super outbreak

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

super +‎ outbreak (“tornado outbreak”). Coined by Dr. Tetsuya Theordore "Ted" Fujita in 1974, after a then-recent outbreak of tornadoes that was the largest known to have occurred.

Noun[edit]

super outbreak (plural super outbreaks)

  1. (meteorology) A large tornado outbreak involving more than 50 tornadoes within a 24-hour period.
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