Illinois is leading the pack when it comes to tornadoes so far this year. It is scary to think there is a lot more left to our 'severe weather season'.
The plot of tornado reports through early May shows higher concentrations in a couple of parts of our country. Eastern Iowa, southern Wisconsin and northwest Illinois has had a higher density of reports along with portions of southwestern Tennessee and both the central and northern part of Alabama.
The timeline bar graph shows a couple of spikes of tornado reports. The biggest in late March but also an unusually high number in early January.has a chart that shows in bar graph form the average number of days with one or more severe weather reports per month. We have a long way to go in our "severe weather season." The peak months include May, June and July with August not too far behind.
This is a good time to remind you about a special the Fox 32 weather team put together to help keep you "Safe From The Storm." It airs tonight for the first time at 6 then again at 10 pm Thursday night. It will also air twice Saturday and again Sunday. Check your
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