Cold Outbreaks Can Bring Snow Or Severe Weather
AS ATTENTION TURNS TO COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINTER TYPE
PRECIPITATION...SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS POSSIBLE DURING THE MONTHS
OF OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER. CLIMATOLOGY STUDIES IDENTIFY PATTERNS
THROUGHOUT HISTORY. TORNADO CLIMATOLOGY FOR WESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA FROM JANUARY 1950 TO JUNE 2005 INDICATES TORNADO EVENTS
PEAK IN THE MONTH OF JUNE...BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT A SECONDARY PEAK
OCCURS DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.
DURING OCTOBER COLD AIR DRIVEN SOUTH THROUGH THE PLAINS CAN CLASH
WITH WARMER GULF MOISTURE TO CREATE LOW TOP CONVECTION. SINCE 1950
TORNADOES HAVE IMPACTED 11 COUNTIES WITH A TOTAL OF 30 TORNADO
EVENTS DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. THE EVENTS HAVE OCCURRED FROM
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND PEAK DURING THE EVENING. TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT TORNADO CLIMATOLOGY FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE HOME
PAGE AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/LBF/?N=TORCLIMO (ALL LOWERCASE).
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