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