Tornado count graphic

[Jayson Prentice]

That is not actually the year 1980, rather it is the total preliminary number of tornadoes that we currently have. They have that on there, then they have the actual count in bold red, and the estimated actual in the skinner red line. They have both preliminary and actual on there beings there is typically duplicates, etc. that account for only 70% of the preliminary reports actually counting as tornadoes.

 

[Shane Adams]

I would take the SPC by-state numbers with a grain. They have OK's 2008 total of 68 tornadoes (OUN's official count is 67) being 26 more than the average over the past decade....which would be 42. The actual average in OK the past ten years is 57.8. I'm sure you could look up the official count on all states and come up with conflicting numbers.

It's not so much overall numbers as number of chaseable tornado events.

 

[Rob Wadsworth]

Speaking of Oklahoma - now there's a state that didn't get the lion's share this year.
Texas didn't fair much better.
I chased Iowa, Nebraska, KANSAS, and Minnesota this year.
Even the severe storms were good photo ops in Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebraska.
I missed the EF-5 in Parkersburg - by 1 hr and fifty miles; I was almost there when it happened
Kansas was fantastic.
But that's a no-brainier.

 

[Adam Lucio]

That is not actually the year 1980, rather it is the total preliminary number of tornadoes that we currently have. They have that on there, then they have the actual count in bold red, and the estimated actual in the skinner red line. They have both preliminary and actual on there beings there is typically duplicates, etc. that account for only 70% of the preliminary reports actually counting as tornadoes.

Boy do I feel stupid. I read that paragraph like 5 times and didn't get it. I guess my brain was taking a day off. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[Shane Adams]

Speaking of Oklahoma - now there's a state that didn't get the lion's share this year.

Yeah, we haven't had the lion's share in some time. Fortunately we still get great events every year, just not the highest number of them. Of course the fact it's Oklahoma, we're always held to higher standards for a "great" tornado year, as we should be. If May 24 had been in South Dakota, then SD would've been considered the greatest chase state again in 2008 (only takes one great event per year to make SD awesome in the eyes of chasers).

But without a doubt, Kansas has been the King in recent years. Of course that's expected, being one of the Big Three