The featured chart presents the year to date accumulated total of Severe Thunderstorm and Tornado Warnings issued by United States NWS Offices. Not only is the total for 2015 the lowest since at least 2003, it is not even close to any other year! The next closest year of 2004 is about four times greater than this year! Of course, a very active severe weather week could make up these differences, but such a week does not appear to be any time soon. Eventually the warm and muggy Gulf of Mexico air will surge northward and provide a needed ingredient for severe weather. This will also provide some needed rain as our current stretch of weather has been very dry as well.

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Good = 18
Bad = 4
Abstain = 4

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