Coming back to this thread, in order to try some conclusions if there's some correlation between Oni index pattern and tornadic activity, I have to say that the comparison in terms of Oni index between 74' and 08' cannot be done because, as we can see, those years are too different.
This is a little summary of the Spring season.
- So far, we had nearly 1600 tornadoes.
- In January there were 136 tornadoes reported in the United States, of which 84 were confirmed: some of them was a violent tornado.
From January 7 to Jan 10 we had some Tornado Outbreaks: more tornadoes occurred across the Mississippi Valley on January 8 and after a break in the activity on January 9, another round of severe weather took place in the Southern United States (primarily Alabama and Mississippi) on January 10.
We had other tornadoes in other days in Ohio Valley, Kentucky, Indiana.
- In February 230 tornadoes were reported in the United States in the month of February, of which 148 were confirmed. Many of them were strong-violent tornadoes.
February was the month of the Supertuesday outbreak: Southern United States and the lower Ohio Valley were affected on February 5 and 6, 2008. Missouri, Misissipi, Alabama, Illinois, Arkansas, Alabama, and Tennessee were among the affected regions in which primaries were being held.
On February 12-13/16-18 other Tornadoes were reported in Florida and Luisiana,Carolina, Southern Alabama(Gulf States).
- 150 tornadoes were reported in the United States in the month of March, of which 126 were confirmed.
Mississippi River Valley States were hit on March 2-4 (strong tornadoes reported); Strong tornadoes hit Georgia and Carolina some days later.
At the end of March some tornadoes hit central Plains states as Oklahoma and Texas, and Missouri.
-There were 189 tornadoes reported in the United States in the month of April, of which 189 were confirmed.
The most affected states by tornadoes and severe weather were east of Missouri river, Missouri, Misissipi, Tennessee,Iowa, Alabama, Louisiana,Carolina.
On April 23-25, the Mid-West starts to be affected by tornadoes and severe weather: 21 tornadoes were confirmed across northern and central Texas.On April 24 On April 24, several severe storms spawned a few tornadoes in Kansas, Iowa and Wisconsin. At the end of April some tornadoes were reported in Virginia and North Carolina.
-There were 597 tornadoes reported in the United States in the month of May, of which 447 were confirmed.
May 1-2, 2008 tornado outbreak affected Iowa to Oklahoma and Arkansas.
On May 7-15, Misissipi river valley States,estern Oklahoma (overall Arkansas and Missouri) and Gulf States were affected by many tornadoes: someone of them was violent.
On May 22-25 we had some strong tornado outbreaks and I say this is the first time that the pattern changes; Mid west (Colorado,Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Iowa) is the zone mostly hit by tornadoes and severe weather.
On May 29-31, and June the mostly affected zone was the Great Lakes region.
