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Radar: Wichita KS
37.65 N - 97.43W
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
15984
968 63
Wind
9471
1184 55
Tornadoes
1439
192 17
Total
26894
2344 79
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
3
1:48
Sig Severe
1
1:556
Tornadoes
7
1:906
F2+ Torn
22
1:6,793
* 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: 122%
10 year report increase: 6%
5 year report increase: -22%

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:
9.9 on 11 May

Primary Season:
Mar 26 - Aug 29

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 00 UTC

See hourly table below

Climatological Threat Potential
Threat
Avg Prob of Occurrence
Return Interval
Natl Rank
Any Tornado
0.052%
1917 yrs
12
F2+ Tornado
0.044%
2264 yrs
11
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
71
27
107
36
16
7
103
46
1981
86
33
93
43
46
24
178
66
1982
149
51
168
53
47
22
243
71
1983
217
41
112
42
39
17
295
61
1984
222
45
154
43
64
18
350
65
1985
322
51
219
61
25
17
372
77
1986
418
62
239
61
35
19
488
83
1987
254
51
254
45
16
9
286
67
1988
144
37
116
47
19
11
182
62
1989
332
59
249
50
16
7
364
70
1990
418
63
201
47
74
21
566
74
1991
579
58
211
58
106
20
791
78
1992
718
82
276
50
80
24
878
89
1993
555
76
302
46
69
26
693
86
1994
535
79
425
70
32
13
599
91
1995
541
55
333
50
42
14
625
68
1996
859
82
561
68
27
16
913
98
1997
593
65
380
51
56
14
705
70
1998
722
75
512
63
74
22
870
89
1999
817
69
484
68
88
24
993
87
2000
671
65
647
56
43
18
757
84
2001
1274
82
642
71
64
21
1402
95
2002
1379
78
658
65
74
19
1527
87
2003
1000
73
406
60
70
17
1140
85
2004
1186
82
550
65
106
20
1398
89
2005
1011
79
587
60
69
14
1149
90
2006
911
75
585
67
42
16
995
94
AVG
592
63
351
55
53
17
996
79


Violent Tornadoes
Date
F
Deaths
Injuries
1984 27-Apr 0405 UTC
F4
3
37
1984 29-Apr 1520 UTC
F4
1
60
1990 13-Mar 2234 UTC
F5
1
60
1990 13-Mar 2330 UTC
F5
1
0
1991 27-Mar 0045 UTC
F4
0
5
1991 26-Apr 2257 UTC
F5
17
225
1991 26-Apr 2330 UTC
F4
0
6
1991 26-Apr 2330 UTC
F4
1
0
1991 27-Apr 0110 UTC
F4
1
24
1991 27-Apr 0245 UTC
F4
0
22
1992 16-Jun 0030 UTC
F4
0
0
1992 16-Jun 0335 UTC
F4
0
10
1993 24-Apr 2350 UTC
F4
7
100
1993 07-May 2305 UTC
F4
1
6
1999 04-May 0113 UTC
F4
6
150
1999 04-May 0210 UTC
F4
1
11
1999 04-May 0225 UTC
F4
2
26
2001 22-Apr 0215 UTC
F4
1
28
2003 04-May 2135 UTC
F4
4
30
2004 13-May 0140 UTC
F4
0
1

Monthly Averages
Month
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
Jan
2
1
0
4
Feb
6
1
0
7
Mar
44
10
4
59
Apr
107
31
9
147
May
161
54
19
234
Jun
123
86
9
218
Jul
54
77
4
135
Aug
37
56
2
95
Sep
38
23
2
63
Oct
10
5
1
17
Nov
6
5
2
13
Dec
2
1
0
3

Hourly Averages
UTC
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
00
1972
875
261
3108
01
1913
970
213
3096
02
1555
948
157
2660
03
1240
867
73
2180
04
941
737
63
1741
05
789
647
46
1482
06
532
538
25
1095
07
346
438
8
792
08
251
316
5
572
09
205
241
4
450
10
173
165
6
344
11
147
130
3
280
12
136
114
8
258
13
142
125
4
271
14
185
108
2
295
15
158
70
3
231
16
137
73
4
214
17
166
80
16
262
18
216
112
14
342
19
337
153
34
524
20
508
251
47
806
21
848
349
92
1289
22
1372
497
144
2013
23
1715
667
207
2589

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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