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HAIL
Hail data is only
collected for hail measuring at least .75 inches in diameter. Any size less
than this would not cause serious damage. The hail size specifications are:
Penny up to Golf Ball Size:
.75 inches > hail < 1.75 inches
Golf Ball up to Tennis Ball Size: 1.75
inches > hail < 2.5 inches
Tennis Ball Size or Larger: hail
> 2.5 inches
Where exactly was the hail? Click on the following links to find
out.
All
Hail
Penny
up to Golf Ball Size Hail
Golf Ball up to Tennis Ball Size Hail
Tennis Ball Size or Larger Hail
DAMAGING WIND
Damaging wind is
recorded when the wind speed reaches 50 knots or more, or does some kind of
damage to the area. There is no distinction between the two. Each report is
recorded the same way.
Where exactly was the severe wind? Click on the following links to find
out.
All Wind
Injury Causing Wind
Fatal Wind
TORNADOES
Tornado data is actually
recorded by tornado segments. A segment is a tornado that affects a certain
area like a county. This means that if one tornado travels within two
counties, two tornado segments will be recorded even though only one
tornado occurred. The data is broken up into the following three
categories:
Combined:
All recorded tornadoes
Strong:
Tornadoes of magnitude F2 or greater
Fatal:
Tornadoes
causing at least one death
Where exactly were the tornadoes? Click on the following links to find
out.
All Tornadoes
Strong Tornadoes
Injury Causing Tornadoes
Fatal Tornadoes
ALL SEVERE WEATHER
The following graphs
show the number of severe weather reports in all three categories.
Where exactly was all this severe weather? Click on the following link to find
out.
All Severe Weather
DATA FILE LINKS
Hail Data
Damaging Wind Data
Tornado Data
RELATED LINKS
NOAA Climatological
or Past Storm Information and Data
KCXX Radar Area
Climatology
KTYX Radar Area
Climatology
Nationwide Severe
Thunderstorm Climatology from NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory
Contact Paul
Sisson with questions.
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