Data

Adapted from the NOAA Storm Events Database
The database currently contains data from January 1950 to January 2020, as entered by NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS)

deaths_direct Ex: 0, 45, 23 The number of deaths directly related to the weather event.

deaths_indirect Ex: 0, 4, 6 The number of deaths indirectly related to the weather event

damage_property Ex: 10.00K, 0.00K, 10.00M The estimated amount of damage to property incurred by the weather event. (e.g. 10.00K = $10,000; 10.00M = $10,000,000)

tor_f_scale Ex: EF0, EF1, EF2, EF3, EF4, EF5

Enhanced Fujita Scale describes the strength of the tornado based on the amount and type of damage caused by the tornado. The F-scale of damage will vary in the destruction area; therefore, the highest value of the F-scale is recorded for each event.
EF0 - Light Damage (40 - 72 mph)
EF1 - Moderate Damage (73 -112 mph)
EF2 - Significant damage (113 -157 mph)
EF3 - Severe Damage (158 - 206 mph)
EF4 - Devastating Damage (207 - 260 mph)
EF5 - Incredible Damage (261 - 318 mph)



lat Ex: 31.25, 31.79, 32.76, 31.80 The latitude where the event occurred {rounded to the hundredths in decimal degrees; includes an "-" if it's S of the Equator}

lon Ex: -93.97, -94.18, -94.52, -95.13 The longitude where the event occurred {rounded to the hundredths in decimal degrees; includes an "-" if it's W of the Prime Meridian}

state Ex: GEORGIA, WYOMING, COLORADO The state name where the event occurred (no State ID's are included here; State Name is spelled out in ALL CAPS)

There are 51 columns in the full dataset. We feature the most useful in this brief documentation. If you would like to view the full documentation, you can access it here (pdf).

Data scraped from NOAA Storm Events Database and compressed into a zip. Scrape page with wget or contact Jack or Cole for full dataset (250MB zipped).

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