Interesting Tornado Stat
* It seems as though we are in the midst of a signficant tornado drought. While we certainly won't complain, we should all be aware that March and April are historically our prime months for tornadoes. And, tornado season in the South is a long way from over...* I received this interesting stat from Alan Gerard, the Meteorologist In Charge of the NWS in Jackson:
In the Jackson County Warning Area, we have not had a strong tornado in the month of March in over 10 years. The last strong tornado in March in our CWA was on March 7, 1995, in Tensas Parish, LA. The only other strong tornadoes in March since 1990 in our CWA occurred on March 9-10, 1992. That was also the event that had the last violent tornado in March in our CWA, which occurred in Washington/Sharkey/Humphreys counties - there was also a strong tornado during that event in Lauderdale county. Just to give some idea of how unusual this is, in the southeast United States March is the second most active month for strong tornadoes, ranking just behind April.
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posted by WTOK Weather Staff @ 11:11 PM
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