Tornado Alley - Wikipedia
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 .
'Tornado Alley' Has Shifted, Study Says | Weather.com
2024年6月6日 · At a Glance. A new study found the most active tornado corridor in the U.S. has changed in recent decades. It's focused in the lower Mississippi Valley, but still is active into the lower Ohio ...
Tornado Alley | States, Texas, & USA | Britannica
2024年9月21日 · Tornado Alley, in the United States, the area where tornadoes most frequently occur. It includes portions of the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. A tornado is a small-diameter column of violently rotating air developed within a convective cloud and in contact with the ground.
Tornado Alley: Where the Worst Twisters Form in the U.S.
2024年3月12日 · Key Takeaways. Tornado Alley traditionally refers to a region in the Great Plains known for frequent tornadoes. Meteorologists focus on specific conditions conducive to tornado formation, such as warm, moist, unstable air, and changes in wind speed and direction with height, rather than a fixed geographical area.
Story map: Inside Tornado Alley | National Oceanic and …
2019年7月8日 · NOAA’s Norman, Okla., facility lies within Tornado Alley, one of the world’s most tornado-prone areas. In the glass-walled corridors, all eyes are on the sky. Many of the world's severe weather experts work in Norman.
Maps show how "Tornado Alley" has shifted in the U.S.
2024年6月7日 · There's growing evidence that "Tornado Alley," the area of the United States most susceptible to tornadoes, is shifting eastwards, according to a recent study looking at tornado formation...
Where and What is Tornado Alley? Tornado Alley Facts - Live Science
2012年12月19日 · Generally, a Tornado Alley map starts in central Texas and goes north through Oklahoma, central Kansas and Nebraska and eastern South Dakota, sometimes dog-legging east through Iowa, Missouri,...
Tornado Alley - WorldAtlas
2021年11月2日 · Where Is Tornado Alley? Damage caused by a tornado in Louisiana. Several regions in the US are prone to tornado watches, including Gulf Coast, Southern Plains, Upper Midwest, and Northern Plains. However, almost all states experience tornadoes, though the wind storms are frequent in the central United States, between the Appalachian and the ...
Where Tornadoes Happen - Center for Science Education
In this area, known as Tornado Alley, storms are caused when dry cold air moving south from Canada meets warm moist air traveling north from the Gulf of Mexico. Tornadoes can form at any time of year, but most occur in the spring and summer months along with thunderstorms.
How 'tornado alley' is changing - BBC
2024年5月8日 · Tornado alley is not a scientific term – it was invented by two meteorologists from the US Air Force in the 1950s to refer to severe weather around Texas and Oklahoma. The region's exact...