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Radar: Tampa Bay FL
27.70 N - 82.40W
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
1801
 40 25
Wind
2870
 91 44
Tornadoes
1017
 61 23
Total
5688
 192 62
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
N/A
1:229
Sig Severe
N/A
1:6,793
Tornadoes
37
1:1,282
F2+ Torn
N/A
1:21,381
* 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: 52%
10 year report increase: -50%
5 year report increase: -61%
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:
1.7 on 18 Jun

Primary Season:
Apr 19 - Aug 23
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:
15% at 21 UTC
See hourly table below

Climatological Threat Potential
Threat
Avg Prob of Occurrence
Return Interval
Natl Rank
Any Tornado
0.004%
27229 yrs
N/A
F2+ Tornado
0.002%
49327 yrs
N/A
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
8
3
22
15
22
17
52
28
1981
12
8
40
26
39
27
90
45
1982
10
5
47
22
45
31
100
43
1983
18
10
63
29
45
22
108
48
1984
8
6
50
28
17
14
42
38
1985
7
6
41
29
18
12
43
41
1986
12
8
46
30
39
24
90
50
1987
1
1
37
29
29
23
59
42
1988
8
5
40
21
23
20
54
34
1989
28
21
89
50
30
25
88
72
1990
22
15
105
49
42
31
106
69
1991
44
24
154
61
43
25
130
74
1992
72
29
137
60
46
27
164
79
1993
97
41
183
59
62
26
221
84
1994
71
39
144
75
42
33
155
94
1995
53
27
119
47
39
24
131
67
1996
101
41
150
56
45
23
191
75
1997
110
48
228
58
77
33
264
81
1998
147
47
222
64
67
25
281
80
1999
247
55
204
56
28
20
303
76
2000
88
39
139
56
29
23
146
75
2001
173
42
164
54
41
21
255
71
2002
94
34
72
42
22
19
138
68
2003
134
42
118
55
19
15
172
77
2004
78
28
145
46
53
22
184
64
2005
91
28
57
30
29
17
149
54
2006
67
28
54
28
26
17
119
55
AVG
67
25
106
44
38
23
211
62


Violent Tornadoes
Date
F
Deaths
Injuries

Monthly Averages
Month
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
Jan
0
4
1
6
Feb
2
5
2
10
Mar
8
10
3
21
Apr
7
9
3
19
May
15
10
3
28
Jun
14
23
7
43
Jul
11
21
5
37
Aug
6
15
4
25
Sep
2
5
4
10
Oct
0
1
1
3
Nov
0
2
1
3
Dec
0
1
1
2

Hourly Averages
UTC
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
00
126
206
44
376
01
53
97
32
182
02
39
41
17
97
03
14
29
12
55
04
13
41
13
67
05
5
32
14
51
06
5
44
17
66
07
1
37
17
55
08
0
15
16
31
09
5
30
15
50
10
11
21
21
53
11
1
40
21
62
12
2
39
22
63
13
14
37
29
80
14
8
39
41
88
15
19
72
43
134
16
26
55
54
135
17
47
95
41
183
18
83
128
53
264
19
169
266
86
521
20
284
329
108
721
21
321
448
101
870
22
331
399
115
845
23
224
330
85
639

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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