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More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
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Enigma tornado outbreak
1884 tornado outbreak in the southern and eastern United States
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Southern United States
One of the four census regions of the US
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Violently rotating column of air
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February 19
Day of the year
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