2012 Severe Weather Warnings in Review...

The National Weather Service issued 2,386 Tornado Warnings (red) and 20,011 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings (blue) in 2012, for a total of 22,397 individual warnings.

Greg Carbin of the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) put together the following 30 second YouTube video which shows the issuance of those warnings throughout the entire year:

Stay tuned for a detailed post regarding the final tornado and severe thunderstorm facts and figures for 2012 coming up soon (some of the data is still being tabulated/quality controlled).

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#1 Most Viewed Blog Post of 2012: The West Liberty Tornado

The #1 most viewed blog post of 2012 covered the tragic tornado event of March 2 in West Liberty, Kentucky.  The post generated more than 200 comments, which is a record for the blog.  Most of the comments stemmed around folks trying to locate friends or family members in the area.  I was humbled and flattered that a lot of folks were able to connect via the blog.

Not only was it the most viewed blog post of 2012, but during the year it has also surpassed the original post on the Joplin Tornado as the #1 most viewed post in the history of the blog.  Over 512,000 unique visitors have read the West Liberty post since it was originally published!

I plan to make a detailed 1 year anniversary post on the event in 2013, which will cover the progress that has been made with respect to the community's recovery since the horrible event of earlier this year.

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#2 Most Viewed Blog Post of 2012: Wichita, KS Tornado of April 14th...

The 2nd most viewed blog post of 2012 covered the April 14th tornado that struck Wichita, KS.  

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#3 Most Viewed Blog Post of 2012: Birmingham, AL Tornado of January 23rd...

The third most viewed blog post of 2012 covered the January 23rd tornado in Birmingham, Alabama.  

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#4 Most Viewed Blog Post of 2012: Algarve, Portugal Tornado of November 16th...

The fourth most viewed blog post of 2012 covered the tornado that struck the Algarve region of Portugal on November 16th.

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#5 Most Viewed Blog Post of 2012: Hampton, VA Tornado of June 1st...

The fifth most viewed blog post of 2012 covered the tornado and waterspout that struck the Hampton, VA area on June 1st.

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#6 Most Viewed Blog Post of 2012: Henryville, IN Tornado of March 2nd...

The sixth most viewed blog post of 2012 covered the devastating tornado that struck the Henryville, IN area on March 2nd.

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#7 Most Viewed Blog Post of 2012: Woodward, OK Tornado of April 15th...

The seventh most viewed blog post of 2012 covered the tornado that struck Woodward, OK during the late evening hours of April 15th.

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#8 Most Viewed Blog Post of 2012: The Dallas Area Hailstorm of June 13th...

The blog post concerning a mega hailstorm that struck the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex on June 13th was the eighth most viewed post of 2012.

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#9 Most Viewed Blog Post of 2012: Salyersville, KY Tornado of March 2nd...

A posting on the "sister" tornado to the West Liberty monster ranked as the ninth most viewed blog post of 2012.  The post also includes one of the most monstrous looking radar signatures of a tornado that I've ever seen...

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#10 Most Viewed Blog Post of 2012: The Mainstream Media is a "Chicken Nugget Shy of a Happy Meal"

Truer words were never spoken, even if I do say so myself.  This post concerning irresponsible comments in the "national" media following the Birmingham, AL area tornado of January 23rd ranked as the tenth most viewed of the year here on the blog.

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The Top 10 Blog Posts of 2012

Wake the kids and phone the neighbors - it's that time of the year again, time to review the top 10 blog posts of 2012...

By all accounts, 2012 was a record year here at The Original Weather Blog, and I am very grateful to all of you who have visited the site daily (as well as those who visit less frequently, but on a regular basis none the less).

We logged over 14,600,000 pageviews from 146 different countries in 2012!  The top five visiting countries were the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Italy and Germany, in that order, and we truly appreciate all of you stopping by!

We'll highlight the top 10 most viewed blog posts of the year for each of the next 10 days beginning tomorrow, ending with the #1 post of the year on New Year's Eve...

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