PRESS RELEASE

SEVEN FLORIDA CITIES RANKED AMONG TOP

TWENTY MOST TORNADO-PRONE CITIES DURING FEBRUARY

January 21, 2008
As part of an ongoing company-funded research study of tornadic risk assessment, by means of the Site Assessment of Tornado Threat (SATT) software, VorTek has determined the rankings of the top twenty tornado-prone cities for the month of February. It is especially noteworthy that seven Florida cities ranked in the top twenty for February. Lake County, Florida is situated 30 miles northwest of one of the cities (Orlando) and 70 miles northeast of another (Tampa). The rankings, based on National Weather Service data from 1950 through 2006, are as follows:

 

 

 

DISTURBED LAND

RANK

CITY

ACF (%)

AREA (ACRES)

1

St. Louis, MO

.01285

103

2

Pasadena, TX

.01265

102

3

Shreveport, LA

.01003

80.7

4

Orlando, FL

.00989

79.8

5

Nashville, TN

.00934

75.1

6

Houston, TX

.00692

55.7

7

Atlanta, GA

.00656

52.8

8

Little Rock, AR

.00553

44.5

9

Jackson, MS

.00547

44.0

10

Hollywood, FL

.00419

33.7

11

Pembroke Pines, FL

.00418

33.6

12

Hialeah, FL

.00370

29.8

13

Montgomery, AL

.00346

27.8

14

Miami, FL

.00316

25.5

15

Tampa, FL

.00315

25.3

16

Lafayette, LA

.00311

25.0

17

Knoxville, TN

.00300

24.1

18

Memphis, TN

.00296

23.9

19

Coral Springs, FL

.00258

21.7

20

Oklahoma City, OK

.00252

20.3

 

The Annual Coverage Fraction (ACF) represents the average fraction of land area within a 20-mile radius of the city disturbed by tornadoes during February for the 57-year period from 1950 through 2006. The "Disturbed Land Area" represents the average number of acres of land within a 20-mile radius of the city disturbed by tornadoes during February for the same 57-year period.

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