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The data series 2001

Hail days by metro, 2001.

In 2001, 192 of 333 metros had at least one day with a hail report within 10 miles of their centre, on 243 days with hail somewhere in the country, against 261 over the same span in 2000. Overland Park, KS led with 16 days, against its own mean of 2.8 for the span over 5 prior years of record. On 100 percent of those days at least one report was measured by a person or an instrument; the rest were detected by radar alone. Each month of the year has its own edition and file below.

192

Of 333 metros with a hail day

243

Days with hail on record nationally

100%

Of those days carried a measured report

4.50in

Largest measured, 3 Apr, MO

Hail days by metro, 2001

Against each metro's own year on record

Hail days by metro, 2001: each metro's hail days in the window, the same span a year earlier, its own mean for the span over the record, the share of its days carried by a measured report, and its largest measured and largest detected hail.
Rank Metro Days Last year Year mean Measured share Largest measured Largest detected
01 Overland Park, KS 16 +13.2 5 2.8 100% 16 of 16 days measured 2.50″ None detected
02 Omaha, NE 12 +7.4 4 4.6 100% 12 of 12 days measured 2.75″ None detected
03 Colorado Springs, CO 11 +3.2 6 7.8 100% 11 of 11 days measured 1.75″ None detected
04 Olathe, KS 11 +9.0 4 2.0 100% 11 of 11 days measured 2.00″ None detected
05 Oklahoma City, OK 10 +4.4 3 5.6 100% 10 of 10 days measured 1.75″ None detected
06 Lubbock, TX 10 +5.8 5 4.2 100% 10 of 10 days measured 4.50″ None detected
07 Billings, MT 10 +7.6 2 2.4 100% 10 of 10 days measured 1.75″ None detected
08 Denver, CO 9 +5.0 1 4.0 100% 9 of 9 days measured 2.00″ None detected
09 Kansas City, MO 9 +6.8 2 2.2 100% 9 of 9 days measured 1.50″ None detected
10 Wichita, KS 9 +2.8 4 6.2 100% 9 of 9 days measured 2.50″ None detected
11 Des Moines, IA 9 +6.4 5 2.6 100% 9 of 9 days measured 2.75″ None detected
12 Kansas City, KS 9 +6.2 4 2.8 100% 9 of 9 days measured 2.00″ None detected
13 Amarillo, TX 8 +2.2 3 5.8 100% 8 of 8 days measured 1.75″ None detected
14 Lee's Summit, MO 8 +6.6 3 1.4 100% 8 of 8 days measured 1.75″ None detected
15 Houston, TX 7 +2.0 5 5.0 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.75″ None detected
16 Tulsa, OK 7 −2.4 6 9.4 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.75″ None detected
17 Ann Arbor, MI 7 +4.6 5 2.4 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.75″ None detected
18 Centennial, CO 7 +3.4 3 3.6 100% 7 of 7 days measured 1.75″ None detected
19 San Antonio, TX 6 +2.4 5 3.6 100% 6 of 6 days measured 4.00″ None detected
20 Nashville, TN 6 +2.4 2 3.6 100% 6 of 6 days measured 0.88″ None detected
21 Lakeland, FL 6 +2.2 2 3.8 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
22 Independence, MO 6 +4.8 2 1.2 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
23 Westminster, CO 6 +4.2 0 1.8 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.75″ None detected
24 Tuscaloosa, AL 6 +2.2 3 3.8 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
25 Wichita Falls, TX 6 +2.8 3 3.2 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
26 Fayetteville, AR 6 +3.4 0 2.6 100% 6 of 6 days measured 1.00″ None detected
27 Jacksonville, FL 5 +1.2 2 3.8 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
28 Aurora, CO 5 +2.8 1 2.2 100% 5 of 5 days measured 2.50″ None detected
29 Lincoln, NE 5 +2.4 5 2.6 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
30 St. Louis, MO 5 +2.0 2 3.0 100% 5 of 5 days measured 2.75″ None detected
31 St. Petersburg, FL 5 +2.2 1 2.8 100% 5 of 5 days measured 3.00″ None detected
32 Garland, TX 5 +0.6 7 4.4 100% 5 of 5 days measured 3.00″ None detected
33 Birmingham, AL 5 +0.6 9 4.4 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
34 Fort Lauderdale, FL 5 +1.8 2 3.2 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
35 Denton, TX 5 +2.2 1 2.8 100% 5 of 5 days measured 4.50″ None detected
36 Macon-Bibb County, GA 5 +2.0 2 3.0 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
37 Lakewood, CO 5 +2.0 2 3.0 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.50″ None detected
38 Lewisville, TX 5 +1.4 2 3.6 100% 5 of 5 days measured 4.50″ None detected
39 Sterling Heights, MI 5 +2.6 6 2.4 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
40 Carrollton, TX 5 +2.6 1 2.4 100% 5 of 5 days measured 3.00″ None detected
41 Norman, OK 5 +0.8 2 4.2 100% 5 of 5 days measured 2.75″ None detected
42 Columbia, MO 5 +3.6 2 1.4 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
43 Topeka, KS 5 +1.8 3 3.2 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
44 Broken Arrow, OK 5 −1.4 3 6.4 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.75″ None detected
45 Richardson, TX 5 +0.2 7 4.8 100% 5 of 5 days measured 3.00″ None detected
46 Pompano Beach, FL 5 +4.0 1 1.0 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.00″ None detected
47 Pueblo, CO 5 +1.6 2 3.4 100% 5 of 5 days measured 1.50″ None detected
48 Fort Worth, TX 4 −2.6 10 6.6 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
49 Louisville, KY 4 +1.8 3 2.2 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
50 Raleigh, NC 4 −0.8 6 4.8 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
51 St. Paul, MN 4 +1.0 3 3.0 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.00″ None detected
52 Plano, TX 4 −0.2 5 4.2 100% 4 of 4 days measured 3.00″ None detected
53 Toledo, OH 4 +1.0 5 3.0 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
54 Huntsville, AL 4 +0.4 3 3.6 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
55 Cape Coral, FL 4 +1.0 3 3.0 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
56 Hialeah, FL 4 +2.4 1 1.6 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
57 Sioux Falls, SD 4 +0.8 2 3.2 100% 4 of 4 days measured 2.75″ None detected
58 Chattanooga, TN 4 +1.2 2 2.8 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
59 Cary, NC 4 +0.4 5 3.6 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.75″ None detected
60 Shreveport, LA 4 −3.8 11 7.8 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
61 Springfield, MO 4 +0.2 3 3.8 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.25″ None detected
62 Hollywood, FL 4 +1.0 2 3.0 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.80″ None detected
63 Springfield, MA 4 +1.4 2 2.6 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
64 Thornton, CO 4 +1.6 0 2.4 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
65 Jackson, MS 4 −0.6 6 4.6 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
66 Midland, TX 4 +1.2 4 2.8 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
67 Warren, MI 4 +2.4 2 1.6 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
68 Palm Bay, FL 4 +2.2 2 1.8 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
69 Arvada, CO 4 +1.6 0 2.4 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.00″ None detected
70 Allen, TX 4 −0.8 6 4.8 100% 4 of 4 days measured 3.00″ None detected
71 Davie, FL 4 +1.4 1 2.6 100% 4 of 4 days measured 0.75″ None detected
72 Albany, NY 4 +2.4 6 1.6 100% 4 of 4 days measured 1.75″ None detected
73 Chicago, IL 3 +2.2 2 0.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.88″ None detected
74 Dallas, TX 3 −1.8 6 4.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
75 Columbus, OH 3 +1.2 2 1.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
76 Charlotte, NC 3 +0.2 4 2.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
77 Detroit, MI 3 +1.0 2 2.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.75″ None detected
78 Miami, FL 3 +1.2 3 1.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
79 Minneapolis, MN 3 +0.4 2 2.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.00″ None detected
80 Jersey City, NJ 3 +2.2 1 0.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.88″ None detected
81 Frisco, TX 3 ±0 2 3.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 4.50″ None detected
82 McKinney, TX 3 +0.2 1 2.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
83 Pembroke Pines, FL 3 +1.4 1 1.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
84 Killeen, TX 3 +0.4 6 2.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 4.50″ None detected
85 Paterson, NJ 3 +2.8 0 0.2 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.88″ None detected
86 Mesquite, TX 3 +1.0 3 2.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.25″ None detected
87 Gainesville, FL 3 +1.4 1 1.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.88″ None detected
88 Miramar, FL 3 +1.2 2 1.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
89 Dayton, OH 3 +0.4 4 2.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
90 Abilene, TX 3 −2.6 7 5.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 2.75″ None detected
91 Pearland, TX 3 +1.0 1 2.0 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.88″ None detected
92 Wilmington, NC 3 −2.8 6 5.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
93 Elgin, IL 3 +1.4 3 1.6 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.00″ None detected
94 Concord, NC 3 +1.6 2 1.4 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.25″ None detected
95 Dearborn, MI 3 +0.6 3 2.4 100% 3 of 3 days measured 0.75″ None detected
96 South Bend, IN 3 +0.2 2 2.8 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
97 Carmel, IN 3 +1.8 1 1.2 100% 3 of 3 days measured 1.75″ None detected
98 New York, NY 2 +1.2 1 0.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
99 Indianapolis, IN 2 −1.0 1 3.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
100 Memphis, TN 2 −1.6 2 3.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
101 Milwaukee, WI 2 +0.6 5 1.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
102 Fresno, CA 2 +1.2 1 0.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
103 Atlanta, GA 2 −3.6 4 5.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
104 Tampa, FL 2 −2.8 4 4.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
105 Arlington, TX 2 −1.4 2 3.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.75″ None detected
106 Newark, NJ 2 +1.4 0 0.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
107 Pittsburgh, PA 2 −0.6 3 2.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
108 Durham, NC 2 −1.6 3 3.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
109 Buffalo, NY 2 +1.0 1 1.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
110 Fort Wayne, IN 2 +0.2 2 1.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
111 Richmond, VA 2 −0.6 3 2.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
112 Little Rock, AR 2 −3.8 2 5.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
113 Grand Prairie, TX 2 −1.4 3 3.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.75″ None detected
114 Montgomery, AL 2 −0.6 4 2.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
115 Murfreesboro, TN 2 ±0 5 2.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
116 Savannah, GA 2 +0.4 1 1.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
117 Pasadena, TX 2 −1.0 1 3.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
118 Waco, TX 2 −1.8 5 3.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
119 Stamford, CT 2 +1.4 1 0.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
120 Elizabeth, NJ 2 +0.6 1 1.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
121 Coral Springs, FL 2 +1.6 0 0.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
122 Fargo, ND 2 ±0 2 2.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
123 Round Rock, TX 2 ±0 1 2.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 3.50″ None detected
124 Clovis, CA 2 +1.4 1 0.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
125 West Palm Beach, FL 2 +1.2 1 0.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.50″ None detected
126 Rochester, MN 2 −0.4 4 2.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
127 North Charleston, SC 2 −0.6 4 2.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
128 Hartford, CT 2 +0.6 4 1.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
129 Clearwater, FL 2 −0.8 1 2.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.75″ None detected
130 Manchester, NH 2 +1.4 1 0.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
131 Miami Gardens, FL 2 −0.8 2 2.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
132 Sandy Springs, GA 2 −4.4 4 6.4 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
133 Green Bay, WI 2 +1.4 1 0.6 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.88″ None detected
134 Fishers, IN 2 +0.2 2 1.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 2.00″ None detected
135 Palm Coast, FL 2 ±0 1 2.0 100% 2 of 2 days measured 0.75″ None detected
136 Lynn, MA 2 +1.2 1 0.8 100% 2 of 2 days measured 1.00″ None detected
137 Philadelphia, PA 1 −1.0 1 2.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
138 San Diego, CA 1 +1.0 0 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
139 Washington, DC 1 −1.4 5 2.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
140 Albuquerque, NM 1 −0.6 2 1.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
141 Mesa, AZ 1 −0.6 1 1.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
142 Cleveland, OH 1 −2.4 4 3.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
143 Orlando, FL 1 −0.8 2 1.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
144 Lexington-Fayette, KY 1 −0.2 0 1.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
145 Cincinnati, OH 1 −1.6 3 2.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.25″ None detected
146 Greensboro, NC 1 −0.4 1 1.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
147 Chandler, AZ 1 −0.8 1 1.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
148 Gilbert, AZ 1 −0.4 1 1.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
149 Reno, NV 1 +1.0 0 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.50″ None detected
150 Laredo, TX 1 ±0 1 1.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
151 Port St. Lucie, FL 1 −0.2 0 1.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
152 Fayetteville, NC 1 −1.6 2 2.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
153 Yonkers, NY 1 −0.2 0 1.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
154 Worcester, MA 1 +0.6 1 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
155 Rochester, NY 1 +0.8 1 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
156 Tallahassee, FL 1 −1.0 1 2.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
157 Columbus, GA 1 −2.6 1 3.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
158 Peoria, AZ 1 +0.8 0 0.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
159 Grand Rapids, MI 1 −0.8 3 1.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
160 Tempe, AZ 1 −0.8 1 1.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
161 Aurora, IL 1 +0.4 1 0.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.25″ None detected
162 Fort Collins, CO 1 −1.8 2 2.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
163 Charleston, SC 1 −1.2 2 2.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
164 Alexandria, VA 1 −1.6 5 2.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
165 Joliet, IL 1 ±0 2 1.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
166 Naperville, IL 1 −0.4 3 1.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.25″ None detected
167 McAllen, TX 1 +0.6 0 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
168 Rockford, IL 1 −0.8 2 1.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
169 Syracuse, NY 1 −0.4 5 1.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
170 Columbia, SC 1 −2.2 2 3.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
171 Cedar Rapids, IA 1 −0.2 4 1.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
172 New Haven, CT 1 +0.6 0 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
173 West Valley City, UT 1 −0.4 1 1.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
174 Allentown, PA 1 +1.0 0 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
175 High Point, NC 1 −0.6 1 1.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
176 Odessa, TX 1 −2.2 5 3.2 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
177 West Jordan, UT 1 −1.0 2 2.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
178 Lowell, MA 1 ±0 1 1.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.50″ None detected
179 Greeley, CO 1 −1.8 2 2.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
180 Beaumont, TX 1 −0.8 4 1.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.75″ None detected
181 Everett, WA 1 +1.0 0 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
182 New Braunfels, TX 1 −1.6 5 2.6 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
183 South Fulton, GA 1 −2.8 3 3.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected
184 Peoria, IL 1 −0.4 3 1.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
185 Tyler, TX 1 −4.0 1 5.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
186 Sparks, NV 1 +1.0 0 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.50″ None detected
187 Sugar Land, TX 1 −0.8 3 1.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 2.75″ None detected
188 Conroe, TX 1 −1.8 4 2.8 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
189 Boulder, CO 1 −0.4 0 1.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
190 Edinburg, TX 1 +0.6 0 0.4 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.75″ None detected
191 Chico, CA 1 +1.0 0 0.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 1.00″ None detected
192 Davenport, IA 1 −2.0 7 3.0 100% 1 of 1 day measured 0.88″ None detected

The editions of 2001

One per month, each with its metros ranked against their own record and a file of every metro in the series.

  1. January 4 days
    • 4 measured
    • 10 reports
    • 1.75″
    • CSV
  2. February 12 days
    • 12 measured
    • 336 reports
    • 2.50″
    • CSV
  3. March 21 days
    • 21 measured
    • 657 reports
    • 2.50″
    • CSV
  4. April 28 days
    • 28 measured
    • 3,954 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  5. May 31 days
    • 31 measured
    • 5,276 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  6. June 30 days
    • 30 measured
    • 6,003 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  7. July 31 days
    • 31 measured
    • 3,234 reports
    • 4.50″
    • CSV
  8. August 31 days
    • 31 measured
    • 2,039 reports
    • 4.00″
    • CSV
  9. September 21 days
    • 21 measured
    • 1,600 reports
    • 4.00″
    • CSV
  10. October 15 days
    • 15 measured
    • 983 reports
    • 2.75″
    • CSV
  11. November 12 days
    • 12 measured
    • 230 reports
    • 2.75″
    • CSV
  12. December 7 days
    • 7 measured
    • 46 reports
    • 1.25″
    • CSV

Against 2000

The same span, January to 31 December, a year earlier, counted the same way.

243 −18

Days with hail on record nationally

2000 261

243 −18

Days with a measured hail report

2000 261

24,368 +1,843

Hail reports, all sources

2000 22,525

2 ±0

Independent sources carrying the hail

2000 2

Cite this year

Titan Weather, Hail days by metro, 2001. Compiled 28 August 2026. https://titanweather.com/data/2001

Compiled 28 August 2026 from the public federal storm record. The figures are the record as it stands; a revision by a federal source is carried here at the same address. The file carries every metro in the series, the ones with nothing this month included, with the same provenance line inside it.

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How this series is made

A metro
A metro, as this series uses the word, is a place the Census Bureau lists with a population of 100,000 or more, not a metropolitan statistical area. Smaller places have a hail-history page of their own; they are not in this table.
A hail day
A calendar date with at least one hail report in the archive within 10 miles of the metro's Census centre, from any source. Four sources describing one storm are one afternoon of hail, not four.
The mean
The metro's own hail days over the same span of the calendar in each of the 5 prior years the record reaches, from 1996, divided by those years. A span is compared with itself, never with the country.
The measured share
Of a metro's hail days, the share on which at least one report came from a person or an instrument rather than from radar alone. A detection is a detection and is marked as one here and in every document we issue; the two are never added together.
Overlap
Two metros within 20 miles of each other share reports, so their counts are not exclusive and the national figures are distinct dates, not a sum of the table. The table ranks the record around each centre; it is not a report on any property, and it states no opinion about one.
The record
Searched from 1996 to today. Compiled 28 August 2026 and rebuilt as the federal sources revise it. Records are reproduced as the federal sources published them. The coverage page states what the record holds, by kind and by year.

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