Weather Database |url=https://eswd.eu |website=European Severe Weather Database |publisher=European Severe Storms Laboratory |access-date=27 August 2024 |location=|date=}}

2024 Custer City tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat2}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|EF2

|{{convert|1.0|mi|km}}

|NWS Norman

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|This multi-vortex EF2 tornado, which prompted a tornado emergency for Custer County, Oklahoma,{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=IEM :: Valid Time Event Code (VTEC) App |url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/vtec/#2024-O-NEW-KOUN-TO-W-0115/USCOMP-N0Q-202405200110 |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=mesonet.agron.iastate.edu |language=en}} was accompanied by significant rear flank downdraft winds exceeding {{cvt|100|mph|km/h}}, with the total path width being {{convert|2.7|mi|km}} wide. A Ka-POL doppler radar, operated by Texas Tech University, recorded a wind speed of {{cvt|87.9|m/s|mph km/h}} while verifying the tornado's actual width.{{cite web |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=1184913 |title=Storm Events Database |publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information }}

2024 Spaulding–Holdenville tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat3}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|EF3

|{{convert|1.0|mi|km}}

|NWS Norman

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|This tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|1760|yd|mi km}}.{{cite web |author1=National Service |author1-link=National Weather Service Norman, Oklahoma |title=The April 27–28, 2024 Tornado Outbreak and Flash Flooding Event |url=https://www.weather.gov/oun/events-20240427 |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date=8 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808162758/https://www.weather.gov/oun/events-20240427 |archive-date=8 August 2024 |location=Norman, Oklahoma |date=2024 |url-status=live}}

1953 Sarnia tornado

! style="background-color:#{{#invoke:Storm categories|color|cat4}}; border-bottom: 1px solid black"|F4

|{{convert|1.0|mi|km}}

|NWS, TWN

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| colspan="4" style=" border-bottom: 1px solid black;|This tornado reached a maximum width of {{convert|1760|yd|mi km}}, it holds the record as the largest tornado in Canada.

See also

References