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Radar: Greenville SC
34.88 N - 82.22W
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
6337
 183 40
Wind
11302
 444 64
Tornadoes
685
 139 10
Total
18324
 766 74
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
17
1:71
Sig Severe
43
1:1,703
Tornadoes
69
1:1,904
F2+ Torn
42
1:9,383
* 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: 598%
10 year report increase: 111%
5 year report increase: 140%
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:
6.2 on 06 May

Primary Season:
Mar 30 - Aug 26
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:
14% at 22 UTC
See hourly table below

Climatological Threat Potential
Threat
Avg Prob of Occurrence
Return Interval
Natl Rank
Any Tornado
0.041%
2438 yrs
17
F2+ Tornado
0.034%
2936 yrs
17
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
17
9
64
36
20
15
57
49
1981
10
8
50
28
12
9
34
38
1982
46
20
92
39
10
8
66
49
1983
15
8
168
45
18
11
51
51
1984
119
23
208
45
21
10
161
51
1985
200
30
303
44
13
6
226
52
1986
58
23
202
56
4
3
66
61
1987
98
29
168
55
2
2
102
62
1988
125
33
235
53
6
5
137
64
1989
89
36
443
58
42
12
173
71
1990
151
38
394
73
19
10
189
79
1991
79
26
283
58
14
8
107
66
1992
112
29
232
55
23
9
158
65
1993
178
34
219
58
24
13
226
65
1994
129
33
270
64
73
17
275
71
1995
253
56
563
85
39
16
331
100
1996
330
51
513
94
30
14
390
101
1997
334
54
573
77
18
7
370
88
1998
649
67
618
69
52
13
753
87
1999
373
60
534
64
18
10
409
75
2000
293
59
678
81
26
13
345
91
2001
189
44
570
68
9
8
207
74
2002
391
50
794
80
11
3
413
83
2003
544
75
885
95
30
12
604
111
2004
189
48
652
86
87
15
363
95
2005
518
66
620
75
39
14
596
92
2006
848
75
971
85
25
11
898
100
AVG
235
40
419
64
25
10
679
74


Violent Tornadoes
Date
F
Deaths
Injuries
1984 28-Mar 2300 UTC
F4
5
49
1984 28-Mar 2320 UTC
F4
0
36
1984 28-Mar 2345 UTC
F4
0
24
1984 29-Mar 0010 UTC
F4
7
100
1989 05-May 2220 UTC
F4
2
35
1989 05-May 2254 UTC
F4
4
52
1989 06-May 0001 UTC
F4
1
6
1992 22-Nov 1644 UTC
F4
0
46
1992 22-Nov 2145 UTC
F4
5
86
1994 27-Mar 1814 UTC
F4
3
20
1998 07-May 2149 UTC
F4
0
2

Monthly Averages
Month
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
Jan
3
8
1
12
Feb
5
14
1
21
Mar
15
16
3
34
Apr
43
32
3
78
May
73
68
4
145
Jun
43
84
2
130
Jul
28
105
2
135
Aug
13
53
2
69
Sep
4
12
3
19
Oct
1
2
1
3
Nov
2
17
2
21
Dec
3
4
0
8

Hourly Averages
UTC
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
00
562
1193
65
1820
01
393
860
51
1304
02
273
545
21
839
03
186
298
19
503
04
100
268
20
388
05
79
231
21
331
06
53
223
14
290
07
60
158
16
234
08
41
119
11
171
09
44
108
8
160
10
49
87
10
146
11
45
74
14
133
12
37
98
8
143
13
37
131
11
179
14
55
110
13
178
15
39
118
10
167
16
49
117
5
171
17
130
167
22
319
18
282
372
40
694
19
500
698
43
1241
20
739
1145
57
1941
21
922
1443
71
2436
22
933
1510
77
2520
23
729
1229
58
2016

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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