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Radar: Jackson MS
32.32 N - 90.07W
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
5248
 199 38
Wind
8555
 256 57
Tornadoes
1200
 241 15
Total
15003
 696 69
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
41
1:87
Sig Severe
49
1:1,874
Tornadoes
20
1:1,087
F2+ Torn
11
1:5,412
* 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: 314%
10 year report increase: 54%
5 year report increase: 8%
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:
5.1 on 04 Apr

Primary Season:
Mar 01 - Jul 27
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
0.055%
1820 yrs
8
F2+ Tornado
0.043%
2318 yrs
12
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
27
14
66
30
34
15
95
45
1981
30
12
54
24
13
10
56
34
1982
44
15
95
40
26
16
96
50
1983
56
21
211
49
58
24
172
62
1984
126
30
124
39
23
16
172
54
1985
116
24
134
40
13
12
142
52
1986
109
27
93
31
33
12
175
45
1987
66
30
172
43
43
9
152
58
1988
171
36
206
60
65
24
301
71
1989
167
37
247
57
51
24
269
68
1990
106
31
333
68
38
14
182
73
1991
177
41
310
65
16
10
209
79
1992
173
43
277
54
88
19
349
68
1993
164
34
142
39
13
7
190
55
1994
145
39
336
62
26
16
197
73
1995
272
55
520
67
60
18
392
80
1996
325
45
276
69
30
12
385
80
1997
244
44
423
63
35
14
314
76
1998
261
44
401
62
17
13
295
76
1999
279
53
359
71
54
11
387
84
2000
264
61
629
82
37
20
338
95
2001
232
55
586
75
84
17
400
88
2002
140
43
478
75
43
12
226
84
2003
449
61
612
70
60
16
569
85
2004
158
44
469
65
58
15
274
77
2005
541
46
485
66
131
21
803
78
2006
406
53
517
68
51
16
508
86
AVG
194
38
317
57
44
15
556
69


Violent Tornadoes
Date
F
Deaths
Injuries
1983 01-Apr 2215 UTC
F4
2
20
1986 12-Mar 1906 UTC
F4
0
8
1987 28-Feb 1505 UTC
F4
6
350
1988 19-Jan 1720 UTC
F4
0
1
1992 10-Mar 0340 UTC
F4
0
1
1992 22-Nov 0527 UTC
F4
12
122
1992 22-Nov 0614 UTC
F4
0
20
2001 24-Nov 0755 UTC
F4
0
48
2001 24-Nov 1125 UTC
F4
2
21

Monthly Averages
Month
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
Jan
8
16
3
27
Feb
13
21
3
36
Mar
36
31
5
72
Apr
55
43
7
105
May
37
39
4
80
Jun
14
41
2
56
Jul
10
44
1
55
Aug
6
23
2
31
Sep
2
8
3
13
Oct
2
6
2
10
Nov
8
25
8
40
Dec
3
15
4
22

Hourly Averages
UTC
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
00
469
743
95
1307
01
396
559
71
1026
02
313
446
53
812
03
202
337
37
576
04
142
274
45
461
05
114
233
36
383
06
119
191
25
335
07
112
212
32
356
08
63
171
40
274
09
71
196
43
310
10
47
191
26
264
11
52
161
29
242
12
76
168
21
265
13
74
156
29
259
14
79
180
27
286
15
96
177
35
308
16
94
198
32
324
17
107
240
43
390
18
169
316
50
535
19
272
397
53
722
20
402
610
69
1081
21
538
777
98
1413
22
613
777
102
1492
23
628
845
109
1582

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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