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This is the town up here in el reno, oklahoma. look at the town size right here, compared to the storm size overall. this was the path of the storm. it was on the ground for quite a while, 6:03 p.m. is when it formed way over here. moved this way. stayed there until 6:43 p.m. covered almost 16 mile. do the math there, you realize on any given area, it could have been grinding away for 2 minutes or more. as you mentioned, it was not only strong, well, well over 200 miles an hour, but quite wide. 2.6 miles across at its biggest area and ef-5. one more thing to note in all this, erin, at one poin...

Oklahoma tornado was a record. the national weather service said today the twister was the widest tornado ever in the united states registered. that's pretty amazing. it was 2.6 miles wide. it was also not just wide, it was fast. it was a rare ef-5, it's a measure of tornado intensity. over 200 i believe 10 miles an hour at its peak. tom foreman is at the wall. can you show us how this monster storm developed? it was wide. >> this is really unusual, erin. we talk lot about hyperbole. this one deserves them. in your life time, you may only rarely see anything like this. this is the town up here...

This one deserves them. in your lifetime, you may rarely see anything like this. this is the town up here in el reno, oklahoma, right here. look at the town size right here compared to the storm size overall. this was the path of the storm. it was on the ground for quite a while. 6:03 p.m. when it formed way over here. it moves, stayed there until 6:43 p.m. covered almost 16 miles. doing the math there, you realize on any given area could have been grinding away for two minutes or more and as you mentioned it was not only strong, well, well, well over 200 miles per hour at the strongest area, ...