super outbreak

English

Etymology

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

super outbreak (plural super outbreaks)

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