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locomusic01
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Yeah, it's a really fascinating period that often goes overlooked. I hadn't thought about it before, but there were three other events I was considering before I decided on 5/31/85 and all of them were from the 80s: the 1980 Grand Island "Night of the Twisters," the 1984 Carolinas outbreak and the 1987 Edmonton F4/mini-outbreak. Also briefly considered the 1989 Daulatpur–Saturia tornado but I wasn't sure how feasible it'd be.There were so many abnormal tornado events in the 80s: March 28, 1984 Carolinas outbreak, May 31, 1985 outbreak, July 10, 1989 Northeast outbreak, 1984 USSR outbreak, 1987 Northeast China outbreak, 1987 Edmonton F4, 1987 Yellowstone-Teton F4 and 1981 West Bend anticyclonic F4.
Incidentally, it's insane to me how (relatively) poorly documented the Carolinas outbreak is considering the magnitude and unusual nature of it. A lot like 5/31/85 actually, except maybe worse. I've only ever done some preliminary digging around on it, so it's entirely possible an in-depth search would turn up lots more material, but it's.. not ideal.