Tornado season in the US, is well under way.
We have seen a record number of tornadoes hit the US this month with preliminary figures from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center showing a total of 559* so far in April 2011. This is compared to last years confirmed figure of 139 in April 2010.
There has already been several outbreaks including a major outbreak between April 14th and 16th which resulted in around 130 Tornadoes.
US Inflation Adjusted Annual Tornado Trend and Percentile Ranks - SPC
41 people have already been killed this year which is only slightly less than the total people killed in last years tornado season.
St Louis was hit on Good Friday by the strongest tornado of the season so far. An EF4 Tornado with wind in excess of 200 mph hit the St Louis airport and surrounding area injuring some but thankfully there were no fatalities.
At the time of writing, there is a high risk for severe storms capable of producing Tornadoes so it seems April 2011 is continuing to be a very major and memorable month for severe weather.
* This is based on local reports and will be confirmed later by experts