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Notes:

Many more strong/violent tornadoes occur in the Southeast U.S. during the cool season than in the Plains.  Over 1200 strong/violent tornadoes have occurred in the last half century during the November to March timeframe, versus about 400 in the Plains (and more than half of these occurred in March).  April sees slightly more strong tornadoes in the Plains than the Southeast.  Only in May and June do the Plains strongly dominate in strong/violent tornadoes versus the Southeast.