Take at your own risk... there have been arguments on the newsgroups
about the validity
of these estimates (and how much climatology has to do with mesoscale
events) but these
stats are interesting nonetheless.
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>February 24, 1998 > >PRESS RELEASE > >PROBABILITY OF TORNADIC OCCURRENCE IN THE TWENTY MOST >TORNADO-PRONE U.S. CITIES DURING MARCH > >As part of an ongoing company-funded research study of tornadic risk=20 >assessment, by means of the Site Assessment of Tornado Threat (SATT)=20 >software, Engineering Analysis Inc. (EAI) has determined the rankings of= =20 >the top twenty tornado-prone cities for the month of March. The=20 >rankings, based on National Weather Service data from 1950 through 1996,= =20 >are as follows: > > Disturbed Land >Rank State Probability Fraction Area (Acres) =09 > 1=09Atlanta, GA=09=09 2.80 =B7 10-04=09 225 > 2=09Birmingham, AL=09=09 2.14 =B7 10-04=09 172 > 3=09Indianapolis, IN=09 1.93 =B7 10-04=09 155 > 4=09Jackson, MS=09=09 1.62 =B7 10-04=09 130 > 5=09Macon, GA=09=09 1.56 =B7 10-04=09 125 =20 > 6=09Shreveport, LA=09=09 1.30 =B7 10-04=09 104.6 > 7=09Little Rock, AR=09=09 1.29 =B7 10-04=09 103.7 > 8=09Topeka, KS=09=09 9.16 =B7 10-05=09 73.7 > 9=09Huntsville, AL=09=09 8.89 =B7 10-05=09 71.5 > 10=09Madison, WI=09=09 8.14 =B7 10-05=09 65.5 > 11=09Mesquite, TX=09=09 6.21 =B7 10-05=09 49.9 > 12=09Springfield, IL=09=09 5.22 =B7 10-05=09 41.9 > 13=09Naperville, IL=09=09 4.58 =B7 10-05=09 36.8 > 14=09Pasadena, TX=09=09 4.31 =B7 10-05=09 34.7 > 15=09Des Moines, IA=09=09 4.21 =B7 10-05=09 33.9 > 16=09Lansing, MI=09=09 4.00 =B7 10-05=09 32.2 > 17=09Lubbock, TX=09=09 3.48 =B7 10-05=09 27.9 > 18=09Greensboro, NC=09=09 3.33 =B7 10-05=09 26.8 > 19=09Aurora, IL=09=09 3.23 =B7 10-05=09 25.9 > 20=09Montgomery, AL=09=09 3.10 =B7 10-05=09 24.9
>The "probability fraction" represents the average fraction of land area=20 >within a 20-mile radius of the city disturbed by tornadoes during March=20 >for the 47-year period from 1950 through 1996. The "disturbed land area"= =20 >represents the average number of acres of land within a 20-mile radius of= =20 >the city disturbed by tornadoes during March for the same 47-year period.
>February 24, 1998
>PRESS RELEASE
>PROBABILITY OF TORNADIC OCCURRENCE IN THE TWENTY MOST >TORNADO-PRONE STATES DURING MARCH
>As part of an ongoing company-funded research study of tornadic risk=20 >assessment, by means of the Site Assessment of Tornado Threat (SATT)=20 >software, Engineering Analysis Inc. (EAI) has determined the rankings of= =20 >the top twenty tornado-prone states for the month of March. The=20 >rankings, based on National Weather Service data from 1950 through 1996,= =20 >are as follows:
> Rank State Probability Fraction Area (Acres)=09 > 1=09Mississippi=09 =091.24 =B7 10-04=093,746 > 2=09Georgia =09=091.17 =B7 10-04=094,351 > 3=09Arkansas=09=091.05 =B7 10-04=093,501 > 4=09North Carolina=09=097.99 =B7 10-05=092,495=09 > 5=09Alabama=09 6.31 =B7 10-05=092,052 > 6=09South Carolina=09=096.25 =B7 10-05=091,208=09 > 7=09Tennessee=09=094.96 =B7 10-05=091,308=09 > 8=09Kansas=09 =09 4.46 =B7 10-05=092,335 > 9=09Indiana=09 =09 4.09 =B7 10-05=09 940 >10=09Louisiana=09=093.84 =B7 10-05=091,094 >11=09Illinois=09=093.83 =B7 10-05=091,363 >12=09Oklahoma=09=093.40 =B7 10-05=091,495 >13=09Missouri=09=092.20 =B7 10-05=09 970 >14=09Iowa=09=09 2.04 =B7 10-05=09 731 >15=09New Jersey=09=091.90 =B7 10-05=09 91 >16=09Kentucky=09=091.69 =B7 10-05=09 429 >17=09Texas=09=09 1.56 =B7 10-05=092,616 >18=09Nebraska=09=091.23 =B7 10-05=09 603 >19=09Michigan=09=097.31 =B7 10-06=09 266 >20=09Florida=09=09 6.75 =B7 10-06=09 232
>The "probability fraction" represents the average fraction of land area=20 >within the boundaries of the state disturbed by tornadoes during March=20 >for the 47-year period from 1950 through 1996. The "disturbed land area"= =20 >represents the average number of acres of land within the boundaries of=20 >the state disturbed by tornadoes during March for the same 47-year=20 >period.
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