1,000 Storm Reports, Record October Tornadoes
According to the SPC, we've had 81 tornado reports this week, most of them caused by the massive low pressure system that moved through the Midwest... and that doesn't include 25 funnel clouds and 2 waterspout reports which are shown on the map below:
To put this in perspective, October beat August and September (which is not all that unusual - there is a "second severe weather season" this time of year) and also scored the most tornadoes in October since 2001! The same is true for total October storm reports (including wind & hail) that now stand at 1,148.
The most impressive part is that most of these severe weather reports happened this week. Here's a map of all the October reports:
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