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Radar: Evansville IN
38.27 N - 87.74W
Period: 1980 - 2006      Range: 124 nm

Database Overview
All reports in the domain All severe weather reports during the period are plotted. Blue dots represent damaging wind, green dots represent large hail, and red dots represent tornadoes. [Click to enlarge]
  All Rpts Sig Rpts Avg Days
Hail
5399
 264 33
Wind
10468
 494 53
Tornadoes
1113
 234 14
Total
16980
 992 62
Significant severe reports Significant severe weather reports during the period are plotted. Only tornadoes F2 or stronger, wind gusts of 65 knots or stronger, and hail of 2" diameter or larger are plotted. [Click to enlarge]
Category
Rank*
Freq/mi2
Any Severe
24
1:77
Sig Severe
29
1:1,315
Tornadoes
22
1:1,172
F2+ Torn
13
1:5,574
* Compared to 141 national radar coverage areas studied.

Annual Report Information
Annual severe weather reports
Plot of annual severe weather reports in the search area. The dashed magenta line denotes a 5 year running average of all reports.

20 year report increase: 542%
10 year report increase: 154%
5 year report increase: 160%
See annual table below

Daily Report Information
Annual severe weather reports
 Plot of daily severe weather reports in the search area. Lines denote a 7 day running mean.

Maximum daily value:
6.4 on 29 May

Primary Season:
Mar 29 - Aug 08
See monthly table below

Hourly Report Information
Annual severe weather reports
 Plot of hourly severe weather reports in the search area. Values are in percent of total, and have been rounded to the nearest hour (UTC).

Maximum hourly value:
11% at 23 UTC
See hourly table below

Climatological Threat Potential
Threat
Avg Prob of Occurrence
Return Interval
Natl Rank
Any Tornado
0.029%
3427 yrs
35
F2+ Tornado
0.024%
4207 yrs
32
This table represents the average annual probability and return interval of each event for any point within the search domain.
Read details of computational method

Annual Totals
Year
Hail
Wind
Tornado
Total
 
Rpt
Days
Rpt
Days
Rpt
Days
Rpt
Days
1980
52
23
202
43
20
11
92
49
1981
41
25
176
46
16
12
73
58
1982
106
29
266
42
21
10
148
50
1983
39
16
182
45
11
3
61
49
1984
86
22
181
45
32
16
150
51
1985
67
22
156
35
14
8
95
40
1986
85
25
222
45
27
6
139
50
1987
50
18
283
46
21
11
92
51
1988
33
10
79
22
19
11
71
27
1989
139
31
159
41
46
18
231
56
1990
62
27
253
50
69
15
200
54
1991
66
17
214
44
18
14
102
51
1992
77
28
230
44
26
11
129
51
1993
157
39
396
74
24
11
205
79
1994
82
25
251
44
30
10
142
54
1995
186
40
443
53
45
9
276
64
1996
255
37
519
74
70
16
395
82
1997
139
35
373
51
34
13
207
66
1998
261
49
671
56
74
27
409
75
1999
192
32
526
47
47
13
286
53
2000
334
47
579
67
41
19
416
77
2001
227
47
573
73
25
13
277
85
2002
420
43
536
69
53
15
526
76
2003
454
51
600
64
90
26
634
77
2004
357
45
787
62
74
22
505
71
2005
344
48
673
56
47
12
438
69
2006
1088
73
938
83
119
30
1326
98
AVG
200
33
388
53
41
14
629
62


Violent Tornadoes
Date
F
Deaths
Injuries
1981 04-Apr 0450 UTC
F4
0
32
1981 22-Apr 2250 UTC
F4
1
32
1982 29-May 2005 UTC
F4
10
181
1989 07-Jan 2324 UTC
F4
0
55
1990 02-Jun 2245 UTC
F4
0
2
1990 02-Jun 2307 UTC
F4
0
6
1990 02-Jun 2320 UTC
F4
1
12
1990 03-Jun 0050 UTC
F4
1
51
1990 03-Jun 0117 UTC
F4
6
60
1990 03-Jun 0120 UTC
F4
0
9
1996 28-May 2240 UTC
F4
0
10
1998 11-Jun 2309 UTC
F4
0
4
2003 07-May 0232 UTC
F4
2
33
2005 15-Nov 2127 UTC
F4
0
40
2006 22-Sep 2113 UTC
F4
0
6

Monthly Averages
Month
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
Jan
3
10
1
14
Feb
5
6
0
11
Mar
15
14
2
30
Apr
54
40
9
103
May
58
75
13
146
Jun
28
82
7
118
Jul
14
81
2
98
Aug
10
35
1
47
Sep
5
14
1
21
Oct
2
3
1
6
Nov
5
17
3
25
Dec
0
1
0
2

Hourly Averages
UTC
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
00
553
1105
152
1810
01
412
942
119
1473
02
323
760
74
1157
03
231
599
55
885
04
182
414
37
633
05
114
347
47
508
06
95
271
16
382
07
46
279
17
342
08
47
157
13
217
09
37
151
11
199
10
36
153
7
196
11
47
132
11
190
12
45
95
3
143
13
59
71
10
140
14
52
93
8
153
15
60
127
11
198
16
87
160
11
258
17
133
184
11
328
18
186
265
35
486
19
319
503
61
883
20
471
710
78
1259
21
563
861
71
1495
22
634
1005
101
1740
23
667
1084
154
1905

Click Here for tabular data (F2+ tornadoes).
Page Updated: Saturday 10-27-2007
If you have comments regarding this information, contact John Hart of the Storm Prediction Center.
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