Mississippi Has Record Number of October Tornadoes

The state of Mississippi set a record for the number of tornadoes in October.  What is interesting is that this is a month before Mississippi's secondary storm season begins.  November is second only to April in the number of tornadoes, as seen below:

The secondary storm season is when the jet stream settles into its winter pattern, sending upper level disturbances into the Gulf region, sometimes as far north as the Ohio River Valley.

NOAA

The impact this has for educators is that severe weather is not a one-season, prepare and forget thing.  Superstorm Sandy is an example.  Hurricane season was almost over, yet Sandy forms, runs into another low pressure system, and turns into a nasty weather system.  Severe weather preparedness is serious business.

Treat it seriously.

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