tornado outbreak

noun

A collection of tornadoes generated by the same weather system, at around the same or in a short or continuous period of time.

Meanings

nountornado outbreak (plural tornado outbreaks)

plural tornado outbreaks

  1. climatologyA collection of tornadoes generated by the same weather system, at around the same or in a short or continuous period of time.
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