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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
400 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

...RECORD NUMBER OF TORNADOES REPORTED ACROSS ILLINOIS IN APRIL...

A TOTAL OF 55 TORNADOES WERE REPORTED IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL 2006. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS APRIL
RECORD OF 46 SET IN 1998. THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF TORNADOES FOR
APRIL IN ILLINOIS IS 8.

THE ILLINOIS RECORD FOR THE MOST TORNADOES IN ANY MONTH OF THE
YEAR STANDS AT 75 SET IN MAY 2003. THE 55 TORNADOES REPORTED THIS
PAST APRIL WILL RANK SECOND ON THE LIST.

SO FAR IN ALL OF 2006...ILLINOIS HAS REPORTED 80 TORNADOES. THE
NUMBER OF ILLINOIS TORNADOES...REPORTED BY MONTH...IS AS FOLLOWS...


JANUARY 1
FEBRUARY 1
MARCH 23
APRIL 55


THE 80 TORNADOES SO FAR THIS YEAR ALREADY RANKS 4TH ON THE LIST
FOR MOST TORNADOES IN A YEAR. THE MOST TORNADOES IN A YEAR ARE...

1. 2003 120
2. 1974 107
3. 1998 99
T4. 2006 80 THROUGH APRIL 30TH
T4. 2004 80


THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF REPORTED TORNADOES IN ILLINOIS FOR A
YEAR IS 38.

A LIST OF THE TORNADOES REPORTED IN ILLINOIS SO FAR THIS YEAR...
ARRANGED BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION ARE AS FOLLOWS...

NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL 6
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST 7
CENTRAL...EAST AND SOUTHEAST 49
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL 16
SOUTH 2

THE DATA FOR THIS MESSAGE WERE ACCUMULATED BY NWS OFFICES FROM
CHICAGO, QUAD CITIES, LINCOLN, ST LOUIS AND PADUCAH.


CHRIS MILLER
WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLOGIST
LINCOLN IL