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Radar: Memphis TN
35.33 N - 89.87W
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
5503
 209 39
Wind
7864
 244 55
Tornadoes
1085
 266 13
Total
14452
 719 67
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
46
1:90
Sig Severe
48
1:1,814
Tornadoes
29
1:1,202
F2+ Torn
3
1:4,903
* 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: 419%
10 year report increase: 46%
5 year report increase: 49%
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:
5.0 on 02 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 23 UTC
See hourly table below

Climatological Threat Potential
Threat
Avg Prob of Occurrence
Return Interval
Natl Rank
Any Tornado
0.056%
1777 yrs
5
F2+ Tornado
0.050%
2016 yrs
5
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
35
11
48
27
16
4
67
32
1981
27
15
57
28
18
11
63
44
1982
50
25
153
46
51
13
152
60
1983
36
19
117
42
17
7
70
52
1984
92
31
182
57
43
19
178
64
1985
69
29
174
46
16
9
101
55
1986
86
25
131
40
25
11
136
46
1987
41
16
134
48
10
4
61
54
1988
59
24
115
42
51
16
161
54
1989
97
29
222
52
41
18
179
56
1990
42
21
170
51
23
16
88
60
1991
79
21
231
45
25
15
129
55
1992
129
29
206
53
16
10
161
60
1993
109
45
224
58
18
12
145
73
1994
207
49
249
53
48
14
303
70
1995
339
58
409
59
42
19
423
80
1996
297
53
538
67
25
10
347
81
1997
294
58
403
64
57
16
408
79
1998
380
56
440
70
25
10
430
84
1999
352
50
446
68
117
15
586
78
2000
321
55
428
62
45
16
411
78
2001
312
52
488
76
42
16
396
91
2002
287
50
355
70
40
12
367
84
2003
537
63
581
61
88
12
713
77
2004
225
46
460
58
51
17
327
68
2005
352
49
357
61
75
10
502
72
2006
649
72
546
75
60
16
769
93
AVG
204
39
291
55
40
13
535
67


Violent Tornadoes
Date
F
Deaths
Injuries
1981 22-Apr 2250 UTC
F4
1
32
1984 15-Mar 2340 UTC
F4
2
13
1984 16-Mar 0117 UTC
F4
5
12
1992 22-Nov 0527 UTC
F4
12
122
1995 18-May 2152 UTC
F4
3
32
1996 15-Apr 0010 UTC
F4
7
35
1997 01-Mar 2141 UTC
F4
5
180
1997 02-Mar 0020 UTC
F4
0
0
1997 02-Mar 0100 UTC
F4
0
15
1997 02-Mar 0130 UTC
F4
0
0
1998 16-Apr 0750 UTC
F4
2
12
1998 16-Apr 2150 UTC
F5
3
36
1999 18-Jan 0025 UTC
F4
6
106
1999 21-Jan 2305 UTC
F4
0
0
1999 06-May 0120 UTC
F4
3
0
2001 24-Nov 0755 UTC
F4
0
48
2002 24-Apr 2113 UTC
F4
0
16
2003 05-May 0435 UTC
F4
11
86
2003 07-May 0232 UTC
F4
2
33

Monthly Averages
Month
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
Jan
8
11
5
24
Feb
9
10
2
21
Mar
26
20
3
49
Apr
56
32
7
95
May
44
50
8
102
Jun
20
47
4
70
Jul
14
48
1
64
Aug
7
29
0
37
Sep
4
10
2
16
Oct
3
4
1
9
Nov
6
18
5
29
Dec
2
6
3
12

Hourly Averages
UTC
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
00
534
698
113
1345
01
444
583
106
1133
02
409
525
74
1008
03
266
425
53
744
04
225
357
59
641
05
193
319
42
554
06
114
259
18
391
07
108
237
13
358
08
81
211
20
312
09
62
160
19
241
10
55
126
13
194
11
46
114
7
167
12
71
109
12
192
13
77
110
18
205
14
93
113
14
220
15
100
139
14
253
16
88
159
18
265
17
101
191
12
304
18
124
252
36
412
19
241
352
38
631
20
331
445
49
825
21
446
567
72
1085
22
599
708
124
1431
23
695
705
141
1541

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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