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2010 SPC Preliminary
Tornado Reports
• Minnesota 145
• Texas 96 (#1…7 of past 10 years)
• Kansas 92
• Oklahoma 73
• North Dakota 68
• Colorado 66
• Wisconsin 61
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So is
Tornado Alley
moving
north?
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Source: NCDC
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Oklahoma
Minnesota
Source: SPC
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Twin Cities Biggest OutbreakMay 6, 1965
• 6 tornadoes
• F-2 to F-4
• 13 killed
• 683 injured
• 1st use of civil defense sirens in TC
• Severe weather broadcast breakthrough
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August 19, 2009
• 11 tornadoes
• 8 in Minnesota; 3 in Wisconsin
• EF-0 to EF-1
• No fatalities or injuries?
• Extremely rapid development
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Conclusions
• 2010: Most active severe weather
year on record in Minnesota
• Tornado alley moved 500 miles
north in 2010!
• MN Tornado frequency has nearly
doubled since 1950! (25.8 to 48.4)
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Questions
• Is 2010 an atmospheric fluke?
• Will decadal trends continue?
• Is tornado alley shifting north?
• Should we prepare to adapt to
increased severe weather outbreaks?