![]() " Mostly Sunny today, 20 percent chance of late afternoon and evening thundershowers high around 98°" was the weather headline in the July 15 issue of the Omaha World-Herald. In this installment of This Week in Weather History, we look back at the "surprise" storm which brought national attention to Council Bluffs. This storm also produced widespread damage across Omaha, plunging 40% of the city into darkness. That hour, three tornadoes moved through the city, an F-2, an F-3, and an F-1. It occurred in Council Bluffs during the 4-5 p.m. ![]() There were other towns also hit by multiple tornadoes on the same day. Perhaps the most famous example of this is the Grand Island "Night of the Twisters" in 1980 when a swarm of seven tornadoes impacted the town. Sometimes, a town can get unlucky and be hit with multiple tornadoes in a day. That is to say, the chance of any one town being hit by a tornado is quite low. Think of the many thousands of storms there are each year, only a handful of these produce tornadoes. ![]() Tornadoes are rare, the United States averages around 1200 a year.
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