In the years 1950-2011 Kansas had 161 confirmed F3 and EF3 tornadoes. Records prior to 1950 are incomplete.
Missouri averages 46 tornadoes per year.
Illinois averages about 55 tornadoes per year.
In the years 2000-2010 there were 311 confirmed tornadoes Tennessee.
There were 101 tornadoes in Tennessee in 2011 and so far at least 22 in 2012.
No tornadoes have hit Wichita so far in 2015.
There were 95 tornadoes in Kansas in 2012.
There were 187 tornadoes in Kansas in 2008.
While there is a risk of tornadoes today in Kansas, it is impossible to predict if a specific location will be hit. However, the chances of any particular community, including Wichita, being hit are small.
There is nothing preventing a tornado from hitting Overland Park, Kansas. It is in an area that sees tornadoes fairly frequently.
Yes. Tornadoes are realtively common in that region, and Kansas City has been hit before.
Here are the number of recorded tornadoes in Kansas in each month in 2012:January: 0February: 8March: 4April: 53May: 27June: 1July: 1August: 0September: 1October: 0November: 0December: 0
In the years 1950-2011 Kansas had 161 confirmed F3 and EF3 tornadoes. Records prior to 1950 are incomplete.
Eventually, yes. Wichita has been hit by tornadoes before, so it is inevitable that it will be hit again. However there is no way of knowing when the next one will strike until it actually happens.
From 2000 to 2011 Kansas experienced 1,286 tornadoes with a preliminary count of 87 so far in 2012 (as of December 6). This gives a total of 1373 tornadoes.
Tornadoes do not get names as hurricanes do. Instead they are usually referred to by the places they hit, such as the Joplin tornado, or the Wichita Falls tornado
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