Tornado Statistics through February 29, 2012

Latest U.S. Tornado Statistics (AWIPS ID:STAMTS*)

ZCZC STAMTS ALL NWUS21 KWNS 292106 TORNADO TOTALS AND RELATED DEATHS...THROUGH TUE FEB 28 2012 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0306 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...NOVEMBER 2011 ACTUAL MONTHLY TORNADO TOTAL UPDATED... ...2011 ANNUAL TORNADO TOTAL REM2012 PRELIMINARY... ...NUMBER OF TORNADOES... NUMBER OF KILLER TORNADO DEATHS TORNADOES ..2012.. 2011 2010 2009 3YR 3YR 3YR PREL ACT ACT ACT ACT AV 12 11 10 09 AV 12 11 10 09 AV JAN 95 - 16 30 6 17 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 FEB 33 - 63 1 36 33 7 1 0 9 3 2 1 0 2 1 MAR - - 75 33 115 74 - 1 1 0 1 - 1 1 0 1 APR - - 758 139 226 371 - 360 11 6 126 - 43 2 3 16 MAY - - 326 304 201 279 - 178 7 5 64 - 9 4 3 5 JUN - - 160 324 270 251 - 3 12 0 5 - 1 6 0 2 JUL - - 103 146 118 122 - 0 2 0 1 - 0 1 0 0 AUG - - 57 55 60 57 - 2 1 0 1 - 2 1 0 1 SEP - - 51 57 8 39 - 0 2 0 1 - 0 2 0 1 OCT - - 23 108 65 65 - 0 0 1 0 - 0 0 1 0 NOV - - 44 53 3 39 - 5 0 0 2 - 2 0 0 1 DEC - - 33* 32 38 34 - 0 9 0 3 - 0 4 0 1 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -- -- -- --- --- -- -- -- -- -- SUM 128 0 1709* 1282 1146 1382 9 550 45 21 206 4 59 21 9 30 PREL = 2012 PRELIMINARY COUNT FROM ALL NWS LOCAL STORM REPORTS. ACT = ACTUAL TORNADO COUNT BASED ON NWS STORM DATA SUBMISSIONS. *DECEMBER 2011...AND THE TOTAL FOR 2011...REMAIN PRELIMINARY UNTIL NWS STORM DATA IS REVIEWED IN EARLY MARCH 2012. THE PRELIMINARY COUNT (PREL) IS A COUNT OF EYEWITNESS REPORTS FOR TORNADO EVENTS NOT A COUNT OF ACTUAL TORNADOES. COMPARISONS BETWEEN PRELIMINARY COUNTS AND ACTUAL COUNTS FROM PRIOR YEARS SHOULD BE AVOIDED.