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That is impossible to determine.

First, tornadoes, multivortex included, have been around longer than there have been people to record them .

Also, existence of multiple vortex tornadoes was not confirmed until the early 1970s. In earlier accounts it is difficult to determine whether they are describing one multivortex tornado, or multiple separate tornadoes.

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