Talk:1965 Twin Cities tornado outbreak

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[edit] Survivor Stories

I tried the best I could to cite that Survior Story added by Dalej. I couldn't find a specific way to cite quotations from Wikipedia users so I kind of made this one up. Gopher backer 17:08, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Part of a Larger Outbreak

These tornadoes are just a small section of a much larger outbreak that took place from May 5 to May 10. In that span, there were 83 confirmed tornadoes, on of which was an F5 in South Dakota. This article should either be greatly expanded, or made a subsection of an article concerning that outbreak sequence. There were 11 F? tornadoes, 15 F0 tornadoes, 15 F1 tornadoes, 27 F2 tornadoes, 6 F3 tornadoes, 8 F4 tornadoes, and 1 F5 tornado. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 16:47, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

From what I can see, there are 3 notable things from this period of activity. 1. The tornadoes in the Twin Cities. 2. The F5 that you mentioned in South Dakota. 3. A tornado in Nebraska that killed 4 people. I would say that if you can find some noteworthy information on #'s 2 and 3, then go ahead and add them into this article, and we can rename it to something like May 1965 tornado outbreak sequence. Regarding the name, I checked some old weather maps, and it looks like two distinct systems that caused the tornadoes (one on 5/5 & 5/6, and the other 5/7 - 5/10) so I think the sequence name would be needed. Gopher backer (talk) 03:18, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm going to try and get to work on this today. I couldn't do any work yesterday because a thunderstorm cut out cable and internet. Also, I couldn't seem to find any information on the F5 Tornado in South Dakota, I'll try again today during school but I'm not sure where to really look. If you have any ideas where it may be or if you have anything on it can you send it to me or add it to the article. Same goes for the tornado in Nebraska that killed four. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 12:34, 28 May 2008 (UTC) I can't seem to find any information on either of those two, all I have is the basic tornado numbers. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 21:17, 31 May 2008 (UTC)