NEBRASKA
* Nebraska
averages over 40 tornadoes a year
(see: Nebraska
Tornado Data Table
* Nebraska's
most number of tornadoes was 110 in 2004
* Nebraska's
peak month for tornadoes is June.
* May and
June account for 63% of all of our tornadoes.
* May,
June and July account for 78% of all of our tornadoes.
* There
have been 115 Nebraska tornado fatalities since 1916.
* Every
decade in the 1900's had tornado fatalities, but not the 1990's!
* There
were no tornado fatalities in Nebraska from 1987 until June 2003 when two
occurred.
* ALL 93
Nebraska counties have been visited by tornadoes since 1950.
* Hall
County's tornado density is 4 times greater than the state average and
3 times greater than the average for the Omaha and Lincoln areas.
*
Most tornadoes from one storm, 7 in Grand Island, June 3, 1980.
*
Nebraska has had reported tornadoes in every month but February.
*
Omaha May May 5, 1975 and Grand Island June 3, 1980 are ranked 2nd &
9th in U.S. top 10 most costly tornadoes.
*
Over 50% of our tornadoes occur between 4 PM and 8 PM.
*
Nebraska had its first confirmed tornado between 8 AM and 9 AM in Nebraska
in Year 2001.
*
Nebraska is ranked 5th in the U.S. for total number of tornadoes.
*
Nebraska is ranked 23rd for number of tornado fatalities and 24th for number
of tornado injuries.
*
May 2006 was the first May in recorded history to NOT have any reported
tornadoes.
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UNITED
STATES:
*
A tornado can move in any direction, slow or fast and even remain stationary.
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Tornadoes have occurred in all 50 states (including Alaska!).
*
The U.S. has a higher tornado density than any where else in the world.
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The Great Plains leads the U.S. in number of tornadoes.
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There are TWO major tornado alleys in the U.S. (Northeast Texas,
Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois and Northeast Texas,
Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida).
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Tornadoes have occurred on all continents except Antarctica.
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Tornadoes have occurred on everyday of the year in the U.S. except on January
16.
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The U.S. peak in tornadoes occurs in May
*
Peak months for tornadoes: TX (April-May), KS (May), ND (July-Aug.).
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The tornado season peaks in Winter in Southern California.
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The most violent tornadoes in the U.S. occur in Spring (especially April).
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The month with the least number of tornado deaths is July.
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38% of tornado fatalities occur in mobile homes.
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Mobile homes do not attract tornadoes, they are just extremely vulnerable
to high winds.
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27% of tornado fatalities occur in permanent homes and 11% in vehicles.
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The deadliest U.S. tornado year since 1950 was in 1953 with 519 deaths.
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There were only 130 U.S. tornado deaths in 1998 and 95 U.S. tornado deaths
in 1999
showing the value of the current warning system.
*
The safest location in a tornado occurrence is inside, lowest possible
level, center of
building.
*
Opening windows where you live if a tornado is approaching will NOT reduce
damage.
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Do not seek shelter under highway overpasses, risk of injury and death
is increased
there. If daytime, and if possible, drive away from the tornado producing
thunderstorm
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