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An extratropical cyclone developed along the Great Lakes, and a low pressure area moved into the Gulf coast on March 16, enabling the development for a severe weather outbreak. ON March 17, the NWS SPC issued an Enhanced Risk for severe weather, noting that dangerous thunderstorms were expected. The resulting PDS severe thunderstorm watch covered most of the central states, and a tornado watch was also issued for some of these areas as the setup improved, and several tornadoes, all of them weak, touched down that day over northern Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee. The same alert level was issued for the next 3 days, and on March 19, the strongest tornado of the outbreak sequence touched down outside of Owensboro, Kentucky, which would later be rated an EF3. 2 EF2s were also reported tha

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rdf:type	tornado outbreak 2 tornado new
rdfs:label	Tornado outbreak sequence of March 17 - 21, 2018
rdfs:comment	An extratropical cyclone developed along the Great Lakes, and a low pressure area moved into the Gulf coast on March 16, enabling the development for a severe weather outbreak. ON March 17, the NWS SPC issued an Enhanced Risk for severe weather, noting that dangerous thunderstorms were expected. The resulting PDS severe thunderstorm watch covered most of the central states, and a tornado watch was also issued for some of these areas as the setup improved, and several tornadoes, all of them weak, touched down that day over northern Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee. The same alert level was issued for the next 3 days, and on March 19, the strongest tornado of the outbreak sequence touched down outside of Owensboro, Kentucky, which would later be rated an EF3. 2 EF2s were also reported tha
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Date	--03-17
total fatalities	5(xsd:integer)
total damages (USD)	2.75E8
Enhanced	yes
Type	EF3
1-min winds	135(xsd:integer)
tornadoes	62(xsd:integer)
Total	62(xsd:integer)
Basin	USA
Duration	345600.0
Dissipated	1345(xsd:integer)
F	0(xsd:integer) 1(xsd:integer) 5(xsd:integer) 12(xsd:integer) 44(xsd:integer)
highest winds	157.0
fujitascale	EF3
Formed	1325(xsd:integer)
abstract	An extratropical cyclone developed along the Great Lakes, and a low pressure area moved into the Gulf coast on March 16, enabling the development for a severe weather outbreak. ON March 17, the NWS SPC issued an Enhanced Risk for severe weather, noting that dangerous thunderstorms were expected. The resulting PDS severe thunderstorm watch covered most of the central states, and a tornado watch was also issued for some of these areas as the setup improved, and several tornadoes, all of them weak, touched down that day over northern Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee. The same alert level was issued for the next 3 days, and on March 19, the strongest tornado of the outbreak sequence touched down outside of Owensboro, Kentucky, which would later be rated an EF3. 2 EF2s were also reported that day in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and in Jonesboro, Arkansas. THe following day, March 20, 2 more EF2s occurred, this time in Albion, Illinois and Brazil, Indiana. On the final day of the sequence, a Moderate Risk for severe weather was issued, and the final EF2 touched down in Rochester, Indiana. In total, there were 61 tornadoes, of which 44 were later rated EF0. 5 deaths occurred during the outbreak, along with $275 million in damages to property.

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