Citation

Widen HM, Elsner JB, Cruz RB, Xing G, Fraza E, Migliorelli L, Strazzo S, Amrine C, Mulholland B, Patterson M, Michaels L. Electronic J. Severe Storms Meteor. 2013; 8(7).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, E-Journals of Meteorology)

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Abstract

Tornado occurrence rates computed from the available reports are biased low relative to the unknown true rates. To correct for this low bias, the authors demonstrate a method to estimate the annual probability of being struck by a tornado that uses the average report density estimated as a function of distance from nearest city/town center. The method is demonstrated on Kansas and then applied to 15 other tornado-prone states from Nebraska to Tennessee. States are ranked according to their adjusted tornado rate and comparisons are made with raw rates published elsewhere.

Language: en