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Radar: Paducah KY
37.07 N - 88.77W
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
5551
 244 34
Wind
9238
 380 53
Tornadoes
1050
 237 13
Total
15839
 861 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
34
1:82
Sig Severe
35
1:1,515
Tornadoes
32
1:1,242
F2+ Torn
12
1:5,503
* 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: 887%
10 year report increase: 120%
5 year report increase: 130%
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:
5.4 on 28 May

Primary Season:
Mar 29 - Aug 02
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:
10% at 23 UTC
See hourly table below

Climatological Threat Potential
Threat
Avg Prob of Occurrence
Return Interval
Natl Rank
Any Tornado
0.033%
3053 yrs
26
F2+ Tornado
0.028%
3513 yrs
24
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
29
16
101
32
6
4
41
38
1981
38
24
144
39
21
14
80
56
1982
96
29
203
40
30
8
156
52
1983
22
15
132
36
11
4
44
42
1984
113
31
221
54
52
19
217
61
1985
65
23
128
38
11
9
87
47
1986
64
15
110
33
20
6
104
39
1987
35
15
130
41
5
2
45
48
1988
38
16
74
19
15
9
68
30
1989
115
23
139
44
49
18
213
52
1990
42
22
168
48
35
20
112
56
1991
72
20
221
48
18
10
108
57
1992
78
24
178
46
10
9
98
53
1993
131
36
343
76
17
13
165
82
1994
123
28
198
40
45
12
213
50
1995
248
45
493
57
54
14
356
71
1996
272
49
551
72
48
14
368
85
1997
228
46
446
58
34
13
296
74
1998
344
57
537
67
60
19
464
78
1999
236
36
545
50
72
14
380
60
2000
296
46
496
75
41
16
378
86
2001
237
54
572
75
24
15
285
88
2002
361
44
485
66
65
15
491
78
2003
550
51
637
60
97
14
744
69
2004
357
46
673
62
70
18
497
68
2005
321
44
526
60
52
9
425
68
2006
1040
72
787
82
88
21
1216
94
AVG
206
34
342
53
39
13
587
62


Violent Tornadoes
Date
F
Deaths
Injuries
1981 04-Apr 0450 UTC
F4
0
32
1981 22-Apr 2250 UTC
F4
1
32
1982 29-May 2005 UTC
F4
10
181
1988 24-Dec 1204 UTC
F4
1
7
1989 07-Jan 2324 UTC
F4
0
55
1990 02-Jun 2245 UTC
F4
0
2
1990 02-Jun 2307 UTC
F4
0
6
1990 02-Jun 2320 UTC
F4
1
12
1990 03-Jun 0117 UTC
F4
6
60
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
2002 24-Apr 2113 UTC
F4
0
16
2003 05-May 0435 UTC
F4
11
86
2003 07-May 0232 UTC
F4
2
33
2005 15-Nov 2127 UTC
F4
0
40
2006 22-Sep 2113 UTC
F4
0
6

Monthly Averages
Month
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
Jan
5
12
3
20
Feb
6
8
0
15
Mar
19
16
2
37
Apr
59
37
8
103
May
57
66
12
134
Jun
23
64
5
92
Jul
13
66
1
80
Aug
8
31
1
39
Sep
5
14
1
20
Oct
3
4
1
8
Nov
5
15
4
24
Dec
1
2
1
3

Hourly Averages
UTC
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
00
528
880
122
1530
01
452
770
108
1330
02
363
613
67
1043
03
258
546
50
854
04
217
363
55
635
05
133
332
41
506
06
116
283
11
410
07
60
244
20
324
08
65
200
22
287
09
54
170
11
235
10
48
132
13
193
11
58
124
10
192
12
64
113
8
185
13
61
67
3
131
14
67
109
10
186
15
78
149
9
236
16
79
164
12
255
17
128
215
20
363
18
193
271
44
508
19
284
471
50
805
20
410
619
52
1081
21
535
700
78
1313
22
642
871
102
1615
23
658
832
132
1622

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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