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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 .
People live closer together in the South than in the traditional area associated with Tornado Alley, meaning that more significant numbers of people can be in the path of a tornado.
Two weeks after the April 14–16 event, Dixie Alley was the epicenter of the 2011 Super Outbreak, which was the largest tornado outbreak ever recorded, as well as the fourth-deadliest outbreak in United States history, with over 300 people dead. [19] The Easter 2020 Tornado Outbreak also happened in Dixie Alley.
A history of twisters: ... Some have speculated that tornado alley's eastward movement may mean portions of central Ohio are now part of the infamous area where twisters are thought to be more ...
A deadly outbreak, including the deadliest and longest-tracked tornado in U.S. history–the Tri-State tornado, a massive F5 tornado that traveled 219 mi (352 km) across the three states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people. Third-costliest U.S. tornado ever.
A new research paper recently submitted to the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology confirms what AccuWeather reported in 2022: tornadoes have shifted east from classic "tornado alley ...
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 meteorological factors ...
Tornado crossed the state border and struck Albion, Pennsylvania, where an area up to 2 blocks wide and 10 blocks long was devastated. Many homes in town were completely leveled and 9 people were killed. Tornado struck two trailer parks in Cranesville, Pennsylvania, where three other people died. F4: Barrie: Simcoe: ON: 2100 6.2 miles (10.0 km)