1980 Grand Island Tornado Outbreak - Outbreak Description

Outbreak Description

Over a span of three hours on the evening of June 3, 1980, a slow-moving supercell complex moving across Grand Island spawned several tornadoes. The outbreak was one of the most unusual in United States history: The supercells moved over the city at only 8 mph (13 km/h); of the seven tornadoes, three of them were anticyclonic; and the tornadoes did not move in a straight line, with most looping back over their own path at least once.

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