Template:Did you know nominations/2013 El Reno tornado


 * The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as |this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:46, 13 May 2017 (UTC)

2013 El Reno tornado

 * ... that the 2.6 mi wide 2013 El Reno tornado, which was rated EF3, is the widest tornado ever recorded in the United States? The width of tornado was measured by the mobile radar data to be 2.6 miles...The 2.6 mile tornado path width is believed to be the widest tornado on record in the United States.
 * ALT1:... that the 2013 El Reno tornado had winds in excess of 135 m/s despite being rated only EF3? A violent tornado observed by the rapid-scan, X-band, polarimetric mobile radar (RaXPol) on 31 May 2013 contained radar-relative radial velocities exceeding 135 m s−1 in rural areas essentially devoid of structures from which damage ratings can be made.
 * Comment: Sorry I'm nominating this a day late; I got busy in real life and forgot to write up the nomination. 4th DYK; QPQ exempt.
 * Comment: Sorry I'm nominating this a day late; I got busy in real life and forgot to write up the nomination. 4th DYK; QPQ exempt.

Improved to Good Article status by Cyclonebiskit (talk). Nominated by Ks0stm (talk) at 04:49, 8 May 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg/Symbol question.svg As the nominator notes, the nomination is a day late, but since it's from the day it was designated a "Good article" rather than the day it was created, I'd be inclined to cut the nominator some slack here (I guess this is closing admin's discretion). Everything else is good - hook cited (original hook is much more interesting) and of length, article is long enough and meets the quality criteria, image is free. Smurrayinchester 15:17, 8 May 2017 (UTC)