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Radar: Dyess AFB TX
32.53 N - 99.25W
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
10270
 1026 50
Wind
4956
 389 46
Tornadoes
1209
 127 17
Total
16435
 1542 67
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
27
1:79
Sig Severe
12
1:846
Tornadoes
19
1:1,079
F2+ Torn
46
1:10,270
* 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: 61%
10 year report increase: -21%
5 year report increase: -9%
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:
8.4 on 05 May

Primary Season:
Mar 22 - Jul 02
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:
12% at 00 UTC
See hourly table below

Climatological Threat Potential
Threat
Avg Prob of Occurrence
Return Interval
Natl Rank
Any Tornado
0.014%
7126 yrs
63
F2+ Tornado
0.010%
9613 yrs
64
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
96
29
68
32
36
14
168
49
1981
81
24
64
30
46
23
173
49
1982
143
44
105
34
74
22
291
58
1983
157
41
117
41
36
19
229
58
1984
129
29
62
32
22
11
173
48
1985
207
35
95
37
39
13
285
55
1986
288
41
99
37
58
20
404
62
1987
131
43
120
38
24
13
179
65
1988
157
35
89
41
25
11
207
57
1989
377
41
182
35
54
17
485
49
1990
318
51
168
48
53
22
424
68
1991
326
51
136
50
37
15
400
69
1992
484
72
229
58
24
15
532
82
1993
474
48
186
47
45
18
564
67
1994
504
68
297
63
65
16
634
84
1995
634
71
275
54
90
26
814
82
1996
579
62
289
67
39
18
657
86
1997
323
51
266
62
57
20
437
75
1998
426
55
254
55
25
14
476
78
1999
572
56
190
53
34
21
640
71
2000
628
56
135
44
51
18
730
76
2001
468
56
286
41
32
13
532
65
2002
548
50
270
45
58
14
664
63
2003
655
57
262
52
43
17
741
72
2004
587
74
340
53
61
20
709
87
2005
492
53
180
45
43
12
578
68
2006
486
45
192
49
38
11
562
68
AVG
380
50
184
46
45
17
609
67


Violent Tornadoes
Date
F
Deaths
Injuries
1980 02-Apr 1810 UTC
F4
0
0
1990 25-Apr 2144 UTC
F4
0
0
1999 11-May 2305 UTC
F4
1
6

Monthly Averages
Month
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
Jan
5
1
0
6
Feb
8
5
1
14
Mar
41
11
4
56
Apr
83
20
9
112
May
124
41
17
182
Jun
68
52
8
128
Jul
10
13
0
24
Aug
6
16
1
23
Sep
8
9
1
18
Oct
14
6
2
21
Nov
5
5
0
10
Dec
3
2
1
6

Hourly Averages
UTC
Hail
Wind
Torn
Total
00
1367
492
166
2025
01
1273
555
162
1990
02
1059
542
135
1736
03
769
451
76
1296
04
599
353
43
995
05
380
252
23
655
06
273
227
13
513
07
192
167
6
365
08
153
151
8
312
09
125
87
7
219
10
90
92
6
188
11
76
77
3
156
12
85
50
3
138
13
104
48
13
165
14
106
52
5
163
15
85
37
6
128
16
94
72
16
182
17
99
55
18
172
18
150
56
43
249
19
218
103
37
358
20
374
163
80
617
21
573
212
86
871
22
885
267
116
1268
23
1141
395
138
1674

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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