The Tornado That Changed Science

This is the biggest tornado ever recorded. Upgrade your browsing experience with Opera’s built-in tools for speed, privacy, and customization. Try it now: https://opr.as/Opera-browser-astrumearth ▀▀▀▀▀▀ How did the world’s biggest tornado manage to catch the world’s experts completely off guard? The 2013 El Reno tornado came out of nowhere, broke the scales, and changed the way we look at extreme weather forever. In this video, we’ll dive into the science behind the storm to find out exactly what made this one so uniquely terrifying. ▀▀▀▀▀▀ 0:00 World’s Biggest Tornado 3:03 How It Formed 8:19 No Ordinary Supercell 11:07 Bottom-Up Formation 11:43 Wedge 14:36 Multiple Vortices 18:26 Satellite Tornado 19:56 Tim Samaras 26:03 The EF Scale 30:09 What We Know Now ▀▀▀▀▀▀ A huge thanks to our Patreons who help make these videos possible. Sign-up here to support the channel: https://bit.ly/4aiJZNF Check out the other Astrum channels for videos about space and astronomy: Astrum: https://www.youtube.com/@astrumspace Astrum Extra: https://www.youtube.com/@astrumextra Astrum Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6jPRrbq3o3dpvBb173ZTKi?si=a90d3efe3b704c83 Astrum Infographic Artwork: https://electrify.art/collections/astrum Astrum Displate Posters: https://astrumspace.info/Displates Astrum Merch: https://astrum-shop.fourthwall.com/ Join us on the Astrum discord: https://discord.gg/TKw8Hpvtv8 ▀▀▀▀▀▀ References: “The May 31, 2013 Tornado”, via weather.gov https://astrumspace.info/elrenoweather “Record-breaking El Reno Tornado”, via gatech.edu https://astrumspace.info/elrenorecord “Crowdsourcing the El Reno Tornado”, via ametsoc.org https://astrumspace.info/elrenostudy1 “Tornadogenesis and Early Tornado Evolution in El Reno, 2013”, via ametsoc.org https://astrumspace.info/elrenogenesis “A Multiscale Overview of the El Reno Supercell, 2013”, via ametsoc.org https://astrumspace.info/ersupercell “Ground Based Damage Survey El Reno”, via researchgate.net https://astrumspace.info/elrenosurvey “The Multiple-Vortex Structure of the El Reno 2013 Tornado”, via ametsoc.org https://astrumspace.info/elrenovortex “The Role of Multiple-Vortex Tornado Structure in Causing Storm Researcher Fatalities”, via ametsoc.org https://astrumspace.info/elrenofatalities “Tim Samaras”, via nationalgeographic.com https://astrumspace.info/timsamaras “EF3 Rating for El Reno Tornado”, via nationalgeographic.com https://astrumspace.info/elrenoef3 ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Credits: Narrator: James Stewart Writer: Jess Jordan Video Editor: Matt Jamie Animator: Peter Sheppard Researcher: Shourya Shrivastava Script Editor: Damaris McColgan Thumbnail Designer: Peter Sheppard Publishing Lead: Georgina Brenner Production Manager: Raquel Taylor Edit Producer: Poppy Pinnock Producers: Alex McColgan, James Stewart Head of Astrum: Jess Jordan Creator of Astrum: Alex McColgan With special thanks to: Skip Talbot at Skip Talbot Storm Chasing - https://www.youtube.com/skiptalbot Dr. Jana Houser Dr. Howard Bluestein Bill Reid George Kourounis Christopher Riske ▀▀▀▀▀▀ #AstrumEarth #Astrum #Tornado