Tornado Outbreak Sequences

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…

8 years ago

Historic outbreak sequences: Five major tornado events during the second half of May 1896

For the first case study on outbreak sequences, we examine two weeks of nearly nonstop tornadoes. Twisters brought devastating results…

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago