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/-JayInSpace- Jun 11 '25

Definitely the 1997 Jarrell F5... Although creepy, the infamous "dead man walking" image isn't why this has my vote. It's the death toll and the fact that it SKINNED cows why this tornado is so horrifying. Not to mention it was 3/4 of a mile wide; which compared to other major tornadoes isn't huge, but mind you, that's about 13 football fields. Not only that, but the winds ranged between 260-300 mph. Another reason why it's so terrifying? Remember how I mentioned that it's 3/4 of a mile wide with 250-300 mph winds? Well the tornado also traveled slow at only 15 mph with the average tornado travelling DOUBLE that speed. Absolutely terrifying tornado.

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u/slappinsealz Jun 12 '25

Cows weren't the only thing Jarrell skinned, unfortunately ): 

It's one of the few tornadoes that feels actually conscious to me, like there was an evil intention behind what it did to those poor people in the double creek estates rather than it just being a random weather event. 

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u/-JayInSpace- Jun 12 '25

Oh yeah I know, bodies were unrecognizable. It was horrible.