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Radar: Edwards AFB CA
35.08 N - 117.55W
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
123
 1 3
Wind
193
 29 5
Tornadoes
114
 5 3
Total
430
 35 10
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
1:3,033
Sig Severe
N/A
1:37,264
Tornadoes
N/A
1:11,441
F2+ Torn
N/A
1:260,847
* 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: 575%
10 year report increase: 145%
5 year report increase: 125%
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:
0.2 on 13 Aug

Primary Season:
Jul 15 - Sep 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:
15% at 22 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
1
1
5
3
2
2
5
6
1981
0
0
3
3
0
0
0
3
1982
2
2
4
4
10
4
22
7
1983
1
1
7
5
5
4
11
9
1984
1
1
6
6
2
2
5
8
1985
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
1986
1
1
1
1
2
2
5
4
1987
3
3
3
2
3
3
9
7
1988
0
0
4
4
4
3
8
7
1989
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
2
1990
2
1
8
5
3
3
8
8
1991
4
2
0
0
12
10
28
12
1992
0
0
0
0
7
4
14
4
1993
3
2
6
5
8
6
19
11
1994
3
3
8
5
4
4
11
11
1995
2
1
8
7
3
3
8
10
1996
4
3
4
4
3
3
10
10
1997
11
9
17
10
10
9
31
20
1998
6
6
25
12
7
6
20
21
1999
6
4
5
5
2
2
10
11
2000
9
8
17
7
2
2
13
12
2001
0
0
9
4
3
3
6
7
2002
1
1
5
4
0
0
1
5
2003
3
3
6
5
0
0
3
8
2004
7
6
9
5
8
5
23
12
2005
37
15
21
14
10
6
57
23
2006
13
9
11
8
3
2
19
17
AVG
5
3
7
5
4
3
16
10


Violent Tornadoes
Date
F
Deaths
Injuries

Monthly Averages
Month
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
Jan
0
0
1
1
Feb
0
1
1
2
Mar
0
1
1
2
Apr
0
1
0
1
May
0
0
0
1
Jun
0
0
0
1
Jul
1
1
0
2
Aug
1
2
0
3
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
12
25
12
49
01
17
19
11
47
02
6
4
3
13
03
5
7
1
13
04
3
3
2
8
05
1
2
1
4
06
0
2
2
4
07
0
2
3
5
08
1
5
4
10
09
0
2
1
3
10
1
2
5
8
11
2
2
0
4
12
2
17
0
19
13
1
2
1
4
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
2
5
5
12
20
7
5
12
24
21
18
11
11
40
22
18
36
11
65
23
24
33
7
64

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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