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Radar: Jackson KY
37.58 N - 83.30W
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
4353
 157 30
Wind
10324
 531 49
Tornadoes
400
 82 7
Total
15077
 770 57
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
39
1:87
Sig Severe
42
1:1,694
Tornadoes
N/A
1:3,261
F2+ Torn
67
1:15,905
* 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: 827%
10 year report increase: 120%
5 year report increase: 91%
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:
6.4 on 31 May

Primary Season:
Mar 30 - Aug 27
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:
13% at 22 UTC
See hourly table below

Climatological Threat Potential
Threat
Avg Prob of Occurrence
Return Interval
Natl Rank
Any Tornado
0.012%
8306 yrs
68
F2+ Tornado
0.009%
10974 yrs
68
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
39
14
105
36
26
13
91
41
1981
15
8
59
25
5
5
25
29
1982
57
17
101
27
9
6
75
31
1983
59
22
192
40
10
8
79
45
1984
14
9
95
26
10
6
34
29
1985
42
13
113
31
5
5
52
35
1986
39
14
125
32
15
6
69
40
1987
14
11
194
43
5
4
24
46
1988
23
12
56
24
3
3
29
30
1989
42
18
135
43
9
6
60
51
1990
56
19
223
45
23
10
102
47
1991
40
13
270
49
6
4
52
51
1992
62
22
172
44
12
5
86
49
1993
143
33
397
54
29
12
201
62
1994
136
27
220
50
10
4
156
55
1995
221
43
455
72
22
8
265
82
1996
219
42
505
68
29
11
277
80
1997
158
33
487
52
40
15
238
61
1998
413
50
585
59
22
11
457
69
1999
183
41
417
52
11
5
205
60
2000
210
40
903
63
20
10
250
68
2001
179
40
682
48
9
7
197
54
2002
471
46
603
67
15
8
501
75
2003
407
59
651
64
9
7
425
84
2004
318
44
868
62
21
6
360
71
2005
268
45
595
65
7
6
282
77
2006
525
77
1116
93
18
9
561
105
AVG
161
30
382
49
15
7
558
57


Violent Tornadoes
Date
F
Deaths
Injuries
1990 03-Jun 0300 UTC
F4
0
37
1992 22-Nov 2152 UTC
F4
1
10
1996 28-May 2240 UTC
F4
0
10
1999 09-Apr 0912 UTC
F4
4
65

Monthly Averages
Month
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
Jan
3
8
0
11
Feb
3
6
0
10
Mar
8
10
2
19
Apr
31
35
2
68
May
48
68
3
119
Jun
30
80
3
113
Jul
18
91
2
111
Aug
11
50
1
62
Sep
3
8
0
11
Oct
2
3
0
5
Nov
4
17
1
22
Dec
1
2
0
3

Hourly Averages
UTC
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
00
410
1014
45
1469
01
263
779
34
1076
02
168
612
31
811
03
150
447
8
605
04
74
392
6
472
05
87
346
11
444
06
56
217
11
284
07
49
169
4
222
08
25
116
4
145
09
44
109
8
161
10
23
103
7
133
11
28
111
2
141
12
30
96
5
131
13
25
87
3
115
14
18
64
0
82
15
25
74
2
101
16
56
121
3
180
17
109
196
5
310
18
199
316
12
527
19
380
576
19
975
20
479
824
31
1334
21
592
1146
38
1776
22
569
1281
67
1917
23
494
1128
44
1666

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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