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32.53 N - 85.78W
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
5445
193 35
Wind
8176
165 60
Tornadoes
967
191 12
Total
14588
549 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
42
1:89
Sig Severe
64
1:2,376
Tornadoes
41
1:1,349
F2+ Torn
23
1:6,828
* 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: 222%
10 year report increase: 83%
5 year report increase: 36%

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:
5.3 on 01 May

Primary Season:
Mar 04 - Aug 03

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:
12% at 22 UTC

See hourly table below

Climatological Threat Potential
Threat
Avg Prob of Occurrence
Return Interval
Natl Rank
Any Tornado
0.038%
2602 yrs
18
F2+ Tornado
0.032%
3156 yrs
18
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
36
23
115
45
31
19
98
59
1981
32
14
100
32
19
11
70
38
1982
62
18
94
38
21
13
104
49
1983
30
12
199
52
48
21
126
60
1984
87
30
210
49
58
18
203
60
1985
59
17
248
51
34
12
127
57
1986
38
20
222
56
9
5
56
57
1987
25
12
134
46
4
4
33
52
1988
149
22
197
48
17
10
183
57
1989
100
29
421
69
41
16
182
74
1990
117
33
623
76
28
10
173
78
1991
70
21
399
63
14
8
98
68
1992
62
22
385
69
30
9
122
75
1993
86
32
212
58
14
6
114
70
1994
92
20
255
58
37
15
166
65
1995
157
53
425
82
42
16
241
103
1996
171
40
268
66
33
10
237
80
1997
357
49
327
68
35
14
427
80
1998
631
57
347
67
63
16
757
89
1999
394
58
386
71
17
10
428
85
2000
324
53
503
78
51
12
426
84
2001
227
44
360
61
48
12
323
68
2002
359
56
395
81
30
13
419
89
2003
503
56
402
62
41
12
585
72
2004
171
47
325
52
48
8
267
67
2005
637
54
284
63
97
21
831
83
2006
469
63
340
72
57
12
583
94
AVG
202
35
303
60
36
12
540
71


Violent Tornadoes
Date
F
Deaths
Injuries
1992 22-Nov 1644 UTC
F4
0
46
1992 22-Nov 2145 UTC
F4
5
86
1994 27-Mar 1655 UTC
F4
22
150
1994 27-Mar 1814 UTC
F4
3
20
1998 09-Apr 0042 UTC
F5
32
259
2000 16-Dec 1854 UTC
F4
11
144
2001 24-Nov 1919 UTC
F4
0
22

Monthly Averages
Month
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
Jan
6
11
2
18
Feb
9
20
2
31
Mar
29
28
5
62
Apr
53
36
5
94
May
43
38
4
85
Jun
22
44
1
67
Jul
15
59
1
76
Aug
10
33
2
45
Sep
3
5
3
11
Oct
1
3
1
5
Nov
4
15
6
25
Dec
6
9
2
17

Hourly Averages
UTC
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
00
472
755
80
1307
01
372
561
56
989
02
284
354
47
685
03
165
257
34
456
04
153
185
18
356
05
104
124
23
251
06
83
101
24
208
07
70
105
19
194
08
62
122
27
211
09
41
124
21
186
10
51
134
25
210
11
48
133
32
213
12
44
135
25
204
13
65
151
32
248
14
50
137
26
213
15
68
152
15
235
16
65
144
31
240
17
127
196
35
358
18
214
321
53
588
19
369
526
77
972
20
587
691
75
1353
21
628
888
64
1580
22
741
961
60
1762
23
582
919
68
1569

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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