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super outbreak

Digging Into the Historic Significance of Super Outbreaks

01/23/202501/23/2025 Tornado, Tornado Facts, Tornado Studies

Super outbreaks are the most extreme type of tornado outbreak. Learn more about them here… We all know about tornado outbreaks, and i have even covered them several times on this blog. There is one type of tornado outbreaks that stands out from the rest, super outbreaks. They…

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How to Prepare For a Tornado

01/11/202501/11/2025 Severe, Tornado, Tornado Facts

Preparing for disasters is very important, so in this post, learn about how to prepare for a tornado! Now that it is 2025, tornado season is on it’s way this year. That means that tornado-prone areas need to prepare for it. There are several things needed to prepare…

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Tornado Tour 101: What You Need to Know

12/27/202412/27/2024 Severe, Tornado, Tornado Facts

Tornado tours are a very unique type of vacation. Not many people know about them, but they can be the adventure of a lifetime. Learn more here… Tornado tours are a vacation like no other, where you can go storm chasing across the country with professionals. They try…

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Understanding the EF-Scale: The Official Tornado Ranking System

12/04/202412/04/2024 Tornado, Tornado Facts, Tornado Studies

The EF-Scale is the official tornado ranking scale of the U.S., Canada, and more countries. Learn more bout it here… The EF-Scale is for tornadoes to rate them on a scale from 0 to 5 (and more). The EF-Scale categorized tornadoes as the Saffir-Simpson scale categorizes hurricanes. It…

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What You Need to Know about Nighttime Tornadoes

11/27/202411/27/2024 Severe, Tornado, Tornado Facts

Nighttime tornadoes can catch people by surprise and more deadly. Learn more about them here… Nighttime tornadoes can cause a real scare when they happen. They are often much more deadly than daytime ones because many people are asleep with no way to get warning. Their strength isn’t…

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Winter Tornadoes | The Coldest Tornadoes of the Year

10/24/202411/02/2024 Tornado, Tornado Facts

Winter tornadoes happen in the coldest months of December, January, and February. Learn more about them here… Winter tornadoes can be very dangerous, just like tornadoes at any other time of year. Some think that because they are happening “out-of-season”, they are not as intense, and do not…

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Fall Tornado Season: A Hidden Danger in the Autumn

07/31/202411/03/2024 Tornado, Tornado Facts

There is a second tornado season in the fall that can have some pretty strong fall tornadoes. Learn more here… Almost everyone in the United States knows about the main tornado season in Tornado and Dixie Alley, but there is also another lesser-known season in the fall. Even…

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Tornado Outbreak | The Massive & Deadly Tornadoes in Groups

02/19/202411/03/2024 Tornado, Tornado Facts

A large tornado outbreak occurs a few times a year and can cause billions of dollars in damage while killing hundreds of people. Learn more about them here… Tornado outbreaks happen all the time, whether there are just tornadoes in the single digits, or there are over 100…

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Tornado Records | The Worst of All Time

01/22/202411/03/2024 Tornado, Tornado Facts

The Deadliest, Longest, Farthest, Biggest, and more. See the tornado records in this post… There are A LOT of tornadoes every year, about 1,200 on average. Since there are a lot of tornadoes just in a year, there have to be some pretty big tornado records, right? If…

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Tornado Alley | The Tornado Hotspot of the Plains

01/08/202411/02/2024 Tornado, Tornado Facts

Tornado Alley stretches across the Great Plains and has most of the tornadoes in the U.S. Here is more about it… More tornadoes happen in the U.S. than in any other place in the world. 1,200 tornadoes every year. There are two main tornado hotspots in the U.S….

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there are many tornadoes that were likely stronger than their official rating. this is because the EF-Scale ranks tornadoes is based on the damage it caused, not the actual wind speeds. learn more about this at our latest post! find it by commenting "EF Scale" or at thetwirlblast.com!
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1. Wall of Darkness: A wall of darkness in which the edges are only seen by lightning is common with nighttime tornadoes.

2. Extreme Wind/Hail: Either of these is a very dangerous amount usually happens with tornadoes, but doesn't mean there is one.

3. Loud Noise: If you experience a loud noise like a train or jet engine, without any other reason, this might be a time to take shelter.
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Nighttime tornadoes can happen out of nowhere, and often catch people by surprise because of their sneakiness. This reel covers 3 reasons why they sneak up on people. 
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1st Way: If the air at the surface is above freezing at a warmer state, but higher above the ground it is at a cooler state below freezing. 
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