Tornado Alley is a colloquial and popular media term that most often refers to the area of the United States where tornadoes are most frequent. Although no U.S. state is entirely free of tornadoes, they are most frequent in the plains between the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains. According to the storm events database of the National Climatic Data Center, Texas reports more tornadoes than any other state, though this state's very large land area should be taken into account. Kansas and Oklahoma are second and third respectively for sheer number of tornadoes reported but report more per land area than Texas. However, the density of tornado occurrences in northern Texas is comparable to Oklahoma and Kansas. Florida also reports a high number and density of tornado occurrences, though only rarely do tornadoes there approach the strength of those that sometimes strike the southern plains.
No. Tornadoes are most common on the central plains of the United States.
True. The two most active areas for tornadoes in the U.S. are in the southeastern quadrant of the country.
Summer And Spring. (April,May & June).
Correct.
Usually tornadoes are found in the southwest quadrant of the thunderstorm, which is the updraft portion, usually at the back of the storm.
Hurricanes are most common in summer and early fall. Tornadoes are most common in spring and early summer.
Tornadoes are most common in a temperate climate but can occur in the tropics.
The most disastrous weather condition/phenomena in the S.E. United States are hurricanes. The high winds and coastal storm surges pose great danger to life and property.
Spring and summer.
Yes. The southeast quadrant of the U.S. experiences more tornadoes than the other three.
The tornadoes that hit the southeastern U.S. are simply called tornadoes.
True. Of the four quadrants of the United States, the southeastern quadrant gets the most tornadoes.
Tornadoes can occur anywhere in Texas but they are most common in the northeastern quadrant of the state.
Tornadoes can occur anywhere in Texas, but they are most common in the northeastern quadrant of the state.
As with most other places, most tornadoes in the southeaster U.S. However, compared to other pares of the world, the Southeast has a rather high incidence of strong tornadoes, even the occasional F5.
A tornado can move in any direction, but the most common direction of travel is southwest to northeast. Southeast-moving tornadoes are not uncommon.
No. The Midwest and South Central United States get the most tornadoes.
Tornadoes are generally most common in spring.
Tornadoes are most common in Texas
Tornadoes are most common in a spring and summer.
Most U.S. tornado activity in 2010 was focused on the southeast and the Great Plains with additional high activity in Minnesota.