RECORD NUMBER OF TORNADOES REPORTED IN U.S. DURING AUGUST
A land-falling hurricane and a tropical storm helped push the total number of tornado reports to a record high for the month of August across the United States, according to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla. Preliminary numbers indicate a total of 173 tornadoes reported during the month, said Dan McCarthy, SPC's warning coordination meteorologist. Based on tornado records going back to 1950, this significantly tops the previous August record of 126 tornadoes set in 1979. Other high numbers for August include: 120 tornadoes in 1994; 115 in 1992; 112 in 1993; and 108 in 1985. “The active tropical storm season can be partially blamed for the high number of tornado reports,” McCarthy said. Four named tropical storms affected the mid-Atlantic and Southeast seaboards during the month.
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