NEBRASKA TORNADOES
Hourly Frequency  1950-2006
1950 to 2005
1950 to 2005
  
Year 2006
  
1950 to 2006
1950 to 2006
TIME
Number of 
tornadoes
Percent of
all tornadoes
  
Number of
tornadoes
  
Number of 
tornadoes
Percent of
all tornadoes
12 AM
18
0.8%
      
18
0.8%
1 AM
25
1.1%
      
25
1.1%
2 AM
8
0.3%
      
8
0.3%
3 AM
7
0.3%
      
7
0.3%
4 AM
8
0.3%
      
8
0.3%
5 AM
8
0.3%
      
8
0.3%
6 AM
6
0.3%
      
6
0.3%
7 AM
6
0.3%
      
6
0.3%
8 AM
1
0.0%
      
1
0.0%
9 AM
5
0.2%
      
5
0.2%
10 AM
16
0.7%
      
16
0.7%
11 AM
29
1.2%
      
29
1.2%
12 PM
43
1.8%
      
43
1.8%
1 PM
75
3.2%
      
75
3.2%
2 PM
135
5.8%
  
3
  
138
5.9%
3 PM
202
8.7%
  
5
  
207
8.8%
4 PM
311
13.3%
  
6
  
317
13.5%
5 PM
376
16.1%
  
4
  
380
16.1%
6 PM
320
13.7%
  
1
  
321
13.6%
7 PM
285
12.2%
  
2
  
287
12.2%
8 PM
207
8.9%
  
1
  
208
8.8%
9 PM
129
5.5%
      
129
5.5%
10 PM
75
3.2%
      
75
3.2%
11 PM
39
1.7%
      
39
1.7%
TOTAL
2334
100.0%
  
22
  
2356
100.0%

Time refers to the beginning of each hour, (CST) i.e. 8 AM = 8:00-8:59 AM CST
84.3% of all Nebraska tornadoes have occurred between 2 PM and 9:59 PM.
73.0% of all Nebraska tornadoes have occurred between 3 PM and 8:59 PM.
64.2% of all Nebraska tornadoes have occurred between 4 PM and 8:59 PM.
41.9% of all Nebraska tornadoes have occurred between 5 PM and 7:59 PM.

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


Graphs:

Hourly Frequency, Numbers, 1950-2006

Hourly Frequency, Percentages, 1950-2004

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