NOAA Reports Record-Setting Tornado Outbreak for October

Admin on Fri Nov 02, 2007 4:14 am

A total of 87 tornadoes were reported in the United States from Oct. 17-19 – a new record outbreak for the month, according to NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla. The outbreak also contributed to the monthly total of 105 tornado reports – the second highest for October, behind the 117 tornadoes in October 2001. Records date back to 1950.

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071031_tornado.html