English Explanatory Dictionary

super outbreak

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large tornado outbreak involving more than fifty tornadoes within a 24-hour period.

Word forms

super outbreak super outbreaks

Etymology

From 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.

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