Tornado outbreak sequence

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A tornado outbreak sequence (or extended tornado outbreak) is a period of continuous or near continuous high tornado activity consisting of a series of tornado outbreaks over multiple days where there are very little or no days with a lack of tornadoes.[1]

Major tornado outbreak sequences occurred in May 1917, 1930, 1949, and 2003[2][3]. Another exceptional outbreak sequence apparently occurred during mid to late May 1896[4]. Tornado outbreak sequences tend to dominate the tornado statistics for a year and often cause a spike in tornado numbers for the entire year as a whole.

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  1. ^ Schneider, Russell; H.E. Brooks, and J.T. Schaefer (Oct 2004). "Tornado Outbreak Day Sequences: historic events and climatology (1875-2003)". 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms, Hyannis, MA: American Meteorological Society. 
  2. ^ Hamill, Thomas M.; R.S. Schneider, H.E. Brooks, G.S. Forbes, H.B. Bluestein, M. Steinberg, D. Meléndez, and R.M. Dole (Apr 2005). "The May 2003 Extended Tornado Outbreak". Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 86 (4): 531–42. American Meteorological Society. doi:10.1175/BAMS-86-4-531. 
  3. ^ Hamill, T.M.; et al (Apr 2005). "Supplement to: The May 2003 Extended Tornado Outbreak". Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 86 (4): ES3–ES16. American Meteorological Society. doi:10.1175/BAMS-86-4-HamillA. 
  4. ^ Grazulis, Tom; Doris Grazulis. 1896 Tornadoes. The Tornado Project. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
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