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Tornado Alley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tornado Alley is a colloquial term most often used in reference to the area of the United States in which tornadoes are most frequent. Although an official location is not defined, the areas in betwe...
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Tornado alley; Tornadoes have hit al fifty states of the United States, but the 30-year average number of tornadoes per year in Alaska is closer to zero than to one. In Oklahoma though the average jumps to 52. Although no state is immune for tornadoes, there is an area that suffers from more tornadoes than any other.
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A section of the Great Plains in the central part of the United States is called "Tornado Alley". This is because more tornadoes form here than any other part of the country. The plains are flat which allows cold polar air from Canada to meet warm tropical air from the Gulf of Mexico.
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It's along the front between the two airmasses that most tornadoes form. Most tornadoes in the United States form in an area called "Tornado Alley". This area includes parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska.
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USATODAY.com Latest News ... Tornado Alley breeds violent storms ... The American Meteorology Society's Glossary of Weather and Climate defines Tornado Alley as: "The area of the United States in which tornadoes are most frequent. It encompasses the great lowland areas of the Mississippi, the Ohio, and lower Missouri River Valleys.
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Tornado Alley is the area in the United States in which tornadoes are most frequent. It encompasses the great lowland areas of the Mississippi, the Ohio, and lower Missouri River Valleys. The ten states that are involved are: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma,
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Every state is at some risk, but states in "Tornado Alley" have the highest risk. Tornadoes can form any time of the year, but the season runs from March to August. The ability to predict tornadoes is limited. Usually a community will have at least a few minutes warning.
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www.fema.gov/kids/tornado.htm
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