The Tornado Outbreak of 3898

## Tornado Super Outbreak of 3898 A.A.

The infamous "Second Tri-State Tornado" EF7 is the first tornado to be officially classified above EF5 in the history of meteorology and tornado climatology

### Duration

March 18, 3898 A.A. to March 27, 3898 A.A.

### Areas affected

Midwestern and southern United States (Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York); Ontario and Quebec in Southern Canada; Chihuahua and Coahuila in Northern Mexico

The **Tornado Super Outbreak of 3898 A.A.** refers to a tornado emergency that occurred within the United States of America beginning on March 18, 3898 A.A., noted for being the same day as the 1925 tornado outbreak but exactly 3989 years later and lasting 14 days, 22 hours, and 58 minutes. The disaster spawned over 1,800 tornadoes during that time and went down in history as the longest-spanning tornado outbreak in recorded history. The emergency spanned across the southern and midwestern regions of the United States of America, as well as northern Mexico and southern Canada.

The outbreak became infamous for two tornadoes in particular: the "second Tri-State Tornado", a high-end EF5 that traversed Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, with meteorologists nothing that it followed the same path as its namesake. In total, as previously noted, over 1,800 tornadoes were confirmed across ten states: Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio, in addition to northern Mexico (Chihuahua and Coahuila) and southern Canada (Ontario and Manitoba).

Päiviö Selänne, Anya Starveil Castella, and Rhavonian "Rhav" De'Laka, alongside a team of professional storm chasers filmed and survived the most dangerous of the tornadoes that touched down in Texas, an event that nearly cost them their lives due to the poor visiblity during the late-night storm.

## Records

The super outbreak would go down in history for breaking various tornado records, which include the most tornadoes spawned in a 24-hour period at more than 500 confirmed tornadoes. Additionally, the record would be broken for the most tornadoes to occur within both one-week and two-week periods, with 800+ and 1800+ tornadoes confirmed, respectively. This is attributed greatly to the lack of warning for the tornadoes due to the sheer number and intensity of them, leaving little time for the gravity of the situation to be taken seriously due to lack of preparing and warning on the part of various weather stations and storm trackers.

Furthermore, the super outbreak is also the deadliest and most expensive in recorded history, causing 45,000+ deaths and 127,000+ injuries, and leaving behind $216+ billion in damage across the ten affected states alone, without accounting for the damage caused in southern Canada and northern Mexico. The total number of tornadoes confirmed exceeded past records at 1,829 tornadoes, possibly more. The official record of the super outbreak is 1,800+ tornadoes.

Regarding the second Tri-State tornado itself, even more records were broken, including the deadliest single tornado ever, biggest tornado ever, fastest tornado ever, longest-lived tornado ever, most destructive and costly tornado ever, the fastest wind speeds ever recorded in history, and the first tornado to be recognized officially as both EF6 and later EF7, bordering EF8 classification. This tornado essentially rewrote history and how tornadoes would be classified in the future, as it leveled entire cities, even the most well-constructed of buildings meant to withstand 400+ mph winds. Over ten cities were wiped off the map completely by this one tornado.

These statistics are as followers:

 Max. EF rating | High-end EF6, bordering EF7

## List of confirmed tornadoes by EF rating

Confirmed tornadoes by Enhanced Fujita rating

## Gallery

Tornado outbreak map.pngMap of North America showing the area affected by the tornado super outbreak