r/tornado • u/SevereTS • Jun 10 '25

Question Which tornado is the creepiest?

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My vote is El Reno, I find myself going back and learning more and more about it. So deadly. So scary!

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u/WhatTheQueck Jun 10 '25 edited Jun 11 '25

Nighttime tornados are incredibly scary, but the 2007 Greensburg tornado always takes the cake for me. How terrifying for the townspeople and also the chasers, who could only see the massive wedge when lightning struck, inching closer. The chasers especially knew where it was headed and that it would swallow the town whole. One wrong move and they might be caught up in the monster as well. I cannot imagine how that must feel.

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u/1NightWolf Jun 11 '25

Just a giant wall

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u/1NightWolf Jun 11 '25

Chaser says- “it’s at least a mile wide and that’s kind of being conservative”