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Contributed by Bill McCaul

Hurricane Beulah spawned a reported 115 tornadoes in southeast Texas during the first several days after its landfall in September 1967 (Orton 1970). This number of tornadoes represents one of the largest tornado outbreaks of any kind in the U. S. tornado climatology. In 1992, Hurricane Andrew spawned 62 tornadoes. It is difficult to predict which TCs will produce large tornado outbreaks, although there is some indication that the likelihood of a major outbreak increases as TC size and intensity increase.