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  • The deadliest outbreak in U.S. history was the on which produced the Tri-State tornado of March 18, 1925. In all, this outbreak killed 747 people, including 695 from a single tornado. There are record of 9 tornadoes in this outbreak, but it is likely that many others were not reported.
  • The most intense outbreak on record in terms of the number of violent tornadoes was the Super Outbreak of April 3-4, 1974. There were 148 officially documented tornadoes with this outbreak. Of these, an astonishing 24 were rated F4 and 6 were rated F5. It is one of only two outbreaks to have produced more than two F5 or EF5 tornadoes. In all, 319 people were killed. This outbreak also held the title of most tornadoes within 24 hours until 2011.
  • The costliest outbreak in terms of property damage was the Super Outbreak of April 25-28, 2011. It was also the largest tornado outbreak ever recorded. The cost of damage amounted to about $5 billion. Most of the damage was on April 27. In all the outbreak produced 351 tornadoes, of which 207 were on April 27, the current holder for the 24-hour record. Of these tornadoes, 11 were rated EF4 and 4 were rated EF5. The outbreak killed 324 people.
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