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This page in a nutshell: This page lists the criteria for any tornado or tornado outbreak to be listed on any Tornadoes of YYYY articles.

This is the criteria for any tornado or tornadic event to be included on any Tornadoes of YYYY articles. The ongoing version of this type of article is Tornadoes of 2024.

For inclusion, the tornado or tornado outbreak must pass one of the following critiera:

1. The individual tornado or a tornado during a tornado outbreak caused at least one injury or one death.
2. The individual tornado or a tornado during a tornado outbreak was rated at least EF3, and it occurred inside the United States.
3. The individual tornado or a tornado during a tornado outbreak was rated at least F2, or IF2, or EF2 and it occurred in a country outside of the United States.
4. A tornado outbreak which occurred outside the United States.
5. Tornado outbreaks inside the United States with five or more tornadoes rated EF2

Rare oddities[edit]

• Rare oddities: Tornadoes not meeting the above criteria may still meet Wikipedia expectations for significant coverage, warranting a stand-alone article or inclusion in Tornadoes of YYYY. Significant coverage involves references addressing the topic in detail beyond, but not excluding, general news coverage during and shortly after the event. The threshold for significant coverage is lower for inclusion in Tornadoes of YYYY pages than for stand-alone articles. Addition of event is assumed to be suitable under silent consensus until questioned. Once questioned, a case-by-case discussion can occur to discuss if the tornado(es) should be included or excluded. (ex: fire tornadoes).

High impact tornadoes[edit]

• Any tornado not meeting the above criteria may still qualify for inclusion as a “high impact” event. A hypothetical example of this criteria is an EF2 which does not kill or injure anyone, however, it damaged or destroyed 90% of a town of 2,000 people. Inclusion of these tornadoes is subjective. Any editor is allowed and should add such tornadoes to Tornadoes of YYYY articles, as inclusion of such events are considered to have presumed consensus. However, once a “high impact” tornado’s inclusion is challenged, a talk page discussion should occur to determine if the specific tornado qualifies as a “high impact” tornado and if it should be included or excluded in the article.

Note: Any individual tornado or tornado outbreak not meeting any of the criteria above should not be included on a Tornadoes of YYYY article. These tornadoes, however, should be included in any list-based articles. Examples of these list-based articles include: List of United States tornadoes from January to March 2024, List of European tornadoes in 2024, List of New Zealand tornadoes.

• Discussion to figure out criteria occurred in March 2024 (here).
• Consensus to set criteria concluded: 12:58, 13 April 2024