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That's crazy TUP! How many tornados would you say you get in a year?



I poked around the internet looking for an answer to that question and the closest thing I could find was a chart that said Kansas averaged 43 tornadoes per year between 1950-1995. I personally think that is a little on the low side, keeping in mind that radar was not as sophisticated, chasing storms was not a popular hobby, and there were a lot less people throughout the state to witness tornadoes back in the fifties and early sixties. I would say 50 to 60 a year is closer to the truth.

Conq, that really isn't my space. That was taken about 6 or 7 miles west of Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita. I live about 150 miles away in Topeka. The convection forecast at the Storm Prediction Center looked so good Sunday morning it was worth the drive down there.

Any time the NWS uses the phrase Particularly Dangerous Situation in this part of the country they are practically guaranteeing a tornado outbreak. This was actually tame compared to most PDS's they issue. I think there were only two or three tornadoes that touched down Sunday. Usually a PDS results in something like Greensburg or Andover but the NWS missed something in their analysis Sunday. Lots, and lots, and lots of rain (Wichita had over 6 inches and I would bet most of that came in a span of about five hours.) but very little in the way of hail and wind. Bad news is that they are forecasting more rain from tomorrow through Saturday so I may need one of Bornyo's boats the next time I go out chasing.
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