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About face: U.S. tornado activity near low point in modern record by Jason Samenow
Thursday, November 15, 2012 20:50
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Article Tags: World Temperatures
The 2012 tornado count is about the lowest on record year-to-date going back to 1954. View full size. (National Weather Service)
After one of the busiest years for tornadoes in 2011, tornado numbers in 2012 have come crashing down to historic lows.
In 2011, there were 1692 twisters – second most on record. This year, only 882 tornadoes have touched down. (Tornado records date back to 1950*).
“[W]e are approaching a theoretical minimum in the annual tornado count for the modern era,” said Greg Carbin, warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Ok.
Source: washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang
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