Today marks the anniversary of our biggest tornado outbreak on record. Although it wasn't as devastating as the Palm Sunday Outbreak or the Super Outbreak, this event is notable for a few reasons. First, 37 tornadoes set a new record for most tornadoes in a single outbreak. Second, 20 of the 37 tornadoes were rated F2 or greater. To put that in some perspective, it "normally" takes 3 or 4 years to accumulate that many strong tornadoes. Third, this event produced multiple violent F4's, joining 4/11/1965 and 4/3/1974 as the only days with multiple violent tornadoes in the state (since 1950). Unfortunately, 8 people were killed.
Here is a map of the approximate tornado tracks:
Here are some images courtesy of Nick Smith:
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June 2, 1990 Convective Outlook
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Early Evening Radar Depicting Scattered Supercells
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