Tornado Alley

An outline of Significant Tornado Alley in the United States, where the highest percentage of violent tornadoes occur
Tornado activity in the United States.

Tornado Alley is a colloquial term most often used to refer to the area of the United States in which tornadoes happen more than in any other part of the country.[1] The 1974 super tornado outbreak with 148 tornadoes, took place in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

States such as Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio are sometimes included in Tornado Alley.[2] Research suggests that tornadoes are happening more often in the northern parts of Tornado Alley where it reaches the Canadian prairies.[3]

  1. Glickman, Todd S. (2000). Glossary of Meteorology (2nd ed.). Boston: American Meteorological Society. ISBN 978-1878220349. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18.
  2. "Tornado Alley" (PDF). Smithsonian Institution. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 18, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  3. "The new tornado alley - University of Saskatchewan". Archived from the original on 2014-01-18. Retrieved 2014-01-16.

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