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Radar: Kansas City (Pleasant Hill) MO
38.80 N - 94.25W
Period: 1980 - 2006      Range: 124 nm

Database Overview
All reports in the domain All severe weather reports during the period are plotted. Blue dots represent damaging wind, green dots represent large hail, and red dots represent tornadoes. [Click to enlarge]
  All Rpts Sig Rpts Avg Days
Hail
10616
 565 46
Wind
7353
 758 48
Tornadoes
979
 140 13
Total
18948
 1463 64
Significant severe reports Significant severe weather reports during the period are plotted. Only tornadoes F2 or stronger, wind gusts of 65 knots or stronger, and hail of 2" diameter or larger are plotted. [Click to enlarge]
Category
Rank*
Freq/mi2
Any Severe
12
1:69
Sig Severe
14
1:891
Tornadoes
38
1:1,332
F2+ Torn
39
1:9,316
* Compared to 141 national radar coverage areas studied.

Annual Report Information
Annual severe weather reports
Plot of annual severe weather reports in the search area. The dashed magenta line denotes a 5 year running average of all reports.

20 year report increase: 403%
10 year report increase: 137%
5 year report increase: 16%
See annual table below

Daily Report Information
Annual severe weather reports
 Plot of daily severe weather reports in the search area. Lines denote a 7 day running mean.

Maximum daily value:
8.0 on 08 May

Primary Season:
Mar 26 - Aug 30
See monthly table below

Hourly Report Information
Annual severe weather reports
 Plot of hourly severe weather reports in the search area. Values are in percent of total, and have been rounded to the nearest hour (UTC).

Maximum hourly value:
11% at 00 UTC
See hourly table below

Climatological Threat Potential
Threat
Avg Prob of Occurrence
Return Interval
Natl Rank
Any Tornado
0.030%
3297 yrs
30
F2+ Tornado
0.024%
4223 yrs
35
This table represents the average annual probability and return interval of each event for any point within the search domain.
Read details of computational method

Annual Totals
Year
Hail
Wind
Tornado
Total
 
Rpt
Days
Rpt
Days
Rpt
Days
Rpt
Days
1980
64
25
142
44
11
5
86
49
1981
94
25
146
40
38
16
170
52
1982
230
42
252
52
78
25
386
68
1983
178
33
111
40
25
13
228
54
1984
158
36
135
37
38
12
234
51
1985
163
31
145
41
15
13
193
49
1986
172
33
120
37
22
8
216
49
1987
112
33
186
44
12
9
136
55
1988
107
17
106
25
24
8
155
34
1989
107
25
66
25
12
6
131
36
1990
129
22
96
33
46
14
221
42
1991
260
40
157
40
30
11
320
58
1992
296
45
183
44
29
16
354
62
1993
266
46
262
58
62
21
390
70
1994
218
38
281
34
16
8
250
49
1995
394
51
324
47
41
14
476
63
1996
375
56
262
50
29
13
433
72
1997
298
46
182
47
14
8
326
65
1998
482
62
412
53
33
12
548
74
1999
262
45
280
45
38
12
338
64
2000
590
62
641
65
32
14
654
79
2001
811
77
517
62
33
17
877
91
2002
784
69
465
53
24
5
832
80
2003
1412
77
432
67
97
14
1606
88
2004
721
67
448
60
52
18
825
77
2005
871
72
553
76
60
13
991
92
2006
1062
74
449
66
68
13
1198
92
AVG
393
46
272
48
36
13
702
64


Violent Tornadoes
Date
F
Deaths
Injuries
1980 02-Jun 2125 UTC
F4
0
0
1984 07-Jun 2345 UTC
F4
3
64
1989 24-May 2311 UTC
F4
0
0
1991 30-Nov 0005 UTC
F4
2
64
2003 04-May 2118 UTC
F4
2
30
2003 04-May 2135 UTC
F4
4
30
2003 04-May 2145 UTC
F4
0
13
2004 30-May 0330 UTC
F4
3
6
2006 13-Mar 0343 UTC
F4
0
0

Monthly Averages
Month
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
Jan
2
1
0
3
Feb
2
2
0
5
Mar
42
12
3
57
Apr
80
26
6
112
May
109
43
12
164
Jun
65
64
6
135
Jul
33
51
3
87
Aug
21
41
1
62
Sep
22
20
1
43
Oct
5
5
1
10
Nov
7
6
2
15
Dec
4
1
1
6

Hourly Averages
UTC
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
00
1228
769
168
2165
01
1075
725
110
1910
02
871
611
104
1586
03
668
532
63
1263
04
511
466
43
1020
05
384
345
27
756
06
280
264
17
561
07
199
241
10
450
08
144
222
13
379
09
147
172
7
326
10
143
154
4
301
11
98
111
3
212
12
113
118
9
240
13
143
98
5
246
14
197
108
5
310
15
193
81
8
282
16
123
112
10
245
17
190
74
11
275
18
258
133
13
404
19
302
227
23
552
20
512
298
44
854
21
673
395
71
1139
22
1001
487
83
1571
23
1163
610
128
1901

Click Here for tabular data (F2+ tornadoes).
Page Updated: Saturday 10-27-2007
If you have comments regarding this information, contact John Hart of the Storm Prediction Center.
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