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Radar: Springfield MO
37.23 N - 93.40W
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
10430
 430 48
Wind
8632
 581 52
Tornadoes
926
 186 13
Total
19988
 1197 69
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
9
1:65
Sig Severe
20
1:1,090
Tornadoes
45
1:1,408
F2+ Torn
25
1:7,012
* 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: 522%
10 year report increase: 73%
5 year report increase: 51%
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:
7.4 on 06 May

Primary Season:
Mar 26 - Aug 26
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 00 UTC
See hourly table below

Climatological Threat Potential
Threat
Avg Prob of Occurrence
Return Interval
Natl Rank
Any Tornado
0.034%
2904 yrs
22
F2+ Tornado
0.028%
3623 yrs
26
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
55
28
88
40
11
4
77
53
1981
61
23
107
37
28
12
117
52
1982
173
43
215
56
107
24
387
74
1983
157
36
132
52
28
12
213
63
1984
164
40
127
39
41
12
246
59
1985
147
31
137
43
12
8
171
51
1986
121
30
167
38
18
5
157
51
1987
84
28
180
38
6
6
96
51
1988
115
25
144
43
25
7
165
52
1989
169
34
116
33
11
6
191
49
1990
141
23
110
35
40
13
221
45
1991
220
44
131
42
22
11
264
60
1992
292
44
276
44
24
12
340
62
1993
318
54
230
56
35
18
388
73
1994
397
50
352
56
30
17
457
70
1995
506
67
505
63
39
18
584
82
1996
625
71
445
62
32
11
689
88
1997
321
49
281
47
19
9
359
65
1998
518
68
481
69
13
8
544
89
1999
401
57
522
61
45
22
491
77
2000
421
54
641
61
36
15
493
78
2001
603
70
623
63
35
14
673
83
2002
554
59
400
56
15
4
584
75
2003
1443
80
562
69
87
17
1617
88
2004
547
57
420
59
33
17
613
71
2005
649
66
635
79
63
18
775
102
2006
1228
77
605
69
71
18
1370
95
AVG
386
48
320
52
34
13
740
69


Violent Tornadoes
Date
F
Deaths
Injuries
1982 03-Apr 0015 UTC
F4
2
28
1984 15-Mar 2340 UTC
F4
2
13
1991 27-Apr 0245 UTC
F4
0
22
1991 30-Nov 0005 UTC
F4
2
64
1996 15-Apr 0010 UTC
F4
7
35
2002 24-Apr 2113 UTC
F4
0
16
2003 04-May 2135 UTC
F4
4
30

Monthly Averages
Month
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
Jan
5
4
0
9
Feb
6
7
1
13
Mar
49
18
5
71
Apr
96
36
7
138
May
101
55
9
165
Jun
44
52
3
99
Jul
28
56
1
85
Aug
17
45
0
62
Sep
15
23
2
40
Oct
6
7
1
14
Nov
12
13
3
28
Dec
6
3
2
10

Hourly Averages
UTC
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
00
1039
742
131
1912
01
873
658
118
1649
02
779
641
97
1517
03
739
601
62
1402
04
542
535
44
1121
05
372
443
33
848
06
307
344
18
669
07
247
334
19
600
08
197
326
17
540
09
169
254
8
431
10
144
207
8
359
11
129
180
8
317
12
157
146
12
315
13
148
122
10
280
14
172
137
5
314
15
149
126
9
284
16
104
134
14
252
17
162
97
14
273
18
236
160
13
409
19
336
262
22
620
20
539
373
26
938
21
810
541
53
1404
22
994
649
80
1723
23
1086
620
105
1811

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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