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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall Across the South; Heat Spreads Across the West and Southern Plains

A couple of frontal boundaries will move east and south from the Plains to the Gulf and Atlantic coastlines. These boundaries will focus showers and thunderstorms through the weekend, with scattered severe thunderstorms from the Southern Plains and across the Gulf Coast states. Locally heavy rainfall may also occur, which may be welcome news across drought areas. Meanwhile, heat spreads westward. Read More >

Month F? F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 Weak Str. Vio Sig. Total
Jan 7 7 7 8 0 1 0 14 8 1 9 30
Feb 2 12 29 18 2 1 0 41 20 1 21 64
Mar 5 114 96 66 17 3 1 210 83 4 87 302
Apr 37 325 339 181 50 18 1 664 231 19 250 951
May 131 717 608 266 93 30 6 1325 359 36 395 1851
Jun 22 267 180 84 24 3 0 447 108 3 111 580
Jul 5 41 51 25 2 0 0 92 27 0 27 124
Aug 4 38 40 14 2 0 0 78 16 0 16 98
Sep 4 78 24 17 1 2 0 102 18 2 20 126
Oct 13 83 74 19 7 1 0 157 26 1 27 197
Nov 14 43 65 22 10 3 0 108 32 3 35 157
Dec 2 6 12 15 3 0 0 18 18 0 18 38
Total 246 1731 1525 735 211 62 8 3256 946 70 1016 4518
Note: F? refers to tornadoes (-) that did not received a Fujita Scale or Enhanced Fujita Scale rating.