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Radar: Columbus AFB MS
33.88 N - 88.32W
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
5652
 194 37
Wind
8749
 307 58
Tornadoes
1096
 262 13
Total
15497
 763 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
37
1:84
Sig Severe
44
1:1,709
Tornadoes
27
1:1,190
F2+ Torn
5
1:4,978
* 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: 367%
10 year report increase: 76%
5 year report increase: 28%
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:
5.2 on 02 May

Primary Season:
Feb 14 - Aug 10
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:
11% at 23 UTC
See hourly table below

Climatological Threat Potential
Threat
Avg Prob of Occurrence
Return Interval
Natl Rank
Any Tornado
0.061%
1631 yrs
2
F2+ Tornado
0.054%
1868 yrs
3
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
18
14
53
28
22
14
62
40
1981
17
11
65
27
10
6
37
37
1982
50
18
107
47
29
16
108
57
1983
35
21
175
50
39
18
113
59
1984
80
26
170
48
35
14
150
57
1985
83
23
261
44
43
10
169
51
1986
68
22
162
47
29
12
126
56
1987
54
25
148
41
19
8
92
54
1988
113
27
199
57
59
15
231
65
1989
119
30
329
57
34
17
187
66
1990
68
27
299
62
31
10
130
65
1991
121
25
282
57
23
17
167
64
1992
110
30
319
55
44
10
198
68
1993
114
36
207
56
11
5
136
69
1994
180
37
270
52
43
12
266
64
1995
318
62
449
73
43
17
404
87
1996
277
45
387
71
23
12
323
81
1997
364
55
389
59
43
16
450
72
1998
403
47
420
69
34
13
471
80
1999
310
51
362
68
43
11
396
82
2000
311
52
535
83
41
13
393
93
2001
316
48
565
75
61
14
438
85
2002
269
48
391
82
37
15
343
95
2003
520
53
678
63
64
12
648
72
2004
219
44
515
61
67
16
353
69
2005
523
52
472
66
92
17
707
79
2006
592
63
540
78
77
14
746
92
AVG
209
37
324
58
41
13
574
69


Violent Tornadoes
Date
F
Deaths
Injuries
1986 12-Mar 1906 UTC
F4
0
8
1988 19-Jan 1720 UTC
F4
0
1
1989 15-Nov 2230 UTC
F4
21
463
1992 10-Mar 0340 UTC
F4
0
1
1992 22-Nov 0527 UTC
F4
12
122
1992 22-Nov 0614 UTC
F4
0
20
1994 27-Mar 1655 UTC
F4
22
150
1995 18-May 2152 UTC
F4
3
32
1995 18-May 2233 UTC
F4
1
55
1998 09-Apr 0042 UTC
F5
32
259
1998 16-Apr 2150 UTC
F5
3
36
1999 18-Jan 0025 UTC
F4
6
106
1999 06-May 0120 UTC
F4
3
0
2000 16-Dec 1854 UTC
F4
11
144
2001 24-Nov 0755 UTC
F4
0
48
2001 24-Nov 1125 UTC
F4
2
21
2001 24-Nov 1919 UTC
F4
0
22
2003 05-May 0435 UTC
F4
11
86

Monthly Averages
Month
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
Jan
9
11
3
23
Feb
12
19
2
34
Mar
30
26
4
60
Apr
60
40
7
107
May
43
44
6
94
Jun
18
49
2
70
Jul
11
54
1
66
Aug
8
32
2
42
Sep
2
8
3
13
Oct
3
4
1
8
Nov
7
22
7
35
Dec
4
10
3
16

Hourly Averages
UTC
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
00
490
759
83
1332
01
441
577
68
1086
02
345
471
53
869
03
236
346
53
635
04
218
293
39
550
05
164
251
33
448
06
110
213
22
345
07
110
218
21
349
08
75
196
31
302
09
70
181
37
288
10
73
162
31
266
11
54
110
16
180
12
57
103
20
180
13
70
132
26
228
14
63
138
12
213
15
87
147
14
248
16
78
155
20
253
17
109
237
39
385
18
172
328
59
559
19
337
522
62
921
20
436
675
71
1182
21
538
810
74
1422
22
654
867
91
1612
23
665
858
121
1644

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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