Figure Showing Tornado Outbreak Increases (IMAGE)

Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

Figure Showing Tornado Outbreak Increases

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Annual 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles of the number of E/F1+ tornadoes per outbreak (6 or more E/F1+ tornadoes), 1954-2015 (solid lines), and quantile regression fits to 1965-2015 assuming linear growth in time (dashed lines).

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