User:WeatherWriter/Tornado notability

This is the flowchart that WeatherWriter uses for tornado article notability. You are free to use this process as well or reference it in discussions!

If you reach a Stop Flowchart, you should not proceed in creating an article for that tornado.

WeatherWriter’s Tornado Notability Flowchart
(Subject to be changed or altered at any time by WeatherWriter)
Step	Question To Ask	Yes?	No?
1	Does this tornado pass WP:TornadoCriteria?	Ensure tornado is documented on the necessary Tornadoes of YYYY article (example: Tornadoes of 2024). Proceed to Step 2.	Add tornado to any necessary list articles (like List of United States tornadoes from January to March 2024 or List of New Zealand tornadoes. Stop Flowchart.
2	Is this tornado in the United States?	Proceed to Step 3.	Proceed to Step 8.
3	Does this tornado have official reports from the National Centers for Environmental Information in: Climatological Data National Summary (1950–1959) Storm Data (1959–November 2018) Storm Events Database (December 2018–present)	Proceed to Step 4.	Stop Flowchart..
4	Does this tornado have a section in a tornado outbreak article?	Proceed to Step 6.	Proceed to Step 5.
5	Is there an outbreak article?	Create a section in the article for the tornado. Stop Flowchart.	Proceed to Step 6.
6	Does the tornado have arguable lasting coverage and lasting impacts? (Note: The term “arguable” is present as this is a subjective point, which can only be determined, if necessary, by a community consensus in a discussion.)	Proceed to Step 7.	Stop Flowchart.
7	Is there content regarding this specific tornado or the tornado’s aftermath which is not included in the tornado outbreak article?	You may begin a draft on the tornado. Proceed to Step 9 before attempting to move into mainspace.	Stop Flowchart.
8	Is there a need for a tornado outbreak article?	Create tornado outbreak article. Stop Flowchart.	Proceed to Step 4.
9	Is the draft article at least 20,000 bytes in size?	Proceed to Step 11.	Proceed to Step 10.
10	By taking a good look at the information regarding this tornado in the tornado outbreak article or Tornadoes of YYYY article, do you believe it passes all the necessary notability guidelines?	Proceed to Step 11.	Stop Flowchart.
11	Do you believe, if questioned by other editors, your draft article could survive a deletion discussion?	You may publish your draft into mainspace!	Stop Flowchart.