In the nation's long history of tornado outbreaks, two of them stand atop all others as super outbreaks. One of these happened on April 3, 1974, 51 years ago today. In just 24 hours, a rash of 148 ...

Of the seven top/major tornado outbreaks on record in the U.S., the state of Indiana has been in three of them. This is an IMPORTANT DATE. 51 years ago today the 1974 Super Outbreak began.

Tornado damage from the Super Outbreak of 1974. While Wednesday’s weather event isn’t projected to be as devastating as the Super Outbreak, there is a still a high concern for severe weather.

Nearly 50 years after an F4 tornado from the infamous Super Outbreak devastated Downtown Jasper, the clocks on the historic ...

Map of U.S. impacted by tornadoes in the tornado Super Outbreak of 1974 with 148 tornado tracks plotted from April 3–4, 1974. Image courtesy of NOAA Natural Disaster Survey Report.

Yet none of these outbreaks comes close to matching the "granddaddy of them all," as Carbin called it — the "Super Outbreak" of April 3-4, 1974, when more than 148 tornadoes were confirmed and ...

Since 1950, the only other tornado to receive that high a rating in Jefferson County was an F4 during the April 3, 1974, Super Outbreak.