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Radar: Huntsville AL
34.92 N - 86.08W
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
6832
 256 38
Wind
11426
 463 62
Tornadoes
954
 270 11
Total
19212
 989 71
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
11
1:68
Sig Severe
30
1:1,319
Tornadoes
42
1:1,367
F2+ Torn
2
1:4,831
* 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: 579%
10 year report increase: 123%
5 year report increase: 77%
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:
6.9 on 04 May

Primary Season:
Mar 23 - Aug 10
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 22 UTC
See hourly table below

Climatological Threat Potential
Threat
Avg Prob of Occurrence
Return Interval
Natl Rank
Any Tornado
0.057%
1767 yrs
4
F2+ Tornado
0.051%
1965 yrs
4
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
23
17
67
32
29
20
81
51
1981
21
18
84
36
9
8
39
45
1982
75
28
89
35
17
11
109
48
1983
31
21
168
49
32
15
95
56
1984
101
32
210
51
53
14
207
58
1985
94
19
272
51
44
10
182
56
1986
37
19
202
52
18
13
73
61
1987
44
17
133
50
8
6
60
58
1988
70
13
154
40
16
7
102
44
1989
85
24
327
55
35
14
155
63
1990
101
37
370
74
20
7
141
79
1991
70
20
314
51
16
9
102
55
1992
72
20
360
65
21
7
114
68
1993
121
31
300
62
23
7
167
70
1994
159
29
276
56
52
12
263
60
1995
292
59
623
82
49
13
390
96
1996
262
47
490
69
32
14
326
81
1997
501
50
579
67
46
13
593
80
1998
699
67
532
76
51
12
801
91
1999
448
61
569
65
28
9
504
82
2000
376
62
753
88
46
18
468
92
2001
293
46
654
78
37
11
367
83
2002
478
51
671
84
38
9
554
92
2003
663
60
982
71
61
9
785
80
2004
238
42
780
62
41
11
320
71
2005
589
61
679
81
63
13
715
92
2006
889
79
788
91
69
10
1027
103
AVG
253
38
423
62
35
11
712
71


Violent Tornadoes
Date
F
Deaths
Injuries
1988 24-Dec 1204 UTC
F4
1
7
1989 15-Nov 2230 UTC
F4
21
463
1992 22-Nov 1644 UTC
F4
0
46
1994 27-Mar 1655 UTC
F4
22
150
1994 27-Mar 1814 UTC
F4
3
20
1995 18-May 2152 UTC
F4
3
32
1995 18-May 2233 UTC
F4
1
55
1997 24-Jan 2300 UTC
F4
0
18
1998 09-Apr 0042 UTC
F5
32
259
1998 16-Apr 2150 UTC
F5
3
36
1999 06-May 0120 UTC
F4
3
0
2000 16-Dec 1854 UTC
F4
11
144
2001 24-Nov 1919 UTC
F4
0
22
2003 05-May 0435 UTC
F4
11
86

Monthly Averages
Month
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
Jan
8
12
2
21
Feb
11
19
2
32
Mar
27
22
4
53
Apr
66
42
7
115
May
61
68
7
136
Jun
31
75
3
109
Jul
20
93
1
114
Aug
12
47
2
60
Sep
4
11
1
15
Oct
2
3
0
6
Nov
5
21
5
32
Dec
5
6
1
12

Hourly Averages
UTC
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
00
611
1074
90
1775
01
499
744
57
1300
02
344
555
48
947
03
270
445
40
755
04
248
382
34
664
05
190
313
32
535
06
126
265
29
420
07
118
250
27
395
08
91
213
35
339
09
46
173
16
235
10
61
190
12
263
11
66
141
21
228
12
71
129
17
217
13
73
118
20
211
14
61
140
13
214
15
76
155
10
241
16
74
173
16
263
17
147
256
21
424
18
242
410
40
692
19
485
755
65
1305
20
643
931
66
1640
21
744
1167
61
1972
22
826
1255
86
2167
23
720
1192
98
2010

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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