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Radar: Los Angeles CA
34.40 N - 119.17W
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
118
 2 3
Wind
158
 24 4
Tornadoes
109
 4 3
Total
385
 30 8
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
1:3,388
Sig Severe
N/A
1:43,475
Tornadoes
N/A
1:11,965
F2+ Torn
N/A
1:326,059
* 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: 567%
10 year report increase: 33%
5 year report increase: 43%
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:
0.1 on 02 Sep

Primary Season:
Feb 09 - Apr 08
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:
16% at 23 UTC
See hourly table below

Climatological Threat Potential
Threat
Avg Prob of Occurrence
Return Interval
Natl Rank
Any Tornado
0.001%
N/A
N/A
F2+ Tornado
0.001%
N/A
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
3
3
5
3
2
2
7
8
1981
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1982
2
2
3
3
9
3
20
5
1983
1
1
5
4
4
3
9
7
1984
1
1
5
5
2
2
5
7
1985
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1986
1
1
0
0
2
2
5
3
1987
2
2
3
2
1
1
4
5
1988
0
0
1
1
3
2
6
3
1989
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1990
2
1
6
4
3
3
8
7
1991
3
2
1
1
11
10
25
12
1992
1
1
0
0
7
4
15
5
1993
3
2
4
3
8
6
19
9
1994
1
1
4
4
5
5
11
8
1995
2
1
9
7
3
3
8
9
1996
6
5
2
2
7
4
20
9
1997
10
6
11
5
10
9
30
16
1998
4
4
25
13
6
5
16
20
1999
6
3
3
3
2
2
10
8
2000
10
8
16
6
2
2
14
11
2001
1
1
10
5
3
3
7
9
2002
2
2
5
4
0
0
2
6
2003
2
2
7
6
0
0
2
8
2004
2
2
9
5
6
4
14
8
2005
41
15
17
10
10
6
61
20
2006
11
8
6
4
3
3
17
14
AVG
4
3
6
4
4
3
14
8


Violent Tornadoes
Date
F
Deaths
Injuries

Monthly Averages
Month
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
Jan
0
0
1
1
Feb
1
1
1
2
Mar
1
1
1
2
Apr
1
0
0
1
May
0
0
0
1
Jun
0
0
0
0
Jul
0
1
0
1
Aug
1
1
0
2
Sep
0
1
0
1
Oct
0
0
0
0
Nov
0
0
0
1
Dec
0
0
0
1

Hourly Averages
UTC
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
00
15
18
10
43
01
17
11
9
37
02
8
3
3
14
03
4
6
1
11
04
2
4
2
8
05
0
1
1
2
06
1
0
2
3
07
0
1
3
4
08
2
5
3
10
09
0
1
1
2
10
1
2
4
7
11
2
2
0
4
12
2
17
0
19
13
2
2
2
6
14
0
3
3
6
15
1
1
2
4
16
0
1
3
4
17
1
1
5
7
18
1
3
9
13
19
3
4
3
10
20
5
3
11
19
21
12
11
10
33
22
15
28
13
56
23
24
30
9
63

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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