Historic outbreak sequences: Eight days of mayhem in late May and early June 1917
The 1917 case is perhaps the most relentless of all the outbreak sequence events that that will be covered in…
Tag: Tornado History
Examining outbreak sequences: The building blocks of a multi-round tornado event
Every so often, tornado outbreaks come in volleys. In the first part of a series on outbreak sequences, we look…
May 31, 1985: A tornado outbreak out of place
You might expect a volley of violent tornadoes in the Plains or the South, but not in Pennsylvania and surrounds.…
Palm Sunday 1965: Southern Great Lakes ravaged by one of the worst tornado outbreaks on record
On April 11, 1965, and over a time span of approximately 12 hours, one of the most infamous tornado events…
Comparing the tornadoes of 2012 to average and to 2011
2012 tornado data was recently published by the Storm Prediction Center. We take a quick look at how it broke…
The Perfect Tornado Year
3,300+ tornadoes in one year. Crazy? Yes, and no. It's happened, just not in consecutive months across one season!
Largest winter tornado outbreaks in the United States
Tornado outbreaks happen in winter. We take a peek at the biggest in December, January and February as well as…