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Radar: Ft Hood (Granger) TX
30.72 N - 97.37W
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
5933
 519 40
Wind
4670
 238 45
Tornadoes
1062
 140 15
Total
11665
 897 63
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
60
1:112
Sig Severe
33
1:1,454
Tornadoes
31
1:1,228
F2+ Torn
40
1:9,316
* 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: 115%
10 year report increase: -28%
5 year report increase: 4%
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 06 May

Primary Season:
Mar 01 - Jun 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:
10% at 00 UTC
See hourly table below

Climatological Threat Potential
Threat
Avg Prob of Occurrence
Return Interval
Natl Rank
Any Tornado
0.014%
7306 yrs
64
F2+ Tornado
0.010%
9654 yrs
65
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
117
25
107
37
32
18
181
51
1981
101
17
84
29
51
20
203
49
1982
93
21
111
29
36
12
165
44
1983
97
25
102
30
65
21
227
48
1984
124
36
81
36
20
12
164
55
1985
114
29
97
41
15
9
144
52
1986
128
30
82
35
21
8
170
48
1987
100
33
148
41
23
12
146
59
1988
104
33
75
32
23
10
150
52
1989
197
31
158
33
21
10
239
40
1990
150
39
199
54
27
12
204
71
1991
181
43
136
49
57
21
295
69
1992
332
54
178
47
35
22
402
77
1993
250
38
104
36
38
15
326
56
1994
279
59
226
61
78
23
435
84
1995
328
55
303
55
34
13
396
78
1996
340
60
308
61
43
16
426
78
1997
243
45
258
67
48
20
339
75
1998
328
51
252
54
55
19
438
76
1999
299
38
191
48
37
20
373
60
2000
393
46
231
50
47
15
487
67
2001
208
44
232
46
39
10
286
60
2002
313
50
233
47
58
14
429
70
2003
248
51
207
42
35
19
318
71
2004
278
46
246
56
64
25
406
76
2005
292
45
165
42
15
9
322
64
2006
296
43
156
47
45
12
386
68
AVG
220
40
173
45
39
15
432
63


Violent Tornadoes
Date
F
Deaths
Injuries
1992 21-Nov 2127 UTC
F4
0
16
1994 26-Apr 0230 UTC
F4
3
48
1997 27-May 2040 UTC
F5
27
12
1997 27-May 2150 UTC
F4
1
5
1999 11-May 2305 UTC
F4
1
6

Monthly Averages
Month
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
Jan
7
2
2
12
Feb
11
8
1
20
Mar
29
13
3
46
Apr
56
19
6
80
May
62
39
10
110
Jun
21
32
3
56
Jul
3
12
1
16
Aug
3
16
2
20
Sep
4
10
2
15
Oct
9
8
3
20
Nov
6
9
4
19
Dec
4
5
2
11

Hourly Averages
UTC
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
00
685
370
97
1152
01
671
361
97
1129
02
548
329
62
939
03
428
330
41
799
04
294
252
32
578
05
217
235
23
475
06
154
207
13
374
07
131
165
20
316
08
99
166
10
275
09
82
126
18
226
10
88
109
18
215
11
61
127
10
198
12
64
78
11
153
13
77
78
19
174
14
91
89
18
198
15
75
67
29
171
16
67
69
33
169
17
70
76
22
168
18
98
93
48
239
19
158
132
50
340
20
258
188
95
541
21
365
297
80
742
22
527
353
119
999
23
625
373
97
1095

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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