Tornado Days: May-Jul 2000-04 KS,NE,OK -1970-2004: 14 States

[mikegeukes]

I did some research on tornado days from the time period 2000-2004 for the months of May and June for the states of Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma, and the results are listed below

Breakdown by Month::

MAY TORNADO DAYS:
Kansas: 2000-2004 Tornado Days: May: 29 Tornado Days
04 Tornado Days: 2000: May
07 Tornado Days: 2001: May
06 Tornado Days: 2002: May
05 Tornado Days: 2003: May
07 Tornado Days: 2004: May

Nebraska: 2000-2004 Tornado Days: May: 21 Tornado Days
04 Tornado Days: 2000: May
03 Tornado Days: 2001: May
02 Tornado Days: 2002: May
06 Tornado Days: 2003: May
06 Tornado Days: 2004: May

Oklahoma: 2000-2004 Tornado Days: May: 27 Tornado Days
03 Tornado Days: 2000: May
07 Tornado Days: 2001: May
04 Tornado Days: 2002: May
08 Tornado Days: 2003: May
05 Tornado Days: 2004: May

May Tornado Days: 2000-2004
29 Tornado Days: Kansas
27 Tornado Days: Oklahoma
21 Tornado Days: Nebraska

JUNE TORNADO DAYS:
Kansas: 2000-2004 Tornado Days: June: 29 Tornado Days
05 Tornado Days: 2000: June
05 Tornado Days: 2001: June
05 Tornado Days: 2002: June
08 Tornado Days: 2003: June
06 Tornado Days: 2004: June

Nebraska: 2000-2004 Tornado Days: June: 26 Tornado Days
07 Tornado Days: 2000: June
05 Tornado Days: 2001: June
02 Tornado Days: 2002: JUne
06 Tornado Days: 2003: June
06 Tornado Days: 2004: June

Oklahoma: 2000-2004 Tornado Days: June: 07 Tornado Days
02 Tornado Days: 2000: June
01 Tornado Days: 2001: June
02 Tornado Days: 2002: June
00 Tornado Days: 2003: June
02 Tornado Days: 2004: June

June Tornado Days: 2000-2004
29 Tornado Days: Kansas
26 Tornado Days: Nebraska
07 Tornado Days: Oklahoma

Summary: May and June Tornado Days: 2000-2004
58 Tornado Days: Kansas
47 Tornado Days: Nebraska
34 Tornado Days: Oklahoma

Research by: Mike Geukes (Copyright @2005, please do not copy my research LOL)
Source: NCDC Storm Events

Mike

 

[mikegeukes]

I added July tornado days for 2000-2004 for Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma.

Breakdown by Month:

JULY TORNADO DAYS:
Kansas: 2000-2004 Tornado Days: July: 10 Tornado Days
03 Tornado Days: 2000: July
01 Tornado Days: 2001: July
01 Tornado Days: 2002: July
03 Tornado Days: 2003: July
02 Tornado Days: 2004: July

Nebraska: 2000-2004 Tornado Days: July: 25 Tornado Days
05 Tornado Days: 2000: July
07 Tornado Days: 2001: July
03 Tornado Days: 2002: July
06 Tornado Days: 2003: July
04 Tornado Days: 2004: July

Oklahoma: 2000-2004 Tornado Days: July: 00 Tornado Days
00 Tornado Days: 2000: July
00 Tornado Days: 2001: July
00 Tornado Days: 2002: July
00 Tornado Days: 2003: July
00 Tornado Days: 2004: July

July Tornado Days: 2000-2004
25 Tornado Days: Nebraska
10 Tornado Days: Kansas
00 Tornado Days: Oklahoma

Research by: Mike Geukes (Copyright @2005, please do not copy my research LOL)
Source: NCDC Storm Events

Mike

 

[mikegeukes]

Arranged by states:

KANSAS:
Kansas: 2000-2004 Tornado Days: May: 29 Tornado Days
04 Tornado Days: 2000: May
07 Tornado Days: 2001: May
06 Tornado Days: 2002: May
05 Tornado Days: 2003: May
07 Tornado Days: 2004: May

Kansas: 2000-2004 Tornado Days: June: 29 Tornado Days
05 Tornado Days: 2000: June
05 Tornado Days: 2001: June
05 Tornado Days: 2002: June
08 Tornado Days: 2003: June
06 Tornado Days: 2004: June

Kansas: 2000-2004 Tornado Days: July: 10 Tornado Days
03 Tornado Days: 2000: July
01 Tornado Days: 2001: July
01 Tornado Days: 2002: July
03 Tornado Days: 2003: July
02 Tornado Days: 2004: July

NEBRASKA:
Nebraska: 2000-2004 Tornado Days: May: 21 Tornado Days
04 Tornado Days: 2000: May
03 Tornado Days: 2001: May
02 Tornado Days: 2002: May
06 Tornado Days: 2003: May
06 Tornado Days: 2004: May

Nebraska: 2000-2004 Tornado Days: June: 26 Tornado Days
07 Tornado Days: 2000: June
05 Tornado Days: 2001: June
02 Tornado Days: 2002: JUne
06 Tornado Days: 2003: June
06 Tornado Days: 2004: June

Nebraska: 2000-2004 Tornado Days: July: 25 Tornado Days
05 Tornado Days: 2000: July
07 Tornado Days: 2001: July
03 Tornado Days: 2002: July
06 Tornado Days: 2003: July
04 Tornado Days: 2004: July

OKLAHOMA:
Oklahoma: 2000-2004 Tornado Days: May: 27 Tornado Days
03 Tornado Days: 2000: May
07 Tornado Days: 2001: May
04 Tornado Days: 2002: May
08 Tornado Days: 2003: May
05 Tornado Days: 2004: May

Oklahoma: 2000-2004 Tornado Days: June: 07 Tornado Days
02 Tornado Days: 2000: June
01 Tornado Days: 2001: June
02 Tornado Days: 2002: June
00 Tornado Days: 2003: June
02 Tornado Days: 2004: June

Oklahoma: 2000-2004 Tornado Days: July: 00 Tornado Days
00 Tornado Days: 2000: July
00 Tornado Days: 2001: July
00 Tornado Days: 2002: July
00 Tornado Days: 2003: July
00 Tornado Days: 2004: July

Research by: Mike Geukes (Copyright @2005, please do not copy my research LOL)
Source: NCDC Storm Events

Mike

 

[BColbert]

i still think ok is the best area for chasing even thought ks and ne have had more tornados the last 4 years because over the past hundred years hasn't oklahoma been 2nd only to texas in tornados and we know why texas is number one.

 

[Dick McGowan]

Yeah, but look who holds the greatest number of F-5's. Hands down. (Since Fujita scale was introduced).

 

[BColbert]

texas-6
kansas-5
alabama-5
iowa-5

 

[Shane Adams]

Those stats are a great example of how different areas will "shine" on the climatology if you take different time periods into account. Of course anyone who's seriously chased since 2000 doesn't need the charts to know Mike's research is 100% accurate. If you researched the period of 1990-1995 I'd imagine there's another Kansas bias there as well. This gives me hope that my home state of Oklahoma will someday return to glory. Until then, I've nicknamed it "The Rhode Island of Tornado Alley."

 

[BColbert]

hopefully someday oklahoma will take its spot in the limelight lol

 

[Dick McGowan]

hopefully someday oklahoma will take its spot in the limelight lol

LOL! Yeah, there just doesn't seem to be any there, ever.

 

[fplowman]

hopefully someday oklahoma will take its spot in the limelight lol

Yeah Oklahoma isnt a place i think of when it comes to chasing storms..

 

[mikegeukes]

1970-2004 Tornado Days

Breakdown by Month:

MARCH TORNADO DAYS: 1970-2004:
055 Tornado Days: Oklahoma
040 Tornado Days: Kansas
008 Tornado Days: Nebraska

APRIL TORNADO DAYS: 1970-2004:
102 Tornado Days: Oklahoma
074 Tornado Days: Kansas
055 Tornado Days: Nebraska

MAY TORNADO DAYS: 1970-2004:
171 Tornado Days: Kansas
164 Tornado Days: Oklahoma
137 Tornado Days: Nebraska

JUNE TORNADO DAYS: 1970-2004:
183 Tornado Days: Nebraska
155 Tornado Days: Kansas
097 Tornado Days: Oklahoma

JULY TORNADO DAYS: 1970-2004:
132 Tornado Days: Nebraska
086 Tornado Days: Kansas
032 Tornado Days: Oklahoma

AUGUST TORNADO DAYS: 1970-2004:
061 Tornado Days: Nebraska
051 Tornado Days: Kansas
031 Tornado Days: Oklahoma

Breakdown by State

KANSAS TORNADO DAYS: 1970-2004
040 Tornado Days: March
074 Tornado Days: April
171 Tornado Days: May
155 Tornado Days: June
086 Tornado Days: July
051 Tornado Days: August

NEBRASKA TORNADO DAYS: 1970-2004
008 Tornado Days: March
055 Tornado Days: April
137 Tornado Days: May
183 Tornado Days: June
132 Tornado Days: July
061 Tornado Days: August

OKLAHOMA TORNADO DAYS: 1970-2004
055 Tornado Days: March
102 Tornado Days: April
164 Tornado Days: May
097 Tornado Days: June
032 Tornado Days: July
031 Tornado Days: August

Research by: Mike Geukes (Copyright @2005, please do not copy my research LOL)
Source: NCDC Storm Events

Mike

 

[BColbert]

i stand corrected but that is just counting days not numbers right?

 

[mikegeukes]

I like to use tornado days, instead of number of tornadoes.

Big outbreak days, tend to skew the data, and also the way tornadoes are counted these days, is somewhat annoying. I will not go into details, my opinions, when it comes to how people are counting tornadoes.

Mike

 

[BColbert]

so mr. geukes do you think nebraska is on a pace for a reocord number of tornado days this year

 

[joel ewing]

I think Nebraska would often either meet or exceed Kansas's totals annually if the sandhills area were criss-crossed with roads. The sandhills and their non-existant roads cover at least 1/4...and maybe 1/3 of Nebraska's total square miles.
Some of the largest mesos ever seen on radar have happened in that sandhill area. I would bet too, that many F-5's have occurrred there too. Also, this area will tornado right on through July, and even August too.
Just a thought.