The start of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_May_23–24,_1946" id="mwsA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tornado outbreak of May 23–24, 1946">two-day tornado outbreak</a> across the Central United States that spawned at least 15 significant tornadoes.<sup about="#mwt41" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"}}' id="cite_ref-6" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_23#cite_note-6" id="mwsQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwsg">[6]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt45" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"}}' id="cite_ref-7" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_23#cite_note-7" id="mwsw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwtA">[7]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"><cite about="#mwt38" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFGrazulis1993">Grazulis, Thomas P. (1993). <i id="mwBkc">Significant tornadoes, 1680–1991: A Chronology and Analysis of Events</i>. St. Johnsbury, Vermont: Environmental Films. pp.<span id="mwBkg" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>922–925. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwBkk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwBko" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/1-879362-03-1" id="mwBks" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/1-879362-03-1"><bdi id="mwBkw">1-879362-03-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt38" class="Z3988" id="mwBk0" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Significant+tornadoes%2C+1680%E2%80%931991%3A+A+Chronology+and+Analysis+of+Events&amp;rft.place=St.+Johnsbury%2C+Vermont&amp;rft.pages=922-925&amp;rft.pub=Environmental+Films&amp;rft.date=1993&amp;rft.isbn=1-879362-03-1&amp;rft.aulast=Grazulis&amp;rft.aufirst=Thomas+P.&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMay+23"></span></span>