The snowy weather we've been dealing with has occupied my weather thoughts recently, but I did have time to put together a spreadsheet that sums up my Virginia storm chasing experience over the 9 seasons from 2002 to 2010. (Note that I said "Virginia" chasing; this summary doesn't include results from Tornado Alley trips.) It turns out that I've witnessed a total of 4 confirmed tornadoes and 25 funnels during that time period. Some of those funnels may have been tornadoes for which I couldn't confirm a touchdown (thanks to good ol' limited fields of view here in the East), so the tornado:funnel ratio may be a little better than it seems.
During that same time period I personally experienced hail 11 times, several events of which were classified as severe hail when that criterion was 3/4" diameter or larger. I did recognize a few hail shafts from afar, but those aren't included in the above number.
I also totaled up 64 wall clouds witnessed during those 9 seasons, some of which were associated with the funnels and tornadoes mentioned above. And out of the 203 total chases recorded 135 of them occurred during the months of May, June, and July.
Now, that actually makes me feel better during this cold snowy weather!!
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