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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 .
In comparison, Texas averages 25 tornadoes in April and 38 in May, and Kansas averages 12 tornadoes in April and 37 in May. This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: Where is Tornado Alley ...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Many residents across the southern Plains were left to riffle through their rubble after violent weather struck Tornado Alley. Wednesday's storms included more than four ...
A small tornado outbreak accompanied the storm, with 14 confirmed across 7 states. The most significant damage occurred in Oklahoma from two tornadoes in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area and a deadly EF4 tornado that destroyed large parts of Lone Grove. The EF4 tornado killed eight people and injured 46 others.
A map of the meteorological setup of the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak.The map displays surface and upper level atmospheric features associated with the outbreak. The Bridge Creek–Moore tornado was part of a much larger outbreak which produced 71 tornadoes across five states throughout the Central Plains on May 3 alone, along with an additional 25 that touched down a day later in some of ...
A damaged sign lies outside the wreckage of Plaza Towers Elementary School, where seven children were killed when a tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma, in May 2013. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) A decade ago ...
Flood warnings as Oklahoma City river could crest at 18 feet. Fire officials warned people in the Oklahoma City metro area on Saturday evening to prepare to seek higher ground as torrential rains ...
List of 1999 Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak tornadoes [40] F2 Salt Lake City, Utah: August 11, 1999 1 1999 Salt Lake City tornado [1] [41] [42] F1 Shreveport / Bossier City, Louisiana: April 23, 2000 0 (6 injured) A tornado damaged windows, trees, and bus stops in downtown Shreveport and Bossier City. Damage estimated at 10 million dollars. [43] F3 ...