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By Jene' Young Meteorologist
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Published: Tue, November 06, 2007 - 1:28 pm
Last Updated: Tue, November 06, 2007 - 2:46 pm
Jene' Young
The National Weather Service in Mobile recently finished a study that shows our tornado frequency peak in the spring and fall. The images below illustrate Meteorologist Jeff Medlin's tornado study.
Figure 1 - F1 or greater Tornado Frequency by month for Southwest Alabama, interior
Southeast Mississippi, and extreme Northwest Florida.
Figure 1 depicts all F1 and greater tornadoes occurring in the Mobile Forecast Area from Jan 1994 until March 31 2007. A review of the records shows 59 of them! Tropical cyclone induced tornadoes account for 13.5% of the total number. Outside of those, only two occur during the summer months.
Figure 2 - Tracks of all F1 or greater Tornadoes (source SVRPLOT, NWS, Storm Prediction Center).
The length of the red line represents the distance traveled, or tornadoes path.
For more information on the National Weather Service tornado study, here is a link to the website: Tornado Frequency
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