[Skywarn] Tornado Free String

[Lloyd Colston]

..RECORD NUMBER OF DAYS WITHOUT A TORNADO IN OKLAHOMA...



ASSUMING THAT THERE ARE NO TORNADOES WITHIN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA

TODAY...THIS WILL BE THE 249TH CONSECUTIVE DAY IN OKLAHOMA WITH NO

TORNADOES. THIS WILL BE THE LONGEST PERIOD WITHOUT A TORNADO IN THE

STATE SINCE DETAILED RECORDS BEGAN IN 1950. THE LAST TORNADOES

OCCURRED ON MAY 16 2003. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 248 DAYS WITHOUT A

TORNADO THAT BEGAN ON JULY 16 1990 AND WAS BROKEN BY THE ADA TORNADO

OUTBREAK ON MARCH 21 1991.



IN ADDITION...2003 WAS ONLY THE SECOND YEAR SINCE 1950 THAT THERE

WERE NO CONFIRMED TORNADOES IN THE MONTH OF JUNE AND THE FIRST YEAR

THAT THERE WERE NO TORNADOES FROM JUNE THROUGH DECEMBER.



BUT 2003 WAS QUITE ACTIVE OVERALL...ESPECIALLY IN EARLY MAY. THERE

WERE 78 TORNADOES IN OKLAHOMA IN 2003 WHICH IS ABOVE THE AVERAGE OF

54 TORNADOES PER YEAR. 59 OF THESE TORNADOES WERE RECORDED IN EARLY

MAY...WHICH MAKES 2003 THE 3RD MOST ACTIVE MAY SINCE 1950. THE

STRONGEST TORNADO OF 2003 WAS AN F4 TORNADO THAT STRUCK MOORE...

OKLAHOMA CITY...MIDWEST CITY AND CHOCTAW ON THE AFTERNOON OF MAY 8.

TWO TORNADOES WERE CLASSIFIED AS F3 AND 6 WERE RATED F2 IN 2003.



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THE LONGEST PERIODS WITHOUT A TORNADO SINCE 1950 IN OKLAHOMA ARE...



1. 249 DAYS STARTING MAY 17 2003 THROUGH JANUARY 20 2004 AND

        CONTINUING.

2. 248 DAYS FROM JULY 16 1990 THROUGH MARCH 20 1991.

3. 234 DAYS FROM JULY 4 1976 THROUGH FEBRUARY 22 1977.

4. 220 DAYS FROM AUGUST 24 1977 THROUGH MARCH 31 1978.

5. 200 DAYS FROM AUGUST 8 1955 THROUGH FEBRUARY 23 1956.



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Lloyd Colston		Mayes County CEM
Pryor, OK USA		http://www.geocities.com/mccem
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