NEBRASKA TORNADOES
Hourly Frequency
1950-2004
1950 to 2003
Year 2004
1950 to 2004
1950 to 2004
TIME
Number of
tornadoes
Number of
tornadoes
Number of
tornadoes
Percent of
all tornadoes
12 AM
18
0
18
0.8%
1 AM
25
0
25
1.1%
2 AM
8
0
8
0.3%
3 AM
7
0
7
0.3%
4 AM
8
0
8
0.3%
5 AM
8
0
8
0.3%
6 AM
6
0
6
0.3%
7 AM
6
0
6
0.3%
8 AM
1
0
1
0.0%
9 AM
5
0
5
0.2%
10 AM
16
0
16
0.7%
11 AM
28
1
29
1.3%
12 PM
41
1
42
1.8%
1 PM
74
1
75
3.3%
2 PM
124
9
133
5.8%
3 PM
182
12
194
8.5%
4 PM
281
26
307
13.4%
5 PM
342
17
359
15.6%
6 PM
289
27
316
13.8%
7 PM
278
6
284
12.4%
8 PM
199
6
205
8.9%
9 PM
125
3
128
5.6%
10 PM
74
1
75
3.3%
11 PM
39
0
39
1.7%
TOTAL
2184
110
2294
100.0%

Time refers to the beginning of each hour, (CST) i.e. 8 AM = 8:00-8:59 AM CST
84.0% of all Nebraska tornadoes have occurred between 2 PM and 9:59 PM.
72.6% of all Nebraska tornadoes have occurred between 3 PM and 8:59 PM.
64.1% of all Nebraska tornadoes have occurred between 4 PM and 8:59 PM.
41.8% of all Nebraska tornadoes have occurred between 5 PM and 7:59 PM.

The year 2001 saw the first tornado observed during the 8:00-8:59 AM CST hour.


Graphs:

Hourly Frequency, Numbers, 1950-2004

Hourly Frequency, Percentages, 1950-2004

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