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366:(NSSFC). A 2018 study found in the U.S., over the study period 1979–2017, an overall eastward shift of tornado frequency and impacts - toward Dixie Alley. The study found, since 1979, relatively-lower tornado frequency and impacts in parts of the traditional Tornado Alley, especially areas from north-central Texas toward the Houston, TX area, and relatively-higher tornado frequency and impacts in parts of the Mid-South, especially eastern Arkansas, the greater Memphis, TN area and northern Mississippi - all areas near the heart of Dixie Alley - see especially Figure 4. 626: 532: 129: 333:, small tornadoes that form over water. Although strong land-tornadoes have hit Florida and reports show Florida has a very high number of overall tornadoes, the tornadoes in the state seldom reach the velocity of those that may occur in the Southern Plains. In the United States, tornadoes typically occur in late spring and early summer during the changing season patterns as a warm air mass typically collides with a cold air mass resulting in tornadoes. 32: 282: 342:
Some researchers argue that there are several Tornado Alleys. In addition to the Texas/Oklahoma/Kansas core, such other areas include the Upper Midwest, the lower Ohio Valley, the Tennessee Valley, and the lower Mississippi valley, which may have respective distinguishing characteristics. A coherent
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The southeastern United States is particularly prone to violent, long track tornadoes. Much of the housing in this region is less robust compared to other areas in the United States, and many people live in mobile homes. As a result, tornado-related casualties in the
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Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, Michigan, and western Ohio are sometimes included in Tornado Alley. Some research suggests that tornadoes are becoming more frequent in the northern parts of Tornado Alley where it reaches the Canadian Prairies.
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to the east. Texas has the most overall number of tornadoes of any state. Per data collected through 2007, Kansas and Oklahoma ranked first and second respectively in the number of tornadoes per area. However, in 2013 statistics from the
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spawned a high-end EF3+ and high-end EF2 which caused catastrophic damage to areas in both Ottawa and Gatineau. 2023 saw 5 tornadoes of varying intensities strike the region, including two EF1 tornadoes which touched down in the
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reported Florida ranked first in tornadoes per area, although Florida is not a part of Tornado Alley. Florida's high ranking on the tornado list also has to do with the fact that the state sees a high number of
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As a colloquial term there are no definitively set boundaries of Tornado Alley, but the area common to most definitions extends from Texas, through Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa,
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between the Manitoba border and Lake Superior is also prone to severe tornadoes, but tornadoes in this area are believed to be underestimated due to the extremely low population in this region.
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Coleman, Timothy A.; Thompson, Richard L.; Forbes, Gregory S. (29 April 2024). "A Comprehensive Analysis of the Spatial and Seasonal Shifts in Tornado Activity in the United States".
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conception considers that there is a single Tornado Alley in the United States and Canada, and that this can simply be subdivided into smaller areas based on regional attributes.
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for the period between 1991 and 2010, show the seventeen U.S. states with the highest average number of EF0-EF5 tornadoes per 10,000 square miles (25,899.9 km) per year.
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Canada records the second most tornadoes in the world after the United States. The average number of tornadoes per equal area of land is highest in the southern parts of
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Brooks, Harold E.; Doswell, Charles A.; Kay, Michael P. (August 2003). "Climatological Estimates of Local Daily Tornado Probability for the United States".
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suburb within minutes of one another. This phenomenon, while still in the preliminary stages of study, has led some to name this hotspot "Tornado Valley".
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Over the years, the location(s) of Tornado Alley have not been clearly defined. No definition of tornado alley has ever been officially designated by the
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are higher. Significant tornadoes occur less frequently than in the traditionally recognized tornado alley; however, very severe and expansive
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Tornado Alley can also be defined as an area reaching from central Texas to the Canadian Prairies and from eastern Colorado to western Ohio.
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The term "tornado alley" was first used in 1952 by U.S. Air Force meteorologists Major Ernest J. Fawbush (1915–1982) and Captain
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Dotzek, Nikolai; Grieser, Jürgen; Brooks, Harold E. (July 2003). "Statistical modeling of tornado intensity distributions".
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A diagram of tornado alley based on 1 tornado or more per decade. Rough location (red), and its contributing weather systems
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as well as through portions of Central Quebec. Tornadoes up to F4 in strength have been documented in this region.
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Levenson, Michael; Patel, Vimal; Grullón Paz, Isabella; Ives, Mike; Choi-Schagrin, Winston (December 11, 2021).
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Another criterion for the location of Tornado Alley can be where the strongest tornadoes occur more frequently.
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The extension of the North American tornadically active in the southeastern U.S., notably the lower
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In Tornado Alley, warm, humid air from the equator meets cool to cold, dry air from Canada and the
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No place on earth is entirely free of tornadoes, however, they occur much more frequently in the
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Roughly half of all Canadian tornadoes strike the Canadian Prairies and
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weather is strongly influenced by its peninsular position between the
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is seeing an increasing number of frequent and violent tornadoes. The
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Geographical place in the United States where tornadoes commonly occur
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are most frequent. The term was first used in 1952 as the title of a
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In more recent years, an emerging trend has suggested that the
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Despite the elevated frequency of destructive tornadoes,
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Major Ernest J. Fawbush and Captain Robert C. Miller
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