Differentiate between tornado families and tornado outbreaks


The deadliest tornadoes are those that occur in tornado families, i.e., a group or series of tornadoes spawned by the same thunderstorm, often a single long-lived supercell thunderstorm. Tornado outbreaks occur when a large number of tornadoes (typically six or more) form over a particular region.

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