Often mistaken for single long track tornadoes, a tornado family is a series of
tornadoes which occur along a similar path. Spawned by the same
supercell, these families can cover a short span or a vast distance. Sometimes evidenced by breaks in the damage path, expert analysis is necessary to determine whether or not damage was created by a family or a single tornado. In some cases, different tornadoes of a tornado family merge, making discerning whether an event was continuous or not even more difficult.
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