• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

1985-2016 JUNE ENSO Tornado Numbers

Joined
May 16, 2011
Messages
246
Location
Seattle , Wa
I ran the 1985-2016 June Tornado numbers into my ENSO spread sheet for the States of Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

If nothing else its good for entertainment until we get closer to the 2017 season.

Some interesting numbers associated with June months:
(1985-2016) the average has been 79.1 tornadoes during the month of June for the 5 states.

-Starting with 2012 there has been a dearth of Tornado activity across the 5 states covered. During the Period only 2014 (101 tornadoes) was an above average year (blue color is La Nina, Red El Nino, black is Neutral). 2012 (25), 2013 (23) , 2015 (42), 2016 (15) were well below average.

-June 2016 The 15 Tornadoes reported in was the lowest in the 32 year period!
-June 2016 Kansas/Oklahoma had a total of 0 Tornadoes. The first time that has happened in the period.
-Texas- 2012,2013,2015,2016 had 3 Tornadoes in each year. 3 is the lowest tornado count for Texas during the period and it's has happened 4 of the last 5 years now. In 1992 Texas had 82 Tornadoes in the month of June!

-Hard to say what the reason for the lull in tornadoes is for the 5 states in June. AGW, multidecadal Oscillation? I'll guess it's likely combination of these factors and I'm sure someone here can elaborate more on these ideas.

-Tornadoes/season/June (based on previous winter ENSO)
TX KS OK CO NE Average
27.6 19.4 7.5 18.9 14.7 88.2 - El Nino
22.0 14.2 4.7 22.1 20.1 83.1 - Neutral
15.3 16.3 4.7 12.3 19.4 67.8 - La Nina

-Tornadoes/Season/June (based on actual June monthly ENSO temps)
TX KS OK CO NE Average
26.6 17.1 4.9 25.9 15.6 90.0
22.2 17.3 5.9 15.3 17.7 78.3
11.2 14.0 6.0 14.2 22.8 68.2

-Overall, El Nino brings more tornadoes during June, although the 15 tornadoes during 2016 after the recent very strong El Nino did drag the average down.

-June 1992 with 223! tornadoes was the highest total for the 1985-2016 period, this came after a fairly strong EL Nino.
 
Back
Top