Wikipedia:WikiProject Weather/Tornadoes of XXXX criteria

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

Criteria

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 EF3, EF4, or EF5, and it occurred inside the United States.
3. The individual tornado or a tornado during a tornado outbreak was rated F2, F3, F4, or F5 or IF2, IF2.5, IF3, IF4, or IF5 or EF2, EF3, EF4, or EF5, and it occurred in a country outside of the United States.
4. A tornado outbreak which occurred outside the United States.

Rare oddities

• 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 XXXX. 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 XXXX 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).

Exclusion

Note: Any individual tornado or tornado outbreak not meeting any of the criteria above should not be included on a Tornadoes of XXXX 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.

Consensus notes

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