DescriptionMay 24 2011 El Reno–Piedmont tornado by Haverfield.jpg
English: A picture of the 'wedge'-shaped El Reno–Piedmont EF5 tornado of May 24, 2011, which tracked for 63 miles through Central Oklahoma, killing nine and injuring 181. The tornado was part of a larger outbreak in the Great Plains that produced multiple violent tornadoes.
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