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Tara_Hastings Beyond the Forecast

by Tara_Hastings from FOX 11 Weather

Last Post 106 days, 2 hours Ago


I was working for Patrick last week and thankfully we did NOT have any severe weather here but that wasn't the case in other parts of the country.  It seemed like every time I showed the radar last week there were severe storms and tornadoes touching down somewhere. 
We just started June and some of these numbers I'm about to show you are what we usually see at the end of a year...not 5 months into a year. 
The preliminary count for tornadoes is 1,258.  Now this number is likely a little high because some of the reports coming in may be duplicates, but it's a rough idea.  But to give you some perspective last year we had 1,093 tornadoes, 1,106 in 2006 and in 2005 the U.S. had 1,264 touchdowns. 
What's even scarier is the number of tornado deaths.  So far in 2008, 111 people have died.  That's the most since 1998 when 130 lost their lives. 
One more statistic....February we had 148 tornadoes touch down setting a new record for the most in February.  The previous record was 83 in 1971. 
Click here to see some neat graphs and numbers.
So please if there is severe weather here be sure to take cover and take the warnings seriously.  We don't want to add to these numbers. 
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rnfchtnr read my blog view my photos
Jun 2, 2008 | 5:03 PM

all i can say is that you did a great job on teh posting of this blog. we are lucky so far this year not to get any severe storms that can turn fatal.

fox522 read my blog
Jun 5, 2008 | 10:48 AM

yes that is good that we have not had any severe weathe but the hopes are looking up when we get hammered with severe weather on Friday and Saturday

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I've been a Meteorologist at FOX 11 since 2004. Not only do I love the weather but all areas of science. In this blog I'm going to go "beyond the forecast" and show you interesting things with the environment and space. Enjoy!!

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