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Tornado Alley (also known as Tornado Valley) is a loosely defined location of the central United States and Canada where tornadoes are most frequent. [ 1 ] The term was first used in 1952 as the title of a research project to study severe weather in areas of Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska.
Is Tennessee part of it? Tornado alley has changed and shifted over the years, but as of 2023 Accuweather lists eight states as being part of this area with a unique combination of geographic and ...
Contents. Dixie Alley. " Dixie Alley " is a colloquial term sometimes used for areas of the southern United States which are particularly vulnerable to strong to violent tornadoes. [ 1 ] Some argue this is distinct from the better known " Tornado Alley " and that it has a high frequency of strong, long-track tornadoes that move at higher speeds ...
"Various 'Tornado Alley' maps look different because tornado occurrence can be measured many ways: by all tornadoes, tornado county-segments, strong and violent tornadoes only, and databases with ...
A widespread, deadly, and historic [ 5 ] tornado outbreak affected large portions of the Midwestern, Southern and Eastern United States on March 31 and April 1, 2023, the result of an extratropical cyclone that also produced blizzard conditions in the Upper Midwest. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) issued a rare high risk for severe weather in ...
Tornado Alley has historically been known to stretch from Texas to South Dakota, but it's starting to broaden outside of its existing pattern. According to USA Today reporting, 20 U.S. states saw ...
72 fatalities, 145+ injuries. This devastating, long-tracked, violent EF5 wedge tornado was the deadliest of the outbreak. It first touched down in Marion County, Alabama, about 5 miles (8.0 km) west-southwest of Hamiltonaround 3:00 p.m. CDT (21:00 UTC) on April 27, leaving massive damage along its track.
26 injuries. Tornadoes affected six different states, with Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma receiving most of the tornadoes. A tornado struck downtown Sabetha, Kansas, and a series of tornadoes struck the North Oklahoma City area. (3 significant) Upper Great Lakes severe weather outbreak of August 23, 1998.