<p>larger tornado's do have discernible eyes, and I fail to understand why people keep popping up online trolling cyclones by saying they never have eyes at the center. two eyewitnesses have passed through these phenomenon and lived to testify that they are very real. tornados are vortices, like hurricanes, or whirlpools, and all these things have hollow centers, around which they rotate. the Joplin Missouri tornado in 2011 was a mile wide, with a 300 yard eye. ask survivor from the Wal Mart in that things path, they'll tell you about the full minute of silence and stillness as they sheltered inside, and the thing past overhead.</p>

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<p>As far as I know, the <em>EF-3</em> El Reno tornado is by far the largest tornado since meteorologists have started observing them. Tornadoes also have eyes, like hurricanes, but are way too small compared to hurricanes. The El Reno tornado should make an exception, as it was 2.6 miles (4.2 kilometers) in diameter. But what about it’s eye? Can it be compared to a small hurricane, like Tropical Storm Marco? Even as the smallest hurricane, it’s still about 3.5 times the size of El Reno, so would their eyes have about the same ratio, or maybe a completely different ratio?</p>
<p>P.S. A cyclone, a hurricane, and a typhoon are pretty much the same thing. I just use hurricane because I live in America.</p>
<p><em>This is my fist question, so Im a little nervous :)</em></p>

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@Earthworm Would you mind expanding that into an answer, with sources to back it up?
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@Einsteinium Welcome to Earth Science! I see why you are nervous, but don't be afraid, Earth Science is a Beta Stack Exchange site that is all about the Earth. We do Meteorology (as your question is) and Geography, et cetera.
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How big was the eye of the El Reno tornado?
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# How big was the eye of the El Reno tornado?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-04-21)

As far as I know, the *EF-3* El Reno tornado is by far the largest tornado since meteorologists have started observing them. Tornadoes also have eyes, like hurricanes, but are way too small compared to hurricanes. The El Reno tornado should make an exception, as it was 2.6 miles (4.2 kilometers) in diameter. But what about it’s eye? Can it be compared to a small hurricane, like Tropical Storm Marco? Even as the smallest hurricane, it’s still about 3.5 times the size of El Reno, so would their eyes have about the same ratio, or maybe a completely different ratio?

P.S. A cyclone, a hurricane, and a typhoon are pretty much the same thing. I just use hurricane because I live in America.

*This is my fist question, so Im a little nervous :)*

**Tags:** meteorology, weather-forecasting, tornado

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: @Earthworm Would you mind expanding that into an answer, with sources to back it up?  
> **username_2**: @username_0 Welcome to Earth Science! I see why you are nervous, but don't be afraid, Earth Science is a Beta Stack Exchange site that is all about the Earth. We do Meteorology (as your question is) and Geography, et cetera.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2022-11-17. Score: 1

larger tornado's do have discernible eyes, and I fail to understand why people keep popping up online trolling cyclones by saying they never have eyes at the center. two eyewitnesses have passed through these phenomenon and lived to testify that they are very real. tornados are vortices, like hurricanes, or whirlpools, and all these things have hollow centers, around which they rotate. the Joplin Missouri tornado in 2011 was a mile wide, with a 300 yard eye. ask survivor from the Wal Mart in that things path, they'll tell you about the full minute of silence and stillness as they sheltered inside, and the thing past overhead.


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