Third Deadliest Tornado Outbreak in History UPDATE: Second Deadliest

Take a look at this graphic from NOAA:

The yellow, orange and red represent the rotation tracks detected by Doppler radar. In all there were 288 tornadoes that killed 318 people as of the latest count.

This makes this outbreak the third deadliest, behind the 1932 outbreak that took 332 lives, and the 1925 outbreak that took 747 lives, including 695 in just one tornado.  It wouldn't be surprising if this outbreak takes over the second spot as the search effort continues through hundreds of destroyed buildings.  Jim Cantore from The Weather Channel posted this last night:

Sadly there are still HUNDREDS of people missing across Alabama and specifically #Tuscaloosa. That is alarming.

That it is. Very sad.

UPDATE:  Death toll now 337 putting this outbreak in second place.  Let's hope it doesn't climb another spot, but according to Jim Cantore more than 450 people are still missing just in Tuscaloosa.